Best Albums of 1987

Listed below are the best albums of 1987 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 57,000 greatest album charts.

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1.

The Joshua Tree 

 U2

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,866 charts

Rank Score:

18,327

Rank in 1987:

1

Rank in 1980s:

6

Overall Rank:

51

Average Rating:

 83 (2,461 votes)

Comments:

229

2.

Appetite For Destruction 

 Guns N' Roses

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,401 charts

Rank Score:

11,162

Rank in 1987:

2

Rank in 1980s:

15

Overall Rank:

117

Average Rating:

 78 (1,950 votes)

Comments:

168

3.

Sign "O" The Times 

 Prince

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

887 charts

Rank Score:

8,761

Rank in 1987:

3

Rank in 1980s:

22

Overall Rank:

169

Average Rating:

 81 (947 votes)

Comments:

56

4.

Strangeways, Here We Come 

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

750 charts

Rank Score:

5,738

Rank in 1987:

4

Rank in 1980s:

38

Overall Rank:

289

Average Rating:

 81 (1,133 votes)

Comments:

64

5.

You're Living All Over Me 

 Dinosaur

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

662 charts

Rank Score:

5,558

Rank in 1987:

5

Rank in 1980s:

41

Overall Rank:

304

Average Rating:

 82 (733 votes)

Comments:

45

6.

Document 

 R.E.M.

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

700 charts

Rank Score:

4,606

Rank in 1987:

6

Rank in 1980s:

49

Overall Rank:

367

Average Rating:

 80 (933 votes)

Comments:

48

7.

Bad 

 Michael Jackson

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

602 charts

Rank Score:

4,251

Rank in 1987:

7

Rank in 1980s:

54

Overall Rank:

395

Average Rating:

 76 (932 votes)

Comments:

60

8.

Music For The Masses 

 Depeche Mode

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

496 charts

Rank Score:

3,656

Rank in 1987:

8

Rank in 1980s:

70

Overall Rank:

470

Average Rating:

 80 (615 votes)

Comments:

33

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 Sonic Youth

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

520 charts

Rank Score:

3,273

Rank in 1987:

9

Rank in 1980s:

82

Overall Rank:

534

Average Rating:

 80 (648 votes)

Comments:

43

10.

Substance 
Compilation

 New Order

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

341 charts

Rank Score:

2,903

Rank in 1987:

10

Rank in 1980s:

91

Overall Rank:

586

Average Rating:

 84 (489 votes)

Comments:

37

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Best Albums of 1987 composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Artist	Albums	%
Various Artists	17	2%
Elvis Presley	3	0%
The Smiths	3	0%
Blaine L. Reininger	3	0%
Big Black	3	0%
Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic	3	0%
John Zorn	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	395	40%
	237	24%
	41	4%
	31	3%
	30	3%
	29	3%
	26	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	912	91%
Yes	88	9%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%