29 May '08 - 195 W, 1 I - + 3 - 3 Smash Hits 80s
This new 3 * CD set contains some of my very favourite 80s hits so - even though it’s named after a ‘rival’ magazine (back in the ‘80s I was writing for Flexipop! and Number One rather than Smash Hits), I’m prepared to make some allowances...
There is a good smattering of the ‘obvious’ hits - Culture Club’s Karma Chameleon, The Human League’s Don’t You Want Me, Bros’s When I Be Famous - plus a nice selection of some of the less well remembered hits - such as Dollar’s rather good Oh L’Amour (at the time I wouldn’t have admitted to liking Dollar who were seen as desperately uncool, but I must say that listening now, so many years later, it doesn’t sound half bad) and Strawberry’ Switchblades’ Since Yesterday.
I won’t bore you with the whole track listing. See for yourself on Amazon.
Suffice to say, this is a damn’ fine collection. Just to get you in the mood, here’s the video for track 5 on disc one - Haircut 100’s wonderful, Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl).
