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1986- Another Great Year In Music
Posted on 6/16/25 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 6/16/25 at 2:10 pm
I think 1985 might have a slight edge
Top 100 Albums of 1986:
According to Slicing Up Eyeballs' Best of the '80s Poll
11. The Mission, Gods Own Medicine
12. The The, Infected
13. Public Image Ltd., Album
14. Crowded House, Crowded House
15. Cocteau Twins, Victorialand
16. Duran Duran, Notorious
17. The Housemartins, London 0 Hull 4
18. They Might Be Giants, They Might Be Giants
19. Talk Talk, The Colour of Spring
20. Erasure, Wonderland
21. The Chameleons, Strange Times
22. The Church, Heyday
23. Taking Heads, True Stories
24. Sonic Youth, Evol
25. Ministry, Twitch
26. Billy Bragg, Talking with the Taxman about Poetry
27. a-ha, Scoundrel Days
28. The Smithereens, Especially For You
29. Book of Love, Book of Love
30. Concrete Blonde, Concrete Blonde
31. This Mortal Coil, Filigree & Shadow
32. Kraftwerk, Electric Café (aka Techno Pop)
33. Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Blood & Chocolate
34. Peter Murphy, Should the World Fail to Fall Apart
35. Clan of Xymox, Medusa
36. Elvis Costello (aka The Costello Show), King of America
37. Big Audio Dynamite, No. 10, Upping St.
38. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Your Funeral… My Trial
39. Bad Brains, I Against I
40. Skinny Puppy, Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse
41. Eurythmics, Revenge
42. Dead Kennedys, Bedtime for Democracy
43. Throwing Muses, Throwing Muses
44. Killing Joke, Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
45. New Model Army, The Ghost of Cain
46. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, The Pacific Age
47. Billy Idol, Whiplash Smile
48. Violent Femmes, The Blind Leading the Naked
49. The B-52s, Bouncing off the Satellites
50. Gene Loves Jezebel, Discover
51. David Sylvian, Gone to Earth
52. The Feelies, The Good Earth
53. The Cramps, A Date With Elvis
54. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Kicking Against the Pricks
55. Big Black, Atomizer
56. Iggy Pop, Blah Blah Blah (TIE)
56. World Party, Private Revolution (TIE)
58. Big Country, The Seer
59. Camper Van Beethoven, Camper Van Beethoven (TIE)
59. The Mighty Lemon Drops, Happy Head(TIE)
61. The Sisterhood, Gift
62. The Fall, Bend Sinister
63. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians,Element of Light
64. The Damned, Anything
65. The Bangles, Different Light
66. The Go-Betweens, Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express
67. Spacemen 3, Sound of Confusion
68. Revolting Cocks, Big Sexy Land
69. fIREHOSE, Ragin’, Full On
70. Let’s Active, Big Plans For Ever
71. Howard Jones, One to One (TIE)
71. Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Flaunt It (TIE)
73. The Bolshoi, Friends
74. The Call, Reconciled
75. Harold Budd, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie & Simon Raymonde, The Moon and the Melodies (TIE)
75. The Human League, Crash (TIE)
77. The Dead Milkmen, Eat Your Paisley!
78. The Pretenders, Get Close
79. Art of Noise, In Visible Silence (TIE)
79. BoDeans, Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams(TIE)
81. Ramones, Animal Boy
82. Butthole Surfers, Rembrandt Pussyhorse
83. Stan Ridgway, The Big Heat
84. James, Stutter
85. Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Liverpool
86. Alphaville, Afternoons in Utopia
87. Coil, Horse Rotorvator
88. Communards, Communards
89. Everything But the Girl, Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
90. Game Theory, Big Shot Chronicles
91. That Petrol Emotion, Manic Pop Thrill
92. Shriekback, Big Night Music
93. The Triffids, Born Sandy Devotional
94. The Woodentops, Giant
95. The Fixx, Walkabout
96. Dumptruck, Positively Dumptruck
97. Fishbone, In Your Face
98. Icehouse, Measure for Measure (TIE)
98. Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Paint Your Wagon(TIE)
100. Guadalcanal Diary, Jamboree
For me there is one glaring omission
Probably because it’s a Greatest Hits Album
Top 100 Albums of 1986:
According to Slicing Up Eyeballs' Best of the '80s Poll
11. The Mission, Gods Own Medicine
12. The The, Infected
13. Public Image Ltd., Album
14. Crowded House, Crowded House
15. Cocteau Twins, Victorialand
16. Duran Duran, Notorious
17. The Housemartins, London 0 Hull 4
18. They Might Be Giants, They Might Be Giants
19. Talk Talk, The Colour of Spring
20. Erasure, Wonderland
21. The Chameleons, Strange Times
22. The Church, Heyday
23. Taking Heads, True Stories
24. Sonic Youth, Evol
25. Ministry, Twitch
26. Billy Bragg, Talking with the Taxman about Poetry
27. a-ha, Scoundrel Days
28. The Smithereens, Especially For You
29. Book of Love, Book of Love
30. Concrete Blonde, Concrete Blonde
31. This Mortal Coil, Filigree & Shadow
32. Kraftwerk, Electric Café (aka Techno Pop)
33. Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Blood & Chocolate
34. Peter Murphy, Should the World Fail to Fall Apart
35. Clan of Xymox, Medusa
36. Elvis Costello (aka The Costello Show), King of America
37. Big Audio Dynamite, No. 10, Upping St.
38. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Your Funeral… My Trial
39. Bad Brains, I Against I
40. Skinny Puppy, Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse
41. Eurythmics, Revenge
42. Dead Kennedys, Bedtime for Democracy
43. Throwing Muses, Throwing Muses
44. Killing Joke, Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
45. New Model Army, The Ghost of Cain
46. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, The Pacific Age
47. Billy Idol, Whiplash Smile
48. Violent Femmes, The Blind Leading the Naked
49. The B-52s, Bouncing off the Satellites
50. Gene Loves Jezebel, Discover
51. David Sylvian, Gone to Earth
52. The Feelies, The Good Earth
53. The Cramps, A Date With Elvis
54. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Kicking Against the Pricks
55. Big Black, Atomizer
56. Iggy Pop, Blah Blah Blah (TIE)
56. World Party, Private Revolution (TIE)
58. Big Country, The Seer
59. Camper Van Beethoven, Camper Van Beethoven (TIE)
59. The Mighty Lemon Drops, Happy Head(TIE)
61. The Sisterhood, Gift
62. The Fall, Bend Sinister
63. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians,Element of Light
64. The Damned, Anything
65. The Bangles, Different Light
66. The Go-Betweens, Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express
67. Spacemen 3, Sound of Confusion
68. Revolting Cocks, Big Sexy Land
69. fIREHOSE, Ragin’, Full On
70. Let’s Active, Big Plans For Ever
71. Howard Jones, One to One (TIE)
71. Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Flaunt It (TIE)
73. The Bolshoi, Friends
74. The Call, Reconciled
75. Harold Budd, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie & Simon Raymonde, The Moon and the Melodies (TIE)
75. The Human League, Crash (TIE)
77. The Dead Milkmen, Eat Your Paisley!
78. The Pretenders, Get Close
79. Art of Noise, In Visible Silence (TIE)
79. BoDeans, Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams(TIE)
81. Ramones, Animal Boy
82. Butthole Surfers, Rembrandt Pussyhorse
83. Stan Ridgway, The Big Heat
84. James, Stutter
85. Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Liverpool
86. Alphaville, Afternoons in Utopia
87. Coil, Horse Rotorvator
88. Communards, Communards
89. Everything But the Girl, Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
90. Game Theory, Big Shot Chronicles
91. That Petrol Emotion, Manic Pop Thrill
92. Shriekback, Big Night Music
93. The Triffids, Born Sandy Devotional
94. The Woodentops, Giant
95. The Fixx, Walkabout
96. Dumptruck, Positively Dumptruck
97. Fishbone, In Your Face
98. Icehouse, Measure for Measure (TIE)
98. Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Paint Your Wagon(TIE)
100. Guadalcanal Diary, Jamboree
For me there is one glaring omission
Probably because it’s a Greatest Hits Album
16
Posted on 6/16/25 at 2:34 pm to STigers
No hair bands, L.A. glam or British metal on there, just all the mopey crap. List is shite.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 3:20 pm to STigers
Make it stahp
Posted on 6/16/25 at 3:51 pm to STigers
Talk about a glaring omission, is Master of Puppets on there or did I miss it?
This post was edited on 6/16/25 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 6/16/25 at 3:56 pm to Saintsisit
pretty good list with some questionable and a few Ive never heard of before (will check some out).
My glaring omissions (unless I'm missing them)..
Feelies - The Good Earth (would be top 10)
Felt - Forever Breathes the Lonely Word
My glaring omissions (unless I'm missing them)..
Feelies - The Good Earth (would be top 10)
Felt - Forever Breathes the Lonely Word
Posted on 6/16/25 at 4:31 pm to TFTC
quote:
Feelies - The Good Earth (would be top 10)
Felt - Forever Breathes the Lonely Word
Posted on 6/16/25 at 5:52 pm to Saintsisit
Somebody downvoted the greatest album by arguably the greatest Metal band, at the height of their songwriting.
As if this album doesn't belong on the top of this list.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 6:44 pm to Saintsisit
quote:
Talk about a glaring omission, is Master of Puppets on there or did I miss it?
That has to be on the list. They left off rap too. Beastie Boys License to Ill and Run DMC Raising Hell. Slayer Reign in Blood althought not my thing.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 6:46 pm to TFTC
quote:
Feelies - The Good Earth (would be top 10)
Great album but no. 52 (way too low on that particular list).
Posted on 6/16/25 at 7:32 pm to rebelrouser
All Genre Too 100 of 1986
Criteria: These 1986 albums were chosen for their initial and lasting popularity and their influence and impact on rock music in general. Also considered is critical acclaim. The list includes rock and roll and related genres that were influential on rock music.
1. Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
2. Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
3. Graceland
Paul Simon
4. Control
Janet Jackson
5. The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
6. Master of Puppets
Metallica
7. So
Peter Gabriel
8. Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
9. Reign In Blood
Slayer
10. True Blue
Madonna
11. Rapture
Anita Baker
12. Lifes Rich Pageant
R.E.M.
13. Skylarking
XTC
14. Parade
Prince
15. Different Light
The Bangles
16. Strong Persuader
Robert Cray Band
17. Back In The High Life
Steve Winwood
18. Invisible Touch
Genesis
19. Dancing On The Ceiling
Lionel Richie
20. Live/1975–85
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
21. 5150
Van Halen
22. The Way It Is
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
23. Look What The Cat Dragged In
Poison
24. Please
Pet Shop Boys
25. Fore!
Huey Lewis & The News
26. Top Gun
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
27. Crowded House
Crowded House
28. Black Celebration
Depeche Mode
29. Third Stage
Boston
30. True Colors
Cyndi Lauper
31. Word Up!
Cameo
32. Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Megadeth
33. Just Like The First Time
Freddie Jackson
34. The Final Countdown
Europe
35. August
Eric Clapton
36. Winner In You
Patti LaBelle
37. The Bridge
Billy Joel
38. Give Me The Reason
Luther Vandross
39. Tuff Enuff
Fabulous Thunderbirds
40. Night Songs
Cinderella
41. Blood & Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
42. Somewhere In Time
Iron Maiden
43. Back In Black
Whodini
44. Atomizer
Big Black
45. Hot, Cool, & Vicious
Salt-n-Pepa
46. I Against I
Bad Brains
47. Eat 'Em And Smile
David Lee Roth
48. Georgia Satellites
Georgia Satellites
49. The Ultimate Sin
Ozzy Osbourne
50. Tinderbox
Siouxsie & The Banshees
51. To Hell With The Devil
Stryper
52. King Of America
The Costello Show
53. The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
54. Mechanical Resonance
Tesla
55. Solitude/Solitaire
Peter Cetera
56. Notorious
Duran Duran
57. Like A Rock
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
58. Break Every Rule
Tina Turner
59. Can't Hold Back
Eddie Money
60. Love Zone
Billy Ocean
61. True Stories
Talking Heads
62. Aretha
Aretha Franklin
63. Candy Apple Grey
Hüsker Dü
64. Lives In The Balance
Jackson Browne
65. Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
66. Oh, My God!
Doug E. Fresh
67. Whiplash Smile
Billy Idol
68. EVOL
Sonic Youth
69. Infected
The The
70. The Other Side Of Life
Moody Blues
71. The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are
2 Live Crew
72. Brotherhood
New Order
73. Raised On Radio
Journey
74. C86
Various Artists
75. On Fire
Stetsasonic
76. They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants
77. Guitar Town
Steve Earle
78. Kool Moe Dee
Kool Moe Dee
79. Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Candlemass
80. Forever
Kool & The Gang
81. Touch Me
Samantha Fox
82. Schoolly D
Schoolly D
83. Revenge
Eurythmics
84. Especially For You
The Smithereens
85. Live
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
86. A Kind Of Magic
Queen
87. Pleasure To Kill
Kreator
88. Mosaic
Wang Chung
89. Dancing Undercover
Ratt
90. New Kids On The Block
New Kids On The Block
91. London 0 Hull 4
The Housemartins
92. Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Jennifer Warnes
93. Belinda
Belinda Carlisle
94. Show Me
The Cover Girls
95. Boomtown
David & David
96. Express
Love And Rockets
97. Your Funeral...My Trial
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
98. Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express
The Go-Betweens
99. No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
Van Morrison
100. Album
Public Image Ltd.
Criteria: These 1986 albums were chosen for their initial and lasting popularity and their influence and impact on rock music in general. Also considered is critical acclaim. The list includes rock and roll and related genres that were influential on rock music.
1. Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
2. Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
3. Graceland
Paul Simon
4. Control
Janet Jackson
5. The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
6. Master of Puppets
Metallica
7. So
Peter Gabriel
8. Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
9. Reign In Blood
Slayer
10. True Blue
Madonna
11. Rapture
Anita Baker
12. Lifes Rich Pageant
R.E.M.
13. Skylarking
XTC
14. Parade
Prince
15. Different Light
The Bangles
16. Strong Persuader
Robert Cray Band
17. Back In The High Life
Steve Winwood
18. Invisible Touch
Genesis
19. Dancing On The Ceiling
Lionel Richie
20. Live/1975–85
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
21. 5150
Van Halen
22. The Way It Is
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
23. Look What The Cat Dragged In
Poison
24. Please
Pet Shop Boys
25. Fore!
Huey Lewis & The News
26. Top Gun
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
27. Crowded House
Crowded House
28. Black Celebration
Depeche Mode
29. Third Stage
Boston
30. True Colors
Cyndi Lauper
31. Word Up!
Cameo
32. Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Megadeth
33. Just Like The First Time
Freddie Jackson
34. The Final Countdown
Europe
35. August
Eric Clapton
36. Winner In You
Patti LaBelle
37. The Bridge
Billy Joel
38. Give Me The Reason
Luther Vandross
39. Tuff Enuff
Fabulous Thunderbirds
40. Night Songs
Cinderella
41. Blood & Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
42. Somewhere In Time
Iron Maiden
43. Back In Black
Whodini
44. Atomizer
Big Black
45. Hot, Cool, & Vicious
Salt-n-Pepa
46. I Against I
Bad Brains
47. Eat 'Em And Smile
David Lee Roth
48. Georgia Satellites
Georgia Satellites
49. The Ultimate Sin
Ozzy Osbourne
50. Tinderbox
Siouxsie & The Banshees
51. To Hell With The Devil
Stryper
52. King Of America
The Costello Show
53. The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
54. Mechanical Resonance
Tesla
55. Solitude/Solitaire
Peter Cetera
56. Notorious
Duran Duran
57. Like A Rock
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
58. Break Every Rule
Tina Turner
59. Can't Hold Back
Eddie Money
60. Love Zone
Billy Ocean
61. True Stories
Talking Heads
62. Aretha
Aretha Franklin
63. Candy Apple Grey
Hüsker Dü
64. Lives In The Balance
Jackson Browne
65. Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
66. Oh, My God!
Doug E. Fresh
67. Whiplash Smile
Billy Idol
68. EVOL
Sonic Youth
69. Infected
The The
70. The Other Side Of Life
Moody Blues
71. The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are
2 Live Crew
72. Brotherhood
New Order
73. Raised On Radio
Journey
74. C86
Various Artists
75. On Fire
Stetsasonic
76. They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants
77. Guitar Town
Steve Earle
78. Kool Moe Dee
Kool Moe Dee
79. Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Candlemass
80. Forever
Kool & The Gang
81. Touch Me
Samantha Fox
82. Schoolly D
Schoolly D
83. Revenge
Eurythmics
84. Especially For You
The Smithereens
85. Live
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
86. A Kind Of Magic
Queen
87. Pleasure To Kill
Kreator
88. Mosaic
Wang Chung
89. Dancing Undercover
Ratt
90. New Kids On The Block
New Kids On The Block
91. London 0 Hull 4
The Housemartins
92. Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Jennifer Warnes
93. Belinda
Belinda Carlisle
94. Show Me
The Cover Girls
95. Boomtown
David & David
96. Express
Love And Rockets
97. Your Funeral...My Trial
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
98. Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express
The Go-Betweens
99. No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
Van Morrison
100. Album
Public Image Ltd.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 8:01 pm to rebelrouser
quote:
Great album but no. 52 (way too low on that particular list)
Thanks.. I swear I looked it over 4-5 times, too!
Posted on 6/16/25 at 8:10 pm to Saint Alfonzo
quote:
No hair bands, L.A. glam or British metal on there, just all the mopey crap. List is shite.
This
Posted on 6/16/25 at 8:22 pm to STigers
MUCH better list.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 9:54 pm to STigers
quote:
16. Duran Duran, Notorious
There's no way this was a top 20 album.
Glad to see the Cocteau Twins at 15. More people should be familiar with them.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 10:19 pm to STigers
Also, TWO Nick Cave albums listed in that same year. 
Posted on 6/17/25 at 9:29 am to rebelrouser
quote:
That has to be on the list. They left off rap too. Beastie Boys License to Ill and Run DMC Raising Hell. Slayer Reign in Blood althought not my thing.
That's because that list is clearly comprised by a Goth kid. That's a wish list of goths right there.
Don't get me wrong; most of these bands I am fans of. I am a big fan of the industrial and goth genres, but I am a fan of music of all genres. Goth kids were pretentious snots who hated anything outside of their realm of fabricated culture, and this list represents just that.
Posted on 6/17/25 at 10:21 am to Saintsisit
quote:Common problem with these threads. The keys words are:
Saintsisit
quote:
According to Slicing Up Eyeballs' Best of the '80s Poll
They do not assert these are the best of the year in all of popular or rock music. This is a college rock site.
Posted on 6/17/25 at 10:22 am to Midget Death Squad
quote:
That's because that list is clearly comprised by a Goth kid. That's a wish list of goths right there.
This is not Goth. Posted on 6/17/25 at 10:34 am to STigers
1. Life's Rich pageant - The best album of that year in any genre.
2. The Queen Is Dead - Another all-time album
3. Candy Apple Grey - Husker Du
4. Especially for You - Smithereens
5. BoDeans, Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams
and,
6. Guadalcanal Diary, Jamboree
2. The Queen Is Dead - Another all-time album
3. Candy Apple Grey - Husker Du
4. Especially for You - Smithereens
5. BoDeans, Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams
and,
6. Guadalcanal Diary, Jamboree
Posted on 6/17/25 at 11:10 am to STigers
I'm actually shocked the listed So that highly. Frankly, it should be #1.
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