Best Albums of 1987

« View best albums of 1986View best albums of 1988 »

Listed below are the best albums of 1987 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

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

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Share | |

Collector's summary (top 397) (filtered)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

This chart is currently filtered to only show albums from United States. (Remove this filter)

Sort by

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,349 charts

Rank Score:

12,229

Rank in 1987:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

117

Average Rating:

79 (1,910 votes)

Comments:

167

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

839 charts

Rank Score:

9,266

Rank in 1987:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

172

Average Rating:

81 (914 votes)

Comments:

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

638 charts

Rank Score:

5,956

Rank in 1987:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

303

Average Rating:

82 (717 votes)

Comments:

Document

R.E.M.

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

673 charts

Rank Score:

4,777

Rank in 1987:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

376

Average Rating:

80 (902 votes)

Comments:

Bad

Michael Jackson

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

573 charts

Rank Score:

4,505

Rank in 1987:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

399

Average Rating:

76 (902 votes)

Comments:

Sister

Sonic Youth

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

491 charts

Rank Score:

3,496

Rank in 1987:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

516

Average Rating:

80 (624 votes)

Comments:

16.

Come On Pilgrim

Pixies

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

297 charts

Rank Score:

2,103

Rank in 1987:

Rank in 1980s:

131

Overall Rank:

845

Average Rating:

80 (540 votes)

Comments:

17.

Paid In Full

Eric B. & Rakim

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

354 charts

Rank Score:

2,004

Rank in 1987:

Rank in 1980s:

137

Overall Rank:

896

Average Rating:

78 (381 votes)

Comments:

20.

Tunnel Of Love

Bruce Springsteen

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

285 charts

Rank Score:

1,629

Rank in 1987:

Rank in 1980s:

170

Overall Rank:

1,084

Average Rating:

75 (509 votes)

Comments:

22.

Pleased To Meet Me

The Replacements

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

244 charts

Rank Score:

1,466

Rank in 1987:

Rank in 1980s:

193

Overall Rank:

1,207

Average Rating:

79 (315 votes)

Comments:

« prev
1
2
3
4
...
39
40
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 397. Page 1 of 40

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%
Big Black	3	0%
William Orbit	2	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	398	40%
	233	23%
	44	4%
	32	3%
	32	3%
	27	3%
	27	3%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	914	91%
Yes	88	9%

Live?	Albums	%
No	979	98%
Yes	23	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	12	1%

« View best albums of 1986View best albums of 1988 »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Best Artists of the 1970s
1. Pink Floyd
2. David Bowie
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Neil Young
5. The Rolling Stones
6. The Clash
7. Fleetwood Mac
8. Black Sabbath
9. The Who
10. Genesis
11. Stevie Wonder
12. Bob Dylan
13. Paul McCartney
14. Yes
15. Bruce Springsteen
16. Joni Mitchell
17. Bob Marley
18. Nick Drake
19. Joy Division
20. Queen