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Disc: 1
1. Lullaby - Cure
2. She Sells Sanctuary - Cult
3. This Corrosion - Sisters Of Mercy
4. Wasteland - Mission
5. Happy House - Siouxsie & The Banshees
6. Eloise - The Damned
7. The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
8. Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus
9. April Skies - The Jesus & Mary Chain
10. Never Take Me Alive - Spears Of Destiny
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Disc: 2
1. Tower Of Strength - Mission
2. Dominion - Sisters Of Mercy
3. Real Wild Child - Iggy Pop
4. Peaches - Stranglers
5. True Faith - New Order
6. Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
7. Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads
8. Reward - Teardrops Explodes
9. Today - Talk Talk
10. Go Wild In The Country - Bow Wow Wow
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3.0 out of 5 stars Is this really the darkest they can find?, 16 Jun 2003

By	Stuart Cane "Ageing indie-kid!" (Wales) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Looking at the first half dozen artists you could be convinced that we are looking at the darker side of the chart hits of the eighties. The Cult, Sisters of Mercy, The Mission and Siouxie Sioux could all wear black clothes and bad make up with the best of them. Unless you're gripped by a fear of spiders Lullaby from The Cure is hardly their scariest moment or whether a mainstream cover version by mellowed out punk heroes The Damned is their darkest hour is questionable to say the least.

This criticism pales into insignificance by the time we reach disc two. Perfect Skin and There She Goes wouldn't be out of place on a "Romantic Side of the Eighties" and Sexuality by Billy Bragg probably counts better for the "Daft Side of Eighties" with lyrics like "I look like Robert De Niro, I drive a Mitsubishi Zero".

Dark Side of the Eighties - get real!

All that said it's a great album with loads of great tracks but it's hardly the start of the goth revival!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Now THIS Is What A Compilation Is About, 13 Jun 2003

By	Stevin Marshall "I Aim To Misbehave!" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is one of the best 80's compilations I've come across that I didnt put together myself. Apart form the very obvious choices (The Cure's Lullaby, The Cult's She Sells Sanctuary) it is refreshing to see the likes of The Missions' anthemic Tower Of Strength and Spear Of Destiny - one of the most underrated bands of all time - informing all that they'll "Never Take Me Alive". There are some curious choices, like Iggy Pop's Real Wild Child and the excellent E=MC2 by Big Audio Dynamite.Nice to see The The getting a look in as well. The most out-of-place track seems to be Talking Head's Road To Nowhere (The Lady Dont Mind would have been more in keeping with the "Dark Side" theme) and Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus came out in 1993 (according to Amazon), so it doesnt fit the 80's theme. Have the record companies forgotten tracks like Stripped (Black Celebration) and Blasphemous Rumours (Some Great Reward) and most conspicuous by their absence is Sigue Sigue Sputnik and Fad Gadget. But these are small niggles and the album far outweighs the NOCTURNAL compilation of a few years ago.If, like me, you are fed up with 80's compilations consisting of rehashes of Frankie, Wham and Howard bleedin' Jones, then this will have you dressing in black and harking back to the days before Madchester messed things up for everyone. Enjoy it, then enjoy it again. THIS is what real music was all about. Gareth Gates et al, take note!

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5.0 out of 5 stars wanna be taken back to the "best days of your life?", 4 Jun 2003

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I only received this cd yesterday, but already I'm addicted to it.For anyone who was old enough to remember the tracks on this compilation buy it! It'll bring back memories and feelings that you had when you were at the age to bop around school discos or the night clubs you'd get into even though you weren't old enough! Disc 1 is the real gothic stuff, slow and thought provoking. The Cults She Sells Sanctuary is the most classic followed very closely by The Psychedlic Furs Pretty in Pink. Brilliant to hear the likes of Echo and the Bunneymen, The Mission and All About Eve. CD 2 is a bit more upbeat and will have you dancing round the room with your kids looking at you embarrassed!I realy can't fault this CD at all. It's leaving me feeling young again - and that can't be a bad thing! Buy it, you won't regret it!

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3.0 out of 5 stars strange mix
I've given this 3/5 because i think that theres crucial 80s bands missed out like Joy Division, The Church. Read more

Published on 4 April 2007 by whitenoise

4.0 out of 5 stars 50% as good as it could be
What I like about this album is that it suceeds in taking me back to my youth! However, as others have said- its a weird mix man! Read more

Published on 23 Dec 2003 by mulanje

4.0 out of 5 stars Gothic Revival!
This CD had a really wide selection of tracks from the era, and they are very accurate to the time! The tracks that the goths will remember dancing to in the clubs and discos are... Read more

Published on 11 Aug 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Weird
Well - one review says "hardly the darkest stuff of the 80s" and I would have to agree. Surely anything on "Faith" by the Cure would have been darker? Read more

Published on 12 Jul 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good really
At last, I thought, when finding this cd - an 80's compilation album that picks some of the best music from the decade and doesn't fill it with pop trivia. Read more

Published on 6 Jul 2003 by Misha The Penguin

2.0 out of 5 stars Confused
I lived the 80s and love the music from the decade, especially the alternative/Gothic rock from bands such as the Cure. Read more

Published on 12 Jun 2003 by pczone12

5.0 out of 5 stars Every 80s Indie kid's dream compilation
So often there are 'best of...' compilations that promise so much and deliver so little, the ones that look great on the tv ad but turns out the advert showed the only good songs... Read more

Published on 3 Jun 2003 by little-red-shoes

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a decent compilation out there
In the past I have been very wary and sceptical of compilation albums. They would generally have a few songs you like and then be filled with mediocre material just to fill the... Read more

Published on 3 Jun 2003 by weaselgoth

4.0 out of 5 stars Good....But Could Have Been So Much Better
When I first saw the TV advert for this compilation, I knew I just had to buy it - The Sisters, The Cure, Bauhaus, The Damned - The memories came flooding back. Read more

Published on 3 Jun 2003 by J. Bond

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