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* Audio CD (April 4, 1995)
* Original Release Date: 1995
* Number of Discs: 1
* Label: Capitol
* ASIN: B000002TWV
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Rare 80's Gem!, June 11, 2002
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Interesting mix of 80's second / third liner pop & new wave hits.
Some track facts:
1. Bananarama's "More Than Physical" (Single Remix) (3:20) not found anywhere else on CD (as we speak)!! This is an edited mix of the UK 7" version (3:43) found on the master series. Such a brilliant but massively underrated song, even on Bananarama's greatest hits compilations this song (nor version) is nowhere to be found, extremely rare!!!
2. Double's "The Captain Of Her Heart" - scarce nowadays
3. China Crisis' "King In A Catholic Style" (3:54) - not indicated but is actually an edited version.
4. Peter Schilling's "Major Tom (Coming Home)" (4:58) - not the radio edit (4:10).
5. Naked Eyes' "Promises, Promises" (US Version) (3:59) - one of my personal favorites, slightly different from the UK version (4:28).
6. ABC's "Vanity Kills" (3:30) (US Single Remix) - different from the album a.k.a. UK single version.
7. When In Rome's "The Promise" (3:39) - another 80's dance classic and another one of my favorites.
8. Climie Fisher's "Love Changes (Everything)" (Single Remix) (4:29)
9. Icicle Work's "Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)" (3:46) - another new wave classic.
CD also features US & UK chart peak positions and album info of every track. Despite the bizarre art cover, you wouldn't want to let this one pass you by if you are an 80's music collector ... brings back lots of great memories!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended! Great compilations of non-typical 80's hits!, November 30, 2005
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The Living In Oblivion series of CD compilations does something that many similar compilations do NOT do: they give us some great variety of "hits".
There is no doubt that "Mickey" by Toni Basil was a huge hit. There's also no doubt that "Our Lips are Sealed" was a break out hit for the Go Go's, but the Funboy Three version wasn't. But what about "Living in a Box"? It only hit the Billboard top 100 at #89 in 1987. So why is it here? Why are a large number of these songs? They're not top 10 hits, right?
Wrong!
I'm sick to death of so many compilations relying on top 40 hits from the 80's. The U.S. music tastes are typically very different from those of Europe. Just because a song doesn't make the U.S. Billboard top 40 doesn't mean that it isn't a hit in other countries. And although I'm an American, my music tastes have always run more in line with those of Europe.
I'm delighted that the Living in Oblivion series (and the Pop and Wave series) have incorporated a variety of hits from the U.S. and Europe.
I also like that some of the more obscure groups and their songs are available on these compilations. There are several songs on these albums that never were released on CD (as they hadn't come into being at the time of the groups' albums initial releases), so albums such as these are the only place where you can find these hits. The Boys Don't Cry song "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" hit the Billboard charts at #12 in 1986, but the group disappeared soon thereafter. Then all of a sudden a dance version of that same song came out in the early 2000's and rocketed up the dance charts.
Don't be misled, the Living in Oblivion series is one of the absolutely best series for a variety of music from the 80's. If you want to hear run of the mill, top 40 only hits from the 80's, well, then you'll just have to look elsewhere.
Also, the liner notes and pictures of the groups included in the jewel box are really clever. You get to find out what the chart position was for the songs in the compilation and see what the groups looked like at the time of the song's release. My only issue with these liner notes is that the author of them seems to be disparaging the very music which these albums are espousing. Apparently many believe that the music from the 80's was vacuous and devoid of emotion. One need only listen to the song "The Promise" by the group "When in Rome" (Living in Oblivion Volume 5) to know that such a statement is false. While that group only had this one hit and then faded into obscurity, "The Promise" made the Billboard Top 100 at #11 and the Billboard Dance Chart at #1.
Anyway... I can't recommend this album and its entire series any more! It's simply awesome! Before believing those who would disparage this series of albums, please check the Billboard charts and you'll see that these songs were in fact hits.
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3.0 out of 5 stars The 80's greatest hits (and misses). , April 17, 2005
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Truth be known, most of these songs were not big hits, and some I never even heard before. I mean where is Prince, Cyndi Lauper, and Huey Lewis on these 5 cd's? But I will say half of this collection is really strong, and the other half is at least decent. My personal favorites would be "Major Tom (coming home)", "Promises, Promises", "The Promise", and "I Wanna Be A Cowboy". Also good is "Pleasure And Pain", "The Honeythief", and "Enola Gay". However, the reason I bought this was for Doubles "Captain Of Her Heart", which I often heard as a kid, and haven't seen anywhere in years. This 5th volume in the series is roughly the same as the others, it's just a matter of what tracks you're really trying to hunt down.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Source of Today's Mixes
Living in Oblivion Volume 5 is like finding someone's time capsule of their favorite songs. I bought the CD for Double's "The Captain of Her Heart" becase a smooth jazz station... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Helps you remember the decade you tried to forget
This CD has tracks I could not find any where else, not even Napster or Walmart Custom CDs. I played it on my summer break to the beach and it brought back memories. Read more
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I own all 5 of the LIO series and must say that v.5 stands out as the issue that most personifies (what I believe) is the point of the series. Read more
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I ordered this CD thinking it would be a great CD to listen to. The problem with these people was that they continued to mail me the wrong volume. Not once but TWICE!!! Read more
Published on June 11, 2004 by Melissa G. Funair
5.0 out of 5 stars If 80s radio fails, try this!
I currently own, as of this writing, volumes 2 and 5 of this series. They are definitey hard to find. Read more
Published on November 3, 2002 by Ken Kibby
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This album (& the others in the Living in Oblivion series) is awesome. I have lots of other 80s compliation CDs, & the nice thing about these is the lack of overlap... Read more
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Check out an album called "The Obscurity File". As far as this album is concerned, all the songs on this disc warm my heart with memories of days gone by.
Published on August 25, 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars The Captian of her heart !
I searched & searched for "The Captian of her heart" & "Pleasure & Pain" Finally found them on one album miss Double & long live Divinyls ! Read more
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This volume is the crowning achievement in the Living In Oblivion series. With the notable exception of the annoying post-disco "Captain of Her Heart", every song is a... Read more
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