10 Reasons The Americans Is The Best TV Show You've Never Seen

10. The Music

The Americans is set from 1981-1987, so the show makes use of '80s (and earlier) music quite often, providing a killer soundtrack for the series.

The pilot episode alone features Tusk by Fleetwood Mac, Harden My Heart by Quarterfish, and In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins, which is one hell of a music selection to begin the series.

Other Fleetwood Mac songs (The Chain, Gold Dust Woman), as well as songs by Yaz, Tears for Fears, U2, Soft Cell, Dire Straits, Kenny Rogers, Elton John, Peter Schillin, and Peter Gabriel appear throughout the series as well, and that's just scratching the surface.

Music is used at many key moments in the series, and it makes scenes not only more memorable, but it might just give you a new appreciation for the songs as well.

Plus, the main theme from composer Nathan Barr is pretty rad too.