I have spoke with the tongue of angels, I have held the hand of the devil...
Today is aparently the 20th anniversary of U2's The Joshua Tree.
The following albums were all released in 1997: (--Wikipedia)
* R U Still Down? (Remember Me) - 2Pac
* Happy? (Jann Arden) - Jann Arden
* Anywhere But Here - The Ataris
* Come to Daddy - Aphex Twin
* Backstreet Boys (US) - Backstreet Boys
* Backstreet's Back - Backstreet Boys
* Whatever and Ever Amen - Ben Folds Five
* Blur - Blur
* Earthling - David Bowie
* When Disaster Strikes - Busta Rhymes
* Butterfly - Mariah Carey
* The Virginian - Neko Case
* Sevens - Garth Brooks
* Dig Your Own Hole - Chemical Brothers
* Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber
* A Fistful Of Alice - Alice Cooper
* My Own Prison - Creed
* Galore - The Cure
* Homework - Daft Punk
* Ultra - Depeche Mode
* Paradise Now - Die Krupps
* Titanic - Céline Dion (soundtrack)
* Dr. Dre Presents...The Aftermath - Dr. Dre
* Medazzaland - Duran Duran
* Cowboy - Erasure
* So Much for the Afterglow - Everclear
* Album of the Year - Faith No More
* The Fantastic Plastic Machine - Fantastic Plastic Machine
* The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters
* Behind The Eyes - Amy Grant
* Takes A Little Time - Amy Grant
* Play - Great Big Sea
* nimrod. - Green Day
* Mag Earwhig! - Guided by Voices
* Carnival of Chaos - GWAR
* Middle of Nowhere - Hanson
* The First Session - Hole
* S.C.I.E.N.C.E. - Incubus
* Elegantly Wasted - INXS
* The Great Milenko - Insane Clown Posse
* National Steel - Colin James
* The Velvet Rope - Janet Jackson
* Jerky Boys 4 - Jerky Boys
* Three Dollar Bill Y'all - Limp Bizkit
* Secret Samadhi - Live
* Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground
* Flaming Pie - Paul McCartney
* Surfacing - Sarah McLachlan
* Honky - Melvins
* Reload - Metallica
* Let's Face It - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
* Young Team - Mogwai
* Life In General - MxPx
* Nerf Herder - Nerf Herder
* The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
* So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes - NOFX
* Be Here Now - Oasis
* Ixnay On The Hombre - The Offspring
* Full Circle - Pennywise
* Billy Breathes - Phish
* Slip Stitch and Pass - Phish
* Portishead - Portishead
* Brown Album - Primus
* The Fat Of The Land - Prodigy
* OK Computer - Radiohead
* Sehnsucht - Rammstein
* Rheostatics - Rheostatics
* The Remixes - Shakira
* Child: Music for the Christmas Season - Jane Siberry
* Freak Show - Silverchair
* Somewhere More Familiar - Sister Hazel
* Fush Yu Mang -Smash Mouth
* Big Willie Style - Will Smith
* Becoming X - Sneaker Pimps
* Men In Black - Soundtrack
* The Lost Highway - Soundtrack
* Spiceworld - The Spice Girls
* Weights and Measures - Spirit of the West
* Then: The Earlier Years - They Might Be Giants
* Live Between Us - The Tragically Hip
* Come on Over - Shania Twain
* Pop - U2
* Urban Hymns - The Verve
* The Mollusk - Ween
* WU Tang Forever - Wu Tang Clan
The following albums were all released in 1987: (--Wikipedia)
# Never Let Me Down - David Bowie
# Touch - Laura Branigan
# Locust Abortion Technician - Butthole Surfers
# Heaven on Earth - Belinda Carlisle
# Raise Your Fist and Yell - Alice Cooper
# Electric - The Cult
# Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - The Cure
# Hysteria - Def Leppard
# Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode
# You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.
# The Circus - Erasure
# Paid in Full - Eric B. & Rakim
# Exposure - Exposé
# Introduce Yourself - Faith No More
# Faster Pussycat - Faster Pussycat
# Official Version - Front 242
# Funhouse - Funhouse
# Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses (debut)
# Rhyme Pays - Ice-T (debut)
# Kick - INXS
# Bad - Michael Jackson
# Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction
# 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) - The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu. Subsequently destroyed
# Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
# Trio - Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton
# Running in the Family - Level 42
# Bigger and Deffer - LL Cool J
# You Can Dance - Madonna
# Strange Weather - Marianne Faithfull
# Faith - George Michael
# Diesel and Dust - Midnight Oil
# Go On... - Mr. Mister
# Substance - New Order
# Power Metal - Pantera
# Actually - Pet Shop Boys
# A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd
# Come On Pilgrim - Pixies (debut)
# Buster Poindexter - Buster Poindexter
# Sign 'O' The Times - Prince
# Yo! Bum Rush the Show - Public Enemy
# Right Now! - Pussy Galore
# Halfway to Sanity - The Ramones
# Document - R.E.M.
# The Walking - Jane Siberry
# Coming Around Again - Carly Simon
# Floodland - The Sisters of Mercy
# Cleanse Fold and Manipulate - Skinny Puppy
# The World Won't Listen - The Smiths (February, compilation)
# Louder than Bombs - The Smiths (March (U.S.)/May (U.K.), compilation)
# Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths (September, final studio album)
# Sister - Sonic Youth
# Tiffany - Tiffany
# Introducing the Hardline According to... - Terence Trent D'Arby
# Love Is for Suckers - Twisted Sister (final album)
# The Joshua Tree - U2
# Whitesnake - Whitesnake
God I feel old now. :)
The following albums were all released in 1997: (--Wikipedia)
* R U Still Down? (Remember Me) - 2Pac
* Happy? (Jann Arden) - Jann Arden
* Anywhere But Here - The Ataris
* Come to Daddy - Aphex Twin
* Backstreet Boys (US) - Backstreet Boys
* Backstreet's Back - Backstreet Boys
* Whatever and Ever Amen - Ben Folds Five
* Blur - Blur
* Earthling - David Bowie
* When Disaster Strikes - Busta Rhymes
* Butterfly - Mariah Carey
* The Virginian - Neko Case
* Sevens - Garth Brooks
* Dig Your Own Hole - Chemical Brothers
* Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber
* A Fistful Of Alice - Alice Cooper
* My Own Prison - Creed
* Galore - The Cure
* Homework - Daft Punk
* Ultra - Depeche Mode
* Paradise Now - Die Krupps
* Titanic - Céline Dion (soundtrack)
* Dr. Dre Presents...The Aftermath - Dr. Dre
* Medazzaland - Duran Duran
* Cowboy - Erasure
* So Much for the Afterglow - Everclear
* Album of the Year - Faith No More
* The Fantastic Plastic Machine - Fantastic Plastic Machine
* The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters
* Behind The Eyes - Amy Grant
* Takes A Little Time - Amy Grant
* Play - Great Big Sea
* nimrod. - Green Day
* Mag Earwhig! - Guided by Voices
* Carnival of Chaos - GWAR
* Middle of Nowhere - Hanson
* The First Session - Hole
* S.C.I.E.N.C.E. - Incubus
* Elegantly Wasted - INXS
* The Great Milenko - Insane Clown Posse
* National Steel - Colin James
* The Velvet Rope - Janet Jackson
* Jerky Boys 4 - Jerky Boys
* Three Dollar Bill Y'all - Limp Bizkit
* Secret Samadhi - Live
* Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground
* Flaming Pie - Paul McCartney
* Surfacing - Sarah McLachlan
* Honky - Melvins
* Reload - Metallica
* Let's Face It - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
* Young Team - Mogwai
* Life In General - MxPx
* Nerf Herder - Nerf Herder
* The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
* So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes - NOFX
* Be Here Now - Oasis
* Ixnay On The Hombre - The Offspring
* Full Circle - Pennywise
* Billy Breathes - Phish
* Slip Stitch and Pass - Phish
* Portishead - Portishead
* Brown Album - Primus
* The Fat Of The Land - Prodigy
* OK Computer - Radiohead
* Sehnsucht - Rammstein
* Rheostatics - Rheostatics
* The Remixes - Shakira
* Child: Music for the Christmas Season - Jane Siberry
* Freak Show - Silverchair
* Somewhere More Familiar - Sister Hazel
* Fush Yu Mang -Smash Mouth
* Big Willie Style - Will Smith
* Becoming X - Sneaker Pimps
* Men In Black - Soundtrack
* The Lost Highway - Soundtrack
* Spiceworld - The Spice Girls
* Weights and Measures - Spirit of the West
* Then: The Earlier Years - They Might Be Giants
* Live Between Us - The Tragically Hip
* Come on Over - Shania Twain
* Pop - U2
* Urban Hymns - The Verve
* The Mollusk - Ween
* WU Tang Forever - Wu Tang Clan
The following albums were all released in 1987: (--Wikipedia)
# Never Let Me Down - David Bowie
# Touch - Laura Branigan
# Locust Abortion Technician - Butthole Surfers
# Heaven on Earth - Belinda Carlisle
# Raise Your Fist and Yell - Alice Cooper
# Electric - The Cult
# Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - The Cure
# Hysteria - Def Leppard
# Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode
# You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.
# The Circus - Erasure
# Paid in Full - Eric B. & Rakim
# Exposure - Exposé
# Introduce Yourself - Faith No More
# Faster Pussycat - Faster Pussycat
# Official Version - Front 242
# Funhouse - Funhouse
# Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses (debut)
# Rhyme Pays - Ice-T (debut)
# Kick - INXS
# Bad - Michael Jackson
# Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction
# 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) - The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu. Subsequently destroyed
# Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
# Trio - Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton
# Running in the Family - Level 42
# Bigger and Deffer - LL Cool J
# You Can Dance - Madonna
# Strange Weather - Marianne Faithfull
# Faith - George Michael
# Diesel and Dust - Midnight Oil
# Go On... - Mr. Mister
# Substance - New Order
# Power Metal - Pantera
# Actually - Pet Shop Boys
# A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd
# Come On Pilgrim - Pixies (debut)
# Buster Poindexter - Buster Poindexter
# Sign 'O' The Times - Prince
# Yo! Bum Rush the Show - Public Enemy
# Right Now! - Pussy Galore
# Halfway to Sanity - The Ramones
# Document - R.E.M.
# The Walking - Jane Siberry
# Coming Around Again - Carly Simon
# Floodland - The Sisters of Mercy
# Cleanse Fold and Manipulate - Skinny Puppy
# The World Won't Listen - The Smiths (February, compilation)
# Louder than Bombs - The Smiths (March (U.S.)/May (U.K.), compilation)
# Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths (September, final studio album)
# Sister - Sonic Youth
# Tiffany - Tiffany
# Introducing the Hardline According to... - Terence Trent D'Arby
# Love Is for Suckers - Twisted Sister (final album)
# The Joshua Tree - U2
# Whitesnake - Whitesnake
God I feel old now. :)