CD: 039 477-2
RELEASED: 2003
LABEL: Universal

Disc 1
01. The Smiths - This Charming Man
02. D.A.F. - Der Mussolini
03. The Cramps - Human Fly
04. Sisters Of Mercy - Alice
05. XTC - Making Plans For Nigel
06. Soft Cell - Torch
07. In Tua Nua - Seven Into The Sea
08. The Gun Club - Sex Beat
09. Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty
10. The Wipers - When It's Over
11. Shriekback - All Lined Up
12. Fat Gadget - Collapsing New People
13. The Clash - I Fought The Law
14. The Sound - Winning
15. Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
16. The Call - I Still Believe
17. George Krantz - Din Daa Daa

Disc 2
01. Japan - Quiet Life
02. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
03. BAP - Kristallnaach
04. Simple Minds - Theme For Great Cities
05. Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant
06. Talking Heads - Burning Down The House (live)
07. Grauzone - Eisbaer
08. Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?
09. TC Matic - O La La La
10. The Div - Sex, Sex, Sex
11. Siouxie & The Banshees - Spellbound
12. The Church - Under The Milky Way
13. Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas
14. The Cure - Killing An Arab
15. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
16. The Mission - Wasteland
17. The Cult - Rain
18. U2 - "40" (live)

All Lined Up is a celebration of the electronic new-wave/post-punk era that was a soundtrack for many twenty and thirty-somethings, both CD's feature songs you know by heart, some you may have forgotten and a couple you may have missed. Mind you, this isn't a complete document of the post-punk boom of the late 70's & early 80's, but is a welcome survey of those bands that experimented and added many new elements into their sound. It's somewhat surprising that so much of this music still sounds contemporary after twenty years, but...any compilation that purports to chronicle a particular sound/place/time is going to be met with some comments to the effect of "Wait, how come they didn't include (insert name of criminally omitted selection here)", and this is no exception. Nevertheless, each of these tunes will be immediately familiar to anyone who grew up in the early 80's. Universal is to be commended for keeping alive the great music of a bygone era. An excellent place to start an 80s collection, or fill those missing pieces, it sure beats the heck out of most of today's "music". Highly recommended.