Music Gourmets Presents 60 years of Great Music - 1987

Zeeba Neighba

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Oh well. A day late and a dollar short. Still here we are at the next year in our "Great Music" thread

Welcome to 1987!

Here's the rules:

Each Friday (typically) we'll introduce a new year from 1957 through 2016. Each member selects an album released in that year with a few lines (or more) on why you picked it/enjoy it. Your selection does not have to be the most important release or the most admired release of that year (though it certainly can be), simply an album that grabs you and that you really love.

However, once an album is selected by a member, you must choose a different album.

Together we will compile quite the canon of "Great Music" and, who knows, maybe inspire each other to check out some new artists (or to revisit old forgotten classics).

This week - the albums of 1987
 
U2 - The Joshua Tree
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David Sylvian ~ Secrets of the Beehive



Let the sunshine in. Go ahead.

This album is a veritable masterpiece. You heard it here. Pass it on, but don't pass it up.
 
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Los Lobos - By The Light Of The Moon



I could pretty much repeat my note about their previous release How Will The Wolf Survive. A band who knows how to play great rock, great R&B, and just for good measure, Mexican folk that appeals to 'Muricans. While the previous album was very easy to consume, the band took a little liberty on this one to write some more meaningful lyrics, more intricate rhythms. Not a lot, but enough that you could see they were testing the barriers a little. And they pulled it off beautifully. This is one of my favorite from this group.
 
k.d. lang & the reclines - Angel With A Lariat


This record explodes with lang's loopy, frenetic energy. Producer Dave Edmunds sure knew how to do roots rock right: respect the source but don't just ape it. He balanced the big beat nicely with humor and closed with a dose of honky tonk pathos. Patsy would have been proud.
 
LP's choice freed me to choose one of the other six albums vying for my pick. This is probably as close a race as I'll have in this thread. Not that other years are not as close, but I can't imagine anything being closer.

Keith Sweat - Make It Last Forever

Dated? Yes, as hell. But still a great R&B listen that helped usher in New Jack Swing. And in its day, it dominated its base and influenced other artists as much as The Chronic would a few years later. 8 songs, 42 minutes, filler-free excellence.
 
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