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:

2,447 charts

Rank Score:

37,419

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

17

Average Rating:

 88 (2,864 votes)

Comments:

265

2.

Master Of Puppets 

 Metallica

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

1,247 charts

Rank Score:

13,062

Rank in 1986:

2

Rank in 1980s:

13

Overall Rank:

104

Average Rating:

 83 (1,784 votes)

Comments:

117

3.

Standing On A Beach - The Singles 
Compilation

 The Cure

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

107 charts

Rank Score:

625

Rank in 1986:

35

Rank in 1980s:

389

Overall Rank:

2,522

Average Rating:

 83 (216 votes)

Comments:

11

4.

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:

183

Rank in 1986:

99

Rank in 1980s:

1,035

Overall Rank:

6,979

Average Rating:

 81 (56 votes)

Comments:

3

5.

Live/1975-85 
Live compilation

 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

114 charts

Rank Score:

480

Rank in 1986:

46

Rank in 1980s:

485

Overall Rank:

3,126

Average Rating:

 81 (212 votes)

Comments:

8

6.

Graceland 

 Paul Simon

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

1,107 charts

Rank Score:

11,426

Rank in 1986:

3

Rank in 1980s:

16

Overall Rank:

125

Average Rating:

 81 (1,324 votes)

Comments:

79

7.

The Whole Story 
Compilation

 Kate Bush

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

289

Rank in 1986:

68

Rank in 1980s:

709

Overall Rank:

4,784

Average Rating:

 81 (167 votes)

Comments:

9

8.

Dois 

 Legião Urbana

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

189

Rank in 1986:

95

Rank in 1980s:

1,001

Overall Rank:

6,785

Average Rating:

 81 (72 votes)

Comments:

6

9.

Apostrophe ' / Overnite Sensation 
Compilation

 Frank Zappa

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

238

Rank in 1986:

79

Rank in 1980s:

833

Overall Rank:

5,582

Average Rating:

 81 (60 votes)

Comments:

0

10.

So 

 Peter Gabriel

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

791 charts

Rank Score:

7,334

Rank in 1986:

4

Rank in 1980s:

28

Overall Rank:

229

Average Rating:

 80 (909 votes)

Comments:

58

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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).