| Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground | 
| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
Buy New: $93.80
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Sales Rank: 75,401
Format: Original recording remastered
Language: English (Original Language)
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 12.3 x 6.3 x 1.6
UPC: 081227649029
EAN: 0081227649029
ASIN: B0002XL2X4
Release Date: October 12, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Radio Free Europe - R.E.M. | | • | Going Underground - The Jam | | • | A Forest - The Cure | | • | Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys | | • | I'm In Love With A German Film Star - Passions | | • | I Will Dare - The Replacements | | • | That's When I Reach For My Revolver - Mission Of Burma | | • | Johny Hit And Run Paulene - x | | • | Just Like Honey - The Jesus And Mary Chain | | • | Black Celebration - Depeche Mode | | • | Tell Me When It's Over - The Dream Syndicate | | • | Hollywood (Africa) - The Red Hot Chili Peppers | | • | Temptation - New Order | | • | Ghosts - Japan | | • | A Song From Under The Floorboards - Magazine | | • | Oblivious - Aztec Camera | | • | Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely - Husker Du | | • | Rise Above - Black Flag | | • | Back In Flesh - Wall Of Voodoo | | • | Cattle And Cane - The Go-Betweens |
Disc 2
| • | Message Of Love - The Pretenders | | • | Vienna - Ultravox | | • | Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr. | | • | The Charming Man - The Smiths | | • | Stigmata - Ministry | | • | Ways To Be Wicked - Lone Justice | | • | Wardance - Killing Joke | | • | Enola Gay - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | | • | Mirror In The Bathroom - The English Beat | | • | Fairytale In The Supermarket - The Raincoats | | • | Behind The Wall Of Sleep - The Smithereens | | • | Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing - Minutemen | | • | Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkmen | | • | Still In Hollywood - Concrete Blonde | | • | Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division | | • | Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes | | • | Lake Of Fire - Meat Puppets | | • | Amplifier - The DB's | | • | When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout | | • | Goo Goo Muck - The Cramps | | • | This Corrosion - Sisters Of Mercy | | • | Senses Working Overtime - XTC |
Disc 3
| • | The Cutter - Echo & The Bunnymen | | • | Pay To Cum! - Bad Brains | | • | Birthday - The Sugarcubes | | • | Madonna Of The Wasps - Robyn Hitchcock 'n' The Egyptians | | • | We Care A Lot - Faith No More | | • | Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth | | • | To Hell With Poverty - Gang Of Four | | • | Fa Ce-La - The Feelies | | • | Ana Ng - They Might Be Giants | | • | Swamp Thing - The Chameleons UK | | • | The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | | • | I Look Around - The Rain Parade | | • | All That Money Wants - Psychedelic Furs | | • | Under The Milky Way - The Church | | • | Rise - Public Image Ltd. | | • | Kundalini Express - Love And Rockets | | • | Gravity Talks - Green On Red | | • | Adrenalin - Throbbing Gristle | | • | She Bangs The Drums - The Stone Roses |
Disc 4
| • | Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies | | • | Uncertain Smile (Original 7 Inch Version) - The The | | • | Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus | | • | Christine - Siouxsie And The Banshees | | • | Straight Edge - Minor Threat | | • | I Want To Help You Ann - The Lyres | | • | Our Secret - Beat Happening | | • | Jane Says - Jane's Addiction | | • | World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope | | • | Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush | | • | Sex Beat - Gun Club | | • | Take The Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven | | • | Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies | | • | Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops - Cocteau Twins | | • | 24 Hour Party People - Happy Mondays | | • | I Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus | | • | Suburban Home - Descendents | | • | A Pair Of Brown Eyes - The Pogues | | • | Jet Fighter - The Three O'Clock | | • | Moving To Florida - Butthole Surfers | | • | A New England - Billy Bragg |
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Album Description
In his notes for this passionately compiled box, producer Gary Stewart writes, "the diversity from the late-70s punk/new wave scene turned into a full-blown, variety-fueled, genre-busting orgy in the '80s...The music became, in the best sense of the words, more complex, more literate, a bit more serious, and as a result, made astrong impact on mainsteam rock culture." From funk punk to revisionist roots rock to hard-core to smart-ass clever pop-and every musical nook and cranny in-between-Left of the Dial presents many of the '80s' most important tracks. Savor the far more influential flip side of the "Where's the Beef?" decade's musical output!
Amazon.com
As a sequel to 2004's similarly packaged Rhino box No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion, this four-disc set tackles the punk/indie/modern rock of the 80s with equal panache. Subtitled "Dispatches from the 80s Underground," these 82 non-chronological tracks play like a great college station from the later part of the decade. Encompassing a dizzyingly diverse musical palate, styles range from the artsy Southern twang of R.E.M., to the sugary pop of Aztec Camera, the blistering hardcore of Black Flag, the ghostly techno of Japan and the chilly, noir dance floor attack of New Order. And that's just on disc one. Sure, there are some omissions, but the box does a remarkable job balancing more popular acts such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Cure and Echo & the Bunnymenwith cult faves like Green On Red and obscurities from the Lyres and the Three O'Clock . Even those who were radio fanatics during these years will likely find tracks they aren't familiar with, along with getting a flashback rush from those they are. A colorful 64 page book provides track-by-track background information as well as a handful of essays about the decade that approach the music from different perspectives. There are no public service announcements or aspiring DJ's to interrupt the flow and the remastered sound brings the music to life with crispness low powered FM radio could never rival. --Hal Horowitz
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