Ongoing reasons why the 80's ruled:

General Public - Tenderness

 Flesh For Lulu - I Go Crazy

Postcards from Paradise - Flesh for Lulu '87 

Faith and Healing - Ian McCulloch '89

The Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait '87

Shawn Colvin - Cry Like An Angel '89 

Other good music from the 90's:

Tanita Tikaram - Little Sister Leaving Town '90

Lyle Lovett '96

Bo Deans '96

John Wesley Harding - Cupid and Psycho '96

Van Morrison - I'm Not Feeling It Anymore '91

and 00's: