Great, but "99 Luftballoons" is the English version
03/13/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I'm not sure I'd call these the "greatest" hits of the 80's, but they are certainly among the bounciest from an era when rock was still fun. There are only ten songs, but any CD with "Take On Me," "I Ran," "Mickey," "99 Luftballoons" and "Call Me" has got to be pretty great. All ten songs have a very catchy beat -- this makes a great CD to work out to. The video for just about every one of these songs has to be buried inside your brain somewhere -- this CD could be called a retrospective of the most-played videos from the early era of MTV. The sound quality is excellent, which is always one of my main concerns with a compilation of this sort. Be forewarned that "99 Luftballoons" is the English-lyrics version. Most people prefer the German-lyrics version, but it's still a great song."