Top 100 Albums 20 Years Ago

[DreamIsOver]

Only two points to this post - Van Halen was arguably at their commercial peak at this time 20 years ago and wasn't popular music ALOT better back then? I count 28 albums on this list that I think are at least decent and the list at the bottom of what was still to come out that year blows my mind. That many good records haven't come out this decade. Oh well, check it out---

Billboard 6/21/1986
1 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston
2 Patti LaBelle Winner In You
3 Janet Jackson Control
4 Bob Seger Like A Rock

5 VAN HALEN 5150

6 Journey Raised On Radio
7 Pet Shop Boys Please
8 Billy Ocean Love Zone
9 Prince And The Revolution Parade
10 The Outfield Play Deep
11 The Moody Blues The Other Side Of Life
12 Heart Heart
13 Peter Gabriel So
14 Soundtrack Pretty In Pink
15 The Fabulous Thunderbirds Tuff Enuff
16 Robert Palmer Riptide
17 The Rolling Stones Dirty Work
18 Level 42 World Machine
19 Soundtrack Top Gun
20 Simply Red Picture Book
21 Thirty Eight Special Strength In Numbers
22 GTR GTR
23 John Mellencamp Scarecrow
24 Neil Diamond Headed For The Future
25 Judas Priest Turbo
26 Dire Straits Brothers In Arms
27 Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell
28 Falco Falco 3
29 The Jets The Jets
30 Miami Sound Machine Primitive Love
31 Phil Collins No Jacket Required
32 ZZ Top Afterburner
33 Nu Shooz Poolside
34 El DeBarge El DeBarge
35 Bangles Different Light
36 Howard Jones Action Replay
37 Mr. Mister Welcome To The Real World
38 Mike Mike
39 Sade Promise
40 Joe Jackson Big World
41 Whodini Back In Black
42 Emerson, Lake, And Powell Emerson, Lake, And Powell
43 Culture Club From Luxury To Heartache
44 INXS Listen Like Thieves
45 The Fixx Walkabout
46 Krokus Change Of Address
47 The S.O.S. Band Sands Of Time
48 Ozzy Osbourne The Ultimate Sin
49 Alabama Greatest Hits
50 Lou Reed Mistrial
51 Atlantic Starr As The Band Turns
52 Jean Michel Jarre Rendez-Vous
53 Jackson Browne Lives In The Balance
54 Starship Knee Deep In The Hoopla
55 Hooters Nervous Night
56 The Art Of Noise In Visible Silence
57 Simple Minds Once Upon A Time
58 AC/DC Who Made Who
59 Belinda Carlisle Belinda Carlisle
60 Giuffria Silk And Steel
61 New Edition All For Love
62 Fat Boys Big
63 Anita Baker Rapture
64 Joe Cocker Cocker
65 Tears For Fears Songs From The Big Chair
66 Midnight Star Headlines
67 Stephanie Mills Stephanie Mills
68 Metallica Master Of Puppets
69 Bill Cosby Those Of You With Or Without Children
70 The Monkees The Monkees Greatest Hits
71 Bob James/David Sanborn Double Vision
72 Dwight Yoakam Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.
73 Meli sa Morgan Do Me Baby
74 Icehouse Measure For Measure
75 Sly Fox Let s Go All The Way
76 Keel The Final Frontier
77 Dokken Under Lock And Key
78 Honeymoon Suite The Big Prize
79 The Blow Monkeys Animal Magic
80 Loudness Lightning Strikes
81 Stevie Nicks Rock A Little
82 Stevie Wonder In Square Circle
83 George Clinton R
84 Philip Bailey Inside Out
85 Bruce Springsteen Born In The U.S.A.
86 Models Out Of Mind Out Of Sight
87 Julian Lennon The Secret Value Of Daydreaming
88 Brian Setzer The Knife Feels Like Justice
89 Rene Street Called Desire
90 Siouxsie and The Banshees Tinderbox
91 LL Cool J Radio
92 The Judds Rockin With The Rhythm
93 Jermaine Jackson Precious Moments
94 Katrina And The Waves Katrina And The . . . Waves
95 Sade Diamond Life
96 The Cure The Head On The Door
97 Fine Young Cannibals Fine Young Cannibals
98 The Dream Academy The Dream Academy
99 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Crush
100 Barbra Streisand The Broadway Album

Albums from 1986 not yet out at this point ----

Genesis Invisible Touch
Steve Winwood Back In The High Life
Paul Simon Graceland
Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet
Crowded House Crowded House
David Lee Roth Eat 'Em And Smile
Madonna True Blue
Iron Maiden Somewhere In Time
Bruce Hornsby The Way It Is
Cinderella Night Songs
XTC Skylarking
Robert Cray Strong Persuader
David & David Boomtown
Boston Third Stage
Tesla Mechanical Resonance
Poison Look What The Cat Dragged In
Eric Clapton August

[LLFHS]

"Raised on Radio"......ugh. Definitely a black mark on Journey's TRW.

[LLFHS]

42 Emerson, Lake, And Palmer Emerson, Lake, And Palmer

I'm sure you just did a ctrl-c, ctrl-v on this....but I think you'll find this to be Emerson, Lake and Powell. Carl Palmer didn't rejoin ELP until '92.

[DreamIsOver]

I'm sure you just did a ctrl-c, ctrl-v on this....but I think you'll find this to be Emerson, Lake and Powell. Carl Palmer didn't rejoin ELP until '92.

Nice catch! I edited the post to make the change. Now while it's on my mind I'm going to see if I have "Touch And Go" on any CD compilations to listen to.

[LLFHS]

Nice catch! I edited the post to make the change. Now while it's on my mind I'm going to see if I have "Touch And Go" on any CD compilations to listen to.

God, I looooove that track.

[YankeeRose]

Yes, popular music is MUCH worse today! I pray that Hip Hop dies soon!

[Heavy Metal]

I am partial to #68 on that list.