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35 unusual facts about 1986 in music


ABBA Live

ABBA Live is an album of live recordings by Swedish pop group ABBA, released by Polar Music in 1986 (see 1986 in music).

Back to the S**t!

Several years previous, Back to the S t! had been the original title for what would become Jackson's 1986 An Imitation of Love album, and several tracks that originally appeared on that album (namely, three of its singles) are also included on this one.

Billboard Top Country Hits: 1986

Billboard Top Country Hits: 1986 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1994, featuring 10 hit country music recordings from 1986.

Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter

Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter is a 1986 album featuring Billy Eckstine and Benny Carter.

Blues Interaction – Live in Japan 1986

Blues Interaction - Live In Japan 1986 Is a 1986 live album by blues singer and guitarist Otis Rush.

Brand New Lover

It achieved international success when released as a single in 1986.

Calling America

"Calling America" is a song by the rock music group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) released as a single from their 1986 (see 1986 in music) album Balance of Power.

Classic Produktion Osnabrück

Classic Produktion Osnabrück (often referred to as cpo, in lowercase) is a record label founded in 1986 by Georg Ortmann and several others.

Color in Your Life

Color in Your Life is the third and final album by American new wave band Missing Persons, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).

Come Share My Love

Released in 1986 under Atlantic Records, the album peaked at #171 on the Billboard 200 and #19 on the Billboard R&B Albums Chart.

Culturcide

They were notorious for their 1986 album Tacky Souvenirs of Pre-Revolutionary America, which earned the band a cult following, but also several legal threats.

Dra dit pepparn växer

When the program returned after New Year in early 1986 the song had been knocked out from the chart.

Drakkar Entertainment

Originally Kopec Music Publishing, Drakkar Entertainment was founded in 1986 by Bogdan Kopec.

Duotones

It was released by Arista Records in 1986, and peaked at number one on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number five on the Jazz Albums chart, number six on the Billboard 200 and number eight on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Everybody Wants to Run the World

The re-jigged single was released in 1986 to promote the Sport Aid campaign, a charitable event held to raise money for famine relief in Africa.

Figure imposée

The next year, Bashung will finally have commercial success back again with the single "S.O.S. Amor" and his next studio album, Passé le Rio Grande in 1986.

Glory of Love

The song was Cetera's first hit single and was included on his 1986 album, Solitude/Solitaire.

I Found Someone

It would not be for another two months, however, in 1986, that "I Found Someone" was finally released as the third U.S. single from her 1985 album Hold Me.

Mayo Civic Center

It is perhaps famous, but unknown, to music fans for being the shooting location for Bon Jovi's music video for 1986's "Wanted Dead or Alive".

Mothers Talk

While America saw "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" as the first single release from the Songs from the Big Chair LP, "Mothers Talk" was eventually released there as the fourth and final single from the album in April 1986, peaking at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Neu! 4

It was recorded and mixed between October 1985 and April 1986 at Grundfunk Studio, Düsseldorf, Germany, Dinerland-Lilienthal Studio, Düsseldorf, Germany, and Michael Rother Studio, Forst, Germany.

Passé le Rio Grande

Passé le Rio Grande (Passed the Rio Grande) is the sixth studio album by French rocker Alain Bashung, issued in 1986 on Philips Records.

Since You've Gone

"Since You've Gone" is the final promo single from Belinda Carlisle's Belinda album, released in 1986 (See 1986 in music).

Street Life: 20 Great Hits

Street Life: 20 Great Hits is a compilation album by Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).

Strong Persuader

Strong Persuader is American blues guitarist Robert Cray's fifth studio album, released in 1986, and became his breakthrough album to the mainstream.

That's the Stuff

A different version of the album surfaced in 1986, featuring a blue cover with slightly different artwork.

The Best of Waylon

The Best of Waylon is a compilation album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Records in 1986, following the singer's departure from the label.

The Pack Is Back

The Pack Is Back is the fifth full-length album by the English heavy metal band Raven, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).

The Popguns

Originally from Brighton, East Sussex, they formed in 1986 by vocalist Wendy Morgan, guitarists Simon Pickles and Greg Dixon plus bassist Pat Walkington and were joined by Shaun Charman, the former drummer for The Wedding Present in 1988.

Turbo Lover

Released in 1986, the song was one of the first tracks recorded for the album with the use of guitar synthesizers.

Twig Tape

The Twig Tape is a compilation album of original music, created by the students of University of Toronto Schools in annual volumes since 1986.

Uchoten

In September 1986 they released their major debut album, Peace.

Under the Wire

Under the Wire is the third solo album by dobro player Jerry Douglas, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).

What Goes Around Comes Around

Jennings would go on to have two more #1 albums after What Goes Around Comes Around – 1980's Music Man and 1986's Will the Wolf Survive – but the modest success of What Goes Around Comes Around was a sign which suggested that the outlaw movement was in fact on the wane.

Will the Wolf Survive

First released in 1986, it proved a greater commercial success than the singer's previous several releases, the peak of Jennings' popularity having passed.