An ongoing ranking and rating of my favorite albums of 1987. Items in bold are part of my personal CD collection.
THE TOP TEN
1. Bryan Adams ~ Into The Fire (10.4)
2. U2 ~ The Joshua Tree (10.2)
3. Guns N’ Roses ~ Appetite For Destruction (10.0)
4. Whitesnake ~ Whitesnake (9.3)
5. Def Leppard ~ Hysteria (9.2)
6. George Michael ~ Faith (9.2)
7. Richard Marx ~ Richard Marx (9.1)
8. Michael Jackson ~ Bad (9.1)
9. R.E.M. ~ Document (9)
10. Farrenheit ~ Farrenheit (9.0)
THE REST: ALPHABETICAL BY RATING
White Lion ~ Pride (8.9)
Pink Floyd ~ A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (8.7)
The Fools ~ Wake Up… It’s Alive!!! (8.4)
INXS ~ Kick (8.3)
Aerosmith ~ Permanent Vacation (8.1)
Fleetwood Mac ~ Tango In The Night (8.0)
Indigo Girls ~ Strange Fire (7.9)
Foreigner ~ Inside Information (7.9)
Helloween ~ Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I (7.7)
Mötley Crüe ~ Girls, Girls, Girls (7.0)
Bruce Springsteen ~ Tunnel Of Love (6.8)
The Cult ~ Electric (6.5)
Faith No More ~ Introduce Yourself (6.5)
Ace Frehley ~ Frehley’s Comet (6)
Bonfire ~ Fire Works (6.0)
Dokken ~ Back For The Attack (6)
Great White ~ Once Bitten (6)
Joe Satriani ~ Surfing With The Alien (6)
Rush ~ Hold Your Fire (6)
Billy Joel ~ Kohuept [Live] (5)
John Hiatt ~ Bring The Family (5)
John Norum ~ Total Control (5)
Kiss ~ Crazy Nights (5)
Manowar ~ Fighting The World (5)
Sammy Hagar ~ I Never Said Goodbye (5)
Savatage ~ Hall Of The Mountain King (5)
TNT ~ Tell No Tales (5)
The Cars ~ Door To Door (4.5)
Anthrax ~ Among The Living (4)
Black Sabbath ~ The Eternal Idol (4)
Grim Reaper ~ Rock You To Hell (4)
King Diamond ~ Abigail (4)
Warlock ~ Triumph And Agony (4)
David Wilcox ~ The Nightshift Watchman (3)
Judas Priest ~ Priest…Live! (3)
Keel ~ Keel (3)
Lizzy Borden ~ Terror Rising (3)
Lizzy Borden ~ Visual Lies (3)
Mark Knopfler ~ The Princess Bride (3)
Michael Bolton ~ The Hunger (3)
Ozzy Osbourne ~ Randy Rhodes Tribute (3)
Armored Saint ~ Saints Will Conquer (2)
Loudness ~ Hurricane Eyes (2)
Mama’s Boys ~ Growing Up The Hard Way (2)
David T. Chastain ~ Instrumental Variations (1)
CURRENTLY UNRATED
Alice Cooper ~ Raise Your Fist And Yell
Armored Saint ~ Raising Fear
Artillery ~ Terror Squad
Autograph ~ Loud And Clear
Bitch ~ The Bitch Is Back
BoDeans ~ Outside Looking In
Candlemass ~ Nightfall
Celtic Frost ~ Into The Pandemonium
David Bowie ~ Never Let Me Down
Debbie Gibson ~ Out Of The Blue
Deep Purple ~ The House Of Blue Light
Dio ~ Dream Evil
Exodus ~ Pleasures Of The Flesh
Faster Pussycat ~ Faster Pussycat
Grateful Dead ~ In The Dark
Heart ~ Bad Animals
Helix ~ Wild In The Streets
Impellietteri ~ Impellitteri [EP]
Jethro Tull ~ Crest Of A Knave
Joe Walsh ~ Got Any Gum?
Leatherwolf ~ Leatherwolf
Level 42 ~ Running In The Family
Lou Gramm ~ Ready Or Not
Loverboy ~ Wildside
Marillion ~ Clutching At Straws
McAuley Schenker Group ~ Perfect Timing
Neil Young & Crazy Horse ~ Life
Night Ranger ~ Big Life
Obsession ~ Methods Of Madness
The Outfield ~ Bangin’
Overkill ~ Taking Over
Pretty Maids ~ Future World
Rage ~ Execution Guaranteed
Raven ~ Life’s A Bitch
REO Speedwagon ~ Life As We Know It
Running Wild ~ Under Jolly Roger
Sacred Reich ~ Ignorance
Saga ~ Wildest Dreams
Samantha Fox ~ Samantha Fox
Slade ~ You Boyz Make Big Noize
Sting ~ Nothing Like The Sun
Supertramp ~ Free As A Bird
Testament ~ The Legacy
Tiffany ~ Tiffany
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ~ Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough)
Triumph ~ Surveillance
Twisted Sister ~ Love Is For Suckers
Tygers Of Pan Tang ~ Burning In The Shade
Vicious Rumors ~ Digital Dictator
Wishbone Ash ~ Nouveau Calls
Y&T ~ Contagious
Yes ~ Big Generator
[Last Updated: 2020.06.17]
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