On this week's episode of All Access 80's we began a new series: Year in Focus. As the name implies, we will be doing episodes focused in on particular years... once a month. This month, we went with 1986.
Here's what we played this week (episode aired 03/28/26, and re-aired 03/30/26).
TITLE | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL
1. That's Really Super, Supergirl | XTC | Skylarking | Virgin
2. Speed of the Sound of Loneliness | John Prine | German Afternoons | Oh Boy
3. Swamp Thing | The Chameleons | Strange Times | Geffen
4. Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples | David Sylvian | Gone to Earth | Virgin
5. Gumboots | Paul Simon with Boyoyo Boys | Graceland | Warner Bros.
6. Indoda Yejazi Elimnyama | Amaswazi Emvelo | The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Vol. 1 | Shanachie
7. Slow Down | Loose Ends | Zagora | MCA
8. Labyrinth | Akina Nakamori | Fushigi | Reprise
9. You Bring Me Joy | Anita Baker | Rapture | Elektra
10. Cannons | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Tinderbox | Polydor
11. Don't Give Up | Peter Gabriel with Kate Bush | So | Geffen
12. Nasty | Janet Jackson | Control | A&M
13. I Know It's Over | The Smiths | The Queen is Dead | Rough Trade