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Release Date: 18 July 2025
Label: Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 5013929119697
Description
• 3CD CELEBRATION OF CLASSIC AND RARE NORTH AMERICAN POWER POP OF THE 1980s.
• OVER 75 TRACKS FULL OF HOOKS, HARMONIES & HIGH ENERGY!
• FEATURING THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES, CHEAP TRICK, THE GO-GOS, THE RAMONES, THE BANGLES, REDD KROSS, THE KNACK, THE ROMANTICS, STIV BATORS, THE SHIVVERS, THE SMITHEREENS, THE VELVET CRUSH, MATERIAL ISSUE, DWIGHT TWILLEY, PHIL SEYMOUR, ERIC CARMEN, NIKKI & THE CORVETTES, PAUL COLLINS' BEAT, 20/20, RICK SPRINGFIELD, SHOES, THE LONG RYDERS, UTOPIA AND SCORES MORE….
• COMPLETE WITH EXTENSIVE 13,000 WORD SLEEVENOTE ESSAY!
In 1979, The Knack kicked open the doors for a global power pop explosion, and a year or so later, almost as quickly, the doors closed again, but not before a mass of their contemporaries followed them through. Soon, a bunch of others got caught up in the excitement and the record business relearned the power of guitar-driven pop - the first few years of the '80s were as exciting for power pop as the last couple of the 70s had been, and even when it returned to the underground, the music continued to flow throughout the decade.
'I Wanna Be A Teen Again’ follows the 80s power pop explosion from its hypocentre early in the decade to its enduring late period gems, exploring both leading and lesser lights, the old hands and new talents who made it such an exciting musical happening. By the middle of the decade, the term power pop had been all but retired, but a handful of new bands found success by avoiding it, whilst new movements, including the Paisley Underground and indie pop, helped keep others alive under new brandings. All the while a small number of holdouts, the pop equivalent of the soldiers lost in the jungle after the war had ended, strove to keep the music and the name alive.
Packed with classic cuts and long-overlooked rough diamonds, and appearing at a time when new outfits like The Lemon Twigs pick through the body of 80s power pop for material and inspiration and some key artists like Redd Kross and The Bangles are celebrated in books and film, 'I Wanna Be A Teen Again’ is a timely examination and celebration of this action-packed era and its thrilling sounds.
Tracklisting
DISC ONE
1 Stiv Bators - Not That Way Anymore
2 The Knack - I Want Ya
3 The Know - (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence Dear
4 The Romantics - When I Look In Your Eyes
5 Nikki & The Corvettes - Just What I Need
6 Zeros - They Say That (Everything's Alright)
7 Mn'M's - I'm Tired
8 The Flashcubes - It's You Tonight (Basement Tapes Version)
9 Radio City - Don't Mistake Love
10 Screen Test - Nothing Really Matters When You're Young
11 Moondogs - When Sixteen Wasn't So Sweet
12 The Pranks - What's The Point
13 NRBQ - You Can't Hide
14 Utopia - I Just Want To Touch You
15 The Shivvers - Please Stand By
16 Eric Carmen - It' Hurts Too Much
17 Hilly Michaels - Calling All Girls
18 Promise - Back In My Heart
19 The Late Show - Take A Chance
20 The Heats – Remember Me
21 Off Broadway - Quick Turns
22 Shoes - She Satisfies
23 The Everythingers - Saccharine
24 Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
25 SVT - Love Blind
26 Tommy Hoehn - Get Away
27 Phil Seymour - Precious To Me
28 David Quinton - Make Up Your Mind
DISC TWO
1 The Flamin' Groovies - So Much In Love
2 The Plimsouls – Now
3 20/20 - The Night I Heard A Scream
4 Great Buildings - Hold On To Something
5 The Go-Gos - How Much More
6 The Wigs - Tell It All
7 The Rubinoos - Let's Make It Tonight
8 The Toms - (I Wanna Be A) Teen Again
9 The Michael Guthrie Band - Sorry About That
10 Eddy Best - Things I Should've Said
11 The Decoys - Not The Tremblin' Kind
12 Marshall Crenshaw - Cynical Girl
13 The Bongos - The Bulrushes
14 The Floor Models - You'll Come Around
15 Paul Collins' Beat - The Kids Are The Same
16 Dwight Twilley - I'm Back Again
17 Cheap Trick - If You Want My Love
18 Bruce Moody - AM Romance
19 The Bangles - Mary Street
20 The Spongetones - Here I Go Again
21 The Fad - Where The Colours Are
22 Club Wow - What's With You
23 Jim Basnight & The Moberlys - I Want To Be Yours
24 Steve Rosenbaum - Girl From Seventeen
25 Let's Active - Every Word Means No
DISC THREE
1 Ramones - My My Kind Of Girl
2 Fastbacks - Now Is The Time
3 Game Theory - Too Late For Tears
4 The dB's - Love Is For Lovers
5 Katrina And The Waves - Do You Want Crying
6 Candy - Whatever Happened to Fun…
7 Julian Leal - You And I
8 Riff Doctors - Turn Me On
9 The Beat Rodeo - Just Friends
10 Gary Herrewig - Hurt You Too
11 Windbreakers - Can't Go On This Way
12 Tommy Keene - Places That Are Gone (Geoff Emerick Version)
13 The Smithereens - Strangers When We Meet
14 The Mosquitos - That Was Then, This Is Now
15 Sex Clark Five - I Want You Mine
16 The Patriots - It Don't Show
17 Flying Color - Dear Friend (Album Version)
18 Bill Lloyd - Lisa Anne
19 The Long Ryders - I Want You Bad
20 Chris 'Klondike' Masuak - How Could He Resist?
21 The Infidels - I Can't Make You Mine
22 Redd Kross - Ballad Of A Love Doll
23 Material Issue - Renee Remains The Same
24 The Pursuit of Happiness - She's So Young
25 Velvet Crush - Walking Out On Love
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