Editing 1986 in music (section)

===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]] ||-
|-
|}