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:

38,639

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

17

Average Rating:

 88 (2,844 votes)

Comments:

265

2.

Master Of Puppets 

 Metallica

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

1,231 charts

Rank Score:

13,203

Rank in 1986:

2

Rank in 1980s:

13

Overall Rank:

106

Average Rating:

 83 (1,767 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:

542

Rank in 1986:

39

Rank in 1980s:

434

Overall Rank:

2,839

Average Rating:

 83 (215 votes)

Comments:

11

4.

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:

485

Rank in 1986:

46

Rank in 1980s:

480

Overall Rank:

3,095

Average Rating:

 81 (212 votes)

Comments:

8

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:

191

Rank in 1986:

93

Rank in 1980s:

998

Overall Rank:

6,757

Average Rating:

 81 (56 votes)

Comments:

3

6.

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:

932

Overall Rank:

6,323

Average Rating:

 81 (70 votes)

Comments:

6

7.

Graceland 

 Paul Simon

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

1,099 charts

Rank Score:

11,684

Rank in 1986:

3

Rank in 1980s:

16

Overall Rank:

127

Average Rating:

 81 (1,316 votes)

Comments:

79

8.

The Whole Story 
Compilation

 Kate Bush

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

299

Rank in 1986:

63

Rank in 1980s:

684

Overall Rank:

4,638

Average Rating:

 81 (165 votes)

Comments:

9

9.

Apostrophe ' / Overnite Sensation 
Compilation

 Frank Zappa

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

252

Rank in 1986:

75

Rank in 1980s:

783

Overall Rank:

5,303

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:

4,266

Rank in 1986:

6

Rank in 1980s:

59

Overall Rank:

421

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).