Album of The Year - Endgame

Ahhh, the golden age of college rock. Gorgeous...

1987:
1. Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs and Stories
2. Julian Cope - Saint Julian
3. The Cure – Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
4. The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me
5. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
6. Scruffy the Cat - Tiny Days
7. The Connells – Boylan Heights
8. R.E.M. - Document
9. Echo & The Bunnymen - Echo & The Bunnymen
10. The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
11. The Rainmakers - Tornado
12. The Housemartins - The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
13. Wire Train - Ten Women
14. Guadalcanal Diary - 2×4
15. Hoodoo Gurus - Blow Your Cool!

HM:
10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe
Close Lobsters – Foxheads Stalk This Land
The Cult - Electic
Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses
Descendents - All
Dinosaur Jr - You’re Living All Over Me
Dumptruck -For the Country
Faith No More - Introduce Yourself
Flesh for Lulu - Long Live the New Flesh
Gene Loves Jezebel - The House of Dolls
The Go-Betweens - Tallulah
Love and Rockets - Earth, Sun, Moon
Meat Puppets – Huevos
Miracle Legion – Surprise Surprise Surprise
Sinead O’Connor - The Lion and the Cobra
Pixies – Come On Pilgrim
Sonic Youth - Sister
That Petrol Emotion - Babble
U2 - The Joshua Tree
The Wedding Present – George Best
 
1987

1. Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
2. Michael Jackson - Bad
3. U2 – Joshua Tree
4. Lyle Lovett – Pontiac
5. Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full
6. REM - Document
7. INXS – Kick
8. Prince – Sign ‘O’ The Times
9. Whitney Houston – Whitney
10. Def Leppard - Hysteria

Hon. Mention -

Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
 
Thank you @jamieanderson1968. That's cool you got to see so many live around that time. I consider myself lucky to be in the same boat (although I sure wish The Smiths were on the list of ones seen) as 1987 was my freshman yr in college. Halcyon days...
 
This is such a strong year!!! When I was reading through lists, I was getting downright indignant that INXS - Kick wasn't on each of them. But then I read through the lists more and realized that damn, really strong year because I couldn't find reason to disagree with the inclusion of the artists in place of INXS. I think this is the year I really started diving into the alternative stuff. That being said....

1. INXS - Kick
2. George Michael - Faith
3. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
4. Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
5. Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
6. Whitney Houston - Whitney
7. REM - Document
8. The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
9. The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
10. U2 - The Joshua Tree

Ugh, that means I couldn't include:

The Pixies, Husker Du, The Housemartins, 10,000 Maniacs, Prince, Spacemen 3, Def Leppard, Erasure, Heart, The Go-Betweens, Echo & the Bunnymen, Terrance Trent D'arby, Midnight Oil, Pet Shop Boys, Love and Rockets, Public Image Ltd, Belinda Carlisle, the BoDeans (I used to LOVE them), and all the hip-hop that came out.

Wow. Great year.
 
  1. Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years
  2. U2 - The Joshua Tree
  3. Grateful Dead - In the Dark
  4. Sting - ....Nothing Like the Sun
  5. Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
  6. Smiths - Louder Than Bombs
  7. Oingo Boingo - Boi-Ngo
  8. Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
  9. Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
  10. Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
 
My top 10 of 1987 (aka my graduation year!)

Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years
INXS - Kick
The Cult - Electric
Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction
Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien
Lyle Lovett - Pontiac
Prince - Sign O The Times
U2 - The Joshua Tree
REM - Document
The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
 
I thought Pontiac was '88 guys. I know discogs says 1987 but sometimes people create those listings based on the copyright date, which is not reliable. The only actual date I can fine is Jan 11 1988. It is a great album.
 
dhodo said:
I thought Pontiac was '88 guys. I know discogs says 1987 but sometimes people create those listings based on the copyright date, which is not reliable. The only actual date I can fine is Jan 11 1988. It is a great album.
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I dunno. Spotify has it at 1987 too. And Lyle’s website has it as 1987. But I’m seeing in places 1988, too.
 
supahypeag said:
I dunno. Spotify has it at 1987 too. And Lyle’s website has it as 1987. But I’m seeing in places 1988, too.
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This article seemed convincing but far from definitive proof. Funny how fuzzy some release dates are.

So though it’s easy to plot out Lovett’s early recording career, his first three albums were a mix of songs old and new, some simply remixed from that original demo, others re-recorded. “Lyle Lovett” came out in 1986 and nearly hit the Top 10 for country albums. He thought “Pontiac” would follow the next year, though it wasn’t released until 1988.
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www.houstonchronicle.com

Lyle Lovett looks back at ‘Pontiac’ 30 years later

The Houston-based musician, who performs at Hobby Center Wednesday, shares the story...
www.houstonchronicle.com www.houstonchronicle.com

The only actual date I've seen is 1/11/88. It is on the Village Voice Pazz and Jop poll for '88 and they usually note albums from the previous year for that. They noted Midnight Oil, GNR, and George Michael as being '87 but not Lovett.

Robert Christgau: Pazz & Jop 1988: Critics Poll

www.robertchristgau.com
 
Top 10 albums of my birth year:

1. The Sonic Youth - Sister
2. Dinosaur - You're Living All Over Me
3. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
4. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
5. Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
6. R.E.M. - Document
7. The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me
8. The Wedding Present - George Best
9. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
10. Big Black - Songs About Fucking

I decided not to do EPs or Pixies would be in there.
 
1. Prince - Sign O`The Times
2. Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night
3. BDP - Criminal Minded
4. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
5. Sinead O`Connor - The Lion And The Cobra
6. Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
7. Dinosaur Jr. - You´re Living All Over Me
8. George Harrison - Cloud Nine
9. Whitney Houston - Whitney
10. George Michael - Faith
 
Thought I submitted but I wrote it and forgot to post.
  1. The Bats - Daddy's Highway
  2. Able Tasmans – Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down
  3. The Chills - Brave Words
  4. Big Black- songs about fucking
  5. Dinosaur Jr - You're living all over me
  6. Spacemen 3 – Perfect Prescription
  7. The Replacements – Pleased to Meet Me
  8. Sonic Youth - Sister
  9. The Cure – Kiss Me x3
  10. Husker Du - Warehouse
 
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