87 isn't a bad year for music. There are better (88, for one) but it's not bad. Maybe not very many stone cold classics but some really good albums. Anyway, you know the drill by now, eligibility is from Jan 1 to Dec 31 1987. Have fun. Maybe you'll rediscover an old favorite album you've forgotten.
1.Metallica – Garage Days Re-Revisited E.P. 2. Anthrax – Among the Living 3. Neil Young – Life 4. Pink Floyd – Momentary Lapse 5. Faith No More – Introduce Yourself
My favs from 1987 in alphabetical order by artist: 10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe The Bears - The Bears The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline According To... The Dead Milkmen - Bucky Fellini Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me Steve Earle & The Dukes - Exit 0 Erasure - The Circus Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction George Harrison - Cloud Nine Hûsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs And Stories INXS - Kick The Long Ryders - Two Fisted Tales John Cougar Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee Men Without Hats - Pop Goes The World Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Bo-Day-Shus!!! Sinéad O'Connor - The Lion And The Cobra Prince - Sign O' The Times R.E.M. - Document The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come U2 - The Joshua Tree Violent Femmes - The Blind Leading The Naked X - See How We Are
Here are a few that haven't been mentioned yet: Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing The Cult - Electric Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust George Michael - Faith
U2 - The Joshua Tree Guns ‘N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction George Harrison - Cloud Nine Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason Rush - Hold Your Fire Dio - Dream Evil Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
Dio - Dream Evil Dokken - Back For The Attack Anthrax - Among The Living Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction Carnivore - Retaliation Metallica - The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-Revisited Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 1 Motorhead - Rock N Roll Overkill - Taking Over Ramones - Halfway To Sanity Raven - Life's A B**ch Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
u2 joshua tree prince sign of the times rem document depeche mode music for the masses bruce springsteen tunnel of love jesus and mary chain darklands tom waits franks wild years midnight oil diesel and dust terrence trent d'arby introducing the hardline sting nothing like the sun john mellencamp lonesome jubilee aerosmith permanent vacation new order substance inxs kick pink floyd momentary lapse of reason joe satriani surfing with the alien the triffids calenture prince the black album icehouse man of colours the go betweens tallullah hoodoo gurus blow your cool ozzy osborne tribute gary moore wild frontier judas priest priest live the stems at first sight cacophony speed metal symphony yes big generator ry cooder get rhythm paul kelly and the coloured girls under the sun jimi hendrix live at winterland elton john live with melbourne symphony orchestra jimmy barnes freight train heart racer x second heat james reyne noiseworks the church hindsight
Really slim pickin's for me: Joe Walsh Got Any Gum? Toyah Desire Siouxsie and the Banshees Through the Looking Glass Mike Oldfield Islands Roy Wood Starting Up Marillion Clutching at Straws George Harrison Cloud Nine New Order Substance 1987
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live at Winterland fIREHOSE - If'n Robbie Robertson - S/T R.E.M. - Document Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhodes - Tribute Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love Dwight Yoakum - Hillbilly Deluxe Sonic Youth - Sister John Hiatt - Bring the Family G'nR - Appetite for Destruction Sting - Nothing Like the Sun The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me Elton John - Live in Austrailia Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygeine Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing George Harrison - Cloud Nine 10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe Los Lobos - By the Light of the Moon Steve Earle & the Dukes - Exit 0 Big Black - Songs About ****ing
New Order: Substance Bruce Springsteen: Tunnel of Love Joe Satriani: Surfing With The Alien Guns N Roses: Appetite For Destruction Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse In Reason Tom Waits: Franks Wild Years U2: The Joshua Tree George Michael: Faith Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads: Tribute Dokken: Back For The Attack
Def Leppard - Hysteria Great White - Once Bitten The Lost Boys Soundtrack REM - Document U2 - Joshua Tree
20. Music for the Masses Depeche Mode 19. Third World Child Johnny Clegg & Savuka 18. Sinful Pete Wylie 17. Mainstream Lloyd Cole & the Commotions 16. Scallywag Jaz (aka Fingers & Thumbs in the US) Thomas Lang 15. Diesel & Dust Midnight Oil - although in the UK this didn't make any real impact until '88/'89 14. Policy Martha Davis 13. In My Tribe 10,000 Maniacs 12. The Lonesome Jubilee John Mellencamp 11. Never Let Me Down David Bowie - well I still play it so it's got to feature on my list 10. Keep Your Distance Curiosity Killed the Cat 9. Document R.E.M. 8. Electric The Cult 7. Bête Noire Bryan Ferry 6. Actually Pet Shop Boys 5. Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby 4. Wonderful Life Black 3. Savage Eurythmics 2. Strangeways, Here We Come The Smiths - few bands get to end on such a high Joint # 1's Sign o' the Times Prince + Appetite for Destruction Guns N’ Roses - it’s literally impossible to pick between these two
I'll go with: Richard Marx - Richard Marx Michael Bolton - The Hunger Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
Guns ‘n Roses - Appetite for Destruction Frehley’s Comet - S/T George Harrison - Cloud Nine Dokken - Back For The Attack Metallica - Garage Days Revisited Anthrax - Among The Living KISS - Crazy Nights Rush - Hold Your Fire Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Live Alive Hank Williams, Jr. - Hank Live, Born To Boogie Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien The Cult - Electric
David Sylvian- Secrets of the Beehive Ry Cooder- Get Rhythm Ryuichi Sakamoto- Neo Geo Ryuichi Sakamoto/David Byrne- The Last Emperor Salif Keita- Soro Ladysmith Black Mambazo- Shaka Zulu Mick Karn- Dreams of Reason Produce Monsters Bryan Ferry- Bête Noire Tom Waits- Frank's Wild Years Sting- ...Nothing Like the Sun George Harrison- Cloud Nine
Well, I guess it would have to be those 1987 albums in my iTunes that aren't comps… Nothing Like the Sun - Sting Meet Danny Wilson Between the Lines - Five Star Tango in the Night - Fleetwood Mac Dancing on the Couch - Go West Still Life (Talking) - Pat Metheny Group Poetic Champions Compose - Van Morrison Sign o' the Times - Prince Document - REM Surfing With the Alien - Joe Satriani Strangeways Here We Come - Smiths News for Lulu - John Zorn
Favorites of '87: House of Blue Light - Deep Purple Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave Hold Your Fire - Rush Big Generator - Yes Cloud Nine - George Harrison In The Dark - The Grateful Dead
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love Dave Alvin - Blue Boulevard Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio Dukes of the Stratosphere - Chips from the Chocolate Fireball Dwight Yoakam - Hillbilly Deluxe George Harrison - Cloud Nine Grateful Dead - In the Dark Hüsker Dü - Warehouse:Songs and Stories Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat Joe Ely - Lord of the Highway John Hiatt - Bring the Family John Mellancamp - The Lonesome Jubilee INXS - Kick kd lang - Angel with a Lariat Los Lobos - By the Light of the Moon Lyle Lovett - Pontiac Marshall Crenshaw - Mary Jane & 9 Others Manhattan OST Peter Wolf - Come As You Are Prince - Sign'O' the Times R.E.M. - Document Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson Roseanne Cash - King's Record Shop Ry Cooder - Get Rhythm Sonic Youth - Sister Sting Nothing - Like the Sun Susan Vega - Solitude Standing T-Bone Burnett - The Talking Animals The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me Tom Petty/Heartbreakers - Let Me Up (I've Had Enough} Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years U2 - The Joshua Tree X - See How We Are Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs
1987 was a better year music-wise than I remembered: The Cost of Loving - The Style Council Sign o' the Times - Prince Men and Women - Simply Red Running in the Family - Level 42 Meet Danny Wilson - Danny Wilson Tango in the Night - Fleetwood Mac It's Better to Travel - Swing Out Sister Introducing the Hardline According to... - Terence Trent D'Arby Popped In Souled Out - Wet Wet Wet Alphabet City - ABC Faith - George Michael Bête Noire - Bryan Ferry Love - Aztec Camera