Joe Cocker releases ‘Cocker’ featuring ‘You Can Leave Your Hat On’ (1986)
Joe Cocker‘s ‘Cocker’ feat. ‘You Can Leave Your Hat On’ is his tenth studio album released in April 1986 by Capitol.
Prince releases ‘Parade’ (Music from the Motion Picture ‘Under the Cherry Moon’) featuring ‘Kiss’ (1986)
Prince‘s ‘Parade: Music from the Motion Picture Under the Cherry Moon’ is his eighth studio albumrecorded with The Revolution and released on March 31, 1986 by Paisley Park.
Miles Davis records ‘Tutu’ in tribute to Desmond Tutu (1986)
Miles Davis‘ ‘Tutu’ is an album (in tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu) recorded on March 25, 1986 and released in December 1986 By Warner Bros.
The Rolling Stones release ‘Dirty Work’ featuring ‘Harlem Shuffle’ (1986)
The The Rolling Stones‘ ‘Dirty Work’ feat. ‘Harlem Shuffle’ is their eighteenth British (and twentieth American) studio album released on March 24, 1986 by The Rolling Stones/Columbia Records.
Van Halen release ‘5150,’ their seventh album featuring Sammy Hagar as a singer (1986)
Van Halen‘s ‘5150’ is their seventh studio album (a.k.a. “fifty-one-fifty”) featuring Sammy Hagar in replacement of David Lee Roth and released on March 24, 1986 by Warner Bros.
Elektra publishes the second Anita Baker’s album ‘Rapture’ (1986)
Anita Baker‘s ‘Rapture’ is her second (and breakout) album released on March 20, 1986 by Elektra.
This month Mike Stern records ‘Upside Downside,’ his second album (1986)
Mike Stern‘s ‘Upside Downside’ is his second studio album recorded in March & April 1986 and released the same year by Atlantic.
Mute Records release Depeche Mode’s fifth studio album : ‘Black Celebration’ (1986)
Depeche Mode‘s ‘Black Celebration’ is their fifth studio album released on March 17, 1986 by Mute Records.
MCA publish Steve Earle’s debut album : ‘Guitar Town’ (1986)
Steve Earle‘s ‘Guitar Town’ is his debut album produced by Emory Gordy, Jr. and Tony Brown and released March 5, 1986 by MCA
Elektra publish Metallica’s third album : ‘Master of Puppets,’ a musical landmark (1986)
Metallica‘s ‘Master of Puppets’ is their third studio (six times platinum) album produced by Flemming Rasmussen and released on March 3, 1986 by Elektra Records.
EMI publish Talk Talk’s ‘The Colour of Spring,’ their third studio album featuring ‘Life’s What You Make It’ (1986)
Talk Talk‘s ‘The Colour of Spring’ is their third studio album featuring ‘Life’s What You Make It,’ produced by Tim Friese-Greene and released in February, 1986 by EMI
Woody Shaw records live in Detroit ‘Bemsha Swing’ for Blue Note (1986)
Woody Shaw‘s ‘Bemsha Swing’ is a live album recorded in Detroit on February 26 & 27, 1986 and released in 1997 by Blue Note.
Asylum publish Jackson Browne’s eighth album : ‘Lives in the Balance’ (1986)
Jackson Browne‘s ‘Lives in the Balance’ is his eighth album self-produced and released on February 18, 1986 by Asylum
MCA Records publish Larry Carlton’s live album : ‘Last Nite’ (1986)
Larry Carlton‘s ‘Last Nite’ is a live album recorded in 1985 at The Baked Potato In North Hollywood and released on February 17, 1986 by MCA Records
Janet Jackson releases her third album : ‘Control’ featuring ‘What Have You Done for Me Lately,’ ‘Nasty,’ ‘When I Think of You,’ ‘Control’ and ‘Let’s Wait Awhile’ (1986)
Janet Jackson‘s ‘Control’ is her third studio album produced by Jam and Lewis and released on February 4, 1986 by A&M.
EMI publish Frank Zappa’s album : ‘Does Humor Belong in Music?’ (1986)
Frank Zappa‘s ‘Does Humor Belong in Music?’ is the only authorized (by FZ) CD (featuring concert recordings from October–December 1984) and released on January 27, 1986 by EMI.
Charlie Haden records ‘Quartet West,’ an album for Verve (1986)
Charlie Haden‘s ‘Quartet West’ is an album recorded on December 22 and 23, 1986 and released in 1987 by Verve.
Tommy Boy publish ‘Planet Rock: The Album’ by Afrika Bambaataa + Soulsonic Force (1986)
Afrika Bambaataa‘s ‘Planet Rock: The Album’ is his third album featuring Soulsonic Force and released on December 1, 1986 by Tommy Boy
Eric Clapton releases his tenth album : ‘August’ (1986)
Eric Clapton‘s ‘August’ is his tenth studio album mostly produced by Phil Collins and released on November 24, 1986 by Duck / Warner Bros.