“Street Levelː 20 New Wave Hits” by Various Artists - album review
| features in: (B-list) Album Chart of 1980 ● (B-list) Album Chart of the 1980s |
A brilliant TV-advertised compilation from Ronco, who seem to have the muscle and the wherewithal to cherry-pick at will across all the labels. Spans hits from 1977 to 1980.
The Jukebox Rebel
04–Feb–2010
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [03:17]  Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant (John Lydon, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Paul Cook) Punk |
| A2 | [03:28]  The Stranglers - No More Heroes (Hugh Cornwell, Brian Duffy, David Greenfield, Jean Jacques Burnel) New Wave |
| A3 | [03:04] The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket (Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott) New Wave |
| A4 | [04:14]  Ian Dury and The Blockheads - Reasons To Be Cheerful, part 3 (Ian Dury, Chaz Jankel, Davey Payne) Disco / Funk |
| A5 | [03:52]  Skids - Circus Games (Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson, Russell Webb, Mike Baillie) New Wave |
| A6 | [02:54] Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (Peter McNeish) New Wave |
| A7 | [02:46]  Magazine - Sweetheart Contract (Howard Trafford, John McGeoch, Barry Adamson, David Tomlinson, John Doyle) New Wave |
| A8 | [02:35]  The Plasmatics - Butcher Baby (Richie Stotts, Rod Swenson) Punk |
| A9 | [02:59] Public Image Ltd - Public Image (John Lydon, Keith Levene, John Wardle, Jim Walker) Post-Punk |
| A10 | [02:17]  Blondie - Denis (Neil Levenson) New Wave |
| B1 | [04:22] The Boomtown Rats - Someone’s Looking At You (Bob Geldof) New Wave |
| B2 | [03:20]  Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway (Tom Robinson) Rock |
| B3 | [04:40]  Gary Numan - We Are Glass (Gary Webb) New Wave |
| B4 | [02:56]  John Foxx - Underpass (Dennis Leigh) Electronica |
| B5 | [03:12]  Nick Straker Band - A Walk In The Park (Nick Bailey) Pop |
| B6 | [03:53]  XTC - Making Plans For Nigel (Colin Moulding) New Wave |
| B7 | [03:10]  Generation X - Valley Of The Dolls (William Broad, Tony James) New Wave |
| B8 | [03:12]  The Members - The Sound Of The Suburbs (Jean Marie Carroll, Nick Lightowlers) Punk |
| B9 | [01:49]  The Dickies - Banana Splits (Ritchie Adams, Mark Barkan) Punk |
| B10 | [02:55]  Jona Lewie - You’ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties (John Lewis, Keith Trussell) New Wave |
