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| The Essential | 
 enlarge | Artist: Nik Kershaw
Label: Polygram UK
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7644
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 544329
UPC: 731454432924
EAN: 0731454432924
ASIN: B00004U66Z
Release Date: March 5, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | Wouldn't It Be Good | | • | I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me | | • | Dancing Girls | | • | The Riddle | | • | Wide Boy | | • | Nobody Knows | | • | One Step Ahead | | • | Human Racing | | • | Don Quixote | | • | Drum Talk | | • | Shame on You | | • | Bogart | | • | When a Heart Beats | | • | Wild Horses | | • | Gone to Pieces | | • | Radio Musicola | | • | Cloak and Dagger | | • | Save the Whale |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Album Details
18 Track Compilation of the 80's Rocker's Best Hits, Including "Wouldn't it Be Good", "The Riddle", "Don Quixote", "One Step Ahead", "Human Racing" and Many More, Taken from his Recordings for MCA/UNIVERSAL Records.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 A couple of good 80's songs November 27, 2008
Not many tracks are worth listening besides the couple that made the charts in the 80's
 Should've made the top 40 in the U.S. July 24, 2007
It baffled me when I heard the music on video programs in the 80's that it wasn't getting well received on the pop charts and I vowed back then that one day I would explore Kershaw's music more thoroughly. It took me over 20 years but I finally made good on it. I am as pleased with the music as I was then.
This is catchy, jazz-like rhythm with playful lyrics that are compelling without all the preachy tirades you might get in the more common 80's intellectual songs. Some of the songs may seem more eccentric but all have something catchy and enjoyable. A unique 80's experience for those who only know the U.S. chart-toppers.
 Nik Kershaw knows what's good for you July 16, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Nik Kershaw was an unfortunately typical artist in the video-happy 80's. Tuneful, photogenic and big on synths, he was a cross between George Micheal and Howard Jones. That is epitomized on his biggest international hit, "Wouldn't It be Good." The video was typical of the period, wild haircuts, ersatz Bowie posturing and satellite dishes. The album "Human Racing" became his biggest hit and he established himself overseas, but is pretty much a one-hit wonder in the US.
This collection doesn't do much to dissuade anyone from thinking his lack of star magnitude was unjust. The songs on the collection are pretty run of the mill, with only "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down on Me" and "The Riddle" (which was the title track to his second album and another pretty cool video) being the most interesting and individualistic songs here. For those three, this collection rates 3 stars. As for the rest, it's a tad on the generic side.
Love this guy January 10, 2007
The classic Nik Kershaw, with all my old favorites. His newer stuff is good too, but these have the nostalgia factor to send them over the top.
Might as well have bought the single February 21, 2006
4 out of 13 found this review helpful
Although there are some good covers available on iTunes, one can't get the original "Wouldn't it be Good?" unless they buy one of these Kershaw compilation discs and this was the cheapest one! Because they are "imports", some cost upwards of $20.
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