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Guilty pleasures for Gen X

Pat Kelly | Here, There & Everywhere | 10/18/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"For waaaay too long, Boomers have had their favorite really bad songs available in anthology format. If you wanted a copy of Seasons In the Sun or The night Chicago Died, it was easy, perhaps too easy to find.But try to find Tiffany, Martika or Linear? You were outta luck. Sure you could get the good music of the 90's, but where was the junk? Where was the tripe? Where could you find those unlistenable tracks?Well, now they are all available on this generous package. Not content to limit the collection to a piddly 10 or 12 songs, there is over an hour of pure audio agony. These are the tunes that made you cringe, the radio-saturated artists that you hoped you'd never hear again.And for the most part you don't. Sure a few names have survived. Ricky Martin from Menudo. Bobby Brown from New Edition. But for the most part, these are the stars of VH1's Where Are They Now. Pebbles still gets a significant percentage of TLC's income as their first manager. Debbie (now Deborah) Gibson is an actress in musicals. Stacey Q became a nuclear physicist. Okay, that last one's a lie, but really, do you know any better?Do you hate these songs? Of course! But you'll sing along with every note. Put this disc on at a party and everyone will ask if they can borrow it.But make 'em get their own damn copy. Why should you be the only one to suffer?"

Great Collection of Late 80's Teen Pop!

Aaron | Ohio, USA | 12/23/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a great overview of pop of the late 80's. All of the big teen pop names are here. The New Kids are represented here with their top 5 hit "The Right Stuff" from 1989. The 80's two junior divas are also respresented. Tiffany with her #1 smash "I Think We're Alone Now" and Debbie Gibson with her top 5 pop ditty "Only In my Dreams." We also have heart-throb Rick Astley's irresistible #1 "Never Gonna Give You Up." Probably one of the catchiest songs to come out of 1987-1988 perhaps right behind Expose's spectacular #5 chart hit "Point of No Return" *guess what...it's on here too!* One hit wonder Martika also offers up her #1 "Toy Soldiers" which is a nice addition along with fellow one hit wonder Vanilla Ice's infamous "Ice Ice Baby." And who can forget New Edition and Menudo?This album totally sums up this era. Every song was a smash and were all staples on pop radio from the late 80's into the early 90's. A lot of them are represented with their one big song *Vanilla Ice, Martika, Sweet Sensation, Stacey Q* while a few actually managed to churn out a nice amount of hits during their popularity *Expose, Debbie Gibson, New Kids On the Block* but all these songs are great. Take a stroll down memory lane and buy it!"

Embarrasingly good!

Aaron | 07/20/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the THE album for those of us who really like 80's teeny-bopper pop. It's one of those cds you don't want to admit to owning, but secretly listen to when no one's around because you really like all the songs! If you grew up in the 80's, this cd will bring back all kinds of memories when you listen to it. Quintessential 80's pop. Yes, the songs are embarrasingly bubble-gummy, but for crying out loud, it's called "TEEN RIOT!" Such a title doesn't exactly scream deep and meaningful. It does, however, scream fun. And this cd is exactly that: fun. So embarrassingly good that it's fun. Besides, where else can you get Linear, Stacey Q and Rick Astley on one cd? 'Nuff said."