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: 5 hours ago).
"In my opinion, this is the best of the early Nick Cave albums. Your funeral... my trial, is a brooding masterpiece. Kicking off with, sad waters, one of the most beautiful songs Cave has ever written, and that's followed by the even better circus fable, the carny, a stunning track, Nick Cave at h..." [+] Reply
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1986
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1,075
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"WINTER THAWS Something happened. What is not clear. But something happened in between Treasure and Victorialand. Some of my sources (& I have many) tell me that Guthrie & Frasier rekindled their love. Others tell me that bassist Simon Raymonde, who was absent for this session & not missed in the ..." [+] Reply
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Repo | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1986
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"Janet packed up and recorded in minneapolis with jimmy jam & terry lewis to finally step outside of brother jacko's shadow with fine beats and cool choreography in her videos. Six of the 9 tracks were radio hits speaking to both the appeal of janet and her ability to establish her own "nasty" ide..." [+] Reply
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paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1986
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947
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"God, Brotherhood is so well-written that, yeah, the production is a bit muddy, but track-for-track, it's incredibly solid. Weirdly, the best and most famous song from the record "Bizarre Love Triangle" doesn't really fit, but who am I to argue with a great track?" Reply
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HoldenM | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1986
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943
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"The Pet Shop Boys greatest lp, introducing their minimalist techno-pop to the world. Featuring the classic singles West End Girls and Opportunities, it's precision pop is both lovelorn and despairing." Reply
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johnner | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1986
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888
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"It's alright. Happy hour, is fantastic, easily the Housemartin's best song, but the rest is a bit dull and ordinary. They just don't have that raw edge that contemporaries like The Smiths and The Cure had. Still, it's not bad." Reply
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1986
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870
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"I liked this a lot, spaced out sounds with lots of strings and dreamy vocals, kinda early folktronica id guess." Reply
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1986
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814
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"Billed as The Costello Show, king of America, is Elvis Costello's Americana album. Costello had tried to capture an authentic stateside sound on his country covers LP, almost blue, but where as that album sounded forced and phony, king of America, sounds real and lived in. It features probably Co..." [+] Reply
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1986
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765
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"A very messy album. Really, it's just a hotchpotch album of songs written for highlander, a meant to be stand alone single and a few hastily written new tracks. Again, like all their later albums the singles are the best songs. One vision, the title track are very good but who wants to live forev..." [+] Reply
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1986
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761
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"It's an Australian golden gem full of memories and mystery. It says so much about Australia particularly Western Australia were David McComb grew up . its very much in the same class as a Tim Winton novel It's a masterpiece" Reply
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1986
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 3 of 100
Best Albums of 1986 composition
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| Various Artists | 27 | 3% | |
| Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic | 3 | 0% | |
| The Residents | 3 | 0% | |
| Frank Zappa | 3 | 0% | |
| Swans | 3 | 0% | |
| Tangerine Dream | 2 | 0% | |
| Peter Hammill | 2 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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382 | 38% | |
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269 | 27% | |
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43 | 4% | |
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41 | 4% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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25 | 2% | |
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