As the auteur of suburban adolescence, director appropriately enhanced his '80s movies with relatively harmless soundtracks. Where earlier films like and included the occasional or track, though, 1986's boasted a full lineup of " of the '80s" highlights. Foremost, of course, is ' breakout remake of their 1981 college radio favorite ; while it pales in relation to the raw and electric original, this new version still holds up even with some added horns and a general glossing over of the once hard-driving guitar and drum parts. Even better are tracks by ( ), ), and ). These era-defining sides certainly help make lukewarm additions like 's ' easy to get through. And for more marginal fare, there's -inspired Topped off by 's respectable reworking of her hit qualifies as one of the more relevant youth culture . ~ Stephen Cook