Various Artists - Hit Me with Your 80's Box!

Title: Hit Me with Your 80's Box! Artist: Various Artists Release Date: 1/29/2002 Label: Hip-O Records Album Type(s): Various artists collection, Greatest Hits, Box set UPC: 731458537922 Genre: Rock Styles: Soul, Dance-Pop, Funk, Disco, Synth Pop, Urban, Adult Contemporary, Alternative Pop/Rock, New Wave, Soft Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Post-Punk, Club/Dance, New Romantic, Blue-Eyed Soul, Quiet Storm, Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk/New Wave, Album Rock Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 3

1. Brass in Pocket :: The Pretenders
2. Jessie's Girl :: Rick Springfield
3. Maneater :: Hall & Oates
4. Super Freak, Pt. 1 :: Rick James
5. Down Under :: Men at Work
6. Stray Cat Strut :: Stray Cats
7. Goody Two Shoes :: Adam Ant
8. I Know What Boys Like :: The Waitresses
9. The Safety Dance :: Men Without Hats
10. Mr. Telephone Man :: New Edition
11. Somebody's Watching Me :: Rockwell
12. Whip It :: Devo
13. I Ran :: A Flock of Seagulls
14. Hungry Like the Wolf :: Duran Duran

1. Rebel Yell :: Billy Idol
2. We're Not Gonna Take It :: Twisted Sister
3. The Warrior :: Scandal, Patty Smyth
4. Drive :: The Cars
5. Jeopardy :: Greg Kihn
6. Jump (For My Love) :: The Pointer Sisters
7. Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) :: Billy Ocean
8. Easy Lover :: Philip Bailey, Phil Collins
9. Cruel Summer :: Bananarama
10. She Blinded Me With Science :: Thomas Dolby
11. No More Words :: Berlin
12. Major Tom (Coming Home) :: Peter Schilling
13. True :: Spandau Ballet
14. Broken Wings :: Mr. Mister

1. Walking on Sunshine :: Katrina & the Waves
2. Miami Vice Theme :: Jan Hammer
3. You Belong to the City :: Glenn Frey
4. No One Is to Blame :: Howard Jones
5. Holding Back the Years :: Simply Red
6. Nightshift :: The Commodores
7. Oh Sheila :: Ready for the World
8. Word Up! :: Cameo
9. Pump Up the Jam :: Technotronic
10. Something About You :: Level 42
11. Breakout :: Swing Out Sister
12. Walk Like an Egyptian :: Bangles
13. Heaven Is a Place on Earth :: Belinda Carlisle
14. Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) :: Cinderella

Year Type Label Catalog # 2002 CD Hip-O Records 585379

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Hit Me With Your 80's Box! is a sequel to Hip-O's previous three-disc compilation, I Want My 80's Box!, released six months earlier, and like its predecessor, it contains 42 pop singles chart entries from the 1980s, most of them released between 1981 and 1986, and all of them familiar to anyone who watched MTV in those years. In its first five years of existence following its premiere on August 1, 1981, MTV, which broadcast music videos pretty much 24 hours a day (as opposed to the varied programming that characterized the network 20 years later), heavily influenced the pop charts, contributing to the success of a raft of videogenic stars such as Duran Duran, Rick Springfield, and Billy Idol, all of whom are featured here. The set is not quite as hit-laden as I Want My 80's Box!, which contained 35 Top Ten hits, among them 15 chart-toppers; the statistics here are 31 Top Tens, of which ten went to number one. But the orientation is still the same -- the trendy dance-pop music of the first half of the '80s. Tracks have been licensed from all of the major labels, overcoming one of the usual problems with compilations. But other typical weaknesses remain. The sequencing makes no particular sense, though it moves in very rough chronological order, such that the early-'80s tracks are on the first disc and the third disc contains a track (Technotronic's "Pump Up the Jam") that actually peaked in the charts in early 1990. And the selection consists of recordings that are compiled over and over, the big hits of lots of minor artists rather than big stars. So, this is not a comprehensive collection of the decade's most popular music. But if you grew up in the '80s, there's plenty here to enjoy. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits A Flock of Seagulls Performer Adam Ant Producer Allan Blazek Producer Andy Johns Producer Armin Sabol Producer B.C. Kagan Photography Bananarama Performer Bangles Performer Belinda Carlisle Performer Billy Idol Performer Billy Ocean Performer Cameo Performer Chris Butler Producer Chris Thomas Producer Colin Thurston Producer Dana Smart Compilation Daryl Hall Producer Dave Edmunds Producer David Kahne Producer Dennis Lambert Producer Devo Producer Dolby Robertson Producer Duran Duran Performer Elliott Federman Mastering Eric Brittingham Producer Glenn Frey Producer Greg Kihn Performer Hall & Oates Performer Howard Jones Performer Hugh Padgham Producer Jan Hammer Producer Jeremy Smith Associate Producer Jo Bogaert Producer John Oates Producer Katrina Producer Katrina & the Waves Performer Keith Diamond Producer Keith Forsey Producer Keith Olsen Producer Kevin Flaherty Essay, Liner Notes Kurt Munkasci Producer Larry Blackmon Producer Larry Williams Photography Level 42 Producer Marco Pirroni Producer Men at Work Performer Men Without Hats Performer Michele Horie Production Coordination Mike Chapman Producer Mike Howlett Producer Mike Ragogna Compilation Producer Mr. Mister Producer Neil Kernon Producer Pat Collier Producer Pat Lawrence Producer Patty Smyth Performer Paul DeVilliers Producer Paul Staveley O'Duffy Producer Peter Schilling Producer Peter Wolfe Associate Producer Phil Collins Producer Philip Bailey Performer Ready for the World Producer Rhonda Shields Compilation Richard Perry Producer Richie Zito Producer Rick James Producer Rick Nowels Producer Rick Springfield Performer Robert John "Mutt" Lange Producer Robert Margouleff Producer Robin Schwartz Licensing Rockwell Producer Scott Litt Producer Simply Red Performer Spandau Ballet Producer Steve Jolley Producer Stewart Levine Producer Stray Cats Performer Swing Out Sister Performer Technotronic Performer The Cars Producer The Commodores Performer The Pointer Sisters Performer The Waitresses Performer Thomas Dolby Performer Thomas Morgan Producer Tom Keifer Producer Tom Werman Producer Tony Hayes Compilation Tony Swain Producer Twisted Sister Performer Wally Badarou Producer Waves Producer