The Best Albums Of 1986

Top 50

1. Blood and chocolate - ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS
2. Life’s rich pageant - R.E.M.
3. Once in a blue moon - YO
4. Desperate fires - THE JET BLACK BERRIES
5. Bedtime for democracy - DEAD KENNEDYS
6. Bend sinister - THE FALL
7. Raising hell - RUN DMC
8. The Queen is dead - THE SMITHS
9. Throwing Muses - THROWING MUSES
10. Atomizer - BIG BLACK
11. Evol - SONIC YOUTH
12. The world by storm - THE THREE JOHNS
13. Neither Washington nor Moscow - REDSKINS
14. Land of the lost - WIPERS
15. Candy apple grey - HUSKER DU
16. Out of the grey - THE DREAM SYNDICATE
17. Ballad of a thin line man - GIANT SAND
18. Born sandy devotional / In the pines - THE TRIFFIDS
19. Manic pop thrill - THAT PETROL EMOTION
20. Under a blue marlin - NAKED PREY
21. The good earth - THE FEELIES
22. Liberty belle and the black diamond express - THE GO-BETWEENS
23. Devil’s river - DIVINE HORSEMAN
24. Free dirt - DIED PRETTY
25. Out my way - MEAT PUPPETS
26. A date with Elvis - THE CRAMPS
27. Ride the tiger - YO LA TENGO
28. Music from Elba - ANTIETAM
29. Happy head - THE MIGHTY LEMON DROPS
30. Tinderbox - SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
31. The blind leading the naked - VIOLENT FEMMES
32. Word up - CAMEO
33. Telephone free landslide victory - CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN
34. All rise - NAKED RAYGUN
35. The ghost of Cain - NEW MODEL ARMY
36. Album - P.I.L.
37. The King of America - THE COSTELLO SHOW
38. Infected - THE THE
39. Brotherhood - NEW ORDER
40. Graceland - PAUL SIMON
41. So - PETER GABRIEL
42. Talking with the taxman about poetry - BILLY BRAGG
43. Giant - THE WOODENTOPS
44. Outside my window - THE THINGS
45. All-night lotus party - VOLCANO SUNS
46. Underworld shakedown - THE LAST DRIVE
47. Too cool to live too smart to die - DEJA VOODOO
48. Songs of love and fury - MEMBRANES
49. Grenade - THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX
50. Stars and Hank forever - THE RESIDENTS

Also recommended:

Kicking against the pricks - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS, Enjoy The Creeps - THE CREEPS, Schooly D - SCHOOLY D, Life’s hard and then you die - IT’S IMMATERIAL, Contenders - EASTERHOUSE, Rooms of the magnificent - ED KUEPPER, Tolerance - THE BLUE AEROPLANES, Element of light - ROBYN HITCHCOCK AND THE EGYPTIANS, Sound of confusion - SPACEMEN 3, Hear it is - THE FLAMING LIPS, Rembrandt pussyhorse - BUTTHOLE SURFERS, Kill tunes - THE LEAVING TRAINS, Clairvoyance - SCREAMING TREES, The restless stranger - AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB, Positively Dumptruck - DUMPTRUCK, Second and last - CHEEPSKATES, Lyres Lyres - LYRES, Blue train station - THE CYNICS, Hallelujah all the way home - VERLAINES, The turgid miasma of existence - CELIBATE RIFLES, Thinking of empire - SLOVENLY, ...And he's not gonna take it anymore - MY DAD IS DEAD, Made to be broken / While you were out - SOUL ASYLUM, Mending wall - ANGST, Inner limits - CRAWLING WALL, Swimming with sharks - GET SMART, Stop pretending - THE PANDORAS, Shop Assistants - SHOP ASSISTANTS, Stutter - JAMES, Skylarking - XTC, Gone to earth - DAVID SYLVIAN, Forever breathes the lonely word - FELT, Diesel river - THE WEATHER PROPHETS, Texas - JACOBITES, Monster walks the winter lake - DAVID THOMAS, Holy money - SWANS, Paint your wagon - RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY, Force - A CERTAIN RATIO, Parade - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION, Hot, cool, vicious - SALT ’N PEPA, Back to the old school - JUST ICE, Music madness - MANTRONIX, Skeezer pleaser - UTFO, On fire - STETSASONIC, Is what we are - 2 LIVE CREW, Oh my God! - DOUG E. FRESH & THE GET FRESH CREW, Back in black - WHODINI, Say what? - TROUBLE FUNK, R & B skeletons in the closet - GEORGE CLINTON, Planet rock: The album - AFRIKA BAMBAATAA & THE SOULSONIC FORCE, Electric cafe - KRAFTWERK, Ship of fools - TUXEDO MOON, Home of the brave - LAURIE ANDERSON, Victorialand - COCTEAU TWINS, Filigree & shadow - THIS MORTAL COIL, Big world - JOE JACKSON, Get close - THE PRETENDERS, True stories - TALKING HEADS, Animal boy - RAMONES, Blah blah blah - IGGY POP, Concrete Blonde - CONCRETE BLONDE, Big plans for everybody - LET’S ACTIVE, Sex and love and hope and dreams - BODEANS, Scarred but smarter - DRIVIN' N’ CRYIN', The Backlight Chameleons - THE BACKLIGHT CHAMELEONS, Trudge - SAVAGE REPUBLIC, Cloud one - LIVE SKULL, Sex mad - NOMEANSNO, Weird love - THE SCIENTISTS, Rivers of corn - THE ZIMMERMEN, The edge of the world - MEKONS, I am John's pancreas - A WITNESS, Step on it - BOGSHED, Acropolis now - THEE MIGHTY CAESARS, Miasma - THE BEVIS FROND, Brighter than a thousand suns - KILLING JOKE, Black celebration - DEPECHE MODE, Horse rotorvator - COIL, Master of puppets - METALLICA, Reign in blood - SLAYER, The divine punishment / Saint of the pit - DIAMANDA GALAS, Gods own medicine - THE MISSION, Express - LOVE AND ROCKETS, Circus Maximus - MOMUS, Anna Domino - ANNA DOMINO, The no comprendo - LES RITA MITSOUKO, Different light - BANGLES, Guitars, Cadillacs, etc., etc. - DWIGHT YOAKAM, Guitar town - STEVE EARLE, Georgia Satellites - GEORGIA SATELLITES, Johnny comes marching home - THE DEL LORDS, Van go - THE BEAT FARMERS, Still standing - JASON & THE SCORCHERS, It's time for... - JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS, They Might Be Giants - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, London 0 Hull 4 - THE HOUSEMARTINS, Jamboree - GUADALCANAL DIARY, Heyday - THE CHURCH, Big shot chronicles - GAME THEORY, Aristocracie - PHILLIP BOA AND THE VOODOOCLUB, Standing up straight - THE WOLFGANG PRESS, Medusa - CLAN OF XYMOX, Room of lights - CRIME & THE CITY SOLUTION, The moon looked down & laughed - VIRGIN PRUNES, Commercial suicide - COLIN NEWMAN, Off the beaten track - AFRICAN HEAD CHARGE, In the good old country way - THE NIGHTINGALES, Strange times - THE CHAMELEONS, Especially for you - THE SMITHEREENS, Something weird - THE STOMACHMOUTHS, I against I - BAD BRAINS, Eat your paisley - THE DEAD MILKMEN, Smell my finger - THE HARD-ONS, Pictures of starving children sell records - CHUMBAWAMBA, The unacceptable face of freedom - TEST DEPT., Twitch - MINISTRY, Mind: The perpetual intercourse - SKINNY PUPPY, Mafu cage - THE NEON JUDGEMENT, Virus meadow - AND ALSO THE TREES, The wrong people - FURNITURE, What's in a word? - THE BRILLIANT CORNERS, Revenge - T.S.O.L., Can I say - DAG NASTY, October file - DIE KREUZEN, Burning in water - MOVING TARGETS, LP - HEAD OF DAVID, How green is the valley - THE MEN THEY COULDN'T HANG, Henk - THE NITS, The big heat - STAN RIDGWAY, Rapture - ANITA BAKER, Rough & rugged - SHINEHEAD, Gift - THE SISTERHOOD, In visible silence - THE ART OF NOISE, Utter Madness - MADNESS, The world won’t listen - THE SMITHS, Kaleidoscope world - THE CHILLS, The hammer party - BIG BLACK, Ballot result - MINUTEMEN

The Best Albums Of 1985

Top 50

1. Meat is murder - THE SMITHS
2. Psychocandy - THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
3. This nation’s saving grace - THE FALL
4. Our favourite shop - THE STYLE COUNCIL
5. Gas, food, lodging / No free lunch - GREEN ON RED
6. New day rising / Flip your wig - HUSKER DU
7. Wild weed - JEFFREY LEE PIERCE
8. Charm world - YO
9. Valley of rain - GIANT SAND
10. The firstborn is dead - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
11. Frankenchrist - DEAD KENNEDYS
12. First and last and always - THE SISTERS OF MERCY
13. Lysergic emanations - THE FUZZTONES
14. Exploring the axis - THIN WHITE ROPE
15. Up on the sun - MEAT PUPPETS
16. Fables of the reconstruction - R.E.M.
17. Low life - NEW ORDER
18. The covenant, the sword and the arm of the lord - CABARET VOLTAIRE
19. Around the world in a day - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION
20. State of our union - THE LONG RYDERS
21. Sundown on Venus - THE JET BLACK BERRIES
22. The head on the door - THE CURE
23. Colourbox - COLOURBOX
24. King of rock - RUN DMC
25. Bad moon rising - SONIC YOUTH
26. 3 way tie (for last) - MINUTEMEN
27. Stone cold world - THE DROOGS
28. The lost weekend - DANNY & DUSTY
29. 28th day - 28TH DAY
30. Wonder wonderful wonderland - PLASTICLAND
31. Keep your cool and read the rules - PLAN 9
32. Straight ahead - GREG SAGE
33. Antietam - ANTIETAM
34. Tim - THE REPLACEMENTS
35. Crashing dream - RAIN PARADE
36. Fegmania! - ROBYN HITCHCOCK AND THE EGYPTIANS
37. Ghosts of an ideal wife - LAUGHING CLOWNS
38. Stella - YELLO
39. The album - MANTRONIX
40. Language barrier - SLY AND ROBBIE
41. Once upon a time - SIMPLE MINDS
42. This is the sea - THE WATERBOYS
43. Little creatures - TALKING HEADS
44. Slave girl - LIME SPIDERS
45. Succumb - TO DAMASCUS
46. Love - THE CULT
47. A secret wish - PROPAGANDA
48. Love not money - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
49. Ain’t love grant - X
50. No rest for the wicked - NEW MODEL ARMY

Also recommended:

Dinosaur - DINOSAUR JR., Run better run - CHEEPSKATES, Electrical storm - ED KUEPPER, Τρύπες - ΤΡΥΠΕΣ, When in Rome do as the Vandals - THE VANDALS, Six sharp cuts - SPIKES, Night of a thousand candles - THE MEN THEY COULDN’T HANG, Beat Happening - BEAT HAPPENING, As the veneer of democracy starts to fade - MARK STEWART, Halber mensch - EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN, Robespierre’s velvet basement - JACOBITES, Tales of the new west - THE BEAT FARMERS, Underwater - CRIPPLED PILGRIMS, Cinema verite - DRAMARAMA, The bright orange years - VOLCANO SUNS, Lite life - ANGST, Translate slowly - ZEITGEIST, There are eight million stories… - JUNE BRIDES, Rockin' and romance - JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS, Oil and gold - SHRIEKBACK, Radio - LL COOL J, Raindogs - TOM WAITS, Rum sodomy and the lush - THE POGUES, The clock comes down the stairs - MICRODISNEY, Not born beautiful - SHOCK HEADED PETERS, Nail - SCRAPING FOETUS OFF THE WHEEL, Talk about the weather - RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY, New beginnings - PINK INDUSTRY, Night time - KILLING JOKE, Loose nut - BLACK FLAG, The Lazy Cowgirls - THE LAZY COWGIRLS, Boston, Mass. - THE DEL FUEGOS, Lost & found - JASON & THE SCORCHERS, Wishing chair - 10000 MANIACS, Lone Justice - LONE JUSTICE, Prayer for the halcyon fear - TINY LIGHTS, Town + Country - THE RAVE-UPS, Pass the paintbrush, honey.. - BIFF BANG POW!, Sex and travel - THE JAZZ BUTCHER, Inside out - THE MIRACLE WORKERS, Stop! - THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS, Mars needs guitars! - HOODOO GURUS, Hallelujah all the way home - THE VERLAINES, You get what you deserve - SCIENTISTS, Greed - SWANS, Bringing home the bait - LIVE SKULL, Fear and whiskey - MEKONS, Gift of noise - MEMBRANES, Back in the D.H.S.S. - HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT, Pokkeherrie - THE EX, Rites of Spring - RITES OF SPRING, The difference is…- MOOD SIX, Energized - BLUE MURDER, Spleen and ideal - DEAD CAN DANCE, Ceremonial - SAVAGE REPUBLIC, 25 o’ clock - THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHERE, Old rottenhat - ROBERT WYATT, Hounds of love - KATE BUSH, Steve McQueen - PREFAB SPROUT, Centerfield - JOHN FOGERTY, Paris, Texas - RY COODER, Songs from the big chair - TEARS FOR FEARS, Virgins and Philistines - THE COLOURFIELD, Suzanne Vega - SUZANNE VEGA, Boys and girls - BRYAN FERRY, Easy pieces - LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS, Don't stand me down - DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS, Mad not mad - MADNESS, Cupid & psyche 85 - SCRITTI POLITTI, Working nights - WORKING WEEK, Pressure points - ANNE CLARK, Holy wars - TUXEDOMOON, Ignite the seven cannons - FELT, Perhaps - ASSOCIATES, Groovy decoy - ROBYN HITCHCOCK, What does anything mean? Basically - THE CHAMELEONS, Asylum - THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS, Raging souls - MINIMAL COMPACT, Maximizing the audience - WIM MERTENS, Just south of heaven - CRIME & THE CITY SOLUTION, Seventh dream of teenage heaven - LOVE AND ROCKETS, Alive - THE LEATHER NUN, Phantasmagoria - THE DAMNED, Real nighttime - GAME THEORY, The evening visits... and stays for years - THE APARTMENTS, More places forever - DAVID THOMAS, Topsy turvy - YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS, Past, present and future - WATERMELON MEN, Odditties - THE CLEAN, That's the long and the short of it - TALL DWARVES, City slab horror - SEVERED HEADS, Ashes - CHRISTIAN DEATH, Clan of Xymox - CLAN OF XYMOX, Here comes everybody - THE WAKE, Seven days in Sammystown - WALL OF VOODOO, Dead man's party - OINGO BOINGO, Big lizard in my backyard - THE DEAD MILKMEN, I don't want to grow up - DESCENDENTS, The Crucifucks - THE CRUCIFUCKS, Walk together, rock together - 7 SECONDS, Fly on a wire - THE EFFIGIES, More beer - FEAR, Freaky styley - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, The way to go out - HUNTERS & COLLECTORS, Green peas - THE VIETNAM VETERANS, Flesh on flesh - THE SNAKE CORPS, Shoulder to shoulder - TEST DEPT. & SOUTH WALES STRIKING MINERS CHOIR, Philister - PHILIP BOA AND THE VOODOO CLUB, Fancy meeting God! - MARC RILEY WITH THE CREEPERS, Hip priest and Kamerads - THE FALL, Live - WIPERS, Beyond the sunset - RAIN PARADE