February 3, 20179 yr It's impossible for me to confine it. So here's the ones worthy of note from the back-end of 1987 (I graduated in '88) Late ‘87 “Paid in Full” by Eric B and Rakim “Introducing the Hardline According To …” by Terence Trent D’Arby “Born To Mack” by Too Short “In My Tribe” by 10,000 Maniacs “The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-Revisited” by Metallica “The Lonesome Jubilee” by Mellencamp “Sentimental Hygiene” by Warren Zevon “Badlands” by Jesus and Mary Chain “Document” by REM “Come On Pilgrim” by The Pixies “Strangeways, Here We Come” by The Smiths “Tunnel of Love” by The Boss “Faith” by George Michael “How Ya Like Me Now” by Kool Moe Dee “The Lion and The Cobra” by Sinead O’Connor “Less Than Zero” soundtrack “NWA and The Posse” by NWA — I was one of the first people in Ky to possess this cassette “Make It Last Forever” by Keith Sweat As far as the top amongst this group, I might have to go with George Michael's "Faith" as the best, but "Paid In Full" and the Terence Trent D'Arby record, as well as "Tunnel Of Love" and REM's "Document" are way up there, as is "Badlands" by Jesus and Mary Chain (who have reunited!).
February 3, 20179 yr Here's the early '88 portion Early ‘88 “Starfish” by The Church “Goin’ Off” by Biz Markie “Prison Bound” by Social D “Viva Hate” by Morrissey “Surfer Rosa” by The Pixies “The World’s Greatest Entertainer” by Doug E. Fresh “He’s The DJ, I’m The Rapper” by DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince “Hairway To Steven” by The Butthole Surfers (hope this passes the word filter) “Tracy Chapman” self-titled “Barbed Wire Kisses” by Jesus and Mary Chain “Life’s Too Good” by The Sugarcubes “Joy” by Teddy Pendergrass “Lovesexy” by Prince “By All Means Necessary” by Boogie Down Productions “Strictly Business” by EPMD “Don’t Be Cruel” by Bobby Brown “Long Live The Kane” by Big Daddy Kane “It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back” by Public Enemy I will say, unequivocally, that PE's masterpiece is the best of that year, and it's in my all-time top 10 and possibly top 5 greatest rock'n'roll albums ever. Also from that year, but not while I was still in HS, was "Straight Outta Compton" by NWA, which also is another top 10 all-time for me. As Frank sang, "It was a very good year."
February 3, 20179 yr The back end of 1988 was incredible, too. First semester of frosh year in college. "Copperhead Road" (Steve Earle) and "Nothing's Shocking" (Jane's Addiction) and "Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room" (Yoakam) and "…And Justice For All" (Metallica's last great record) all came out in the back end of that year. It was a great soundtrack for a kid just going off to college.
February 3, 20179 yr 2001-02 The Blueprint - Jay Z Tenacious D - Tenacious D Oh Inverted World - The Shins White Blood Cells - The White Stripes Jimmy Eat World - Jimmy Eat World Toxicity - System of a Down Change - The Dismemberment Plan I Get Wet - Andrew WK Watermelon, Chicken, and Gritz - Nappy Roots Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco Got to see The Shins on this release at the Southgate House in Newport. Really dig James Mercer. Got to chat with them on the front porch, and always dug the relaxed feel of the old Southgate House where it was so easy to hang out with bands. Not sure why exactly other than it was around the same time, but when I think of the Shins I associate them with Sunny Day Real Estate, and I'll make a stab and guess that they too are down your alley or up your tree.
February 3, 20179 yr I had to resist the urge to name stuff that came out my senior year that I wasn't made aware of until I had graduated such as Accept, Iron Maiden, U2,The Smiths, The Cure, Depeche Mode etc... ...as well as stuff that came out my Freshman- Junior years that was still in heavy rotation for me such as Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps, AC/DC - HWTH & Back in Black, Judas Priest - British Steel, Yes - Drama, Sex Pistol - NMTB, Van Halen - Woman and Children First, Pink Floyd - The Wall, or Angel City - Face to Face. If it came out in my junior year, but only started getting tons of radio airplay during my senior year I'll count it... Foreigner '4' Billy Squier - Don't Say No Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance AC/DC - For Those About To Rock We Salute You Krokus - One Vice At a Time Rush - Moving Pictures Triumph - Allied Forces Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman The Cars - Shake It Up Joan Jett - I Love Rock n' Roll 10 More for Sure Best of Blondie Phil Collins - Face Value Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry Genesis - Abacab Journey - Escape Moody Blues - Lone Distant Voyager The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You Judas Priest - Point of Entry John Cougar - American Fool Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park Goofy me didn't name the years, but it was '81/'82
February 3, 20179 yr As far as the albums that came out during my senior year, so June '98 through June '99, I'd have to go with: The Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty Outkast - Aquemini Built to Spill - Keep It Like A Secret The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner Tom Waits - Mule Variations The Beta Band - The Three E.P.'s Moby - Play Jimmy Eat World - Clarity David Gray - White Ladder
February 3, 20179 yr As far as the albums that came out during my senior year, so June '98 through June '99, I'd have to go with: The Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty Outkast - Aquemini Built to Spill - Keep It Like A Secret The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner Tom Waits - Mule Variations The Beta Band - The Three E.P.'s Moby - Play Jimmy Eat World - Clarity David Gray - White Ladder Saw Built to Spill at Bogarts on this release. Saw BFF at DV8 - small club 12th & Walnut downtown Cincy - release previous to this one. Saw Moby at Sycamore Gardens on Sycamore downtown Cincy on the Play release. - Had the chance to see him on the 2nd stage at Lollapalooza a couple of years before but at the time didn't know who he was. Saw David Gray at the Taft Theatre on this release but can't remember who the warm up was. He came back 5 years later w/ Aqualung, but I missed it because of another show that I was attending elsewhere on the same night. Saw The Flaming Lips on 2nd stage of Lollapalooza on their Transmissions from the Satellite Heart release... really would liked to have seen them after they blew up some more but never got around to it.
February 3, 20179 yr 1972 Eagles - Eagles Chicago V - Chicago Machine Head - Deep Purple Trilogy - Emerson, Lake and Palmer Harvest - Neil Young Hot August Night - Neil Diamond Eat a Peach - The Allman Brothers Band Three Dog Night Greatest Hits Live - Three Dog Night Homecoming - America Seven Separate Fools - Three Dog Night My brother also graduated in '72 so I was lucky to be exposed to his 8-track collection when I was around 7 or 8, and a lot of your picks were in there. Next time I see him I'm going to woo him with my memory of his collection that by now he's probably forgotten just what exactly was in there. Spent many hours listening to Neil Young - Harvest, America, Chicago, Three Dog Night, Neil Diamond - Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Jimi Hendrix- Smash Hits, The Beach Boys Greatest Hits, Elton John, Simon & Garfunkel, The Righteous Brothers, The Moody Blues, Blood Sweat & Tears, Seals & Croft, Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, The Beatles - Revolver, Iron Butterfly, The Hollies, BTO, CCR greatest with awesome extended versions of Heard it through the Grapevine and Suzie-Q, The James Gang, and he also had a funk/soul side to him with stuff like the Ohio Players, Kool and the Gang, The Spinners, and Sly and the Family Stone. Not to mention a ton of other stuff introduced to me by my sisters, his collection had a huge impact on me.
February 3, 20179 yr My brother also graduated in '72 so I was lucky to be exposed to his 8-track collection when I was around 7 or 8, and a lot of your picks were in there. Next time I see him I'm going to woo him with my memory of his collection that by now he's probably forgotten just what exactly was in there. Spent many hours listening to Neil Young - Harvest, America, Chicago, Three Dog Night, Neil Diamond - Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Jimi Hendrix- Smash Hits, The Beach Boys Greatest Hits, Elton John, Simon & Garfunkel, The Righteous Brothers, The Moody Blues, Blood Sweat & Tears, Seals & Croft, Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, The Beatles - Revolver, Iron Butterfly, The Hollies, BTO, CCR greatest with awesome extended versions of Heard it through the Grapevine and Suzie-Q, The James Gang, and he also had a funk/soul side to him with stuff like the Ohio Players, Kool and the Gang, The Spinners, and Sly and the Family Stone. Not to mention a ton of other stuff introduced to me by my sisters, his collection had a huge impact on me. I have to admit, as I would imagine most did, that I had to google to see what was released. It didn't't take long to jog my memory of what I actually had and listened to. I didn't have a car nor that newfangled 8 track thingy then. A buddy did and we listened to his to and from school and cruising. I did have a "stereo", as we called them, to play the albums. I didn't get the 8 track stuff until 1976 when I got my first car. I did have lots of albums that I packed and took to college.
February 3, 20179 yr I have to admit, as I would imagine most did, that I had to google to see what was released. It didn't't take long to jog my memory of what I actually had and listened to. I didn't have a car nor that newfangled 8 track thingy then. A buddy did and we listened to his to and from school and cruising. I did have a "stereo", as we called them, to play the albums. I didn't get the 8 track stuff until 1976 when I got my first car. I did have lots of albums that I packed and took to college. Same here. Roommate was from Haldeman, just a few miles east of Morehead. He had about 600. I had about 300. Packed them in those hard plastic milk crates.
February 3, 20179 yr Here's the early '88 portion Early ‘88 “Starfish” by The Church “Goin’ Off” by Biz Markie “Prison Bound” by Social D “Viva Hate” by Morrissey “Surfer Rosa” by The Pixies “The World’s Greatest Entertainer” by Doug E. Fresh “He’s The DJ, I’m The Rapper” by DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince “Hairway To Steven” by The Butthole Surfers (hope this passes the word filter) “Tracy Chapman” self-titled “Barbed Wire Kisses” by Jesus and Mary Chain “Life’s Too Good” by The Sugarcubes “Joy” by Teddy Pendergrass “Lovesexy” by Prince “By All Means Necessary” by Boogie Down Productions “Strictly Business” by EPMD “Don’t Be Cruel” by Bobby Brown “Long Live The Kane” by Big Daddy Kane “It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back” by Public Enemy I will say, unequivocally, that PE's masterpiece is the best of that year, and it's in my all-time top 10 and possibly top 5 greatest rock'n'roll albums ever. Also from that year, but not while I was still in HS, was "Straight Outta Compton" by NWA, which also is another top 10 all-time for me. As Frank sang, "It was a very good year." 1. That Tracy Chapman album is great!!! 2. YOU are Younger than me?!?!?! I always think of you as the old guy yelling "Get off of my grass" :lol2:
February 3, 20179 yr The only album I played front to back my senior year was, fittingly, Graduation by Kanye.
February 3, 20179 yr 1. That Tracy Chapman album is great!!! 2. YOU are Younger than me?!?!?! I always think of you as the old guy yelling "Get off of my grass" :lol2: C'mon, man. I'm like Frank Sinatra — young at heart.
February 3, 20179 yr Highlights from my senior year of HS. August 1972 The Band - Rock of Ages Summer Breeze - Seals and Crofts September 1972 Yes - Close to the Edge Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 October 1972 Cream - Heavy Cream Stevie Wonder - Talking Book Pure Prairie League - Bustin Out Diana Ross - Lady Sings the Blues November 1972 Lou Reed - Transformer Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan Edgar Winter - They Only Come Out at Night War - The World is a Ghetto Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday December 1972 Made in Japan - Deep Purple Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo The Rolling Stones - More Hot Rocks January 1973 Aerosmith - Aerosmith The Boss - Greetings From Asbury Park ELO - ELO 2 February 1973 Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies Traffic - Shootout at the Fantasy Factory March 1973 Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy April 1973 Beatles - Compilations Eagles - Desperado Marshall Tucker Band - MTB May 1973 Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin Simon Bachman Turner Overdrive - BTO Yes - Yessongs Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
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