Editing 1986 in music (section)

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