subtitled with "What if North America had its own C86 compilation?" and I couldn't have said it better myself - this is an excellent compendium of (mostly) obscure mid-'80s American powerpop!
Tracklisting:
- The Reverbs - Trusted Woods
- Start - Where I Want To Be
- Cyclones - I'm In Heaven
- Windbreakers - All That Stuff
- Primitons - All My Friends
- Bangtails - Patron Of The Arts
- The Love In - Late As Usual
- Sex Clark Five - She Collides With Me
- Three Hits - 5 O'Clock
- Crippled Pilgrims - Black And White (Alternate Version)
- Vandykes - Breakin My Heart
- Salem 66 - Seven Steps Down
- The Outnumbered - I Feel So Sorry Now
- The Darrows - Is It You
- Riff Doctors - Say Goodbye
- The Ferrets - She Was Unkind
- 28th Day - Pages Turn (Alternate Version)
- Great Plains - When Do You Say Hello?
- Downy Mildew - Purple Parlor
- The Strand - You And Me
- The White Sisters - Misery, Me, & You
- Absolute Grey - Remorse
- One Plus Two - Promise
- The Springfields - Sunflower
- Holiday - Change
- Pop Art - The Meeting
- The Reactions - Tomorrow's Time Today
- A New Personality - Essential Things