NOW Music proudly presents NOW - 80s Alternative: 80 tracks across 4 CDs encapsulating the era and celebrating an incredibly diverse decade for 'Alternative' music. CD1 showcases genre-defining bands and kicks off with New Order's sublime 'Thieves Like Us', Eurythmics stunning 'Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)' and Joy Division's era defining 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'. Post-Punk New Wave exploded on to the charts, and The Associates, The Jam, Echo And The Bunnymen, Pretenders, and Siouxsie's side project The Creatures are all included. The U.S. Alt scene provided R.E.M., Pixies, The Psychedelic Furs, and the David Bowie co-write 'Shades' from Iggy Pop. Plus, some of the best written Pop songs ever, represented here by David Sylvian, Marc Almond, Aztec Camera, Pete Wylie & The Mighty WAH!, The Adventures, Tom Robinson, and the Elvis Costello co-write 'Shipbuilding', beautifully realised by Robert Wyatt. The (still) incredible 'O Superman' from Laurie Anderson opens the second disc, along with other synth-based classics from Yello, Propaganda, Midge Ure & Mick Karn, Japan, Electronic and a brilliant single from Japanese band Sandii & The Sunsetz. DEVO produced the defining U.S. New Wave smash with 'Whip It', and fantastic unique hits from Scarlet Fantastic, Split Enz, Our Daughter's Wedding, Anne Pigalle and 'Flowers' by Zaine Griff (featuring Kate Bush on backing vocals) are all included. The epic 'This Corrosion' from Sisters Of Mercy starts CD3 in grandiose style - and is followed with atmospheric masterpieces from Siouxsie And The Banshees, Bauhaus, The Cure and a second appearance from Joy Division - before some late-80s Alternative essentials, including Bjork's band The Sugarcubes, Act, The Mission, All About Eve, The Cult's 'Edie (Ciao Baby)', 'This Is England' from The Clash, and The Fall's version of 'There's A Ghost In My House', before closing with two more great examples of U.S. Alt Pop from The Go-Go's, and The Waitresses. Opening with the song that launched one of the defining bands of the era, The Smiths, with 'Hand In Glove' the final CD features a stellar line up of 80s Alternative Chart hits - The Icicle Works, It's Immaterial, B-Movie, Kissing The Pink and Gang Of Four are all featured with timeless singles... Altered Images, Toyah and Adam & The Ants would go on to find huge mainstream success in the early '80s - and we celebrate these artists with their earlier singles. Big Audio Dynamite, Julian Cope and XTC are also included before the collection draws to a close with Latin Quarter's 'Radio Africa' - and Scritti Politti's 1981 single 'The "Sweetest Girl"'. NOW - 80s Alternative - A celebration of a different view of the decade's charts - the lesser-compiled 1980's singles.

Tracklist:

New Order - Thieves Like Us
Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
David Sylvian - Red Guitar
The Associates - Party Fears Two
Marc Almond - Stories Of Johnny
Aztec Camera - Oblivious
Pete Wylie ; The Mighty WAH! - Come Back
The Adventures - Broken Land
Iggy Pop - Shades
Pretenders - Talk Of The Town
R.E.M. - So. Central Rain
Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
The Psychedelic Furs - President Gas
The B-52's - Planet Claire
The Creatures - Mad Eyed Screamer
Echo And The Bunnymen - The Cutter
The Jam - That's Entertainment
Tom Robinson - Atmospherics: Listen To The Radio
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
Laurie Anderson - O Superman
The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star
The Stranglers - European Female
Electronic - Getting Away With It
Propaganda - Dr. Mabuse
Yello - Vicious Games
Scarlet Fantastic - No Memory
The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer
Naked Eyes - Always Something There to Remind Me
Split Enz - I Got You
Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawnchairs
DEVO - Whip It
Midge Ure ; Mick Karn - After A Fashion
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Edit)
Sandii ; The Sunsetz - Dream Of Immigrants
China Crisis - African And White
The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You
Zaine Griff - Flowers
Anne Pigalle - He! Stranger
Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo
Bauhaus - Kick In The Eye
The Cure - A Forest
Joy Division - Atmosphere
The Sugarcubes - Birthday
David Sylvian - Pop Song
Act - Snobbery ; Decay
Simple Minds - The American
Soft Cell - Down In The Subway
The Fall - There's A Ghost In My House
The Damned - Grimly Fiendish
Spear Of Destiny - Liberator
Theatre Of Hate - Do You Believe In The Westworld?
The Clash - This Is England
The Cult - Edie (Ciao Baby)
The Mission - Tower Of Strength
All About Eve - Martha's Harbour
The Darling Buds - Hit The Ground
The Go-Go's - Head Over Heels
The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
The Smiths - Hand In Glove
The Icicle Works - Love Is A Wonderful Colour
It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune)
Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
XTC - Senses Working Overtime
B-Movie - Remembrance Day
Kissing The Pink - The Last Film
Gang Of Four - I Love A Man In A Uniform
After The Fire - Der Kommissar
Altered Images - Dead Pop Stars
Toyah - Ieya
Adam ; The Ants - Car Trouble
Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
The Primitives - Crash
Westworld - Sonic Boom Boy
Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One
Big Audio Dynamite - Medicine Show
Latin Quarter - Radio Africa
Scritti Politti - The "Sweetest Girl"

UPC: 196588008726
Label: Universal Uk
Release Date: 6.23.23
Format: CD

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