100 Hits: The Best 80s / Various

The pandemic has given me the opportunity to listen to more albums and CDs rather than streaming. I had forgotten how much better uncompressed music from these sources sounds versus the streaming services. I have two 5 disc changers I use daily. This 5 disc set makes for a days worth of great music while working at home. Though every song in the set may not have been played on your local Pop music station back in the 80's, it has been nice hearing songs new to me along with the classics you know. It breaks the monotony of only hearing the most popular. I ignored the reviews that complained of a lot of "B" side songs and glad I did. I knew 90% of the songs since I was born in the 70's :) The CDs all played fine in my Yamaha CDC-665 changer from 1994 which can be sensitive at times. My JVC XL-FZ258 changer from 2002 plays everything without issue and plays this set. Music is clear and engineered with a good balance of bass, treble and uniform volume on each song.

This 2017 Demon/Sony Music European 5-disc box is quite Brit-centric (lots unheard for the casual U.S. music listener), & R&B/disco leaning. Non-the-less, there’s lots of good tracks here. Disc 1 is 74 minutes, heavy on soft rock; D2 is 78 min., a little more rock-y, & has 5 tracks from other 5-disc sets; D3 is 71 min. w/one song from another comp (Kim Wilde, “Kids in America”), & is a bit new wave-y; D4 is 78 min., mostly disco & R&B; D5 is 78 min., mostly R&B. Sound is great & playback volume between tracks is even. There are a few minor song title glitches w/Windows Media Player. Song title/artist/composer/label/date are listed on each inside flap of the 5-fold cardboard case – title & artist listed on back cover also. Each disc slides into separate open-at-each-end slots & are very hard to slide out – I used a large eraser on the end of a pencil.

The material is packed tight on the CDs, and the quality of the sound is at least FM radio. Obvious that multiple sources were used, but that's expected. The CDs serve their purpose, but if you are a stickler for sound quality, look elsewhere.

As I get older and begin to be one of those people who doesn't like a lot of what the radio is playing, I wanted to get some compilations of songs from my past. This gave me a nice selection at a very attractive price. The goal wasn't to get all of the best of the 1980s, but to get an assortment to bring back memories. This does the trick and is perfect for those of us who still like physical media instead of MP3 files.

I am not too thrilled with this at all. Yes some good 80’s songs on here. However I find myself skipping songs more so than enjoying the cd’s.I don’t know more than half of the music on here. And yes I do know what 80’s music. But the artists are on here are artists I have never heard of or can say they are good songs to enjoy. What I suggest is to make a better 500 disc set of all 80’s music people actually know and like.

I purchased this for one of my employees who was my secret sister for Christmas! She, like me loves 80's music. This has so many good tunes on it and she loved it!

A Ton of great hits! Takes me back to my Junior and Senior High school days! GREAT songs and the perfect selection! You'll be singing along to them all! Best music Ever!

The DJ used this as part of a 60th Birthrate party. I was a perfect fit for the age group and had people dancing!!