Top 16 Music Albums of 1986
by Onater

My Top 10 songs of 1986:
10. Prince - Kiss (Parade)
9. XTC - Dear God (Single)
8. R.E.M. - Fall On Me (Lifes Rich Pageant)
7. Felt - Rain Of The Crystal Spires (Forever Breathes The Lonely World)
6. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes (So)
5. Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street (So)
4. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (Brotherhood)
3. Cocteau Twins - Those Eyes, That Mouth (Love's Easy Tears)
2. The Smiths - I Know It's Over (The Queen Is Dead)
1. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (The Queen Is Dead)
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"And if a double-decker bus crashes in to us, to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die."

Morrisey is such a wanker and I love him for it.

Favourite tracks: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, I Know It's Over, Cemetry Gates, Bigmouth Strikes Again, The Queen Is Dead, The Boy With A Thorn In His Side
[First added to this chart: 05/07/2017]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
33,874
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Top rated album (88/100 - 2917 votes)  88 (2,917 votes)
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"And they open me so wide that you stick your head inside, you stick your head inside, you get sewn inside alive."

Favourite Tracks: Penetralia, Ostia - The Death Of Pasolini, Circles Of Mania, The First Five Minutes After Death, The Anal Staircase
[First added to this chart: 06/15/2019]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
577
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"Maybe I should entertain the very fact that I'm insane. I wasn't fooling when I said all the people I like are those that are dead."

Favourite Tracks: Rain Of Crystal Spires, Down But Not Yet Out, All The People I Like Are Those That Are Dead
[First added to this chart: 05/24/2019]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
438
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"All of the buildings, all of those cars, were once just a dream in somebody's head."

Favourite Tracks: In Your Eyes, Mercy Street, Red Rain, Sledgehammer
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Year of Release:
1986
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7,019
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5. (=)
United Kingdom XTC
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"Dear God, don't know if you noticed, but, your name is on a lot of quotes in this book. And us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look."

Favourite Tracks: Dear God, Grass, Summer's Cauldron, 1000 Umbrellas
[First added to this chart: 10/21/2017]
Year of Release:
1986
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4,396
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"Take good care of what the priests say, after death it's so much fun."

Favourite Tracks: Living In Another World, Happiness Is Easy, Life's What You Make It, I Don't Believe In You, Give It Up
[First added to this chart: 09/04/2017]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
4,021
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"There's a problem, feathers, iron, bargain buildings, weights and pulleys feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air."

Favourite Tracks: Fall On Me, Swan Swan H, Cuyahoga, The Flowers Of Guatemala, I Believe
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Year of Release:
1986
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3,524
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Favourite Track: You Are My Everlovin' [First added to this chart: 05/26/2019]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
145
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"I am a crooked man, and I've walked a crooked mile."

Favourite Tracks: Stranger Than Kindness, Your Funeral My Trial, Sad Waters, The Carny
[First added to this chart: 12/26/2017]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
1,136
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"A man walks down the street, he says, why am I soft in the middle now, why am I soft in the middle, the rest of my life is so hard."

Favourite Tracks: Diamonds You Can Call Me Al, On The Soles Of Her Shoes, Graceland, Under African Skies
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1986
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10,760
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Total albums: 16. Page 1 of 2
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Top 16 Music Albums of 1986 composition

Artist Albums %


Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 2 13%
Felt (UK) 1 6%
The Chills 1 6%
Peter Gabriel 1 6%
Depeche Mode 1 6%
XTC 1 6%
Talk Talk 1 6%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 7 44%
United States 6 38%
Australia 2 13%
New Zealand 1 6%
Compilation? Albums %
No 15 94%
Yes 1 6%

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