Various Artists - Top 2000 - The 80`s

 

180-gram gatefold double LP

The hits from Dutch Radio 2 Top 2000 list

80's edition features songs by Soft Cell, Black, Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark, Simple Minds, The Jam, Clannad & Bono, Level 42, The Human League, Run-D.M.C. & Aeromsith, UB40 & Chrissie Hynde, Tears For Fears and many more songs!

Radio 2 Top 2000 series of six double albums covering the musical decades of the '60s until the '10s

The Radio 2 Top 2000 is the largest annual radio event in The Netherlands. The audience of Radio gets to vote for their favorite all-time songs. These literally millions of votes come together in the Top 2000, All these 2000 songs are broadcasted back to back from Christmas until a few minutes before New Years Eve, when they air the No.1 of the chart.

Top 2000 - The 80's focuses on all the music from he list which saw the light in this fantastic decade. The 1980s saw the emergence of dance music and new wave, but also glam metal, thrash metal, hip-hop, and R&B. This album includes classics by Queen, Simple Minds, The Clash, Run-D.M.C., Level 42, Rush, and Elton John.

The Top 2000 bridges the gaps between all musical generation from the Sixties to the present, making it the most eclectic chart out there, and keeping more that half of the country glued to their radio day and night for the whole week it's broadcasted. And with a daily tv spin-off during its broadcast, it has reached an even bigger audience.

 

Side A

1. I Want To Break Free - Queen

2. Tainted Love - Soft Cell

3. I'm Still Standing - Elton John

4. Wonderful Life - Black

5. Message To My Girl - Split Enz

6. Joan Of Arc (Maid Of Orleans) - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

7. Love Of The Common People - Paul Young

Side B

1. Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder

2. Waterfront - Simple Minds

3. Duel (Eye To Eye) - Propaganda

4. In The Dutch Mountains - The Nits

5. Town Called Malice - The Jam

6. Should I Stay Or Should I Go - The Clash

7. Avalon - Roxy Music

Side C

1. Down Under - Men At Work

2. Real Men - Joe Jackson

3. In A Lifetime - Clannad & Bono

4. Sausalito Summernight - Diesel

5. Lessons In Love - Level 42

6. Don't You Want Me - The Human League

7. Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C. featuring Aerosmith

Side D

1. The Spirit Of Radio - Rush

2. Hollywood Seven - Alides Hidding

3. I Got You Babe - UB40 featuring Chrissie Hynde

4. All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie

5. Woman In Chains - Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams

6. Out In The Fields - ry Moore & Phil Lynott

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