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Best Albums of 1986 by User Score
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Metallica - Master of Puppets
March 3rd, 1986
Thrash Metal
USER SCORE
90
4,768 ratings
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2
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The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
June 16th, 1986
Jangle Pop
,
Indie Pop
USER SCORE
88
5,693 ratings
Amazon
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3
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Various Artists - Little Shop Of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
November 24th, 1986
Show Tunes
,
Rock & Roll
,
Doo-Wop
USER SCORE
88
29 ratings
Amazon
4
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Itamar Assumpção - Sampa Midnight - Isso Não Vai Ficar Assim
Vanguarda paulista
USER SCORE
86
14 ratings
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5
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Ekatarina Velika - S' vetrom uz lice
April 1st, 1986
Post-Punk
,
New Wave
,
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
86
11 ratings
Amazon
6
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Astor Piazzolla and The New Tango Quintet - Tango: Zero Hour / Nuevo Tango: Hora Zero
September 0th, 1986
Tango
USER SCORE
85
92 ratings
Amazon
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7
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The Cleaners from Venus - Living with Victoria Grey
Jangle Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
USER SCORE
85
12 ratings
Amazon
8
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Gray Matter - Take It Back
June 1st, 1986
Emocore
USER SCORE
85
12 ratings
Amazon
9
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Slayer - Reign in Blood
October 7th, 1986
Thrash Metal
USER SCORE
84
1,478 ratings
Amazon
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10
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Obywatel G.C. - Obywatel G.C.
Coldwave
,
New Wave
,
Synthpop
,
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
84
13 ratings
Amazon
11
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Paul Simon - Graceland
August 12th, 1986
Pop Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
84
941 ratings
Amazon
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12
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XTC - Skylarking
October 27th, 1986
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Psychedelic Pop
,
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
84
479 ratings
Amazon
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13
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Big Black - Atomizer
Post-Hardcore
,
Industrial Rock
,
Noise Rock
,
Pigfuck
USER SCORE
83
479 ratings
Amazon
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14
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Soda Stereo - Signos
November 10th, 1986
New Wave
,
Pop Rock
,
Latin Rock
USER SCORE
84
215 ratings
Amazon
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15
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Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
June 10th, 1986
Epic Doom Metal
USER SCORE
83
434 ratings
Amazon
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16
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Siouxsie and the Banshees - Tinderbox
April 22nd, 1986
Gothic Rock
,
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
83
268 ratings
Amazon
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17
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Andreas Vollenweider - Down to the Moon
November 25th, 1986
USER SCORE
83
10 ratings
Amazon
18
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Nurse With Wound - Spiral Insana
Industrial
,
Experimental
USER SCORE
83
24 ratings
Amazon
Music
19
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CCCP Fedeli alla Linea - 1964-1985 Affinità-divergenze fra il compagno Togliatti e noi – Del conseguimento della maggiore età
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
,
Punk Rock
,
Coldwave
USER SCORE
83
64 ratings
Amazon
20
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Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
February 17th, 1986
Art Pop
USER SCORE
83
594 ratings
Amazon
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Spotify
21
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John Larkin - John Larkin
Avant-Garde Jazz
,
Free Jazz
,
Vocal Jazz
USER SCORE
83
24 ratings
Amazon
22
.
Janet Jackson - Control
February 4th, 1986
New Jack Swing
,
Contemporary R&B
,
Dance-Pop
USER SCORE
83
739 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live/1975-85
November 10th, 1986
Heartland Rock
USER SCORE
83
20 ratings
Amazon
Music
24
.
Zeca Pagodinho - Zeca Pagodinho
March 0th, 1986
Pagode
,
Samba
USER SCORE
83
15 ratings
Amazon
25
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New Model Army - The Ghost of Cain
USER SCORE
83
13 ratings
Amazon
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