My Top 50 Albums of 1986
Here's the Spotify playlist with a track from each album:
1. Peter Gabriel - So
2. Paul Simon - Graceland
3. Elvis Costello - Blood & Chocolate
2. Paul Simon - Graceland
3. Elvis Costello - Blood & Chocolate
4. Janet Jackson - Control
5. They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
6. Sonic Youth - EVOL
7. Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc.
6. Sonic Youth - EVOL
7. Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc.
8. The Golden Palominos - Blast Of Silence (Axed My Baby For A Nickel)
9. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
10. Run-DMC - Raising Hell
11. Crowded House - Crowded House
12. Anita Baker - Rapture
13. Prince - Parade
14. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
15. XTC - Skylarking
16. R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
17. Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
18. Elvis Costello - King Of America
19. Slayer - Reign In Blood
20. fIREHOSE - Ragin', Full On
21. Duran Duran - Notorious
22. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
23. John Prine - German Afternoons
24. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
25. Salt-N-Pepa - Hot, Cool & Vicious
26. Robert Palmer - Riptide
27. Steve Earle - Guitar Town
28. The Bangles - Different Light
29. Genesis - Invisible Touch
30. Bad Brains - I Against I
31. Camper Van Beethoven - II & III
32. Madonna - True Blue
33. Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tuff Enuff
34. Pretenders - Get Close
35. Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring
36. Shonen Knife - Pretty Little Baka Guy
37. Van Halen - 5150
38. Talking Heads - True Stories
39. The B-52s - Bouncing Off The Satellites
40. Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey
41. Whodini - Back In Black
42. 2 Live Crew - 2 Live Is What We Are
43. Meat Puppets - Out My Way EP
43. Meat Puppets - Out My Way EP
44. Camper Van Beethoven - Camper Van Beethoven
45. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Polka Party!
46. Huey Lewis And The News - Fore!
47. The Rolling Stones - Dirty Work
48. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
49. Jackson Browne - Lives In The Balance
50. Tina Turner - Break Every Rule
One of the things that interests me about the mid-'80s is all the instances of '60s and '70s artists staging a big comeback and/or releasing the biggest selling album of their careers with lots of videos on MTV and super modern production. Born In The U.S.A. is the epitome of this phenomenon, but you could also name albums by David Bowie, Tina Turner, ZZ Top, Aretha Franklin, Dire Straits, so on and so on. My 2 favorite albums of 1986 feel like the tail end of this trend but also the best albums from it, Peter Gabriel and Paul Simon both looking around the world for different musical influences and still managing to make very personal, idiosyncratic blockbusters.
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