English Beat

Advantages Just so damn funny
Disadvantages None whatsoever

...without ever getting boring. The soundtrack for this movie is relevant enough to comment upon. As the reunion is for the Class of 86 the music for the movie keeps with that premise with an eclectic mix that anyone old enough to remember the Eighties will appreciate. Here's a list of the tracks that are both in the movie and on the soundtrack CD 1: Blister In The Sun - The Violent Femmes 2: Rudie Can't Fail - The Clash 3: Mirror In The Bathroom - The English Beat 4: Under Pressure - David Bowie + Queen 5: I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash 6: Live & Let Die - Guns N' Roses 7: We Care A Lot - Faith No More 8: Pressure Drop - The Specials 9: Absolute Beginners - The Jam 10: Armagideon Time - The Clash 11: El Matador - Los Fabulosos Cadillacs 12: Let My Love Open The Door (E. Cola Mix) - Pete Townshend 13: Blister 2000... Read review

Advantages gritty, realistic, topical, joival, humorous
Disadvantages some profanity and violent lyrics

...With their self-titled debut album, in 1979 the British predominantly white SKA band, The Specials made a huge impact in British music in popularising SKA and Reggae music in the early 80’s, along with acts like English Beat, Madness, The Clash and UB40, doing traditional Reggae SKA music firmly in its Jamaican roots, with a more British working class activist attitude with contemporary relevance over the Thatcher period and what it meant for mass unemployment, street violence, clashes between rioters and police and generally disaffected youth. They did many great songs outside of this album which are available on some of the many anthologies of the band, such as “Ghost Town” which by chance became the soundtrack to the mood of the 1981 Toxteth Riots in Liverpool. You will not find that song here unfortunately but I would still... Read review

Advantages Some great eighties tunes that you won't hear on the radio all in one CD.
Disadvantages No A-ha, no Nena, but it's still addictive!

...on the jacket. There is simply the 13 track playlist, a generous paragraph of those who are given Special Thanks, and oddly enough a separate list of those John wanted to thank specifically. Here’s the line up of tunes they have resurrected from the depths of the odd 80’s musical explosion. 1. Blister in the Sun by the Violent Femmes 2. Rudie Can’t Fail by The Clash 3. Mirror in the Bathroom by The English Beat 4. Under Pressure by David Bowie and Queen 5. I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash 6. Live and Let Die the remake by Guns N’ Roses 7. We Care a Lot by Faith No More 8. Pressure Drop by The Specials 9. Absolute Beginners by The Jam 10. Armagideon Time by The Clash 11. El Matador by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs 12. Let My Love Open the Door (E Cola mix) by Pete Townsend 13. Blister 2000 by Violent Femmes... Read review