Top-rated albums of 1986

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1986 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,424 charts

Rank Score:

38,794

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

17

Average Rating:

 88 (2,839 votes)

Comments:

264

2.

Master Of Puppets 

 Metallica

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

1,230 charts

Rank Score:

13,244

Rank in 1986:

2

Rank in 1980s:

13

Overall Rank:

105

Average Rating:

 83 (1,766 votes)

Comments:

116

3.

Standing On A Beach - The Singles 
Compilation

 The Cure

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

543

Rank in 1986:

39

Rank in 1980s:

434

Overall Rank:

2,838

Average Rating:

 83 (215 votes)

Comments:

11

4.

Dois 

 Legião Urbana

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

205

Rank in 1986:

89

Rank in 1980s:

926

Overall Rank:

6,311

Average Rating:

 81 (70 votes)

Comments:

6

5.

Jimi Plays Monterey (Original Motion Picture Sound Track) 
Live soundtrack

 Jimi Hendrix

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

192

Rank in 1986:

93

Rank in 1980s:

991

Overall Rank:

6,721

Average Rating:

 81 (56 votes)

Comments:

3

6.

Live/1975-85 
Live compilation

 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

111 charts

Rank Score:

486

Rank in 1986:

46

Rank in 1980s:

478

Overall Rank:

3,092

Average Rating:

 81 (212 votes)

Comments:

8

7.

Graceland 

 Paul Simon

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

1,100 charts

Rank Score:

11,743

Rank in 1986:

3

Rank in 1980s:

16

Overall Rank:

127

Average Rating:

 81 (1,315 votes)

Comments:

79

8.

The Whole Story 
Compilation

 Kate Bush

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

300

Rank in 1986:

63

Rank in 1980s:

685

Overall Rank:

4,631

Average Rating:

 81 (164 votes)

Comments:

9

9.

Apostrophe ' / Overnite Sensation 
Compilation

 Frank Zappa

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

255

Rank in 1986:

75

Rank in 1980s:

776

Overall Rank:

5,259

Average Rating:

 81 (59 votes)

Comments:

0

10.

The Colour Of Spring 

 Talk Talk

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

453 charts

Rank Score:

4,275

Rank in 1986:

6

Rank in 1980s:

59

Overall Rank:

420

Average Rating:

 80 (551 votes)

Comments:

29

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).