Best Albums of 1986

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Listed below are the best albums of 1986 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1986 year summaryThe best artists of 1986 were The Smiths, Metallica, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, XTC, Talk Talk, Slayer, Beastie Boys, R.E.M. and Depeche Mode.

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2 Live Is What We Are

The 2 Live Crew

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1986

Appears in:

13 charts

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592.

Music That You Can Dance To

Sparks

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1986

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11 charts

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אוהב להיות בבית [Ohev Lihiot Babayit]

Arik Einstein & Miki Gavrielov

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1986

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2 charts

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594.

Safe Mode: On

Jamboree

Guadalcanal Diary

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1986

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5 charts

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Eat Your Paisley!

The Dead Milkmen

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1986

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6 charts

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In Sickness And In Health

Demented Are Go

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1986

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4 charts

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Obywatel G.C.

Grzegorz Ciechowski

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1986

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5 charts

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598.

The Original Smiley Culture

Smiley Culture

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1986

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3 charts

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Sub Pop 100
Compilation

Various Artists

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1986

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5 charts

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Basically Sad

Element Of Crime

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1986

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4 charts

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Best Albums of 1986 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	30	3%
Cocteau Twins	3	0%
Frank Zappa	3	0%
The Residents	3	0%
Swans	3	0%
Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic	3	0%
B.B. King	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	382	38%
	265	27%
	46	5%
	45	5%
	28	3%
	28	3%
	23	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	912	91%
Yes	88	9%

Live?	Albums	%
No	968	97%
Yes	32	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	980	98%
Yes	20	2%

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