Best Albums of 1987

Listed below are the best albums of 1987 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts.

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1.

The Joshua Tree 

 U2

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,872 charts

Rank Score:

18,275

Rank in 1987:

1

Rank in 1980s:

6

Overall Rank:

52

Average Rating:

 83 (2,469 votes)

Comments:

229

2.

Appetite For Destruction 

 Guns N' Roses

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,401 charts

Rank Score:

11,076

Rank in 1987:

2

Rank in 1980s:

15

Overall Rank:

117

Average Rating:

 78 (1,958 votes)

Comments:

168

3.

Sign "O" The Times 

 Prince

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

886 charts

Rank Score:

8,721

Rank in 1987:

3

Rank in 1980s:

22

Overall Rank:

170

Average Rating:

 81 (949 votes)

Comments:

56

4.

Strangeways, Here We Come 

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

746 charts

Rank Score:

5,697

Rank in 1987:

4

Rank in 1980s:

38

Overall Rank:

289

Average Rating:

 81 (1,135 votes)

Comments:

64

5.

You're Living All Over Me 

 Dinosaur

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

659 charts

Rank Score:

5,501

Rank in 1987:

5

Rank in 1980s:

42

Overall Rank:

307

Average Rating:

 82 (737 votes)

Comments:

45

6.

Document 

 R.E.M.

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

701 charts

Rank Score:

4,606

Rank in 1987:

6

Rank in 1980s:

49

Overall Rank:

365

Average Rating:

 80 (933 votes)

Comments:

48

7.

Bad 

 Michael Jackson

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

605 charts

Rank Score:

4,387

Rank in 1987:

7

Rank in 1980s:

53

Overall Rank:

385

Average Rating:

 76 (941 votes)

Comments:

61

8.

Music For The Masses 

 Depeche Mode

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

495 charts

Rank Score:

3,645

Rank in 1987:

8

Rank in 1980s:

70

Overall Rank:

470

Average Rating:

 80 (617 votes)

Comments:

33

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 Sonic Youth

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

519 charts

Rank Score:

3,246

Rank in 1987:

9

Rank in 1980s:

82

Overall Rank:

537

Average Rating:

 80 (650 votes)

Comments:

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10.

Substance 
Compilation

 New Order

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

342 charts

Rank Score:

2,882

Rank in 1987:

10

Rank in 1980s:

91

Overall Rank:

587

Average Rating:

 84 (490 votes)

Comments:

37

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Best Albums of 1987 composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Artist	Albums	%
Various Artists	17	2%
Big Black	3	0%
Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic	3	0%
Elvis Presley	3	0%
The Smiths	3	0%
Blaine L. Reininger	3	0%
Anthrax	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	396	40%
	237	24%
	41	4%
	31	3%
	30	3%
	28	3%
	26	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	912	91%
Yes	88	9%

Live?	Albums	%
No	977	98%
Yes	23	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%