A new wave 12" collector's dream...
Daniel W. Kelly | Long Island, NY United States | 09/06/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"From the label that brings us the 80s eurodance series "I Love Disco" comes volume 2 of I Love Techno Pop. Nearly void of any of the eurodisco that fills most of the I Love Disco series, this 3 disc set contains nearly all 12" versions of huge new wave acts-some not exactly techno pop, such as the Knack and The Clash. Some of these tracks are really hard to find on CD, including Rock Me Amadeus, which was originally on Falco's long out of print CD in its full 8 minute version, and Love is a Shield by Camouflage. Plus, the Vince Clark/Feargal Sharkey single Never Never in its 12" format. The most obscure stuff on this disc comes is on disc 3, of which most people wll recognize only a few of the artists. Check out volume one also, which has even more new wave classics. Track times:
CD1
1. Enola gay..OMD (4:41)
2. Don't go...yaz (8:28)
3. Lies...Thompson twins (5:22) (This is the EDIT of the 12" version that was used on the TT greatest remixes CD! Bummer.)
4. Chant no. 1...spandau ballet (5:46)
5. Sometimes...erasure (5:17)
6. Such a shame...talk talk (7:00)
7. Johnny & mary...Robert palmer (4:00)
8. Sweet dreams...eurythmics (4:51)
9. Maria Magdalena...Sandra (7:03)
10. Reflex...duran duran (6:33)
11. Rock me Amadeus...falco (8:23)
12. Dreiklands dimensionen...Rheingold (5:56)
13. Poison arrow...ABC (3:23)
CD2
1. Love plus one...haircut 100 (5:37)
2. Fade to grey...visage (6:44)
3. Change...tears for fears (5:59)
4. Love is a shield...camouflage (5:17)
5. Safety dance...men without hats (4:30)
6. It doesn't have to be this way...blow monkeys (6:07)
7. Sparrows & the nightingales...wolfsheim (6:48)
8. Glad to know you...chas jankel (6:34)
9. Driver's seat...sniff n the tears (5:49)
10. My sharona...the knack (4:53)
11. This is radio clash...the clash (4:11)
12. Codo...tauchen (5:14)
13. Never never...the assembly (5:50)
CD3
1. running...information society (7:42)
2. Flesh...split second (3:54)
3. You...boytronic (7:10)
4. A donde...cetu javu (6:00)
5. Samurai...Michael cretu (5:13)
6. Golden dreams...invisible limits (7:19)
7. Fashion...no name (6:36)
8. Hey girl...phil grant (5:48)
9. American-soviets...CCCP (6:07)
10. Our darkness...anne clark (6:29)
11. Tekno talk...moska TV (6:15)
12. Modern love is automatic...flock of seagulls (3:48)"