I Wanna Be A Teen Again: American Power Pop 1980-1989 [Import] (3 Cd's) | Retro Vinyl Club

DescriptionThree CD set. In 1979, The Knack kicked open the doors for a global power pop explosion, and a year or so later, almost as quickly, the doors closed again, but not before a mass of their contemporaries followed them through. Soon, a bunch of others got caught up in the excitement and the record business relearned the power of guitar-driven pop - the first few years of the '80s were as exciting for power pop as the last couple of the 70s had been, and even when it returned to the underground, the music continued to flow throughout the decade. I Wanna Be A Teen Again follows the 80s power pop explosion from it's hypocentre early in the decade to it's enduring late period gems, exploring both leading and lesser lights, the old hands and new talents who made it such an exciting musical happening. By the middle of the decade, the term power pop had been all but retired, but a handful of new bands found success by avoiding it, whilst new movements, including the Paisley Underground and indie pop, helped keep others alive under new brandings. All the while a small number of holdouts, the pop equivalent of the soldiers lost in the jungle after the war had ended, strove to keep the music and the name alive. Packed with classic cuts and long-overlooked rough diamonds, and appearing at a time when new outfits like The Lemon Twigs pick through the body of 80s power pop for material and inspiration and some key artists like Redd Kross and The Bangles are celebrated in books and film, I Wanna Be A Teen Again is a timely examination and celebration of this action-packed era and it's thrilling sounds. Tracks- Disc 1 -1 Stiv Bators - Not That Way Anymore2 The Knack - I Want Ya3 The Know - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear4 The Romantics - When I Look in Your Eyes5 Nikki & the Corvettes - Just What I Need6 Zeros - They Say That (Everything's Alright)7 MN'M's - I'm Tired8 The Flashcubes - It's You Tonight (Basement Tapes Version)9 Radio City - Don't Mistake Love10 Screen Test - Nothing Really Matters When You're Young11 Moondogs - When Sixteen Wasn't So Sweet12 The Pranks - What's the Point13 NRBQ - You Can't Hide14 Utopia - I Just Want to Touch You15 The Shivvers - Please Stand By16 Eric Carmen - It' Hurts Too Much17 Hilly Michaels - Calling All Girls18 Promise - Back in My Heart19 The Late Show - Take a Chance20 The Heats - Remember Me21 Off Broadway - Quick Turns22 Shoes - She Satisfies23 The Everythingers - Saccharine24 Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl25 SVT - Love Blind26 Tommy Hoehn - Get Away27 Phil Seymour - Precious to Me28 David Quinton - Make Up Your Mind- Disc 2 -1 The Flamin' Groovies - So Much in Love2 The Plimsouls - Now3 20/20 - the Night I Heard a Scream4 Great Buildings - Hold on to Something5 The Go-Gos - How Much More6 The Wigs - Tell It All7 The Rubinoos - Let's Make It Tonight8 The Toms - (I Wanna Be a) Teen Again9 The Michael Guthrie Band - Sorry About That10 Eddy Best - Things I Should've Said11 The Decoys - Not the Tremblin' Kind12 Marshall Crenshaw - Cynical Girl13 The Bongos - the Bulrushes14 The Floor Models - You'll Come Around15 Paul Collins' Beat - the Kids Are the Same16 Dwight Twilley - I'm Back Again17 Cheap Trick - If You Want My Love18 Bruce Moody - Am Romance19 The Bangles - Mary Street20 The Spongetones - Here I Go Again21 The Fad - Where the Colours Are22 Club Wow - What's with You23 Jim Basnight & the Moberlys - I Want to Be Yours 24 Steve Rosenbaum - Girl from Seventeen24 25 Let's Active - Every Word Means No25 Ramones - My My Kind of Girl- Disc 3 -1 Fastbacks - Now Is the Time2 Game Theory - Too Late for Tears3 The DB's - Love Is for Lovers4 Katrina and the Waves - Do You Want Crying5 Candy - Whatever Happened to Fun6 Julian Leal - You and I7 Riff Doctors - Turn Me on8 The Beat Rodeo - Just Friends9 Gary Herrewig - Hurt You Too10 Windbreakers - Can't Go on This Way11 Tommy Keene - Places That Are Gone (Geoff Emerick Version)12 The Smithereens - Strangers When We Meet13 The Mosquitos - That Was Then, This Is Now14 Sex Clark Five - I Want You Mine15 The Patriots - It Don't Show16 Flying Color - Dear Friend (Album Version)17 Bill Lloyd - Lisa Anne18 The Long Ryders - I Want You Bad19 Chris 'Klondike' Masuak - How Could He Resist?20 The Infidels - I Can't Make You Mine21 Redd Kross - Ballad of a Love Doll22 Material Issue - Renee Remains the Same23 The Pursuit of Happiness - She's So Young24 Velvet Crush - Walking Out on Love

• Format: CD
• Released: 07/18/2025