Best Albums of 1986

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Listed below are the best albums of 1986 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1986 year summaryThe best artists of 1986 were The Smiths, Metallica, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, XTC, Talk Talk, Slayer, Beastie Boys, R.E.M. and Depeche Mode.

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351.

10 Songs

Melvins

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1986

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10 charts

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352.

A. O. Mod. TV. Vers.

V.Spy V.Spy

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1986

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2 charts

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353.

Not Of This Earth

Joe Satriani

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1986

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17 charts

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354.

Suite En Sous-Sol / Time To Lose / Short Stories
Compilation

Tuxedomoon

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1986

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7 charts

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355.

Dimensions & Extensions

Sam Rivers

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1986

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14 charts

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356.

Love's Easy Tears

Cocteau Twins

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1986

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9 charts

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357.

Reconciled

The Call

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1986

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18 charts

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Commercial Suicide

Colin Newman

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1986

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11 charts

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Lovely Thunder

Harold Budd

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1986

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10 charts

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360.

Just Keep Eating

Scratch Acid

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1986

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12 charts

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Best Albums of 1986 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	30	3%
Frank Zappa	3	0%
Swans	3	0%
Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic	3	0%
The Residents	3	0%
Cocteau Twins	3	0%
B.B. King	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	377	38%
	268	27%
	46	5%
	45	4%
	29	3%
	28	3%
	23	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	913	91%
Yes	88	9%

Live?	Albums	%
No	967	97%
Yes	34	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	981	98%
Yes	20	2%

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