Top 16 Music Albums of 1986
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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]
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1986
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33,206
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Top rated album (88/100 - 2933 votes)  88 (2,933 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]
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1986
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580
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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]
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1986
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451
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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
[First added to this chart: 05/07/2017]
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1986
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7,206
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5. (=)
United Kingdom XTC
"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]
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1986
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4,381
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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]
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1986
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3,998
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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
[First added to this chart: 05/07/2017]
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1986
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3,528
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Favourite Track: You Are My Everlovin' [First added to this chart: 05/26/2019]
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1986
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142
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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]
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1986
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1,137
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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
[First added to this chart: 05/07/2017]
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1986
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Total albums: 16. Page 1 of 2
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Best Artists of the 1980s
1. The Smiths
2. Prince
3. The Cure
4. Pixies
5. Talking Heads
6. U2
7. Metallica
8. Kate Bush
9. R.E.M.
10. The Stone Roses
11. Sonic Youth
12. Michael Jackson
13. Bruce Springsteen
14. Iron Maiden
15. Prince And The Revolution
16. Tom Waits
17. Joy Division
18. New Order
19. Talk Talk
20. Rush
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