Best Albums of 1987

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Listed below are the best albums of 1987 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1987 year summaryThe best artists of 1987 were U2, Guns N' Roses, Prince, The Smiths, Dinosaur Jr., R.E.M., Michael Jackson, Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth and Def Leppard.

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At My Window

Townes Van Zandt

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1987

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14 charts

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O Elevador Da Glória

Rádio Macau

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1987

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4 charts

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423.

Mother Fist And Her Five Daughters

Marc Almond

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1987

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12 charts

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424.

The Spice Of Life

Kazumi Watanabe

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1987

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3 charts

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425.

South

Shona Laing

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1987

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4 charts

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426.

By The Time It Gets Dark

Mary Black

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1987

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3 charts

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Body & Soul

Jenny Morris

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1987

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7 charts

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Coup D'Etat

Muslimgauze

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1987

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6 charts

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Wendy And Lisa

Wendy & Lisa

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1987

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5 charts

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Treehouse

The Grapes Of Wrath

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1987

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8 charts

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Best Albums of 1987 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	20	2%
The Smiths	3	0%
Blaine L. Reininger	3	0%
Big Black	3	0%
Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic	3	0%
Elvis Presley	3	0%
Prince	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	394	39%
	234	23%
	44	4%
	33	3%
	32	3%
	27	3%
	26	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	914	91%
Yes	87	9%

Live?	Albums	%
No	978	98%
Yes	23	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	12	1%

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Best Albums of the 1980s
1. The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
2. Doolittle by Pixies
3. Remain In Light by Talking Heads
4. Disintegration by The Cure
5. The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses
6. The Joshua Tree by U2
7. Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
8. Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
9. Thriller by Michael Jackson
10. Closer by Joy Division
11. Purple Rain by Prince And The Revolution
12. Surfer Rosa by Pixies
13. Master Of Puppets by Metallica
14. Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
15. Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses
16. Graceland by Paul Simon
17. Back In Black by AC/DC
18. Spirit Of Eden by Talk Talk
19. Murmur by R.E.M.
20. Moving Pictures by Rush