Various: 80s Rock Anthems: The Mullet Album

By GRAHAM REID

(Herald rating: * )

Highly suspect double-disc collection because of its Oz origins. Were the Choirboys' Run to Paradise, Mondo Rock's Cool World, Noiseworks' Take Me Back and Men At Work's Dr Heckyll and Mr Jive among your 80s anthems?

Indeed was the Swingers' Counting the Beat, Psychedelic Furs' Love My Way or Australian Crawl's Shutdown even an "anthem", let alone one for those sporting a mullet?

And did the Sunnyboys, Hooters, Machinations, Loverboy or Mr Mister even figure in your 80s? If so, you must have had a lousy time. Best tracks: Motorhead's Ace of Spades, Billy Idol's Rebel Yell, Rick Springfield's Jesse's Girl, Quiet Riot's Mama Weer All Crazee Now and, of course, that Swingers classic.

Shame to waste such a good subtitle on an album as stuffed with filler as this. Rubbish really, innit?

Label: Sony