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**1001 Album Club**

Friends make a pact to listen and discuss 1001 of the best albums in a basement tiki bar

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608 Pet Shop Boys - Actually Nov 30, 2023

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In September of 1987 Pet Shop Boys released their Sophomore studio album.

A loose critique on Thatcherism, the album was written in response to that harpy’s perceived re-election.

It has appeared on a number of “must listen” lists and deservedly so.

Let’s talk Pet Shop Boys, Actually!

607 Michael Jackson - Bad Nov 27, 2023

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In August of 1987 Michael Jackson released his 7th studio album.

Coming a full five years after his worldwide #1 best selling album of all time, Thriller, expectations were astronomical from his follow-up.

The results? Another best selling album of all time, 9 single out of the 11 tracks, and what a number of critics believe to be his finest hour.

Lets talk Michael Jackson, Bad!

606 The Triffids - Calenture Nov 23, 2023

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In November of 1987 The Triffids released their 4th studio album.

The album title is taken from the term describing sailors getting brain sick after being at sea too long (a feeling the band identified with during the long back and forth flights to England to record the album).

It was the most produced album the band would ever make, but is it their best?

Lets talk The Triffids, Calenture!

605 Sonic Youth - Sister Nov 20, 2023

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In June of 1987 Sonic Youth released their 4th studio album.

The band continues their transition from No Wave to more traditional song structures but not ones to shy away from the avant-garde, the album is a loose concept record, the title itself is a reference to author Philip K. Dick’s fraternal twin who died shortly after birth, and who’s spirit haunted Dick for the rest of his days.

Lets talk Sonic Youth, Sister!

604 Napalm Death - Scum Nov 16, 2023

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In July of 1987 Napalm Death released their debut studio album.

Pioneering the Grindcore sub-genre of Extreme Heavy Metal, these Meriden teens went faster and harder than any other band had to the point, so much so that they were entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for the shortest song ever recorded, You Suffer, clocking in at only 1.316 seconds long.

Lets talk Napalm Death, Scum!

603 Laibach - Opus Dei Nov 13, 2023

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In March of 1987 Laibach released their 3rd studio album.

Championing the new to us genre of Martial Industrial, the band dressed themselves onstage in their conscripted military uniforms, played disturbing 35 millimeter films, and subverted the musical stylings of such pop icons as The Beatles and Queen.

Lets talk Laibach, Opus Dei!

602 Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu Nov 09, 2023

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In 1987 Ladysmith Black Mambazo released their 25th album.

Following their work on Paul Simon’s Graceland, the group found themselves riding a much deserved wave of hype.

This time with Simon producing, the band got their first international hit and won themselves a Grammy in the process.

Lets talk Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Shaka Zulu!

601 The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands Nov 06, 2023

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In August of 1987, The Jesus and Mary Chain released their second studio album.

It was the first one to feature drum machines, on account of their original drummer leaving the band to front Primal Scream.

The album would peak at number five on the British charts, making it their best sales preforming record to date.

Lets talk The Jesus and Mary Chain, Darklands!

600 Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction Nov 02, 2023

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In July of 1987 Guns N Roses released their debut studio album.

Sales wise, the album floundered for the first year, selling only two hundred thousand units and battling Aerosmith’s return and hit makers, Def Leppard; it took the lobbying efforts of Geffen to convinces MTV to play the video for Welcome to The Jungle once a night for three nights, becoming the most viewer requested video of the time, and finally launching this rock n roll juggernaut to the top of the Billboard charts by August 1987.

Lets talk Guns N Roses, Appetite for Destruction!

599 The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come Oct 30, 2023

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In September of 1987 The Smiths released their fourth and final studio album.

Tensions between Morrissey and Johnny Marr had been growing steadily regarding musical direction and all that came to a head with this recording. Orchestration and voicing are at their lushest, and Morrissey’s witty prose is sharpened to a razor’s edge.

Lets talk The Smiths, Strangeways, Here We Come!

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