The Pacific Age is the seventh album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1986. “(Forever) Live and Die” became the group’s third hit single in the US and returned the group to the top 20 in the UK, peaking at #11, but the album sold poorly in both countries. The Pacific Age was … Read more
Top Gun is the soundtrack from the film of the same name, released in 1986 by Columbia Records. In 1999, it was reissued in a Special Expanded Edition with additional songs. In 2006, it was reissued again in a Deluxe Edition with yet more songs. The album reached number one in the charts for five … Read more
Blood & Chocolate is the eleventh studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released in the United Kingdom as Demon Records XFIEND 80, and in the United States as Columbia 40518. After his previous album King of America with producer T-Bone Burnett and different musicians, this album reunited him with producer … Read more
Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse is the second album by Skinny Puppy, released in September 1986. It contained the single “Dig It”, which inspired several industrial music contemporaries, including Nine Inch Nails. The cover photo, taken by Steven R. Gilmore, was from a pornographic film that happened to come on the TV in a hotel in … Read more
Bouncing off the Satellites is the fourth studio album by New Wave band The B-52’s, released on September 8, 1986. It was recorded in July 1985 and was produced by Tony Mansfield. Guitarist Ricky Wilson died of AIDS during the recording. With the band too distraught to tour, the album received minimal promotion and failed … Read more
The Sport of Kings is the eighth studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1986. It was recorded at the band’s home studio of Metalworks Studios from May to August 1986.
Graceland is the seventh studio album by American folk musician Paul Simon, released in August 1986. It was a hit, topping the UK Album Chart, and reaching number three on the US Billboard 200. The album won the 1987 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, while the title song won the 1988 Grammy Award … Read more