Best Albums of 1987

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Listed below are the best albums of 1987 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 46,000 greatest album charts.

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1987 year summaryThe best artists of 1987 were U2, Guns N' Roses, The Smiths, Prince, Dinosaur Jr., R.E.M., Michael Jackson, Sonic Youth, Def Leppard and Depeche Mode.

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The Joshua Tree

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,706 charts

Rank Score:

25,210

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Average Rating:

83 (2,227 votes)

Comments:

210

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,234 charts

Rank Score:

14,784

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Prince

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

744 charts

Rank Score:

9,370

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Overall Rank:

197

Average Rating:

81 (823 votes)

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Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

667 charts

Rank Score:

7,516

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Overall Rank:

266

Average Rating:

81 (1,001 votes)

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You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

577 charts

Rank Score:

6,671

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Overall Rank:

297

Average Rating:

83 (635 votes)

Comments:

Document

R.E.M.

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

613 charts

Rank Score:

5,092

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Overall Rank:

386

Average Rating:

81 (809 votes)

Comments:

Bad

Michael Jackson

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

508 charts

Rank Score:

4,734

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Overall Rank:

417

Average Rating:

76 (808 votes)

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Sister

Sonic Youth

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

451 charts

Rank Score:

3,780

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

357 charts

Rank Score:

3,688

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Overall Rank:

526

Average Rating:

72 (472 votes)

Comments:

10.

Music For The Masses

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

400 charts

Rank Score:

3,541

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Overall Rank:

541

Average Rating:

80 (502 votes)

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Best Albums of 1987 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	20	2%
The Smiths	3	0%
Elvis Presley	3	0%
Blaine L. Reininger	3	0%
Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic	3	0%
Minutemen	2	0%
William Orbit	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	404	40%
	231	23%
	49	5%
	35	4%
	33	3%
	25	3%
	23	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	909	91%
Yes	91	9%

Live?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	996	100%
Yes	4	0%

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