When I originally came up with a tentative song list for this album, it contained enough music to fill more than 3 CD's - a new record, and one that I couldn't convince myself to make. I've never had a great connection with 80's music. For the most part, during that decade my parents were listening to other music, or my siblings weren't listening to this music until the end of the decade. We were busy playing outside. I have very few memories associated with the original release of most of these songs, and consequently I have very little affinity for it. For you fans of 80's music that are still reading (and everyone else, as well), I should make it clear that what I set out to make isn't a "Best Of" mix for the 80's. You'll read through the track list, and say “You picked that song by them? Oh, you clearly could have picked a better one!” I know there is better music out there, but in general I was aiming for a mix that says emphatically, “Maria, I love you.” With that in mind (and knowing there will be a few exceptions to that rule), let's get on to the track listing:

Disc 1
01	Mony Mony	Billy Idol	5:01
02	Invisible Touch	Genesis	3:28
03	Never Gonna Give You Up	Rick Astley	3:32
04	Walking On Sunshine	Katrina & The Waves	3:36
05	Always On My Mind	Pet Shop Boys	4:01
06	Please Don't Go	K C & The Sunshine Band	3:50
07	Just The Two Of Us	Grover Washington Jr. feat. Bill Withers	3:57
08	Kokomo	The Beach Boys	3:38
09	An American Dream	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	3:36
10	Biggest Part Of Me	Ambrosia	5:27
11	Longer	Dan Fogelberg	3:15
12	No More Lonely Nights	Paul McCartney	4:53
13	Somebody's Baby	Jackson Browne	4:23
14	Any Day Now	Ronnie Milsap	3:42
15	Personally	Karla Bonoff	3:39
16	You Are	Lionel Richie	4:07
17	I Just Called To Say I Love You	Stevie Wonder	4:22
18	Girl You Know It's True	Milli Vanilli	3:57
19	Break My Stride	Matthew Wilder	3:00
20	How Will I Know	Whitney Houston	4:37
Disc 2
01	Tainted Love	Soft Cell	2:40
02	La Bamba	Los Lobos	2:52
03	Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)	Donna Summer	4:19
04	Don't You Want Me	The Human League	3:57
05	The Promise	When In Rome	3:40
06	I'm Your Man	Wham	4:06
07	Stuck With You	Huey Lewis And The News	4:27
08	I Can Dream About You	Dan Hartman	3:38
09	Steal Away	Robbie Dupree	3:30
10	The Sweetest Taboo	Sade	4:39
11	The Lady In Red	Chris De Burgh	4:18
12	Sea Of Love	The Honeydrippers	3:04
13	Crying	Don McLean	3:43
14	Can't Stay Away From You	Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine	3:59
15	Eternal Flame	The Bangles	3:58
16	The Way You Make Me Feel	Michael Jackson	4:58
17	She Drives Me Crazy	Fine Young Cannibals	3:36
18	You Make My Dreams	Daryl Hall And John Oates	3:11
19	Simply Irresistible	Robert Palmer	4:15
20	You Can't Hurry Love	Phil Collins	2:53
21	Bust A Move	Young MC	4:24

Both discs are unusually full, at 1:19:57 each (without any gaps between songs). That's just 3 seconds to spare on an 80 minute CD. As usual, some of this is just really sappy, and you may not love the songs, and may not like what I've picked… but you didn't make the mix - I did. Put your mix where your mouth is. I don't have much to say about the artwork this time around. I aimed for a generic 80's style, but it's not one that I'm very good at. No gradients (causing/using stripes instead), bold colors, simple hand-drawn illustrations. In general, I had a t-shirt in mind when making the cover, and a certain destination in mind as well. I am, in no way, saying the great typeface of Futura is 80's-ish, but it worked well for my purposes. As usual, I hope you enjoy some aspect of it, or that it inspires you, in some way, to make your own mix, and continue to attach memories to the plethora of good music out there.