America's Greatest 80s Hits

America's Greatest 80s Hits does one thing and does it without apology: wall-to-wall pop from the decade that invented the power ballad. You'll get Prince, Cyndi Lauper, Hall & Oates, and more Duran Duran than is strictly reasonable. The curation skews toward the hits, obviously. That's the deal. But the deep cuts sneak in after dark, when the synths get colder and Depeche Mode or Tears for Fears show up unannounced. It's a nostalgia machine, and it knows it. The station streams at 128kbps, which is fine for gated snare drums and FM-friendly mixes. Catching America's Greatest 80s Hits live at…