Revisiting favorite albums that are 40 years old this year.
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1. The Chameleons – Strange Times
Towering, crystalline cathedrals of sound that reveal new reflections on every listen.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #chameleons #postpunk #dreampop #goth #musicsky
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2. The Feelies – The Good Earth
Second album had a pastoral, early autumn feel with more jangly, acoustic guitars. The most passionate centerpiece is “Slipping (Into Something).”
thefeelies.bandcamp.com/album/the-go...
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #feelies #janglepop #indiepop #hoboken #musicsky
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3. Metallica – Master of Puppets
The best sound, performance, execution, and a cohesive narrative flow. The youthful rawness is replaced by a polished majesty, particularly on the title track and Cliff's "Orion."
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #metallica #thrashmetal #progmetal #heavymetal #musicsky
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4. Slayer – Reign In Blood
Honed their sound on album three into a powerful bludgeoning. Groundbreaking speed, "Angel of Death" and "Raining Blood" I'm getting verklempt . . . FUCKING SLAYER!!! \../
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #xtc #slayer #thrashmetal #deathmetal #musicsky
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5. XTC – Skylarking
Their most lush, cohesive and unique statement. It was my entrypoint to their catalogue. Stunning.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #xtc #psychpop #chamberpop #sunshinepop #musicsky
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6. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
No one else could make teenage fear and insecurity sound so sweepingly romantic. But then, no one else had Johnny Marr to provide guitar.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #smiths #janglepop #indiepop #postpunk #musicsky
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7. The Church – Heyday
Sydney band made a big leap forward on fourth album, more orchestral and guitar heavy, it was their masterpiece, pointing toward their future as a key influence on dream pop.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #church #postpunk #psych #janglepop #musicsky
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8. Easterhouse – Contenders
A brilliant mix of post-punk, jangle pop and fiery lefty political rage. Their debut came out the same day as their labelmates The Smiths, and ended up being overlooked by everyone.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #easterhouse #postpunk #newwave #janglepop #bigmusic #musicsky
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9. The Woodentops – Giant
Bits of Suicide,Talking Heads, XTC, Bunnymen and the frenetic rhythms of The Feelies, all treated with acoustic folk, twisted with other instrumentation like marimbas. A lost classic.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #woodentops #janglepop #c86 #indiepop #newwave #musicsky
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10. Agent Orange – This Is The Voice
Wildly colorful blend of psychedelic punk and surf with just a bit of driving, metallic edge. A needle drop of "Fire in the Rain" or "Tearing Me Apart" would change lives.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #agentorange #punk #post-punk #altrock #surfpunk #musicsky
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11. Screaming Blue Messiahs – Gun-Shy
Wall of sound punk blues, a torrid fever dream about assassination, serial killers and creepy invitations to play in the woods.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #screamingbluemessiahs #altrock #bluespunk #psychobilly #cowpunk #musicsky
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12. Hunters & Collectors – Human Frailty
Sweaty muscle shirt-wearing former punks bellow songs filled with romantic yearning and emotional vulnerability. Stellar breakup/makeup album.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #hunters&collectors #altrock #bigmusic #postpunk #musicsky
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13. R.E.M. – Lifes Rich Pageant
Crisp, rockier production, Michael Stipe enunciating properly for the first time. It's top heavy, with the best tracks the first three, "Begin the Begin," "These Days" and "Fall on Me."
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #r.e.m. #janglepop #altrock #folkrock #musicsky
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14. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Your Funeral . . . My Trial
The start of his journey from smarmy junkie devil to Cohenesque poet-crooner and benevolent goth Oprah." Choon: "The Carny."
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #nickcaveandthebadseeds #goth #postpunk #darkcabaret #punkblues #garagenoir #musicsky
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15. Talk Talk – The Colour Of Spring
Progressing beyond mere synthpop/new wave, their third album is a progressive sophisti-pop classic.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #talktalk #artpop #newwave #progpop #sophistipop #musicsky
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16. The The – Infected
A complex, sophisticated album, and Matt Johnson’s rawest, most energetic work.
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#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #thethe #artpop #synthpop #postpunk #newwave #musicsky
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17. Siouxsie & The Banshees – Tinderbox
Key influencers of goth with their most balanced production, sounding both muscular and ethereal. Prime psychedelic post-punk, classic Siouxsie.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #siouxsieandthebanshees #postpunk #psych #musicsky
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18. Throwing Muses – Throwing Muses
Stunningly original debut of feral beauty and dreamy savagery. So primordial it remains a bit of a lost classic.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #throwingmuses #postpunk #indie #4ad #musicsky
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19. Shriekback – Big Night Music
Supergroup at their peak. Shimmering, delicate, multi-colored psychedelic gem, organic yet still polished sounds that serve the dreamscape rather than the dancefloor.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #shriekback #newwave #psych #artpop #sophisti-pop #funk #musicsky
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21. Big Black – Atomizer
Like a blowtorch to the face, Albini boils down his misanthropy into a series of terse, fictional vignettes into the American underbelly.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #bigblack #posthardcore #noise #industrial #postpunk #musicsky
bigblack.bandcamp.com/album/atomiz...
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22. Bad Brains – I Against I
H.R.'s vocals are more diverse and expressive, and overall the band balances technical precision with accessibility. A landmark.
orgmusiclabel.bandcamp.com/album/i-agai...
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #badbrains #posthardcore #altmetal #hardcorepunk #funkmetal #musicsky
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23. Sonic Youth – EVOL
There is melody and structure here, but dangerously off-kilter, minor keys and wrong notes that sound just right. Their imperious goth phase.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #sonicyouth #noise #postpunk #nowave #goth #experimental #musicsky
sonicyouth.bandcamp.com/album/evol
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24. Love And Rockets – Express
A controlled explosion of colorful psychedelia and a fine-tuned element of distorted noise plus booming, sometimes dubby drums.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #loveandrockets #psych #postpunk #dreampop #goth #seaoftranquility
loveandrockets.bandcamp.com/album/express
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25. Ups & Downs – Sleepless
Prime jangle pop with a glittering post-punk sheen. "The Living Kind" offers a brisk statement of purpose with a similar vibe as The Church's "Unguarded Moment."
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #upsanddowns #janglepop #indie #postpunk #newwave #musicsky
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26. Lowlife – Permanent Sleep
Ex-Cocteau Twins bassist Will Heggie blended the gothic, ethereal beauty of his old band with New Order, The Sound and The Chameleons.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #lowlife #postpunk #etherealwave #goth #dreampop #musicsky
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27. Hüsker Dü – Candy Apple Grey
All of Grant Hart's songs were winners, and Mould's created a pleasing racket-infused power pop, influencing the sound of a thousand alt rock and grunge bands.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #huskerdu #powerpop #posthardcore #musicsky
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28. The Comsat Angels – Chasing Shadows
A return to darkwave/post-punk classic Sleep No More (1981), though harmonically more simple. But even Chris Blackwell couldn't sell these sonic shadows and gray fog.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #comsatangels #newwave #darkwave #postpunk #dreampop #musicsky
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29. The Call – Reconciled
A potent mix of post-punk and Big Music via U2, and a brooding, atmospheric heartland rock. Themes of faith, paranoia and determination were delivered by Been with utmost conviction and sincerity.
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #thecall #newwave #bigmusic #postpunk #musicsky
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30. Iron Maiden – Somewhere In Time
The introduction of guitar and bass synthesizers was jarring, but make sense in the context of the cyberpunk theme and amazing Derek Riggs Blade Runner inspired cover art. It holds up!
#festerslucky13 #aoty1986 #ironmaiden #heavymetal #cyberpunk #seaoftranquility
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