Various Artists I Wanna Be A Teen Again: American Power Pop 1980-1989 [Import] (3 Cd's)

Description Three CD set. 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 it's hypocentre early in the decade to it's 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 it's thrilling sounds. Tracks - Disc 1 - 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 2 - 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 24 25 Let's Active - Every Word Means No 25 Ramones - My My Kind of Girl - Disc 3 - 1 Fastbacks - Now Is the Time 2 Game Theory - Too Late for Tears 3 The DB's - Love Is for Lovers 4 Katrina and the Waves - Do You Want Crying 5 Candy - Whatever Happened to Fun 6 Julian Leal - You and I 7 Riff Doctors - Turn Me on 8 The Beat Rodeo - Just Friends 9 Gary Herrewig - Hurt You Too 10 Windbreakers - Can't Go on This Way 11 Tommy Keene - Places That Are Gone (Geoff Emerick Version) 12 The Smithereens - Strangers When We Meet 13 The Mosquitos - That Was Then, This Is Now 14 Sex Clark Five - I Want You Mine 15 The Patriots - It Don't Show 16 Flying Color - Dear Friend (Album Version) 17 Bill Lloyd - Lisa Anne 18 The Long Ryders - I Want You Bad 19 Chris 'Klondike' Masuak - How Could He Resist? 20 The Infidels - I Can't Make You Mine 21 Redd Kross - Ballad of a Love Doll 22 Material Issue - Renee Remains the Same 23 The Pursuit of Happiness - She's So Young 24 Velvet Crush - Walking Out on Love

• Format: CD
• Genre: Rock
• Released: 2025-07-18