Monday, July 25, 2022

VA - The 150 Best Singles Of 1981 (2022)

Pop, Rock | Mp3 320 kbps | 5 CD | 1,34 Gb

CD 1
 1. Genesis - Abacab (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (4:10)
 2. The Jam - Absolute Beginners (2:48)
 3. Ultravox - All Stood Still (4:23)
 4. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Arabian Knights (3:08)
 5. Modern Romance - Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey (3:09)
 6. Soft Cell - Bedsitter (3:29)
 7. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes (3:42)
 8. Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' for You (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (3:43)
 9. The J. Geils Band - Centerfold (3:35)
 10. New Order - Ceremony (Original "Version 1" FAC 33, March 6, 1981 7" Single) (4:37)
 11. Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) (4:08)
 12. The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes (4:13)
 13. Kim Wilde - Chequered Love (3:22)
 14. Kraftwerk - Computer Love (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) (3:44)
 15. Hazel O'Connor - (Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) (3:41)
 16. The Sinceros - Disappearing (1981 Gus Dudgeon 7" Single Version) (3:44)
 17. UB40 - Don't Let It Pass You By (Original 1981 12" Extended Version) (7:45)
 18. UB40 - Don't Slow Down (Original 1981 12" Extended Version) (7:16)
 19. Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (4:11)
 20. The Human League - Don't You Want Me (3:58)
 21. Depeche Mode - Dreaming of Me (3:46)
 22. Thomas Dolby - Europa And The Pirate Twins (3:20)
 23. The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (4:20)
 24. New Order - Everything's Gone Green (Original 1981 12" Extended Version) (5:33)
 25. Visage - Fade to Grey (Original 1981 12" John Luongo Dance Mix) (6:43)
 26. Haircut One Hundred - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) (3:05)
 27. The Jam - Funeral Pyre (3:27)
 28. Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love (Original 1981 12" Extended Version) (5:35)
 29. The Specials feat. Rico - Ghost Town (Original 1981 12" Extended Version) (6:03)
 30. Duran Duran - Girls on Film (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (3:26)

CD 2
 1. Odyssey - Going Back to My Roots (Original 1981 12" Extended Version) (5:24)
 2. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Good Year for the Roses (3:08)
 3. Madness - Grey Day (3:39)
 4. Classix Nouveaux - Guilty (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (3:13)
 5. Dollar - Hand Held in Black and White (3:23)
 6. The Rolling Stones - Hang Fire (2:21)
 7. Altered Images - Happy Birthday (2:59)
 8. Split Enz - Hard Act to Follow (3:21)
 9. The Clash - Hitsville UK (4:21)
 10. .38 Special - Hold on Loosely (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (3:55)
 11. Pete Shelley - Homosapien (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) (3:24)
 12. The Look - I Am the Beat (3:03)
 13. Altered Images - I Could be Happy (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (3:30)
 14. Pretenders - I Go to Sleep (2:56)
 15. Rainbow - I Surrender (7" Radio Promo Edit) (3:19)
 16. Toyah - I Want to Be Free (3:08)
 17. Jon & Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home (4:27)
 18. The Passions - I'm in Love with a German Film Star (3:58)
 19. The Freshies - I'm In Love With the Girl on the Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk (2:50)
 20. Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight (5:35)
 21. The Police - Invisible Sun (3:44)
 22. Squeeze - Is That Love? (2:34)
 23. Department S - Is Vic There? (3:04)
 24. Madness - It Must Be Love (3:20)
 25. Toyah - It's a Mystery (4:05)
 26. The Undertones - It's Going to Happen! (3:39)
 27. Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party (3:47)
 28. Aneka - Japanese Boy (3:54)
 29. Roxy Music - Jealous Guy (4:58)
 30. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl (3:14)

CD 3
 1. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Joan Of Arc (Remastered 2019) (3:48)
 2. The Undertones - Julie Ocean (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (3:36)
 3. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough (3:44)
 4. Stiff Little Fingers - Just Fade Away (3:04)
 5. REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You (3:22)
 6. Kim Wilde - Kids in America (3:29)
 7. Squeeze - Labelled with Love (4:35)
 8. Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawnchairs (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (3:27)
 9. ABBA - Lay All Your Love on Me (4:34)
 10. Slade - Lock Up Your Daughters (3:28)
 11. Bad Manners - Lorraine (3:07)
 12. The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) (3:52)
 13. Simple Minds - Love Song (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) (3:53)
 14. The Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum) (3:14)
 15. The Clash - The Magnificent Seven (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) (3:39)
 16. Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up (2:40)
 17. Pretenders - Message of Love (3:25)
 18. Berlin - The Metro (4:07)
 19. Duran Duran - My Own Way (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (3:41)
 20. Depeche Mode - New Life (3:46)
 21. Laurie Anderson - O Superman (for Massenet) (8:22)
 22. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) (3:32)
 23. UB40 - One in Ten (4:31)
 24. The Human League - Open Your Heart (3:57)
 25. The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed (2:48)
 26. The Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend (3:29)
 27. Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (4:04)
 28. Olivia Newton-John - Physical (3:44)
 29. Dexys Midnight Runners - Plan B (2:37)
 30. Duran Duran - Planet Earth (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (4:01)

CD 4
 1. Heaven 17 - Play to Win (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (3:24)
 2. Motörhead & Girlschool - Please Don't Touch (2:49)
 3. Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) (4:27)
 4. Phil Seymour - Precious to Me (2:51)
 5. The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (4:00)
 6. The Cure - Primary (3:39)
 7. Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming (3:16)
 8. Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (US 7" Single Mix) (3:38)
 9. New Order - Procession (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (4:29)
 10. Grace Jones - Pull Up to the Bumper (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) (3:39)
 11. Japan - Quiet Life (7" Fade-Out Version, 1981) (3:51)
 12. R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe (Original 1981 Hib-Tone 7" Single) (3:48)
 13. Blondie - Rapture (Original 1981 UK 7" Single Mix) (4:57)
 14. B-Movie - Remembrance Day (4:04)
 15. Madness - The Return of the Los Palmas 7 (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (2:34)
 16. The Teardrop Explodes - Reward (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (2:46)
 17. Stray Cats - Rock This Town (3:24)
 18. Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Romeo & Juliet (6:00)
 19. Kate Bush - Sat in Your Lap (Original 1981 7" Single Mix) (3:29)
 20. The Cars - Shake It Up (3:34)
 21. Dexys Midnight Runners - Show Me (3:25)
 22. Madness - Shut Up (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (2:51)
 23. Bill Wyman - (Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) (3:22)
 24. Stiff Little Fingers - Silver Lining (3:03)
 25. The Clash - Somebody Got Murdered (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) (3:33)
 26. The Sound Of The Crowd [Single - The Sound of the Crowd (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (3:57)
 27. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Souvenir (Remastered 2019) (3:36)
 28. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spellbound (3:16)
 29. The Police - Spirits in the Material World (2:58)
 30. Adam and the Ants - Stand & Deliver (3:07)

CD 5
 1. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up (3:33)
 2. Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut (3:15)
 3. Rick James - Super Freak (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (3:25)
 4. Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl (Original 1981 12" Extended Version) (6:16)
 5. Tenpole Tudor - Swords of a Thousand Men (3:02)
 6. Soft Cell - Tainted Love (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (2:40)
 7. REO Speedwagon - Take It on the Run (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) (3:37)
 8. The Tubes - Talk to Ya Later (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (3:46)
 9. ABC - Tears Are Not Enough (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (3:34)
 10. Squeeze - Tempted (4:01)
 11. The Jam - That's Entertainment (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) (3:32)
 12. Kirsty MacColl - There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis (3:09)
 13. The Clash - This Is Radio Clash (4:11)
 14. The Beat - Too Nice to Talk To (3:07)
 15. Susan Fassbender - Twilight Café (3:19)
 16. Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (3:56)
 17. Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb (3:39)
 18. Ultravox - Vienna (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) (4:39)
 19. Japan - Visions of China (3:39)
 20. Ultravox - The Voice (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (4:22)
 21. The Rolling Stones - Waiting on a Friend (4:35)
 22. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Watch Your Step (3:00)
 23. Kim Wilde - Water on Glass (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (3:36)
 24. Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (Original 1981 7" Single Version) (4:09)
 25. Slade - We'll Bring the House Down (3:32)
 26. Hazel O'Connor - Will You? (4:47)
 27. John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Woman (3:32)
 28. Randy Crawford - You Might Need Somebody (4:15)
 29. Loverboy - Working for the Weekend (3:41)
 30. Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood (Original 1981 12" Special Version) (6:31)

Thanks Kevin

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1 comment:

  1. stunning collection of music, i had forgotten just how great that was..

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