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Scared to Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980–1989

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Scared to Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980–1989
Compilation album by
Various
ReleasedJune 24, 2013 (2013-06-24)
GenreIndie pop
Length395:31
LabelCherry Red
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Guardian[2]

Scared to Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980–1989 is a five-disc compilation album that features 134 songs from indie pop artists from the 1980s. It was released in June 2013 by Cherry Red Records.

Cherry Red Records explained the album is inspired by Lenny Kaye's album Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968.

Track listing

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Disc One
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Revolutionary Spirit"The Wild Swans4:24
2."Getting Nowhere Fast"Girls at Our Best!2:02
3."Showing Off to Impress the Girls"Art Objects2:44
4."(There's Always) Something on My Mind"Pale Fountains2:41
5."The Missionary"Josef K3:47
6."The Jet Set Junta"The Monochrome Set2:03
7."Dumb Magician"The Blue Orchids2:55
8."Don't Come Back"Marine Girls2:03
9."Candy Skin"The Fire Engines2:54
10."Ambition"TV213:59
11."Everything and More"Dolly Mixture2:56
12."Paraffin Brain"The Nightingales3:02
13."All About You"Scars4:02
14."It's a Fine Day"Jane2:46
15."I Think I Need Help"The Farmer's Boys2:17
16."Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought to Crawl"The Room3:37
17."Summerdays"Weekend2:52
18."Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone)"Prefab Sprout2:36
19."Nerve Pylon"The Lines3:46
20."Feeling Dizzy"Everything but the Girl4:16
21."The Lost and the Lonely"The Higsons3:01
22."Human Features"Black3:06
23."Roll On Summertime"The Daintees3:18
24."Happy Birthday"The Bluebells2:57
25."Norman and Narcissus"Trixie's Big Red Motorbike2:31
26."A Picture of Dorian Gray"Television Personalities2:43
Disc Two
No.TitleArtistLength
1."The Sun Shines Here"Hurrah!2:27
2."If She Doesn't Smile (It'll Rain)"Fantastic Something3:13
3."Everybody's Problem"Pulp3:15
4."Dark 7"Strawberry Switchblade3:03
5."Stop the Rain"Suede Crocodiles3:24
6."I'm Used Now"Grab Grab the Haddock2:24
7."Sense Sickness"Del Amitri2:51
8."Honey at the Core"Friends Again3:55
9."Oblivious"Aztec Camera3:11
10."Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?"Lloyd Cole and the Commotions2:09
11."Kardomah Cafe"The Cherry Boys3:15
12."This Brilliant Evening"In Embrace2:48
13."Dolly"Microdisney3:20
14."Plenty"The Woodentops3:17
15."Southern Mark Smith"The Jazz Butcher3:32
16."Where the Traffic Goes"The Jasmine Minks2:32
17."Forever"The Hit Parade2:56
18."Every Conversation"June Brides3:07
19."In the Afternoon"Revolving Paint Dream3:25
20."Hymn from a Village"James2:52
21."Just Like Honey"The Jesus and Mary Chain2:56
22."The Chocolate Elephant Man"Biff Bang Pow!3:08
23."Temple of Convenience"Yeah Yeah Noh2:46
24."God Bless"The Bodines2:18
25."Debra"Big Flame2:09
26."Up the Hill and Down the Slope"The Loft4:16
Disc Three
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Velocity Girl"Primal Scream1:24
2."Go Out and Get 'Em, Boy!"The Wedding Present4:11
3."Thru the Flowers"The Primitives2:27
4."Sad?"BMX Bandits3:00
5."All Day Long"Shop Assistants1:50
6."Something Happens"The Mighty Lemon Drops3:40
7."X X Sex (demo)"We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It1:59
8."Is There Anyone Out There?"Mighty Mighty3:41
9."Quite Content"The Soup Dragons2:36
10."Red Sleeping Beauty"McCarthy3:40
11."Motorcity"Age of Chance3:32
12."Completely & Utterly"The Chesterfields2:05
13."Cut the Cake"The Wolfhounds3:24
14."Loggerheads"The Servants3:09
15."Don't Worry (Demo)"Close Lobsters2:48
16."Sick Little Girl"Pop Will Eat Itself2:31
17."Big Pink Cake"Razorcuts3:25
18."It's a Good Thing"That Petrol Emotion2:34
19."Almost Prayed"The Weather Prophets2:39
20."Vote for Love"Jamie Wednesday3:29
21."Beatnik Boy"Talulah Gosh1:51
22."She Dazzled Me with Basil"The Dentists2:46
23."A Gentle Sound"Railway Children3:16
24."Baby Blue Marine (Alternative Version)"The Groove Farm1:47
25."The Rain Fell Down"Jesse Garon and the Desperadoes3:16
26."(Whatever Happened to) Alice?"Rosemary's Children3:33
27."Balloon Song"14 Iced Bears2:31
28."A Wonderful Day"The Wonder Stuff1:55
Disc Four
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Shine On"The House of Love3:20
2."Something About You"The Shamen2:58
3."The Albums of Jack"The Bachelor Pad2:26
4."Albert Parker"Gol Gappas4:09
5."Love Is Blue"Hangman's Beautiful Daughters3:36
6."Heaven Forbid"Whirl3:07
7."Delilah Sands"Brilliant Corners3:08
8."Shimmer"The Flatmates3:40
9."Gruesome Castle"The Wake3:18
10."Engine Failure"This Poison!1:36
11."If I Said"The Darling Buds2:57
12."Tidalwave"Boy Hairdressers1:47
13."She Looks Right Through Me"The Waltones3:30
14."Room in Your Heart"The Rosehips2:15
15."Love Resistance"Apple Boutique3:59
16."Take Your Time Yeah!"Laugh2:45
17."She's a Nurse but She's Alright"The Raw Herbs3:53
18."Toy"The Heart Throbs3:36
19."Tranquil"The Clouds2:59
20."You Make My Head Explode"The Groovy Little Numbers2:22
21."My Favourite Wet Wednesday Afternoon"The Siddeleys3:31
22."Tug-Boat Line"Rumblefish3:30
23."The World Is"The Hepburns2:04
24."One of Those Things"Bubblegum Splash2:04
25."Be Small Again"The Corn Dollies2:45
26."Lee Remick"The King of Luxembourg2:22
27."Son of a Gun (demo)"The La's1:56
Disc Five
No.TitleArtistLength
1."The Hardest Thing in the World"The Stone Roses2:43
2."Keep the Circle Around"Inspiral Carpets3:48
3."Indiepop Ain't Noise Pollution"The Pooh Sticks2:13
4."Solace"The Sea Urchins3:50
5."Only (A Prawn in Whitby)"Cud3:07
6."Landslide"The Popguns2:55
7."All Aboard the Love-Mobile"One Thousand Violins2:28
8."I'm in Love with a Girl Who Doesn't Know I Exist"Another Sunny Day1:39
9."Strawberry Window"East Village2:36
10."Choirboys Gas (Hack the Cassock)"Bad Dream Fancy Dress2:16
11."Circle Line"Rodney Allen3:24
12."I've Got a Habit"The Orchids2:33
13."Skin Storm"Bradford3:13
14."Are You Happy Now?"The Charlottes1:51
15."Picking Up the Bitter Little Pieces"The Claim3:13
16."Dreamabout"The Poppyheads4:16
17."Adam's Song"The Sun & The Moon2:40
18."Jesse Man Rae"The McTells3:05
19."Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook"Would-Be-Goods2:54
20."Speak to Me Rochelle"The Desert Wolves2:27
21."Dry the Rain"The Rain2:35
22."Forever Holiday"Blow-Up4:08
23."Suburban Love Songs"The Fanatics2:23
24."Roses"Milltown Brothers3:05
25."Sun Is in the Sky"The Seers3:11
26."Perfect Needle"The Telescopes3:28
27."Catweazle"The Boo Radleys3:22

References

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  1. ^ Sendra, Tim. Scared to Get Happy – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ Petridis, Alexis (30 June 2013). "Various: Scared to Get Happy – review". The Guardian.