Land your picks

1) Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night
2) Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline
3) Michael Jackson - Bad
4) Guns N Roses - Apettite for Destruction
5) The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
6) Salt N Peppa - Hot, Cool n Vicious
7) Sonic Youth - Sister
8) Squeeze - Babylon and On

9) Prince - Sign O The Times
10) U2 - Joshua Tree

Here's the ones I like:

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Stevie Wonder ~ Characters

Basia ~ Time And Tide

George Michael ~ Faith

Michael Jackson ~ Bad

The Cover Girls ~ Show Me

Whitney Houston ~ Whitney

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam ~ Spanish Fly

Prince ~ Sign O'The Times

Swing Out Sister ~ It's Better To Travel

Herb Alpert ~ Keep Your Eye On Me

1. The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

2. Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby

3. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show

4. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded

5. Prince - The Black Album

6. Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses

7. Prince - Sign O The Times

8. Madame X - Madame X

9. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me

10. Wendy & Lisa - Wendy & Lisa

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Yay! My birth year!

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I already posted my picks in the 'Your Top 10 Albums of the Year U were Born In' thread, and the ones I had included that haven't been mentioned already above are Paid In Full by Eric B. and Rakim, Sold by Boy George, and Kick by INXS.

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It was a very good year for music.

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1) opal - happy nightmare baby

2) that petrol emotion - babble

3) prince - sott

4) the bats - daddy's highway

5) spacemen 3 - the perfect prescription

6) sonic youth - sister

7) dinosaur jr - you're living all over me

8) pet shop boys - actually

9) the go-betweens - talluah

10) the replacements - please to meet me

I was 11 this year and discovered Terence Trent D'arby, hence the high rating of his first album.

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1. Sign o the Times - Prince (Seriously this outpaces everything in this year, and it is a fine album), probably best album of the 80s too.

2. The Joshua Tree - U2 One of my favourites and one of their finest and most raw.

3. Introducing the Hardline according to TTD - TTD, again a very fine record that introduces his versatility along with some very unforgettable pop songs.

4. Bad - Michael Jackson, fxxk you all, this is a great album

5. Tango in the Night - Fleetwood Mac, a very good comeback and very relevant sounding

6. Whitney - Whitney Houston, a very good album with some great pop and ballads (Although Love is a contact sport is less good)

7. Faith - George Michael - Despite the commercial success, probably his best album, its free of most of the loopy self indulgence and patchiness of his later material.

8. Appetite for Destruction - Guns and Roses - Although I am not a huge fan of hard rock, the quality of this album is very high, with some great rocking songs and catchy singles. The finest of all the late 80s hair metal groups.

9. Uplift Mofo Party Plan - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Their best album to date (Their 3rd) has great songs like Fight life a brave and the hidden Party on your pussy. Way before they became commercial and some amazing punk funk.

10. Jill Jones - Jill Jones - Yes a Paisley release makes the chart, some amazing pop songs here, Mia Bocca, All day all night, G spot - wow

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Worst albums of 87

1. Never let me down - David Bowie (I mean what the honest fuck)

2. Dinner with Gershwin - Donna Summer (Rumour has it even his ghost was a no show here)

There must be someone on the org who doesn't have Sign 'O' The Times in their top ten.

sexton said:

There must be someone on the org who doesn't have Sign 'O' The Times in their top ten.

I originally was going to put Invisible Touch instead, but it came out in 1986. There were still singles being released from the LP in 87 though.

My choices and very similiar to Mick. More than 10...

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe

TTD - Hardline

Billy Idol - Whiplash Smile(late 86)

Appetite for Destruction - Guns and Roses

Basia - Time And Tide

George Michael - Faith

Canciones de mi padre - Linda Ronstadt

Michael Jackson - Bad

Jill Jones - Jill Jones

The Cover Girls - Show Me

Sting - Nothing Like The Sun...

Whitney Houston - Whitney

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Spanish Fly

U2 - The Joshua Tree

Prince - Sign O'The Times

Debbie Gibson - Out of the Blue

John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love

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Either Sign O The Times is number one or I'm beatin some bitches up!

hell of a damn good year

1. The Joshua Tree - U2

2. Faith - George Michael

3. Sign o the times - Prince

4. Appetite for Destruction - GNR

5. Into the Pandemonium - Celtic Frost

6. Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode

7. Among the Living - Anthrax

8. Bad - Michael Jackson

9. Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen

10. Bête Noire - Bryan Ferry

sexton said:

There must be someone on the org who doesn't have Sign 'O' The Times in their top ten.

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Part of the reason why I put my list up. Everyone here is either hardcore Rap/Rand B or hardcore Alternative/Metal, hence why I know my taste in mostly Pop and Rock would get a different list.

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Unlike everyone else so far, I just feel that Sign of the Times is a great album full of classic and high quality songs.

I love the Chili Peppers

The first album I ever bought was "Californication" becaused I loved "Scar Tissue"

but after listening to that album I have bought all their music ever since and also all their old stuff

They really are an awesome band

Love you "RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS"

Adorecream said:

I was 11 this year and discovered Terence Trent D'arby, hence the high rating of his first album.

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1. Sign o the Times - Prince (Seriously this outpaces everything in this year, and it is a fine album), probably best album of the 80s too.

2. The Joshua Tree - U2 One of my favourites and one of their finest and most raw.

3. Introducing the Hardline according to TTD - TTD, again a very fine record that introduces his versatility along with some very unforgettable pop songs.

4. Bad - Michael Jackson, fxxk you all, this is a great album

5. Tango in the Night - Fleetwood Mac, a very good comeback and very relevant sounding

6. Whitney - Whitney Houston, a very good album with some great pop and ballads (Although Love is a contact sport is less good)

7. Faith - George Michael - Despite the commercial success, probably his best album, its free of most of the loopy self indulgence and patchiness of his later material.

8. Appetite for Destruction - Guns and Roses - Although I am not a huge fan of hard rock, the quality of this album is very high, with some great rocking songs and catchy singles. The finest of all the late 80s hair metal groups.

9. Uplift Mofo Party Plan - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Their best album to date (Their 3rd) has great songs like Fight life a brave and the hidden Party on your pussy. Way before they became commercial and some amazing punk funk.

10. Jill Jones - Jill Jones - Yes a Paisley release makes the chart, some amazing pop songs here, Mia Bocca, All day all night, G spot - wow

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Worst albums of 87

1. Never let me down - David Bowie (I mean what the honest fuck)

2. Dinner with Gershwin - Donna Summer (Rumour has it even his ghost was a no show here)

1. Prince - Sign "☮" The Times - this is the winner, absolute finest album this year..!
2. Michael Jackson - Bad - second best, strong..!
3. The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - masterpiece!
4. Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The night - wonderful
5. Roger Hodgson - Hai Hai - singer of Supertramp, fantastic album
6. Prince - The Black Album - excellent, funky!
7. Mick Jagger - Primitive Cool - wonderful, partly produced by Dave A. Stewart from Eurythmics
8. U2 - The Joshua Tree
9. Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses, dark and excellent
10. Bryan Ferry - Bête Noire, yes, fine album...!
11. David Bowie's - Never Let Me Down - The title song is such a gem, lots of other good songs as well, imho..
12. Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline According... His one and only good album
13. Sting - Nothing Like The Sun - his best album, just fantatic
14. George Harrison - Cloud Nine - ELO sound produced by Jeff Lynne, great sound...

I really liked David Bowie's Never Let Me Down album, it's very underrated imo...

Guns N Roses, sorry: I never liked them at all..... those vocals by Axel Rose, awful.

Man what a fucking awesome year in music. My favs in no particular order.

Kiss Me - The Cure

Strangeways, Here we Come. - The Smiths

Music For The Masses. - DM

Savage - Eurythmics

The Ideal Copy - Wire

Songs About Fucking - Big Black

The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death. - The Housemartins

The Circus - Erasure

Sign o The Times- Prissypants

Mad Bad And Dangerous To Know. - Dead or Alive

and numerous others.

I have to add

Darkland - The Jesus and Mary Chain

Echo and the Bunnymen

Sister - Sonic Youth

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So far there's:

4: (for) Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night

6: Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby

8: Michael Jackson - Bad

12: Prince - Sign O'The Times

3: Prince - Black Album

4: Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses

6: Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

3: Whitney Houston - Whitney

4: The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me

5: U2 - The Joshua Tree

6: George Michael - Faith

2: Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love

2: Basia - Time And Tide

2: Jill Jones - Jill Jones

2: The Cover Girls - Show Me

2: Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Spanish Fly

4: Sting - Nothing Like The Sun

2: The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come

2: Sonic Youth - Sister

3: Wendy & Lisa - Wendy & Lisa

2: Sinead O'Connor - The Lion And The Cobra

2: David Bowie - Never Let Me Down

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I can't seem to understand why they nominated Dolly Parton's Trio album to ALBUM OF THE YEAR prize ignoring masterpieces such as Strangeways Here We Come or TTD's Introducing The Hardline.

Shawy89 said:

I can't seem to understand why they nominated Dolly Parton's Trio album to ALBUM OF THE YEAR prize ignoring masterpieces such as Strangeways Here We Come or TTD's Introducing The Hardline.

Well its wasn't just Dolly it was 3 powerweights at the time. Cmon you Add Linda and Emmylou that album in gonna get all types of praise. Plus it was a really good disc.

Shawy89 said:

I can't seem to understand why they nominated Dolly Parton's Trio album to ALBUM OF THE YEAR prize ignoring masterpieces such as Strangeways Here We Come or TTD's Introducing The Hardline.

You must be one of those people who don't realize how popular country music is (and was) in the US, especially in the "heartland". That's why Farm Aid tended to have country acts or heartland rock like Bob Seger & John Cougar Mellencamp.Trio was a big deal at the time and so was Linda Ronstadt, particularly after What's New. I think Dolly's variety show was on at the time too. The Smiths were not popular mainstream, I never heard them on the radio. The people who were listening to them were the goth kids who didn't like Top 40 and liked to brag they were listening to underground music.

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Not sure I can pick 10... For example Whitney is a terrible album compared to her 1st and 3rd LPs, only the first and the fourth singles are good songs, the rest is pure filler. Bad has a lot of great songs but as an album it never worked for me, some of it is incredibly dated. Tunnel Of Love is a major disappointment after Born In The USA, never got into it.

Of course Appetite For Destruction, Sign 'O' The Times, Nothing Like The Sun & Faith are all amazing records from that year! I also happen to enjoy David Bowie's much-maligned Never Let Me Down.

Wendy and Lisa - Wendy and Lisa

Eurythmics - Savage

Madhouse - 16

Prince - Sign O' The Times

Michael Jackson - Bad

Bryan Ferry - Bete Noire

Sting - Nothing Like The Sun

Alexander O'neal - Hearsay

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Neo Geo

Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night

Sinead O'connor - The Lion And The Cobra

Bonus: Prince - The Black Album (though not released officially in '87)

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I am really surprised at where SOTT fell on many lists here. Tops is and remains, IMO,

Prince -- Sign O' The Times

The rest, mostly favorites but a few whose impact I can't deny, in rough order --

Eric B & Rakim -- Paid In Full (all it did was help define hip-hop for a generation or more)


Terence Trent D'Arby -- Introducing The Hardline . . .


The Cure -- Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me


LL Cool J -- Bigger and Deffer

Michael Jackson -- Bad


Wendy & Lisa -- Wendy & Lisa


George Michael -- Faith

REM -- Document


Guns N' Roses -- Appetite For Destruction

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namepeace said:

I am really surprised at where SOTT fell on many lists here.

I never cared much for the songs "Slow Love", "Forever In My Life", "Strange Relationship" and "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man". I was surprised that last one was released as a single and hit the top ten in the U.S. The albums ahead of Sign O The Times on my list I liked more consistently.

namepeace said:

I am really surprised at where SOTT fell on many lists here. Tops is and remains, IMO,

Prince -- Sign O' The Times

The rest, mostly favorites but a few whose impact I can't deny, in rough order --

Eric B & Rakim -- Paid In Full (all it did was help define hip-hop for a generation or more)


Terence Trent D'Arby -- Introducing The Hardline . . .


The Cure -- Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me


LL Cool J -- Bigger and Deffer

Michael Jackson -- Bad


Wendy & Lisa -- Wendy & Lisa


George Michael -- Faith

REM -- Document


Guns N' Roses -- Appetite For Destruction

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Cool list

I nearly forgot about that Cool J album, I had it when I was at High School and loved it to death, his rhymes were right on point.

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"Instead of whining and talkin ill about me, why don't you take yo monkey ass and get a college degree" "When youre 73 years old and people asked you what you did with your life, You say I hated LL and I carried a big knife"

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Then there's the Bristol Hotel "Bang bang boogie, she was so immune, I saw her at the clinic getting blood transfused"

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Back i the days when I loved rap. Ice T's Rhyme Pays is no where near as good, Colors is alright, but the rest is average, his 1988 and 1989 albums (Power and Iceberg) are much better.

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Rap in the 80s was great before all this gangsta and bling bling gees up hos down shit arrived. Ice T and LL never rapped about drinking Cristal or doing Ice, both thought drugs were wack.

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Remember back in 87, everything was dope or wack?

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sexton said:

namepeace said:

I am really surprised at where SOTT fell on many lists here.

I never cared much for the songs "Slow Love", "Forever In My Life", "Strange Relationship" and "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man". I was surprised that last one was released as a single and hit the top ten in the U.S. The albums ahead of Sign O The Times on my list I liked more consistently.

That was my first reaction, but I totally respect your opinion and those expressed on this board. There are very broad musical palates on the org and I must admit that I still need to explore many of the albums listed here.

Adorecream said:

Cool list

I nearly forgot about that Cool J album, I had it when I was at High School and loved it to death, his rhymes were right on point.

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Back i the days when I loved rap. Ice T's Rhyme Pays is no where near as good, Colors is alright, but the rest is average, his 1988 and 1989 albums (Power and Iceberg) are much better.

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Remember back in 87, everything was dope or wack?

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Thanks, and I agree. Especially on Ice-T. There was dopeness and wackness, then Eazy drops "Boyz In The Hood" in '87 (as East Coast heads pointed out to me later, a dead ringer in style and flow to Schooly D's "P.S.K.") and a new era was upon us . . .