Top Albums of 1987
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
1
30
 Prince Sign 'O' the Times Funk Rock, Pop Rock
2
40
 U2 The Joshua Tree Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
3
63
 Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction Hard Rock
4
307
 Eric B. & Rakim Paid in Full Boom Bap, Hardcore Hip Hop
5
380
 Sonic Youth Sister Alternative Rock, Noise Rock
6
400
 R.E.M. Document Jangle Pop
7
517
 Dinosaur Jr. You're Living All Over Me Indie Rock, Noise Rock
8
591
 George Michael Faith Pop
9
599
 Boogie Down Productions Criminal Minded Boom Bap
10
613
 Pet Shop Boys Actually Synthpop
11
631
 The Smiths Strangeways, Here We Come Indie Pop, Jangle Pop
12
718
 John Hiatt Bring the Family Americana, Roots Rock, Singer/Songwriter
13
745
 Public Enemy Yo! Bum Rush the Show Conscious Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
14
757
 Hüsker Dü Warehouse: Songs and Stories Alternative Rock
15
768
 Midnight Oil Diesel and Dust Pop Rock
16
775
 Depeche Mode Music for the Masses Synthpop
17
799
 Michael Jackson Bad Dance-Pop
18
818
 Def Leppard Hysteria AOR, Hard Rock
19
823
 Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
20
924
 Big Black Songs About Fucking Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore
21
936
 The Replacements Pleased to Meet Me Alternative Rock, Power Pop
22
960
 Salif Keita Soro Mande Music
23
1035
 Sinéad O'Connor The Lion and the Cobra Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
24
1131
 INXS Kick Pop Rock
25
1246
 Spacemen 3 The Perfect Prescription Neo-Psychedelia, Space Rock
26
1278
 The Jesus and Mary Chain Darklands Alternative Rock
27
1381
 Napalm Death Scum Grindcore
28
1414
 Terence Trent D'Arby Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby Contemporary R&B, Soul
29
1483
 David Sylvian Secrets of the Beehive Ambient Pop, Art Pop
30
1540
 The Cult Electric Hard Rock
31
1686
 Tom Waits Frank's Wild Years Singer/Songwriter
32
1732
 Pixies Come On Pilgrim EP Indie Rock
33
1913
 Swans Children of God Experimental Rock, Post-Punk
34
1944
 John Mellencamp The Lonesome Jubilee Heartland Rock
35
2067
 Sting ...Nothing Like the Sun Jazz Pop, Pop Rock, Sophisti-Pop
36
2119
 Anthrax Among the Living Thrash Metal
37
2145
 Radio Futura La canción de Juan Perro New Wave, Pop Rock
38
2147
 Chris Isaak Chris Isaak Pop Rock
39
2162
 Joe Satriani Surfing with the Alien Hard Rock
40
2182
 The Wedding Present George Best C86, Jangle Pop
41
2200
 Robbie Robertson Robbie Robertson Rock, Singer/Songwriter
42
2213
 The Cure Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Alternative Rock, Post-Punk
43
2396
 Suzanne Vega Solitude Standing Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
44
2453
 John Zorn Spillane Avant-Garde Jazz
45
2522
 The Sisters of Mercy Floodland Gothic Rock
46
2640
 Butthole Surfers Locust Abortion Technician Experimental Rock, Noise Rock
47
2776
 LL Cool J BAD: Bigger and Deffer Hardcore Hip Hop
48
2824
 Van Morrison Poetic Champions Compose Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
49
2863
 Los Lobos By the Light of the Moon Americana, Tex-Mex
50
2941
 10,000 Maniacs In My Tribe Folk Pop, Jangle Pop
51
2995
 Ladysmith Black Mambazo Shaka Zulu Mbube, Nguni Folk Music
52
3000
 Whitesnake Whitesnake/1987 Hard Rock

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Aerosmith Permanent Vacation Hard Rock
Dead Can Dance Within the Realm of a Dying Sun Neoclassical Darkwave
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris Trio Country
Fleetwood Mac Tango in the Night Soft Rock
The Go-Betweens Tallulah Indie Pop, Jangle Pop
Sly and Robbie Rhythm Killers Hip Hop, Ragga, Synth Funk
Negativland Escape from Noise Plunderphonics
The Bats Daddy's Highway Dunedin Sound, Indie Pop, Jangle Pop
Bill Frisell Lookout for Hope Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz Fusion
The Housemartins The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death Indie Pop, Jangle Pop
That Petrol Emotion Babble Indie Rock, Post-Punk
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Dub Syndicate Time Boom x De Devil Dead Dub
The Pastels Up for a Bit with The Pastels C86, Jangle Pop, Twee Pop
Deacon Blue Raintown Pop Rock, Sophisti-Pop
The Young Gods The Young Gods Experimental Rock, Industrial Rock
Alexander O'Neal Hearsay Smooth Soul
Laibach Opus Dei Industrial, Martial Industrial
Cecil Taylor For Olim Free Jazz
Opal Happy Nightmare Baby Neo-Psychedelia, Paisley Underground
Willy DeVille Miracle Pop Rock
George Harrison Cloud Nine Pop Rock
Abdel Aziz el Mubarak Abdel Aziz el Mubarak Arabic Pop
Randy Travis Always & Forever Country
Wynton Marsalis Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 Jazz
Julian Cope Saint Julian Neo-Psychedelia, New Wave, Psychedelic Pop
Hoodoo Gurus Blow Your Cool! Garage Rock, Power Pop