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: 5 hours ago).
"This could've been so much better if it wasn't so damn long. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me has the most varied selection of songs in the Cure's discography, but that also means that many tracks don't hold up very well. "Just Like Heaven" is one of my favorite songs of all time, and there are other gr..." [+] Reply
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lleon79 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1987
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2,857
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"This is not heavy metal. As an example of the hard rock/glam metal genre, this is the pinnacle of pop music. People dismiss this album as a mechanised sell-out, but this is a masterpiece. Mutt Lange's production on this LP is technically flawless. Such outstanding work done by him and the enginee..." [+] Reply
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1987
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2,842
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"Not sure why there's so little love for this album here. For me, it's a great listen with lots of enjoyable tracks. Stand out song for me is Never Tear Us Apart." Reply
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albummaster | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1987
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2,759
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"I typically don't like to consider compilations as proper albums and avoid putting them in my charts, but for this and Hatful of Hollow, I make an exception. Most of these tracks don't show up on any of the Smiths' studio releases, so might as well rate it as any other album." Reply
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Onater | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1987
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2,386
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"After Psychocandy created some controversy regarding the sound of TJAMC, Darklands counterbalances and shows the critics and the public that the band was also capable of writing strikingly beautiful songs without necessarily recurring to the "Noise Rock" aesthetic." Reply
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1987
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2,160
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"Contains all of the controlled anger and expert songcraft of their later work, but presented in a rawer, less polished form. In a short 8 tracks, Come on Pilgrim covers enough territory musically to contain everything from the brash alt-rock that led to the alternative rock explosion of the ninet..." [+] Reply
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1987
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2,111
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"I went through a period of loving Aussie rock so much back in the late eighties that I wound up spending my junior year of college in Perth. Of all those Australian bands that I loved back then, Midnight Oil was probably the best, and is the one that has had the most staying power for me. They ma..." [+] Reply
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buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1987
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1,904
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"for me, early rap music has not aged particularly well.. seminal though it may be, this just doesn't hold up against anything today.. lyrically or musically.. whereas in other genres, the groundbreaking releases seem to compare very favourably to modern equivalents" Reply
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telefunker | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (5 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1987
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1,851
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"Very under-rated album, the songs flow very well and there's some great songs here: specifically: Little Lies, Seven Wonders and Everywhere." Reply
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1987
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1,699
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"Very much the most underrated Springsteen album. This was a mature answer to all the success of BitUSA, a reckoning of the price of too much fame with some of the most introspective, personal tracks he's written, like Walk Like a Man, Two Faces and Brilliant Disguise. Spare Parts and Cautious Man..." [+] Reply
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jhuik | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1987
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1,501
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 2 of 100
Best Albums of 1987 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Various Artists | 17 | 2% | |
| The Smiths | 3 | 0% | |
| Elvis Presley | 3 | 0% | |
| Blaine L. Reininger | 3 | 0% | |
| Big Black | 3 | 0% | |
| Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic | 3 | 0% | |
| The Gun Club | 2 | 0% | |
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396 | 40% | |
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238 | 24% | |
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41 | 4% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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30 | 3% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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26 | 3% | |
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