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, The Smiths, Prince, Dinosaur Jr., R.E.M., Michael Jackson, Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth and Def Leppard.

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The Joshua Tree

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,814 charts

Rank Score:

19,899

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Average Rating:

83 (2,390 votes)

Comments:

226

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,351 charts

Rank Score:

12,180

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Prince

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

840 charts

Rank Score:

9,245

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Overall Rank:

174

Average Rating:

81 (914 votes)

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Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

725 charts

Rank Score:

6,366

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Overall Rank:

275

Average Rating:

81 (1,104 votes)

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You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

638 charts

Rank Score:

5,937

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Overall Rank:

305

Average Rating:

82 (717 votes)

Comments:

Document

R.E.M.

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

672 charts

Rank Score:

4,770

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Overall Rank:

376

Average Rating:

80 (902 votes)

Comments:

Bad

Michael Jackson

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

573 charts

Rank Score:

4,498

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

461 charts

Rank Score:

3,736

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Overall Rank:

481

Average Rating:

79 (593 votes)

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Sister

Sonic Youth

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

491 charts

Rank Score:

3,490

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Overall Rank:

518

Average Rating:

80 (624 votes)

Comments:

10.

Hysteria

Def Leppard

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

394 charts

Rank Score:

3,000

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Overall Rank:

586

Average Rating:

72 (542 votes)

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Best Albums of 1987 composition

Artist	Albums	%

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

	396	40%
	233	23%
	44	4%
	33	3%
	32	3%
	27	3%
	27	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 1976
1. Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder
2. Station To Station by David Bowie
3. Ramones by Ramones
4. Hotel California by Eagles
5. Boston by Boston
6. 2112 by Rush
7. Desire by Bob Dylan
8. The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers
9. Hejira by Joni Mitchell
10. A Trick Of The Tail by Genesis
11. A New World Record by Electric Light Orchestra
12. Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy
13. Rising by Rainbow
14. The Royal Scam by Steely Dan
15. Oxygène by Jean Michel Jarre
16. A Day At The Races by Queen
17. Rocks by Aerosmith
18. África Brasil by Jorge Ben
19. Moonmadness by Camel
20. Wind & Wuthering by Genesis