VA - I Wanna Be a Teen Again: American Power Pop, 1980-1989 (2025)
Artist: VA
Title: I Wanna Be a Teen Again: American Power Pop, 1980-1989
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Cherry Red – CRCD3BOX196
Genre: Pop Rock, Power Pop
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+artwork)
Total Time: 03:58:33
Total Size: 576 MB / 1.69 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: I Wanna Be a Teen Again: American Power Pop, 1980-1989
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Cherry Red – CRCD3BOX196
Genre: Pop Rock, Power Pop
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+artwork)
Total Time: 03:58:33
Total Size: 576 MB / 1.69 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD1
01. Stiv Bators - Not That Way Anymore (2:54)
02. I Want Ya - The Knack (2:40)
03. Gary Valentine & The Know - (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence Dear (3:02)
04. The Romantics - When I Look In Your Eyes (3:02)
05. Nikki & The Corvettes - Just What I Need (2:48)
06. Zeros - They Say That (Everything's Alright) (2:17)
07. Mn'M's - I'm Tired (1:51)
08. The Flashcubes - It's You Tonight (Basement Tapes Version) (3:11)
09. Radio City - Don't Mistake Love (3:08)
10. Screen Test - Nothing Really Matters When You're Young (3:53)
11. Moondogs - When Sixteen Wasn't So Sweet (2:30)
12. The Pranks - What's The Point (1:45)
13. NRBQ - You Can't Hide (2:06)
14. Utopia - I Just Want To Touch You (2:03)
15. The Shivvers - Please Stand By (3:05)
16. Eric Carmen - It Hurts Too Much (4:19)
17. Hilly Michaels - Calling All Girls (3:46)
18. Promise - Back In My Heart (2:35)
19. The Late Show - Take A Chance (3:12)
20. The Heats - Remember Me (3:24)
21. Off Broadway - Quick Turns (2:53)
22. Shoes - She Satisfies (3:01)
23. The Everythingers - Saccharine (2:26)
24. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl (3:15)
25. SVT - Love Blind (2:55)
26. Tommy Hoehn - Get Away (2:39)
27. Phil Seymour - Precious To Me (2:52)
28. David Quinton - Make Up Your Mind (2:21)
CD2
01. The Flamin' Groovies - So Much In Love (1:44)
02. The Plimsouls - Now (3:02)
03. 20/20 - The Night I Heard A Scream (3:17)
04. Great Buildings - Hold On To Something (3:48)
05. The Go-Gos - How Much More (3:06)
06. The Wigs - Tell It All (3:08)
07. The Rubinoos - Let's Make It Tonight (3:39)
08. The Toms - (I Wanna Be A) Teen Again (4:02)
09. The Michael Guthrie Band - Sorry About That (3:54)
10. Eddy Best - Things I Should've Said (2:42)
11. The Decoys - Not The Tremblin' Kind (3:18)
12. Marshall Crenshaw - Cynical Girl (2:37)
13. The Bongos - The Bulrushes (2:37)
14. The Floor Models - You'll Come Around (3:21)
15. Paul Collins' Beat - The Kids Are The Same (3:44)
16. Dwight Twilley - I'm Back Again (3:44)
17. Cheap Trick - If You Want My Love (3:38)
18. Bruce Moody - AM Romance (2:54)
19. The Bangles - Mary Street (2:43)
20. The Spongetones - Here I Go Again (2:41)
21. The Fad - Where The Colours Are (3:06)
22. Club Wow - What's With You (4:22)
23. Jim Basnight & The Moberlys - I Want To Be Yours (2:32)
24. Steve Rosenbaum - Girl From Seventeen (3:16)
25. Let's Active - Every Word Means No (2:54)
CD3
01. Ramones - My KInd of Girl (3:35)
02. Fastbacks - Now is the Time (2:55)
03. Game Theory - Now is the Time (3:44)
04. The dB's - Love is for Lovers (3:20)
05. Katrina and the Waves - Do You Want Crying? (3:36)
06. Candy - Whatever Happened to Fun (3:45)
07. Julian Leal - You and I (3:56)
08. Riff Doctors - Turn Me On (1:50)
09. The Beat Rodeo - Just Friends (3:34)
10. Gary Herrewig - Hurt You Too (3:05)
11. Windbreakers - Can't Go On This Way (4:07)
12. Tommy Keene - Places That Are Gone (3:56)
13. The Smithereens - Strangers When We Meet (3:49)
14. The Mosquitos - That Was Then, This Is Now (4:09)
15. Sex Clark Five - I Want You Mine (1:54)
16. The Patriots - It Don't Show (2:22)
17. Flying Color - Dear Friend (3:11)
18. Bill Lloyd - Lisa Anne (3:15)
19. The Long Ryders - I Want You Bad (2:45)
20. Chris "Klondike" Masauk - How Could He Resist? (2:49)
21. The Infidels - I Can't Make You Mine (3:08)
22. Redd Kross - Ballad of a Love Doll (1:56)
23. Material Issue - Renee Remains the Same (3:20)
24. The Pursuit of Happiness - She’s So Young (3:37)
25. Velvet Crush - The Pursuit of Happiness (1:51)
• 3CD CELEBRATION OF CLASSIC AND RARE NORTH AMERICAN POWER POP OF THE 1980s.
• OVER 75 TRACKS FULL OF HOOKS, HARMONIES & HIGH ENERGY!
• FEATURING THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES, CHEAP TRICK, THE GO-GOS, THE RAMONES, THE BANGLES, REDD KROSS, THE KNACK, THE ROMANTICS, STIV BATORS, THE SHIVVERS, THE SMITHEREENS, THE VELVET CRUSH, MATERIAL ISSUE, DWIGHT TWILLEY, PHIL SEYMOUR, ERIC CARMEN, NIKKI & THE CORVETTES, PAUL COLLINS' BEAT, 20/20, RICK SPRINGFIELD, SHOES, THE LONG RYDERS, UTOPIA AND SCORES MORE….
• COMPLETE WITH EXTENSIVE 13,000 WORD SLEEVENOTE ESSAY!
In 1979, The Knack kicked open the doors for a global power pop explosion, and a year or so later, almost as quickly, the doors closed again, but not before a mass of their contemporaries followed them through. Soon, a bunch of others got caught up in the excitement and the record business relearned the power of guitar-driven pop - the first few years of the '80s were as exciting for power pop as the last couple of the 70s had been, and even when it returned to the underground, the music continued to flow throughout the decade.
‘I Wanna Be A Teen Again’ follows the 80s power pop explosion from its hypocentre early in the decade to its enduring late period gems, exploring both leading and lesser lights, the old hands and new talents who made it such an exciting musical happening. By the middle of the decade, the term power pop had been all but retired, but a handful of new bands found success by avoiding it, whilst new movements, including the Paisley Underground and indie pop, helped keep others alive under new brandings. All the while a small number of holdouts, the pop equivalent of the soldiers lost in the jungle after the war had ended, strove to keep the music and the name alive.
Packed with classic cuts and long-overlooked rough diamonds, and appearing at a time when new outfits like The Lemon Twigs pick through the body of 80s power pop for material and inspiration and some key artists like Redd Kross and The Bangles are celebrated in books and film, ‘I Wanna Be A Teen Again’ is a timely examination and celebration of this action-packed era and its thrilling sounds.
• OVER 75 TRACKS FULL OF HOOKS, HARMONIES & HIGH ENERGY!
• FEATURING THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES, CHEAP TRICK, THE GO-GOS, THE RAMONES, THE BANGLES, REDD KROSS, THE KNACK, THE ROMANTICS, STIV BATORS, THE SHIVVERS, THE SMITHEREENS, THE VELVET CRUSH, MATERIAL ISSUE, DWIGHT TWILLEY, PHIL SEYMOUR, ERIC CARMEN, NIKKI & THE CORVETTES, PAUL COLLINS' BEAT, 20/20, RICK SPRINGFIELD, SHOES, THE LONG RYDERS, UTOPIA AND SCORES MORE….
• COMPLETE WITH EXTENSIVE 13,000 WORD SLEEVENOTE ESSAY!
In 1979, The Knack kicked open the doors for a global power pop explosion, and a year or so later, almost as quickly, the doors closed again, but not before a mass of their contemporaries followed them through. Soon, a bunch of others got caught up in the excitement and the record business relearned the power of guitar-driven pop - the first few years of the '80s were as exciting for power pop as the last couple of the 70s had been, and even when it returned to the underground, the music continued to flow throughout the decade.
‘I Wanna Be A Teen Again’ follows the 80s power pop explosion from its hypocentre early in the decade to its enduring late period gems, exploring both leading and lesser lights, the old hands and new talents who made it such an exciting musical happening. By the middle of the decade, the term power pop had been all but retired, but a handful of new bands found success by avoiding it, whilst new movements, including the Paisley Underground and indie pop, helped keep others alive under new brandings. All the while a small number of holdouts, the pop equivalent of the soldiers lost in the jungle after the war had ended, strove to keep the music and the name alive.
Packed with classic cuts and long-overlooked rough diamonds, and appearing at a time when new outfits like The Lemon Twigs pick through the body of 80s power pop for material and inspiration and some key artists like Redd Kross and The Bangles are celebrated in books and film, ‘I Wanna Be A Teen Again’ is a timely examination and celebration of this action-packed era and its thrilling sounds.
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