Various Artists - Like Omigod The 80s Pop Culture Box Totally (142 tracks) +Album Reviews

Nice overview - may be addictive...

M. Nichols | West Chester, OH United States | 06/27/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Be forewarned, the sugar-coated empty calories found in the LIKE, OMIGOD... box set from Rhino will just leave you wanting more. 142 tracks across seven CDs and it just scratches the surface on a shallow, yet oddly endearing decade.LIKE, OMIGOD... hits almost all of the popularly acknowledged high points, including "867-5309/Jenny," "Tainted Love," "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," - as well as great novelty numbers and underground tunes like "Pac-Man Fever," "Da Da Da," and "Turning Japanese." While not in strict chronological order like Rhino's 70s set, HAVE A NICE DECADE, LIKE, OMIGOD... is well-sequenced and provides a relatively satisfying trip - as well as a great set for any party. No need for "random play" here - just load this set, hit "play" and dance away.While this set is almost certainly a one-stop shop for the music fan simply looking for a well-balanced 80s collection, the completist and discerning collector will no doubt view this as the tip of the iceberg. Those such as myself, more enthralled with the simultaneous New Wave movement, will find lots more to love (approximately 300 tracks worth - with minimal duplication) in Rhino's 15-volume JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH 80s collection. Even then, LIKE, OMIGOD... will spur you on to fill up your shopping cart with with entire albums by Billy Squier, Duran Duran, The Fixx, Pretenders and more. The only downside to be found is that LIKE, OMIGOD... also forces the listener to take the bad with the good (or the worse with the bad?), presenting end-of-the-decade stinkers such as New Kids on the Block and Richard Marx toward the end of the seventh disc. For this listener, those musical tragedies are still too recent, too terrible to revisit with any degree of nostalgia.As gaudily packaged as the decade it represents, LIKE, OMIGOD... is presented in a hardcover book format identical to HAVE A NICE DECADE and contains a similar full-color booklet complete with essays, trivia, 80s timeline and notes on each of the performers and songs included. The sound of the CDs, as with all Rhino product, is pristine. As for the sound of some of the music - well, you can't blame Rhino..."

Nice Overview of the 80's

Amy Lynn | Pennsylvania United States | 01/13/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This collection will save you alot of money. Think if you were to go out and buy every CD that these songs are on. Here you get over 141 top hit songs of the 80's on 7 discs plus an awesome collectable box and a novelty 80's book with facts and pictures for every single year. Information about all the songs, artists, events , tv shows, movies and happenings during the 80's. Open up the Box and you see all the popular dances of the 80's including the Head Spin, The Wave, The Tick, The Mannequin and more. It also shows you how to do them with pictures step by step! The box is truly unique. Heres the song listings disk by disk.

Disc 1-

1.Devo- Whip It

2.The Buggles- Video Killed the Radio Star

3.Meco- Empire Strikes Back

4.Queen- Another One Bites the Dust

5.Kool and the Gang- Celebration

6.Kurtis Blow- The Breaks Part 1

7.Pete Townshend- Let my love open the Door

8.Blondie- Call Me

9.REO Speedwagon- Keep on loving you

10.The Vapors- Turning Japanese

11.Air Supply- Lost in Love

12.Dolly Parton- 9 to 5

13.Eddie Rabbitt- I love a rainy night

14. Christopher Cross- Sailing

15.Grover Washington Jr- Just the 2 of us

16.Gary Numan- Cars

17.Donnie Iris- Ah!Yeah!

18.Frankie and the Knockouts- Sweetheart

19.The Cars- Shake It Up

20.Billy Squire- The stroke

Disc 2

1.Billy Idol- Dancing with Myself

2.Loverboy- Working for the Weekend

3.Rick Springfield- Jessie's Girl

4.Tom Tom Clun- Genius of Love

5.J Geils Band- Centerfold

6.Billy and the Beaters- At this moment

7.Quarterflash- Harden My Heart

8.38 Special- Hold on loosely

9.Joey Scarbury- Theme from Greatest American Hero

10.Bob and Doug Mckenzie- Take off

11.Rick James- Super Freak Part 1

12.Tommy Tutone- Jenny/867-5309

13.Kim Carnes- Bette Davis Eyes

14.Alan parsons project- time

15.Laura Branigan- Gloria

16.Hall and Oates- Maneater

17.Theme from Hill street Blues

18.Frank Zappa and Moon Unit- Valley Girl

19.Trio- Da da da

20.Gap Band- You dropped a bomb on me

Disc 3

1.Duran Duran-Hungry like the Wolf

2.ABC- The Look Of Love

3.Soft Cell- Tainted Love

4.Stray Cats- Rock this Town

5.Thompson Twins- Lies

6.Missing Persons- words

7.The Human League- Dont you want me

8.Haircut One Hundred- Love plus One

9.Men at work- down under

10.Joe Jackson- Steppin Out

11.Bow Wow Wow- I Want Candy

12.Dexies Midnight Runners- Come on Eileen

13.Toni Basil- Mickey

14.Golden Earing- Twilight Zone

15.Melissa Manchester- You should hear how she talks about you

16.Bertie Higgins- Key Largo

17.Buckner and Garcia- Pac Man Fever

18.Bonnie Tyler- Total eclipse of the heart

19.Toto- Africa

20.Scandal- Goodbye to you

21.Taco- Puttin on the Ritz

Disc 4

1.Greg Kihn Band- Jeopardy

2.Thomas Dolby- She blinded me with science

3.Eddy Grant- Electric Avenue

4.Eurythmics- Sweet dreams are made of these

5.Madness- Our House

6.Martin Briley- The salt in my tears

7.Cyndi Lauper- Girls just want to have fun

8.The romantics- Talking in your sleep

9. Peter Shilling- Major Tom coming Home

10.Naked Eyes- Always somthing there to remind me

11.Big Country- In a Big County

12.The Fixx- One thing leads to another

13.After the Fire- Der Komisser

14.The Motels- Suddenly Last Summer

15.Culture Club- Karma Chameleon

16.The Cure- Lets go to Bed

17.Kajagoogoo- Too Shy

18.Michael Sambello- Maniac

19.Night Ranger- Sister Christian

20.Quiet Riot- Cum On Feel the Noise

Disc 5

1.Yes- Owner of a lonely Heart

2.Styx- Mr. Roboto

3.Pointer Sisters- Im so Excited

4.The Pretenders- Back on the chain gang

5.Foreigner- I want to know what Love is

6.Corey Hart- Sunglasses at Night

7.John Waite- Missing You

8.Nena-99 LuftBalloons

9.General Public- Tenderness

10.Tracey Ullman- They dont know

11.Bryan Adams- Heaven

12.White horse- Laidback

13.Shannon- Let the music play

14.Deniece Williams- Lets hear it for the boy

15. New Edition- Cool it Now

16.Ray Parker Jr- Ghostbusters

17.Kenny Loggins- Footloose

18.Twisted Sister- We're not gonna take it

19.The Scorpions- Rock you like A Hurricane

20.Sheila E- The Glamourous Life

Disc 6

1.Animotion- Obesession

2.Tears for Fears- Shout

3.A-Ha- Take on me

4.Simple Minds- Dont you Forget About Me

5.Katrina and the Waves- Walkin on Sunshine

6.Til Tuesday- Voices Carry

7.Oingo Boingo- Weird Science

8.Dead or Alive- You Spin me Round like a Record

9.Jan Hammer- Miami Vice Theme

10.Dream Academy- Life in a Northern Town

11.Mr. Mister- Kyrie

12.Paul Young- everytime you go away

13.Starship- We Built This City

14.John Parr- St Elmos Fire

15.Robert Palmer- Addicted To Love

16.Harold Faltermeyer- Axel F

17.Debarge- Rhythm of the night

18.Billy Crystal - You Look Marvelous

19.Don Johnson- Heartbeat ( Dont know why they put this one on here) lol

20.Wang Chung- Everybody have fun Tonight

Disc 7

1.Bananarama- Venus

2.The Bangles- Walk like an Egyptian

3.The Art of Noise With Max Headroom- Paranoimia

4.Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark- If you Leave

5.Georgia Satellites- Keep your hands to yourself

6.INXS- What you need

7.Run-D.M.C.- Walk this Way

8.Timex Social Club- Rumors

9.Crowded House- Dont dream its over

10.Simply Red- Holding back the Years

11.New Kids on the Block- i'll be loving you forever

12.The Fabulous Thunderbirds- Tuff Enuff

13.The Outfield- Since youve been gone

14.Debbie Gibson- Only in my Dreams

15.Rick Astley- Never gonna give you Up

16.Los Lobos- La Bamba

17.The Escape Club- Wild Wild West

18.Bobby Mcferrin- Dont worry Be Happy

19.Richard Marx- Right Here Waiting

20.The B-52's- Roam

Is missing some great artists from the 80's but overall it's a nice collection of songs and would make a good gift for anyone who loved the 80's. 4.5 Stars."

The BEST 80's Compilation So Far

D. Brenes | 09/08/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Some fans of the 80's will find more songs in other box sets and even there might be better selections of songs. This compilation outstands from the rest since the quality that Rhino puts in their music is great and also this set comes with a 90 pages booklet that will bring information of every song on it along with pictures and headline news of the decade.

I was a teenager in the 80's and by listening to the songs, reading the booklet and watching the pictures I was able to go back in time and enjoy some precious memories that money can not buy.

Two kinds of people will enjoy this amazing box set,

1- Those who went to high school and had fun with the cheesy pop and soft rock from the 80's.

2- The newer generations trying to go back in time to find out the roots of some of the popular tunes of nowadays.

Song buyers will complain that a lot of the popular artist from the 80's will be missed in this compilation, but most of the real 80's fans will rather have songs that are barely played in the radio but still were popular in our scenarios than big stars that are easy to find in CD and are still played in a lot of the radio stations around the world.

This is the key of success for these products from Rhino.

Go and buy yours, do not even attempt to download the music. It is worth to collect these songs on these 7 CD's.

"

OMIGOD - best '80s collection ever!

D. Brenes | 09/07/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you are a child of the '80s, you have to have this set. I hadn't bought any '80s collection until this one because none of the others were ever comprehensive enough, nor did the others have the one-hit-wonders that I loved. This set has them all -- indeed, preserves them for posterity. Very representative of the entire decade, with all the songs I loved, from the most hokey to the utterly heartbreaking. Plus, the sizeable book that comes in this package is terrific, with smashing color photos and graphics on glossy paper, a world-events timeline keyed to informative paragraphs about the artists and the tracks, and provocative essays about the music and other pop culture of the decade by pre-eminent figures from the '80s media. A very, very good read, this book stands on its own but adds immeasurably to appreciation of the music. My recommendation: just slip a CD in the player, take the book in hand, and travel back in time. This is the life!"

Is this enough '80s music for you?

Tanja L. Edwards | Norman, OK USA | 06/06/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"My biggest gripe is this: there are seven CDs in this package, and my CD player only holds five CDs! :-(
OK, seriously, this is quite a comprehensive collection of 80's music, and just about every genre is represented to some extent. There's Eddie Rabbit, Blondie, New Edition, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Devo, Simple Minds, Duran Duran, just to name a few. Of course, though, it is heavy on the pop numbers, and it certainly brings back memories of high school for me, particularly since the collection seems to lean heavily toward early to mid '80s music. There's not much on it after 1987, which doesn't bother me personally, but I would have liked, for example, "We Didn't Start the Fire," by Billy Joel.
Indeed, that is the one problem with this collection, but that can be said for any collection. For all the wonderful songs on there, so many more were left off. There's nothing by A Flock of Seagulls, Journey, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and each artist that is there is represented only once. Why was The Thompson Twins represented with "Lies" and not "Hold Me Now" or "Doctor Doctor"? Where was Howard Jones? Still, it was well worth the money.
Now, I just need a CD player with more spaces . . ."

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