The crew over at Buffet Libre have been assembling this collection for quite some time now and they just announced it is finally complete. Sixty quality covers/remixes of your favorite (or obscure) 80s tracks all available for free in one nicely wrapped package. So what does that mean? Well it means that good ol’ hacks here has been listening all 60 tracks on repeat trying to pick out my favorites. I’ve tried to stick to some that aren’t littering hype… but no guarantees.

Dragonette takes the ZZ top sound and destroys it with an almost monotone slathering take on the rocking original. Something about this just screams sexy to me. And yes I’m a dude talking about girls singing about sharp dressed man and just referred to that as “sexy”.

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Dragonette - “Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top cover)”
LINKS: Dragonette | Previous Dragonette Coverage

Sidechains just kills this one. Total dance-floor ownage.

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Madonna - “Into The Groove (Sidechains Remix)”
LINKS: Sidechains

Trash Yourself grinds the hell outta this one. A little too long, but that’s what self edits are for.

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Trash Yourself - “Fuck tha Police (NWA Cover)”
LINKS: Trash Yourself

We <3 Lismore

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Lismore - “Wot (Captain Sensible Cover)”
LINKS: Lismore | More Lismore!

Another dance floor stormer, Mr Miyagi tears it up. They did an awesome klaxons remix back int he day, and also put out a really solid mix that had “lasers” in the title (so you know it had to be awesome)

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Men Without Hats - “Where Do The Boys Go (Mr Miyagi Maximation)”
LINKS: Mr Miyagi

Cryptonites with another really interesting take on things. I’m a fan.

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Frankie Goes To Hollywood - “Relax (Cryptonites Remix)”
LINKS: Cryptonites | Previous Cryptonites Remixes

Anoraak with the repeat performance. Smooth as a double stack Pisces.

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Anoraak - “Talking in Your Sleep (The Romantics Cover)”
LINKS: Anoraak | Previous Anoraak Remixes

Kinda proggy, kinda trancey, but overall totally solid.

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Human League - “The Things (Joe and Will Ask Remix)”
LINKS: Joe And Will Ask?

All the rest of the individual tracks can be download from buffetlibre.net (completely free) or as a bundled zip file from MEGA Upload. Its worth the download to just queue them all up one day and just absorb all the different takes on everything.

Much thanks to the Buffet Libre Crew! I’ll provide a full track list below the cut.

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Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Another Satellite (XTC Cover)
Saint Berdadette - Owner Things (Yes vs Howard Jones Cover)
Dragonette - Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top Cover)
Madonna - Into The Groove (Sidechains Remix)
Pomomofo - Ride The White Horse (Laid Back Cover)
Moulinex - Come on Closer (Pineapples Cover)
The Paper Scissors - I Cant Go For That (Hall & Oates Cover)
Northern Portrait - Some People (Cliff Richard Cover)
Hello Tokyo - Girls (Beastie Boys Cover)
Overthrill - Burn Rubber On Me (Gap Band Cover)
The Cloud Room - Blue Monday (New Order Cover)
Julian Nation - Linda Linda (Blue Hearts Cover)
RAC feat Karl Kling - Take On Me (A Ha Cover)
South Central - Kerosene (Big Black Cover)
Electric Soft Parade - Jealousy (Pet Shop Boys Cover)
Friday Bridge - Eyes Without A Face (Billy Idol Cover)
Ruby Isle - Final Cut (Pink Floyd Cover)
Trash Yourself - Fuck Tha Police (NWA Cover)
PYT - Summer Of 69 (Bryan Adams Cover)
Lismore - Wot (Captain Sensible Cover)
Lucknow Pact - Flash in the night (Secret Service Cover)
Levy - So Far Away (Dire Straits Cover)
Frankmusik - Every Breath You Take (Police Cover)
Cloetta Paris - Cry Just A Little Bit (Sharkin Stevens Cover)
ER2 - Le Jerk (Thierry Hazard Cover)
The Amplid - When Doves Cry (Prince Cover)
The Social Services - The Final Countdown (Europe Cover)
Def Leppard - Photograph (Heartache Remix)
Fatels - Stupid Questions (New Model Army Cover)
A Ha - Hunting High And Low (Louis La Roche Remix)
Roger Troutman - Do It (Xinobi Remix)
Culture Prophet - Erotic City (Prince Cover)
Purple Crush - Physical Attraction (Madonna Cover)
We Are Soldiers We Have Guns - Our Lips Are Sealed (Go-Gos Cover)
Marietta - Destination Unknown (Csk Ok remix)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (Cryptonites Remix)
Vitaminsforyou - Only You (Yazoo Cover)
Cannonball Jane - Crush on You (The Jets Cover)
Human League - The Things That Dreams Are Made Of (Joe And Will Ask Remix)
Band In Box - All Cats Are Grey (The Cure Cover)
Mark Mallman - The Boy In The Bubble (Paul Simon Cover)
Adventure Kid - Safety Dance (Men Without Hats Cover)
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Hidden Cat Remix)
Royal Rumble - Stand And Deliver (Adam And The Ants Cover)
Oh Snap!! - Party All the Time (Eddie Murphy Cover)
George Benson - Turn Your Love Around (Database Remix)
Daroc feat Dhalia Di Sandro - Behind the Wheel (Depeche Mode Cover)
Pet Shop Boys - Shopping (Emotiquon Remix)
Per QX Feat Warren Morris - Everything Counts (Depeche Mode Cover)
Keenhouse - Feel The Drive (Doctors Cat Cover)
Grandmaster Flash - The Message (Glitchbitch Remix)
3 Is A Crowd - Wild Boys (Duran Duran Cover)
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (Malk Remix)
Kate Bush - Under Ice (Fil Ok Remix)
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (The Missiles Remix)
Lennox & Franklin - Sisters Are Doin It For Themselves (TempestDisco Remix)
Men Without Wats - Where Do The Boys Go (Mr Miyagi Maximation)
Mono4 - Just Cant Get Enough (Depeche Mode Cover)
Anoraak - Talking In Your Sleep (The Romantics Cover)
Findlay Brown - Promised Land (Joe Smooth Cover)