80's Hits

Although it's missing a few important (not to mention big) hits, Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 is an excellent retrospective of the first half of Billy Joel's career. Beginning with "Piano Man," the first disc runs through a number of early songs before arriving at the hit-making days of the late '70s; some of these songs, including "Captain Jack" and "New York State of Mind," weren't strictly hits, but were popular numbers within his stage show and became radio hits…

The 1950s were fun, the 1960s were wild, and the 1970s were decadent. But the 1980s? The ’80s were big: Big hair; big shoulder pads; big, booming music; and big changes. MTV, compact discs, and digital sampling were brand new, and FM radio blasted the hits of the day to nerds, preppies, and punks alike.

God price and arrived very quickly. Great selection of songs and ideal for those of us who can remember the days when they were the hits of the moment! Cry Wolf is a song by Norwegian band A-ha. It was the second single from their Scoundrel Days album. It's My Life is a song by the English new wave band Talk Talk. Runaway is an album by Bill Champlin, released on Elektra Records in 1981. Happy When It Rains is a song by the Scottish alternative rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain and the second single from the groups album Darklan Great 80s compilation.

From the vaults of Sony Music and the Fable/Image catalogue comes a selection of the best singers of the 70s and 80s. Take a step back and enjoy these hard-to-get hits from the past – some rarely seen since the 70s. Twenty chart hits by such household names as John Farnham, Olivia Newton-John, Daryl Braithwaite, John Paul Young and Jon English, together with almost-forgotten hits by Matt Flinders, Allison Durbin, Linda George and Doug Ashdown –­ all collected on one CD for the first time.