Best Albums of 1987

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Listed below are the best albums of 1987 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 41,000 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:

1,603 charts

Rank Score:

25,693

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Average Rating:

83 (2,144 votes)

Comments:

200

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,166 charts

Rank Score:

15,985

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Prince

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

647 charts

Rank Score:

8,467

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Overall Rank:

233

Average Rating:

81 (758 votes)

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Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

624 charts

Rank Score:

7,690

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Overall Rank:

254

Average Rating:

82 (932 votes)

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You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

535 charts

Rank Score:

6,765

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288

Average Rating:

83 (585 votes)

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Document

R.E.M.

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

555 charts

Rank Score:

4,835

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

443 charts

Rank Score:

4,764

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

414 charts

Rank Score:

3,722

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

323 charts

Rank Score:

3,712

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Overall Rank:

518

Average Rating:

71 (443 votes)

Comments:

10.

Louder Than Bombs
Compilation

The Smiths

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

261 charts

Rank Score:

3,557

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Overall Rank:

536

Average Rating:

83 (549 votes)

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Best Albums of 1987 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	20	2%
Blaine L. Reininger	3	0%
The Smiths	3	0%
Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic	3	0%
Philip Glass	2	0%
Dezerter	2	0%
Chuck Berry	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	408	41%
	230	23%
	53	5%
	33	3%
	32	3%
	26	3%
	22	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	914	91%
Yes	89	9%

Live?	Albums	%
No	997	99%
Yes	6	1%

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