Make a compilation album from 1987 tracks

Here comes 1987
Make a compilation or two or whatever, of your favourite tracks from 87 ... they don't have to be singles, or even popular.... it's your compilation

Rock
Drivin' Wheels - Jimmy Barnes
Bullet the blue sky - u2
The Cross - Prince
It's the end of the world as we know it - REM
Spare parts - Bruce Springsteen
Dirty diana - Michael Jackson
Dreamworld - Midnight Oil
Paper In fire - John Mellencamp
Day In Day out - David Bowie
Rag doll - Aerosmith
Guns In The Sky - Inxs
Dogs Of War - Pink Floyd

Pop
Tougher than the rest - Bruce Springsteen
With or without you - u2
The Right Stuff -Bryan Ferry
Waiting For The Heartache - Jimmy Barnes
Sign of the times - Prince
Girlfriend in a coma - The Smiths
Friday I'm in Love - The Cure
Never let me down again - Depeche Mode
Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
Big Love - Fleetwood Mac
If You Let Me stay - Terrence Trent D'arby
Angel - Aerosmith
Never tear us apart - Inxs
Englishman In New York - Sting

Hard rock/Metal
Desert Island - Cacophony
Last Frontier - Jimmy Barnes
Welcome to the jungle - Guns and roses
Love Removal Machine - The Cult
In The Still Of The night - Whitesnake
Animal - Def Leppard
Mr Scary - Dokken
Girls Girls Girls - Motley Crue
Mr Crowley (live) - Ozzy and Randy
Thunder Rising - Gary Moore
Speed Metal Symphony - Cacophony

Alt
Darklands - Jesus and Mary chain
Cold cold ground - Tom Waits
Troy - Sinead O'connor
The One I Love - Rem
Rain in The Summertime - The Alarm
Right Here - Go Betweens
What's The matter here - 10,000 maniacs
Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega
Lips Like Sugar - Echo and the Bunnymen
We care a lot - Faith No More
Organic Anti Beatbox Band - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Agian there are probably many i am missing, but there are at least a few

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The Cure's "Friday I'm in Love" is a 1992 song. Pick something from Kiss Me... instead. "Just Like Heaven" might be a good choice.

 

My error, that was wish wasn't it ... apologies
Anyhow, instead of worrying about mine, what are yours?

 

Rock
Bullet the blue sky - u2
Dogs Of War - Pink Floyd

Pop
With or without you - u2
Girlfriend in a coma - The Smiths
Just Like Heaven* - The Cure
Angel - Aerosmith

Alt
Darklands - Jesus and Mary chain
Rain in The Summertime - The Alarm
What's The matter here - 10,000 maniacs
Lips Like Sugar - Echo and the Bunnymen

 

I'll add...

Rock
Bad Attitude - Deep Purple
Rhythm of Love - Yes

Pop
Alone - Heart
Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison

Pop/Rock
Time Stand Still - Rush
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake

 

yea, I actually enjoyed most of Big generator, forgot about it ... I would probably have gone with Shoot High Aim Low

 

Just for the record, the tracks up there aren't for you to choose from ... they're just the one's that I picked

 

Here's a few 1987 songs I like...

Old Battery- Guided by Voices
Dog's Out- GbV
Hank's Little Fingers- GbV
Can't Stop- GbV
Common Rebels- GbV
I Certainly Hope Not- GbV
What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?- The Wedding Present
My Favorite Dress- TWP
Give My Love to Kevin- TWP
Never Said- TWP
Tarpit- Dinosaur Jr.
In a Jar- Dinosaur Jr.
Little Fury Things- Dinosaur Jr.
Raisins- Dinosaur Jr.
Going to Graceland- Dead Milkmen
Instant Club Hit- Dead Milkmen
Schizophrenia- Sonic Youth
Seattle- PiL
The Body- PiL
Coolidge- Descendents
Clean Sheets- Descendents
Pep Talk- Descendents
Uhhh-Lemonheads
Second Chance- Lemonheads
Anger Means- Ignition
Praise- 7 Seconds
Catching- 7 Seconds
You Live and Die for Freedom/Siren- 7 Seconds
Not Enough Time- 7 Seconds
Beat Me Senseless- Circle Jerks
All Wound Up- Circle Jerks
Birth, School, Work, Death- The Godfathers
A Rush and a Push...- The Smiths
Why Can't I Be You?- The Cure
King of Birds- REM
Disturbance at the Heron House- REM
Surfin' Into Your Heart- The Groove Farm
Red Hill Mining Town- U2
Drill- Wire
Verdi Cries- 10,000 Maniacs

 

Joe Walsh The Radio Song
Roger Daltrey Hearts of Fire
Roger Daltrey Lover's Storm
The Strawbs A Boy and His Dog
The Strawbs Let it Rain
The Strawbs Something for Nothing
The Strawbs That's When the Crying Starts
Toyah Willcox Revive the World
Toyah Willcox Love's Unkind
Toyah Willcox Echo Beach
Toyah Willcox Moonlight Dancing
Siouxsie and the Banshees This Wheel's on Fire
Siouxsie and the Banshees Passenger
Sally Oldfield Silver Dagger
Sally Oldfield This is My Song
Sally Oldfield Andromeda Rising
Sally Oldfield I'm Leaving
Sally Oldfield Strangers in the Dawn
IQ No Love Lost
IQ Promises
Mike Oldfield The Time Has Come
Mike Oldfield When the Night's on FIre
Mike Oldfield Northpoint
Roy Wood 123
Wetton/Manzanera Suzanne
Wetton/Manzanera Have You Seen Her Tonight?
Marillion Tux On
Marillion Incommunicado
George Harrison When We Was Fab
George Harrison Got My Mind Set on You

 

a compilation album from "1987" tracks....

Whitesnake - Still Of The Night
Whitesnake - Bad Boys
Whitesnake - Give Me All Your Love
Whitesnake - Looking For Love
Whitesnake - Crying In The Rain
Whitesnake - Is This Love
Whitesnake - Straight From The Heart
Whitesnake - Don't Turn Away
Whitesnake - Children Of The Night
Whitesnake - Here I Go Again '87
Whitesnake- You're Gonna Break My Heart Again

(okay - someone had to do it....)

 

(only album openers)
Prince - Sign Of The Times
Tom Petty - Jammin' Me
John Hiatt - Memphis In The Meantime
Robbie Robertson - Fallen Angel
John Mellencamp - Paper In Fire
Lyle Lovett - If I Had A Boat
Los Lobos - One Time One Night
Fabulous Thunderbirds - Stand Back
U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene
Grateful Dead - Touch Of Grey
Linda, Emmylou & Dolly - The Pain Of Lovin' You
Steve Earle - Nowhere Road
Aerosmith - Heart's Done Time
Dukes Of Stratosphear - Vanishing Girl
George Harrison - Cloud 9
Sting - The Lazarus Heart
Suzanne Verga - Tom's Diner

 

My compilation for 1987...

Wild Flower - The Cult
Happy When It Rains - The Jesus & Mary Chain
Devil Inside - INXS
Red Hill Mining Town - U2
Lips Like Sugar - Echo & the Bunnymen
Never Let Me Down - David Bowie
True Faith - New Order
There Is No Love Between Us Anymore - Pop Will Eat Itself
April Skies - The Jesus & Mary Chain
Mr Brownstone - Guns N' Roses
Mr Malcontent - Lloyd Cole & the Commotions
One Tree Hill - U2

 

Helpless - Metallica
Luka - Suzanne Vega
Heart's Done Time - Aerosmith
Try - Blue Rodeo
Crazy, Crazy, Nights - KISS
The One I Love - REM
Dream Evil - Dio
The Shining - Black Sabbath
Showdown At Big Sky - Robbie Robertson
Bad Attitude - Deep Purple
Is This Love - Whitesnake
Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen
Rock Me - Great White
Caught In A Mosh - Anthrax
Running In The Family - Level 42
Love Removal Machine - The Cult
Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
I'm Alive - Helloween
Give To Live - Sammy Hagar
You Win Again - Bee Gees
My Michelle - Guns N' Roses
I Don't Know Why - Starship
Time Stands Still - Rush
Stop Me If You Think You Heard This One Before - The Smiths
Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibson
The Dead Heart - Midnight Oil
Never Tear Us Apart
Closer Together - The Box
The World Where You Live - Crowded House
Hourglass - Squeeze
Satch Boogie - Joe Satriani
The Family Ghost - King Diamond
Heaven Sent - Dokken
Kiss And Tell - Bryan Ferry
A Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles

 

Earth Wind & Fire - System Of Survival
Prince - Sign Of The Times
Robbie Robertson - Broken Arrow
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Damage You've Done
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Guns & Roses - Paradice City
The Jesus And Mary Chain - April Skies
Motorhead - Eat The Rich
Pixies - Caribou
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
U2 - Bullet The Blue Sky
George Michael - I Want Your Sex
Carlos Santana - Trane
Brian Ferry - The Right Stuff

 

My compilation of songs from 1987 in order of how I'd listen to them:
1. U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
2. Dinosaur (Jr) - Little Fury Things
3. Prince - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
4. Love & Rockets - No New Tale To Tell
5. The Long Ryders - I Want You Bad
6. The Cure - Just Like Heaven
7. Sinéad O'Connor - Mandinka
8. The Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma
9. INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
10. John Cougar Mellencamp - Cherry Bomb
11. George Harrison - When We Was Fab
12. Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise
13. R.E.M. - King Of Birds
14. Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign Your Name
15. The Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait

 

Talking Heads-Mr Jones
Rush-Mission
Zappa-Sad Jane
French Frith Kaiser & Thompson-Bird In God's Garden
Pat Metheny Group-Minuano
John Hiatt-Alone In The Dark
Jethro Tull-Budsapest
Van Morrison-The Mystery

 

Side A:
Bryan Ferry, "The Right Stuff"
REM, "The One I Love"
Danny Wison, "Mary's Prayer"
Wetton/Manzanera, "It's Just Love"
Jethro Tull, "Budapest"
Bryan Ferry, "Bete Noire"

Side B:
Marillion, "Warm Wet Circles"
Danny Wilson, "Steamtrains to the Milky Way"
Sting, "They Dance Alone"
Mike Oldfield, "North Point"
Jethro Tull, "The Waking Edge"
Wetton/Manzanera, "Have You Seen Her Tonight?"

 

Favorites from 87

The BoDeans - Only Love
Bourgeois Tagg - I Don't Mind At All
The Cult - Lil' Devil
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
George Harrison - When We Was Fab
Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
Hoodoo Gurus - Good Times
INXS & Jimmy Barnes - Good Times
John Hiatt - Have A Little Faith In Me
John Mellencamp - Cherry Bomb
Jon Astley - Jane's Getting Serious
The Rainmakers - Wages Of Sin
The Replacements - Alex Chilton
Scruffy The Cat - My Baby She's Alright
The Silencers - Painted Moon
Squeeze - 853-5937
Stabilizers - One Simple Thing
World Party - Ship Of Fools

 

Rudolph's favorites from 1987:

01. R.E.M. - The One I Love
02. Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
03. Hanan Bulu Bulu - Arabian title
04. Tom Waits - Way Down In The Hole
05. Sinéad O' Connor - Troy
06. Bathory - Woman Of Dark Desire
07. Swans - You're Not Real, Girl
08. Sterling Void & Paris Brightledge - It's All Right
09. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Maniac
10. Dead Can dance - Cantara
11. Tom Waits - Yesterday Is Here
12. The House Of Love - Shine On
13. Gadir Jahan - Kabuliman
14. Public Enemy - Bring The Noise
15. Night Writers - Let The Music Use You
16. Chris Isaak - Blue Hotel
17. Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
18. Laibach - Opus Dei
19. LL Cool J - Going Back To Cali
20. Joe Smooth - Promised Land
21. Rhys Chatham - Die Donnergötter
22. DJ Pierre's Pfantasy Club - Mystery Girl
23. INXS - Need You Tonight
24. Maria Marquez - Canto Del Pilon
25. Macabre - Serial Killer
26. Red Hot Chili Peppers - No Chump Love Sucker
27. World Of Skin - Still A Child
28. Fat Boys - Crushin'
29. Meredith Monk - Double Fiesta
30. The Sugarcubes - Birthday
31. Beatmasters - Rok Da House
32. The Bevis Frond - Reflections In A Tall Mirror
33. Prince - The Cross
34. Spoonie Gee - The Godfather
35. The Steppes -Bigger Than Life
36. Sonic Youth Catholic Block
37. Death Angel - Thrashers
38. Guadalcanal Diary - Where Angels Fear To Tread
39. Guns 'n Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
40. That Petrol Emotion - Static
41. Nitzer Ebb - Let Your Body Learn
42. Dinosaur Jr. - Little Fury Things
43. World Party - World Groove
44. Able Tasmans - Little Hearts
45. Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
46. Throwing Muses - A Feeling
47. Scratch Acid - Mary Had A Little Drug Problem
48. No Strange - Smiling Time
49. Butthole Surfers - Human Cannonball
50. Pailhead - I Will Refuse
51. Charles Hayward - Make Believe
52. Sly & Robbie - Let's Rock
53. JVC Force - Strong Island
54. Chris Isaak - Lie To Me
55. Pop Will Eat Itself - U.B.L.U.B.
56. Julian Cope - Spacehopper
57. Suns Of Arqa - La Pucelle D'Orleans
58. Marillion - Incommunicado
59. The Primitives - Stop Killing Me
60. Accuser - Screaming For Guilt
61. Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
62. Snakefinger - The Ballad Of Sawney Bean
63. Paolo Conte - Max
64. The Replacements - Alex Chilton
65. Chab Hamid - Lala Sadia
66. The Blue Aeroplanes - Spitting Out Miracles
67. R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It
68. The Wonder Stuff - Unbearable
69. Opal - Soul Giver
70. Marianne Faithfull - Love, Life And Money
71. Jungle Brothers - Because I Got It Like That
72. Death In June - Hail! The White Grain
73. Revolting Cocks - No Devotion
74. Meat Puppets- Bad Love
75. Bathory - Massacre
76. Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings Of Life
77. The Chills - Party In My Heart
78. Master Musicians Of Tanzania - Nhongolo
79. The Broken Jug - Rain Of Death
80. Spacemen 3 - Ecstacy Symphony/Transparant Radiation
81. The Proclaimers - Over And Done With
82. Henry Rollins - Men Are Pigs
83. Sex Clark Five - Sarajevo
84. The Ramones - I Wanna Live
85. Omar & The Howlers - Shadow Man
86. Yello - Si Señor The Hairy Grill
87. The Shamen - Something About You
88. Suicidal Tendencies - War Inside My Head
89. Jane Siberry - The White Tent The Raft
90. fIREHOSE - For The Singer of R.E.M.
91. U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
92. Yiorgos Mangas - Chorepste Tsifteteli
93. Voi Vod - Tornado
94. Eric B. & Rakim - Chinese Arithmetic
95. Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu - The Queen And I
96. Rhtyhm Pigs - Bad Reactor
97. Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
98. Sexton Ming - The Ming Is In Your Town
99. Phuture - Acid Tracks
100. Game theory - The World's Easiest Job

101. Stock, Aitken & Waterman - Roadblock
102. The Housemartins - The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
103. Yargo - Carrying Mine
104. Swans - Beautiful Child
105. Victoria Williams - Happy Come Home
106. The Nits - In The Dutch Mountains
107. Metallica - One
108. Fingers Inc. - Stars
109. The Go-Betweens - The Clarke Sisters
110. Boiled In Lead - French Tunes
111. Terence Trent D'Arby - Dance Little Sister
112. Titãs - Todo Mundo Quer Amor
113. Boogie Down Productions - 9mm Goes Bang
114. The Wedding Present - All This And More
115. Ralphi Rosario - In The Night
116. Sting - Englishman In New York
117. Loop - Soundhead
118. Anthrax - Caught In A Mosh
119. Startled Insects - Glass Mountain
120. The Gun Club - Breaking Hands
121. My Bloody Valentine - Strawberry Wine
122. Negativland - Yellow, Black And Rectangular
123. Manka Le Phallang - Ea Nyoloha Khanyapa
124. Wire - The Point Of Collapse
125. Swamptrash - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
126. David Sylvian - Mother & Child
127. Hue And Cry - Labour Of Love
128. Pascal Comelade - Valse De La Demoiselle Aux Jeux Verts
129. LL Cool J - I'm Bad
130. Barrence Whitfield - The Girl From Outer Space
131. Screaming Blue Messiahs - Sweet Water Pools
132. Salt-N-Pepa Push It
133. Eugene Chadbourne - Wine Me Up
134. Death - Evil Dead
135. John Zorn - Two-Lane Highway
136. Union Carbide Productions - Ring My Bell
137. Alexander O' Neal - Fake
138. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Me & My Friends
139. Robert Owens - I'm Strong (Vocal Mix)
140. The Weather Prophets - Walking Under A Spell
141. John Hiatt - Alone In The Dark
142. The Communards - Tomorrow
143. Ultramagnetic MC's - Traveling At The Speed Of Thought
144. Jan Garbarek - All Those Born With Wings Pt. 1
145. The Cure - Just Like Heaven
146. Gibson Bros. - Poor Me
147. Model 500 - Off To Battle
148. Los Lobos - My Baby's Gone
149. Momus - Murderers, The Hope Of Women
150. Anne Clark - Homecoming
151. The Wipers - Against The Wall
152. Marc Almond - Saint Judy
153. Napalm Death - Control
154. Joe Strummer - The Unknown Immortal
155. Mory Kanté - Yé Ké Yé Ké (album version)
156. Skinny Puppy - Addiction
157. George Michael - Faith
158. Tröckener Kecks - Eén Op Eén Miljoen
159. Front 242 - Rerun Time
160. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
161. Public Enemy - You're Gonna Get Yours
162. Yeah Jazz - Probably This Winter
163. Karen Finley - Sacred Meat
164. Faith No More - Introduce Yourself
165. Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis
166. The Soup Dragons - Head Gone Astray
167. P**sy Galore - Wretch
168. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
169. Tyree - Acid Over
170. Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force
171. Primal Scream - Imperial
172. The Young Gods - Jimmy
173. M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume
174. Gaye Bikers On Acid - Motorvate
175. The Smiths - Shoplifters Of The World Unite
176. Muslimgauze - Gulf War Pt. 1
177. Les Sheriff - Arrête De Parler
178. Pixies - Vamos
179. Frontline Assembly - Casualties
180. Shelleyan Orphan - Epitaph Ivy And Woe
181. Sinéad O' Connor - Just Like U Said It Would B
182. Thin White Rope - Take It Home
183. Schoolly D - Housing The Joint
184. Bruce Springsteen - Ain't Got You
185. The Verlaines - Take Good Care Of It
186. Frankie Knuckles - Only The Strong Survive
187. Cardiacs- There's Too Many Irons In The Fire
188. The Pogues & The Dubliners - The Irish Rover
189. Renée De haan - Vuile Huichelaar
190. The Mission - Tower Of Strength
191. Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing
192. D.R.I. - Decisions
193. Big Black - El Dopa
194. Liz Torres & Master C&J - In The City (Club Mix)
195. Cookie Crew - Females
196. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands
197. Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh
198. The Cult - Wild Flower
199. Coldcut - Beats + Pieces
200. Squirrel Bait - Tape From California

 

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