Best Albums of 1986

Listed below are the best albums of 1986 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 4 hours ago).
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1986 year summaryThe best artists of 1986 were The Smiths, Metallica, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, XTC, Talk Talk, Slayer, R.E.M., Beastie Boys and Depeche Mode.
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1986
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"A truly great record. Deaf Forever, and everything from Mean Machine to the title track is some top notch Motorhead. Some personal favorites would be Mean Machine, Built For Speed, and the title track. Stylistically, this is a bit heavier than anything they had done up to that point, but there's ..."  [+]  Reply
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1986
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"Maybe the most enjoyable and accessible Pretenders album. Their debut might just shade it but if I had only one of their albums to take to a desert island it's be this one."  Reply
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"one of my least favourite DD efforts i did not like the "funky" direction they took post SATRT there are some good tracks, namel the singles , "meet El Presidente", "Notorious" and the amazing "Skin Trade" however the album tacks do not shine for me and it remains one of my least played DD records"  [+]  Reply
- Bungalowracoon | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (1 helpful | 1 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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1986
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"Steve Vai on guitar; Billy Sheehan on bass; Gregg Bissonette on drums and Diamond Dave as M.C. It's bring played by musicians who are so far above everyone else in skill, and you can hear how they love playing with each other and they're having a blast. I have fun just hearing it. The band is so ..."  [+]  Reply
- CaitlinK | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 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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