VA - Scared To Get Happy, A Story Of Indie-Pop 1980-1989 [2013] (5 x CD's)

INDIE POP

VA - Scared To Get Happy, A Story Of Indie-Pop 1980-1989 [2013] (5 x CD's)

Scared to Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980–1989 is the first box set ever to document the explosion of Indie Pop in Britain across the 1980's.  It features 134 songs from indie pop artists from the 1980s. It was released in June 2013 by Cherry Red Records. Cherry Red Records explained the album is inspired by Lenny Kaye's album Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968.

A truly remarkable, must-have 6 ½ hour, 5 cd box set with134 British indie-pop artists from the 80's. Comes in a 5 ½" x 7 ½" box that looks & opens like a hardcover book w/a 56-page non-removable booklet. The sound is overall excellent and recorded at a very even level (for those of you who like to make your own playlists).  Lots of influences heard, from The Smiths & Echo & Bunnymen to ska to jangle-pop, sunshine-pop & power-pop, with even a bit of garage rock.  Focusing exclusively on British artists and evoking a particular time and place in musical history, it endeavors to tell a story rather than be a definitive guide. The common thread between these songs on Scared To Get Happy is a willingness to experiment and push the boundaries of traditional pop. The compilation takes from the best of the indie labels at the time, with healthy doses of music from Postcard, Sarah, Cherry Red, Rough Trade, Creation, NME’s mail-order C86 cassette series, etc. The artist lineup can at times feel like a roll call of familiar indie-pop touchstones. Even the ones that aren't so amazing, particularly the more oddball songs are great period pieces. But most of the tunes are seriously choice.  It was the stuff I hadn't known that made this comp what it was for me. (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Wild Swans - Revolutionary Spirit 4:24

02 Girls At Our Best! - Getting Nowhere Fast 2:01

03 Art Objects - Showing Off To Impress The Girls 2:44

04 Pale Fountains - (There's Always) Something On My Mind 2:42

05 Josef K - The Missionary 3:47

06 Monochrome Set - The Jet Set Junta 2:03

07 Blue Orchids - Dumb Magician 2:55

08 Marine Girls - Don't Come Back 2:03

09 Fire Engines - Candyskin 2:54

10 TV21 - Ambition 3:59

11 Dolly Mixture - Everything And More 2:56

12 Nightingales - Paraffin Brain 3:02

13 Scars - All About You 4:02

14 Jane - It's A Fine Day 2:46

15 Farmer's Boys - I Think I Need Help 2:17

16 Room - Things Have Learnt To Walk That Ought To Crawl 3:37

17 Weekend - Summerdays 2:52

18 Prefab Sprout - Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone) 2:36

19 Lines - Nerve Pylon 3:45

20 Everything But The Girl - Feeling Dizzy 4:16

21 Higsons - The Lost And The Lonely 3:01

22 Black - Human Features 3:07

23 Daintees - Roll On Summertime 3:18

24 Bluebells - Happy Birthday 2:57

25 Trixie's Big Red Motorbike - Norman And Narcissus 2:31

26 TV Personalities - A Picture Of Dorian Gray (Live) 2:43

CD2

01 Hurrah! - The Sun Shines Here 2:27

02 Fantastic Something - If She Doesn't Smile (It'll Rain) 3:13

03 Pulp - Everybody's Problem 3:14

04 Strawberry Switchblade - Dark 7 3:03

05 Suede Crocodiles - Stop The Rain 3:24

06 Grab Grab The Haddock - I'm Used Now 2:24

07 Del Amitri - Sense Sickness 2:51

08 Friends Again - Honey At The Core 3:55

09 Aztec Camera - Oblivious 3:11

10 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken? (Indie Version) 2:09

11 Cherry Boys - Kardomah Café 3:15

12 In Embrace - This Brilliant Evening 2:49

13 Microdisney - Dolly 3:20

14 Woodentops - Plenty 3:17

15 Jazz Butcher - Southern Mark Smith 3:32

16 Jasmine Minks - Where The Traffic Goes 2:32

17 Hit Parade - Forever 2:56

18 June Brides - Every Conversation 3:07

19 Revolving Paint Dream - In The Afternoon 3:25

20 James - Hymn From A Village 2:52

21 Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey (Demo Oct '84) 2:56

22 Biff Bang Pow! - The Chocolate Elephant Man 3:08

23 Yeah Yeah Noh - Temple Of Convenience 2:46

24 Bodines - God Bless 2:19

25 Big Flame - Debra 2:10

26 Loft - Up The Hill And Down The Slope 4:16

CD3

01 Primal Scream - Velocity Girl 1:23

02 Wedding Present - Go Out And Get 'Em, Boy! 4:11

03 Primitives - Thru The Flowers 2:26

04 Bmx Bandits - Sad? 3:00

05 Shop Assistants - All Day Long 1:51

06 Mighty Lemon Drops - Something Happens 3:40

07 We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - X X Sex (Demo) 1:59

08 Mighty Mighty - Is There Anyone Out There? 3:42

09 Soup Dragons - Quite Content 2:36

10 McCarthy - Red Sleeping Beauty 3:39

11 Age Of Chance - Motor City 3:32

12 Chesterfields - Completely & Utterly 2:05

13 Wolfhounds - Cut The Cake 3:24

14 Servants - Loggerheads 3:09

15 Close Lobsters - Don't Worry (Demo) 2:48

16 Pop Will Eat Itself - Sick Little Girl 2:31

17 Razorcuts - Big Pink Cake 3:25

18 Petrol Emotion - It's A Good Thing 2:34

19 Weather Prophets - Almost Prayed 2:39

20 Jamie Wednesday - Vote For Love 3:29

21 Talulah Gosh - Beatnik Boy 1:50

22 Dentists - She Dazzled Me With Basil 2:47

23 Railway Children - A Gentle Sound 3:16

24 Groove Farm - Baby Blue Marine (Alternative Version) 1:47

25 Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes - The Rain Fell Down 3:16

26 Rosemary's Children - (Whatever Happened To) Alice? 3:33

27 14 Iced Bears - Balloon Song 2:31

28 Wonder Stuff - A Wonderful Day 1:55

CD4

01 House Of Love - Shine On 3:20

02 Shamen - Something About You 2:58

03 Bachelor Pad - The Albums Of Jack 2:26

04 Gol Gappas - Albert Parker 4:09

05 Hangman's Beautiful Daughters - Love Is Blue 3:36

06 Whirl - Heaven Forbid 3:07

07 Brilliant Corners - Delilah Sands 3:08

08 Flatmates - Shimmer 3:39

09 Wake - Gruesome Castle 3:18

10 Poison! - Engine Failure 1:36

11 Darling Buds - If I Said 2:57

12 Boy Hairdressers - Tidalwave 1:47

13 Waltones - She Looks Right Through Me 3:30

14 Rosehips - Room In Your Heart 2:15

15 Apple Boutique - Love Resistance 3:59

16 Laugh - Take Your Time Yeah! 2:45

17 Raw Herbs - She's A Nurse But She's Alright 3:53

18 Heart Throbs - Toy 3:36

19 Clouds - Tranquil 3:00

20 Groovy Little Numbers - You Make My Head Explode 2:21

21 Siddeleys - My Favorite Wet Wednesday Afternoon 3:31

22 Rumblefish - Tug-Boat Line 3:30

23 Hepburns - The World Is 2:04

24 Bubblegum Splash! - One Of Those Things 2:04

25 Corn Dollies - Be Small Again 2:45

26 King Of Luxembourg - Lee Remick 2:22

27 LA's - Son Of A Gun (Demo) 1:56

CD5

01 Stone Roses - The Hardest Thing In The World 2:43

02 Inspiral Carpets - Keep The Circle Around 3:48

03 Pooh Sticks - Indiepop Ain't Noise Pollution 2:13

04 Sea Urchins - Solace 3:50

05 Cud - Only (A Prawn In Whitby) 3:08

06 Popguns - Landslide 2:55

07 One Thousand Violins - All Aboard The Love-Mobile 2:28

08 Another Sunny Day - I'm In Love With A Girl Who Doesn't Know I Exist 1:39

09 East Village - Strawberry Window 2:36

10 Bad Dream Fancy Dress - Choirboys Gas (Hack The Cassock) 2:16

11 Rodney Allen - Circle Line 3:24

12 Orchids - I've Got A Habit 2:33

13 Bradford - Skin Storm 3:14

14 Charlottes - Are You Happy Now 1:50

15 Claim - Picking Up The Bitter Little Pieces 3:13

16 Poppyheads - Dreamabout 4:16

17 Sun And The Moon - Adam's Song (Pour Fenella) 2:40

18 McTells - Jesse Man Rae 3:05

19 Would-Be-Goods - Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook 2:54

20 Desert Wolves - Speak To Me Rochelle 2:27

21 Rain - Dry The Rain 2:35

22 Blow-Up - Forever Holiday 4:08

23 Fanatics - Suburban Love Songs 2:23

24 Milltown Brothers - Roses 3:05

25 Seers - Sun Is In The Sky 3:11

26 Telescopes - The Perfect Needle 3:28

27 Boo Radleys - Catweazle 3:22

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