I curated my personal soundtrack for my High School years. Rules were: All songs must be released between 1980 and June 1987. No bands repeated, each side must be 45mins to fit on the side of a 90 minute cassette. What would be on your tape?

CASSETTE ONE: SIDE A

Bauhaus: The Three Shadows Pt 3 Dream Academy: The Love Parade Bananarama: Young at Heart OMD: Souvenir Ministry: Just Like You New Order: Paradise Payola$: Eyes of a Stranger Velvet Underground: She’s My Best Friend Dead Kennedys: Government Flu Residents: Perfect Love Split Enz: Poor Boy Pat Benatar: Never Wanna Leave You Bangles: Hero Takes a Fall Motley Crue: Too Young to Fall in Love

CASETTE ONE: SIDE B

Japan: Quiet Life Cramps: Green Fuz Greg Kihn Band: The Breakup Song Kim Wilde: Kids in America Kid Creole and the Coconuts: Bongo Eddie’s Lament Jam: A Town Called Malice Marshall Crenshaw: Whenever You’re on My Mind Naked Eyes: Promises, Promises Joboxers: Just Got Lucky DFX2: Emotion Boomtown Rats: I Don’t Like Mondays Psychedelic Furs: Pretty in Pink Roxy Music: My Little Girl

CASETTE TWO: SIDE A

Prince: Girls and Boys Vanity 6: Nasty Girl (Single Edit) Blue Angel: Everybody’s Got an Angel Cure: Just Like Heaven Devo: Girl U Want Fixx: Cameras in Paris INXS: Learn to Smile Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons: Hit and Run Joy Division: She’s Lost Control Rosie Vela: Magic Smile

CASETTE TWO: SIDE B

Squeeze: Wrong Side of the Moon Style Council: With Everything to Lose Thomas Dolby: The Flat Earth X: The Phone’s Off the Hook, But You’re Not Kate Bush: Suspended in Gaffa Linda Ronstadt: How Do I Make You? ABC: Date Stamp Dexy’s Midnight Runners: Plan B Prefab Sprout: Horsin’ Around Clash: Rock the Casbah Siouxsie and the Banshees: Spellbound Tangerine Dream: Cinnamon Road