Alright people. Mr. NWF made it hard for the year 1982. So I'm going a little ahead by 4 years and selecting my faves for 1986. They are:

1. Run-DMC-Raising Hell
2. The Beastie Boys-License To Ill
3. Janet Jackson-Control
4. Genesis-Invisible Touch
5. Whodini-Back In Black
6. Cameo-Word Up
7. LL Cool J-Radio
8. Prince-Parade
9. Jesse Johnson-Shockadelica
10. The Fat Boys-Big and Beautiful

These are the albums I was bumping all year long and clearly my faves.

Prince & The Revolution - Parade
Peter Gabriel - So
Paul Simon - Graceland

...that's all.

I remember we had this thread in 2006. Can we upgrade?

- David & David : Boomtown
- Hipsway
- Crowded House

crowded house- crowded house
love an adventure- pseudo echo
parade- Prince

Okay, I have to admit that True Blue was an early fav of mine but it has some shit on it like Jimmy Jimmy and that lame interlude of White Heat.

eurythmics - revenge
pet shop boys - please
prince - parade

IstenSzek said:

Please!

My top 5:

1. Janet Jackson - Control
2. Five Star - Silk & Steel
3. Chaka Khan - Destiny
4. Vesta Williams - Vesta
5. Aretha Franklin - Aretha

Honorable mentions:

Eurythmics - Revenge
Gwen Guthrie - Good To Go Lover
Al Jarreau - L Is For Lover
The B-52's - Bouncing Off the Satellites
a-ha - Scoundrel Days
Under The Cherry Moon soundtrack (this wasn't bad either)
[Edited 1/13/08 5:03am]

Run DMC "Raising Hell"

Whodini " Back In Black "

Just-Ice " Back To The Old School", followed by "Come Into My Life" by Joyce Sims

( both were produced by Curtis Mantronik )


....I kinda lost interest in Prince by the time Parade came out, even though I really like Parade today. Guess it´s a maturity thing.

1 ) Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional
2 ) The Fall - Bend Sinister
3 ) Ennio Morricone - The Mission
4 ) The Feelies - The Good Earth
5 ) Colin Newman - Commercial Suicide
6 ) World Party - Private Revolution
7 ) XTC - Skylarking
8 ) Peter Case - Peter Case
9 ) Coil - Horse Rotorvator
10 ) Woodentops - Giant
11 ) PiL - Album
12 ) Megadeth - Peace Sells…But Who's Buying
13 ) Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express
14 ) Elvis Costello - King of America
15 ) Stan Ridgway - The Big Heat
16 ) Spacemen 3 - The Sound of Confusion
17 ) Pet Shop Boys - Please
18 ) David & David - Welcome to the Boomtown
19 ) New Order - Brotherhood
20 ) Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey
21 ) Ministry - Twitch
22 ) Lyle Lovett - Lyle Lovett
23 ) Martin Stephenson - Boat To Bolivia
24 ) Lucy Show - Mania
25 ) Jazz Butcher - Distressed Gentlefolk
26 ) Metallica - Master of Puppets
27 ) Steve Kilbey - Unearthed
28 ) Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction - High Priest of Love
29 ) Sonic Youth - Evol
30 ) Prince - Parade

KoolEaze said:

oh schitt! That's that Sleeping Bag Records schitt

Could someone please post all the albums that came out in 1986?
I can't recall which albums came out back then, let alone which I own that are from that year.
Now I know that I could just start going thru my music collection, CD by CD, & check which are dated '86,
but fuck....that could take awhile.
And for me, that's valuable time that would be much better spent posting beligerant smart-ass replies over in the Politics & Religion forum.

Thanx in advance.

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KoolEaze said:

One thing I realized though... this song is from 1987 and her album came out in 1988.

But! We can give it up for her 1986 single "(You Are My) All And All"

Janet Jackson-Control
Madonna-True Blue
Steve Winwood-Back in the High Life

UGH, those were my metal-head years.

So, you know i was bumpin' Slayer's Reign in Blood and Metallica's Master Of Puppets along with Prince's Parade.

Cinnie said:

I must be getting senile....it´s all a big blur now. I bought all those records back when they came out, with all that trademark Sleeping Bag design ( except for Joyce Sims). Just-Ice´s album looked soooo cool with that graffiti artwork.
Sleeping Bag was really fresh in its heyday. T-La Rock ( who got beaten up and ended up in a mental asylum ), Joyce Sims, Mantronik stuff. Good times !
I remember when I was very little and bought the first Whodini album ON CASSETTE the day it came out in 1983. I was so happy

And Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were producing Ice-T.

Those were the days.

1. Prince and The Revolution - Parade
2. Siouxsie and The Banshees - Tinderbox
3. Book Of Love - Book Of Love
4. Janet Jackson - Control
5. The Human League - Crash
6. Jesse Johnson - Shockadelica
7. Mazarati - Mazarati
8. The Smiths - The Queen Of Dead
9. Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
10. The B-52's - Bouncing Off The Satellites
11. The Mission - God's Own Medicine
12. Ready For The World - Long Time Coming
13. Clan Of Xymox - Medusa
14. Christian Death - Atrocities
15. We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It!! - We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It!!
16. The Sisterhood - Gift
17. Cocteau Twins - Victorialand
18. Full Force - Full Force Get Busy 1 Time!
19. Vanity - Skin On Skin

edit: Going through my albums again, I knew there would be ones I had forgotten. List revised.
[Edited 1/15/08 10:10am]

sextonseven said:

You have such interesting tastes. It's a compliment.

sextonseven said:

There you go....
right there.

Prince, "Parade"
Janet, "Control"
Peter Gabriel, "So"
Paul Simon, "Graceland"
Jesse Johnson, "Shockadelica"
XTC, "Skylarking"
Anita Baker, "Rapture"

There were tons of singles I liked, but I wasn't heavily buying albums back then.

jn2 said:

Definitely my favorite.

Lammastide said:

Thanks. But if you were to ask me what my list would be at the end of 1986 then none of the goth and alternative records would make it. I didn't get into that stuff until later.

This thread was fun. It made me relisten to some records I hadn't heard in a long time. I'll be looking forward to whatever year thread turns up next.

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Big Audio Dynamite - No. 10 Upping Street
Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Anita Baker - Rapture
XTC - Skylarking
THe Cure - Staring At the Sea
THe Sisterhood - Gift
Bad Brains - I Against I
Elvis Costello - King of America
Beastie Boys - Liscence to Ill
R.E.M - Lifes Rich Pageant
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
Janet Jackson - Control
Red Box - Circle and the Square
Mission UK - Children


Red Box/Mision UK Edit
[Edited 1/14/08 15:40pm]

1. Genesis Invisible Touch
2. Madonna True Blue
3. Parade Prince and the Revolution
4. Dirty Work The Rolling Stones
5. Leather Jackets Elton John

Un-favorites from 1986--albums I used to own, but sold and have no desire to ever repurchase:

Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
Madonna - True Blue
Rockwell - The Genie (I still have this one. I can't even give it away, it stinks so bad.)
UTFO - Skeezer Pleezer