A Century of Music

[JazzyRandy]

Started 1984 albums today:

Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
Prince - Purple Rain (1984)
Van Halen - 1984 (1984)
Brian Adams - Reckless (1984)
Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos (1984)

I think I've said it before - I have an internal struggle with each of the daily listens in this thread. I feel I should like/love a majority of the albums listed to "like" the post. And usually, when it's a day like this where I only own one of the albums and have only heard one other from beginning to end (and only twice or thrice at that) I feel I'd be lying to "like" this one.

But when Purple Rain is the album, the "like" is out of my hands. It's a done deal. Maybe even "love".

BTW, I never feel I have to actually like (or have listened to) an album in the Listening' threads to "like" a post. It's enough for me to know that Zeebs (or whoever) really feels that listen, and I feel good liking the sentiment of loving music. Maybe I should think about that dichotomy? Nah

 

[Ojai Sam]

Sorry I haven't been able to weigh in more, Zeeb, but I have been digging this project from afar. These weren't my prime listening years at the time but I do see some ex post facto favorites popping up regularly.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Bruce Springsteen - Live/1975-85 (1986)
Slayer - Reign in Blood (1986)
The Feelies - The Good Earth (1986)
Van Halen - 5150 (1986)

Quite the random assortment of 1986 cleanup albums
A bit of a cheat with Bruce's first live set as it's 40 tracks (!) spanned the decade prior. Still as a Springsteen fan, this release (his first since Born in the USA two years earlier) was a huge release at the time, hotly anticipated. Springsteen was known for his lengthy, sprawling live sets and this boxed set did not disappoint (especially as it included several songs not yet released in the studio)

Then, on to Slayer - not a big thrash fan, but prefer Metallica to Slayer. This album is huge for thrash fans; for me, well, it's mercifully 29 minutes long.

The Good Earth, the Feelies sophomore effort, is certainly not as good as Crazy Rhythms (released 6 years earlier), but I've always enjoyed it's vibe - mellow (coproduced by fan and R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck) but no less filled with great guitars

Haven't spun 5150 since college - at the time it came out, thought "Hey, maybe these guys can make it without Diamond Dave". Grittier but more polished (befitting of the mid 80s era) with far less character and little humor. Remember seeing Van Hagar live with Hagar making frequent jabs at Roth; even at 18 felt that was very petty.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Well, lo and behold. It's another year - 1987 and a playlist of 1987 fare including:

"Sweet Child O' Mine", "Paradise City" by Guns N' Roses
"Brilliant Disguise", "Tunnel of Love" by Bruce Springsteen
"Alone" by Heart
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "With or Without You", "Bullet the Bad Sky" by U2
"Need You Tonight", "New Sensation" by INXS
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody", "So Emotional" by Whitney Houston
"Love Bites", "Hysteria", "Pour Some Sugar on Me" by Def Leppard
"Bad", "Smooth Criminal", "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson
"Faith", "I Want Your Sex" by George Michael
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warren
"Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil
"Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley
"Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake
"Sign O' The Times", "U Got the Look" by Prince
"Luka" by Suzanne Vega
"Wishing Well" by Terence Trent D'Arby
"The One I Love" by R.E.M.
"Pump Up the Volume" by M/A/R/R/S
"I Need Love", "Going Back to Cali" by LL Cool J
"Dude (Looks Like A Lady)", "Rag Doll" by Aerosmith
"Just Like Heaven" by The Cure
"Girlfriend in a Coma" by The Smiths
"Little Lies" by Fleetwood Mac
"I Know You Got Soul" by Eric B. & Rakim
"Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy
"Heaven is a Place on Earth" by Belinda Carlisle
"Alex Chilton", "Can't Hardly Wait by The Replacements
"Hazy Shade of Winter" by The Bangles
"La Bamba" by Los Lobos
"Just Got Paid" by Johnny Kemp
"It's A Sin", "Always on My Mind" by Pet Shop Boys
"True Faith" by New Order
"Touch of Grey" by Grateful Dead
"Girls Girls Girls" by Motley Crue
"Heart and Soul" by T'Pau
"Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues
"Tell It To My Heart" by Taylor Dayne
"Got My Mind Set On You" by George Harrison
"I Heard a Rumour" by Bananarama
"The Promise" by When in Rome
"Paper in Fire" by John Mellencamp
"Birthday" by The Sugarcubes
"Jane Says" by Jane's Addiction
"Memphis in the Meantime" by John Hiatt
"Schizophrenia" by Sonic Youth
"Troy" by Sinead O'Connor
"On the Turning Away", "Learning to Fly" by Pink Floyd
And many more...

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Well, lo and behold. It's another year - 1987 and a playlist of 1987 fare including:

"Sweet Child O' Mine", "Paradise City" by Guns N' Roses
"Brilliant Disguise", "Tunnel of Love" by Bruce Springsteen
"Alone" by Heart
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "With or Without You", "Bullet the Bad Sky" by U2
"Need You Tonight", "New Sensation" by INXS
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody", "So Emotional" by Whitney Houston
"Love Bites", "Hysteria", "Pour Some Sugar on Me" by Def Leppard
"Bad", "Smooth Criminal", "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson
"Faith", "I Want Your Sex" by George Michael
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warren
"Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil
"Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley
"Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake
"Sign O' The Times", "U Got the Look" by Prince
"Luka" by Suzanne Vega
"Wishing Well" by Terence Trent D'Arby
"The One I Love" by R.E.M.
"Pump Up the Volume" by M/A/R/R/S
"I Need Love", "Going Back to Cali" by LL Cool J
"Dude (Looks Like A Lady)", "Rag Doll" by Aerosmith
"Just Like Heaven" by The Cure
"Girlfriend in a Coma" by The Smiths
"Little Lies" by Fleetwood Mac
"I Know You Got Soul" by Eric B. & Rakim
"Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy
"Heaven is a Place on Earth" by Belinda Carlisle
"Alex Chilton", "Can't Hardly Wait by The Replacements
"Hazy Shade of Winter" by The Bangles
"La Bamba" by Los Lobos
"Just Got Paid" by Johnny Kemp
"It's A Sin", "Always on My Mind" by Pet Shop Boys
"True Faith" by New Order
"Touch of Grey" by Grateful Dead
"Girls Girls Girls" by Motley Crue
"Heart and Soul" by T'Pau
"Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues
"Tell It To My Heart" by Taylor Dayne
"Got My Mind Set On You" by George Harrison
"I Heard a Rumour" by Bananarama
"The Promise" by When in Rome
"Paper in Fire" by John Mellencamp
"Birthday" by The Sugarcubes
"Jane Says" by Jane's Addiction
"Memphis in the Meantime" by John Hiatt
"Schizophrenia" by Sonic Youth
"Troy" by Sinead O'Connor
"On the Turning Away", "Learning to Fly" by Pink Floyd
And many more...

You've figured out how to get paid to listen to music, haven't you?

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Starting with 1987 albums:

U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987)
Prince - Sign O' The Times (1987)
Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987)
R.E.M. - Document (1987)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (1987)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
Michael Jackson - Bad (1987)
Sonic Youth - Sister (1987)
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full (1987)

Albums of yesterday and today - haven't been the best days for listening to music, but embracing the diversity of 1987

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
INXS - Kick (1987)
George Michael - Faith (1987)
George Harrison - Cloud Nine (1987)

Getting through some more 1987 albums before the week's end including some popular albums of the time, Public Enemy's debut, and Dinosaur Jr.s seminal alternative album.
Delighted to listen to Georges's Cloud Nine again, as it's been many years since visiting it. I'm not saying it's a great album, but it's enjoyable enough - perhaps a bit poppy (influenced by Jeff Lynne) for many. Still a nostalgic pick - remember, for some reason, feeling happy for George that he had another successful album (his first since 1982's meh Gone Troppo). Sadly (aside from his Wilburys stuff) he would only have one more studio album (2002's Brainwashed)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Three more to finish the week:
The Wedding Present - George Best (1987)
Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Another week, another year - this week 1988 starting with the usual playlist including:

"One" by Metallica
"Cult of Personality" by Living Colour
"Straight Outta Compton", "F*&$ the Police", "Express Yourself" by NWA
"She Drives Me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals
"Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman
"Straight Up" by Paula Abdul
"My Prerogative" by Bobby Brown
"It Takes Two" by Rob Base DJ EZ Rock
"Follow the Leader" by Eric. B & Rakim
"Desire" by U2
"The Living Years" by Mike & The Mechanics
"Teen Age Riot" by Sonic Youth
"Touch Me I'm Sick" by Mudhoney
"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers
"Patience" by Guns N' Roses
"Don't Believe the Hype" by Public Enemy
"Buffalo Stance" by Neneh Cherry
"Kokomo" by The Beach Boys
"Stand", "Orange Crush" by R.E.M.
"There She Goes" by The La's
"Simply Irresistable" by Robert Palmer
"Under the Milky Way" by The Church
"The Mercy Seat" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
"Listen to Your Heart" by Roxette
"I Hate Myself for Loving You" by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
"End of the Line" by Traveling Wilburys
"Alphabet St." By Prince
"Tall Cool One" by Robert Plant
"Gigantic", "Where Is My Mind?" by Pixies
The Flame" by Cheap Trick
"Eternal Flame" by The Bangles
"Orinoco Flow" by Enya
"This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush
"Children's Story" by Slick Rick
"Everyday is Like Sunday", "Suedhead" by Morrissey
"Everybody Knows" by Leonard Cohen
"I'll House You" by Jungle Brothers
"Freak Scene" by Dinosaur Jr.
"Colors" by Ice-T
And several others

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Starting the day with my favorite four albums of the year (played pretty much in order of my love):

The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues (1988)
The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988)
Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988)
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

R.E.M. - Green (1988)
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)
Metallica - ...And Justice for All (1988)
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking (1988)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

NWA - Straight Outta Compton (1988)
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (1988)
Traveling Wilburys - Vol. 1 (1988)
Living Colour - Vivid (1988)
Happy Mondays - Bummed (1988)
The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good (1988)

A very fruitful Friday playing 1988 albums
The Traveling Wilburys album is certainly a mixed bag but a fun nostalgia piece. Dylan's contributions are top notch
Living Colour was a bad I enjoyed in college a great deal (wow college was way back in '88, ay). I always seem to remember to break out Vivid every 4-5 years (indeed last.fm confirms 2016) and each time ask myself why it's been so long - good album
Ditto to 16 Lovers Lane an album I only discovered 10 years ago but really is a nice slice of pop goodness.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Hey it's Monday and time for the next year's (1989) playlist including songs like:

"Fight the Power", "911 Is A Joke" by Public Enemy
"Like a Prayer", "Express Yourself" by Madonna
"Free Fallin'", "Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty
"The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground
"Monkey Gone to Heaven", "Debaser" by Pixies
"Pump Up the Jam" by Technotronic
"Love Shack", "Roam" by B-52s
"Head Like A Hole" by Nine Inch Nails
"We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel
"Bust A Move" by Young MC
"Rhythm Nation", "Escapade" by Janet Jackson
"Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode
"Epic" by Faith No More
"Higher Love" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak
"The Power" by Snap!
"Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins
"You Got It" by Roy Orbison
"Hey Ladies" by Beastie Boys
"If You Don't Know Me By Now" by Simply Red
"Just a Friend" by Biz Markie
"About a Girl" by Nirvana
"She Bangs the Drums", "Fools Gold" by The Stone Roses
"Lovesong" by The Cure
"Rockin in the Free World" by Neil Young
"This Time I Know It's For Real" by Donna Summer
"Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles
"Back to Life" by Soul II Soul
"Veronica" by Elvis Costello
"Janie's Got A Gun" by Aerosmith
"Dr. Feelgood" by Motley Crue
"Birdhouse in Your Soul" by They Might Be Giants
"Batdance" by Prince
"Jingling Baby" by LL Cool J

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Pixies - Doolittle (1989)
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (1989)
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)

Not a very productive day of listening with just three albums, but I did start with what I feel are the best three albums of the year.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
Nirvana - Bleach (1989)
The Cure - Disintegration (1989)
Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever (1989)

Never been a Cure fan at all, but perhaps for the first time (and have spun Disintegration several times over the year), the album gelled. It is endless at 71 minutes but kind of soaked in the album's vibe today.
Out of all of these, enjoy De La Soul's debut the most - wonderfully humorous

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
Madonna - Like A Prayer (1989)
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. One (1989)
Bob Mould - Workbook (1989)
Galaxie 500 - On Fire (1989)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
Faith No More - The Real Thing (1989)
Fugazi - 13 Songs (1989)
Aerosmith - Pump (1989)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Welcome to another decade! Today starts 1990! Have I really been doing this since 1920? On the one hand, man, I feel like I've come so far. OTOH, though it seems hard to believe, 1990 was 30 years ago - I have thirty more weeks of this! Sigh - why did I do this? Nah, it's been great.
And here's some of the songs on today's 1990 playlist

"Vogue" by Madonna
"Thunderstruck" by AC/DC
"Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor
"I've Been Thinking About You" by Londonbeat
"Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode
"Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains
"Gonna Make You Sweat" by C + C Music Factory
"U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer
"Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice
"Unbelievable " by EMF
"Groove is in the Heart" by Deee-Lite
"Vision of Love" by Mariah Carey
"Mama Said Knock You Out" by LL Cool J
"Hard to Handle" by The Black Crowes
"Crazy" by Seal
"It Must Have Been Love" by Roxette
"Suicide Blonde" by INXS
"I Touch Myself" by Divinyls
"Hold On" by En Vogue
"Hold On" by Wilson Phillips
"Been Caught Stealing" by Jane's Addiction
"Poison" by Bell Biv DeVoe
"Winds of Change" by Scorpions
"Silent Lucidity" by Queensryche
"Loaded" by Primal Scream
"Sadeness" by Enigma
"Cemetery Gates" by Pantera
"Feels Good" by Tony! Toni! Tone!
"Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega & DNA
"The King of Wishful Thinking" by Go West
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door" by Guns N Roses
"Painkiller" by Judas Priest
"Blaze of Glory" by Jon Bon Jovi
"Bonita Applebum" by A Tribe Called Quest
"High Enough" by Damn Yankees
"Let's Talk About Sex" by Salt N Pepa
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" by Whitney Houston
"So Hard" by Pet Shop Boys
"Cherry Pie" by Warrant

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990)
The La's - The La's (1990)
Pixies - Bossanova (1990)
Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches (1990)

Started 1990 albums today - compared to the monster musical year coming next year in '91, this year kind of pales in comparison. Still some goodies as can be seen today, but not as "deep" a year in my opinion.
Great year for hip hop actually with Public Enemy, Ice Cube, LL Cool J, and A Tribe Called Quest - some of those albums later, but will start the week with Public Enemy

A lot of intriguing music - I'm not sure any of these would hit a personal top 100 (as, say, It Takes a Nation of Millions... and Doolittle would) but that's why it's so nice revisiting these albums. They're not albums I break out as often (Bossanova is probably my most listened to out of these six - really enjoy it but it doesn't wow me like the Pixies' first two. I know Rick enjoys it more).

The La's self-titled album is definitely better than I remember - the rest of the songs sometimes get forgotten c/w "There's She Goes". Haven't spun Happy Mondays album in ages. I love The Stone Roses so much that this other Madchester classic gets short shrift.