VA - Eighties Complete (1997)

Compilation of popular and rock music from the 1980s performed and in part written by various musicians including New Zealand musicians Crowded House, Jenny Morris, Dave Dobbyn, Shona Laing, Mi-Sex, The Swingers, Split Enz and Sharon O'Neill.

Tracklist:

Disc 1 - 1980-1982

1. Blondie – Call Me
2. The Vapors – Turning Japanese
3. Sheena Easton – Morning Train (9 To 5)
4. Genghis Khan – Moscow
5. Kelly Marie – Feels Like I'm In Love
6. Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes
7. Hot Chocolate – Girl Crazy
8. The Pointer Sisters – Slow Hand
9. Cold Chisel – Forever Now
10. The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
11. Loverboy – Turn Me Loose
12. Kim Wilde – Kids In America
13. Billy Squier – The Stroke
14. Kim Hart – Love At First Sight
15. Joe Dolce – Shaddap You Face
16. Juice Newton – Queen Of Hearts
17. Long John Baldry & Kathi MacDonald – You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
18. The Motels – Total Control

Disc 2 - 1982-1984

1. Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. Kenny Loggins – Footloose
3. Laura Brannigan – Gloria
4. Duran Duran – Hungry Like The Wolf
5. Billy Idol – White Wedding
6. Pat Benatar – Love Is A Battlefield
7. J. Geils Band – Centrefold
8. Shakin' Stevens – Oh Julie
9. Wham – Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
10. Culture Club – Karma Chameleon
11. Eddy Grant – Electric Avenue
12. Naked Eyes – Always Something There To Remind Me
13. Kajagoogoo – Too Shy
14. The Cars – Drive
15. Toto – Africa
16. Spandau Ballet – True
17. Mike Oldfield – Moonlight Shadow
18. Adrian Gurvitz – Classic

Disc 3 - 1984-1987

1. Huey Lewis And The News – The Power Of Love
2. Katrina And The Waves – Walking On Sunshine
3. A-Ha – Take On Me
4. Deniece Williams – Let's Hear It For The Boy
5. Feargal Shearkey – A Good Heart
6. Talking Heads – And She Was
7. Simple Minds – Don't You (Forget About Me)
8. Go West – We Close Our Eyes
9. Twisted Sister – We're Not Gonna Take It
10. Sly Fox – Let's Go All The Way
11. Baltimora – Tarzan Boy
12. Mel And Kim – Respectable
13. Paul Carrack – When You Walk In The Room
14. Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is
15. Mr Mister – Broken Wings
16. Boy George – Everything I Own
17. Corey Hart – Sunglasses At Night
18. Limahl – Never Ending Story

Disc 4 - 1987-1989

1. Crowded House – Better Be Home Soon
2. Bobby McFerrin – Don't Worry Be Happy
3. Jenny Morris – She Has To Be Loved
4. Club Nouveau – Lean On Me
5. Julian Lennon – Now You're In Heaven
6. New Kids On The Block – You Got It (The Right Stuff)
7. Deborah Harry – French Kissin' In The USA
8. World Party – Ship Of Fools
9. Robbie Nevil – C'est La Vie
10. Glass Tiger – Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)
11. Climie Fisher – Love Changes Everything
12. Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is A Place On Earth
13. Dave Dobbyn – Slice Of Heaven
14. Stacey Q – Two Of Hearts
15. The Proclaimers – I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
16. Peter Blakeley – Crying In The Chapel
17. Shona Laing – Glad I'm Not A Kennedy
18. Marc Almond & Gene Pitney – Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart

Disc 5 - More Australian Artists

1. The Models – Out Of Mind Out Of Sight
2. Johnny Diesel & The Injectors – Cry In Shame
3. Pseudo Echo – Funky Town
4. Divinyls – Pleasure And Pain
5. James Reyne – Fall Of Rome
6. Misex – People
7. The Swingers – Counting The Beat
8. Split Enz – I Got You
9. QED – Everywhere I Go
10. Jason Donovan – Nothing Can Divide Us
11. Do-Re-Mi – Man Overboard
12. 1927 – If I Could
13. Sharon O'Neill – Maxine
14. Men At Work – Down Under
15. Little River Band – Down On The Border
16. Australian Crawl – Reckless
17. Air Supply – All Out Of Love
18. Karen Knowles – Why Won't You Explain

Thanks to the original releaser