Best Albums of 1987

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Listed below are the best albums of 1987 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 54,000 greatest album charts.

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

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Mondd El

Bikini

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1987

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2 charts

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Into The Woods

The Call

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1987

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10 charts

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363.

Outskirts

Blue Rodeo

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1987

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11 charts

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Medium II / Cogito

Iancu Dumitrescu

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1987

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6 charts

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White-Out Conditions

Bel Canto

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1987

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13 charts

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Richard Marx

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1987

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28 charts

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Reunion Wilderness

The Railway Children

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1987

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16 charts

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Raindancing

Alison Moyet

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1987

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14 charts

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Always & Forever

Randy Travis

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1987

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25 charts

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Dawnrazor

Fields Of The Nephilim

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1987

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11 charts

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Best Albums of 1987 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	19	2%
Big Black	3	0%
Elvis Presley	3	0%
Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic	3	0%
The Smiths	3	0%
Blaine L. Reininger	3	0%
Henry Rollins	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	395	40%
	235	24%
	43	4%
	32	3%
	32	3%
	27	3%
	27	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	912	91%
Yes	88	9%

Live?	Albums	%
No	978	98%
Yes	22	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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