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Thompson Twins: Close to the Bone

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On March 31, 1987, “Arista” label released “Close to the Bone”, the sixth Thompson Twins studio album. It was recorded in 1986 – 1987, and was produced by Rupert Hine and Tom Bailey.

Personnel:

  • Tom Bailey – lead vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, programming
  • Jamie West-Oram – guitar
  • Alannah Currie – drums, percussion, marimba, xylophone, backing vocals, art direction
  • Geoff Dugmore- drums
  • Griff Fender – backing vocals
  • Pikey Butler – backing vocals
  • The Mint Juleps – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Follow Your Heart
  2. Bush Baby
  3. Get That Love
  4. Twentieth Century
  5. Long Goodbye
  6. Still Waters
  7. Savage Moon
  8. Gold Fever
  9. Dancing In Your Shoes
  10. Perfect Day

Siouxsie & The Banshees: Through The Looking Glass

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On March 2, 1987, “Polydor” label released “Through the Looking Glass”, the eight Siouxsie and the Banshees album. It was recorded August and September 1986, and was produced by Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin and Mike Hedges.

Personnel:

  • Siouxsie Sioux – vocals
  • Steven Severin – electric bass, keyboards
  • Budgie – drums, percussion
  • John Valentine Carruthers – guitars, keyboards
  • Martin McCarrick- keyboards, cello, string arrangements
  • Martin Dobson – saxophone
  • Luke Tunney – trumpet
  • Pete Thoms – trombone
  • Gini Ball – violin
  • Jocelyn Pook– viola
  • Julie Aliss – harp

Track listing:

  1. This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us – Ron Mael
  2. Hall of Mirrors – Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Emil Schult
  3. Trust in Me – Sherman Brothers
  4. This Wheel’s on Fire – Rick Danko, Bob Dylan
  5. Strange Fruit – Lewis Allan
  6. You’re Lost Little Girl – John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison
  7. The Passenger – Iggy Pop, Ricky Gardiner
  8. Gun – John Cale
  9. Sea Breezes – Bryan Ferry
  10. Little Johnny Jewel – Tom Verlaine

Hüsker Dü: Warehouse: Songs And Stories

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On January 19, 1987, “Warner Bros” label released “Warehouse: Songs and Stories”, the sixth and final Hüsker Dü studio album.  It  was recorded August – November 1986, and was produced by Bob Mould, Grant Hart and Greg Norton.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould– vocals, guitar, bass guitar, photography
  • Greg Norton– vocals, bass guitar, photography
  • Grant Hart– vocals, drums, bass guitar, photography
  • Daniel Corrigan – photography

Track listing:

  1. These Important Years – Bob Mould
  2. Charity, Chastity, Prudence, and Hope – Grant Hart
  3. Standing in the Rain – Bob Mould
  4. Back from Somewhere – Grant Hart
  5. Ice Cold ice – Bob Mould
  6. You’re a Soldier – Grant Hart
  7. Could You Be the One – Bob Mould
  8. Too Much Spice – Grant Hart
  9. Friend, You’ve Got to Fall – Bob Mould
  10. Visionary – Bob Mould
  11. She Floated Away – Grant Hart

 

 

Dinosaur Jr.: You’re Living All Over Me

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On December 14, 1987, “SST” label released “You’re Living All over Me”, the second Dinosaur Jr. studio album. It was recorded in 1987, and was produced by Wharton Tiers.

  • J Mascis – vocals, guitar, percussion
  • Lou Barlow– vocals, bass guitar, ukelele, tape
  • Murph– drums
  • Lee Ranaldo– backing vocals
  • Maura Jasper – artwork

All tracks by J Mascis, except where noted.

  1. Little Fury Things
  2. Kracked
  3. Sludgefeast
  4. The Lung
  5. Raisans
  6. Tarpit
  7. In a Jar
  8. Lose
  9. Poledo

David Sylvian: Secrets Of The Beehive

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On November 7, 1987, “Virgin” label released “Secrets of the Beehive”, the fourth David Sylvian album. It was recorded in 1987, at “London and Bath” in England;” Chateau Miraval” in France and “Wisseloord Studios” in Netherlands, and was produced by Steve Nye.

Personnel:

  • David Sylvian– vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, organ, synths, tapes, treated piano
  • Phil Palmer- slide guitar, acoustic guitars
  • David Torn- electric guitar, guitar loop
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto – organ, synths, piano, treated piano, woodwind, brass and string arrangements
  • Danny Thompson- double bass
  • Steve Jansen– drums
  • Danny Cummings- percussion
  • Mark Isham- flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Brian Gascoigne – orchestral and string arrangements
  • Ann O’Dell – string arrangements
  • Vaughan Oliver(23 Envelope) – design, typography
  • Nigel Grierson (23 Envelope) – still life photography
  • Yuka Fujii – portrait photography

Track listing:

All tracks by David Sylvian.

  1. September
  2. The Boy With the Gun
  3. Maria
  4. Orpheus
  5. The Devil’s Own
  6. When Poets Dreamed of Angels
  7. Mother and Child
  8. Let the Happiness In
  9. Waterfront

George Harrison: Cloud Nine

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On November 2, 1987, “Dark Horse” label released “Cloud Nine”, the eleventh George Harrison studio album.  It was recorded January – August 1987, at the “FPSHOT” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by Jeff Lynne and George Harrison. This was the last studio album released during Harrison’s lifetime.

Personnel:

  • George Harrison– lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, sitar, backing vocals
  • Jeff Lynne– bass, guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Eric Clapton– guitar
  • Elton John– piano
  • Gary Wright– piano
  • Ringo Starr– drums
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Ray Cooper– drums, percussion
  • Jim Horn– baritone and tenor sax
  • Bobby Kok – cello
  • Vicki Brown– vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by George Harrison, except where noted.

  1. Cloud 9
  2. That’s What It Takes – George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Gary Wright
  3. Fish on the Sand
  4. Just for Today
  5. This Is Love – George Harrison, Jeff Lynne
  6. When We Was Fab – George Harrison, Jeff Lynne
  7. Devil’s Radio
  8. Someplace Else
  9. Wreck of the Hesperus
  10. Breath Away from Heaven
  11. Got My Mind Set on You – Rudy Clark

INXS: Kick

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On October 19, 1987, “WEA” label released “Kick”, the sixth INXS studio album.  It was recorded 1986–1987, at the “Rhinoceros Recordings” in Sydney, and “Studio De La Grande Armée” in Paris, and was produced by Chris Thomas. This is band’s commercially most successful album and is certified 6 x Platinum in US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Michael Hutchence– lead vocals
  • Tim Farriss– guitar
  • Kirk Pengilly– vocals, guitar, saxophone
  • Andrew Farriss– keyboards, guitar
  • Garry Gary Beers– bass guitar
  • Jon Farriss– drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence, except where noted.

  1. Guns in the Sky – Michael Hutchence
  2. New Sensation
  3. Devil Inside
  4. Need You Tonight
  5. Mediate – Andrew Farris
  6. The Loved One – Ian Clyne, Gerry Humphreys, Rob Lovett
  7. Wild life
  8. Never Tear Us Apart
  9. Mystify
  10. Kick
  11. Calling All Nations
  12. Tiny Daggers

Sting: …Nothing Like The Sun

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On October 13, 1987, “A&M” label released“…Nothing Like the Sun”, the second Sting studio album. It was recorded March–August, 1987,at the “Air Studios”, in Montserrat, and was  produced by Sting, Hugh Padgham, Bryan Loren and Neil Dorfsman.

Personnel:

  • Sting– lead vocals, bass guitar, guitar
  • Hiram Bullock– guitar
  • Andy Summers, Eric Clapton, Fareed Haque, Mark Knopfler– guitar
  • Gil Evans & His Orchestra
  • Ken Helman– piano
  • Kenny Kirkland– keyboards
  • Mark Egan– bass
  • Manu Katché– drums
  • Andy Newmark– drums
  • Kenwood Dennard– drums
  • Mino Cinelu– percussion, vocoder
  • Branford Marsalis– saxophone
  • Rubén Blades– spoken Spanish
  • Renée Geyer, Vesta Williams, Dollette McDonald, Janice Pendarvis – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Sting, except where noted.

  1. The Lazarus Heart
  2. Be Still My Beating Heart
  3. Englishman in New York
  4. History Will Teach Us Nothing
  5. They Dance Alone
  6. Fragile
  7. We’ll Be Together
  8. Straight to My Heart
  9. Rock Steady
  10. Sister Moon
  11. Little Wing – Jimi Hendrix
  12. The Secret Marriage – Hanns Eisler, Sting

Bruce Springsteen: Tunnel Of Love

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On October 9, 1987, “Columbia” label released “Tunnel of Love”, the eighth Bruce Springsteen studio album.  It was recorded January – July 1987, and was produced by Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau and Chuck Plotkin. in 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked it at number 467 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Springsteen– lead and backing vocals, guitar, mandolin, bass guitar, keyboards, harmonica, percussion, drum machines
  • Nils Lofgren– guitar, backing vocals
  • Roy Bittan– piano, synthesizers
  • Danny Federici– organ
  • Garry Tallent– bass guitar
  • Max Weinberg– drums, percussion
  • Clarence Clemons– backing vocals
  • Patti Scialfa– backing vocals
  • Toby Scott – recording
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Sandra Choron – art direction
  • Annie Leibovitz – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Springsteen.

  1. Ain’t Got You
  2. Tougher Than the Rest
  3. All That Heaven Will Allow
  4. Spare Parts
  5. Cautious Man
  6. Walk Like a Man
  7. Tunnel of Love
  8. Two Faces
  9. Brilliant Disguise
  10. One Step Up
  11. When You’re Alone
  12. Valentine’s Day

Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse Of Reason

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On September 7, 1987, “EMI” label released ”A Momentary Lapse of  Reason”, the thirteenth Pink Floyd studio album.  It was recorded October 1986 – May 1987, and was produce by Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour. The album features David Gilmour’s material recorded for his third solo album and is recorded together with two Pink Floyd original members, drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright. “Momentary lapse of reason” is the first Pink Floyd album since the departure of bass guitarist, singer, and songwriter Roger Waters in December 1985.

Personnel:

  • David Gilmour– vocals, guitars, keyboards, sequencers
  • Richard Wright– vocals, piano, Kurzweil, Hammond organ
  • Nick Mason– drums, sound effects
  • Michael Landau– guitar
  • Bob Ezrin– keyboards, percussion, sequencers
  • Jon Carin– keyboards
  • Bill Payne– Hammond organ
  • Patrick Leonard– synthesizers
  • Tony Levin– bass guitar, Chapman Stick
  • Carmine Appice– drums
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Steve Forman – percussion
  • Tom Scott– alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Scott Page– tenor saxophone
  • John Helliwell– saxophone
  • Darlene Koldenhoven– backing vocals
  • Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
  • Phyllis St. James – backing vocals
  • Donnie Gerrard – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Signs of Life – David Gilmour, Bob Ezrin
  2. Learning to Fly – David Gilmour, Moore, Bob Ezrin, Jon Carin
  3. The Dogs of War – David Gilmour, Moore
  4. One Slip – David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera
  5. On the Tuning Away – David Gilmour and Moore
  6. Yet Another Movie / Round and Around – David Gilmour,  Patrick Leonard
  7. A New Machine Part 1 – David Gilmour
  8. Terminal Frost – David Gilmour
  9. A New Machine Part 2 – David Gilmour
  10. Sorrow – David Gilmour