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Ministry Go Back To The Electric 80's

23:19 - November 1, 2009

by davehart

© Ministry Of Sound The 80's have a lot to be responsible for in regards to electronic dance music and the records that forged the sounds we hear today. An interesting new compilation from Ministry digs out the classic anthems electronic music had it offer...

The glorious 80's may have been gone for just under twenty years but the music that littered it still come back in today's music environment. There have been a lot of old classics from that time period given the full rework treatment in recent years, some good, some pretty bad. They range form just sample inclusions to full on Trance re-makes, a notable one recently is Chicane's new record that takes its inspiration from Gary Numan's 'Cars'. 'Holding Onto The Stars' is the record by Chicane which I'm lead to believe part of a re-make album they have planned for the future. That may just be rumours so don’t hold me to that!

Obviously though, there is no substitute for the real thing and with this nostalgic compilation from the Ministry they have compiled some of the finest synth driven 80's electronic tracks from the likes of Joy Division, Soft Cell, Simple Minds. Heaven 17, Blondie and the Pet Shop Boys. It's a mixture of 80's pop and dance but for those who really love the music from that time period the feel good factor outweighs the cheese. Who would thing you would find a Spandau Ballet track on a Ministry of Compilation though? It may not be a collection of underground acid house, or deep Chicago cuts that the 80's had in its bucket loads but from a commercial point of view it’s a world apart from the commercial rubbish flooding the charts these days.

DISC ONE

1. Ultravox - Vienna
2. Gary Numan - Cars
3. Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go? 12" Mix
4. Visage - Fade To Grey
5. Yazoo - Don't Go
6. Orchestral Manoeuvres - In The Dark Enola Gay
7. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
8. Japan - Quiet Life
9. Duran Duran - Planet Earth
10. The Human League - Being Boiled
11. Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement
12. Simple Minds - Promised You A Miracle
13. Kim Wilde - Kids In America
14. Altered Images - Don't Talk To Me About Love
15. Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven
16. Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit)
17. M Pop - Muzik
18. Jona Lewie - You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties
19. Gary Numan / Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric?
20. Orchestral Manoeuvres - In The Dark Maid Of Orleans

DISC TWO

1. The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)
2. Heaven 17 - Temptation
3. Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short
4. Scritti Politti - Absolute
5. Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling
6. Thompson Twins - Love On Your Side
7. A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
8. China Crisis - Black Man Ray
9. Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive!
10. Landscape Einstein A Go-Go
11. Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
12. B.E.F. - Groove Thang
13. Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You
14. Stephen Duffy - Kiss Me
15. Go West - We Close Our Eyes
16. Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
17. Furniture - Brilliant Mind
18. Belouis - Some Imagination
19. It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune)
20. Art Of Noise - Moments In Love

DISC THREE

1. Tears For Fears - Mad World
2. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
3. New Order - Blue Monday
4. Duran Duran - The Reflex
5. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
6. Yazoo - Situation 12" Remix
7. Erasure - Sometimes
8. David Bowie - Fashion Radio Edit
9. Blondie - Rapture
10. Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams
11. Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams
12. Deborah Harry - French Kissin' In The USA (Edit)
13. Classix Nouveaux - Is It A Dream
14. Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11
15. Devo - Whip It
16. John Foxx - Underpass
17. Sparks - Beat The Clock
18. Propaganda - Duel
19. Paul Hardcastle - 19
20. M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume

Release Date: 11th November