The Obnoxious 1986 Poll

So I decided to make my own poll of fifteen albums from 1986 (since both ACM and Cristi listed 15 albums). Of course, I didn’t want to use any albums already listed, so that means I couldn’t use albums I enjoy from such artists as Depeche Mode, Peter Gabriel and Genesis (to name just three from A Crimson Mellotron), or A-Ha, Candlemass and Queensryche (to name just three from Cristi). I still had rather a large list, so decided to attempt to use only albums I knew I actually owned and loved back in 1986 (oh, those heady days!).

And then, just to be contrary, I added four soundtracks to my list of 15 albums. Because back in the day, soundtracks comprised a large part of my cassette collection (for that was how I listened to music), and some of my first albums were soundtracks. (Empire Strikes Back and Gremlins being the two earliest I can remember off the top of my head. Gremlins would have been the first time I heard Peter Gabriel, I expect. I was disappointed he chose not to put his song from Gremlins onto his recent soundtrack compilation album.)

So there you have it - my obnoxious 1986 poll. Have at it! 😜

The Smiths, of course.

I love the film more than the soundtrack, but I do still like most of the soundtrack, so it gets my own vote, too.

OMG, am I that predictable? 

wait, you don't know all the sophisti-pop from this poll? 

Notorious is a good album. They went downhill hard after that, at least for me. A rare good song here and there. 

For me, I really like where they went from here. Notorious was Warren Cuccurullo’s introduction to the band, and because of this, he had no real input into it. His part in the group becomes more noticeable from the following album on. I love what he brought to the group, and the following album is probably my all-time favourite DD album.