Matt & Sheryl's GenExcellent Playlist

Send us Fan MailMatt and Sheryl are still in 1984 with two alternative classics from Sheryl and a hugely popular power ballad from Matt

Send us Fan MailMatt & Sheryl return to 1984 to discuss Matt's global hit "What's Love Got To Do With It" and Tina Turner's massive comeback and rise to superstardom, Sheryl reveals her album pick for 1984, REM's Reckoning, and they do a deep dive into the alternative, independent music scene coming from Minnesota and the SST record label. 

Send us Fan MailMatt and Sheryl return to 1984 with two of the biggest singles of the year from Ratt and Thompson Twins and the last top 20 hit from Alan Parsons Project

Send us Fan MailMike joins Matt & Sheryl as they quickly add two songs from artists who have previously been added to the playlist and go over their favorite albums and songs from 2025

Send us Fan MailMatt & Sheryl continue into 1984 with two of the biggest stars of the era at the beginning of their careers adding Madonna "Borderline" and Bon Jovi "Runaway" to the playlist.

Send us Fan MailMatt & Sheryl start a new year with one of the first releases of the year, Van Halen's 1984 and Matt's song pick "Panama" and a second Echo & The Bunnymen song for Sheryl, "The Killing Moon" from their 1984 album Ocean Rain. 

Send us Fan MailMatt and Sheryl reach the end of 1983, bringing Mike along to add his song of the year, Violent Femmes "Blister in the Sun" and album, Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues. Matt adds his last two songs to the playlist, Kenny & Dolly's "Islands in the Stream" and REM "Talk About the Passion" from his album of the year REM Murmur and they all discuss their near misses from 1983. 

Send us Fan MailIn this special episode, Matt & Sheryl each choose two artists who's careers skyrocketed in 1983 from exposure on MTV. 

Send us Fan MailMatt & Sheryl discuss progressive rock in the early 80s adding the only US #1 single from Yes, "Owner of a Lonely Heart" to the play list and revisit the Genesis self-titled album from '83, other 70s prog bands that moved ahead with the times in the 80s and the new neo prog movement bubbling up.

Send us Fan MailMatt & Sheryl get closer to completing their song choices for 1983 with Bonnie Tyler's larger than life rock ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart", Journey's ode to the difficulties of maintaining relationships at home while on the road, "Faithfully" and The Fixx and their impeccably produced 80s classic "One Thing Leads to Another".