The Unknown Beauty Of the 80's

This time it is volume 21.

01. Endgames - Waiting For Another Chance
02. Wild Swans - No Bleeding
03. China Crisis - Watching Over Burning Fields
04. Thomas Leer - Chasing The Dragon
05. Sophie & Peter Johnson - Torn Open
06. Shack - High Rise Low Life
07. Peter Koppes - Take A Vow
08. H2O - Blue Diamond
09. Waterfront - Dancing With Strangers
10. Strawberry Switchblade - Let Her Go
11. The Dream Academy - Indian Summer
12. Nick Heyward - Strange Life
13. Kissing THe Pink - Certain Things Are Likely
14. Fra Lippo Lippi - The Distance Between Us
15. Picnic At The Whitehouse - We Need Protection
16. The Adventures - Your Greatest Shade Of Blue
17. Mobiles - Drowning In Berlin
18. Hurrah! - Velveteen
19. The Cars - Magic
20. Bette Bright - All Girls Lie

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