balderdash111

Wow, I'm coming late to this thread, but here's my list (I confess I stopped listening to pop music around '86 when I went into a serious classic rock phase)

Bands:

The Police - Just about everything they did, but the "Zenyatta Mondatta" album was my favorite
Thompson Twins - their first album was great
Dire Straits - especially pre-"Brothers in Arms"
Depeche Mode - everything
Duran Duran - Their early days ("Rio" "Please Please Tell Me Now" etc), and their mid-80s days ("Reflex")
Phil Collins - "No Jacket Required" and "Face Value" albums. (To a lesser extent, also "Hello, I Must Be Going"_
Genesis - the Phil Collins years, especially the "Invisible Touch" and "Genesis" albums
Talking Heads - the "Stop Making Sense" album
Tears for Fears - "Shout,"
Prince!!!! - the "Purple Rain" and "1999" albums
Men At Work - the "Business as Usual" album
The Clash
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's
REM - everything they did in the 80s
Def Leppard - the "Pyromania" and "Hysteria" albums

Songs:

Men Without Hats - Safety Dance, Pop Goes the World
Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't it Be Good
George Harrison - Got My Mind Set on You
The Traveling Wilburys - Margarita
Go-Gos - We Got the Beat
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round
Dream Academy -Life in a Northern Town
Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another
Frankie Goes to Hollywood -Relax
J Geils Band - Freeze Frame
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
Til Tuesday - Voices Cary
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
Gary Neuman - Cars
Howard Jones - Assault and Battery, No One Is to Blame, New Song
Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
Lipps, INc - Funkytown
Madness - Our House, One Step Beyond, House of Fun, Michael Caine, The SUn and the Rain
Mr. Mister - Kyrie
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Toto - Africa
John Cougar - Jack and Diane



.... this could just keep going and going..... and I keep thinking of new stuff to add