THE BEAT • SOUND WAVE OF 80'S • K-TEL Vinyl LP, V/A Billy Idol, Duran

Description: Original Owner - Near Mint - Recently Played 11/24 - No Pops/No Skips - Plays warm and beautiful The Beat: Sound Wave of the 80's is a compilation album released by K-Tel Records in 198213. This vinyl LP features a collection of popular new wave and synth-pop hits from the early 1980s. Reception and LegacyThe Beat: Sound Wave of the 80's is considered by some collectors to be one of the better K-Tel compilations of its era1. It capturesthe essence of the new wave and synth-pop sound that was dominating alternative and mainstream radio in the early 1980s. The album's creator mentions it as potentially being in their top 5 K-Tel albums of all time1Album DetailsFormat: Vinyl LP37Release Year: 198217Label: K-Tel (Catalog Number: TU 5040)7Genre: Rock, New Wave, Synth-pop78Track ListingThe album contains 14 tracks by various artists14, including:"I Ran (So Far Away)" - A Flock Of Seagulls"Kids In America" - Kim Wilde"Love Plus One" - Haircut One Hundred"I Predict" - Sparks"I Got You" - Split Enz"You Hit The Spot" - Graham Parker"I Know What Boys Like" - The Waitresses"We Got The Beat" - The Go-Go's"I Want Candy" - Bow Wow Wow"Girls On Film" - Duran Duran"In The Name Of Love" - Thompson Twins"Dreaming Of Me" - Depeche Mode"Joan Of Arc" - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark"Hot In The City" - Billy IdolChart PerformanceMany of the songs on this compilation performed well on various Billboard charts1:"We Got The Beat" by The Go-Go's reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100"I Ran (So Far Away)" by A Flock Of Seagulls peaked at #9 on the Hot 100"Girls On Film" by Duran Duran hit #26 on the Hot 100"Hot In The City" by Billy Idol reached #23 on the Hot 100

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