Dave’s Faves: My Album Collection in 1986

Dave’s Faves: My Album Collection in 1986

By year’s end, this was what my collection looked like. Albums acquired in 1986 are marked with an asterisk. Aha Hunting High and Low (1985) * Aha Scoundrel Days (1986) * Air Supply Lost in Love (1980) Air Supply The One That You Love (1981) Alabama Greatest Hits (compilation: 1980-86, released 1986) * Alabama The Touch (1986) Asia Asia (1982) Asia Alpha (1983) Asia Astra (1985) Bangles Different Light (1986) * The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour (1967) The Beatles Hey Jude (1968) The Beatles 1962-1966 (compilation: 1962-66, released 1973) The Beatles 1967-1970 (compilation: 1967-70, released 1973) The Beatles 20 Greatest Hits (compilation: 1962-70, released 1982) * Pat Benatar Crimes of Passion (1980) Pat Benatar Get Nervous (1982) Pat Benatar Live from Earth (live, 1983) Pat Benatar Tropico (1984) Pat Benatar Seven the Hard Way (1985) Berlin Pleasure Victim (1983) * Berlin Love Life (1984) * Berlin Count Three and Pray (1986) * Blondie Parallel Lines (1978) Blondie Eat to the Beat (1979) Boomtown Rats In the Long Grass (1984) * Boston Third Stage (1986) * Chicago Chicago 16 (1982) Chicago Chicago 17 (1984) Phil Collins No Jacket Required (1985) David + David Boomtown (1986) * Def Leppard Pyromania (1983) John Denver Greatest Hits (compilation: 1969-72, released 1973) Dennis DeYoung Desert Moon (1984) Dennis DeYoung Back to the World (1986) * Dire Straits Brothers in Arms (1985) Neil Diamond The Jazz Singer (soundtrack, 1980) Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (compilation: 1971-75, released 1976) Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2 (released 1982) Eurythmics In the Garden (1981) Eurythmics Sweet Dreams Are Made of This (1983) Eurythmics Touch (1983) Eurythmics 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984) Eurythmics Be Yourself Tonight (1985) Dan Fogelberg Greatest Hits (compilation: 1972-82, released 1982) Foreigner 4 (1981) Foreigner Records (compilation: 1976-82, released 1982) Foreigner Agent Provocateur (1984) Peter Gabriel So (1986) * J. Geils Band Freeze Frame (1981) Genesis Genesis (1983) Genesis Invisible Touch (1986) * Daryl Hall & John Oates H2O (1982) Daryl Hall & John Oates Rock ‘N’ Soul Part I (compilation: (1973-83, released 1983) Don Henley Building the Perfect Beast (1984) Hooters Nervous Night (1985) Michael Jackson Off the Wall (1979) Michael Jackson Thriller (1982) Billy Joel Turnstiles (1976) * Billy Joel The Stranger (1977) Billy Joel The Nylon Curtain (1982) Billy Joel An Innocent Man (1983) Billy Joel Greatest Hits Volume I & II (compilation: 1973-85, released 1985) Billy Joel The Bridge (1986) * Journey Captured (live, 1981) Journey Escape (1981) Journey Frontiers (1983) Journey Raised on Radio (1986) * Cyndi Lauper She’s So Unusual (1983) Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971) Huey Lewis & the News Sports (1983) Barry Manilow Greatest Hits (compilation, released 1978) Marillion Script for a Jester’s Tear (1983) * Marillion Fugazi (1984) * Marillion Real to Reel (live, 1984) * Marillion Misplaced Childhood (1985) * Marillion Brief Encounter (EP, 1986) * John Cougar (Mellencamp) American Fool (1982) John Cougar Mellencamp Uh-Huh (1983) John Cougar Mellencamp Scarecrow (1985) Men at Work Business As Usual (1981) Men at Work Cargo (1983) Men at Work Two Hearts (1985) The Moody Blues This Is the Moody Blues (compilation: 1967-72, released 1974) * The Moody Blues Voices in the Sky (compilation: 1967-82, released 1984) * The Moody Blues The Other Side of Life (1986) * Olivia Newton-John Greatest Hits (compilation: 1971-76, released 1977) Olivia Newton-John Totally Hot (1978) Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra Xanadu (soundtrack, 1980) Olivia Newton-John Physical (1981) Olivia Newton-John Olivia’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (compilation: 1978-82, released 1982) Olivia Newton-John Soul Kiss (1985) Stevie Nicks The Wild Heart (1983) Alan Parsons Project I Robot (1977) * Alan Parsons Project The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) * Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky (1982) * Alan Parsons Project The Best of (compilation: 1977-83, released 1983) Alan Parsons Project Ammonia Avenue (1984) Alan Parsons Project Vulture Culture (1985) Alan Parsons Project Stereotomy (1986) * Steve Perry Street Talk (1984) Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) Pink Floyd The Wall (1979) The Police Outlandos D’Amour (1978) The Police Reggatta De Blanc (1979) The Police Zenyatta Mondatta (1980) The Police Ghost in the Machine (1981) The Police Synchronicity (1983) Prince 1999 (1982) Prince & the Revolution Purple Rain (1984) Prince & the Revolution Around the World in a Day (1985) Queen Greatest Hits (compilation: 1973-81, released 1981) The Rainmakers The Rainmakers (1986) * REO Speedwagon Hi Infidelity (1980) REO Speedwagon Wheels Are Turnin’ (1984) Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-80, released 1980) Lionel Richie Can’t Slow Down (1983) Lionel Richie Dancing on the Ceiling (1986) * Rush All the World’s a Stage (live, 1976) * Rush Moving Pictures (1981) Rush Exit…Stage Left (live, 1981) Charlie Sexton Pictures for Pleasure (1985) * Paul Simon Graceland (1986) * Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) * Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. (1984) Bruce Springsteen Live 1975/1985 (live box set, 1986) * Squeeze 45s and Under (compilation: 1977-82, released 1982) * Squeeze Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti (1985) * Sting The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985) Sting Bring on the Night (live, 1986) * Styx Styx I (1972) Styx Styx II (1973) Styx The Serpent Is Rising (1973) * Styx Man of Miracles (1974) * Styx Best of Styx (compilation: 1972-74) Styx Equinox (1975) Styx Crystal Ball (1976) Styx The Grand Illusion (1977) Styx Pieces of Eight (1978) Styx Cornerstone (1979) Styx Paradise Theater (1981) Styx Kilroy Was Here (1983) Styx Caught in the Act (live, 1984) Supertramp Famous Last Words (1982) Supertramp Brother Where You Bound (1985) Tears for Fears The Hurting (1983) Tears for Fears Songs from the Big Chair (1985) Toto Toto IV (1982) U2 War (1983) * U2 Under a Blood Red Sky (live, 1983) * Van Halen 5150 (1986) * John Williams (composer) Star Wars IV: A New Hope (soundtrack, 1977) Yes The Yes Album (1971) Yes Fragile (1971) Yes Classic Yes (compilation: 1971-77, released 1981) Yes 90125 (1983) ZZ Top Afterburner (1985) Various Artists: Brimstone and Treacle (soundtrack, 1982) Flashdance (soundtrack, 1983) Footloose (soundtrack, 1984) K-Tel: High Energy (1979) K-Tel: Starflight (1979) K-Tel: Wings of Sound (1979) Legend (soundtrack, 1986) * Pretty in Pink (soundtrack, 1986) * St. Elmo’s Fire (soundtrack, 1985) * Two of a Kind (soundtrack, 1983) Vision Quest (soundtrack, 1985) We Are the World (1985) Resources and Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “My Album Collection” (see where it stood in different years) Dave’s Music Database (3/24/1979). “My First Album Purchase: K-Tel: High Energy” Dave’s Music Database (9/25/1982). “The Columbia House Record Club” Dave’s Music Database: “Dave’s Faves: My Top 100 Albums” Dave’s Music Database (9/18/1982). “My First Personal Song Chart” Dave’s Music Database: “Dave’s Faves: My Top 100 Songs” First posted 8/31/2021.

Lyle Lovett released his self-titled debut album

Lyle Lovett Lyle Lovett

Released: August 1986 Peak: -- US, 14 CW Sales (in millions): -- Genre: alt-country/Americana

Tracks: Song Title (Writers) [time] (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts. Cowboy Man [2:48] (11/1/86, 10 CW) God Will [2:13] (2/21/87, 18 CW) Farther Down the Line [3:05] (7/12/86, 21 CW) This Old Porch (Lyle Lovett/Robert Earl Keen) [4:16] Why I Don’t Know [2:41] (6/6/87, 15 CW) If I Were the Man You Wanted [3:57] (9/23/89, 49 CW) You Can’t Resist It [3:08] The Waltzing Fool [3:49] An Acceptable Level of Ecstasy (The Wedding Song) [3:30] Closing Time [3:43] All songs written by Lyle Lovett unless noted otherwise. Total Running Time: 32:30

Rating: 3.706 out of 5.00 (average of 16 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album: While this is the closest Lyle Lovett has come “to making a straight country disc,” AMG he also made it clear on his debut that “he was an eccentric in the great Texas tradition…Rather than sounding like the new boy in Nashville, he presented himself as the odd but likable distant relative of Guy Clark and Jesse Winchester.” AMG “While This Old Porch and If I Were the Man You Wanted proved he could write a sincere and affecting song as well as anyone, they also made clear that he wasn’t cut out for Nashville-style radio-ready singles, while the ironic Cowboy Man and the wickedly cynical cheating song God Will proved Lovett possessed a genius for taking traditional formulas and giving them a hard twist.” AMG “The jazzy sway of An Acceptable Level of Ecstasy (The Wedding Song) offers a witty and engaging preview of the blues-flavored sound Lovett would hone on later albums, and in this context the tunefully obsessive You Can’t Resist It sounds like the great pop hit he never had.” AMG “While under Tony Brown’s production (and with a team of Nashville session vets backing him up) some of the sharper edges of Lovett’s musical personality were smoothed down.” AMG Still, his “reedy but soulful voice shines through, and a casual listen confirms that Lovett’s music was just as strong as his lyrics. Along with Steve Earle’s Guitar Town, Lyle Lovett was one of the most promising and exciting debut albums to come out of Nashville in the 1980s, and like Earle’s album, this set a high bar for what would become an exciting and idiosyncratic career, proving first-rank singer/songwriters didn’t just come from New York or Los Angeles.” AMG

Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Lyle Lovett AMG All Music Guide review by Mark Deming Other Related DMDB Pages: First posted 5/18/2022.