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Top 100 Songs of 1986: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux — Part 7

Top 100 Songs of 1986: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux — Part 7

Dark times right now amid this global pandemic, but perhaps we can offer some diversion as we finally deliver the seventh installment of our Best of the ’80s Redux series, the sporadic Slicing Up Eyeballs poll in which our readers have now ranked the Top 100 songs of 1986. Check out the full list right here.

Playlist : Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Top 100 Songs of 1986 — minus the 2 that aren't on Spotify

Playlist : Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Top 100 Songs of 1986 — minus the 2 that aren’t on Spotify

We’ve created a Spotify playlist to accompany our just-posted Top 100 songs of 1986 readers poll results. As you can see (and hear), the playlist opens with New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle” and closes with Madonna’s “Live To Tell” — with 96 more songs in between. There are two songs that aren’t available on Spotify.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/12/20)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/12/20)

“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. EDT every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave (Channel 33). The most recent two episodes also are available via Sirius XM’s On Demand service for online subscribers. Check out tonight’s full playlist right here.

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Week in Review: April 4-10, 2020

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Week in Review: April 4-10, 2020

Our good friends at Strangeways Radio are putting together a new week-in-review video that will recap the news posted at Slicing Up Eyeballs and on the Strangeways site throughout the preceding week, hosted by Velvet Rebel. News about The Pretenders, Curt Smith of Tears For Fears, Peter Hook with Gorillaz and more

The Psychedelic Furs push back release of 'Made of Rain,' first new album in 29 years

The Psychedelic Furs push back release of ‘Made of Rain,’ first new album in 29 years

The Psychedelic Furs today announced they’re delaying the release of Made of Rain — the band’s first new album in 29 years — until late July due to “logistical issues” presented by the coronavirus pandemic, saying, “It’s been a long time since we’ve put out an album, and we want to make sure that we can make it available to everyone.”

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/5/20)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/5/20)

“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. EDT every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave (Channel 33). The most recent two episodes also are available via Sirius XM’s On Demand service for online subscribers. Here’s the full playlist from tonight’s show.

Duran Duran's John Taylor recovers from coronavirus: 'We can and will beat this thing'

Duran Duran’s John Taylor recovers from coronavirus: ‘We can and will beat this thing’

Duran Duran bassist John Taylor today announced that he tested positive for the new coronavirus three weeks ago, and has since recovered from a mild case of COVID-19, an illness he described in a social media post as feeling like a “turbo-charged flu.” Read Taylor’s full statement right here.