• Artist: Various Artists
• Flags: Collection (various artists)
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• Styles: Pop/Rock, Dance-Pop, Album Rock
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Review

This Rockin' 80's budget-line series should actually be called "Pop Rockin' 80's" -- few rock & roll fans would consider Fine Young Cannibals, Richard Marx (who has two songs here) or Duran Duran to be rockin' artists. However, volume two boasts hits from Billy Idol (a live version of "Mony Mony"), Europe "The Final Countdown") and Foreigner "Say You Will," as well as tracks by INXS and the Power Station, so while this is still full of Top 40 pop-rock, it's also a bit louder than volume one. Like the rest of this series, the disc has nonexistent liner notes and banal cover art that has nothing to do with the music on the CD. ~ Gina Boldman, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Some Like It Hot	...	Robert Palmer, Andy Taylor, John Taylor	The Power Station	(3:46)
Don't Mean Nothing	...	Bruce Gaitsch, Richard Marx	Richard Marx	(4:41)
Need You Tonight	...	Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence	INXS	(3:04)
Mony Mony [Live]	...	Billy Idol, Bobby Bloom, Ritchie Cordell, Tommy James, Bo Gentry	Billy Idol, Ritchie Cordell, T.D. James	(4:11)
She Drives Me Crazy	...	David Steele, Roland Gift	Fine Young Cannibals	(3:38)
Hungry Like the Wolf	...	Andy Taylor, Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor	Duran Duran	(4:07)
It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)	...	Robbie Nevil, Phil Galdston, John Van Tongeren	Starship	(4:17)
Giving It Up for Your Love:	...	Jerry Lynn Williams	Delbert McClinton	(3:47)
Say You Will	...	Lou Gramm, Mick Jones	Foreigner	(4:14)
Election Day	...	Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, Roger Taylor, Roger Taylor	Arcadia	(5:29)
The Final Countdown	...	Joey Tempest	Europe	(5:12)
Should've Known Better	...	Richard Marx	Richard Marx	(4:08)

Credits

Delbert McClinton (Performer), Arcadia (Performer), Duran Duran (Performer), Europe (Performer), Fine Young Cannibals (Performer), Foreigner (Performer), Billy Idol (Performer), INXS (Performer), The Power Station (Performer), Starship (Performer), Richard Marx (Performer), Dave Roy (Compilation), Brad Hamann (Artwork), Brad Hamann (Illustrations), T.D. James (Performer), Marcel Coté (Graphic Consultant)