VA - Millennium '80s New Wave Party (1999)

Millennium: '80s New Wave Party, the final installment in Rhino's five-disc series Millennium Party, basically recycles 20 hits available in the label's extensive new wave series Just Can't Get Enough, but it does so in style. Like other volumes in the series, New Wave Party contains nothing but genre classics, the songs everybody knows. In this case, it means some of the greatest one-hit wonders in pop history, including "Take on Me," "Come on Eileen," "I Ran," "Love Plus One," "Safety Dance," "Mickey," "Tainted Love," "I Melt with You," and "I Want Candy." There are also landmark selections from bigger bands -- "Rock Lobster," "Whip It," "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," "Our House," "Just What I Needed," "She Blinded Me with Science," "Rock This Town," "Cars," and "Valley Girl." The ultimate result is a terrifically enjoyable new wave party.