Make no mistake, at least one of us thought about playing Purple Rain top to bottom <ahem>.
Plus in case you're wondering why Chaka Khan, New Edition, Bronski Beat, Depeche Mode, UTFO, Whodini and Yoko Ono didn't make the cut, please make your way to this corner of the interweb.
Playlist
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When Doves Cry by Prince on Purple Rain (NPG Records) -
How Soon Is Now by The Smiths on Meat Is Murder (Rough Trade) -
So. Central Rain by REM on Reckoning (IRS Records) -
I'm On Fire by Bruce Springsteen on Born in the U.S.A. (Bruce Springsteen) -
Head Over Heels by The Go-Go's on Talk Show (A&M Records) -
Doctor! Doctor! by Thompson Twins on Into Gap (Arista Records) -
Borderline by Madonna on Madonna (Sire Records) -
Nelson Mandela by The Specials on In The Studio (Chrysalis Records) -
Tonight by David Bowie, Tina Turner on Tonight (Parlophone Records) -
Smooth Operator by Sade on Diamond Life (Sony Music Entertainment) -
The Caterpillar by The Cure on The Top (Fiction Records) -
Heaven by The Psychedelic Furs on Mirror Moves (Sony Music)