Best Albums of 1987

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Listed below are the best albums of 1987 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1987 year summaryThe best artists of 1987 were U2, Guns N' Roses, Prince, The Smiths, Dinosaur Jr., R.E.M., Michael Jackson, Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth and Def Leppard.

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The Joshua Tree

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,819 charts

Rank Score:

19,880

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Average Rating:

83 (2,396 votes)

Comments:

226

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,358 charts

Rank Score:

12,237

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Prince

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

844 charts

Rank Score:

9,277

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Overall Rank:

171

Average Rating:

81 (915 votes)

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Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

726 charts

Rank Score:

6,321

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Overall Rank:

277

Average Rating:

81 (1,107 votes)

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You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

638 charts

Rank Score:

5,914

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307

Average Rating:

82 (718 votes)

Comments:

Document

R.E.M.

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

673 charts

Rank Score:

4,749

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Overall Rank:

378

Average Rating:

80 (902 votes)

Comments:

Bad

Michael Jackson

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

572 charts

Rank Score:

4,484

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

463 charts

Rank Score:

3,739

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Overall Rank:

480

Average Rating:

79 (594 votes)

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Sister

Sonic Youth

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

493 charts

Rank Score:

3,558

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Overall Rank:

506

Average Rating:

80 (627 votes)

Comments:

10.

Hysteria

Def Leppard

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

396 charts

Rank Score:

2,987

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Overall Rank:

593

Average Rating:

72 (544 votes)

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Best Albums of 1987 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	20	2%
The Smiths	3	0%
Blaine L. Reininger	3	0%
Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic	3	0%
Big Black	3	0%
Elvis Presley	3	0%
Thin White Rope	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	393	39%
	234	23%
	44	4%
	33	3%
	32	3%
	27	3%
	26	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	913	91%
Yes	87	9%

Live?	Albums	%
No	977	98%
Yes	23	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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6. Kraftwerk
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12. Brian Eno
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