Classic Masters

by EMI Special Products

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Release Date:2002-10-08
Label:EMI Special Products
UPC:724354179723
Binding:Audio CD
Published By:EMI Special Products
ASIN:B00006JOCE
Category:Music

Tracks on Classic Masters by EMI Special Products

  1. You Better Run
  2. Hit Me With Your Best Shot
  3. Treat Me RIght
  4. Anxiety (Get Nervous)
  5. Looking for a Stranger
  6. Love is a Battlefield
  7. We Belong
  8. Invincible (Theme From The Legend of Billie Jean)
  9. Sex as a Weapon
  10. One Love (Song For The Lion)
  11. Somebody's Baby
  12. Heartbreaker (Live)

Editorial Reviews and Product Descriptions

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If she had made her mark only through the garish video to "Love Is a Battlefield," Pat Benatar would still stand as a '80s icon. Ah, but there were so many more '80s pop rock, just-this-side-of-new-wave hits to her name, including radio staples such as "You Better Run," "Hit Me with Your Best Shot," and "Heartbreaker," all of which are included in this short, sharp retrospective. Benatar and her husband and bandleader, Neil Geraldo, specialized in romantic anthems that are as hooky as they are bombastic. Eschewing the playfulness of contemporary female rivals such as Debbie Harry and the Go-Go's (and staking out the middle ground between them and Heart), Benatar ultimately surpassed the new wavers by staying in character: this was a tough chick who didn't take any guff. Period! As she lost interest in that role, her popularity flagged, but that's another album. These are just the hits. --W.C. Sweeney

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SOME OF THE BEST SONG'S OF THE 1980'S - Reviewed on 2006-08-19
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2 customers found this review not to be helpful.
THESE SONG'S BY PAT BENATAR ARE 20+ YEARS OLD AND STILL HOLD UP TODAY.THESE SONG'S DON'T SOUND OLD OR DATED;IF THEY WERE RELEASED TODAY THEY WOULD FIT RIGHT IN.
THIS CD HAS A PILE OF HIT'S ON IT!.THE SONG'S ON THIS CD ARE PLAYED AS MUCH NOW ON CERTAIN RADIO STATION'S AS THEY WERE BACK THEN.THE SONG'S ON THIS CD ARE THE ONE'S SHE MADE VIDEO'S TO THAT HELPED MTV RISE TO THE FAME IT IS TODAY.
THE SONG'S ON THIS CD ARE THE ONE'S PAT BENATAR SING'S IN CONCERT ON EVERY TOUR.THESE ARE THE SONG'S HER FAN'S WANT TO HEAR
YEAR AFTER YEAR,DECADE AFTER DECADE.THESE ARE THE TYPE OF SONG'S THAT NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU HEAR THEM THEY JUST SEEM TO NEVER GET OLD.PAT BENATAR IS ONE OF THE BEST ARTIST'S OF THE 80'S AND THE PROOF IS HERE.SO PICK UP THIS CD PUT IT IN THE OLD CD PLAYER AND TURN THE VOLUME ON MAX!.{ROME,NEW YORK}
Rock your socks off - Reviewed on 2002-11-17
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3 customers found this review helpful.

She ruled the early eighties as the brash and brassy vixen that stormed the burgeoning MTV with "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," and her cover of The Young Rascals' "You Better Run" holds the honor as the second music video ever played. With her gutsy persona delivering the goods, Benatar certainly deserves credit as a major role in the development of women's rock.

Whether it's "Treat Me Right" or "We Belong," Benatar's punchy vocal style and percussion-filled accompaniment serve up songs that are infallibly catchy and heady in their tough-girl act. The indescribably ubiquitous "Love Is A Battlefield" or "Invincible," the theme from the flick, The Legend of Billie Jean, both serve up a delectably reminiscent trip down memory lane.
A live version of her signature song, "Heartbreaker" volunteers a more volatile, emotionally-ridden experience that brings the 1980s to life more than watching that episode of "Growing Pains" where Mike falls for a Madonna look-alike.

Packed with more hits than you'd care to admit loving, this Classic Masters release proves that Benatar knew how to rock with all the finesse and wild style that an 80s icon needed to climb to the top.

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