The Tracks Quest –
Documenting the 80s Vinyl Hits From Swedish Radio Show Trackslistan

My journey with music began in 1984 with a cassette player and the radio show Tracks. This website is a personal reflection on that era — a project to collect and document all 540 Trackslistan vinyl singles from the show’s year-end charts.

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Handpicked Hits

1988

91. (1988) I'm Not Scared – Eighth Wonder

Imagine London, 1988. The air thrums with synth-pop, and a certain mystique surrounds Patsy Kensit, the striking lead singer of Eighth Wonder. While the band had been around since 1983, dabbling in a “white funk” sound, it was a particular 1988 single that truly catapulted…

1987

99. (1987) Wild Frontier – Gary Moore

In the mid-1980s, Gary Moore, a hard rock virtuoso, was at a crossroads. Just a year after the death of his close friend and Thin Lizzy bandmate Phil Lynott, Moore returned to his Irish roots for a deeply personal album: Wild Frontier. It was a…

1989

83. (1989) För Fet – Svullo med Electric Boys

In 1989, something bizarre and wonderful happened in Sweden. A comedian known for his outrageous stunts and a self-deprecating persona, Micke Dubois, teamed up with a rising hard rock band, Electric Boys. The result was a 7-inch single that was crass, catchy, and strangely brilliant….