VA - Power Pop Anthems: The 125 Greatest Power Pop Songs of All Time (Updated Remastered Expanded Super Deluxe Edition) [2023] + Bonus Dwight Twilley.

K's POWER POP UPDATED

Dwight Twilley, Pillar of 1970s Power Pop, Dies at 72

In memory of the great Dwight Twilley:

https://pitchfork.com/news/dwight-twilley-pillar-of-70s-power-pop-dies-at-72/amp/

https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/tulsa-singer-songwriter-dwight-twilley-dies-at-72

VA - Power Pop Anthems: The 125 Greatest Power Pop Songs of All Time (Updated Remastered Expanded Super Deluxe Edition) [2023] (6 x CDs) + Bonus Dwight Twilley.

Dwight Twilley Band - Sincerely (1976) Twilley Don't Mind (1977) (2007)

Dwight Twilley - Between the Cracks - Volume One (1999)

Dwight Twilley - Soundtrack (2011)

Thinking about Dwight Twilley today, I decided to update my power pop compilation with many better sounding, higher quality digital remasters.

I added another 25 tracks by a number of bands who were suggested by visitors to your blog. The dB's, Purple Hearts, The Chords, The Spongetones, Jellyfish, along with many others have now been added to make a sensational 125 track collection of the very best power pop songs ever released.  Now over 6 1/2 hours of classic power pop!

Following hundreds of hours of extensive research reading through critic's polls, readers and listeners polls, online discussion forums votes (Steve Hoffman), Will Birch insight and favourites listed, Wikipedia info, my own recollections and favourites, I have finally settled upon my 125 Greatest Power Pop Songs of All Time collection.

Pete Townshend, the guitarist and principal songwriter for The Who, is credited as the originator of the name “power pop.” He used the phrase to describe the type of music The Who performed in the late 1960s - upbeat, catchy, hook-driven - but the name wouldn’t catch on until the 1970s. "Pictures of Lily" was included in the Who album Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy, a compilation of previously released singles. Townshend coined the term "power pop" when he used it to describe the song in a May 1967 interview with NME.

Compiled after exhaustive and extensive research, these are the top 125 songs which are mentioned and feature most on many power pop discussion forums, critics and fan lists.

There has never been a really good official power pop compilation with a thorough overview from the 60s thru the 00s, and like my previous 'greatest' collections, my goal was to include the very, very best of the genre, the cream of the crop, and to add a number of tracks you just never see on compilations due to licensing, music rights issues, etc.  No later remixes, re-recordings, 'stereo enhanced' or live bootleg versions here!  Compiled as always using the very latest and highest quality digital remasters, with a considerable number of tracks sourced from the original master tapes for superior sound quality and enjoyment.

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/power-pop-guide#what-is-power-pop

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_pop

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Track lists

CD1

01 Badfinger - No Matter What 3:00

02 Big Star - September Gurls 2:46

03 Raspberries - Go All the Way 3:22

04 Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (Original 1976 7" Single Version) 3:35

05 The Undertones - Teenage Kicks 2:28

06 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) 2:41

07 Eddie and the Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do 4:03

08 The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet 3:01

09 The Who - The Kids Are Alright (Original 1966 UK 7" Mono Single Version) 3:07

10 The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing 2:00

11 The Turtles - Outside Chance 2:05

12 The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:48

13 Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind 3:29

14 Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk 3:24

15 Bram Tchaikovsky - Girl of My Dreams 4:10

16 The Motors - Airport 4:28

17 The Romantics - What I Like About You 2:56

18 The Knack - My Sharona (Original 1979 7" Single Edit) 4:01

19 The Rubinoos - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend 3:19

20 The Records - Starry Eyes (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 4:23

21 The Who - Substitute (Original 1966 UK 7" Mono Single Version) 3:48

CD2

22 The Easybeats - Friday on My Mind 2:43

23 The Hollies - Look Through Any Window (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:17

24 The Searchers - When You Walk in the Room (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:22

25 Cheap Trick - Surrender 4:14

26 Sweet - Fox on the Run (Original 1975 7" Single Version) 3:22

27 Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper (Original 1976 7" Single Edit) 3:50

28 Raspberries - Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) 5:29

29 Protex - A Place in Your Heart (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 3:08

30 Rudi - Big Time 2:43

31 Tours - Language School 2:10

32 The Jam - When You're Young 3:12

33 Pointed Sticks - What Do You Want Me to Do? 2:27

34 The Bats - Popgun 3:24

35 Phil Seymour - Precious to Me 2:51

36 Dwight Twilley Band - I'm on Fire 3:18

37 Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign (Original 1991 7" Single Edit) 3:52

38 Ash - Shining Light (Original 2001 Radio Edit) 4:23

39 Cast - Alright 3:37

40 The La's - There She Goes 2:42

41 The Jam - Start! (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 2:16

42 The Who - I Can't Explain (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:05

CD3

43 The Creation - Making Time 2:56

44 The Hollies - I Can't Let Go (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) 2:26

45 Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (from the Shell) 4:01

46 Nick Lowe - So It Goes 2:30

47 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Radio, Radio 3:06

48 Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out with Him? 3:35

49 Holly and the Italians - Tell That Girl to Shut Up (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 2:59

50 The Shivvers - No Substitute 3:49

51 Nikki and the Corvettes - Back Seat Love 1:49

52 The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed 2:45

53 The Cars - Just What I Needed 3:43

54 Split Enz - I Got You 3:27

55 The Monroes - What Do All the People Know (Original 1982 7" Single Version) 3:30

56 XTC - Mayor of Simpleton 3:58

57 The Outfield - Your Love 3:34

58 Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl 3:14

59 Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 / Jenny 3:47

60 Sniff 'n' the Tears - Driver's Seat (Original 1978 7" Single Edit) 3:39

61 The Monkees - Daydream Believer 2:59

62 The Searchers - Needles and Pins (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:13

63 The Byrds - I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:32

CD4

64 The Beatles - If I Needed Someone 2:23

65 Blondie - Dreaming 3:08

66 The Go-Go's - We Got the Beat (1982 Richard Gottehrer Re-recording US 7" Single Version) 2:31

67 The Primitives - Crash 2:32

68 The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums (Original 1989 7" Single Mix) 3:42

69 The Replacements - Alex Chilton 3:13

70 The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away 3:34

71 XTC - Earn Enough for Us (Original 1986 7" Single Mix) 2:54

72 Squeeze - Another Nail in My Heart 2:59

73 Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes in Towers 3:34

74 Eddie and the Hot Rods - Quit This Town 2:28

75 The Nerves - Hanging on the Telephone 2:03

76 The Beat - Rock 'N' Roll Girl 2:15

77 The Who - Pictures of Lily (Original 1967 7" Mono Single Version) 2:45

78 Blue Ash - Abracadabra (Have You Seen Her?) 3:04

79 The Zombies - She's Not There (Original 1964 Decca 7" Mono Single Mix) 2:23

80 Nazz - Forget All About It 3:31

81 The Jags - Back of My Hand (Original 1979 7" Jon Astley/Phil Chapman Produced First Single Version) 3:19

82 The Producers - What's He Got? 3:11

83 20/20   -   Giving It All 2:48

84 Shoes - Tomorrow Night (Original 1978 Bomp 7" Single Version) 3:13

85 The Undertones - Get Over You 2:45

CD5

86 The Records - Rock and Roll Love Letter 3:39

87 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 3:43

88 The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl 3:44

89 The Dukes of Stratosphear - Vanishing Girl (Original 1987 7" Single Mix) 2:30

90 Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 2:50

91 Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me (Live at Budokan) (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 3:41

92 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - American Girl 3:32

93 Weezer - Buddy Holly 2:39

94 Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom 3:16

95 The Wannadies - You and Me Song 2:50

96 Blondie - One Way or Another 3:35

97 The Go-Go's - Vacation 3:00

98 The Bangles - Going Down to Liverpool 3:41

99 Scandal - Goodbye to You 3:47

100 The Producers - She Sheila 4:36

101 Squeeze - Is That Love? 2:31

102 XTC - Senses Working Overtime (Original 1982 7" Single Edit) 4:34

103 Purple Hearts - Millions Like Us 3:07

104 The Chords - Maybe Tomorrow 3:13

CD6

105 The Jam - Strange Town 3:47

106 The Who - So Sad About Us (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) 3:02

107 Small Faces - Sha-La-La-La-Lee (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) 2:55

108 The dB's - Black and White 3:07

109 The Spongetones - She Goes Out with Everybody 2:27

110 Jellyfish - The King Is Half-Undressed 3:46

111 Pearl Harbor and the Explosions - You Got It (Release It) 2:30

112 The Shivvers - Teen Line (Original 1980 Fliptop Records 7" Single Version) 3:42

113 The Headboys - The Shape of Things to Come 3:24

114 Scarlet Party - 101-Dam-Nations 3:35

115 Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World 2:51

116 Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding 3:33

117 The Searchers - Hearts in Her Eyes 3:21

118 Big Star - The Ballad of El Goodo 4:20

119 Todd Rundgren - Couldn't I Just Tell You (Original 1972 7" Single Edit) 3:18

120 The Left Banke - She May Call You Up Tonight 2:16

121 Tommy James and the Shondells - I Think We're Alone Now (Original 1967 7" Mono Single Version) 2:08

122 Badfinger - Baby Blue (US Single Mix) 3:35

123 The Beatles - Paperback Writer 2:18

124 Raspberries - Tonight 3:40

125 The Who - I Can See for Miles (Original 1967 Track Record UK 7" Mono Single Mix) 4:03

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