Synth Pop on CD

Description

Stemming from the late 1970’s and giving birth to the New Romantic movement, the synthesiser was THE sound of the era, and continues to influence the sound of bands today. This collection includes 13 massive number one hit singles as well as genre defining chart smashes from the likes of Eurythmics, Ultra Vox, Yazoo, New Order and Bronski Beat and the many more that helped create a new sound and identity to an entire decade and beyond.

From 1977’s ‘I Feel Love’ by Donna Summer to the track that arguably kicked off the synth pop era in June 1979, Tubeway Army’s ‘Are ‘Friends’ Electric?’, this collection features over 50 tracks (46 of which were top ten hits) that place the electric keyboard at the heart of the British music history. From the Paul Hardcastle’s number 1 hit ‘19’, right the way to New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’, The Human League’s ‘Don’t You Want Me Baby’ and Visage’s classic ‘Fade To Grey’, this new album celebrates the impact that the invention of the Moog and other affordable keyboards had on the music of the late 70s, the 80s....and continues to influence the charts today.

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
2 Don't You Want Me - The Human League
3 Cars - Gary Numan
4 Tainted Love - Soft Cell
5 I Feel Love - Donna Summer
6 Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
7 19 - Paul Hardcastle
8 The Reflex - Duran Duran
9 Don't Leave Me This Way - The Communards & Sarah Jane Morris
10 Gold - Spandau Ballet
11 Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
12 Only You - Yazoo
13 Vienna - Ultravox
14 Fade to Grey - Visage
15 Enola Gay - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
16 Pop Muzik - M
17 Money - The Flying Lizards
18 Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer

Disc: 2
1 Blue Monday - New Order
2 Are 'Friends' Electric - Tubeway Army
3 Temptation - Heaven 17
4 Together In Electric Dreams - Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
5 Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat feat. Jimmy Somerville
6 (Feels Like) Heaven - Fiction Factory
7 A Little Respect - Erasure
8 Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
9 Take on Me - a-ha
10 Kids In America - Kim Wilde
11 Love & Pride - King
12 Love Plus One - Haircut 100
13 Quiet Life - Japan
14 What Is Love? - Howard Jones
15 If I Was - Midge Ure
16 Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
17 It's My Life - Talk Talk
18 More Than This - Roxy Music

Disc: 3
1 Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
2 Somewhere in My Heart - Aztec Camera
3 Love Resurrection - Alison Moyet
4 The King of Rock 'N' Roll - Prefab Sprout
5 Body Talk - Imagination
6 Einstein a Go-Go - Landscape
7 Big in Japan - Alphaville
8 Don't Talk to Me About Love - Altered Images
9 Living on the Ceiling - Blancmange
10 Rockit - Herbie Hancock
11 She Blinded Me with Science - Thomas Dolby
12 Is It a Dream? - Classix Nouveaux
13 Imagination - Belouis Some
14 I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock Of Seagulls
15 Whip It - Devo
16 Oh Yeah - Yello
17 Moments in Love - Art Of Noise