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1986 Rock Album Releases
1985
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Feb 28
Swans
Greed
50
critic score
(2)
65
user score
(854)
Aug 12
Paul Simon
Graceland
100
critic score
(6)
84
user score
(841)
Mar 27
Swans
Holy Money
90
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(809)
May 1
Sonic Youth
EVOL
88
critic score
(6)
81
user score
(765)
Sep 29
New Order
Brotherhood
80
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(492)
May 19
Peter Gabriel
So
88
critic score
(4)
82
user score
(473)
Oct 7
Talking Heads
True Stories
63
critic score
(3)
61
user score
(430)
1986
Big Black
Atomizer
90
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(418)
Oct 27
XTC
Skylarking
93
critic score
(4)
84
user score
(417)
Jun 2
Queen
A Kind of Magic
42
critic score
(3)
63
user score
(393)
Nov 3
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Your Funeral... My Trial
82
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(365)
Aug 18
Bon Jovi
Slippery When Wet
80
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(334)
1986
Swans
Public Castration Is a Good Idea
75
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(265)
Mar 31
Prince & The Revolution
Parade: Music from the Motion Picture Under the Cherry Moon
83
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(251)
Jun 9
Genesis
Invisible Touch
70
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(235)
Aug 18
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Kicking Against the Pricks
70
critic score
(2)
68
user score
(230)
Apr 22
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Tinderbox
80
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(217)
Jan 31
Swans
Time Is Money (Bastard)
90
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(197)
Nov 10
Soda Stereo
Signos
90
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(188)
Nov 1
Bad Brains
I Against I
94
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(172)
May 2
Swans
A Screw
80
critic score
(1)
62
user score
(160)
Nov 4
They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants
80
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(160)
Jan 28
Black Sabbath
Seventh Star
50
critic score
(2)
48
user score
(157)
Jul 2
Legião Urbana
Dois
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(143)
Jul 14
Bob Dylan
Knocked Out Loaded
47
critic score
(4)
36
user score
(135)
Mar 24
Van Halen
5150
70
critic score
(2)
70
user score
(126)
Mar 1
Hüsker Dü
Candy Apple Grey
75
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(121)
Mar 24
The Rolling Stones
Dirty Work
70
critic score
(2)
52
user score
(120)
Aug 22
Paul McCartney
Press to Play
45
critic score
(2)
44
user score
(110)
Apr 14
Judas Priest
Turbo
50
critic score
(2)
62
user score
(96)
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Jan 21
The Flaming Lips
Hear It Is
45
critic score
(2)
58
user score
(88)
Feb 22
Ozzy Osbourne
The Ultimate Sin
40
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(86)
Apr 18
Butthole Surfers
Rembrandt Pussyhorse
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(81)
Jul 29
Billy Joel
The Bridge
65
critic score
(2)
62
user score
(75)
Sep 15
Cyndi Lauper
True Colors
70
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(74)
Aug 20
Huey Lewis & The News
Fore!
60
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(71)
Nov 18
Duran Duran
Notorious
50
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(71)
Sep 15
Los Prisioneros
Pateando Piedras
83
user score
(69)
Jun 23
David Bowie & Trevor Jones
Labyrinth
60
critic score
(1)
64
user score
(68)
Oct 31
Bon Jovi
Livin' On a Prayer
69
user score
(67)
Jun 1
Crowded House
Crowded House
65
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(63)
1986
One Last Wish
1986
80
user score
(58)
Jan 27
Public Image Ltd.
Album
60
critic score
(3)
70
user score
(56)
Jul 26
Neil Young
Landing on Water
40
critic score
(1)
42
user score
(51)
Sep 23
Boston
Third Stage
53
critic score
(3)
65
user score
(49)
Feb 17
Electric Light Orchestra
Balance of Power
40
critic score
(1)
63
user score
(49)
Nov 1
Clan Of Xymox
Medusa
78
user score
(49)
Oct 23
Iggy Pop
Blah Blah Blah
50
critic score
(2)
62
user score
(47)
Aug 2
Poison
Look What the Cat Dragged In
55
critic score
(2)
46
user score
(47)
Jan 1
Yo La Tengo
Ride the Tiger
80
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(47)
Mar 5
Steve Earle
Guitar Town
85
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(46)
Jan 2
Bangles
Different Light
63
critic score
(3)
67
user score
(44)
Feb 3
Violent Femmes
The Blind Leading the Naked
80
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(43)
Feb 21
Elvis Costello
King of America
84
critic score
(7)
79
user score
(43)
May 26
Europe
The Final Countdown
90
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(42)
Jul 23
Bon Jovi
You Give Love a Bad Name
71
user score
(42)
Apr 21
Peter Gabriel
Sledgehammer
100
critic score
(1)
91
user score
(41)
Sep
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
91
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(41)
May 6
The Cure
Staring at the Sea: The Singles
100
critic score
(2)
89
user score
(40)
May 22
Sumo
Llegando los Monos
81
user score
(40)
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