The Lucy Show: Mania (1986)

Hey, kids, time for more of that mid-'80s college radio jangly guitar pop that rocks my world.  Unlike most purveyors of the sound, the Lucy Show hail from London, but the album still fits in well alongside the likes of R.E.M. and the Connells and Guadalcanal Diary and the like.

The band's earlier debut had a much darker sound, with shades of Cure-styled goth.  Most of that is left behind on their second and final album, which is brighter and poppier, but still retains traces of...