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Heaven Sent: Rise Of New Pop 1979-1983 / Various - Heaven Sent: Rise Of New Pop 1979-1983 / Various

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Format: CD
Rel. Date: 08/02/2024
UPC: 5013929117792

Heaven Sent: Rise Of New Pop 1979-1983 / Various
Artist: Heaven Sent: Rise Of New Pop 1979-1983 / Various
Format: CD
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1. M - Pop Musik (Full Length Disco Mix)
2. The Flying Lizards - Money
3. The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
4. Godley and Creme - An Englishman in New York (Single Version)
5. The Korgis - Young ; Russian
6. New Musik - Living By Numbers
7. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Red Frame/ White Light
8. Toyah - Bird in Flight
9. Grace Jones - She's Lost Control
10. Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls - Dream Sequence (One)
11. The Clash - Hitsville U.K
12. The Passions - I'm in Love with a German Film Star
13. The Human League - Boys and Girls
14. China Crisis - African and White (Inevitable Version)
15. Fad Gadget - Make Room
16. Department S - Is Vic There?
17. Japan - the Art of Parties
18. Altered Images - a Day's Wait
19. Heaven 17 - I'm Your Money
20. Thomas Leer - Letter from America
21. The Associates - Q Quarters
22. Eurythmics - Never Gonna Cry Again
23. Thomas Dolby - Urges
24. The Slits - Earthbeat (7" Version)
25. Monsoon - Ever So Lonely (Indipop Version)
26. Hazel O'Connor - Hanging Around
27. Anthony More - World Service (Single Version)
28. A Flock of Seagulls - Telecommunication
29. Simple Minds - Sweat in Bullet
30. Soft Cell - Bedsitter
31. Chas Jankel - Questionnaire
32. The Creatures - Mad Eyed Screamer
33. Tears for Fears - Suffer the Children
34. Haircut One Hundred - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
35. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Liars a to E (Single Version)
36. The Teardrop Explodes - Tiny Children
37. Rip Rig and Panic - Bob Hope Takes Risks
38. Mari Wilson - Beat the Beat
39. TV21 with the Cannizarro Strings - All Join Hands
40. The Undertones - Beautiful Friend
41. Blue Rondo a la Turk - Klactoveesedstein
42. John Cooper Clarke - the Day My Pad Went Mad
43. ABC - Poison Arrow
44. Fashion - Streetplayer-Mechanik
45. The Fun Boy Three - the Telephone Always Rings
46. Culture Club - White Boy (Extended Mix)
47. Scritti Politti - Faithless
48. Elvis Costello ; the Attractions - You Little Fool
49. Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne Is Big Leggy
50. The Apollinaires - the Feeling's Gone
51. Weekend - Past Meets Present
52. King Trigger - River
53. Swamp Children - Taste What's Rhythm
54. Dead or Alive - the Stranger
55. Paul Young - Iron Out the Rough Spots
56. Wide Boy Awake - Chicken Outlaw
57. Comsat Angels - After the Rain (Single Remix)
58. The Higsons - Tear the Whole Thing Down
59. The Pale Fountains - Thank You
60. Set the Tone - Dance Sucker
61. The Jam - Shopping
62. The Cure - Lets Go to Bed
63. Malcolm McLaren and the World's Famous Supreme Team - Buffalo Gals
64. The Stranglers - European Female
65. Madness - Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)
66. Tracie - the House That Jack Built
67. Hey! Elastica - Suck a Little Honey
68. Paul Haig - Heaven Sent
69. Eyeless in Gaza - New Risen
70. The Style Council - Headstart for Happiness (Single Version)
71. Joboxers - Johnny Friendly
72. The Kane Gang - Brother Brother
73. The Special Aka - Bright Lights
74. Dislocation Dance - Show Me
75. Friends Again - State of Art
76. Ian Dury - Really Glad You Came
77. Colour Box - Shotgun
78. Furniture - Robert Nightman's Story
79. Swallow Tongue - Animation
80. The Art of Noise - Moments in Love

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4CD Set Exploring The Evolution Of The 'New Pop' Movement, 1979-1983. Featuring The Human League, Fun Boy Three, Soft Cell, Scritti Politti, The Style Council, Heaven 17, The Cure, Eurythmics, Tears For Fears, Altered Images, Art Of Noise And Countless Other Big Names And Lesser-Known Gems. A term forever associated with tastemaker NME scribe turned Svengali Paul Morley, 'New Pop' came to describe any forward-thinking British music of the early 1980s which wasn't 'rockist' (macho men with guitars, etc. ) or overtly punky and anti-establishment in outlook. New Pop was an aspiration. Punk had shaken up the UK music industry - and more importantly, had inspired a generation of art students, budding musicians and others with a sense of what was possible. By the end of 1979, while many artists continued to forge a futuristic vision for guitar-based rock music, others saw the potential of reinventing Pop. But this was not chintzy, tacky pop of the kind that had survived punk's great reset. Instead, credible, progressively minded artists sought to "bring back life to the radio, to make the single count" as Morley himself put it. Taking it's cue from 1979's big three - M, Flying Lizards and The Buggles - 'Heaven Sent' explores five seismic years that saw aspiration and success replace anti-success, DIY culture for many. Covering a broad musical palette packed, image conscious, highly curated and too sharp for anybody over twenty-five to understand, this was in many ways as much an overhaul of pop music as punk had been of the tired rock scene. Subtler and less anarchic certainly, but always fresh and inventive. Conceived and curated by the team behind many of our most critically acclaimed post punk, pop and electronica compilations, 'Heaven Sent' is a time capsule period piece, framing perfectly that period between the post-punk aftershock and the mid-80s dominance of Thatcherite High Street pop. A must for collectors and musical historians alike.
        
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