Artist	Song
R.E.M.	Pretty Persuasion
Game Theory	24
Guadalcanal Diary	Lonely Street
The dB's	Black and White
Dumptruck	Autumn Light
10,000 Maniacs	Grey Victory
The Feelies	On The Roof
The Buzz of Delight	Briar Rose
Camper Van Beethoven	Take The Skinheads Bowling
Pylon	Crazy
Rain Parade	What's She Done To Your Mind
Let's Active	Every Word Means No
Meat Puppets	Swimming Ground
The Replacements	I Will Dare
The Vulgar Boatmen	You And Your Sister
Love Tractor	Cartoon Kiddies
Miracle Legion	The Backyard
The Reivers	Cowboys
The Connells	Scotty's Lament
Tommy Keene	Back To Zero Now
The Long Ryders	Still Get By
Winter Hours	Hyacinth Girl
Yo La Tengo	The River Of Water
R.E.M.	Shaking Through

Comment:

It's nostalgia time, kiddies, time-tripping to the glory days of college radio circa mid-'80's, when the airwaves were cluttered with either hardcore, Europop, or American jangly-guitar tunes. In the latter category, R.E.M. was of course the standard-bearer, but similar sounds could be heard in like-minded artists like the Connells, Love Tractor, the Reivers, Guadalcanal Diary, etc. I've extended the genre just a bit to fill out the disc, including the dB's (a bit too early), the Vulgar Boatmen (a bit too late), Tommy Keene (a bit too Big Star pop), the Rain Parade (a bit too psychedelic) and the Replacements (more traditional rock, but jangling fine on this track courtesy of Peter Buck). Turn up the treble and enjoy.

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