Love 80's new wave?
Love playful covers?
What are you waiting for?
This album is one of the best (if not THE best) collection of new wave covers by some of the only modern musicians worth a darn, and it's available for like, ONE CENT!!!

Check out this track list of songs, the performers, and originators:

"I Melt with You" - Bowling for Soup (Modern English)
"Through Being Cool" - They Might Be Giants (Devo)
"Save It for Later" - Flashlight Brown (The Beat)
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" - Christian Burns (Tears for Fears)
"One Thing Leads to Another" - Steven Strait (The Fixx)
"Lies" - The Click Five (Thompson Twins)
"Voices Carry" - Vitamin C ('Til Tuesday)
"Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" - Elefant (The Smiths)
"True" - Cary Brothers (Spandau Ballet)
"Just What I Needed" - Caleigh Peters (The Cars)
"Can't Stop the World" - Ginger Sling (The Go-Go's)
"And She Was" - Keaton Simons (Talking Heads)
"Twist and Crawl" - Skindred (The Beat)

If you don't know the latter bands (in parentheses), ask your parents, and get ready to have to listen to ancient music (hope you like it). If you don't know the performing bands in the middle, ask your kids and stop being so old. All the bands are undeniably talented and here we have the next generation covering what I'd call some of the best, underrated 80's new wave cherries. WOW! I'm SO loving every track on this list!

They Might Be Giants covering DEVO's Through Being Cool...that alone is worth a single download. But then there's Bowling for Soup's (who also did the theme to Phineas & Ferb) post-punky cover of I Melt With You. Caleigh Peters gives us a solid Avril Laviegn-esqe take on the Car's great Just What I Needed. And Keaton Simons gives us a cover of the Talking Head's And She Was that's so much more human than the original that I get goosebumps.

The most amazing thing is that this treasure chest of musical gems is disguised as a worthless soundtrack for a seemingly worthless Disney tween movie, when in fact the movie Sky High is itself surprisingly clever and funny, much like Phineas & Ferb. It's one of those geeky mushrooms I'd never have considered watching if my son hadn't recommended it (I've learned to extend alot of credit to him in these matters).

Not since the live-action Spawn have we heard such an interesting and creative pop soundtrack that stands so well on it's own, though in the case of Spawn, the movie actually DID suck. Disney produces so much fluffy garbage like High School Musical that us hipsters just turn up our bespectacled noses at it without the slightest consideration, but every now and then they surprise us with amazing projects like this that might otherwise be unproduceable with a lesser legal team.

Just put this album on at your next party and watch everyone, either gen-x or millineals make those great, pained faces, trying to figure out, "hey, who the #&@% IS this???"

For what it's worth, I'm in my late 40's.

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最高のコンピ・アルバム

2014年5月29日に日本でレビュー済み

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イギリスBlueNoteが1998年に製作した有名なコンピ盤ですが、
最初に曲目を見た時は、そのアルバムから１曲選ぶならその曲じゃないだろ？
と思う部分があったのですが、いざ聴くと最初から最後まで本当にすばらしい流れで、
選曲・構成者に脱帽です。ジャケットもクールすぎます。
Mizell兄弟のコンピといえば、Muroのリミックス盤も有名ですが、あちらは
Johnny Hammondの曲が入っていないのが難点です。

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ddmak

Ex BBMaker Christian Burns!!!!

2005年7月16日に日本でレビュー済み

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BBMak fanとしてはすごくこのCDを楽しみにしてるのではないでしょうか？？久々にCHRISTIAN BURNSの声が聞けるからです！歌詞をがいい彼ですが、今回はTears For FearsのCoverのEverybody Wants to Rule the Worldです。原曲はWham!みたいな感じです。これをどうChrisがアレンジするか期待しますね！！

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A. Boylett

Super heroes and super songs. What's not to like?

2014年3月11日に英国でレビュー済み

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After watching this film on a lazy sunday afternoon with nothing better to do, I was quite impressed with some of the songs I could hear on the soundtrack in the background, so I decided to pick up a copy of this on the cheap, as this is a few years old now.

The cd starts with Bowling For Soup doing a passable impression of, well, Bowling For Soup, who I love, so nothing wrong with that really but not one of their greatest songs. Things move on from there in a similar vein. Lots of modern sounding, well produced, guitar-led pop.

This CD does seem to be predominantly a lot of unknown/lesser known artists doing generally fairly faithful cover versions of songs by well known 80s bands, with varying levels of success. For me the standouts are The Click Five's rocked up version of the Thompson Twins "Lies", Vitamin C's version of Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry" and Caleigh Peter's version of "Just What I Needed" by The Cars. Artists covered in similar fashion are The Smiths, Spandau Ballet, Tears for Fears, The Beat and Talking Heads among others.

All in all though, it's a generally listenable teen/punk/pop romp which will give you something to bop about to in the car on a summers day. If you like Bowling For Soup and respectable covers of english new wave bands then it's definitely worth buying.

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Ken Fontenot

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The "Sky High" soundtrack is a nice walk down memory lane for those parents who care enough for their children to actually take them to the movies and risk sitting through a bad flick. Fortunately for us old folks, the movie is just as good as the soundtrack.

Some hangers-on of yesterday will not like these updated versions of old Eighties tunes. Let's face it folks, that decade has come and gone many years ago. These new versions are more than up to the task of providing some good music for a fun film.

My favorite cover on this album is Bowling for Soup's "I Melt With You." A close second is Vitamin C's "Voices Carry." Most of these songs were treated kindly, and there is only slight tweakings to the original hit found here.

Most of these songs were the only hits for their respective original bands. I suggest to anyone who has a child interested in these tunes that they plunk down some money for an 80's compilation that includes these songs. Groups like The Cars obviously had more than just one hit, so their greatest hits collections would be great to introduce your kids to. I already own most of the originals on this disc, but I really enjoy putting on this "Sky High" soundtrack because it, much like the film, is quite enjoyable.

Highly recommended to any fan of the old tunes from the decade of excess and their kids. It's a great way to introduce your family to a time that has long since left us.

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Tonja Terrana

If you liked the movie and songs

2017年8月14日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み

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If you liked the movie and songs, this is the CD. Complete and great songs, even if all of them are knock-offs of the original artists. If you want the best songs of these titles, get the original artists (Tears For Fears, Till Tuesday, etc), otherwise the artists on this CD do a pretty good job of imitating the original hits.

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Keelyn

Neato

2015年2月27日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み

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Such a fun CD--mainly bought it for (what I believe is) the title track, "I Melt With You", but it has several other good ones, too. It's hard to believe it's been ten years. It's fun to go back, & this soundtrack will definitely take you there!

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All the fun 80's songs, covered by good bands.

2018年3月4日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み

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All the fun 80's songs, covered by good bands.

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