VA - Aussie Power Pop (A Butterboy Compilation) (6 x CD's)

AUSTRALIAN POWER POP.

VA - Aussie Power Pop (A Butterboy Compilation) (6 x CD's)

Power pop is one of the most enduring sub-genres within rock 'n' roll, with catchy hooks and recognizable guitar riffs. Power pop is a harder type of pop-rock that combines classic rock band instrumentation - guitar, bass, drums, and occasional keyboards with catchy pop hooks highlighting the lead vocalist. 

Power Pop is a cross between the crunching hard rock of the Who (Who's Pete Townshend in 1967 considered the phrase "power pop" to describe their style of music) and the sweet melodicism of the Beatles and Beach Boys and with the ringing guitars of the Byrds. There are four main attributes of the Power Pop sound: Hook-driven short songs, Jangley guitars, Personal lyrical subjects and a strong overlap with New Wave.

Although several bands of the early 70's established the sound of power pop, it wasn't until the late 70' s that a whole group of like-minded bands emerged. What tied all of these bands together was their love of the three-minute pop single.  Power-pop bands happened to emerge around the same time of punk, so they were swept along with the new wave because their brief, catchy songs fit into the post-punk aesthetic.  During the early 80's, power pop died away as a hip movement, and nearly all of the bands broke up. However, in the late 80's, a new breed of power pop began to form. The new bands blended traditional power pop with alternative rock sensibilities and sounds.  While these bands gained the attention of hip circles, many of the original power-pop groups began recording new material and releasing it on independent labels. In the early 90's compilation series gathered together highlights from these re-activated power poppers, as well as new artists that worked in a traditional power-pop vein. Throughout the early and 90's, this group of independent, grass-roots power-pop bands gained a small but dedicated cult following.

Australia developed its own style of Power Pop and whilst similar to worldwide power pop still reflected its own flavour. Here are 120 tracks, over two volumes, of euphoric power-pop brilliance from down under.

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Track lists

Volume 01 CD1

01 Hoodoo Gurus 1000 Miles Away 4:28

02 Livingstone Daisies Everything Has Got to Go 3:17

03 Sea Stories Gone for Sure 4:32

04 Bad Dreems My Only Friend 2:58

05 Dolly Rocker Movement A Sound for Two 3:15

06 Sunnyboys Alone With You 3:13

07 Neptunes Julianne 3:16

08 Stems At First Sight 4:04

09 Hoolahan Chapel Lane 2:31

10 78 Saab Chasing the Light 3:25

11 Bhagavad Guitars Horizon to Horizon 3:06

12 Kubes Frostbite 2:39

13 Rosebuds In the Back Yard 3:51

14 Chalice In My World 3:18

15 Johnny Casino & the Secrets Brother Grahame Says 2:21

16 Someloves Melt 5:11

17 Maladaptive Solution Consort (Queen of Everything) 4:28

18 Zimmermen Forever After 5:12

19 78 Saab Beat of Your Drum 3:54

20 Easybeats Friday on My Mind 2:38

Volume 01 CD2

21 Hoodoo Gurus A Place in the Sun 3:39

22 Deniz Tek & the Golden Breed Always Out of Reach 4:52

23 Waltons Cherry 3:49

24 Beaut Goodbye Judy (A-Side) 3:13

25 Rainyard Beneath the Skin 3:40

26 Boopy Traps Dig Your Attitude 1:52

27 Peabody Rockwell 2:25

28 Young Modern Automatic 3:06

29 Bad Dreems Ghost Gums 3:13

30 Dubrovniks As Long as I Can Listen 2:12

31 Heroes Baby´s Had a Taste 3:25

32 Taxiride Get Set 3:13

33 Juke Savages Bye Bye Memories 2:44

34 Loaded Dice Groovy Sunglasses (Studio Version) 3:11

35 Bam Balams Here She Comes 2:50

36 Hummingbirds Blush 3:16

37 Early Hours Hard Feelings 2:10

38 We All Want To All Day 3:25

39 Organic Hold You in My Arms 3:04

40 Chris Pelcer - Can't Find Reverse 4:12

Volume 01 CD3

41 Hoodoo Gurus Bittersweet 3:48

42 Solicitors I Need You More 2:53

43 Someloves It's My Time 3:20

44 Numbers Can't Take It 3:41

45 Starky Complicator 3:36

46 Neon A Man 2:36

47 Welcome Mat Gram 3:14

48 Alohas Headhunter 3:29

49 Major The Bliss Domestic 3:59

50 Screwtop Detonators God Knows 2:58

51 Frames - Never Coming Home 2:37

52 Rumours I'm So in Love With You 4:45

53 Dm3 Second Floor 3:29

54 Chevelles Lost in Love 3:26

55 Mav & Her Majesty's Finest Long Time Nothing New 3:31

56 Michael Carpenter Kailee Anne 2:54

57 Eastern Dark Julie is a Junkie 2:41

58 On and Ons Menacing Smile 2:52

59 Spliffs Merry-Go-Round 3:15

60 You Am I If  We Can't Get it Together 2:32

Volume 02 CD1

61 You Am I Mr. Milk 3:15

62 Pyramidiacs No Soul 3:33

63 Pearson Panaphobia 4:50

64 Runners Pleasure Zone 3:22

65 Innocents Sooner Or Later 3:45

66 Dom Mariani Real Friend 3:25

67 Summer Suns Samantha 3:31

68 Supahip Satellite 4:36

69 Swerve She's Not There 3:23

70 Green Circles Paper, Scissors, Rock 3:22

71 Heroes To-Nite 4:05

72 Someloves Know You Know 3:44

73 Magneto Leaving Look 3:02

74 End of Fashion O Yeah 3:02

75 Carus Thompson You Can't Find Me 4:00

76 Wellingtons Baby's Got a Secret 3:44

77 Heroes Baby's Had a Taste 3:23

78 Dubrovniks Fireball of Love 2:49

79 Gigantic Cold Shoulder 3:10

80 Neon Hit Me Again 2:43

Volume 02 CD2

81 Screaming Tribesmen Igloo 4:00

82 Flanders Shameless 3:49

83 We All Want To I'm Still Waiting 5:46

84 You Am I Jolly's First Time Around the Sun 4:36

85 Pink Tiles State of the Nation 1:56

86 Finkers Just Call Tracy 2:51

87 Prefects - Wait Until Midnight 3:23

88 Clones Tired of Hiding (A-Side) 2:53

89 Neptunes Love Sign 4:03

90 Icecream Hands Uncle Robert's Questionnaire 3:53

91 Fast Cars No Love Today 4:18

92 Michael Carpenter & King's Rd Nothing in the World 3:15

93 Superscope Ppy 3:50

94 Booby Traps Scratch My Back 2:43

95 Orphans See You (B-Side) 3:02

96 Affections This is Love 3:18

97 Stoneage Hearts Sick of You 3:26

98 Summer Suns Why I Fell 3:38

99 Fallon Cush The Trouble With a Moonlit Night 4:04

100 Even Stupid Dream 2:58

Volume 02 CD3

101 Supahip Something's Gotta Give 4:29

102 Riffs I'm Not Just Another Boy 3:14

103 Innocents The B Side 2:46

104 Decline of the Reptiles Time Stands Still 4:42

105 Dolly Rocker Movement Side of Town 3:44

106 Danny McDonald Too Much Fun 2:45

107 Ronson Hangup Tragic 4:43

108 Even as We Speak Slugman 3:59

109 Dm3 Show You 2:33

110 Marigolds Waiting in Line 2:44

111 City Lights What You Gonna Do 3:44

112 Scruffs Trash 3:03

113 Montana Towtruck 2:17

114 Chevelles Sunshine 4:34

115 Starky That's How I'll Know You 3:19

116 Stanleys What Are We Gonna Do 2:42

117 Mad Turks From Istanbul Seeing Was Believing 1:40

118 Eastern Dark Walking 3:31

119 Genes All She Wants is the Money 3:01

120 Riptides Only Time 3:17

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