Best Albums of 1986

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Listed below are the best albums of 1986 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 57,000 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, R.E.M., Beastie Boys and Depeche Mode.

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Whites Off Earth Now!!

Cowboy Junkies

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1986

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11 charts

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382.

How Green Is The Valley

The Men They Couldn't Hang

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1986

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5 charts

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383.

Live Chronicles
Live

Hawkwind

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1986

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8 charts

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384.

Walking The Ghost Back Home

The Bible

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1986

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7 charts

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385.

Idle Gossip

Toy Dolls

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1986

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6 charts

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386.

Peter Case

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1986

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19 charts

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387.

John Larkin

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1986

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8 charts

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388.

Dimensions & Extensions

Sam Rivers

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1986

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14 charts

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389.

Darkness Descends

Dark Angel

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1986

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27 charts

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390.

The Big Bigot

Severed Heads

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1986

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9 charts

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Best Albums of 1986 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	27	3%
Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic	3	0%
The Residents	3	0%
Frank Zappa	3	0%
Swans	3	0%
John Lennon	2	0%
Jimi Hendrix	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	378	38%
	266	27%
	44	4%
	42	4%
	28	3%
	27	3%
	24	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	914	91%
Yes	86	9%

Live?	Albums	%
No	965	97%
Yes	35	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	979	98%
Yes	21	2%

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