Top-rated albums of 1987

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1987 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

Substance 
Compilation

 New Order

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

339 charts

Rank Score:

2,858

Rank in 1987:

11

Rank in 1980s:

92

Overall Rank:

599

Average Rating:

 84 (488 votes)

Comments:

37

2.

Louder Than Bombs 
Compilation

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

309 charts

Rank Score:

2,426

Rank in 1987:

14

Rank in 1980s:

109

Overall Rank:

717

Average Rating:

 83 (665 votes)

Comments:

25

3.

The Joshua Tree 

 U2

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,861 charts

Rank Score:

18,322

Rank in 1987:

1

Rank in 1980s:

6

Overall Rank:

52

Average Rating:

 83 (2,455 votes)

Comments:

228

4.

You're Living All Over Me 

 Dinosaur

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

662 charts

Rank Score:

5,580

Rank in 1987:

5

Rank in 1980s:

41

Overall Rank:

304

Average Rating:

 82 (733 votes)

Comments:

45

5.

Strangeways, Here We Come 

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

749 charts

Rank Score:

5,755

Rank in 1987:

4

Rank in 1980s:

38

Overall Rank:

289

Average Rating:

 81 (1,133 votes)

Comments:

64

6.

Sign "O" The Times 

 Prince

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

887 charts

Rank Score:

8,813

Rank in 1987:

3

Rank in 1980s:

22

Overall Rank:

170

Average Rating:

 81 (946 votes)

Comments:

56

7.

Document 

 R.E.M.

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

698 charts

Rank Score:

4,612

Rank in 1987:

6

Rank in 1980s:

49

Overall Rank:

368

Average Rating:

 80 (933 votes)

Comments:

48

8.

Reelin' In The Years: The Very Best Of Steely Dan 
Compilation

 Steely Dan

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

3

Rank in 1987:

1,069

Rank in 1980s:

10,394

Overall Rank:

98,663

Average Rating:

 80 (15 votes)

Comments:

0

9.

The World Won't Listen 
Compilation

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

278

Rank in 1987:

64

Rank in 1980s:

729

Overall Rank:

4,939

Average Rating:

 80 (186 votes)

Comments:

11

10.

Children Of God 

 Swans

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

216 charts

Rank Score:

1,176

Rank in 1987:

28

Rank in 1980s:

226

Overall Rank:

1,441

Average Rating:

 80 (278 votes)

Comments:

8

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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).