Best Albums of 1987

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Listed below are the best albums of 1987 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 50,000 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, Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth and Def Leppard.

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The Joshua Tree

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,789 charts

Rank Score:

21,174

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Average Rating:

83 (2,357 votes)

Comments:

225

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,325 charts

Rank Score:

13,233

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Prince

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

811 charts

Rank Score:

9,279

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Overall Rank:

183

Average Rating:

81 (888 votes)

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Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

702 charts

Rank Score:

6,597

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Overall Rank:

283

Average Rating:

81 (1,072 votes)

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You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

623 charts

Rank Score:

6,150

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304

Average Rating:

83 (695 votes)

Comments:

Document

R.E.M.

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

650 charts

Rank Score:

4,727

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Overall Rank:

392

Average Rating:

81 (873 votes)

Comments:

Bad

Michael Jackson

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

557 charts

Rank Score:

4,650

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

447 charts

Rank Score:

3,663

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Overall Rank:

502

Average Rating:

80 (566 votes)

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Sister

Sonic Youth

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

481 charts

Rank Score:

3,543

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Overall Rank:

524

Average Rating:

80 (614 votes)

Comments:

10.

Hysteria

Def Leppard

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

385 charts

Rank Score:

3,331

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Overall Rank:

556

Average Rating:

72 (526 votes)

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Best Albums of 1987 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	19	2%
Big Black	4	0%
The Smiths	3	0%
Elvis Presley	3	0%
Blaine L. Reininger	3	0%
Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic	3	0%
Aerosmith	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	406	40%
	230	23%
	45	4%
	33	3%
	32	3%
	27	3%
	24	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	914	91%
Yes	89	9%

Live?	Albums	%
No	981	98%
Yes	22	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	10	1%

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