Editing 1987 in music (section)

==Albums released==
===January–March===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="12" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />A<br />N<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| style="vertical-align:top;"|12
| ''[[The House of Blue Light]]'' || [[Deep Purple]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[Don't Disturb This Groove (album)|Don't Disturb This Groove]]'' || [[The System (band)|The System]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[Carne Humana (album)|Carne Humana]]'' || [[Zero (Brazilian band)|Zero]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Warehouse: Songs and Stories]]'' || [[Hüsker Dü]] || double album
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[Echelons (album) |Echelons]]'' || [[For Against]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Return of Bruno (album)|The Return of Bruno]]'' || [[Bruce Willis]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="6" |?
| ''[[Blame the Messenger]]'' || [[David Thomas (musician)|David Thomas<br />& The Wooden Birds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The First Chapter (The Mission album)|The First Chapter]]'' || [[The Mission (band)|The Mission]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Gaudi (The Alan Parsons Project album)|Gaudi]]'' || [[The Alan Parsons Project]] ||-
|-
| ''I Hear You Rockin'' || [[Dave Edmunds]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Up for a Bit with The Pastels]]'' || [[The Pastels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Best of the West (album)|Best of the West]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="13" align="center" valign="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''F<br />E<br />B<br />R<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| style="vertical-align:top;" |9
| ''[[Life as We Know It (REO Speedwagon album)|Life as We Know It]]'' || [[REO Speedwagon]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |10
| ''[[Yo! Bum Rush the Show]]'' || [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |13
| ''[[All in the Name of Love]]'' || [[Atlantic Starr]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pictures in the Sky]]'' || [[Rich Mullins]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[Fighting the World]]'' || [[Manowar (band)|Manowar]] ||-
|-
| ''Lee Aaron'' || [[Lee Aaron]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''[[Jody Watley (album)|Jody Watley]]'' || [[Jody Watley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The World Won't Listen]]'' || [[The Smiths]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|24
| ''[[Sheila E. (album)|Sheila E.]]'' || [[Sheila E.]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[The Cost of Loving]]'' || [[The Style Council]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Freedom (Santana album)|Freedom]]'' || [[Santana (band)|Santana]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Midnight to Midnight]]'' || [[The Psychedelic Furs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ready or Not (Lou Gramm album)|Ready or Not]]'' || [[Lou Gramm]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="26" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H'''
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;" |2
| ''[[Wild Frontier (album)|Wild Frontier]]'' || [[Gary Moore]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Boi-ngo]]'' || [[Oingo Boingo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Exposure (Exposé album)|Exposure]]'' || [[Exposé (band)|Exposé]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Saint Julian (album)|Saint Julian]]'' || [[Julian Cope]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Through the Looking Glass (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Through the Looking Glass]]'' || [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trio (Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris album)|Trio]]'' || [[Linda Ronstadt]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Dolly Parton]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |3
| ''[[Criminal Minded]]'' || [[Boogie Down Productions]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |9
| ''[[The Joshua Tree]]'' || [[U2]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Men and Women (album)|Men and Women]]'' || [[Simply Red]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;" |16
| ''[[Running in the Family]]'' || [[Level 42]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Among the Living]]'' || [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Smooth Sailin' (The Isley Brothers album)|Smooth Sailin']]'' || [[The Isley Brothers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |23
| ''[[Big Life (album)|Big Life]]'' || [[Night Ranger]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music 9'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;" |30
| ''[[Whitesnake (album)|Whitesnake (1987)]]'' || [[Whitesnake]] || -
|-
| ''[[Sign o' the Times]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || double album
|-
| ''[[Into the Fire (album)|Into the Fire]]'' || [[Bryan Adams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Circus (Erasure album)|The Circus]]'' || [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Louder Than Bombs]]'' || [[The Smiths]] || US, compilation
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;" |?
| ''[[Even If and Especially When]]'' || [[Screaming Trees]] ||-
|-
| ''Breakfast Club'' || [[Breakfast Club (band)|Breakfast Club]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Come as You Are (album)|Come as You Are]]'' || [[Peter Wolf]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Locust Abortion Technician]]'' || [[Butthole Surfers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Taking Over (Overkill album)|Taking Over]]'' || [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]] ||-
|-
|}

===April–June===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="28" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />P<br />R<br />I<br />L'''
| style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Solitude Standing]]'' || [[Suzanne Vega]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[Incognito (Celine Dion album)|Incognito]]'' || [[Céline Dion]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" |6
| ''[[Electric (The Cult album)|Electric]]'' || [[The Cult]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Close to the Bone (Thompson Twins album)|Close to the Bone]]'' || [[Thompson Twins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Meet Danny Wilson (album)|Meet Danny Wilson]]'' || [[Danny Wilson (band)|Danny Wilson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Raindancing]]'' || [[Alison Moyet]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |7
| ''[[Rock the House (album)|Rock the House]]'' || [[DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" |13
| ''[[F.L.M. (album)|F.L.M.]]'' || [[Mel and Kim]] || UK & Canada
|-
| ''[[Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tango in the Night]]'' || [[Fleetwood Mac]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tell No Tales]]'' || [[TNT (Norwegian band)|TNT]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[Death Before Dishonour]]'' || [[The Exploited]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |21
| ''[[Never Let Me Down]]'' || [[David Bowie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Legacy (album)|The Legacy]]'' || [[Testament (band)|Testament]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |23
| ''[[Introduce Yourself]]'' || [[Faith No More]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Ultra-Violence]]'' || [[Death Angel]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;" |27
| ''[[Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)]]'' || [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dead Letter Office (album)|Dead Letter Office]]'' || [[R.E.M.]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[You Boyz Make Big Noize]]'' || [[Slade]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" style="vertical-align:top;" |?
| ''[[Tribute (Ozzy Osbourne album)|Tribute]]'' || [[Ozzy Osbourne]] and [[Randy Rhoads]] || Live 1981
|-
| ''[[Coming Around Again (album)|Coming Around Again]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Ideal Copy]]'' || [[Wire (band)|Wire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One Voice (Barbra Streisand album)|One Voice]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Out & Intake]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)|Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People<br> Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)]]'' || [[Happy Mondays]] ||-
|-
| ''Uptown'' || [[The Neville Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Will Power (album)|Will Power]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Young Gods (album)|The Young Gods]]'' || [[The Young Gods]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="24" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''M<br />A<br />Y'''
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Never Mind the Ballots]]'' || [[Chumbawamba]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Raintown (album)|Raintown]]'' || [[Deacon Blue]] || debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |4
| ''[[Always & Forever (Randy Travis album)|Always & Forever]]'' || [[Randy Travis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dawnrazor]]'' || [[Fields of the Nephilim]] || debut
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |8
| ''[[Red Hot Rhythm & Blues]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |11
| ''[[It's Better to Travel]]'' || [[Swing Out Sister]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Under the Sign of the Black Mark]]'' || [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |15
| ''[[Bad Animals]]'' || [[Heart (band)|Heart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jane's Addiction (album)|Jane's Addiction]]'' || [[Jane's Addiction]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |18
| ''[[Beverly Hills Cop II]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Exit 0]]'' || [[Steve Earle]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |20
| ''[[Girls, Girls, Girls (Mötley Crüe album)|Girls, Girls, Girls]]'' || [[Mötley Crüe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Open Sesame (Whodini album)|Open Sesame]]'' || [[Whodini]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |21
| ''Proud of the Country'' || [[Travis Tritt]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |22
| ''[[Dana Dane with Fame]]'' || [[Dana Dane]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |23
| ''[[Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1]]'' || [[Helloween]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |25
| ''[[Scream Bloody Gore]]'' || [[Death (metal band)|Death]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |26
| ''[[Live in the City of Light]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me]]'' || [[The Cure]] || Double album
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |29
| ''[[Bring the Family]]'' || [[John Hiatt]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[Blow Your Cool!]]'' || [[Hoodoo Gurus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chayanne (1987 album)|Chayanne]]'' || [[Chayanne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Living in a Box (album)|Living in a Box]]'' || [[Living in a Box]] ||-
|-
| style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" align="center" valign="center" rowspan="31" | '''J<br />U<br />N<br />E'''
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" |1
| ''[[Whitney (album)|Whitney]]'' || [[Whitney Houston]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Priest...Live!]]'' || [[Judas Priest]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Into the Pandemonium]]'' || [[Celtic Frost]] ||-
|-
| ''[[R.I.P. (Coroner album)|R.I.P.]]'' || [[Coroner (band)|Coroner]] || Debut
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |9
| ''[[Join the Army]]'' || [[Suicidal Tendencies]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |11
| ''[[Bigger and Deffer]]'' || [[LL Cool J]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" |15
| ''[[First Hand (album)|First Hand]]'' || [[Steven Curtis Chapman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Radio K.A.O.S.]]'' || [[Roger Waters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Richard Marx (album)|Richard Marx]]'' || [[Richard Marx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Abigail (album)|Abigail]]'' || [[King Diamond (band)|King Diamond]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;" |22
| ''[[Clutching at Straws]]'' || [[Marillion]] ||
|-
| ''[[Pride (White Lion album)|Pride]]'' || [[White Lion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strength of Steel]]'' || [[Anvil (band)|Anvil]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |23
| ''[[Bangin']]'' || [[The Outfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Never Said Goodbye]]'' || [[Sammy Hagar]] || original title was ''Sammy Hagar''
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |25
| ''[[Cleanse Fold and Manipulate]]'' || [[Skinny Puppy]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |26
| ''[[King's Record Shop]]'' || [[Rosanne Cash]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |29
| ''[[Pop Goes the World]]'' || [[Men Without Hats]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |30
| ''[[La Bamba (film)|La Bamba]]'' || [[Los Lobos]] et al. || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Life (Neil Young & Crazy Horse album)|Life]]'' || [[Neil Young]] & [[Crazy Horse (band)|Crazy Horse]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" style="vertical-align:top;" |?
| ''[[Keel (album)|Keel]]'' || [[Keel (band)|Keel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wild in the Streets (Helix album)|Wild in the Streets]]'' || [[Helix (band)|Helix]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Contagious (Y&T album)|Contagious]]'' || [[Y&T]] ||-
|-
| ''[[1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?)]]'' || [[The KLF|The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu]] || recalled over copyright violation claim
|-
| ''[[Dry As a Bone]]'' || [[Green River (band)|Green River]] || Extended play
|-
| ''Female Trouble'' || [[Nona Hendryx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let It Loose (album)|Let It Loose]]'' || [[Gloria Estefan|Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pleased to Meet Me]]'' || [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] ||-
|- 
| ''[[Sister (Sonic Youth album)|Sister]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sold (Boy George album)|Sold]]'' || [[Boy George]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tallulah (The Go-Betweens album)|Tallulah]]'' || [[The Go-Betweens]] ||-
|}

===July–September===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="30" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />U<br />L<br />Y'''
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |1
| ''[[Scum (Napalm Death album)|Scum]]'' || [[Napalm Death]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Neo Geo (album)|Neo Geo]]'' || [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |3
| ''[[Love Is for Suckers]]'' || [[Twisted Sister]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" |6
| ''[[No Protection (Starship album)|No Protection]]'' || [[Starship (band)|Starship]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Echo & the Bunnymen (album)|Echo & the Bunnymen]]'' || [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] || -
|-
| ''[[In the Dark (Grateful Dead album)|In the Dark]]'' || [[The Grateful Dead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra]]'' || [[Elton John]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;" |7
| ''[[Buster Poindexter (album)|Buster Poindexter]]'' || [[Buster Poindexter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Faster Pussycat (album)|Faster Pussycat]]'' || [[Faster Pussycat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Frehley's Comet (album)|Frehley's Comet]]'' || [[Ace Frehley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hold On (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album)|Hold On]]'' || [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paid in Full (album)|Paid in Full]]'' || [[Eric B. & Rakim]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Touch (Laura Branigan album)|Touch]]'' || [[Laura Branigan]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |13
| ''[[Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby|Introducing the Hardline According to...]]'' || [[Terence Trent D'Arby]] || UK
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |15
| ''[[Soy Como Quiero Ser]]'' || [[Luis Miguel]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |20
| ''[[Born to Mack]]'' || [[Too Short]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" |21
| ''[[Appetite for Destruction]]'' || [[Guns N' Roses]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Dream Evil (album)|Dream Evil]]'' || [[Dio (band)|Dio]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Who's That Girl (soundtrack)|Who's That Girl]]'' || [[Madonna]] et al. || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Dangerous Attraction]]'' || [[Lion (band)|Lion]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;" |27
| ''[[Surveillance (Triumph album)|Surveillance]]'' || [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Within the Realm of a Dying Sun]]'' || [[Dead Can Dance]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In My Tribe]]'' || [[10,000 Maniacs]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[Reservations for Two]]'' || [[Dionne Warwick]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;" |?
| ''[[Once Bitten (Great White album)|Once Bitten]]'' || [[Great White]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Missing Links (album)|Missing Links]]'' || [[The Monkees]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[One Way Home]]'' || [[The Hooters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Poison Boyfriend]]'' || [[Momus (musician)|Momus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Recently (album)|Recently]]'' || [[Joan Baez]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strange Weather (Marianne Faithfull album)|Strange Weather]]'' || [[Marianne Faithfull]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="24" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />U<br />G<br />U<br />S<br />T'''
| style="vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[Hysteria (Def Leppard album)|Hysteria]]'' || [[Def Leppard]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[Dirty Dancing (soundtrack)|Dirty Dancing]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |7
| ''Hurricane Eyes'' || [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] || Japan
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |10
| ''[[Between the Lines (Five Star album)|Between the Lines]]'' || [[Five Star]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |14
| ''[[Crushin']]'' || [[Fat Boys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;" |17
| ''[[Substance 1987]]'' || [[New Order (band)|New Order]] ||Compilation
|-
| ''[[Rock 'n' Roll (Motörhead album)|Rock 'n' Roll]]'' || [[Motörhead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Franks Wild Years]]'' || [[Tom Waits]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |18
| ''[[Out of the Blue (Debbie Gibson album)|Out of the Blue]]'' || [[Debbie Gibson]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |19
|''[[Yo Te Avise]]'' || [[Los Fabulosos Cadillacs]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |21
| ''[[The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited]]'' || [[Metallica]] || Covers EP
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |24
| ''[[The Lonesome Jubilee]]'' || [[John Mellencamp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wendy and Lisa (album)|Wendy and Lisa]]'' || [[Wendy & Lisa]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |25
| ''[[Door to Door (album)|Door to Door]]'' || [[The Cars]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;" |31
| ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Permanent Vacation (Aerosmith album)|Permanent Vacation]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Document (album)|Document]]'' || [[R.E.M.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Darklands (album)|Darklands]]'' || [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Move Somethin' (album)|Move Somethin']]'' || [[2 Live Crew]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;" |?
| ''[[Deathcrush]]'' || [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]] || Debut/EP
|-
| ''[[Sentimental Hygiene]]'' || [[Warren Zevon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Diesel and Dust]]'' || [[Midnight Oil]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hearsay (album)|Hearsay]]'' || [[Alexander O'Neal]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Psonic Psunspot]]'' || [[The Dukes of Stratosphear]] || Pseudonym of [[XTC]]
|-
| rowspan="47" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" | '''S<br />E<br />P<br />T<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| style="vertical-align:top;" |1
| ''[[Sandbox (Guided By Voices album)|Sandbox]]'' || [[Guided by Voices]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" |7
| ''[[A Momentary Lapse of Reason]]'' || [[Pink Floyd]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Actually]]'' || [[Pet Shop Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Crest of a Knave]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Last One to Know]]'' || [[Reba McEntire]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |8
| ''[[Hold Your Fire]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Go On...]]'' || [[Mr. Mister]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |9
| ''[[Earth, Sun, Moon]]'' || [[Love and Rockets (band)|Love and Rockets]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |10
| ''[[Songs About Fucking]]'' || [[Big Black]] || Final album
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |11
| ''[[Together Again (The Temptations album)|Together Again]]'' || [[The Temptations]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" |14
| ''[[Primitive Cool]]'' || [[Mick Jagger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Always Guaranteed]]'' || [[Cliff Richard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bridge of Spies (album)|Bridge of Spies]]'' || [[T'Pau (band)|T'Pau]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Happy? (Public Image Ltd album)|Happy?]]'' || [[Public Image Ltd]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;" |15
| ''[[All Systems Go (Donna Summer album)|All Systems Go]]'' || [[Donna Summer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Halfway to Sanity]]'' || [[Ramones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tiffany (album)|Tiffany]]'' || [[Tiffany Darwish|Tiffany]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |16
| ''[[Visual Lies]]'' || [[Lizzy Borden (band)|Lizzy Borden]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |17
| ''[[London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |18
| ''[[Wonderful Life (Black album)|Wonderful Life]]'' || [[Black (English band)|Black]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" |21
| ''[[Crazy Nights]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[E.S.P. (Bee Gees album)|E.S.P.]]'' || [[Bee Gees]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Man of Colours]]'' || [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]] || Australia
|-
| ''[[Piledriver: The Wrestling Album 2]]'' || [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |22
| ''[[The Hunger (Michael Bolton album)|The Hunger]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |24
| ''[[The Right Night & Barry White]]'' || [[Barry White]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="vertical-align:top;" |28
| ''[[Big Generator]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Islands (Mike Oldfield album)|Islands]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Come On Pilgrim]]'' || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] || Debut/EP
|-
| ''[[Hall of the Mountain King (album)|Hall of the Mountain King]]'' || [[Savatage]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Music for the Masses]]'' || [[Depeche Mode]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Popped In Souled Out]]'' || [[Wet Wet Wet]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Strangeways, Here We Come (album)|Strangeways, Here We Come]]'' || [[The Smiths]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |29
| ''[[The Uplift Mofo Party Plan]]'' || [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Triumph and Agony]]'' || [[Warlock (band)|Warlock]] || Final album
|-
| rowspan="12" style="vertical-align:top;" |? 
| ''[[Raising Fear]]'' || [[Armored Saint]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock You to Hell]]'' || [[Grim Reaper (band)|Grim Reaper]] || Final album
|-
| ''[[Babylon and On]]'' || [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vital Idol]]'' || [[Billy Idol]] || US/Remix
|-
| ''Honor Among Thieves'' || [[The Brandos]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Just Us (Alabama album)|Just Us]]'' || [[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Neighbors (album)|Neighbors]]'' || [[The Reels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death]]'' || [[Housemartins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Perfect Prescription]]'' || [[Spacemen 3]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Poetic Champions Compose]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wildside (album)|Wildside]]'' || [[Loverboy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wow! (Bananarama album)|Wow!]]'' || [[Bananarama]] ||-
|-
|}

===October–December===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2" | Date
! Album
! Artist
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="31" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''O<br />C<br />T<br />O<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" |5
| ''[[Tunnel of Love (album)|Tunnel of Love]]'' || [[Bruce Springsteen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Lion and the Cobra]]'' || [[Sinéad O'Connor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heaven on Earth (Belinda Carlisle album)|Heaven on Earth]]'' || [[Belinda Carlisle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Red (The Communards album)|Red]]'' || [[The Communards]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |7
| ''[[Pleasures of the Flesh]]'' || [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |9
| ''[[Unchain My Heart (album)|Unchain My Heart]]'' || [[Joe Cocker]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" |12
| ''[[Alphabet City (album)|Alphabet City]]'' || [[ABC (band)|ABC]] ||UK
|-
| ''[[George Best (album)|George Best]]'' || [[The Wedding Present]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Perfect Timing (McAuley Schenker Group album)|Perfect Timing]]'' || [[McAuley Schenker Group]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Very Special Christmas (album)|A Very Special Christmas]]'' || Various Artists || Christmas
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |13
| ''[[Touch the World]]'' || [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |15
| ''[[Surfing with the Alien]]'' || [[Joe Satriani]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;" |16
| ''[[...Nothing Like the Sun]]'' || [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Masque (Manfred Mann's Earth Band album)|Masque]]'' || [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?)#"1987: The JAMs 45 Edits"|1987: The JAMs 45 Edits]]'' || Justified Ancients of Mu-Mu || Re-release of ''1987'' without the uncleared samples
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |19
| ''[[Kick (INXS album)|Kick]]'' || [[INXS]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Secrets of the Beehive]]'' || [[David Sylvian]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |23
| ''[[Free as a Bird (album)|Free as a Bird]]'' || [[Supertramp]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" |26
| ''[[Live at Wembley (Meat Loaf album)|Live at Wembley]]'' || [[Meat Loaf]] || UK; Live
|-
| ''[[Best Shots]]'' || [[Pat Benatar]] || Greatest Hits
|-
| ''[[Box Frenzy]]'' || [[Pop Will Eat Itself]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mainstream (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions album)|Mainstream]]'' || [[Lloyd Cole and the Commotions]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |27
| ''[[Robbie Robertson (album)|Robbie Robertson]]'' || [[Robbie Robertson]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |29
| ''[[Got Any Gum?]]'' || [[Joe Walsh]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |30
| ''[[Schizophrenia (Sepultura album)|Schizophrenia]]'' || [[Sepultura]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;" |?
| ''[[Screaming Life]]'' || [[Soundgarden]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Raise Your Fist and Yell]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blues for Salvador]]'' || [[Carlos Santana]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Christians (album)|The Christians]]'' || [[The Christians (band)|The Christians]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (album)|Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll]]'' || [[Chuck Berry]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Outside Looking In (album)|Outside Looking In]]'' || [[BoDeans]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="30" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''N<br />O<br />V<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;" |2
| ''[[Faith (George Michael album)|Faith]]'' || [[George Michael]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All the Best!]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Cloud Nine (George Harrison album)|Cloud Nine]]'' || [[George Harrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bête Noire (album)|Bête Noire]]'' || [[Bryan Ferry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Back for the attack]]'' || [[Dokken]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Don't Let's Start]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] || EP
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |3
| ''[[How Ya Like Me Now]]'' || [[Kool Moe Dee]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |4
| ''[[Master-Dik]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Rhyme Pays]]'' || [[Ice-T]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" |6
| ''[[Control: The Remixes]]'' || [[Janet Jackson]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Characters (Stevie Wonder album)|Characters]]'' || [[Stevie Wonder]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Less than Zero (soundtrack)|Less than Zero]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[N.W.A. and the Posse]]'' || [[N.W.A]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;" |9
| ''[[Nightfall (Candlemass album)|Nightfall]]'' || [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Calm Before the Storm (Venom album)|Calm Before the Storm]]'' || [[Venom (band)|Venom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Savage (Eurythmics album)|Savage]]'' || [[Eurythmics]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |10
| ''[[Cher (1987 album)|Cher]]'' || [[Cher]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hot August Night II]]'' || [[Neil Diamond]] || Live
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |13
| ''[[Floodland (album)|Floodland]]'' || [[The Sisters of Mercy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |16
| ''New Traditional'' || [[Alan Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whenever You Need Somebody]]'' || [[Rick Astley]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |17
| ''[[You Can Dance]]'' || [[Madonna]] || Remix
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |23
| ''Now That's What I Call Music 10'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |24
| ''[[Canciones de Mi Padre]]'' || [[Linda Ronstadt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Make It Last Forever (album)|Make It Last Forever]]'' || [[Keith Sweat]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|27
| ''[[Live... in the Raw]]'' || [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[The Eternal Idol]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Calenture (album)|Calenture]]'' || [[The Triffids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love (Aztec Camera album)|Love]]'' || [[Aztec Camera]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Princess Bride (soundtrack)|The Princess Bride]]'' || [[Mark Knopfler]]   || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="9" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" | '''D<br />E<br />C<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| style="vertical-align:top;" |1
| ''[[Persecution Mania]]'' || [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |7
| ''[[Inside Information (album)|Inside Information]]'' || [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |8
| ''[[I'm the Man (EP)|I'm the Man]]'' || [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] || EP
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |14
| ''[[You're Living All Over Me]]'' || [[Dinosaur Jr.]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;" |?
| ''[[The Initial Command]]'' || [[Front Line Assembly]] || Debut
|-
| ''The Old Masters Box'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] || Live
|-
| ''Sinitta!'' || [[Sinitta]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Thunder Up]]'' || [[The Sound (band)|The Sound]] || Final Album
|}

===Release date unknown===
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*''[[2X4 (Guadalcanal Diary album)|2X4]]'' – [[Guadalcanal Diary (band)|Guadalcanal Diary]]
*''[[25 Years Celebration]]'' – [[The Dubliners]]
*''[[The 77s (album)|The 77s]]'' – [[The 77s]]
*''Akwaba Beach'' – [[Mory Kanté]]
*''[[All Our Love]]'' - [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]]
*''[[Angel with a Lariat]]'' – [[k.d. lang|k.d. lang and the Reclines]] 
*''[[Annihilate This Week]]'' (EP) – [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]
*''[[At My Window (album)|At My Window]]'' – [[Townes Van Zandt]]
*''[[Babble (That Petrol Emotion album)|Babble]]'' – [[That Petrol Emotion]]
*''[[Back Again in the DHSS]]'' - [[Half Man Half Biscuit]]
*''[[Ballot Result]]'' – [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]]
*''Between Two Worlds'' – [[Patrick O'Hearn]]
*''[[Bennett/Berlin]]'' – [[Tony Bennett]]
*''[[The Best of A Flock of Seagulls]]'' – [[A Flock of Seagulls]]  
*''The Best of Dalida, Vol. 2'' – [[Dalida]] (compilation)
*''[[Bird Dog (album)|Bird Dog]]'' – [[The Verlaines]]
*''The Blanton-Webster Years'' – [[Duke Ellington]]
*''[[Brave Words]]'' – [[The Chills]]
*''Brenda K. Starr'' – [[Brenda K. Starr]]
*''[[By the Light of the Moon (album)|By the Light of the Moon]]'' – [[Los Lobos]]
*''Casque Colonial'' - [[Golden Sounds]]
*''Catui'' - Catui
*''[[The Camera Never Lies]]'' – [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]]
*''The Champion'' – [[Carman (singer)]]
*''[[The Chipmunk Adventure|The Chipmunk Adventure: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' - [[The Chipmunks]] and [[The Chipettes]]
*''[[The Cowboy Way (album)|The Cowboy Way]]'' – Riders in the Sky
*''D & K'' – [[DeGarmo and Key]]
*''[[Daddy's Highway]]'' – [[The Bats (New Zealand band)|The Bats]]
*''[[Dancing with Strangers]]'' – [[Chris Rea]]
*''[[Dawn (Current 93 album)|Dawn]]'' – [[Current 93]]
*''[[Dead Zone: The Grateful Dead CD Collection (1977-1987)]]'' – [[Grateful Dead]]
*''[[Desire (Toyah album)|Desire]]'' – [[Toyah Willcox|Toyah]]
*''[[Diminuendo (album)|Diminuendo]]'' – [[Lowlife (band)|Lowlife]]
*''[[Drive by Shooting]]'' (EP) – [[Henry Rollins]]
*''[[Emergency Broadcast]]'' – [[White Heart]]
*''[[Escape from Noise]]'' – [[Negativland]]
*''[[Exiles (Dan Fogelberg album)|Exiles]]'' – [[Dan Fogelberg]]
*''[[Eye of the Hurricane (The Alarm album)|Eye of the Hurricane]]'' – [[The Alarm]]
*''[[Frozen Ghost (album)|Frozen Ghost]]'' – [[Frozen Ghost]]
*''[[Gluey Porch Treatments]]'' – [[Melvins]]
*''Green Eggs and Crack'' – [[Too Much Joy]]
*''[[Hai Hai]]'' – [[Roger Hodgson]]
*''[[Hot Animal Machine]]'' – [[Henry Rollins]]
*''Huevos'' – [[Meat Puppets]]
*''[[Hot Number]]'' – [[The Fabulous Thunderbirds]]
*''[[I Predict 1990]]'' – [[Steve Taylor]]
*''[[If I Were Your Woman (Stephanie Mills album)|If I Were Your Woman]]'' – [[Stephanie Mills]]
*''[[In Dreams: The Greatest Hits]]'' – [[Roy Orbison]] – compilation
*''I Prefer The Moonlight'' – [[Kenny Rogers]]
*''Kane Roberts'' – [[Kane Roberts]] ([[Alice Cooper]] guitarist's solo debut)
*''[[Law of the Fish]]'' – [[The Radiators (US)|The Radiators]]
*''[[Life Time (Rollins Band album)|Life Time]]'' – [[Rollins Band]]
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*''[[Life's a Bitch (album)|Life's a Bitch]]'' – [[Raven (band)|Raven]]
*''[[Live and Loud!!]]'' – [[Sham 69]] – Live
*''Live At The Ritz'' – [[Ronnie Wood]] & [[Bo Diddley]] – Live
*''[[Lone Star State of Mind]]'' – [[Nanci Griffith]]
*''Lubricated Goat Plays the Devil's Music (debut)'' – [[Lubricated Goat]]
*''[[Maggots: The Record]]'' – [[Plasmatics]]
*''Menjaring Matahari'' – [[Ebiet G. Ade]]
*''[[Mirador (Magnum album)|Mirador]]'' – [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]]
*''Official Version'' – [[Front 242]]
*''[[One Thousand Years of Trouble]]'' – [[Age of Chance]]
*''[[Out of Silence (Yanni album)|Out of Silence]]'' – [[Yanni]]
*''[[Où veux tu qu'je r'garde]]'' - [[Noir Désir]]
*''[[Pain of Mind]]'' - [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]]
*''[[Players (album)|Players]]'' – [[Too Short]] 
*''[[Pontiac (album)|Pontiac]]'' – [[Lyle Lovett]] 
*''[[Poem of the River]]'' – [[Felt (band)|Felt]]
*''[[Post-Mersh Vol. 1]]'' – Minutemen
*''[[Post-Mersh Vol. 2]]'' – Minutemen
*''Powder Keg'' - [[Charlie Daniels]]
*''Romeo at Juilliard'' – [[Don Dixon (musician)|Don Dixon]]
*''[[Saddle Pals]]'' – [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]]
*''[[Safety in Numbers (David Van Tieghem album)|Safety In Numbers]]'' – [[David Van Tieghem]]
*''[[See How We Are]]'' – [[X (American band)|X]]
*''[[Shaka Zulu (album)|Shaka Zulu]]'' – [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]]
*''Silence'' – [[Stephan Eicher]]
*''Simply Shadows'' – [[The Shadows]]
*''[[Songs from the Stage and Screen]]'' – [[Michael Crawford]]
*''The Sound of Music'' – [[The dB's]]
*''[[Soy Así]]'' – [[José José]]
*''[[Speed Metal Symphony]]'' – [[Cacophony (band)|Cacophony]]
*''[[Starting Up]]'' – [[Roy Wood]]
*''Stereoland'' – [[The Modern Art]]
*''Stinkfist'' – [[Clint Ruin]] and [[Lydia Lunch]]
*''[[Strange Cargo (William Orbit album)|Strange Cargo]]'' – [[William Orbit]]   
*''[[Swing Street]]'' – [[Barry Manilow]]
*''[[Taj (album)|Taj]]'' - [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]]
*''[[The Talking Animals]]'' – [[T-Bone Burnett]]
*''[[This Means War!]]'' – [[Petra (band)]]
*''Too Late To Cry'' – [[Alison Krauss]]
*''[[The Tribe (album)|The Tribe]]'' – [[Bernie Taupin]]
*''[[Trouble Over Here]]'' - [[Trouble Funk]]
*''[[VI (Circle Jerks album)|VI]]'' – [[Circle Jerks]]
*''[[Wasted...Again]]'' – [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]
*''Whistlin' in the Dark'' – [[Bryan Duncan]]
*''Whitecross'' – [[Whitecross (band)|Whitecross]]
*''[[Wildest Dreams (Saga album)|Wildest Dreams]]'' – [[Saga (band)|Saga]]
*''[[Young and Free (Rock Goddess album)|Young and Free]]'' – [[Rock Goddess]]
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