Various Artists - Entertainment Weekly: The Greatest Hits 1980-1984

Title: Entertainment Weekly: The Greatest Hits 1980-1984 Artist: Various Artists Release Date: 10/9/2001 Label: Buddha Records Album Type(s): Various artists collection, Greatest Hits, Box set UPC: 744659982224 Genre: Rock Styles: Dance-Pop, Urban, Adult Contemporary, New Wave, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Punk/New Wave Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 5

1. Call Me :: Blondie
2. Funkytown :: Lipps, Inc.
3. What I Like About You :: The Romantics
4. Cars :: Gary Numan
5. Sailing :: Christopher Cross
6. All Out of Love :: Air Supply
7. He's So Shy :: The Pointer Sisters
8. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' :: Hall & Oates
9. Please Don't Go :: KC & the Sunshine Band
10. Jane :: Jefferson Starship
11. Hit Me With Your Best Shot :: Pat Benatar
12. Love Stinks :: J. Geils Band

1. Celebration :: Kool & the Gang
2. Kiss on My List :: Hall & Oates
3. Jessie's Girl :: Rick Springfield
4. Waiting for a Girl Like You :: Foreigner
5. Take It on the Run :: REO Speedwagon
6. The Stroke :: Billy Squier
7. Queen of Hearts :: Juice Newton
8. A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) :: Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio
9. Slow Hand :: The Pointer Sisters
10. Just the Two of Us :: Grover Washington, Jr., Bill Withers
11. Being With You :: Smokey Robinson
12. The One That You Love :: Air Supply

1. Rock This Town :: Stray Cats
2. Shake It Up :: The Cars
3. 867-5309/Jenny :: Tommy Tutone
4. Centerfold :: J. Geils Band
5. Heart Attack :: Olivia Newton-John
6. Gloria :: Laura Branigan
7. Rosanna :: Toto
8. Maneater :: Hall & Oates
9. Don't Talk to Strangers :: Rick Springfield
10. I Ran (So Far Away) :: A Flock of Seagulls
11. Don't You Want Me :: Human League
12. Eye in the Sky :: The Alan Parsons Project

1. Hungry Like the Wolf :: Duran Duran
2. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) :: Eurythmics
3. Come on Eileen :: Dexys Midnight Runners
4. Back on the Chain Gang :: The Pretenders
5. One Thing Leads to Another :: The Fixx
6. Do You Really Want to Hurt Me :: Culture Club
7. She Blinded Me With Science :: Thomas Dolby
8. Jeopardy :: Greg Kihn Band
9. Say It Isn't So :: Hall & Oates
10. Human Touch :: Rick Springfield
11. Heartbreaker :: Dionne Warwick
12. Baby, Come to Me :: Patti Austin, James Ingram

1. Karma Chameleon :: Culture Club
2. Here Comes the Rain Again :: Eurythmics
3. Hold Me Now :: Thompson Twins
4. Missing You :: John Waite
5. Drive :: The Cars
6. Sunglasses at Night :: Corey Hart
7. Out of Touch :: Hall & Oates
8. Ghostbusters :: Ray Parker, Jr.
9. Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) :: Billy Ocean
10. Cruel Summer :: Bananarama
11. 99 Luftballons :: Nena
12. Time After Time :: Cyndi Lauper

Year Type Label Catalog # 2001 CD Buddha Records 99822

No other editions were found for this album.

This box set simply packages together five previously released compilations, each devoted to one of the first five years of the 1980s. The series, under the auspices of Entertainment Weekly magazine (which did not exist in the '80s), was compiled by the Buddha reissue subsidiary of BMG, but it employs tracks licensed from other labels as well. The title is a misnomer, at least as far as its adjective goes: All the included tracks were hits, reaching at least the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, but these are not the greatest hits of each year or of the period as a whole. Each volume does contain a few of that year's biggest hits among its 12 selections, however, and of the actual 60 greatest hits of 1980-84, 12 are included, among them three of the half-decade's 20 biggest singles, the J. Geils Band's "Centerfold," Blondie's "Call Me," and Daryl Hall & John Oates' "Maneater." Because of budget considerations and licensing restrictions, compilations like this one tend to skip the biggest stars, and that's true here. Only seven of the top 20 singles artists of the period are represented: Hall & Oates, Olivia Newton-John, Rick Springfield, Air Supply, Culture Club, Duran Duran, and Blondie. Meanwhile, tracks like one-hit wonder Nena's "99 Luftballoons," which are on several other '80s collection, are here, too. All of which is to say that, as usual with budget-priced, miscellaneous compilations of old hits, the customer is the best judge of this set's value. Look down the song list, consider the price, and decide whether there are enough of your old favorites to justify the purchase. If so, they are presented here in good sound, probably mixed in with some songs you'd just as soon forget. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits A Flock of Seagulls Performer Air Supply Performer Alex Miller Executive Producer Arlessa Barnes Project Coordinator Bananarama Performer Bill Stafford Project Coordinator Bill Withers Performer Billy Ocean Performer Billy Squier Performer Blondie Performer BMG Archives Photo Courtesy Brooke Nochomson Project Coordinator Bruce Pollock Compilation Producer Christina DeSimone Project Coordinator Christopher Cross Performer Corey Hart Performer Culture Club Performer Cyndi Lauper Performer Dana Renert Project Coordinator Dean Romanelli Project Coordinator Dexys Midnight Runners Performer Dionne Warwick Performer Duran Duran Performer Ed Osborne Project Coordinator Elliott Federman Mastering Eurythmics Performer Felicia Gearhart Project Coordinator Foreigner Performer Gary Numan Performer Glenn Delgado Project Coordinator Greg Kihn Band Performer Grover Washington, Jr. Performer Hall & Oates Performer Human League Performer J. Geils Band Performer James Ingram Performer Jefferson Starship Performer Jeremy Holiday Production Coordination John Hudson Product Manager, Art Direction John Oates Performer John Waite Performer Juice Newton Performer Karyn Friedland Project Coordinator KC & the Sunshine Band Performer Kool & the Gang Performer Larry Parra Project Coordinator Laura Branigan Performer Laura Gregory Project Coordinator Lipps, Inc. Performer Lisa Butler Project Coordinator Mandana Eidgah Product Manager, Art Direction Mathieu Bitton Design, Art Direction Michael Ochs Archives Photo Courtesy Nena Performer Olivia Newton-John Performer Pat Benatar Performer Patti Austin Performer Photofest Photo Courtesy Ray Parker, Jr. Performer REO Speedwagon Performer Rick Springfield Performer Rob Santos Compilation Producer Robin Diamond Project Coordinator Robin Manning Project Coordinator Smokey Robinson Performer Stephanie Kika Project Coordinator Steve Strauss Project Coordinator Stray Cats Performer The Alan Parsons Project Performer The Cars Performer The Fixx Performer The Pointer Sisters Performer The Pretenders Performer The Romantics Performer Thompson Twins Performer Tom Tierney Editing Assistant Tommy Tutone Performer Toto Performer Traci Werbel Project Coordinator