VA - Greatest Ever! Electric (The Definitive Collection) (2014)

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Artist: Various Artists
Title: Greatest Ever! Electric (The Definitive Collection)
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Union Square Music – GTSTCD086 / 3 x CD, Compilation, Box Set
Genre: Synth-pop, New Wave
Quality: 320 / FLAC (tracks+.cue,log artwork)
Total Time: 3:38:59
Total Size: 534 Mb / 1.65 Gb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1

01. Happy Mondays - WFL (Vince Clarke Remix) (6:09)
02. Hot Chip - Over and Over (3:49)
03. Eric Prydz - Pjanoo (2:37)
04. Soulwax - KracK (5:24)
05. Hudson Mohawke - Fuse (3:11)
06. Clinic - The Second Line (2:28)
07. Caribou King - Odessa (5:13)
08. Black Kids - Look at Me (When I Rock Wichoo) (4:10)
09. Fischerspooner - Emerge (4:46)
10. Thompson Twins - Love on Your Side (3:28)
11. Robert Palmer - Looking For Clues (4:52)
12. Arcadia - Election Day (4:26)
13. Grace Jones - My Jamaican Guy (6:00)
14. Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood (You Don’t Stop) (4:03)
15. Howard Jones - What Is Love (3:38)
16. 808 State - Pacific 707 (3:51)
17. The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (3:46)
18. John Foxx - No-One Driving (3:45)

CD 2

01. Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11 (4:27)
02. Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (4:06)
03. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (5:01)
04. Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter (4:40)
05. Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams (3:49)
06. Big Audio Dynamite - E=Mc2 (4:20)
07. Soft Cell - Memorabilia (5:20)
08. Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit) (4:03)
09. Propaganda - Duel (4:41)
10. A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (5:30)
11. Animotion - Obsession (3:53)
12. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (4:21)
13. Belouis Some - Imagination (3:34)
14. Adamski & Seal - Killer (4:11)
15. Humanoid - Stakker Humanoid (7' Original) (3:39)
16. John Foxx - Underpass (3:57)
17. Giorgio Moroder - Chase (3:37)
18. The Tubes - Prime Time (3:19)

CD 3

01. Erasure - Who Needs Love (Like That) (3:04)
02. Dollar - Mirror Mirror (3:30)
03. Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling (3:58)
04. Go West - We Close Our Eyes (3:41)
05. Living In A Box - Living In A Box (3:02)
06. a-ha - Take On Me (3:35)
07. Oingo Boingo - Weird Science (6:12)
08. Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (3:00)
09. Jody Watley - Looking For A New Love (3:59)
10. Cerrone - Supernature (4:22)
11. Club House - Do It Again Medley With Billie Jean (3:43)
12. Patrick Hernandez - Born To Be Alive (3:09)
13. Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star (3:24)
14. King - Love & Pride (3:20)
15. New Musik - Living By Numbers (3:24)
16. Haddaway - What Is Love (3:56)
17. Belouis Some - Some People (3:55)
18. M - Pop Muzik (3:18)

Like its title would suggest, the 54-track, three-disc box set Greatest Ever! Electric is not a collection of Balkan folk music, but it's also not a tribute to the electric guitar. "Greatest Ever! Electronic" would have been a better fit, as it's chock-full of new wave hits and dancefloor/space-out jams from artists like Animotion ("Obsession"), Hot Chip ("Over and Over"), 808 State ("Pacific 707"), and Caribou ("Odessa"). A good mix of commercial synth-pop and more alternative electronica. The "definitive" tag is obviously ridiculous (e.g. no Depeche Mode, for a start), but an enjoyable budget compilation all the same.

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