| Artist | Title | Album (* = New Release) |
|---|
| Spoon | Do I Have to Talk You Into It? | Hot Thoughts* |
| Squeeze | Cool for Cats | Cool for Cats |
| The Sadies (w Kurt Vile) | It's Easy (Like Walking) | Northern Passages* |
| 10,000 Maniacs | These Are Days | Our Time in Eden |
| Soft Cell | Tainted Love | Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret |
| R.E.M. | So. Central Rain | Reckoning |
| Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody + Radio Gaga | (Live Aid) |
| Craig Finn | Jester & June | We All Want the Same Things* |
| Fine Young Cannibals | Johnny Come Home | The Raw & the Cooked |
| R.E.M. | Gardening at Night | Murmer |
| The Mavericks | Damned (If You Do) | Brand New Day* |
| Eddy Grant | Electric Avenue | Killer on the Rampage |
| Tommy Tutone | 867-5309/Jenny | Tommy Tutone -- 2 |
| Greg Kihn | The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) | RocKihnRoll |
| Craig Finn | Ninety Bucks | We All Want the Same Things* |
| Stray Cats | Rock This Town | (live) |
| Old 97's | Good With God | (live)* |
| The Bangles | Hazy Shade of Winter | Less Than Zero soundtrack |
| The Mavericks | Brand New Day | Brand New Day* |
| The Talking Heads | Burning Down the House | Speaking in Tongues |
| Paul Simon | Graceland | Graceland |
| The Kinks | Come Dancing | State of Confusion |
| The Beastie Boys | No Sleep Till Brooklyn | Licensed To Ill |
| The Clash | Combat Rock | Combat Rock |
| Billy Idol (w Steve Stevens) | White Wedding | (live Unplugged) |
| Rick James | Super Freak | Street Songs |
This week's Mystery Train is Part 2 (The Redux) of my First Annual EightiesPalooza ROCKTACULAR (is too a word) Mini-Marathon-mania-a-go-go. Because I assembled waaaay too much Eighties-ness to fit into one show. But the same rules apply -- no Air Supply, Asia, Astley, A-Ha or Axel F.
Also: NEW MUSIC by The Sadies, Craig Finn, The Mavericks, Old 97's and Spoon.
I KNOW! (I'm psyched too.)
