Octo_Russ

Various Artists [Elec-Trax '16 Synth Pop Classix']

This is a wonderful collection of Electronic Pop Hits, i have several of these types of albums, some of them are double discs, but this is one of the best single disc releases i have, i played this right at the end of my first year of blogging [31st December 2010], most of these tracks are from the early Eighties, these were the years i was finishing with vinyl single 45's, and delving into albums instead, but i still remember 'Are Friends Electric?' by Tubeway Army, it was only later that i renewed my love of this music, and discovered new songs / Artists too, it was a wonderful time to discover music. 

The front cover is excellent, a picture of a bald girl, with white vertical lines, and blue electric voltage / lightning coming out of her ears, or through her head, even 'Elec-Trax' is written in a electronic style, a great well thought out cover. 

The tracks that really got to me this time were 2 & 16, and here's a synopsis of each,
2 Gary Numan - We Are Glass, a tremendous mechanical chugging rhythm throughout, with an overarching synth theme, the verses lean towards the mechanical chugging, then the chorus's explode in a high synth anthem, a track with a really contagious enthusiasm.
16 A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing [If I Had A Photograph Of You], another song that after a hesitant intro, just explodes into life, notice the individual drum hits that introduce the explosion [0:06], the song oscillates between words and this instrumental anthemic synth, the ending is like the beginning, hesitant, then a nice smash on the drums [5:27].