80s Hidden Gems

Best Playlists Ever!

Editors' Notes So you totally spent all of your time focusing on mullets, spandex and VHS tapes and you missed all of these great 80's hidden gems? Add this playlist to your library if you like what you hear!
Cutting Crew
The Best of Cutting Crew
4:38
 
Tears for Fears
Songs from the Big Chair
6:32
 
Doctor & The Medics
Laughing at the Pieces
3:28
 
John Lennon
Double Fantasy (Stripped Down)
3:32
 
Bruce Cockburn
Anything Anytime Anywhere
3:44
 
The Human League
Dare
3:56
 
Gowan
Great Dirty World
4:13
 
Pretenders
The Singles
3:05
 
Rough Trade
The Best of Rough Trade: Birds of a Feather
3:14
 
Tom Cochrane, Red Rider
Tom Cochrane and Red Rider
5:17
 
ZZ Top
Chrome, Smoke & BBQ
3:52
 
Colin James
Colin James
4:38
 
Howard Jones
Action Replay
4:18
 
Chilliwack
Greatest Hits
4:15
 
Bryan Adams
Cuts Like a Knife
3:58
 
Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts
Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
3:42
 
Sheriff
Sheriff
3:58
 
Foreigner
No End In Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner (Remastered)
4:49
 
Headpins
Turn It Loud
4:09
 
Pursuit of Happiness
Love Junk
3:36
 
John Cougar Mellencamp
Uh-Huh!
3:49
 
The Tragically Hip
Up To Here
4:37
 
Spirit of the West
Labour Day
4:27
 
Men Without Hats
Rhythm of Youth
2:46
 
Heart
Heart
3:40
 
Toronto
The Greatest Hits
3:51
 
April Wine
April Wine: The Hits
3:55
 
Fine Young Cannibals
The Raw & the Cooked
3:35
 
Pukka Orchestra
Pukka Orchestra
3:40
 
Gino Vannelli
Black Cars (Bonus Track Version)
3:08
 
Dusty Springfield
British Pop Top Hits Vol. 1
2:28
 
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Up Where We Belong
4:32
 
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
The Distance
4:33
 
Bruce Cockburn
Stealing Fire (Deluxe Edition)
4:08
 
Alannah Myles
Alannah Myles
3:36
 
Night Ranger
Greatest Hits
4:09
 
Headpins
Line of Fire
4:42
 
Crowded House
Crowded House
3:59
 
Chilliwack
Greatest Hits
3:57
 
Danny Wilson
The Best of Danny Wilson
3:54
 
Chalk Circle
The Great Lake
5:22
 
Opus
Live Is Life - Single
4:09
 
Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts
Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
4:35
 
Crowcuss
Crowcuss
3:18
 
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Greatest Radio Hits
4:57
 
Gowan
Strange Animal
4:42
 
Kim Mitchell
Greatest Hits
3:44
 
The Payola$
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection - The Best of the Payolas
4:54
 
Heart
Greatest Hits
3:39
 
Toronto, Holly Woods
Assault and Flattery
4:08
 
Golden Earring
Cut
7:58
 
The Proclaimers
Sunshine On Leith
3:39
 
Rough Trade
The Best of Rough Trade: Birds of a Feather
3:34
 
Martha And The Muffins
Metro Music
3:39
 
Timex Social Club
Late Night Tales Presents Automatic Soul (Selected and Mixed by Groove Armada's Tom Findlay)
4:48
 
Men Without Hats
Pop Goes The World
3:41
 
Falco
Einzelhaft
3:52
 
Boy Meets Girl
The Definitive 80's
4:30
 
Kim Carnes
Gypsy Honeymoon - The Best of Kim Carnes
3:45
 
Men's Room
Classic Canadian Pop
3:05
 
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: Greatest Hits
3:59
 
David Wilcox
The Best of David Wilcox
3:35
 
Richard Newell
aka King Biscuit Boy
3:34
 
Bobby McFerrin
The Best of Bobby McFerrin
4:51
 
M/A/R/R/S
Pump Up the Volume - EP
6:29
 
Falco
The Definitive 80's
3:19
 
Tone-Loc
Loc-ed After Dark (Expanded Edition)
4:08
 
The Box
The Best of the Box
3:51
 
John Waite
No Brakes
4:29
 
Murray McLauchlan
The Best of Murray McLauchlan: Songs from the Street
3:55
 
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
4:56
 
Sylvia Tyson
You Were On My Mind
3:10
 
Bruce Cockburn
Waiting for a Miracle
4:48
 
Gowan
Best of Gowan
7:20
 
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
In Step
4:10
 
Downchild Blues Band
Gone Fishing
3:24
 
Sattalites
Miracles
5:15
 
Rodney Crowell
Sex and Gasoline
4:10
 
Gowan
Great Dirty World
4:42
 
Chris Isaak
Best of Chris Isaak (Remastered)
4:46
 
Bruce Cockburn
Anything Anytime Anywhere
4:38
 
Chilliwack
Opus X
4:15
 
Kim Mitchell
The Great Canadian Two Four, Vol. 2
3:30
 
Rick Springfield
The Best of Rick Springfield
3:12
 
Toronto
Get It On Credit
3:17
 
Aldo Nova
Aldo Nova
5:05
 
Bananarama
True Confessions (Collector's Edition)
3:49
 
Young MC
Stone Cold Rhymin'
4:23
 
Murray McLauchlan
Into a Mystery
3:49
 
89 SONGS, 6 HOURS, 11 MINUTES

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