Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s

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Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s is a series of compilations issued by Rhino Records, on both CD and audio cassette, featuring various artists from the new wave era 1977–1985.[1]

The series contained 15 volumes. The first five were released on 21 June 1994, volumes 6–10 on 18 October 1994, and the last five volumes on 20 June 1995. Additional themed volumes—New Wave Dance Hits,[2] New Wave Women,[3] New Wave Halloween,[4] and New Wave Christmas[5]—came out in subsequent years. Rhino Records discontinued the series, due to rights issues and with no plans to re-release them. Many of the songs in the series are mastered from the 7" single masters. The series includes some songs making their first CD appearance (in some rare cases, their only CD appearance).

Volume 1[]

The first volume was released on both CD [R2 71694] and audio cassette on 21 June 1994.[6][7]

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Ça plane pour moi"Plastic Bertrand3:01
2."Warm Leatherette"The Normal3:23
3."One Way or Another"Blondie3:29
4."Hey St. Peter"Flash and the Pan3:54
5."Cruel to Be Kind"Nick Lowe3:29
6."Too Young to Date"D-Day2:37
7."Local Girls"Graham Parker3:42
8."Rock 'n' Roll High School"Ramones2:22
9."My Sharona"The Knack4:03
10."Girls Talk"Dave Edmunds3:27
11."Video Killed the Radio Star"The Buggles3:29
12."I Do the Rock"Tim Curry4:47
13."Dirty Water"The Inmates3:04
14."I'm a Believer"Tin Huey3:15
15."Gidget Goes to Hell"Suburban Lawns2:03
16."Money (That's What I Want)"The Flying Lizards2:32

Volume 2[]

The second volume was released on CD [R2 71695] and audio cassette on 21 June 1994. Includes liner notes by Roy Trakin.[8][7]

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Pop Muzik"M3:24
2."Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick"Ian Dury & The Blockheads3:43
3."Love Will Tear Us Apart"Joy Division3:27
4."What Does Sex Mean to Me?"Human Sexual Response4:54
5."My Mistake"The Kingbees2:55
6."The Funky Western Civilization"Tonio K4:12
7."You Won't Be Happy"The Beat2:22
8."I Don't Like Mondays"The Boomtown Rats3:49
9."I Got You"Split Enz3:31
10."Danger"The Motels3:27
11."Echo Beach"Martha and the Muffins3:38
12."Whip It"Devo2:41
13."Vienna"Ultravox4:40
14."So Long"Fischer-Z5:01
15."Away from Home"Klark Kent2:57
16."Turning Japanese"The Vapors3:44

Volume 3[]

The third volume was released on CD [R2 71696] and audio cassette on 21 June 1994.[9][7]

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Cars"Gary Numan3:58
2."Private Idaho"The B-52's3:38
3."Making Plans for Nigel"XTC4:14
4."Teacher Teacher"Rockpile2:36
5."Looking for Clues"Robert Palmer4:58
6.""The Humans3:10
7."Drivin'"Pearl Harbor and the Explosions3:44
8."What I Like About You"The Romantics2:58
9."88 Lines About 44 Women"The Nails4:40
10."New Toy"Lene Lovich3:19
11."Fade to Grey"Visage4:04
12."Stool Pigeon"Kid Creole and the Coconuts3:47
13."Tempted"Squeeze4:02
14."Too Much Pressure"The Selecter3:51
15.""The Fools3:55
16.""Gleaming Spires4:04

Volume 4[]

The fourth volume was released on both CD [R2 71697] and audio cassette on 21 June 1994. Includes liner notes by Andrew Sandoval.[10][7]

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Freedom of Choice"Devo3:24
2."Generals and Majors"XTC4:07
3."Switchin' to Glide"The Kings2:36
4."Up All Night"The Boomtown Rats3:38
5."The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)"The Greg Kihn Band2:51
6.""The Motors4:40
7."About the Weather"Magazine3:27
8."Precious to Me"Phil Seymour2:52
9."Girls on Film"Duran Duran3:31
10."Everywhere That I'm Not"Translator3:51
11."I Could Be Happy"Altered Images3:33
12."Working Girl"The Members4:10
13."What Do All the People Know"The Monroes3:30
14."It's Going to Happen!"The Undertones3:39
15."Ziggy Stardust"Bauhaus3:15
16."Tainted Love"Soft Cell2:41

Volume 5[]

The fifth volume was released on both CD [R2 71698] and audio cassette on 21 June 1994. The booklet included liner notes by Andy Zax.[11][7]

No.TitleArtistLength
1."I Want Candy"Bow Wow Wow2:47
2."I Know What Boys Like"The Waitresses3:15
3."Kids in America"Kim Wilde3:29
4."Love Plus One"Haircut One Hundred3:40
5."Someday, Someway"Marshall Crenshaw2:52
6.""Great Buildings3:49
7."Town Called Malice"The Jam2:57
8."867-5309/Jenny"Tommy Tutone3:48
9."Vacation"The Go-Gos3:01
10."Valley Girl"Frank & Moon Zappa3:50
11."I Ran (So Far Away)"A Flock of Seagulls3:46
12."Sex Dwarf"Soft Cell5:16
13."I Love a Man in Uniform"Gang of Four3:35
14."The Art of Parties"Japan4:12
15."Homosapien"Pete Shelley3:24
16."Mickey"Toni Basil3:26

Volume 6[]

The sixth volume was released on 18 October 1994 on CD [R2 71699] and audio cassette. The booklet included liner notes by Andy Zax. The CD includes 's "" and Any Trouble's "" as bonus tracks.[12]

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Who Can It Be Now?"Men at Work3:24
2."Twilight Zone"Golden Earring4:53
3."Talk Talk"Talk Talk3:24
4."Johnny, Are You Queer?"Josie Cotton2:49
5."White Girl"X3:34
6."People Who Died"Jim Carroll Band5:02
7.""3:05
8."Wot?"Captain Sensible3:20
9.""The Bongos4:28
10."The Look of Love, Pt. 1"ABC3:33
11."Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"Culture Club4:23
12."Never Say Never"Romeo Void3:29
13."The Unguarded Moment"The Church3:11
14.""Any Trouble3:02
15.""The A's3:37
16."I Predict"Sparks2:53

Volume 7[]

The seventh volume was released on both CD [R2 71700] and audio cassette on 18 October 1994. The booklet includes liner notes by .[13]

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Favorite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)"Haircut One Hundred3:05
2.""Josie Cotton2:49
3.""The Blasters2:26
4."Six Months in a Leaky Boat"Split Enz3:10
5."I Need You"Paul Carrack2:49
6.""Animal Nightlife4:02
7."Ride Your Pony"The Fleshtones3:20
8.""X2:11
9."Pass the Dutchie"Musical Youth3:27
10.""Bad Manners2:57
11.""Wide Boy Awake5:19
12."Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha"Trio3:27
13.""Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crowns3:10
14."Love Shadow"Fashion3:43
15.""Bill Nelson4:50
16."O Superman (For Massenet)"Laurie Anderson8:24

Volume 8[]

The eighth volume in the series, was released on both CD [R2 71701] and audio cassette on 18 October 1994. Booklet includes liner notes by Jim Fouratt. The CD included "" by The Bluebells, Rachel Sweet's "" and Heaven 17's "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" as bonus tracks.

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Come On Eileen"Dexy's Midnight Runners4:16
2."Red Skies"The Fixx3:33
3."Walking in L.A."Missing Persons3:40
4."Jeopardy"The Greg Kihn Band3:50
5."She's a Beauty"The Tubes3:32
6.""The Bluebells3:16
7.""Rachel Sweet3:42
8."If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"Mental As Anything3:15
9."She Blinded Me with Science"Thomas Dolby3:43
10."Mexican Radio"Wall of Voodoo4:00
11."Lies"Thompson Twins3:14
12."Whirly Girl"OXO3:00
13."Kiss Me"Tin Tin7:32
14."(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang"Heaven 174:22
15."Escalator of Life"Robert Hazard3:38
16."Goodbye to You"Scandal3:48

Volume 9[]

The ninth volume in the series was released on both CD [R2 71702] and audio cassette on 18 October 1994. Booklet includes liner notes by . The CD includes Marshall Crenshaw's "Whenever You're on My Mind" and Killer Pussy's "Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage" as bonus tracks.

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Rio"Duran Duran4:02
2."I Melt with You"Modern English3:51
3."Cool Places"Sparks & Jane Wiedlin3:26
4."Love My Way"The Psychedelic Furs3:41
5."Save It for Later"English Beat3:38
6."Whenever You're on My Mind"Marshall Crenshaw3:19
7.""Single Bullet Theory2:42
8."Blister in the Sun"Violent Femmes2:26
9."The Cutter"Echo & the Bunnymen3:57
10."Sign of the Times"The Belle Stars2:55
11."Poison Arrow"ABC3:28
12."Too Shy"Kajagoogoo3:39
13."Let Me Go"Heaven 174:16
14."Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)"Q-Feel3:08
15."Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage"Killer Pussy4:13
16."I Eat Cannibals"Total Coelo3:33

Volume 10[]

The tenth volume was released on both CD [R2 71703] and audio cassette on October 18, 1994. It contains the rarely heard The Little Girls' "Earthquake Song." The CD included Rank and File's "Amanda Ruth" as a bonus track. Booklet includes liner notes by Roy Trakin (liner notes for each song are in order by the track listing, unlike the previous volumes).[14]

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Desperate But Not Serious"Adam Ant3:56
2."Do You Wanna Hold Me?"Bow Wow Wow3:14
3."China"Red Rockers4:02
4."(Keep Feeling) Fascination"The Human League3:46
5."Beat Surrender"The Jam3:31
6."The Walls Came Down"The Call3:47
7."Amanda Ruth"Rank and File3:12
8.""The Plimsouls3:34
9."Our House"Madness3:26
10."Shy Boy (Don't It Make You Feel Good)"Bananarama3:17
11."Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)"A Flock of Seagulls4:14
12."Promises, Promises"Naked Eyes3:48
13."Stand By"Roman Holliday2:49
14."Whistle Down the Wind"Nick Heyward3:44
15.""The Little Girls2:40
16."Puttin' on the Ritz"Taco3:25

Volume 11[]

The eleventh volume was released on both CD [R2 71974] and audio cassette on June 20, 1995.[15] The cheerfully inaccurate liner notes by Andy Zax dwell at some length on The Fixx being one of the most successful new wave bands from Australia; they are in fact from England.

No.TitleArtistLength
1."In a Big Country"Big Country3:55
2."99 Luftballons"Nena3:55
3."Just Got Lucky"JoBoxers3:44
4."Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)"The Flirts3:45
5."Change"Tears for Fears4:00
6."Talking in Your Sleep"The Romantics3:57
7.""DFX24:57
8."President Am I"Slow Children2:50
9."One Thing Leads to Another"The Fixx3:25
10.""Felony3:36
11."Shiny Shiny"Haysi Fantayzee3:46
12."Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)"Dollar3:22
13."The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)"Fun Boy Three3:14
14."Black Coffee in Bed"Squeeze4:18
15."Send Me an Angel"Real Life3:56
16."True"Spandau Ballet5:35

Volume 12[]

The twelfth volume was released on both CD [#R2 71975] and audio cassette on June 20, 1995. The CD contains bonus tracks including Tracey Ullman's "They Don't Know," The Rave-Up's "Positively Lost Me," Marlyn's "Calling Your Name," and Cabaret Voltaire's "Sensoria."[16]

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Karma Chameleon"Culture Club4:08
2."It Must Be Love"Madness3:26
3."Gold"Spandau Ballet3:55
4."Come Back and Stay"Paul Young3:35
5."Oblivious"Aztec Camera3:13
6."They Don't Know"Tracey Ullman3:02
7.""The Rave-Ups5:09
8."Fields of Fire"Big Country3:32
9."(She's) Sexy & 17"The Stray Cats3:15
10."Sixty Eight Guns"The Alarm3:19
11."Our Lips Are Sealed"Fun Boy Three2:53
12."Only You"Yaz3:13
13."The Politics of Dancing"Re-Flex3:58
14."Calling Your Name"Marilyn4:06
15."Sensoria"Cabaret Voltaire3:58
16."Images of Heaven"Peter Godwin5:01

Volume 13[]

The thirteenth volume was released on both CD [#R2 71976] and audio cassette on June 20, 1995.[17]

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Relax"Frankie Goes to Hollywood4:01
2."Dance Hall Days"Wang Chung4:01
3."Hero Takes a Fall"The Bangles2:55
4."Wouldn't It Be Good"Nik Kershaw4:14
5."Hold Me Now"Thompson Twins4:48
6."Cruel Summer"Bananarama3:36
7."Working with Fire and Steel"China Crisis3:40
8.""The BusBoys3:00
9.""Dwight Twilley3:30
10."The Stand (Prophecy)"The Alarm3:17
11."Free Nelson Mandela"The Special AKA4:08
12."General Public"General Public4:27
13."(Feels Like) Heaven"Fiction Factory3:32
14."Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"Ultravox4:10
15."Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)"The Icicle Works3:48
16."The Killing Moon"Echo & the Bunnymen5:46

Volume 14[]

The fourteenth volume was released on both CD [R2 71977] and audio cassette on June 20, 1995. The booklet includes liner notes by Brett Milano.[18]

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Close (to the Edit)"Art of Noise3:54
2."Tenderness"General Public3:38
3."Der Kommissar"After The Fire4:07
4."Smalltown Boy"Bronski Beat4:06
5."Voices Carry"'Til Tuesday4:24
6."One Night in Bangkok"Murray Head4:08
7."Imagination"Belouis Some3:36
8."Never, Never"The Assembly3:47
9."Sunglasses at Night"Corey Hart3:55
10.""The Untouchables3:39
11."Every Word Means No"Let's Active2:53
12.""The Truth3:01
13."Can't Get Enough of You Baby"The Colourfield2:19
14.""Miracle Legion4:03
15.""Rubber Rodeo4:02
16."True Men Don't Kill Coyotes"Red Hot Chili Peppers3:39

Volume 15[]

The fifteenth volume was released on both CD [R2 71977] and audio cassette on June 20, 1995. Includes liner notes by Jean Rosenbluth.[19]

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Walking on Sunshine"Katrina & the Waves4:00
2."Head over Heels"Tears for Fears4:19
3."It's a Mistake"Men at Work4:34
4."Life in a Northern Town"The Dream Academy4:18
5."Beat's So Lonely"Charlie Sexton5:18
6.""Gary Myrick4:18
7."Since Yesterday"Strawberry Switchblade2:56
8."Obsession"Animotion4:04
9."Endicott"Kid Creole and the Coconuts4:29
10."Perfect Way"Scritti Politti4:06
11."So in Love"Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark3:31
12."Election Day"Arcadia4:34
13."19"Paul Hardcastle3:40
14."Why?"Bronski Beat3:58
15."Some People"Belouis Some4:01
16."Like a Virgin"The Lords of the New Church3:49

Compilation credits[]

Compiled & Produced for release by: David McLees & Andrew Sandoval

Sound Produced by: Bill Inglot

Compilation Assistance: David Kapp, Emily Cagan, Jim Neill, Brady Benton, Ken Lesnik, Joe Phiefer, Ted Myers, Gary Peterson, Gary Stewart, Chris Farman

The licensing King: Mark Pinkus

Discographical Annotations: Patrick Milligan

Project Assistance: Garson Foos, Keith Altomare, Jim Neill, Steve Poltorak, Craig Kamins, Bill Inglot, Jock Elliot, Antone DeSantis, Arny Schorr, Darcy Sullvan, Stephen K. Peeles, Norma Edwards, Nancy Hopkins, Michaeal Mazzarella, Nat Brewster, Janet Grey, David Miller.

Research: Patrick Milligan, Gary Peterson

Remastering: Bill Inglot, Andrew Sandoval & Ken Perry

Front Cover Photo: Blind Gary & Dirty Pierre Silva (Volumes 6–15 only)

Design: Julie Vlasak (Volumes 6–15 only) & Steve Bates

Art Direction (Volumes 6–15 only): Monster X

Rhino New Wave Hits of the '80s Team: Keith Altomare, Steve Bates, Emily Cagan, Chris Clarke, Julie D'Angelo, David Born, Garson Foos, Teresa McGurrin, David McLees, Jim Neill, David Newberg, Mark Pinkus, Faithe Raphael

Special Thanks: Michael Ackerman, James Austin, Hugo Bernham, Jay Boberg, Chris Castle, Cliff Chenfeld, Paul Cope/Record Rover, Jesse & Rachel Donahue, Richard Foos, Maria Garza, Jeff Gold, Paul Grein, Tanya Harman, Bruce Harris, Keith Johnson, Lisa Kellerhouse, Howie Klein, Scott Lasker, Bill Levenson, Tom Lopinski, Donna Malyszko, Toby Mamis, Paul C. Mawhinney/Record Rama, Maria Mandez, Brad Morrison, Mark Mulcahy, Frankie Pine, Ken Reed/Main Street Records, Fred Schneider, Suzanne Steers, Lisa Sutton, Gerrard Talbot, David Tedds, Vincent Vero, Paul Williams

References[]

  1. ^ Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s, Series Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  2. ^ Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s, New Wave Dance Hits at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  3. ^ Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s, New Wave Women at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  4. ^ Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s, New Wave Halloween at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  5. ^ Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s, New Wave Christmas at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
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