VA - Aussie Power Pop (A Butterboy Compilation) (6 x CD's) Part 1

 

AUSTRALIAN POWER POP.

VA - Aussie Power Pop (A Butterboy Compilation) (6 x CD's)      Part 1

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.

PART 1 Volume 01 - CD1+CD2+CD3

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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 Sick Rose Blastin' Out 3:20

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 Juke Savages Him 2:55

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

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