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

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

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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.

Tracklist:

  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

UPC: 5013929117792
Label: Cherry Red
Release Date: 8.2.24
Format: CD

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