Rockets Of Love: Power Pop Gems From 70S 80S & 90S Rockets Of Love: Power Pop Gems From 70S 80S & 90S CD

UK collection. On this follow-up to the Come On Let's Go! Power Pop Gems From The 70s & 80s compilation, we have extended the timeframe to cover the '90s and even include one outlier from the 2000s. There was just too much great power pop being made beyond the 70s and 80s for us to ignore. Another change to this volume is we look beyond American shores and include selections from the UK and Australia. As before, we take a broad view of power pop and you will find elements of punk, new wave, garage and various other sub-genres within. However, we can guarantee that all our selections are top-notch songs delivered with all the jangling guitars, catchy hooks, banging beats and snappy tunes that make power pop such a blast. Among the many highlights is 'Better Things' by the Kinks, which returned the group to the UK singles charts in 1981 after a nine-year absence. The song's uplifting message should have made it a trans-Atlantic #1 with Dave Davies' clever guitar lines and brother Ray's inspired lyric combining to create a feeling of rejuvenated optimism as they look forward to overcoming old difficulties with a fresh new start - the perfect antidote for recent times: "Here's hoping all the days ahead won't be as bitter as the ones behind you/Forget what happened yesterday I know that better things are on the way".

1. Rocket OÆ Love - The Knack 2. ItÆs You Tonight - The Flashcubes 3. Whatever Happened To Funà - Candy 4. I Could Be The One - Fire Town 5. I Need You (That Thing You Do) - The Wonders 6. The Popular Girl - Martin Newell 7. Vacation - Richard X Heyman 8. Storybook - The Blow Pops 9. I Wanna Be A Teen Again - Tom Foolery 10. Sooner Or Later - The Innocents 11. Winter In The Hamptons - Josh Rouse 12. Had To Make You Mine - Cheap Trick 13. Sky High - The Vandalias 14. Hey Baby - Disguise 15. 867-5309 / Jenny - Tommy Tutone 16. Hearts In Her Eyes - The Records 17. Modern Man - 4 Out Of 5 Doctors 18. Mary Anne - Marshall Crenshaw 19. Another Night - The Searchers 20. ThatÆs What She Said - The Greenberry Woods 21. WhatÆs He Got? - The Producers 22. Foolish - Dm3 23. Never To Come Again - Brad Jones 24. Better Things - The Kinks