Album of The Year - Endgame

[whatwhatsaywhat]

wasn't the church 85? otherwise i have to go back and re-do dagnabbit

 

[Jan]

1. The Smiths - Queen is Dead
2. Paul Simon - Graceland
3. REM - Lifes Rich Pageant
4. Billy Bragg - Talking to the Taxman About poetry
5. Peter Gabriel - So
6. Pet Shop Boys - Please
7. New Order- Brotherhood
8. Hüsker Dü - Candy Apple Grey
9. Bruce Hornsby & the Range - the Way It is
10. Camper Van Beethoven - Camper Van Beethoven

 

[willcoll]

wasn't the church 85? otherwise i have to go back and re-do dagnabbit

Ah yes, my bad, Heyday was '85... US release was '86...

 

[whatwhatsaywhat]

Ah yes, my bad, Heyday was '85... US release was '86...

saves me a re-do!

 

[Waitressboy]

Kate Bush - The Whole Story (it's a compilation but I'll put it on #1 anyway)
Peter Gabriel - So
Til Tuesday - Welcome Home
Madonna - True Blue
Diamanda Galás - Saint Of The Pit
a-ha - Scoundrel Days
Eurythmics - Revenge
They Might Be Giants - s/t
Nick Cave - Your Funeral, My Trial
Slayer - Reign in Blood (I actually don't like this but I love Tori Amos' cover of "Raining blood" and I needed one more album to finish the top 10)

 

[radiojazzz]

one thing that I really have to thank this thread for is my gradual realization that the 80s were not that bad!

1. Peter Gabriel - So
2. R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
3. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
4. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
5. Sonic Youth - EVOL
6. Paul Simon - Graceland
7. Prince and The Revolution - Parade
8. Kraftwerk - Electric Café
9. John Zorn - The Big Gundown
10. Talking Heads - True Stories

bonus track:

 

[Rip_City]

Almost forgot to respond earlier! I really like the lists that I've seen so far! Thank you again @Woob_woob for organizing this thread.

Top 10 Albums of 1986:

1. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
2. Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
3. New Order - Brotherhood
4. Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
5. Metallica - Master of Puppets
6. Hiroshi Yoshimura - Green
7. Paul Simon - Graceland
8. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
9. Gigi Masin - Wind
10. Pet Shop Boys - Please

 

[Woob_woob]

1. Paul Simon- Graceland
2. Beastie Boys- License to Ill
3. Run DMC - Raising Hell
4. Sonic Youth - Evol
5. Talking Heads - True Stories
6. Bad Brains - I Against I
7. XTC - Skylarking
8. The Smiths- The Queen is Dead
9. Peter Gabriel- So
10. Janet Jackson - Control

 

[BjorgenFjorgen]

Didn't get to revisit too much from this year, but here goes:

1. Paul Simon - Graceland
2. Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
3. Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
4. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
5. Metallica - Master of Puppets
6. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
7. Bad Brains - I Against I

 

[jaycee]

1986:

1. The Smiths: The Queen is Dead
2. Pet Shop Boys: Please
3. Janet Jackson: Control
4. Talk Talk: Colour of Spring
5. Depeche Mode: Black Celebration
6. Bad Brains: I Against I
7. Run DMC: Raising Hell
8. Crowded House: Crowded House
9. Cocteau TwIns: Victorialand
9. Prince and the Revolution: Parade
10. Erasure: Wonderland

Not including comps. but this is probably my most listened to album from this year
The Cure: Standing on a Beach / Staring at the Sea

 

[wmeugene]

My 1986 list:

1. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
2. XTC - Skylarking
3. R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
4. Peter Gabriel - So
5. Elvis Costello - King Of America
6. Paul Simon - Graceland
7. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
8. Steve Earle - Guitar Town
9. Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring
10. Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

I wasn’t able to revisit much from ‘86, so here’s a quick top 5:

1. Janet Jackson - Control
2. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
3. Anita Baker - Rapture
4. Peter Gabriel - So
5. Prince & The Revolution - Parade

 

[Satchmo2go]

What a great year for me my two ALL TIME fav albums- Graceland and So
1. Paul Simon Graceland
2. Peter Gabriel So
3. Beastie Boys Liscense to ILL
4. Madonna True Blue
5. Bon Jovi slippery
6. XTC
7. Smiths QID
8. Janet Jackson Control
9. New Order Brotherhood
10. REM LRP

 

[Viking Dan]

If the objective answer to the Question, "What was 1986's Album of the Year?", is not Cinderella's Night Songs, then the answer is either Metallica's Master of Puppets or The Beastie Boys' Licence to Ill.

 

[Joe Mac]

If the objective answer to the Question, "What was 1986's Album of the Year?", is not Cinderella's Night Songs, then the answer is either Metallica's Master of Puppets or The Beastie Boys' Licence to Ill.

If it’s not the Queen is Dead then the world is indeed a cold dead place.

 

[Woob_woob]

If it’s not the Queen is Dead then the world is indeed a cold dead place.

I love Queen is Dead, but I'd argue that if it is the #1 album of any year the world is a cold dead place.

 

[BjorgenFjorgen]

I'm actually really surprised there wasn't more love for Graceland this year. Thought this would be as close to a unanimous #1 as any year.

 

[Joe Mac]

I love Queen is Dead, but I'd argue that if it is the #1 album of any year the world is a cold dead place.

They’re probably in my favourite 3 or 4 bands!

But maybe it’s so great because in the 80s under thatcher the north of England really was a cold dead place haha!

 

[Joe Mac]

I'm actually really surprised there wasn't more love for Graceland this year. Thought this would be as close to a unanimous #1 as any year.

It’s a really impressively strong year. I really enjoy that album, loads of great tracks but I don’t love it and I love the 4 I put above it. That said any of the albums in my top 5 (including it) could easily have been number 1 in any other year.

 

[Woob_woob]

They’re probably in my favourite 3 or 4 bands!

But maybe it’s so great because in the 80s under thatcher the north of England really was a cold dead place haha!

They are a great band, but cold and dead are two adjectives that fit their sound pretty spot on imo.

I'm actually really surprised there wasn't more love for Graceland this year. Thought this would be as close to a unanimous #1 as any year.

Same. It's a top 5 album of the decade to me.