Editing 1986 in music (section)

==Albums released==
===January–March===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="15" 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;"|10
| ''[[Different Light]]'' || [[The Bangles]] || US
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''[[Premonition (Peter Frampton album)|Premonition]]'' || [[Peter Frampton]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[Rich Mullins (album)|Rich Mullins]]'' || [[Rich Mullins]] || Debut
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[Made to Be Broken]]'' || [[Soul Asylum]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|21
| ''[[The Eyeball Show (Live In Japan)]]'' || |[[The Residents]] & [[Snakefinger]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|27
| ''[[Album (Public Image Ltd. album)|Album]]'' || [[Public Image Ltd.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Does Humor Belong in Music? (album)|Does Humor Belong in Music?]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || Live
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|28
| ''[[Seventh Star]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] || US
|-
| rowspan="7" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[The Best of 10 Years – 32 Superhits]]'' || [[Boney M.]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Atomizer (album)|Atomizer]]'' || [[Big Black]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Trails]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gap Band 8]]'' || [[The Gap Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heyday (The Church album)|Heyday]]'' || [[The Church (band)|The Church]] || US
|-
| ''[[Tuff Enuff]]'' || [[The Fabulous Thunderbirds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Walking Through Fire]]'' || [[April Wine]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="17" 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;"|1
| ''[[The Big Picture (Michael W. Smith album)|The Big Picture]]'' || [[Michael W. Smith]] ||-
|-
| style=vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[Mean Business]]'' || [[The Firm (rock band)|The Firm]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[Control (Janet Jackson album)|Control]]'' || [[Janet Jackson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|10
| ''[[Live in New York City (John Lennon album)|Live in New York City]]'' || [[John Lennon]] || Live 1972
|-
| ''[[The Ultimate Sin]]'' || [[Ozzy Osbourne]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''[[Clairvoyance (album)|Clairvoyance]]'' || [[Screaming Trees]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Precious Moments (album)|Precious Moments]]'' || [[Jermaine Jackson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[Fatal Portrait]]'' || [[King Diamond]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[Lives in the Balance]]'' || [[Jackson Browne]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|21
| ''[[King of America]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|24
| ''[[Finyl Vinyl]]'' || [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]] || Live/Studio
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|28
| ''[[Pretty In Pink]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Greed (Swans album)|Greed]]'' || [[Swans (band)|Swans]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[Cinema (Nazareth album)|Cinema]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[War Games (Grave Digger album)|War Games]]'' || [[Grave Digger (band)|Grave Digger]] ||-
|-
| ''Marilyn Martin'' || [[Marilyn Martin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire]]'' || [[Samhain (band)|Samhain]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="26" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H'''
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[Master of Puppets]]'' || [[Metallica]] ||- 
|-
| ''[[Balance of Power (album)|Balance of Power]]'' || [[Electric Light Orchestra]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[Guitar Town]]'' || [[Steve Earle]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[Headed for the Future]]'' || [[Neil Diamond]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|12
|''[[Twitch (Ministry album)|Twitch]]'' || [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[Rrröööaaarrr]]'' || [[Voivod (band)|Voivod]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[Black Celebration]]'' || [[Depeche Mode]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Who's Got the 10½?]]'' || [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[Rapture (Anita Baker album)|Rapture]]'' || [[Anita Baker]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|24
| ''[[5150 (album)|5150]]'' || [[Van Halen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dirty Work (The Rolling Stones album)|Dirty Work]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Please (Pet Shop Boys album)|Please]]'' || [[Pet Shop Boys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|27
| ''[[Innocent Eyes (Graham Nash album)|Innocent Eyes]]'' || [[Graham Nash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Like a Rock]]'' || [[Bob Seger]] and the Silver Bullet Band ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|31
| ''[[Parade (Prince album)|Parade]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] [[The Revolution (band)|and the Revolution]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="12" style="vertical-align:top;" |?
| ''[[The Pack Is Back]]'' || [[Raven (band)|Raven]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shot in the Dark (album)|Shot in the Dark]]'' || [[Great White]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Big World]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] || Live
|-
| ''[[9½ Weeks]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack 
|-
| ''[[Born Sandy Devotional]]'' || [[The Triffids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Candy Apple Grey]]'' || [[Hüsker Dü]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Flaunt It (album)|Flaunt It]]'' || [[Sigue Sigue Sputnik]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express]]'' || [[The Go-Betweens]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Little Miss Dangerous]]'' || [[Ted Nugent]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Monster Walks the Winter Lake]]'' || [[David Thomas (musician)|David Thomas<br />& The Wooden Birds]] ||-
|-
| ''Gut Level Music'' || [[Altar Boys]] ||-
|-
|}

===April–June===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="27" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />P<br />R<br />I<br />L'''
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Rendez-Vous (Jean Michel Jarre album)|Rendez-Vous]]'' || [[Jean Michel Jarre]] ||-
|-
| ''[[From Luxury to Heartache]]'' || [[Culture Club]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Book of Love (album)|Book of Love]]'' || [[Book of Love (band)|Book of Love]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[New Kids on the Block (album)|New Kids on the Block]]'' || [[New Kids on the Block]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|7
| ''[[Turbo (Judas Priest album)|Turbo]]'' || [[Judas Priest]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Absolute Beginners (film)|Absolute Beginners]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire]]'' || [[Bonnie Tyler]] || US
|-
| ''[[Animal Magic (The Blow Monkeys album)|Animal Magic]]'' || [[The Blow Monkeys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[In Visible Silence]]'' || [[Art of Noise]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Victorialand]]'' || [[Cocteau Twins]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[Rembrandt Pussyhorse]]'' || [[Butthole Surfers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|21
| ''[[Raised on Radio]]'' || [[Journey (band)|Journey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Other Side of Life]]'' || [[The Moody Blues]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Russian Roulette (Accept album)|Russian Roulette]]'' || [[Accept (band)|Accept]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tinderbox (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Tinderbox]]'' || [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|24
| ''[[The Way It Is (Bruce Hornsby album)|The Way It Is]]'' || [[Bruce Hornsby & the Range]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[GTR (album)|GTR]]'' || [[GTR (band)|GTR]] || US
|-
| ''[[Back in Black (Whodini album)|Back in Black]]'' || [[Whodini]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|28
| ''[[Winner in You]]'' || [[Patti LaBelle]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[The Final Frontier (Keel album)|The Final Frontier]]'' || [[Keel (band)|Keel]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[Classics Live I and II]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Cocker (album)|Cocker]]'' || [[Joe Cocker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mistrial (album)|Mistrial]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Big & Beautiful]]'' || [[Fat Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cendres de Lune]]'' || [[Mylène Farmer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ship of Fools (album)|Ship of Fools]]'' || [[Tuxedomoon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strength in Numbers (38 Special album)|Strength in Numbers]]'' || [[38 Special (band)|38 Special]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="20" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''M<br />A<br />Y'''
| style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[Poolside (album)|Poolside]]'' || [[Nu Shooz]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|6
| ''[[Love Zone]]'' || [[Billy Ocean]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Standing on a Beach]]'' || [[The Cure]] || Compilation
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|7
| ''[[Tom Cochrane & Red Rider]]'' || [[Red Rider]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|12
| ''[[Sleight of Hand (album)|Sleight of Hand]]'' || [[Joan Armatrading]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[Top Gun (soundtrack)|Top Gun]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Animal Boy]]'' || [[The Ramones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[So (album)|So]]'' || [[Peter Gabriel]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''[[Look What the Cat Dragged In]]'' || [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Who Made Who]]'' || [[AC/DC]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Home of the Brave (soundtrack)|Home of the Brave]]'' || [[Laurie Anderson]] || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|27
| ''[[Into the Light (Chris de Burgh album)|Into the Light]]'' || [[Chris de Burgh]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Raising Hell (album)|Raising Hell]]'' || [[Run-D.M.C.]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[The Final Countdown (album)|The Final Countdown]]'' || [[Europe (band)|Europe]]||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[Melvins! (album)|Melvins]]'' || [[Melvins]] || Debut/EP
|-
| ''[[Evol (Sonic Youth album)|Evol]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] ||-
|-
| ''Live In Brussels 02/1986'' || [[Blaine L. Reininger]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Moonlight Shadows]]'' || [[The Shadows]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Obsessed by Cruelty]]'' || [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] || Debut album
|-
| ''[[Truthdare Doubledare]]'' || [[Bronski Beat]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="38" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''J<br />U<br />N<br />E'''
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[A Kind of Magic]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Emerson, Lake & Powell (album)|Emerson, Lake & Powell]]'' || [[Emerson, Lake & Powell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wonderland (Erasure album)|Wonderland]]'' || [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[Belinda (Belinda Carlisle album)|Belinda]]'' || [[Belinda Carlisle]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[Afternoons in Utopia]]'' || [[Alphaville (band)|Alphaville]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|6
| ''[[Storms of Life]]'' || [[Randy Travis]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|9
| ''[[Invisible Touch]]'' || [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Night Songs (Cinderella album)|Night Songs]]'' || [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]] ||Debut
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|10
| ''[[Epicus Doomicus Metallicus]]'' || [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]] ||Debut
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[The Thin Red Line (album)|The Thin Red Line]]'' || [[Glass Tiger]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''[[Criminal Tango]]'' || [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[Change of Address (Krokus album)|Change of Address]]'' || [[Krokus (band)|Krokus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Queen Is Dead]]'' || [[The Smiths]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[Bring on the Night]]'' || [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''[[Bambini Forever]]'' || [[Righeira]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Every Beat of My Heart (Rod Stewart album)|Every Beat of My Heart]]'' || [[Rod Stewart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Solitude/Solitaire]]'' || [[Peter Cetera]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|24
| ''[[Time's Incinerator]]'' || [[Soul Asylum]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|27
| ''[[Music from the Edge of Heaven ]]'' || [[Wham!]] ||US
|-
| ''[[Rage for Order]]'' || [[Queensrÿche]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[True Blue (Madonna album)|True Blue]]'' || [[Madonna]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Seer (Big Country album)|The Seer]]'' || [[Big Country]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Revenge (Eurythmics album)|Revenge]]'' || [[Eurythmics]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Divine Punishment]]'' || [[Diamanda Galás]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fight for the Rock]]'' || [[Savatage]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Twelve Inch Mixes]]'' || [[Spandau Ballet]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="12" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[Intermission (Dio album)|Intermission]]'' || [[Dio (band)|Dio]] || Live
|-
| ''[[As Close as You Think]]'' || [[Kevin Ayers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Back in the High Life]]'' || [[Steve Winwood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bend Sinister (album)|Bend Sinister]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Crowded House (album)|Crowded House]]'' || [[Crowded House]] ||-
|-
| ''[[If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish]]'' || [[SNFU]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Frantic Romantic]]'' || [[Jermaine Stewart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Daring Adventures]]'' || [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Emerald City (Teena Marie album)|Emerald City]]'' || [[Teena Marie]] ||-
|-
| ''Gift'' || [[The Sisterhood (gothic rock band)|The Sisterhood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Home and Abroad]]'' || [[The Style Council]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death]]'' || [[Felt (band)|Felt]] ||-
|-
|}

===July–September===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="26" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />U<br />L<br />Y'''
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|7
| ''[[The Final (album)|The Final]]'' || [[Wham!]] || Compilation + New Songs
|-
| ''[[Eat 'Em and Smile]]'' || [[David Lee Roth]] ||Solo debut
|-
| ''[[Made in U.S.A. (The Beach Boys album)|Made in U.S.A.]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Oh, My God! (Doug E. Fresh album)|Oh, My God!]]'' || [[Doug E. Fresh]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[Knocked Out Loaded]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|21
| ''[[Orgasmatron (album)|Orgasmatron]]'' || [[Motörhead]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|22
| ''[[The Collection (Amy Grant album)|The Collection]]'' || [[Amy Grant]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Word Up! (album)|Word Up!]]'' || [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|25
| ''[[The Bridge (Billy Joel album)|The Bridge]]'' || [[Billy Joel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are]]'' || [[2 Live Crew]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lightning Strikes (Loudness album)|Lightning Strikes]]'' || [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|28
| ''[[Landing on Water]]'' || [[Neil Young]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lifes Rich Pageant]]'' || [[R.E.M.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rat in the Kitchen]]'' || [[UB40]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="12" style="vertical-align:top;" |?
| ''[[QR III]]'' || [[Quiet Riot]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Destiny (Chaka Khan album)|Destiny]]'' || [[Chaka Khan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[54-40 (album)|54–40]]'' || [[54-40 (band)|54–40]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Color in Your Life]]'' || [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[East of Midnight]]'' || [[Gordon Lightfoot]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Montana Cafe]]'' || [[Hank Williams Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Guru, No Method, No Teacher]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Should the World Fail to Fall Apart]]'' || [[Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sound of Confusion]]'' || [[Spacemen 3]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sub Pop 100]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees]]'' || [[The Monkees]] || Compilation + 3 new recordings
|-
| ''[[True Confessions (album)|True Confessions]]'' || [[Bananarama]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="23" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />U<br />G<br />U<br />S<br />T'''
| style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[Designer Beatnik]]'' || [[Stephen Duffy|Dr Calculus]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[Dancing on the Ceiling]]'' || [[Lionel Richie]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''Now That's What I Call Music 7'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |13
| ''[[Feel My Power]]'' || [[MC Hammer]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[ABBA Live]]'' || [[ABBA]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Kicking Against the Pricks]]'' || [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Silk & Steel (Five Star album)|Silk & Steel]]'' || [[Five Star]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slippery When Wet]]'' || [[Bon Jovi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[True as Steel (album)|True as Steel]]'' || [[Warlock (band)|Warlock]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |19
| ''[[Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.]]'' || [[Dwight Yoakam]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[Fahrenheit (Toto album)|Fahrenheit]]'' || [[Toto (band)|Toto]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fore!]]'' || [[Huey Lewis and the News]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |21
| ''[[Dangerous Games (album)|Dangerous Games]]'' || [[Alcatrazz]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|25
| ''[[Graceland (album)|Graceland]]'' || [[Paul Simon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Press to Play]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] ||US
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|29 
| ''[[In the Army Now (album)|In the Army Now]]'' || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[The Sport of Kings (album)|The Sport of Kings]]'' || [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine]]'' || [[Daryl Hall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Camper Van Beethoven (album)|Camper Van Beethoven]]'' || [[Camper Van Beethoven]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vinnie Vincent Invasion (album)|Vinnie Vincent Invasion]]'' || [[Vinnie Vincent Invasion]] ||-
|-
| ''High Priest of Love'' || [[Zodiac Mindwarp]] || EP
|-
| ''[[In the Pines (album)|In the Pines]]'' || [[The Triffids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nasty Nasty]]'' || [[Black 'N Blue]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="35" 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'''
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Gone to Earth (David Sylvian album)|Gone to Earth]]'' || [[David Sylvian]] ||-
|-
| ''Reivax au Bongo'' || [[Hector Zazou]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[Emotional (Jeffrey Osborne album)|Emotional]]'' || [[Jeffrey Osborne]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse]]'' || [[Skinny Puppy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|8
| ''[[Break Every Rule]]'' || [[Tina Turner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bouncing off the Satellites]]'' || [[The B-52's]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Crash (The Human League album)|Crash]]'' || [[The Human League]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album)|True Colors]]'' || [[Cyndi Lauper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[True Stories (Talking Heads album)|True Stories]]'' || [[Talking Heads]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blood & Chocolate]]'' || [[Elvis Costello and the Attractions]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Express (album)|Express]]'' || [[Love and Rockets (band)|Love and Rockets]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Side of Paradise (album)|This Side of Paradise]]'' || [[Ric Ocasek]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Give Me the Reason (Luther Vandross album)|Give Me the Reason]]'' || [[Luther Vandross]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|22
| ''[[Blind Before I Stop]]'' || [[Meat Loaf]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Filigree & Shadow]]'' || [[This Mortal Coil]] ||-
|- 
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|24
| ''[[Third Stage]]'' || [[Boston (band)|Boston]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Constrictor (album)|Constrictor]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dancing Undercover]]'' || [[Ratt]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|25
| ''[[Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?]]'' || [[Megadeth]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Vigilante (Magnum album)|Vigilante]]'' || [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;"|29
| ''[[Somewhere in Time (Iron Maiden album)|Somewhere in Time]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blah-Blah-Blah (Iggy Pop album)|Blah-Blah-Blah]]'' || [[Iggy Pop]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brotherhood (New Order album)|Brotherhood]]'' || [[New Order (band)|New Order]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chicago 18]]'' || [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Pacific Age]]'' || [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[Another View]]'' || [[The Velvet Underground]] || Outtakes compilation
|-
| ''[[Inside the Electric Circus]]'' || [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Age of Quarrel]]'' || [[Cro-Mags]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Back to the Street]]'' || [[Petra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Duotones]]'' || [[Kenny G]] ||-
|-
| ''Fields of Fire'' || [[Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Forever Breathes the Lonely Word]]'' || [[Felt (band)|Felt]] ||-
|-
| ''Menace to Society'' || [[Lizzy Borden (band)|Lizzy Borden]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Talking with the Taxman About Poetry]]'' || [[Billy Bragg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Music That You Can Dance To]]'' || [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] ||-
|-
|}

===October–December===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="36" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''O<br />C<br />T<br />O<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Eye of the Zombie]]'' || [[John Fogerty]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[Whites Off Earth Now!!]]'' || [[Cowboy Junkies]] ||Debut album
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|6
| ''[[The Dark (Metal Church album)|The Dark]]'' || [[Metal Church]]||-
|-
| ''[[Scoundrel Days]]'' || [[A-ha]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|7
| ''[[United (Commodores album)|United]]'' || [[Commodores]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''[[Count Three & Pray]]'' || [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock the Nations]]'' || [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One to One (Howard Jones album)|One to One]]'' || [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[Mosaic (Wang Chung album)|Mosaic]]'' || [[Wang Chung (band)|Wang Chung]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[Better Than Heaven]]'' || [[Stacy Q]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dreamtime (The Stranglers album)|Dreamtime]]'' || [[The Stranglers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[Reign in Blood]]'' || [[Slayer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Liverpool (album)|Liverpool]]'' || [[Frankie Goes To Hollywood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Get Close]]'' || [[The Pretenders]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Between Two Fires (album)|Between Two Fires]]'' || [[Paul Young]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whiplash Smile]]'' || [[Billy Idol]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whispering Jack]]'' || [[John Farnham]] || Australia
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |21
| ''[[Polka Party!]]'' || [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stars & Hank Forever: The American Composers Series|Stars & Hank Forever!]]'' || [[The Residents]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|24
| ''[[Radio Musicola]]'' || [[Nik Kershaw]] ||-
|-
| ''[[To Hell with the Devil]]'' || [[Stryper]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|27
| ''[[Aretha (1986 album)|Aretha]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Skylarking]]'' || [[XTC]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|28
| ''[[Power (Kansas album)|Power]]'' || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|31
| ''[[Beyond the Gates (Possessed album)|Beyond the Gates]]'' || [[Possessed (band)|Possessed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pearls of Passion]]'' || [[Roxette]] || Canada, Sweden Only Release
|-
| rowspan="10" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[Trilogy (Yngwie Malmsteen album)|Trilogy]]'' || [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strange Charm]]'' || [[Gary Numan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Alive and Screamin']]'' || [[Krokus (band)|Krokus]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Can't Hold Back (Eddie Money album)|Can't Hold Back]]'' || [[Eddie Money]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fame and Fortune]]'' || [[Bad Company]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greetings from Timbuk3]]'' || [[Timbuk3]] ||-
|-
| ''[[London 0 Hull 4]]'' || [[The Housemartins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No. 10, Upping St.]]'' || [[Big Audio Dynamite]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Repossessed (album)|Repossessed]]'' || [[Kris Kristofferson]] ||-
|-
| ''Shake You Down'' || [[Gregory Abbott]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="41" 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;"|3
| ''[[Another Step]]'' || [[Kim Wilde]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Christmas with The Jets]]'' || [[The Jets (Minnesota band)|The Jets]] || Christmas
|- 
| ''[[Forever (Kool & the Gang album)|Forever]]'' || [[Kool & the Gang]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Leather Jackets (album)|Leather Jackets]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Menlove Ave.]]'' || [[John Lennon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Your Funeral... My Trial]]'' || [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[They Might Be Giants (album)|They Might Be Giants]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] || Debut
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[Raw, Uncut and X-Rated]]'' || [[Too Short]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;" |10
| ''[[The Whole Story]]'' || [[Kate Bush]] || Compilation + 2 new tracks
|-
|''[[The Moon and the Melodies]]''
|[[Cocteau Twins]] and [[Harold Budd]]
| -
|-
| ''[[Live/1975–85]]'' || [[Bruce Springsteen]] and [[The E Street Band]] || Live Box Set
|-
| ''[[Brighter than a Thousand Suns (album)|Brighter Than a Thousand Suns]]'' || [[Killing Joke]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Morbid Visions]]'' || [[Sepultura]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[Heartbeat (Don Johnson album)|Heartbeat]]'' || [[Don Johnson]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[Jazz from Hell]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Licensed to Ill]]'' || [[Beastie Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live Alive]]'' || [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[Through the Barricades]]'' || [[Spandau Ballet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Darkness Descends]]'' || [[Dark Angel (band)|Dark Angel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Infected (The The album)|Infected]]'' || [[The The]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strong Persuader]]'' || [[Robert Cray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Think Visual]]'' || [[The Kinks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Saint of the Pit]]'' || [[Diamanda Galás]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[Holy Money]]'' || [[Swans (band)|Swans]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;"|24
| ''[[Notorious (Duran Duran album)|Notorious]]'' || [[Duran Duran]] ||-
|-
| ''[[August (Eric Clapton album)|August]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Deep in the Heart of Nowhere]]'' || [[Bob Geldof]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Utter Madness]]'' || [[Madness (band)|Madness]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music 8'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| rowspan="12" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[Pleasure to Kill]]'' || [[Kreator]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Medusa (Clan of Xymox album)|Medusa]]'' || [[Clan of Xymox]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chronicle, Vol. 2]]'' || [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Doctor (Cheap Trick album)|The Doctor]]'' || [[Cheap Trick]] ||-
|-
| ''[[3.V]]'' || [[Zebra (American band)|Zebra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs]]'' || [[Boney M.]] || Compilation/Remix
|-
| ''[[Famous Blue Raincoat (album)|Famous Blue Raincoat]]'' || [[Jennifer Warnes]] || Canada
|-
| ''[[Hot Together]]'' || [[Pointer Sisters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Against I]]'' || [[Bad Brains]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No More the Fool (album)|No More the Fool]]'' || [[Elkie Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trick or Treat (Fastway album)|Trick or Treat]]'' || [[Fastway (band)|Fastway]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''Stand Tall'' || [[Killer Dwarfs]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''D<br />E<br />C<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Live Magic]]'' || [[Queen (Band)|Queen]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Anything (The Damned album)|Anything]]'' || [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|6
| ''[[Gang (album)|Gang]]'' || [[Johnny Hallyday]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|8
| ''[[Hot, Cool & Vicious]]'' || [[Salt-N-Pepa]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mechanical Resonance (album)|Mechanical Resonance]]'' || [[Tesla (band)|Tesla]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|9
| ''[[Good Music (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts album)|Good Music]]'' || [[Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[Electric Café]]'' || [[Kraftwerk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide]]'' || [[Guns N' Roses]] || Live EP
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[Eine kleine Nachtmusik (album)|Eine kleine Nachtmusik]]'' || [[Venom (band)|Venom]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know (Dead or Alive album)|Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know]]'' || [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]] ||US
|-
|}

===Release date unknown===
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*''[[Annual Waltz]]'' – [[John Hartford]]
*''[[Awaken the Guardian]]'' – [[Fates Warning]] 
*''American Girls'' – [[American Girls (band)|American Girls]]
*''Armed and Dangerous'' – [[Matthew Ward (singer)]]
*''As It Is"'' – [[Owen Paul]]
*''[[Back in Line]]'' – [[Steeleye Span]]
*''[[Back to the Street]]'' – [[Petra (band)|Petra]]
*''[[Bares y Fondas]]'' – [[Los Fabulosos Cadillacs]]
*''[[Between the Earth & Sky (Luba album)|Between the Earth & Sky]]'' – [[Luba (singer)|Luba]]
*''[[The Blind Leading the Naked]]'' – [[Violent Femmes]] 
*''Bloodgood'' – [[Bloodgood]]
*''[[BTO's Greatest]]'' – [[Bachman–Turner Overdrive]]
*''[[Captured in Time and Space]]'' – [[Petra (band)|Petra]]
*''[[Certain Things Are Likely (album)|Certain Things Are Likely]]'' – [[Kissing the Pink]]
*''[[Charlotte for Ever]]'' – [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]]
*''[[Chasing Shadows (The Comsat Angels album)|Chasing Shadows]]'' – [[The Comsat Angels]]
*''[[The Circle & The Square]]'' – [[Red Box (band)|Red Box]]
*''[[The Colour of Spring]]'' – [[Talk Talk]] 
*''[[Concrete Blonde (album)|Concrete Blonde]]'' – [[Concrete Blonde]]
*''[[Crimson Glory (album)|Crimson Glory]]'' – [[Crimson Glory]]
*''[[A Date with Elvis (The Cramps album)|A Date with Elvis]]'' – [[The Cramps]]
*''[[David Foster (album)|David Foster]]'' – [[David Foster]]
*''Discover'' – [[Gene Loves Jezebel]]
*''Dreaming in Sequence'' – [[Chrome (band)|Chrome]]
*''[[Don't Wait for the Movie]]'' – [[White Heart]] 
*''[[Emotional (Falco album)|Emotional]]'' – [[Juice Newton]]
*''Escape from the Fallen Planet'' – [[Crumbächer]]
*''[[Especially for You (The Smithereens album)|Especially for You]]'' – [[The Smithereens]]
*''Good Earth'' – [[The Feelies]]
*''[[Gruts]]'' – [[Ivor Cutler]]
*''[[Hand to Mouth (album)|Hand to Mouth]]'' – [[General Public]]
*''Hey... Bo Diddley in Concert'' – [[Bo Diddley]] with Mainsqueeze
*''Highlights of a Dangerous Life'' – [[The Johnnys]]
*''[[Horse Bites Dog Cries]]'' – [[D.I. (band)|D.I.]]
*''[[Horse Rotorvator]]'' – [[Coil (band)|Coil]]
*''[[House of Miracles (The Vels album)|House of Miracles]]'' – [[The Vels]]
*''Hwgr Grawth-Og'' – [[Datblygu]]
*''Idle Cure'' – [[Idle Cure]]
*''In America EP'' – [[Britny Fox]]
*''Inside'' – [[Matthew Sweet]]
*''Isyu!'' – [[Ebiet G. Ade]]
*''Journey to The Urge Within'' – [[Courtney Pine]] (debut)
*''[[Keys to Imagination]]'' – [[Yanni]]
*''[[Kings of Punk]]'' – [[Poison Idea]]
*''[[Klymaxx (album)|Klymaxx]]'' – [[Klymaxx]]
*''[[The Knife Feels Like Justice]]'' – [[Brian Setzer]]
*''The Lace'' – [[Benjamin Orr]]
*''[[The Last of the True Believers]]'' – [[Nanci Griffith]]
*''Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares'' – [[Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir|Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares]]
*''Le sixième Jour'' – [[Dalida]]
*''Le Visage de l'Amour'' – [[Dalida]]
*''[[Letters Home (News from Babel album)|Letters Home]]'' – [[News from Babel]] 
*''[[Live Chronicles]]'' – [[Hawkwind]] 
*''[[London 0 Hull 4]]'' – [[The Housemartins]] 
*''[[Love in Bright Landscapes]]'' – [[The Triffids]]
*''[[Lyle Lovett (album)|Lyle Lovett]]'' – [[Lyle Lovett]] 
*''[[Mad (Raven EP)|Mad]]'' – [[Raven (band)|Raven]]
*''[[The Man (Bill Drummond album)|The Man]]'' – [[Bill Drummond]]
*''[[Matt Bianco (album)|Matt Bianco]]'' – [[Matt Bianco]] 
*''[[Mind's Eye (album)|Mind's Eye]]'' – [[Vinnie Moore]]
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*''[[Minuteflag]]'' – [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]]/[[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]
*''[[Nerve War]]'' – [[Front Line Assembly]]
*''[[Nine Lives (Bonnie Raitt album)|Nine Lives]]'' – [[Bonnie Raitt]]
*''[[Not of This Earth (Joe Satriani album)|Not of This Earth]]'' – [[Joe Satriani]]
*''[[Nuovi eroi]]'' – [[Eros Ramazzotti]]
*''[[On the Beach (Chris Rea album)|On the Beach]]'' – [[Chris Rea]]
*''[[One Foot in Hell]]'' – [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol]] 
*''Ordered To Kill'' – At War
*''[[Paint Your Wagon (album)|Paint Your Wagon]]'' – [[Red Lorry Yellow Lorry]]
*''[[People of the World]]'' – [[Burning Spear]]
*''[[Permanent Sleep]]'' – [[Lowlife (band)|Lowlife]]
*''[[Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records]]'' – [[Chumbawamba]]
*''[[Prince Ivor]]'' – [[Ivor Cutler]]
*''[[R&B Skeletons in the Closet]]'' – [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]
*''The Rainmakers'' – [[The Rainmakers (band)|The Rainmakers]]
*''Reivax Au Bongo'' – [[Hector Zazou]]
*''The River is Rising'' – [[Greg X. Volz]]
*''Romeo Unchained'' – [[Tonio K]]
*''[[Running the Endless Mile]]'' – [[John Parr]]
*''The Sanctuary'' – Motherlode
*''[[Sex Mad]]'' – [[NoMeansNo]]
*''[[Shakin' Like a Human Being]]'' – [[Kim Mitchell]] 
*''[[Show No Mercy (Bride album)|Show No Mercy]]'' – [[Bride (band)|Bride]]
*''[[Siempre Contigo (José José album)|Siempre Contigo]]'' – [[José José]]
*''[[Songs from Liquid Days]]'' – [[Philip Glass]]
*''[[Strange Behavior (album)|Strange Behavior]]'' – [[Animotion]]
*''Streetlight'' – [[DeGarmo and Key]]
*''Tacky Souvenirs of Pre-Revolutionary America'' – [[Culturcide]]
*''[[They Don't Make Them Like They Used To]]'' – [[Kenny Rogers]]
*''[[Thrill of a Lifetime (album)|Thrill of a Lifetime]]'' – [[King Kobra]] 
*''[[Throwing Muses (1986 album)|Throwing Muses]]'' – [[Throwing Muses]]
*''Time's End'' – [[Saint (band)]]
*''[[Tones (album)|Tones]]'' – [[Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)|Eric Johnson]]
*''[[Total Terror]]'' – [[Front Line Assembly]]
*''[[The Touch (album)|The Touch]]'' – [[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]]
*''[[Transit (Ira Stein & Russel Walder album)|Transit]]'' – [[Ira Stein]] and [[Russel Walder]]
*''[[Tutu (album)|Tutu]]'' – [[Miles Davis]] 
*''[[U-Vox]]'' – [[Ultravox]]
*''Velvet & Steel'' – [[Dion DiMucci]]
*''[[Vicious Pink (album)|Vicious Pink]]'' – [[Vicious Pink]]
*''[[Vicious Rumors (Timex Social Club album)|Vicious Rumors]]'' – [[Timex Social Club]]
*''[[Walkabout (The Fixx album)|Walkabout]]'' – [[The Fixx]]
*''Wants You'' – [[Rough Cutt]]
*''Wear Your Colors'' – [[Rick Cua]] 
*''The Wedge'' – [[Pallas (band)|Pallas]]
*''Weird Love'' – [[The Scientists]] 
*''[[Welcome Home ('Til Tuesday album)|Welcome Home]]'' – [['Til Tuesday]]
*''[[What Price Paradise]]'' – [[China Crisis]]
*''While the City Sleeps...'' – [[George Benson]]
*''[[White Fields]]'' – [[The Escape Club]]
*''[[The Wild Frontier]]'' – [[Randy Stonehill]]
*''Yemenite Songs'' – [[Ofra Haza]]
*''[[Yesterday Started Tomorrow]]'' (EP) – [[Angry Samoans]]
*''Zangalewa'' – [[Golden Sounds]]
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