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1998 compilation album by Various artists
Newer Wave 2.0 is a various artists compilation album released on September 29, 1998, by
21st Circuitry .
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
AllMusic
[1]
Aiding & Abetting gave Newer Wave, Vol. 2 a positive review and called the album "better than the first, both in song selection and in execution" and "it does rate highly in the fun factor".
[2] Keith Farley of
AllMusic gave it a negative review, awarding the compilation one and a half out of five stars.
[1] In writing for Ink 19 , the critic Eric Sanders praised the artists' re-imagining of the originals, writing, "The ideas are fresh and good, the material familiar and worth revisiting."
[3]
Track listing
Title Writer(s) Artist 1. "
Planet Earth " (
Duran Duran cover)
James Bates ,
Simon Le Bon ,
John Taylor ,
Roger Taylor ,
Andy Taylor
Hate Dept. 5:00 2. "
Love My Way " (
The Psychedelic Furs cover)
John Ashton ,
Tim Butler ,
Richard Butler ,
Vince Ely
Assemblage 23 5:38 3. "
Love Missile F1-11 " (
Sigue Sigue Sputnik cover)
Martin Degville ,
Anthony James ,
Neal Whitmore
New Mind 5:11 4. "
One Night in Bangkok (Cold War Mix)" (
Murray Head cover)
Benny Andersson ,
Tim Rice ,
Björn Ulvaeus
Razor Skyline 3:26 5. "
Shout " (
Tears for Fears cover)
Roland Orzabal ,
Ian Stanley Shunt 6:32 6. "
Safety Dance " (
Men Without Hats cover)
Ivan Doroschuk
LUXT 4:34 7. "
It's My Life " (
Talk Talk cover)
Mark Hollis ,
Tim Friese-Greene
Battery 4:03 8. "
Here Comes the Rain Again " (
Eurythmics cover)
Annie Lennox ,
David A. Stewart Omnibox 4:06 9. "Norman Bates" (
Landscape cover)
John L. Walters
Covenant 4:34 10. "
1999 " (
Prince cover)
Prince
Xorcist 6:29 11. "
Stripped " (
Depeche Mode cover)
Martin Gore
In Strict Confidence 7:57 12. "
88 Lines About 44 Women " (
The Nails cover) Marc Campbell, Douglas Guthrie, David Kaufman, George Kaufman, Steve O'Rourke
Scar Tissue 5:02 13. "
Major Tom " (
Peter Schilling cover) David Lodge,
Peter Schilling
Unit:187 5:36 14. "
Beautiful World " (
Devo cover)
Gerald Casale ,
Mark Mothersbaugh R.U.O.K.? 5:51
Personnel
Adapted from the Newer Wave 2.0 liner notes.
[4]
Release history
Region
Date
Label
Format
Catalog
United States
1998
21st Circuitry
CD
21C.CD37
References
^
a
b Farley, Keith.
"Various Artists: Newer Wave, Vol. 2 " . AllmMusic . Retrieved July 28, 2020 .
^ Worley, Jon (November 23, 1998).
"Various Artists: Newer Wave " . Aiding & Abetting (172). Retrieved July 28, 2020 .
^ Sanders, Eric (February 10, 1999).
"Various Artists: Newer Wave 2.0 " . Ink 19 . Retrieved July 30, 2020 .
^
Newer Wave 2.0 (booklet). Various artists. San Francisco, California:
21st Circuitry . 1998. {{
cite AV media notes }}
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link )
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