“Primitive Cool” is the second solo album by The Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger and was released in 1987. As the follow-up to Jagger’s 1985 success She’s the Boss, Primitive Cool was another attempt by Jagger to make him a solo star. However, the commercial reaction was cooler than expected. Following the release of … Read more
Tiffany is the eponymous debut album by American pop singer Tiffany, released in May 1987. Tiffany had begun working with manager/producer George Tobin several years earlier, with some of the tracks recorded as early as when she was 12 years old, in 1984. As a novel means of promoting the album and artist, Tiffany was … Read more
Raise Your Fist and Yell is the 17th studio album by rock musician Alice Cooper released on September 28th 1987. It features the track “Prince of Darkness”, which is featured very briefly in the John Carpenter film of the same name, in which Cooper has a cameo as a murderous vagrant. The song can be … Read more
Contagious is the eighth studio album by American hard rock/heavy metal band Y&T, released in 1987 through Geffen Records, which, like their previous label A&M Records, is now a subsidiary of Interscope Records (itself owned by Universal Music Group). It is the first Y&T studio album to feature a different line up since their debut … Read more
Rock ‘n’ Roll is the eighth studio album by English rock band Motörhead, released on 5 September 1987. It is their last album with the GWR label, and the first appearance of their four-piece line up of Lemmy, Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor, Würzel and Phil Campbell, which lasted from 1987 until 1992. Reaching only 34 … Read more
Rock You to Hell is the third (& final) studio album released by the British heavy metal band Grim Reaper in 1987. It was released under the RCA label.
Actually (stylized as Pet Shop Boys, actually.) is the second album by English electronic music group Pet Shop Boys, released through Parlophone and EMI Manhattan Records in 1987. This album is also the group’s third best selling album with over 4 million copies sold. Actually is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear … Read more
Islands is the 11th album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1987. Guest singers on the album are Bonnie Tyler, Kevin Ayers, Anita Hegerland and Jim Price. A different track list and cover was used for the American edition.
Hold Your Fire is the twelfth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in the fall of 1987 (see 1987 in music). The album was recorded at The Manor Studio in Oxfordshire, Ridge Farm Studio in Surrey, Air Studios in Montserrat and at McClear Place in Toronto. Hold Your Fire was the last … Read more