the ShysterS - December 1985
Oh, Lynette
Christine
Robins Don't Chirp in the Fall
I Think Love Is Groovy
Do Me Double Time
Crawl Through My Window
I'm Havin' Fun
In Love with a Dream
I Still Heard the Music Play

NOTES - After hearing the independent release of Do Me Double Time, a deal was struck with SFN and the ShysterS is the result. This album also sprung the singles Christine, Robins Don't Chirp in the Fall and Crawl Through My Window. The Belgian Press said, "The ShysterS deliver innocence with an edge."

Love at First Sight - July 1986
Love at First Sight
Porch Light
Losin' Kind
Pizza Man
Don't Want to Hear It
You Wanna Get Closer
I'm the Man
Baby
I Should've
She Go Boom

NOTES - The ShysterS' second release continues to showcase the songwriting talent of the band. "Their attitude," wrote Belgium's Pages "an odd, engaging mix of nervousness and boldness lives on." Contains the singles She Go Boom, I Should've and the fan favorite, Baby. 

A Gay Christmas - November 1986
Merry Christmas, Love
Eat, Drink and Be Festive
Peace & Love & Understanding
Merry Christmas Love Revisited
It's Finally Christmas
Babe, You Know You've Got to do Things Right if You Want Santa Claus to Come Tonight
Everybody Loves a Santa Claus
White Christmas

NOTES - This James Dague solo collection of original Christmas songs remains a holiday essential. The Shysters' tour in support of this release is the first of what becomes an annual Christmastime event. If you haven't been to one of the band's Holiday shows, you haven't experienced the true meaning of Christmas.

Let Them Make Noise - July 1987
You Got Me
I Just Want to Make You Happy
Letting Go
The Movie Screen
I Love You Best
You're My 16
Hadonna the Babooshka Nun
I Want Some
Secret Agent Man
Not Gonna Play Your Game

NOTES - In response to hearing this album, one reviewer said, "These clever and generous tracks- You Got Me, I Love You Best, You're My 16 and I Just Want to Make You Happy to name a few- are precisely what make this recording such a pleasant surprise." 

Can't Get It Down - January 1988
Didn't Want To Set The World On Fire
You Could Be
The One You Want To
Love To Order
Jump Your Bones
Roundabout Girl
The Milkman's Never Late
She Was My Lover
Didn't Know What To Do
I Can't Get It Down

NOTES - The ShysterS Didn't Want To Set The World On Fire, but they did just that with the international hit. Also includes the live favorites Didn't Know What To Do, You Could Be, and Jump Your Bones. "This promising young band grows stronger with each album. There's not a weak track to be found," wrote Germany's Big Hits.

All Summer Wrong - July 1988
Sugar for Candy
I Must Be In Heaven
Missed Again
I'm A Shark
All Summer Wrong
What She Says Goes
You Can't Get There from Here
Tim
Postcards
Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow

NOTES - Who woulda thunk? Already a European favorite, this album solidified the ShysterS' hold on the rest of the music world. England's New Music Beat stated, "I have to question how the band can relate to the life of a shark so well. I'm a Shark, Sugar for Candy, I Must Be In Heaven and the rest of this meritoriously crafted pop cannot be the result of blind luck and sheer accident."

Kids On A Leash - February 1989
In the Hospital
Dreamer's Sight
Moneybags
Heartless
Once in a Lifetime Love
Kids on a Leash
Love About to Happen Again
(The Girl Wears) Red Leather
Game Called Love
It's Over

NOTES - Features the number one hits Heartless and Love About to Happen Again. Title track Kids on a Leash was later featured in a PBS special. The Austria Rocker said, "The ShysterS' consistently clever, remarkably strong material is graced with impeccable lyric hooks and a strong pop-rock rhythm."