Thanks to Ministry Of Sound, Liveguide is giving away 5 copies of the new 3CD 'Electronic 80s' compilation.
The track-listing on this compilation speaks for itself! 60 tracks that defined electronic music, all on one 3-CD set.
Anthems – Electonic 80s charts the birth of synthesised pop music and ultimately the roots of contemporary electronic dance music.
The importance and continued popularity of 80s pop is not to be underestimated, and the emergence of serious synthesised music producers in The Human League, Heaven 17, Yazoo, Ultravox, Talk Talk, Japan, Devo, Sparks, Gary Numan, New Order and The Pet Shop Boys, all of whom massively pushed the boundaries in experimentation, ultimately showed the way for the house and techno producers of the 90s and today.
The era also gave birth to brilliant, pure synth-pop from Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Thomas Dolby, Simple Minds, Propaganda, Erasure, China Crisis, Belouis Some, A Flock Of Seagulls and Blancmange, all featured on this compilation.
We have hand-picked a mix of the biggest commercial tracks from the Electronic 80s genre (Soft Cell, Kim Wilde, Tears For Fears, David Bowie, Blondie), in addition to the most important and influential ones, making Anthems – Electronic 80s a truly fantastic collector’s package and, best of all, an entertaining listen that will truly take you on an epic journey.
Tracklist
CD 01
1. Ultravox ‘Vienna’
2. Gary Numan ‘Cars’
3. Soft Cell ‘Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go?’
4. Visage ‘Fade To Grey’
5. Yazoo ‘Don't Go’
6. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ‘Enola Gay’
7. Joy Division ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’
8. Japan ‘Quiet Life’
9. Duran Duran ‘Planet Earth’
10. The Human League ‘Being Boiled’
11. Heaven 17 ‘Penthouse And Pavement’
12. Simple Minds ‘Promised You A Miracle’
13. Kim Wilde ‘Kids In America’
14. Mi-sex ‘Computer Games’
15. Fiction Factory ‘(Feels Like) Heaven’
16. Art Of Noise ‘Close (To The Edit)’
17. M ‘Pop Muzik’
18. Jona Lewie ‘You’ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties’
19. Gary Numan / Tubeway Army ‘Are 'Friends' Electric?’
20. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ‘Maid Of Orleans’
CD 02
1. The Human League ‘Love Action (I Believe In Love)’
2. Heaven 17 ‘Temptation’
3. Spandau Ballet ‘To Cut A Long Story Short’
4. Real Life ‘Send Me An Angel’
5. Scritti Politti ‘Absolute’
6. Blancmange ‘Living On The Ceiling’
7. Thompson Twins ‘Love On Your Side’
8. A Flock Of Seagulls ‘Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)’
9. China Crisis ‘Black Man Ray’
10. Thomas Dolby ‘Hyperactive!’
11. Talk Talk ‘It’s My Life’
12. Simple Minds ‘New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)’
13. Psuedo Echo ‘Listening’
14. Stephen Duffy ‘Kiss Me’
15. Go West ‘We Close Our Eyes’
16. Kajagoogoo ‘Too Shy’
17. Furniture ‘Brilliant Mind’
18. Belouis Some ‘Imagination’
19. It's Immaterial ‘Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune)’
20. Art Of Noise ‘Moments In Love’
CD 03
1. Tears For Fears ‘Mad World’
2. Pet Shop Boys ‘West End Girls’
3. New Order ‘Blue Monday’
4. Duran Duran ‘The Reflex’
5. Bronski Beat ‘Smalltown Boy’
6. Yazoo ‘Situation’
7. Erasure ‘Sometimes’
8. David Bowie ‘Fashion’
9. Blondie ‘Rapture’
10. Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder ‘Together In Electric Dreams’
11. Johnny Hates Jazz ‘Shattered Dreams’
12. Deborah Harry ‘French Kissin' In The USA (Edit)’
13. Classix Nouveaux ‘Is It A Dream’
14. Sigue Sigue Sputnik ‘Love Missile F1-11’
15. Devo ‘Whip It’
16. John Foxx ‘Underpass’
17. Sparks ‘Beat The Clock’
18. Propaganda ‘Duel’
19. Paul Hardcastle ‘19’
20. M/A/R/R/S ‘Pump Up The Volume’
To go in the running to win, just tell us what your favourite song from the 80s is, and why. Winners will be drawn Monday April 5.