Youth Gone Wild: Heavy Metal Hits Of The '80S, Vol. 2 (1996)

Youth Gone Wild: Heavy Metal Hits of the '80s is a series of compilation albums of heavy metal songs of the 1980s, the heyday of the genre. The title comes from the song by Skid Row, which ironically does not appear in the series.

The second installment of Rhino's Youth Gone Wild: Heavy Metal Hits Of The '80s is divided between mid-'80s hits by David Lee Roth ("Goin' Crazy!"), Great White ("Rock Me"), Europe ("The Final Countdown") and Yngwie Malmsteen ("Heaven Tonight") and late-'80s cuts from Winger ("Seventeen"), Vixen ("Edge of a Broken Heart"), and Faster Pussycat ("Poison Ivy"). More than any other entry in the series, Vol. 2 suffers from cutesy, ironic selections -- there's no reason Sam Kinison's "Wild Thing" should have been included, and Helloween only gained fame after being showcased on Beavis & Butt-Head in the '90s -- and a few cuts, like King's X's "Over My Head," appear to be on the disc simply because they were personal favorites of the compilers. Nevertheless, Youth Gone Wild, Vol. 2 remains a good purchase, especially for fans who want to replace their worn cassettes with only the hits, not full albums.


V/A: Glam Metal/Heavy Metal/Power Metal/Speed Metal/Hard Rock/Aor/Melodic Hard Rock

CD 2

Track listing:
"Rock Me" – Great White 7:18
"Heaven Tonight" – Yngwie J. Malmsteen & Rising Force 4:07
"The Final Countdown" – Europe 5:10
"Over My Head" – King's X 4:49
"Goin' Crazy!" – David Lee Roth 3:09
"It's Not Love" – Dokken 5:01
"Seventeen" – Winger 4:06
"Poison Ivy" – Faster Pussycat 4:27
"Gotta Let Go" – Lita Ford 4:40
"I Want Out" – Helloween 4:41
"I'm on to You" – Hurricane 3:59
"Edge of a Broken Heart" – Vixen 4:24
"Dreams in the Dark" – Badlands 3:30
"Wild Thing" – Sam Kinison 4:29