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1986 NME Albums

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  1. Parade - Prince & the Revolution
  2. Rapture - Anita Baker
  3. Control - Janet Jackson
  4. EVOL - Sonic youth
  5. Word up - Cameo
  6. Graceland - Paul Simon
  7. Bend sinister - The fall
  8. Rasin' hell - Run DMC
  9. The queen is dead - The smiths
  10. The album - Mantronix
  11. Nelson Mandela - Youssou N'Dour
  12. Life's rich pageant - REM
  13. Blood and chocolate - Elvis Costello
  14. King of America - Elvis Costello
  15. Your funeral...my trial - Nick cave & the bad seeds
  16. Schoolly D - Schoolly D
  17. Rough & rugged - Shinehead
  18. Tutu - Miles Davis
  19. Say what! - Trouble funk
  20. Liberty bell & the black diamond.. - The go-betweens
  21. Born Sandy Devotional - The trifids
  22. Talking to the taxman.. - Billy Bragg
  23. Candy apple grey - Husker Du
  24. Boat to Bolivia - Martin Stephenson & the dainties
  25. London 0, Hull 4 - The housemartins
  26. Atomizer - Big black
  27. Electric Cafe - Kraftwerk
  28. Holy money - The swans
  29. True stories - Talking heads
  30. The unacceptable face of freedom - Test department
  31. Gravity - James Brown
  32. Infected The the
  33. No Guru, No Method, No Teacher - Van Morrison
  34. I love my radio - LL Cool J
  35. Please - Pet Shop Boys
  36. Giant - The Woodentops
  37. Kicking against the pricks - Nick Cave and the bad seeds
  38. Song X - Pat Metheny and Ornette Coleman
  39. Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc etc.. - Dwight Yoakam
  40. Communards - The Communards
  41. Album - PIL
  42. Force - A certain ratio
  43. Flaunt it - Sigue sigue sputnik
  44. Quirk out - Stump
  45. Rembrandt pussy horse - The butthole surfers
  46. Out on the boardwalk - Ted Hawkins
  47. Shop assistants - Same
  48. Back to the old school - Just ice
  49. Oben im eck - Holger Hiller
  50. R ‘N’ B Skeletons in the closet - George Clinton
  51. Watch your step - Ted Hawkins
  52. Folksinger - Phranc
  53. Greed - Swans
  54. Avant pop - Lester Bowie
  55. Manic pop thrill - That petrol emotion
  56. Throwing muses - Throwing muses
  57. Contenders - Easterhouse
  58. Peter Case - Same
  59. Romantically Yours - Marvin Gaye
  60. Stutter - James

 

NME Singles 1986
  1. Kiss - Prince
  2. Word up - Cameo
  3. Into the groove(y) - Ciccone youth
  4. Walk this way - Run DMC
  5. Bang zoom! lets go go! - The real Roxanne
  6. Ain't nothin' goin' on but the rent - Gwen Guthrie
  7. Pain - Betty Wright
  8. Kiss - Age of chance
  9. Levi stubbs tears - Billy Bragg
  10. Still smokin' - Trouble funk
  11. Almost prayed - The weather prophets
  12. Baby I love you so - Colourbox
  13. Nasty - Janet Jackson
  14. Who the cap fit - Shinehead
  15. Rise - PIL
  16. I want you - Elvis Costello
  17. Galveston Bay - Lonnie Hill
  18. PSK (what does it mean?) - Schoolly D
  19. Human - Human league
  20. A screw - Swans
  21. No conversation - View from the hill
  22. Sweet bird of truth - The the
  23. Panic - The smiths
  24. Sweet love - Anita Baker
  25. Starpower/Expressway to your skull - Sonic youth
  26. Some candy talking - Jesus and Mary chain
  27. World shut your mouth - Julian Cope
  28. Love can't turn around - Farley Jackmaster funk
  29. Ask - The smiths
  30. Living to late - The fall
  31. Safety net - Shop assistants
  32. Mr Pharmacist - The Fall
  33. Time is money (bastard) - Swans
  34. You can call me Al - Paul Simon
  35. Sho’ nuff bumpin’ - EU
  36. Diggin’ your scene - The blow monkeys
  37. Hard left - Gary Clail
  38. What have you done for me lately? - Janet Jackson
  39. Saturday night - Cherrelle & Alexander O’Neil
  40. Sorry somehow - Husker Du
  41. Rock the bells - LL Cool J
  42. Wide open road - The Triffids
  43. Greetings - Half pint
  44. I’m Chilln’ - Kurtis Blow
  45. Heartland - The the
  46. Do fries go with that shake? - George Clinton
  47. Lady Soul - The Temptations
  48. Rubberband man - Youssou N’Dour
  49. Once more - Wedding present
  50. She’s on it - The Beast Boys
  51. Poguetry in motion EP - The Pogues
  52. Therese - The Bodines
  53. Mind at the end of the tether - Tackhead
  54. E=MC2 - Big audio Dynamite
  55. Basslines - Mantronix
  56. Jump back(set me free) - Dhar Braxton
  57. Bahia girl - David Rudder
  58. Rumors - Timex social club
  59. Velocity girl - Primal scream
  60. Whistling in the dark - Easterhouse

New Musical Express compiled other lists this year

  • Compilation Albums
  • Re-Issues
  • Reggae 45’s
  • Reggae Albums
  • African Albums
  • Country Albums
  • Jazz

 

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