Best Albums of 1987

Listed below are the best albums of 1987 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 1 hour ago).
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1987 year summaryThe best artists of 1987 were U2, Guns N' Roses, Prince, The Smiths, Dinosaur Jr., Dinosaur, R.E.M., Michael Jackson, Depeche Mode and Sonic Youth.
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1987
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1987
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"This was the album that really consolidated Los Lobos' name as a modern rock band that was on level with contemporary trends, wrote great songs and who played their instruments sang their songs to pure delight. The album is once again produced by T-Bone Burnett. This time the group decided, with ..."  [+]  Reply
- Rovers | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1987
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"Pop/rock with a bit of electronic and generally catchy songs that create an entertaining album to listen to. I missed the Teardrop Explodes but remembered Trampolene and World Shut Your Mouth, bought this recently and impressed enough after listening to have caught up on The Teardrop Explodes stu..."  [+]  Reply
- Rich150 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"I respectfully have to disagree with BEA contributer Fischman regarding the Wilson sisters descent into mediocrity with this album. While it is true that they began to often rely on Record company shill songwriters like Diane Warren and Billy Steinberg to pen most of their songs, Ann and Nancy co..."  [+]  Reply
- TheDude85 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1987
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"A very good pop album. Varied and long enough not to sound too generic and 'pretty', strong melodic knowhow, a few more ordinary songs in a very codified genre makes it just short of 'excellent'. If you like 80s college pop-rock, power-pop and the Paisley Underground scene, by all means check thi..."  [+]  Reply
- Norman Bates | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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156
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"It's hard to believe that Nanci Griffith and her amazing talents never made her as big as she should have been. Though perhaps her versatile nature as a singer and songwriter prevented her from falling into a marketable niche. After two successful albums on the small Philo folk label, Nanci Griff..."  [+]  Reply
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