1987 ALBUMS Eurythmics - 'Savage', kd lang - 'Angel With a Lariat', Sisters of Mercy - 'Floodland', Terence Trent Darby - 'Introducing the Hardline According to', The Colourfield - 'Deception', Sinead O'Connor - 'The Lion and the Cobra', Black - 'Wonderful Life', Michael Jackson - 'Bad' #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #eurythmics #kdlang #sistersofmercy #terencetrentdarby #thecolourfield #sineadoconnor #black #michaeljackson #theyear1987 #albumsof1987 #1987albums
Released on 31st August 1987 the album, 'Bad' by Michael Jackson. Including the singles, 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You', 'Bad', 'The Way You Make Me Feel', 'Man in the Mirror', 'Dirty Diana', Another Part of Me', 'Smooth Criminal', 'Leave Me Alone' and 'Liberbian Girl', it reached No.1 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #michaeljackson #bad #ijustcantstoplovingyou #thewayyoumakemefeel #maninthemirror #dirtydiana #anotherpartofme #smoothcriminal #leavemealone #liberiangirl #albumsof1987 #theyear1987 #albumsreleasedin1987
Released on this day in 1987 the album, 'Sign o' the Times' by Prince. Including the singles, 'Sign o' the Times', 'U Got the Look', 'I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man' and 'If I Was Your Girlfriend' it reached No.4 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #princerogersnelson #prince #theartistformerlyknownasprince #signothetimes #ifiwasyourgirlfriend #ugotthelook #icouldnevertaketheplaceofyourman #onthisdayin1987 #theyear1987 #albumsof1987 #albumsreleasedin1987 #onthisdayinhistory
Released on 13th July 1987, the album 'Introducing the Hardline According to' by Terence Trent Darby. Including the singles, 'If You Let Me Stay', 'Wishing Well', 'Dance Little Sister' and 'Sign Your Name', it reached No.1 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #terencetrentdarby #introducingthehardlineaccordingtoterencetrentdarby #signyourname #dancelittlesister #ifyouletmestay #wishingwell #theyear1987 #albumsof1987 #albumsreleasedin1987
Released on this day in 1987 the album, 'Deception' by The Colourfield. Including the singles, 'Running Away' and 'She'' it reached No.95 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #funboythree #terryhall #thecolourfield #deception #runningaway #she #thespecials #terryhall #theyear1987 #albumsof1987 #albumsreleasedin1987 #1987albums #onthisdayin1987 #onthisdayinhistory #terryhallrip #ripterryhall
Released on 9th November 1987 the album, 'Savage' by Eurythmics. Including the singles, 'Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)', 'Shame', 'I Need a Man' and 'You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart' it reached No.7 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #eurythmics #annielennox #davestewart #savage #beethovenilovetolistento #shame #ineedaman #theyear1987 #albumsof1987 #1987albums
Released on 5th October 1987 the album, 'The Lion and the Cobra' by Sinead O'Connor. Including the singles 'Troy', 'Mandinka' and 'I Want Your (Hands On Me)' it reached No.27 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #sineadoconnor #thelionandthecobra #troy #mandinka #iwantyourhandsonme #albumsof1987 #theyear1987 #1987albums #albumsreleasedin1987
Born on this day in 1960, Michael Hutchence, singer/songwriter and co-founder of the band INXS. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #inxs #michaelhutchence #kick #kickalbum #needyoutonight #nevertearusapart #devilinside #1987albums #albumsof1987 #onthisdayin1960 #theyear1960 #bornonthisdayin1960 #1960birthdays #birthdaysin1960
More British folk tales The Band Of Holy Joy: More Tales From The City (1987) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 Binge-rotating the first four Pogues albums (💔),the quite underrated fourth one, 'Peace And Love', where they very much opened up to other music styles than traditional Irish folk plus punk, somehow brought to my mind TBOHJ. They and the Mekons were the other great post-punk pub folksters of the 80s, and pardon me if I forget someone (Billy Bragg maybe does belong here? Billy Childish?). The connection being quite obvious in my view, the differences may still outnumber the similarities. Begins with the singer, who unlike Shane MacGowan's roar sings falsetto. Then, besides the pub-proofness, the pub where I'd look for The Pogues I'd rather suspect to be near the steelworks, having Guiness with their Whiskey, while TBOHJ probably hang around near the harbour. Drinking Pastis? Red Wine? Next to them at the bar sits Marc Almond, discussing with them what's the best Jacques Brel song, and how to do a Brecht/Weill cover if necessary. There's no Brecht song here, but we have waltzes, accordeons, all that stuff that sounds like cabaret and European stages and simple-but-tasteful folk amusing themselves. Mingled with at times irate punkness and melancholy and a sometimes impudently blant use of synth-percussion sounding like the cheapest Casio, juxtaposed with the most precious violins. This is their first regular LP after three casette productions and a mini album that's great as well. Lost track of them, but I read they're still around. The album is quite the masterpiece; if you can get it grab it. My favourite: 'The Aspidistra House'. A synth-pop piece of such stringence and monumentality that it reminds me of the Young Marble Giants. Absolute killer track, 10/10. @miketh57 just told me you can find the album at bandcamp. #thebandofholyjoy #holyjoy #rjbardowick #albumsof1987
Remembering Michael Hutchence, singer/songwriter and co-founder of the band INXS, who died on this day in 1997. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #inxs #michaelhutchence #kick #kickalbum #needyoutonight #nevertearusapart #devilinside #1987albums #albumsof1987 #onthisdayin1997 #theyear1997 #diedonthisdayin1997 #1997deaths #ripmichaelhutchence
Released on this day in 1987 the album, 'You Can Dance' by Madonna. Containing a continuous mix of remixed tracks from her first three albums and one new song, 'Spotlight', it reached No.5 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #madonna #madonnalouiseciccone #youcandance #intothegroove #holiday #spotlight #jellybean #remixalbum #1987albums #albumsof1987 #theyear1987 #onthisdayin1987 #onthisdayinhistory
November 13, 1987 #sistersofmercy #andreweldritch #patriciamorrison #floodland #jimsteinman #gothrock #darkwave #1980s #1980smusic #1980sgothrock #80s #80smusic #80sgothrock #1987 #1987music #1987albums #albumsof1987 #sophomorealbums #albumanniversary
Released on 14th September 1987 the album, 'Wonderful Life' by Black. Including the singles, 'Wonderful Life', 'The Sweetest Smile', 'Everything's Coming Up Roses', 'I'm Not Afraid' and 'Paradise' it reached No.3 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #black #colinvearncombe #wonderfullife #thesweetestsmile #everythingscominguproses #imnotafraid #paradise #1987albums #albumsof1987 #albumsreleasedin1987 #theyear1987
Released on this day in 1987 the album, 'Kick' by INXS. Including the singles, 'Need You Tonight', 'Devil Inside', 'New Sensation', 'Never Tear Us Apart' and 'Mystify' it reached No.9 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #inxs #michaelhutchence #kick #kickalbum #needyoutonight #nevertearusapart #devilinside #1987albums #albumsof1987 #onthisdayin1987 #theyear1987 #onthisdayinhistory
Released on this day in 1987 the album, 'Alphabet City' by ABC. Including the singles, 'When Smokey Sings', 'The Night You Murdered Love' and 'King Without a Crown' it reached No.7 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #abc #thelexiconoflove #martinfry #markwhite #whensmokeysings #thenightyoumurderedlove #kimgwithoutacrown #newromantics #theyear1987 #albumsof1987 #onthisdayin1987 #1987albums #onthisdayinhistory
Industrial gospel goth Skin: Blood, Women, Roses (1987) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 Jarboe Devereaux, the mononymous Jarboe @jarboeliving was born in Mississippi and raised, partly, in New Orleans. An old Anne Rice fan like me can't help thinking, ah, how fitting. Catholic upbringing, organ playing, choir singing. Obsessed with Swans since their first album in '83, she managed to connect with Michael Gira, got auditions and debuted on the Swans' 1986 album 'Greed' which showed first hints of her influence towards a more melodious approach. Jarboe and Gira embarked on the spinoff project Skin (later World Of Skin) in '86, and this album, released in '87, was the debut. Jarboe did all the lead vocals. I wonder why, on the second album, Gira took over the vocals again; didn't he sing enough on the Swans albums? Never mind. Jarboe's singing on this one is stunnalicious. The arrangements are much more spacious than on a Swans album. It's all crystal clear, some piano, some keyboards by Jarboe, some drum programming and spooky treatments by Gira, some strings by Martin McGarrick and Gini Ball. The sound is awesome. The lyrics are all by Gira, vicious, dark mythic subject matter delivered to sweet music which makes it all the more creepy. The two cover versions are beautiful too, 'Cry Me A River' (Arthur Hamilton, best known in the Julie London version) and 'The Man I Love' (Ira & George Gershwin). Favourites': the single 'One Thousand Years' and the stunning 'Blood On Your Hands', with menacing drums and a gospel choir. If you love the Swans album 'Children Of God', you'll want this as a companion. #worldofskin #jarboe #albumsof1987 #michaelgira #rjbardowick
September 28, 1987 #depechemode #musicforthemasses #thesmiths #strangewaysherewecome #postpunk #synthpop #darkwave #1980s #1980smusic #1980salternativerock #80s #80smusic #80salternativerock #1987 #1987music #1987albums #albumsof1987 #albumanniversary
1987 ALBUMS Pet Shop Boys - 'Actually', Madonna - 'You Can Dance', Boy George - 'Sold' , ABC - 'Alphabet City', INXS - 'Kick', Prince - 'Sign 'o' the Times', Bananarama - 'Wow', George Michael - 'Faith'. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #petshopboys #madonna #boygeorge #abc #inxs #princerogersnelson #bananarama #georgemichael #theyear1987 #albumsof1987 #1987albums
Released on 15th June 1987 the debut solo album, 'Sold' by Boy George. Including the singles, 'Everything I Own', 'Keep Me in Mind', 'To Be Reborn' and 'Sold' it reached No.29 in the official UK album charts. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #boygeorge #boygeorgeofficial #boygeorgeandcultureclub #cultureclub #sold #everythingiown #tobereborn #keepmeinmind #1987albums #theyear1987 #albumsof1987 #albumsreleasedin1987
Released on this day in 1987 the album, 'Actually' by Pet Shop Boys. Including the singles, 'What Have I Done to Deserve This', 'It's a Sin', 'Rent' and 'Heart', it reached No.2 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #petshopboys #actually #neiltennant #chrislowe #whathaveidonetodeservethis #itsasin #heart #1987albums #theyear1987 #onthisdayin1987 #albumsof1987 #onthisdayonhistory
Released on this day in 1987 the album, 'Wow' by Bananarama. Including the singles, 'I Heard a Rumour', Love in the First Degree', 'I Can't Help It' and 'I Want You Back' it reached No.26 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #bananarama #siobhanfahey #saradallin #kerenwoodward #wow #iwantyouback #iheardarumor #loveinthefirstdegree #icanthelpit #dontmesswiththemesser #1987 #onthisdayin1987 #theyear1987 #albumsof1987 #onthisdayinhistory
August 31, 1987 @jesusandmarychain #jesusandmarychain #williamreid #jimreid #darklands #gothrock #1980s #1980smusic #1980sgothrock #80s #80smusic #80sgothrock #1987 #1987music #1987albums #albumsof1987 #sophomorealbums #albumanniversary
August 31, 1987 @michaeljackson #michaeljackson #badalbum #randb #quincyjones #1980s #1980smusic #1980srandb #80s #80smusic #80srandb #1987 #1987music #1987albums #albumsof1987 #albumanniversary
August 21, 1987 @metallica #metallica #the598ep #garagedaysrerevisited #jameshetfield #larsulrich #kirkhammett #jasonnewsted #thrashmetal #thrash #bayareathrash #1980s #1980smusic #1980sthrashmetal #80s #80smusic #80sthrashmetal #1987 #1987music #1987albums #albumsof1987 #albumanniversary #coversalbum
August 17, 1987 @neworderofficial #neworder #substance1987 #bernardsumner #peterhook #stephenmorris #giliangilbert #alternativerock #postpunk #alternativedance #1980s #1980smusic #1980salternativerock #80s #80smusic #80salternativerock #1987 #1987music #1987albums #albumsof1987 #albumcompilation #albumanniversary
Finally got it The Deep Freeze Mice: War, Famine, Death, Pestilence And Miss Timberlake (1987, this CD reissue 2003) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 Going directly to www.cordeliarecords.co.uk instead of looking for their stuff in all the wrong places finally got me the last DFM album I didn't yet have on CD. At a normal price. Alan Jenkins @alanjenkinswhat had mixed the album anew because he thought the original vinyl pressing sounded terrible. That hadn't occured to me, but I'm no sound fetishist. I already reviewed this album a long while ago; if you're interested you can find it less quickly in my grid and more quickly if you go to the hashtags #deepfreezemice or #albumsof1987 The CD not only comes with a more even sound (I guess; the drums aren't as much prominently in the foreground it seems to me), but also with a booklet with long and interesting liner notes, including a real long note by Drummer Peter Gregory #petergregory. And tons of extra tracks! All good! To check this out, try 'I Am Big Chief Radio Luxemburg', the closest they ever got to dance pop, or 'Fish In The Air/ Birds In The Sea', a proggy masterpiece. Other favourites: 'Metamorphosis' (a short version of the Kafka story) and 'The Short Good Friday', one of AJ's political protest songs. #cordeliarecords #alanjenkins
Released on 7th July 1987 the album, 'Angel With a Lariat' by k.d. lang and The Reclines. Including the singles, 'Turn Me Around', 'Rose Garden', 'Tune in to My Wave' and 'Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray' it reached No.53 in the official US Billboard Top Country albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #kdlang #kdlangandthereclines #kdlandanthereclines #angelwithalariat #turnmearound #rosegarden #tuneintomywave #threecigarettesinanashtray #countryandwestern #lgbtq #albumsof1987 #1987albums #albumsreleasedin1987
It with great Sadness I immediately felt when the first post I saw in my feed when I woke up this morning from @garbage announced that today another Star has left us to join the rest of the #legendsofmusic into the Sky and the beyond Vale #sineadoconnor I was only listening to her debut #thelionandthecobra #albumsof1987 only yesterday as I return to it Monthly its an album with such big beauty and #mykindofintensity and speaking of Intensity the song you're hearing was her first I really connected with as a outcast teen My father always worried I brought the wrong kind of attention to myself but I learnt early own from my Mum I never needed to change myself to fit in Lucky I found My People and I'm so Lucky to have them #betterbebright #mykindofperson #altstyle #ripsineadoconnor #femalesingersongwriter #onceinalifetimevoice #ohwhatavoice 🎙🙌
July 21, 1987 @gunsnroses #gunsnroses #appetitefordestruction #axlrose #slash #duffmckagan #izzystradlin #stevenadler #mikeclink #hardrock #glamrock #1980s #1980smusic #1980shardrock #80s #80smusic #80shardrock #1987 #1987music #1987albums #albumsof1987 #debutalbums #albumanniversary
Released on 23rd March 1987 the album, 'Deception' by The Colourfield. Including the singles, 'Running Away' and 'She'' it reached No.95 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #funboythree #terryhall #thecolourfield #deception #runningaway #she #thespecials #terryhall #theyear1987 #albumsof1987 #albumsreleasedin1987 #1987albums #terryhallrip
Nomen est omen Mekons: So Good It Hurts (1987) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 The Mekons, who later mostly dumped the article, started as a punk rock band. They formed in Leeds in 1977, their members were from the same art school as Gang Of Four, and they shared the same left wing political ideals. They're known for their wild gigs that can go for hours and hours. A shame I never saw them yet. They're still around. In mid 80s they increasingly incorporated celtic folk and American country music, as well as dub reggae, and their music became increasingly refined in songwriting and production. This is probably my favourite of their albums, maybe along with 'Honky Tonkin' from earlier the same year. In this phase they sound like something in between The Pogues and Camper van Beethoven, with an occasional pop appeal and refinement that can even slightly remind me of Prefab Sprout. I love the three reggae songs, 'I'm Not Here', 'Fletcher Christian' and most of all 'Johnny Miner', check that one out first, it's so beautiful! And I particularly love two pop songs sung by the wonderful Sally Timms (who also had a beautiful solo album out around the time): 'Dora' and my absolute favourite 'Ghosts Of American Astronauts'. That one gives me goosebumps to no end. 'Fantastic Voyage' is hymnic punk rock, 'Heart Of Stone' is country rock, 'Poxy Lips' and 'Vengeance' should mostly appeal to Pogues fans. #themekons #sallytimms #albumsof1987 #rjbardowick #vinyllover #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity
Get better Chris 😢 Tall Dwarfs: Dogma 12'' EP (1987) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 The Deep Freeze Mice in UK, Tall Dwarfs in NZ: my two favourite bands, the most creative bands in the world, who have amounts of ideas in every song that would be enough for others to stretch into whole albums. And they both do it without expensive technology. I don’t even know if they know of each other, but in my mind they're soul brothers. TD ARE Chris Knox and Alex Bathgate, two guys without a drummer, so they tape-looped all kinds of cluttering noises to great effect. And I can't get myself to say: they WERE. For in June 2009, Chris Knox suffered a stroke, of which he still hasn't recovered enough to be much active again. A few gigs, but no recordings. I so much hope that we haven't heard the last of him and the Tall Dwarfs. For him, his family and friends, but also for me; I can't get enough of them. Throughout the 80s, they only had EPs, their first album came out in 1990. This is my favourite. 6 perfect tracks in 20 minutes: 'Lurlene Bayliss", spoken word with distorted guitar noise, a bizarre story. 'Waltz Of The Good Husband', a hilarious observation about the ways of love and marriage. 'The Slide', beautiful folk ballad. 'Cant', a mock prayer. 'Dog', the best track, noise rock guitar feedback freakout with nasty lyrics. What a corker! Play LOUD! And the closer, 'Missed Again', another folk ballad with goosebumps, telling us they "don't have the time to say all the things we've been wanting to say, but we mean them all anyway". I hope they'll get around saying the things they missed so far, one day. @alec.bathgate #talldwarfs #alecbathgate #chrisknox #albumsof1987 #newzealandmusic #rjbardowick
Gordon Sumner, known professionally as Sting, is an English musician and songwriter. He was the frontman, songwriter and bassist for the new wave rock band The Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has explored elements of rock, jazz, reggae, traditional, classical, new-age, and worldbeat in his music. As a solo musician and a member of the Police, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards. He has won Song of the Year, three Brit Awards, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and four Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song. In 2019, he received a BMI Award for "Every Breath You Take" becoming the most-played song in radio history. In 2002 he received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in 2003. In 2000, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording. In 2003, Sting received a CBE from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for services to music. He was made a Kennedy Center Honoree at the White House in 2014 and was awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2017. In May 2023, he was made an Ivor Novello Fellow. Sting’s sophomore solo album “Nothing Like The Sun” was recorded at George Martin’s Air Studios in Montserrat and released in 1987 on A&M Records . It won Best British Album at the 1988 Brit Awards and in 1989 was ranked #90 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Best Albums of the Eighties". #sting #stingsolo #solosting #thepoliceband #nothinglikethesun #albumsof1987 #gordonsumner #airstudios #airstudiosmontserrat #airstudioslondon #airstudioslyndhurst #georgemartin #georgemartinairstudios
Celtic Hindu Dub Reggae Suns Of Arqa: Seven (1987) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 Speaking of John Cooper Clarke. This album came to my mind, because JCC delivers guest vocals on my two favourite tracks here, 'The Truth Lies Therein' and 'Libera Me'. Suns Of Arqa are a world music collective led by Michael Wadada, a musical traveller who through the years has incorporated about 200 guests into this band project. It started in 1979 and was initially connected to Adrian Sherwood. My headline wasn't meant as a joke, the signature Wadada style bridges Celtic and Indian musics, plus dub reggae and a wide array of other influences, making him a true pioneer in the field of world music. The stuff is unlike anything else you might have heard, so if you're looking for something different, here's a recommendation. #sunsofarqa #michaelwadada #johncooperclarke #rjbardowick #albumsof1987
#nowplaying #jennymorris #albumsof1987 #newzealandsingersongwriter #80sladies This is Jenny's #debutsoloalbum first #femalefronted #thecrocodiles then #qed Songs off this Debut written by Fellow NZer #timfinn and #sydneysown #andrewfarriss It's Oh So 80s naturally it was a #loveatfirstlisten
#nowplaying @ssalomonsen #albumsof1987 #worldpopmusic #danskmusik 🇩🇰 #80smusic #eightiesladies #80sladies #danishsinger
May 25, 1987 @thecure #thecure #robertsmith #simongallup #pearlthompson #loltolhurst #boriswilliams #rogerodonnell #kissmekissmekissme #justlikeheaven #postpunk #alternativerock #gothrock #gothic #doublealbums #1980s #1980smusic #1980salternative #1980sgoth #80s #80smusic #80salternativerock #80sgothrock #1987 #1987music #1987albums #albumsof1987 #albumanniversary
Noir ambient ballads in fog David Sylvian: Secrets Of The Beehive (1987) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 Ryuichi Sakamoto's recent demise and subsequent heavy rotation of his 80s solo albums on my system also got me to go to two David Sylvian's albums from roughly the same time period. The first one, 1984's 'Brilliant Trees', was the one that got me interested in Sakamoto (who played on three tracks) as a solo artist in the first place back then; I bought 'Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia' because of it. The fourth of Sylvian's post-Japan albums, 'Secrets Of The Beehive', has Sakamoto on board as well, with a far greater contribution. He did almost all the string arrangements, brass arrangements, played piano, organ and synthesizers on most tracks, and there's none without him being involved. It's almost a one-on-one collaboration between the two. The album is far calmer than 'Brilliant Trees', those who favoured the faster tracks on that one, like 'Red Guitar', might find this one frustrating. It sure needs more patience; it reminds me a bit of Mark Hollis that way. It exudes solitude, distance and etherealness, it almost seems to dissolve into mist. The reclusive Sylvian, who always had a problem with being a pop star, seems to want to vanish. The most immediately catchy song is the first single, 'Let The Happiness In'. It's the only one that allows itself to be uplifting, kind of. It's extremely beautiful, Mark Isham's Flugelhorn sounding like a foghorn, a nice comparison that I admit to have nicked from Pitchfork.com. If you got into that, you might like the rest as well, even if it doesn't find its way as directly into the heart. 'Orpheus' is quite surely the other standout. A great, quiet, daydreamy art pop album for those who aren't looking for quick thrills. #davidsylvian #secretsofthebeehive #letthehappinessin #albumsof1987
New World Ryuichi Sakamoto: Neo Geo (1987) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 Not enough said yesterday. When a musical genius like Sakamoto has gone from us, it's really a whole universe that has vanished. Particularly in his case, because his extremely versatile and prolific work had literally spanned the whole world. He was as much an explorer as a musician and composer, collecting and understanding a wide range of styles; apart from his solo albums, for which he has often invited a broad array of different guests, there have been countless film scores (Wikipedia lists 48!) and collaborations, for instance with Jaques Morelenbaum (Bossa Nova, Jazz), Alva Noto and Fennesz (minimal electronica). I always thought, the title of this album references the 80s art movement of the same name, but it was really Sakamoto's idea of a new world music. The guest list is as diverse as illustrious as impressive: Bill Laswell, David Van Tieghem, Bootsy Collins, Sly Dunbar, and Iggy Pop, who sings the beautiful Bowie-esque pop hit 'Risky'. If you liked the Japanese sung tracks that I recommended in my last post, and found them as touching as I do, there's another one here: 'Okinawa Song - Chin Nuku Juushii'. A fusion of synth-pop and traditional Japanese singing. Another one that gets me teary eyed by its pure beauty. There's a beautiful video on YouTube of this, with Sakamoto playing and band under the open sky, and three beautiful Geisha girls singing that gorgeous melody. If you dare, do see it. It kills me every time. #ryuichisakamoto #neogeo #albumsof1987
Released on this day in 1987 the album, 'Sign o' the Times' by Prince. Including the singles, 'Sign o' the Times', 'U Got the Look', 'I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man' and 'If I Was Your Girlfriend' it reached No.4 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #princerogersnelson #prince #theartistformerlyknownasprince #signothetimes #ifiwasyourgirlfriend #ugotthelook #icouldnevertaketheplaceofyourman #onthisdayin1987 #theyear1987 #albumsof1987 #albumsreleasedin1987
March 22, 1987 #anthrax #amongtheliving #scottian #joeybelladonna #frankbello #charliebenante #danspitz #eddiekramer #albumanniversary #thrashmetal #thrash #eastcoastthrash #megaforcerecords #1980s #1980smusic #1980sthrashmetal #80s #80smusic #80sthrashmetal #1987 #1987music #1987albums #albumsof1987
You can argue or agree, but the fact that the 80s gave us a huge number of great genres, artists, bands, albums and songs is an irrefutable thing. And it seems that 1987 was one of the brightest in this decade. Look for yourself. In one year, such legendary albums were released: Kick by INXS, Actually by Pet Shop Boys, Floodland by The Sisters of Mercy — these records consolidated the success of the bands. My collage also has the first albums of artists who have become so iconic and influential. I'm talking about George Michael's Faith, Sting's Nothing Like the Sun, and Black's Wonderful Life (and although I've already written a review about the last one, I still feel the need to tell you more about it so that Colin Vearncombe stops being the author of one hit). Finally, here is a list of those albums that have not yet been mentioned: Siouxsie and the Banshees — Through the Looking Glass; ABC — Alphabet City; Michael Jackson — Bad. Albums that are not included in the collage, but also worthy of being in it: Love and Rockets — Earth Sun Moon; The Cult — Electric. But maybe I forgot about someone? What other album(s) would you suggest for the list of the best records of 1987? #musicofthe80s #albumsof1987 #floodland #nothinglikethesun #throughthelookingglass #petshopboysactually #alphabetcity #greatalbums
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Released on this day in 1987 the album, 'You Can Dance' by Madonna. Containing a continuous mix of remixed tracks from her first three albums and one new song, 'Spotlight', it reached No.5 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #madonna #madonnalouiseciccone #youcandance #intothegroove #holiday #spotlight #jellybean #remixalbum #1987albums #albumsof1987 #theyear1987 #onthisdayin1987
Released on this day in 1987 the album, 'Kick' by INXS. Including the singles, 'Need You Tonight', 'Devil Inside', 'New Sensation', 'Never Tear Us Apart' and 'Mystify' it reached No.9 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #inxs #michaelhutchence #kick #kickalbum #needyoutonight #nevertearusapart #devilinside #1987 #1987albums #albumsof1987 #onthisdayin1987 #theyear1987
Avant Dub Chanteuse Annie Anxiety Bandez: Jackamo (1987) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 Ann Robie Bandes, aka Little Annie, Annie Anxiety or Annie Anxiety Bandez, born in New York. Met Steve Ignorant of Crass, moved to the UK. Later worked with Adrian Sherwood, who also mixed this solo album. She bridges many genres: dub reggae, post-punk, jazz, avantgarde. You can tell by the numerous people she's collaborated with: The Wolfgang Press, Current 93, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Swans, to name but a few. This album is like a singer/songwriter version of a typical On-U-Sound recording (it was released on One Little Indian though). There's the dubby Sherwood sound, including the Doug Wimbish bass and all, but then there's also the big voice and personality of petite Annie. Some of it is very avantgarde and leftfield and isn't the stuff for cozy evenings. Except for the last one, a cover of 'Hier Encore' ('Yesterday When I Was Young') by Charles Aznavour, which shows her love for chanson and befits the fact that she's also performed alongside Marc Almond. The two greatest (and danceable) tracks are 'One Mourning (For Marvin Gaye)' and especially the opener, 'As I Lie In Your Arms', a killer. Sounds like Nina Simone and The Ambitious Lovers, if that collaboration had ever happened (hey, would have been a great idea). I've often put on the album just to hear that one. #annieanxiety #annieanxietybandez #littleannie #jackamo #onelittleindianrecords #onelittleindian #adriansherwood #derekbirkett #dougwimbish #kishiyamamoto #martinfrederix #rjbardowick #postpunk #80smusic #albumsof1987 #dubmusic #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #onusound
Released on this day in 1987 the album, 'Alphabet City' by ABC. Including the singles, 'When Smokey Sings', 'The Night You Murdered Love' and 'King Without a Crown' it reached No.7 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #abc #thelexiconoflove #martinfry #markwhite #whensmokeysings #thenightyoumurderedlove #kimgwithoutacrown #newromantics #1987 #theyear1987 #albumsof1987 #onthisdayin1987 #1987albums @abcmartinfry
September 28, 1987 @depechemode @thesmithsofficial #musicforthemasses #strangewaysherewecome #september28th1987 #postpunk #darkwave #alternativerock #synthpop #britishalternativerock #1980s #1980smusic #1980salternativerock #80s #80smusic #80salternativerock #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #cdcollection #1987 #1987music #1987albums #albumsof1987
Released on this day in 1987 the album, 'Actually' by Pet Shop Boys. Including the singles, 'What Have I Done to Deserve This', 'It's a Sin', 'Rent' and 'Heart', it reached No.2 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #petshopboys #actually #neiltennant #chrislowe #whathaveidonetodeservethis #itsasin #heart #1987albums #1987 #theyear1987 #onthisdayin1987 #albumsof1987
Released on this day in 1987 the album, 'Wow' by Bananarama. Including the singles, 'I Heard a Rumour', Love in the First Degree', 'I Can't Help It' and 'I Want You Back' it reached No.26 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #bananarama #siobhanfahey #saradallin #kerenwoodward #wow #iwantyouback #iheardarumor #loveinthefirstdegree #icanthelpit #dontmesswiththemesser #1987 #onthisdayin1987 #theyear1987 #albumsof1987
May 25, 1987 @thecure #robertsmith #simongallup #loltolhurst #pearlthompson #boriswilliams #rogerodonnell #kissmekissmekissme #justlikeheaven #postpunk #gothrock #goth #newwave #fictionrecords #1980s #1980smusic #1980salternative #1980sgoth #1980snewwave #80sgothrock #80s #80smusic #80salternativerock #80sgoth #80snewwave #80sgothrock #1987 #1987music #1987albums #albumsof1987
Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (1987) April Skies #jesusandmarychain #jamc #darklands #wednesdyafternoonspin #albumsof1987 #aprilskies
Released on this day in 1987 the album, 'Sign o' the Times' by Prince. Including the singles, 'Sign o' the Times', 'U Got the Look', 'I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man' and 'If I Was Your Girlfriend' it reached No.4 in the official UK albums chart. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #princerogersnelson #prince #theartistformerlyknownasprince #signothetimes #ifiwasyourgirlfriend #ugotthelook #icouldnevertaketheplaceofyourman #1987 #onthisdayin1987 #theyear1987 #albumsof1987
"I feel like Alan Vega 'cause I Dream Baby Dream". Microdisney: Crooked Mile (1987) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 I haven't seen any Microdisney posts here, so are they unjustifiably forgotten? The two main protagonists shouldn't be. Sean O'Hagan would become quite big later on as the leader of The High Llamas and collaboratist with Stereolab. Cathal Coughlan formed The Fatima Mansions. The two are rather different in their likes and influences. O'Hagan is, as everyone knows who heard The High Llamas, very much influenced by Brian Wilson and film scores (Morricone has been mentioned; I rather think of John Barry), also I think I can hear some Bossa Nova and Steely Dan influence. Coughlan, the singer of Microdisney, loves John Cale, as I remember from an interview I've read. His voice has been compared with Scott Walker's (an influence Coughlan also acknowledged), but I don’t really hear that. He sounds like Louis Tillett to me. So how does it sound when a Brian Wilson fan teams up with a John Cale fan? You guessed it: it sounds like Prefab Sprout, circa 1985. If you love 'Steve McQueen', this one's for you ( and also the previous one, 'The Clock Comes Down The Stairs'). More precise, it's like a fusion of PS with the more pastoral moments of 70s Cale. Coughlan even emulates Cale's madman impersonations at the closing of on one of the album's two most beautiful tunes, 'People Just Want To Dream'. The other masterpiece is "Give Me All Of Your Clothes'. Check that one first to see if you might like the band. It features a namecheck plus imitation plus quote of Alan Vega. One of those great goosebumpy pop moments! #microdisney #seanohagan #cathalcoughlan #crookedmile #towntotown #thehighllamas #highllamas #thefatimamansions #fatimamansions #brianwilson #johncale #alanvega #dreambabydream #rjbardowick #indiepop #indierock #indiepopmusic #prefabsprout #80smusic #albumsof1987 #vinyllover #vinylalbum #vinylcollection #recordcollection
A cozy place in rural Gothland And Also The Trees: Et Aussi Les Arbres (1987) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 Do you know this band? If not: if you love Joy Division, The Cure and Cocteau Twins, you really should meet their cousins from the countryside, a village named Inkberrow, Worcestershire. They sound like bits of all of them (and were friends with The Cure too), and still have found a niche of their own. Their signature sound is a guitar played like a mandolin. I saw them in concert at the end of the 80s, in a small club in Hamburg; they were great. There's a pastoral atmosphere all over it, and indeed they say that the English countryside has influenced their sound. It's not in the instruments; there are absolutely no folky sounds. It's a feeling; Byron, Proust and the Pre-Raphaelites come to mind, just like a vague idea or memory. Dark melancholy and dreamy romanticism. A very British brand of Goth. Have tea (a good one) or a classy claret while you listen. This is a compilation, but not a superfluous one. Not a 'greatest hits', but a chance to get the first EPs, which this is mainly comprised of. I always liked that concept of compilations, as I, for lack of storing space and money, never liked chasing after EPs. My personal favourites: 'Secret Sea', 'Scarlet Arch' and 'There Was A Man Of Double Deed'. #andalsothetrees #etaussilesarbres #gothicromantic #gothicrock #gothrock #gothmusic #darkwave #darkwavemusic #dreampop #rjbardowick #80smusic #albumsof1987 #vinyllover #vinylalbum #vinylcollection #musiccollection #recordcollection #postpunk #newwave
Kevin Rowland - My Beauty. Released on 21st September 1999, 'My Beauty' is an album of cover versions. It reached No. 73 in the UK official album charts when it was reissued in 2020. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #kevinrowland #kevinrowlandanddexysmidnightrunners #mybeauty #concreteandclay #thegreatestloveofall #dexysmidnightrunners #albumsof1987 #onthisdayin1999 #1999
Born on this day in 1962, Sarah Dallin of Bananarama. #teddy #teddybears #bear #bears #gaybears #thebearnecesscds #music #albums #albumcovers #vinyl #longplayer #7inchsingle #art #albumcoverart #bananarama #siobhanfahey #karenwoodward #sarahdallin #wow #iheardarumor #icanthelpit #nathanjones #albumsof1987 #onthisdayin1987 #1987
November 12, 1987 #sistersofmercy #andreweldritch #patriciamorrison #floodland #gothrock #goth #darkwave #1980s #1980smusic #1980salternativerock #1980sgoth #80s #80smusic #80salternativerock #80sgothrock #1987 #1987music #1987albums #albumsof1987
Kathleen Mattea is an American country music and bluegrass singer. Active since 1984 as a recording artist, she has charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including four that reached No. 1. Released in 1987, Untasted Honey is Mattea’s 4th studio album. The album produced Mattea's first Number One hit on the Billboard country charts and peaked at number 11 on the Country Albums chart. #kathymattea #kathymatteamusic #untastedhoney #albumsof1987 #listentoalbums #listentorecords #listentovinyl #listentomusic #songofthedayclub
Psychedelic industrial ethereal horror dream: Tear Garden: Tired Eyes Slowly Burning (1987) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 To complete this Legendary Pink Dots / Skinny Puppy thread for now, here's the collaboration of the chieftains of the two formations. It sounds exactly like you would expect, which in this case is a nice thing. Fans of both LPD or SP (I reckon more often than not they're the same persons anyway) should be very pleased with this synthesis. If you don't know how either of them sound, you might like to scroll a tiny bit down to find my reviews of their stuff. If you do know, here's how Tear Garden sounds: like the exact middle between the two. Viewed from the SP side: it's closer to the second album than the first. A moodier version of it, with more complexity and ambience and less noise, quite ethereal in parts. And it has the beautiful singing of Edward Ka-Spel, so the whole thing is much more melodious. From the LPD side, let's just say this kicks ass a great deal more. The first three tracks are also danceable. Of these my favourite is 'Coma', a great dark synth-pop tune, that fans of early OMD or Depeche Mode should really love. Like on most LPD albums, there's also a psychedelic prog opera, more than 16 minutes long this time: 'You And Me And Rainbows'. It's their 'Supper's Ready' so to speak, if you know what I mean, with a spooky ambient center piece that reminds me of Pink Floyd's 'Echoes'. It's a gorgeous horror movie for your ears, put your headphones on, relax and listen (or better not if you're prone to paranoid moods right now). The CD by the way additionally has the first EP on it, very worthwhile having too! There's an evil smurf from hell on 'My Thorny Thorny Crown' (he also appears on 'Valium' on the album). Scary and hilarious simultaneously. I have the original vinyl though. #cevinkey #edwardkaspel #teargarden #skinnypuppy #legendarypinkdots #nivekogre #daveogilvie #stevenrgilmore #rjbardowick #albumsof1987 #80smusic #industrial #industrialdance #industrialmusic #psychedelicrock #electronicbodymusic #electropop #synth-pop #electroindustrial #avantrock #musicblog #musicstagram #vinyllover #vinylalbum #vinylcollection
Released in 1987, The Last One to Know is the thirteenth studio album by American country music artist Reba McEntire. The title track and "Love Will Find Its Way to You" were both Number One singles from the album. It was also her first album to chart on the Billboard 200, in addition to peaking at #3 on Top Country Albums. #rebamcentire #rebamcentirefan #thelastonetoknow #albumsof1987 #listentoalbums #listentorecords #listentovinyl #songofthedayclub #reba
September 28, 1987 @depechemode @thesmithsofficial #musicforthemasses #strangewaysherewecome #newwave #postpunk #synthpop #darkwave #1980s #1980smusic #1980spostpunk #1980snewwave #1980salternativerock #80s #80smusic #80spostpunk #80snewwave #80salternativerock #1887 #1987music #1987albums #albumsof1987
August 31, 1987 @michaeljackson @jesusandmarychain #darklands #badalbum #rnb #darkwave #rnbmusic #gothrock #1980s #1980smusic #1980srnb #1980sgothrock #80s #80smusic #80srnb #80sgothrock #1987 #1987music #1987albums #albumsof1987
All in all the best band of the 80s: The Deep Freeze Mice: War, Famine, Death, Pestilence and Miss Timberlake (1987) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 I've saved this for the day when I feel I have enough readers. What's the use of introducing the most beloved things, that you hope to garner a larger audience for, to a few people? I want the world to finally acknowledge this band! I count the debut out, it sounds tinny like a demo, and they were learning to master their instruments. The kind of music they were doing, as DIY and punk-attituded as it was, did require skills, and they were fast learners, and from 1981 to 1989 they produced 7 gorgeous albums that were all of the same awe inducing quality. About 100 people in the world noticed, strangely most of them in Germany. I always thought the Brits liked their odd stuff. Never mind. Why were they known so little? Weeell, I guess... for the new wave audience they were too Zappa. For the avantgarde audience they were too pop. For the goths they were too humorous. Whatever. In a time when proggy guitar solos in garage rock were forbidden by decree of all the punk popes, they built in as many as they could. They did some free improvised things that make "Revolution number 9" sound like mainstream pop in comparison. They did fantastic pop songs that would have been super hits in a reasonable world, but the lyrics were surreal and odd or dealing with issues that nobody else cared about, like animal rights. All albums are great. This is the penultimate one, and it sounds a bit more kick-ass than the previous ones, and a bit more psychedelic. "I Am Big Chief Radio Luxemburg", my recommended starter track, even has a dance rhythm. Now you may start arguing about that best band of the 80s issue. I want contenders that were great THROUGHOUT the decade! The Fall for instance would be an acceptable candidate. #thedeepfreezemice #deepfreezemice #alanjenkins #michaelbunnage #petergregory #sherreelawrence #ridersoftheapocalypse #newwave #postpunk #avantgardemusic #avantrock #avantgarderock #avantpop #garagerock #artrock #progressiverock #progrock #80smusic #80s #albumsof1987 #bestmusic #rjbardowick #cordeliarecords
August 21, 1987 @Metallica #jameshetfield @larsulrich @kirkhammett #jasonnewsted #garagedaysrerevisited #thrashmetal #thrash #bayareathrash @officialmisfits @diamond_head_official #ep #1980s #1980smusic #1980smetal #1980sthrashmetal #80s #80smusic #80smetal #80sthrashmetal #1987 #1987music #1987albums #albumsof1987
Undeservedly unknown: The Cleaners From Venus: Going To England (1987) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 Here's the "band" that Giles Smith, whose book was in my previous post, was one half of from 1986 to -88, the years in which they had a record contract with RCA Germany. They had obviously made a bigger impression in Germany than in England. Well, that's how the Beatles got started, but unfortunately the Cleaners wouldn't. After this and the equally brilliant follow-up "Town And Country" they'd be dropped for too low sales. The other (and arguably main) half was Martin Newell, who continued solo and had moderate success with his album "The Greatest Living Englishman", that was not in the least better than the Cleaners albums, but was held in higher esteem and did fairly well commercially because it had the name of producer Andy Partridge written boldly on it as if it were a 50-50 collaboration. It will take things too far to get much into how Newell is an icon of cassette culture and how he committed commercial suicide by being unwilling to play gigs and annoying the record companies by encouraging the potential buyers to tape his stuff. All of which didn't help the Cleaners to meet success. If you love early Beatles, XTC circa English Settlement to Skylarking and jangle-pop (Smiths, Sundays etc.), this is for you. It's somewhere amidst a triangle between these presumed sources of inspiration. The tunes are of such quality that all of them would be hits in a reasonable world. Most of them are fairly upbeat and uplifting. Try "Living With Victoria Grey", " Armistice Day", "Girl On A Swing" or "You Must Be Out Of My Mind ", to name a few favourites. There's no dud here; neither on the other album. #thecleanersfromvenus #cleanersfromvenus #gilessmith #martinnewell #janglepop #80smusic #80s #albumsof1987 #rjbardowick #favouritemusic #favouritealbums #musicblog #musicblogger #musicstagram #indiepop #underrated #80spop #guitarpop #bestmusic #besteveralbums #bestalbum #bestalbums #thegreatestlivingenglishman