Sister Christian

Ah, memories. Remember the first time you heard Quiet Riot's "Cum On Feel The Noize"? Or what about Ratt's "Round And Round"? Sure you do. Well, they're included here along with many other Heavy Metal classics from the decadent decade ...

Taken from the film of the same name, BOOGIE NIGHTS is a compilation overflowing with the "why worry" attitude of disco that is a perfect compliment to the rise and fall of fictional porn star Dirk Diggler. Hand-picked by writer-producer ...

Released more or less in conjunction with MTV's 20th anniversary in 2001, this triple gatefold sleeve set (not a box as the title implies), with an appropriately gaudy 27-page book, delivers 42 typical examples of songs associated with the music ...

"Oh, no!" you might cry. "Not another '80s new wave compilation." Well, set your fears aside. While PURE '80s HITS does include some of the skinny-tie classics included on other collections of '80s hits by the likes of Duran Duran, ...

An odd three-disc set from Deadline, This Is '80s Hair Metal isn't nearly as definitive as its title implies. Subtitled "Studio Fuelled," the first disc in the set features what must be re-recordings -- Quiet Riot's "Cum on Feel the ...

Track Listing: DISC 1: Love Will Tear Us Apart; Once Bitten, Twice Shy; Flashdance...What a Feeling; I Think We're Alone Now; Hey Jealousy; Heat of the Moment; Promise, The; I Ran (So Far Away); Let the Music Play; Pass the ...

The soundtrack to Superstar, the big-screen tale of SNL's Catholic schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher, features an eclectic collection of songs, including the Go-Go's' "Beautiful," and "Bamboleo" by the Gipsy Kings, Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky," Imani Coppola's "I'm a ...

Liner Note Authors: Casey Kasem; Gene Sculatti.

This 2009 edition of the NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC series presents time-honored examples of rockers getting in touch with their sensitive side (aka the power ballad). Drawing largely from the power ballad heyday of the 1980s and `90s, ...

Now here is a double disc that celebrates '80s hair metal in a way that few have. On disc one, you get the power and the glory by everyone from Cinderella, Winger, the Bulletboys, Joe Lynn Turner, Lita Ford, Great ...

In the context of popular music, a ballad is usually a slow song dealing with either romance or an emotional occasion. The Merriam-Webster dictionary offers a broader interpretation, defining it as "a narrative composition in rhythmic verse suitable for singing" ...

Rebound Records' Power Ballads contains a selection of ten hard rock love songs, nearly all of which date from the '80s, which of course was the golden age of the power ballad. If anyone ever doubted the veracity of that ...

Track Listing: Heaven; Wait; Something to Believe In; When the Good Die Young; Headed for Heartbreak; Nobody's Fool; Sweet Child O'Mine; Close My Eyes Forever; Sister Christian; Wanted Dead or Alive; Ready for Love; Still Lovin' You; Twentyfourseven; Space and Time;

Brian Charles/Todd Thibaud/The Shella Divine/Gravel Pit/Expan Audio Mixers: Mike Denneen; Peter Linnane; Brian Charles. Recording information: 2a+b; Final Countdown; Q Division; Zippah Studios, Brookline, MA.

Track Listing: DISC 1: You Spin Me Round (Like a Record); Look of Love, The; 867-5309/Jenny; One Thing Leads to Another; Cherry Pie; Cum on Feel the Noize; Every Day Is Halloween; I Ran (So Far Away); Total Eclipse of ...

This middle finger of a compilation from vulture label Cleopatra collects 36 re-recorded or poorly recorded live versions of hits from the '80s. To most people, a title like Big Hair '80s Hits would presumably rely heavily on the hair ...

The two-disc This Is Rock Anthems begins with Rick Derringer's "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo," which was certainly a hit, but an anthem? Quiet Riot's version of Slade's "Cum on Feel the Noize" comes much closer and it's easy to ...

Original Broadway cast recording of smash play, featuring performance of 80's classic rock song, includes tunes from Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Europe, and others.

Deadline's Monster Mullet Rock looks great on paper (Autograph, Quiet Riot, Dio), but any hopes for a pure mullet experience are shattered upon listening to this sneaky two-disc set. While songs like "Turn Up the Radio," "Holy Diver," and "Once ...

Track Listing: DISC 1: Are You Gonna Go My Way; Higher Ground; Purple Rain; Best, The; Wind of Change; All I Wanna Do is Make Love To You; Simply Irresistible; Faithfully; Sara; To Be With You; More Than Words; Creep; ...

HAIR METAL LIVE celebrates a time when musicians borrowed their girlfriends' clothes, teased their hair to the ceiling, and slapped on tons of requisite guyliner. This expansive, 3-disc set features mini-suites of live tracks by the bands that defined the ...

Track Listing: DISC 1: MONSTER METAL HITS: Metal Health (Bang Your Head); Down Boys; Anything Goes; Smooth Up In Ya; Sin City; Sex Action; Lay It Down; Don't Tell Me You Love Me; Shake Me; Doctor Doctor; Living Dead, The; ...

This 11-track collection from Hip-O plays an old K-Tel mix from the '80s. Icons of Rock is a pretty bold title, but most of the artists included (Free, Peter Frampton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rod Stewart, Rush, Thin Lizzy) fit the profile. ...

Track Listing: DISC 1; Harden My Heart; Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me; Lady; Nights in White Satin; Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy; Wind of Change; Beth; Melissa; More Than Words; I'm Not in Love; Don't You ...

Audio Mixer: Scott Spelbring. Photographer: David Plastik.