Should have songs up within 15 hours, forgot it was October tomorrow.

1 Sign 'O' the Times Prince
2 Strangeways, Here We Come The Smiths
3 Perfect Prescription Spacemen 3
4 George Best The Wedding Present
5 Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me The Cure
6 Darklands The Jesus and Mary Chain
7 Pet Shop Boys, Actually Pet Shop Boys
8 Warehouse: Songs and Stories Hüsker Dü
9 Paid in Full Eric B. & Rakim
10 You're Living All Over Me Dinosaur Jr.
11 Songs about Fucking Big Black
12 The Joshua Tree U2
13 Document R.E.M.
14 Come On Pilgrim Pixies
15 Kick INXS
16 Music for the Masses Depeche Mode
17 Yo! Bum Rush the Show Public Enemy
18 Locust Abortion Technician Butthole Surfers
19 The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death The Housemartins
20 Babble That Petrol Emotion

No albums for me, I don't know them well enough

1 - XTC - Dear God
2 - Michael Jackson - Liberian Girl
3 - The Cure - Just Like Heaven
4 - Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
5 - Faith No More - We Care A Lot
6 - Stevie Wonder - Free
7 - Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
8 - Public Enemy - Bring the Noise
9 - Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
10 - Prince - Housequake
11 - The Cure - Why Can't I Be You
12 - M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up the Volume

still a bit annoyed not to know those years enough to give every songs its chances...

almost unanimity for "Sign of The Times" !

1. Husker Du - Warehouse: Songs & Stories
2. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
3. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands
4. Prince - Sign 'O' The Times
5. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show
6. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
7. REM - Document
8. Sonic Youth - Sister
9. U2 - The Joshua Tree
10. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years

1. Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
2. Prince – Sign 'O' The Times
3. U2 – Joshua Tree
4. R.E.M.: Document
5. Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night


1. The Cure - Just Like Heaven
2. Smiths – Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
3. R.E.M. - The One I Love
4. Prince - Sign O The Times
5. The House of Love - Shine On
6. R.E.M. - It's the End of the World As We Know It
7. The Go-Betweens - Bye Bye Pride
8. XTC - Dear God
9. Tom Waits - Train Song
10. Tom Waits - Innocent When You Dream
11. The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma
12. U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
13. Prince - U Got the Look
14. Sinéad O'Connor - Troy
15. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
16. Chris Isaak - Blue Hotel
17. Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
18. U2 - With or Without You
19. Pet Shop Boys – It's a Sin
20. M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up the Volume

If Appetite for Destruction had been an EP and all that filler had been axed, it might have made my list. Also if Axl Rose hadn't been so mannered. And had been a better lyricist. And... OK, maybe it never would have made my list. What might have made my list if only I'd gotten around to hearing them are the Big Black and Smiths albums. I never figured out if Sonny Rollins' G-Man was from 1986 or 1987, but since I already put it on my '86 list, and it won't show up in our collective top 10 no matter whether I vote for it this year or not, you won't find it below. The only other thing I have to add is that 1987 turns out to have been one hell of a good year for albums.

1. U2 - Joshua Tree
2. Prince - Sign 'O' The Times
3. REM - Document
4. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
5. The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
6. The Pixies - Come on Pilgrim
7. Sonic Youth - Sister
8. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
9. Husker Du - Warehouse: Songs and Stories
10. Eric B. and Rakim - Paid in Full
11. John Mellencamp - The Lonesone Jubilee
12. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
13. Randy Travis - Always and Forever
14. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show
15. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years

My favorite cover art of 1987 (and a brilliant soul-blues album too)

Songs

1. Replacements- Alex Chilton
2. Guns 'n Roses- Sweet Child O' Mine
3. The Cure- Just Like Heaven
4. Guns n Roses- Paradise City
5. Michael Jackson- Smooth Criminal
6. Smiths- Girlfriend in a Coma
7. New Order- True Faith
8. Suzanne Vega- Luka
9. Eric B. and Rakim- Paid in Full
10. Michael Jackson- The Way You Make Me Feel
11. REM- The One I Love
12. Crowded House- Don't Dream it's Over
13. U2- With or Without You
14. Belinda Carlisle- Heaven is a Place On Earth
15. Midnight Oil- Beds are Burning
16. Prince- If I Was Your Girlfriend
17. Aerosmith- Rag Doll
18. Replacements- Skyway

Albums:

1. Guns n Roses- Appetite For Destruction
2. REM- Document
3. Replacements- Pleased To Meet Me
4. Big Dipper- Heavens
5. The Cure- Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
6. Michael Jackson- Bad

Well, in the process of moving I didn't get to do as much random exploration of this year as usual, so, admitedly, kinda boring lists.

Albums:

1. U2 - The Joshua Tree (#61 of all time)
2. R.E.M. - Document
3. Guns n' Roses - Appitite for Destruction
4. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
5. Pet Shop Boys - Actually
6. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
7. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years

Songs
1. New Order - True Faith (#63 of all time)
2. The Cure - Just Like Heaven (#116 of all time)
3. Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again (#162 of all time)
4. R.E.M. - It's the End of the World As We Know It
5. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (I got Rick Rolled once and for some reason the terribleness of this song is completely overwhelmingly endearing for me)
6. U2 - Running to Stand Still
7. R.E.M. - The One I Love
8. Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
9. R.E.M. - Exhuming McCarthy
10. U2 - The Sweetest Thing
11. U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
12. Depeche Mode - Behind the Wheel
13. Public Enemy - Bring the Noise
14. Tom Waits - Way Down in the Hold
15. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Down on Me
16. The Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies
17. Guns N' Roses - Mr. Brownstone
18. Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
19. Pixies - Nimrod's Son
20. Bruce Springsteen - Ain't Got You

chin up, Slush, my gutter sez: the Rick Roll joke is annoying, not the song itself... it's actually the best Four Tops song ever not performed by the Tops themselves..

Songs


1 Holiday Song - Pixies
2 Kid Dynamite - Squirrel Bait
3 Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
4 Sweet Child Of Mine - Gun's and Roses
5 Just Like Heaven - Cure, The
6 Birthday - Sugarcubes
7 Cotton Crown - Sonic Youth
8 Little Fury Things - Dinosaur Jr.
9 Mandinka - Sinead O’Connor
10 Finest Worksong - REM
11 Caribou - Pixies
12 Sheila Take A Bow - Smiths, The
13 Could You Be The One - Hϋsker Dϋ
14 Lips Like Sugar - Echo And The Bunnymen
15 Fairytale Of New York - Pogues
16 Trampolene - Cope, Julian
17 22 Going On 23 - Butthole Surfers
18 Exhuming McCarthy - REM
19 Alex Chilton - Replacements, The
20 North By North - Bats, The
21 It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - REM
22 IOU - Replacements, The
23 Me And The Farmer - Housemartins
24 Ice Cold Ice - Hϋsker Dϋ
25 Son Of A Gun - Vaselines, The
26 Hazy Shade Of Winter - Bangles, The
27 I'm An Adult Now - The Pursuit Of Happiness
28 What's My Scene - Hoodoo Gurus
29 Disturbance at the Heron House - REM
30 Standing In The Rain - Hϋsker Dϋ
31 Out That Door - Hoodoo Gurus
32 It's Not Peculiar - Hϋsker Dϋ
33 Jerusalem - Sinead O’Connor
34 The One I Love - REM
35 My Baby She's Allright - Scruffy The Cat
36 Human Cannonball - Butthole Surfers
37 Bullet the Blue Sky - U2
38 Nimrod's Son - Pixies
39 Bed Of Nails - Hϋsker Dϋ
40 Sweat Loaf - Butthole Surfers
41 Sentimental Hygiene - Zevon, Warren
42 Dreamworld - Midnight Oil
43 Can't Hardly Wait - Replacements, The
44 Welcome To The Jungle - Gun's and Roses
45 Bedbugs & Ballyhoo - Echo And The Bunnymen
46 Girlfriend in a Coma - Smiths, The
47 Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Noise - Age Of Chance
48 Vamos - Pixies
49 She Floated Away - Hϋsker Dϋ
50 Oddfellows Local 151 - REM
51 Trip Through Your Wires - U2
52 Painted Moon - Silencers, The
53 Love Removal Machine - Cult, The
54 Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - Smiths, The
55 Warakurna - Midnight Oil
56 You're a Soldier - Hϋsker Dϋ
57 Kelly's Blues - Triffids, The
58 Levitate Me - Pixies
59 Reconsider Me - Zevon, Warren
60 The Model - Big Black
61 The Ledge - Replacements, The
62 Block Of Wood - Bats, The
63 24 Hour Party People - Happy Mondays
64 Troy - Sinead O’Connor
65 Birth, School, Work, Death - Godfathers, The
66 Jackie - Sinead O’Connor
67 Luka - Vega, Suzanne
68 Seattle - Public Image LTD
69 The Body - Public Image LTD
70 Fight Like A Brave - Red Hot Chili Peppers
71 Put Down That Weapon - Midnight Oil
72 Mary's Prayer - Wilson, Danny
73 The Game - Echo And The Bunnymen
74 Behind The Sun - Red Hot Chili Peppers
75 Charity, Chastity, Prudence, and Hope - Hϋsker Dϋ
76 Bye Bye Pride - Go-Betweens, The
77 In The Dutch Mountains - Nits, The
78 Learning To Fly - Pink Floyd
79 Hit The North - Fall, The

Albums

1 Warehouse: Songs and Stories - Hϋsker Dϋ
2 Sister - Sonic Youth
3 Pleased To Meet Me - Replacements
4 Diesel And Dust - Midnight Oil
5 Come On Pilgrim - Pixies
6 You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.
7 Document - REM
8 Skag Heaven - Squirrel Bait
9 The Lion and the Cobra - O'Connor, Sinéad
10 Locust Abortion Technician - Butthole Surfers
11 The Perfect Prescription - Spaceman 3
12 Daddy's Highway - Bats, The
13 Sentimental Hygiene - Zevon, Warren
14 Horse Cock Phepner - Sun City Girls
15 Appetite for Destruction - Guns n' Roses
16 Within the Realm of a Dying Sun - Dead Can Dance
17 If'n - fIREHOSE
18 Saint Julian - Cope, Julian
19 Mirage - Meat Puppets
20 Moonhead - Thin White Rope
21 Box Office Bomb - Dramarama
22 Introduce Yourself - Faith No More
23 One Thousand Years of Trouble - Age of Chance
24 The Uplift Mofo Party Plan - Red Hot Chili Peppers
25 Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen
26 Secrets of the Beehive - David Sylvain
27 Strangeways, Here We Come - Smiths, The
28 Ballot Result - Minutemen
29 Mud, Lies + Shame - Wild Seeds
30 Boylan Heights - Connells, The

Lists coming soon!

This time it's no problem to hand them in a little late, since I haven't really made a big dent in the lists to be ordered yet. So much work.

Albums:

1. Prince- Sign o' the Times
2. The Smiths- Strangeways, Here We Come
3. Michael Jackson- Bad
4. The Cure- Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
5. Eurythmics- Savage
6. George Michael- Faith
7. Depeche Mode- Music for the Masses
8. INXS- Kick
9. Jody Watley- Jody Watley
10. Aerosmith- Permanent Vacation
11. Echo and the Bunnymen- Echo and the Bunnymen

Songs:

1. Prince- The Cross
2. The Smiths- Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
3. Stevie Wonder- My Eyes Don't Cry
4. Prince- Sign o' the Times
5. Prince- Starfish and Coffee
6. Michael Jackson- Leave Me Alone
7. George Michael- Father Figure
8. Prince- Strange Relationship
9. Stevie Wonder- Free
10. The Smiths- A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours
11. Eurythmics- You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart
12. Depeche Mode- Never Let Me Down Again
13. Prince- Play in the Sunshine
14. Sinead O'Connor- Troy
15. The Smiths- Death of a Disco Dancer
16. Prince- Forever in My Life
17. Eurythmics- Shame
18. Michael Jackson- Smooth Criminal
19. Prince- I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
20. New Order- 1963

Don't know much about 87's music, but I'll make a songs list... It seems that we still have time to send the lists, so here it goes!

1) Prince - Starfish and Coffee
2) Prince - It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night
3) R.E.M. - It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)
4) U2 - Red Hill Mining Town
5) Prince - The Cross
6) New Order - True Faith
7) Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
8) U2 - A Trip Through Your Wire
9) Michael Jackson - Bad
10) Prince - I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
11) Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
12) Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
13) U2 - One Tree Hill
14) INXS - New Sensation
15) Prince - Sign O' the Times

50 There's A Ghost In My House The Fall
49 Sweat Loaf Butthole Surfers
48 The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death Housemartins
47 Little Fury Dinosaur Jr.
46 In A Jar Dinosaur Jr.
45 Shatner The Wedding Present
44 Standing In The Rain Hüsker Dü
43 New Sensation INXS
42 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen
41 Where the Streets Have No Name U2
40 Strings of Life Rythim Is Rythim
39 Pour Some Sugar on Me Def Leppard
38 My Favourite Dress The Wedding Present
37 If I Was Your Girlfriend Prince
36 Here I Go Again Whitesnake
35 Critizise Alexander O'Neal
34 Need You Tonight INXS
33 Death of A Disco Dancer The Smiths
32 It's a Sin Pet Shop Boys
31 Faith George Michael
30 Hit The North The Fall
29 Somewhere In My Heart Aztec Camera
28 Nimrod's Son Pixies
27 Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode
26 Shine On The House of Love
25 It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M.
24 I Know You Got Soul Eric B. & Rakim
23 Bring the Noise Public Enemy
22 April Skies The Jesus and Mary Chain
21 I Won't Share You The Smiths
20 Darklands The Jesus and Mary Chain
19 What Have I Done to Deserve This Pet Shop Boys Feat. Dusty Springfield
18 Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me The Smiths
17 1963 New Order
16 Just Like Heaven The Cure
15 Rebel Without a Pause Public Enemy
14 Big Decision That Petrol Emotion
13 Paid in Full Eric B. & Rakim
12 Walking With Jesus Spaceman 3
11 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2
10 True Faith New Order
9 Bullet the Blue Sky U2
8 Pump Up the Volume M/A/R/R/S
7 Starfish + Coffee Prince
6 Shoplifters of The World Unite The Smiths
5 Caribou Pixies
4 Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft The Wedding Present
3 Dear God XTC
2 Sign 'O' the Times Prince
1 Birthday The Sugarcubes

Stephan, how are the final album and song lists progressing? Just curious.

We've lost Stephan since the day he discovered the joys of student life.
Hey Stephan where are you ? We miss you !
What's her name ?

Which one?

I haven't left you, I still try to read most of the forum.. just haven't had much time to post. I have however drastically improved my collating skills and am now done with the songs list. Albums will be done tomorrow and then I'll post both. Once again, sorry for the extremely long delay.

Half a month late, but as some people like to put it: better late than never. I haven't had time to check for exact titles of the albums and whether or not all were made in 1987.. but so be it. Anyway, here we go:

Albums:
1) Prince - Sign 'O' The Times
2) U2 - The Joshua Tree
3) R.E.M. - Document
4) Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
5) The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
6) Sonic Youth - Sister
7) Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs and Stories
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
9) The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me
10) Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full

Songs:
1) Prince - Sign 'O' The Times
2) Guns 'N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
3) The Cure - Just Like Heaven
4) U2 - With Or Without You
5) R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
6) Public Enemy - Bring The Noise
7) Sugarcubes - Birthday
R.E.M. - The One I Love
9) XTC - Dear God
10) New Order - True Faith

Complete list can be found here: . Please report any mistakes I might have made.

Thanks Stephan. Great work (like always but this time in an adverse situation). But I’ve found two mistakes:
- The Joshua Tree listed twice, but since you duplicated the points it doesn’t affect to the final position.
- The points that Greg gave to “Alex Chilton” by The Replacements are counted in a separate entry, and if you sum them in the correct entry “Alex Chilton” displaces “True Faith” and enters into the Top 10 (shit, I shouldn’t have said that, I like both songs but I prefer the New Order one).

I knew that Greg thing would come back to bite me in the ass. He's got his albums in a different format than his songs and I didn't notice that in time.

Thanks, edited.

Thanks, Stephan - great lists, as always.

Hate to even bother mentioning this, since it has no impact on anything, but the Pixies' "Holiday Song" is listed twice, once as "The Holiday Song".

sorry stephan!

(thanks honorio!)

Thanks, Stephan, and welcome back from not being away

Prince wins, no real surprises in the top 10's.

Then 2 further corrections for the albums, that don't really make a difference to the end result, but anyway:
- The Lonesome Jubilee from John (Cougar) Mellencamp has 3entries in the list, all together good for 37+7+1=45 points.
- Sting has two entries, good for 10+18=28 points

No big surprises, a lot of 'last good album from big 80's bands that is not as critically acclaimed as their earlier stuff' for me to consider whether or not to get.

I already have Warehouse, based on Tim I probably wouldn't like Pleased To Meet Me, so that only leaves Strangeways.

Also Tunnel of Love, which I am ambivalent about because I love Nebraska but am not as big on his arena sounding stuff.

Great work, Stephan!

So, Alex Chilton made the top 10?

instead of a lame "No, but Paul Westerberg did" joke:

yeah, John, in case you haven't noticed yourself by now, according to Stephan's updated spreadsheet "he" is. hoo. ray.

I'm in love with that song!