Top 50 of 1986 to 1987

Last time out I covered 1983 to 1985, this time it slims down to a two year period, from 1986 to 1987.  During those years I was aged 7 to 9 years old and still had a very small record collection, adding albums by Rick Astley and Wet Wet Wet as well as singles by the likes of Europe, Living in a Box and Hue and Cry.  Some of those artists made it here, others didn't.

As with the two previous charts there are still a lot of albums discovered much later, if you followed the 1970-82 and 83-85 charts the pattern of Metallica and Maiden entries will be of no surprise but there were a few more bands starting to hit their stride from slower beginnings, bands like Faith No More and Red Hot Chili Peppers.  Not to mention the usual selection of chart hits that hung around in my brain long enough to still impress.

There's a distinct feeling here of things starting to get a little more alternative, the aforementioned FNM and RHCP increasing their number, the pop songs included being a little less cheesy and more hard-hitting in places, the metal growing ever more extreme.  The number of releases to choose from in my collection is still relatively small from these years meaning repeats of bands are inevitable, but the sounds within are definitely starting to open out.

1. Metallica - Master of Puppets

2. Slayer - Angel of Death

3. New Order - True Faith

4. Iron Maiden - Caught Somewhere in Time

5. Iron Maiden - The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

6. Metallica - Battery

7. Europe - The Final Countdown

8. Faith No More - Faster Disco

9. Iron Maiden - Heaven Can Wait

10. Iron Maiden - Alexander the Great

11. Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin

12. Metallica - Damage Inc

13. Iron Maiden - Wasted Years

14. Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle

15. Iron Maiden - Stranger in a Strange Land

16. Megadeth - Peace Sells

17. Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

18. Slayer - Raining Blood

19. Metallica - Last Caress/Green Hell

20. Iron Maiden - Deja Vu

21. Guns N' Roses - Paradise City

22. Faith No More - Introduce Yourself

23. Pet Shop Boys - Always on my Mind

24. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Backwoods

25. Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in your Arms

26. Aha - Manhattan Skyline

27. Napalm Death - Instinct of Survival

28. Faith No More - We Care a Lot

29. Sepultura - Troops of Doom

30. Europe - Rock the Night

31. Faith No More - Chinese Arithmetic

32. Faith No More - R n' R

33. Metallica - Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

34. Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia

35. Europe - On Broken Wings

36. Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities

37. Faith No More - Anne's Song

38. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

39. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Fight Like a Brave

40. Aha - Cry Wolf

41. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Me and My Friends

42. Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

43. Napalm Death - Scum

44. Napalm Death - The Kill

45. Faith No More - The Crab Song

46. Faith No More - Spirit

47. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Subterranean Homesick Blues

48. Jan Hammer - Crockett's Theme

49. Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth

50. Megadeth - Wake Up Dead

The next chart will be the first single year, 1988.