Acclaimed Music - The Top Albums from 1986
The Top Albums from 1986





RankAll
Time
ArtistAlbumBuy at
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Song
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1 28 The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead
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2 67 Paul Simon
Graceland
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3 168 Beastie Boys
Licensed to Ill
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4 185 Run-D.M.C.
Raising Hell
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5 187 Metallica
Master of Puppets
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6 212 Peter Gabriel
So
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7 395 Slayer
Reign in Blood
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8 398 XTC
Skylarking
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9 616 Bon Jovi
Slippery when Wet
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10 626 Janet Jackson
Control
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11 684 Anita Baker
Rapture
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12 687 Sonic Youth
EVOL
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13 703 Prince and The Revolution
Parade
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14 713 R.E.M.
Life's Rich Pageant
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15 718 Elvis Costello and The Attractions
Blood and Chocolate
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16 767 The Costello Show
King of America

17 778 Bad Brains
I Against I
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18 782 Billy Bragg
Talking with the Taxman about Poetry
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19 912 Steve Earle
Guitar Town
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20 972 The Go-Betweens
Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express

21 1008 Big Black
Atomizer

22 1020 Talk Talk
The Colour of Spring
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23 1068 Madonna
True Blue
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24 1106 Depeche Mode
Black Celebration
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25 1176 Hüsker Dü
Candy Apple Grey
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26 1186 The Triffids
Born Sandy Devotional

27 1245 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Your Funeral … My Trial

28 1265 Pet Shop Boys
Please
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29 1274 Robert Cray Band
Strong Persuader
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30 1364 Crowded House
Crowded House
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31 1399 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Kicking Against the Pricks
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32 1456 Astor Piazzolla
Tango: Zero Hour
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33 1480 Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force
Planet Rock - The Album
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34 1495 The The
Infected
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35 1543 Les Rita Mitsouko
The No Comprendo
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36 1606 Stan Ridgway
The Big Heat
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37 1662 Cameo
Word Up
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38 1672 The Feelies
The Good Earth
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39 1781 New Order
Brotherhood
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40 1796 Megadeth
Peace Sells…But Who's Buying?
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41 1814 Pat Metheny with Ornette Coleman
Song X
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42 1831 Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses

43 1874 Bruce Springsteen
Live 1975-1985
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44 1980 Miles Davis
Tutu
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45 2142 The Woodentops
Giant
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46 2159 They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants
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47 2160 Abdullah Ibrahim
Water from an Ancient Well
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48 2191 Jennifer Warnes
Famous Blue Raincoat

49 2198 The Housemartins
London 0 Hull 4
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50 2233 Salt 'n' Pepa
Hot, Cool & Vicious
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51 2258 Paul Kelly
Gossip
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52 2283 Van Morrison
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
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53 2285 Randy Travis
Storms of Life
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54 2298 Hunters & Collectors
Human Frailty

55 2311 Public Image Ltd.
Album/Compact Disc/Cassette
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56 2322 Died Pretty
Free Dirt

57 2425 Lyle Lovett
Lyle Lovett
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58 2449 Van Halen
5150
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59 2458 Coil
Horse Rotorvator

60 2548 DeLillos
Suser Avgårde

61 2592 The Fall
Bend Sinister

62 2597 John Zorn
The Big Gundown
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63 2629 David Lee Roth
Eat 'Em & Smile
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64 2654 Nanci Griffith
The Last of the True Believers
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65 2741 The Chills
Kaleidoscope World
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66 2812 The Chameleons
Strange Times
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67 2830 Constance Demby
Novus Magnificat
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68 2931 This Mortal Coil
Filigree and Shadow

69 2975 The Bangles
Different Light
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70 2977 Steve Winwood
Back in the High Life
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Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Dwight Yoakam
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.
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Sonny Sharrock
Guitar
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Talking Heads
True Stories
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Cecil Taylor
For Olim

Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians
Element of Light
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Wynton Marsalis
Standard Time

T-Bone Burnett
T-Bone Burnett

Peter Case
Peter Case

Schoolly D
Schoolly D



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