Album Year: 1986
Guitar Town
Guitar Town is the debut album from singer-songwriter Steve Earle, released on March 5, 1986. It topped the Billboard country album charts, and the title song reached #7 on the country singles charts. Earle was also nominated for two 1987 Grammy Awards, Best Male Country Vocalist and Best Country Song, for the title track. The … Read more
Skylarking
Skylarking is the ninth studio album by the English band XTC, released on 27 October 1986. The eighth studio album was actually the Dukes of Stratosphear release ’25 O’Clock’. Produced by American musician Todd Rundgren, Skylarking is a loose concept album centred around various cycles in life, such as the seasons, days, and years. The … Read more
Inside the Electric Circus
Inside the Electric Circus is the third studio album by heavy metal band W.A.S.P., released in October 1986 through Capitol Records; a remastered edition featuring two bonus tracks was reissued in 1997 through Snapper Music. The album is the band’s first to feature singer and bandleader Blackie Lawless playing guitar, having switched from bass to … Read more
Every Beat of My Heart
Camouflage is the thirteenth studio album by Rod Stewart released in 1984 by Warner Bros. Records. The three singles from the album were “Infatuation”, “Some Guys Have All the Luck”, and a cover of the Free hit, “All Right Now”. The album marked a reunion of sorts between Stewart and Jeff Beck, who plays guitar … Read more
Belinda
Belinda is the first solo album by Belinda Carlisle, notable as her first recording after the break-up of New Wave band The Go-Go’s, for whom she was their lead singer. Released in mid-1986 it featured a hit single “Mad About You” which went to No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 … Read more
True Stories
Featuring songs written for David Byrne’s film of the same name, True Stories is even more pop-oriented than Little Creatures, full of simple, catchy melodies and guitar hooks. ‘True Stories’ is not the soundtrack to David Byrne’s movie of the same name. Rather, this album contains Talking Heads’ versions of songs from the film. In … Read more
Liverpool
Liverpool is Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s second and last studio album, released in October 1986. It would be the band’s final album of all-new material, and lead singer Holly Johnson would leave the band following the corresponding world tour, followed by a flurry of lawsuits from ZTT. The album was a commercial disappointment compared to … Read more