pretty-boy multi-platinum pop-rock monsters of 1987

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sub-questions:
--Why do retro-doof band like Chromeo bite the boringest '80s signifiers and no one has yet to remake classic synclavier overproduced late-80s pop
--Does this mini-genre start with Duran Duran and end with Escape Club?
--Am I wrong in thinking this is some classic year for pop albums, or was I just the right age when this stuff was on the radio so it gives me the retro-tingles?
--Why haven't any rappers sampled INXS, bur George Michael and Tears For Fears were fair game?
--What other albums count as peers?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
George Michael - Faith	20
INXS - Kick	17
Terrence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline...	10

― Hæpte up out myn bedde, turn myn flagon (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 04:34 (sixteen years ago)

You love RetroJunk.

― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 04:37 (sixteen years ago)

INXS, pretty easily. "New Sensation" is one of the greatest singles ever.

― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 16 June 2009 04:38 (sixteen years ago)

I mean, this is INXS in a walk for me too. But I'm sure other people may feel different?

― Hæpte up out myn bedde, turn myn flagon (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 04:42 (sixteen years ago)

love kick, love TTD more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOMdkLGo08s

― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 04:45 (sixteen years ago)

(on faith i mostly love the title track and "father figure," tho "i want your sex" is pretty classic in its own way.)

― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 04:52 (sixteen years ago)

So why aren't Guns n Roses on this list?

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 04:54 (sixteen years ago)

INXS, pretty easily. "New Sensation" is one of the greatest singles ever.

― Matos W.K., Tuesday, June 16, 2009 12:38 AM Bookmark

^this

― Gabbneb in NYC (gabbneb), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:09 (sixteen years ago)

So why aren't Guns n Roses on this list?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, June 16, 2009 12:54 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

they were pop hard-rock, like Def Leppard.

Also that album came out in 1986 iirc

― Hæpte up out myn bedde, turn myn flagon (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:13 (sixteen years ago)

appetite came out in '87 but didn't really hit til '88. but i agree it doesn't fit with these 3.

― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:46 (sixteen years ago)

But Hysteria came out in 1987 so we'll go that route. :-D

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:46 (sixteen years ago)

"rock monsters"

― Gabbneb in NYC (gabbneb), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:47 (sixteen years ago)

"pop-rock"

― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 16 June 2009 06:57 (sixteen years ago)

Bad was 1987 too, wasn't it?

― Enemy Insects (NickB), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 09:50 (sixteen years ago)

yeah. kinda arbitrary list! inxs didn't hit in the uk till 1988.

― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 09:57 (sixteen years ago)

I'm goin for D'Arby. 4 great singles off that album.

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 10:49 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/brucewillis-gal-actors.jpg

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 10:52 (sixteen years ago)

Bit confused about the raison d'etre of this thread but I should enlighten the world and confess that INXS is my least favorite option of those above. I've never quite gotten them but could never figure out why. Too ersatz? Blasé? Uncommitted? Music not hard won enough? Certainly not trashy/novel enough in compensation. Maroon 5 without the doomy undertow?

Anyhoo, I went with my fellow tearoom traveler George Michael. Uncommitment that sings.

― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 11:40 (sixteen years ago)

"rock monsters"
― Gabbneb in NYC (gabbneb), Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:47 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
"pop-rock"
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:57 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

YOU GUYS GOT ME!!! THESE ALBUMS ARE NEITHER OF THESE THINGS AT ALL!!!

― Hæpte up out myn bedde, turn myn flagon (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 12:28 (sixteen years ago)

give em hell Whiney

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 12:31 (sixteen years ago)

good thread idea, 87 totally was an exceptional year for pop

going w/ george michael

― a person who erroneously thinks he's smarter than you (some dude), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 13:07 (sixteen years ago)

George Michael; "I Want Your Sex" drags on and on but o/w that album is loaded. The other two are great too.

― Euler, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 13:14 (sixteen years ago)

YOU GUYS GOT ME!!! THESE ALBUMS ARE NEITHER OF THESE THINGS AT ALL!!!

maybe i wasn't talking to you ;)

― Fidel Gastro (gabbneb), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:15 (sixteen years ago)

Vocal EQ tricks, killer riffs, a dissolute egomaniac frontman -- what's not to like?? I like ALL their chart hits (in the US) - New Sensation, What You Need, Devil Inside -- sure they were all basically the same song but who cares? Was it the sax that put you off? What exactly makes them dud? Fuck, man. Before replying put on "New Sensation" REALLY LOUD.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (7 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:40 (sixteen years ago)

I did. Reminded me to eat breakfast.

― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:43 (sixteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 13 July 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

that jpeg at the top was supposed to be Madballs

― HOO))) (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 13 July 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

This poll should really be "One More Try" vs "Never Tear Us Apart" vs "Sign Your Name."

― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 July 2009 23:27 (fifteen years ago)

I've always been surprised by my never warming to INXS beyond some incredible singles ("Original Sin" remains their peak). I prefer the big X singles ("Disappear" and "Suicide Blonde") to "Devil Inside" and "Need You Tonight."

― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 July 2009 23:34 (fifteen years ago)

I don't think I even managed to warm to any of the singles.

― nabisco, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 00:03 (fifteen years ago)

Fuck, I really need to get Faith on CD. I never listen to my vinyl

― you just le freaked out our director of GOOD TIMES (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 00:06 (fifteen years ago)

well it's 46 cents on Amazon, so I guess i'll have it soon enough

― you just le freaked out our director of GOOD TIMES (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 00:07 (fifteen years ago)

this is Faith by a mile for me

― worm? lol (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 00:44 (fifteen years ago)

Faith here too.

― Mark, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 04:56 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, Faith for me too.

― Lostandfound, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 05:23 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE11Zrrp24I

bon jovi not pop-rock?

― Spray-On Food Particles With Soup (los blue jeans), Monday, 27 July 2009 05:45 (fifteen years ago)

The majority of the albums listed on this thread were among my first CD's. Not Terrance though.. I always thought he was boring.

Bad, Kick, Hysteria and Faith (and probably Forever Your Girl) were the new CD's I encouraged my parents to buy along with the Steve Winwood and Elton John they were buying. I would've voted for Kick.

― billstevejim, Monday, 27 July 2009 06:15 (fifteen years ago)

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