The Human League - "Human"
Duran Duran - "Careless Memories"
Japan - "Visions Of China"
ABC - "That Was Then But This Is Now"
Tears For Fears - "Mothers Talk"
Roxy Music - "Same Old Scene"
The Stranglers - "European Female"
Joan Armatrading - "Drop The Pilot"
Tina Turner - "Typical Male"
Belinda Carlisle - "Circle In The Sand"
Fairground Attraction - "Find My Love" (feat Eddi Reader)
Katrina & The Waves - "Sun Street"
Tanita Tikaram - "Good Tradition"
Red Box - "Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)"
Curiosity Killed The Cat - "Ordinary Day"
Five Star - "If I Say Yes"
Hot Chocolate - "I Gave You My Heart (Didn't I)"
Jaki Graham - "Round & Around"
The Jam - "Absolute Beginners"
Dexys Midnight Runners - "The Celtic Soul Brothers (More, Please, Thank You)"
Deacon Blue - "Wages Day"
Simply Red - "The Right Thing"
Level 42 - "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)"
Swing Out Sister - "Twilight World"
Womack & Womack - "Love Wars"
Chaka Khan - "This Is My Night"
Sheila E - "The Belle Of St Mark"
Dead Or Alive - "Something In My House"
Kim Wilde - "The Second Time"
Art Of Noise - "Peter Gunn" (feat Duane Eddy)
Wax - "Bridge To Your Heart"
Paul Young - "Tomb Of Memories"
King - "Won't You Hold My Hand Now"
Belouis Some - "Imagination"
Furniture - "Brilliant Mind"
Cock Robin - "The Promise You Made"
Boy George - "Keep Me In Mind"
UB40 & Chrissie Hynde - "Breakfast In Bed"
Electric Light Orchestra - "Twilight"
John Parr - "St Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)"
It Bites - "Calling All The Heroes"
Jim Diamond - "Hi Ho Silver"
Belle & The Devotions - "Love Games"
Dollar - "Hand Held In Black & White"
Haysi Fantayzee - "Shiny Shiny"
Shakin' Stevens & Bonnie Tyler - "A Rocking Good Way (To Mess Around & Fall In Love)"
Stray Cats - "Runaway Boys"
Roman Holliday - "Motor Mania"
Sam Brown - "Can I Get A Witness"
Tiffany - "I Saw Him Standing There"
Milli Vanilli - "Baby Don't Forget My Number"
Narada Michael Walden - "I Shoulda Loved Ya"
The Spinners - "Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time"
The Four Tops - "Indestructible"
The Christians - "Forgotten Town"
Randy Crawford - "Rainy Night In Georgia"
Review: While compilations of 1980s pop music are ten-a-penny, most tend to focus on the most celebrated hits and biggest singles. Spectrum's latest, Pop Gems: The 80s, takes a different approach, combining familiar numbers (Dexy's 'Celtic Soul Brothers', Roxy Music's 'Same Old Scene' and the Human League's 'Human') with forgotten treats and less-celebrated cuts from big names of the era (Tears For Fears, Ah-Ha, Shakin' Stevens, Adam Ant, ABC, Duran Duran, Boy George, Five Star, Bros etc). There's also a sprinkling of crossover American dancefloor hits too, from the likes of Chaka Khan, Womack & Womack, Sheila E, Cameo and Jakki Graham). It packs in plenty of three discs, as you'd expect, and even finds space for a dash of Fairground Convention!
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