Best Albums of 1986

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Book Albums

Top rated albums from 1986 featured in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Graceland album cover

Graceland

Paul Simon
1986
3.74 / 5
 Master Of Puppets album cover

Master Of Puppets

Metallica
1986
3.72 / 5
 The Queen Is Dead album cover

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths
1986
3.65 / 5
 Licensed To Ill album cover

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys
1986
3.55 / 5
 So album cover

So

Peter Gabriel
1986
3.54 / 5
 Raising Hell album cover

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.
1986
3.52 / 5
 Slippery When Wet album cover

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi
1986
3.29 / 5
 The Colour Of Spring album cover

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk
1986
3.07 / 5
 Water From An Ancient Well album cover

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim
1986
3.04 / 5
 Skylarking album cover

Skylarking

XTC
1986
3.03 / 5

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