My favourite albums from 1987

1. 32

   Pride

   White Lion

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Hungry ●
   2. Lonely Nights
   3. Don't Give Up
   4. Sweet Little Thing
   5. Lady of the Valley
   6. Wait
   7. All You Need Is Rock 'n' Roll
   8. Tell Me
   9. All Join Our Hands
   10. When the Children Cry

   Genres

   • Glam metal
   • Pop metal

2. 30

   Diesel and Dust

   Midnight Oil

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Beds Are Burning ●
   2. Put Down That Weapon
   3. Dreamworld
   4. Arctic World
   5. Warakurna
   6. The Dead Heart
   7. Whoah
   8. Bullroarer
   9. Sell My Soul
   10. Sometimes

   Genres

   • Alternative rock

3. 30

   Siroco

   Paco de Lucía

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. La cañada
   2. Mi niño curro
   3. La barrosa ●
   4. Caña de azúcar
   5. El pañuelo
   6. Callejón del muro
   7. Casilda
   8. Gloria al niño Ricardo

   Genres

   • Flamenco

4. 29

   Persecution Mania

   Sodom

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Nuclear Winter
   2. Electrocution
   3. Iron Fist
   4. Persecution Mania ●
   5. Enchanted Land
   6. Procession to Golgotha
   7. Christ Passion
   8. Conjuration
   9. Bombenhagel

   Genres

   • Thrash metal

5. 28

   Into the Pandemonium

   Celtic Frost

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Mexican Radio
   2. Mesmerized
   3. Inner Sanctum ●
   4. Sorrows of the Moon
   5. Babylon Fell
   6. Caress into Oblivion
   7. One in Their Pride
   8. I Won't Dance
   9. Rex Irae (Requiem)
   10. Oriental Masquerade

   Genres

   • Avant-garde metal
   • Progressive metal

6. 27

   Animal House

   U.D.O.

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Animal House
   2. Go Back to Hell
   3. They Want War
   4. Black Widow
   5. In the Darkness
   6. Lay Down the Law
   7. We Want It Loud
   8. Warrior ●
   9. Coming Home
   10. Run for Cover

   Genres

   • Heavy metal

7. 26

   Tango in the Night

   Fleetwood Mac

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Big Love ●
   2. Seven Wonders
   3. Everywhere
   4. Caroline
   5. Tango in the Night
   6. Mystified
   7. Little Lies
   8. Family Man
   9. Welcome to the Room ... Sara
   10. Isn't It Midnight
   11. When I See You Again
   12. You and I, Part II

   Genres

   • Pop rock

8. 25

   Ignorance

   Sacred Reich

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Death Squad
   2. Victim of Demise ●
   3. Layed to Rest
   4. Ignorance
   5. No Believers
   6. Violent Solutions
   7. Rest in Peace
   8. Sacred Reich
   9. Administrative Decisions

   Genres

   • Thrash metal

9. 24

   Surfing with the Alien

   Joe Satriani

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Surfing with the Alien
   2. Ice 9
   3. Crushing Day
   4. Always with me, Always with You
   5. Satch Boogie ●
   6. Hill of the Skull
   7. Circles
   8. Lords of Karma
   9. Midnight
   10. Echo

   Genres

   • Jazz fusion
   • Hard rock

10. 23

    Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I

    Helloween

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Initiation
    2. I'm Alive
    3. A Little Time
    4. Twilight of the Gods
    5. A Tale That Wasn't Right
    6. Future World ●
    7. Halloween
    8. Follow the Sign

    Genres

    • Power metal

11. 22

    Release from Agony

    Destruction

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Beyond Eternity
    2. Release from Agony ●
    3. Dissatisfied Existence
    4. Sign of Fear
    5. Unconscious Ruins
    6. Incriminated
    7. Our Oppression
    8. Survive to Die

    Genres

    • Thrash metal
    • Technical thrash metal

12. 21

    Girls, Girls, Girls

    Mötley Crüe

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Wild Side
    2. Girls, Girls, Girls ●
    3. Dancing on Glass
    4. Bad Boy Boogie
    5. Nona
    6. Five Years Dead
    7. All in the Name of ...
    8. Sumthin' for Nuthin'
    9. You're All I Need
    10. Jailhouse Rock

    Genres

    • Glam metal

13. 20

    Scum

    Napalm Death

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Multinational Corporations
    2. Instinct of Survival
    3. The Kill
    4. Scum ●
    5. Caught ... in a Dream
    6. Polluted Minds
    7. Sacrificed
    8. Siege of Power
    9. Control
    10. Born on Your Knees
    11. Human Garbage
    12. You Suffer
    13. Life?
    14. Prison Without Walls
    15. Point of No Return
    16. Negative Approach
    17. Success?
    18. Deceiver
    19. C.S.
    20. Parasites
    21. Pseudo Youth
    22. Divine Death
    23. As the Machine Rolls on
    24. Common Enemy
    25. Moral Crusade
    26. Stigmatized
    27. M.A.D.
    28. Dragnet

    Genres

    • Grindcore

14. 19

    Terrible Certainty

    Kreator

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Blind Faith
    2. Storming with Menace ●
    3. Terrible Certainty
    4. As the World Burns
    5. Toxic Trace
    6. No Escape
    7. One of Us
    8. Behind the Mirror

    Genres

    • Thrash metal

15. 18

    Fighting the World

    Manowar

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Fighting the World
    2. Blow Your Speakers
    3. Carry on
    4. Violence and Bloodshed
    5. Defender
    6. Drums of Doom
    7. Holy War
    8. Master of Revenge
    9. Black Wind, Fire and Steel ●

    Genres

    • Heavy metal
    • power metal

16. 17

    Whitesnake

    Whitesnake

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Still of the Night
    2. Bad Boys
    3. Give Me All Your Love ●
    4. Looking for Love
    5. Here I Go Again '87
    6. Crying in the Rain
    7. Is This Love
    8. Straight for the Heart
    9. Don't Turn Away
    10. Children of the Night

    Genres

    • Hard rock
    • Glam metal

17. 16

    Join the Army

    Suicidal Tendencies

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Suicidal Maniac
    2. Join the Army
    3. You Got It, I Want
    4. A Little Each Day
    5. The Prisoner
    6. War Inside My Head
    7. I Feel Your Pain
    8. Human Guinea Pig
    9. Possessed to Skate ●
    10. No Name, No Words
    11. Born to Be Cyco
    12. Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right (But They Make Me Feel a Whole Lot Better)
    13. Looking in Your Eyes

    Genres

    • Hardcore punk
    • Crossover thrash metal

18. 15

    Nightfall

    Candlemass

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Gothic Stone
    2. The Well of Souls
    3. Codex Gigas
    4. At the Gallows End
    5. Samarithan
    6. Marche Funèbre
    7. Dark Are the Veils of Death
    8. Mourner Lament
    9. Bewitched ●
    10. Black Candles

    Genres

    • Doom metal

19. 14

    Even If and Especially When

    Screaming Trees

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Transfiguration ●
    2. Straight out to Any Place
    3. World Painted
    4. Don't Look Down
    5. Girl Behind the Mask
    6. Flying
    7. Cold Rain
    8. Other Days and Different Planets
    9. The Pathway
    10. You Know Where It's at
    11. Back Together
    12. In the Forest

    Genres

    • Alternative rock
    • Psychedelic rock

20. 13

    Schizophrenia

    Sepultura

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Intro
    2. From the Past Comes the Storms
    3. To the Wall
    4. Escape to the Void
    5. Inquisition Symphony ●
    6. Screams Behind the Shadows
    7. Septic Schizo
    8. The Abyss
    9. R.I.P. (Rest in Pain)

    Genres

    • Thrash metal

21. 12

    Under the Sign of the Black Mark

    Bathory

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Nocturnal Obeisance
    2. Massacre
    3. Woman of Dark Desires ●
    4. Call from the Grave
    5. Equimanthorn
    6. Enter the Eternal Fire
    7. Chariots of Fire
    8. 13 Candles
    9. Of Doom ...
    10. Outro

    Genres

    • Black metal

22. 11

    Scream Bloody Gore

    Death

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Infernal Death
    2. Zombie Ritual
    3. Denial of Life
    4. Sacrificial
    5. Mutilation
    6. Regurgitated Guts
    7. Baptized in Blood
    8. Torn to Pieces
    9. Evil Dead
    10. Scream Bloody Gore ●

    Genres

    • Death metal

23. 10

    Taking Over

    Overkill

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Deny the Cross
    2. Wrecking Crew ●
    3. Fear His Name
    4. Use Your Head
    5. Fatal If Swallowed
    6. Powersurge
    7. In Union We Stand
    8. Electro-Violence
    9. Overkill II (The Nightmare Continues)

    Genres

    • Thrash metal

24. 9

    The Ultra-Violence

    Death Angel

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Thrashers
    2. Evil Priest
    3. Voracious Souls
    4. Kill As One
    5. The Ultra-Violence ●
    6. Mistress of Pain
    7. Final Death
    8. I.P.F.S.

    Genres

    • Thrash metal

25. 8

    You're Living All Over Me

    Dinosaur Jr.

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Little Fury Things
    2. Kracked
    3. Sludgefest
    4. The Lung
    5. Raisans
    6. Tarpit
    7. In a Jar ●
    8. Lose
    9. Poledo

    Genres

    • Noise rock
    • Post-hardcore

26. 7

    Hysteria

    Def Leppard

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Women ●
    2. Rocket
    3. Animal
    4. Love Bites
    5. Pour Some Sugar on Me
    6. Armageddon It
    7. Gods of War
    8. Don't Shoot Shotgun
    9. Run Riot
    10. Hysteria
    11. Excitable
    12. Love and Affection

    Genres

    • Hard rock
    • pop metal

27. 6

    Hall of the Mountain King

    Savatage

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. 24 Hrs. Ago
    2. Beyond the Doors of Dark
    3. Legions
    4. Strange Wings
    5. Prelude to Madness
    6. Hall of the Mountain King ●
    7. The Price You Pay
    8. White Witch
    9. Last Dawn
    10. Devastation

    Genres

    • Power metal
    • progressive metal

28. 5

    Abigail

    King Diamond

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Funeral
    2. Arrival
    3. A Mansion in Darkness
    4. The Family Ghost
    5. The 7th Day of July 1777
    6. Omens
    7. The Possession
    8. Abigail ●
    9. Black Horsemen

    Genres

    • Heavy metal

29. 4

    Document

    R.E.M.

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Finest Worksong
    2. Welcome to the Occupation
    3. Exhuming McCarthy
    4. Disturbance at the Heron House
    5. Strange
    6. It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine)
    7. The One I Love ●
    8. Fireplace
    9. Lightnin' Hopkins
    10. King of Birds
    11. Oddfellows Local 151

    Genres

    • Alternative rock

30. 3

    The Legacy

    Testament

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Over the Wall
    2. The Haunting
    3. Burnt Offerings
    4. Raging Waters
    5. C.O.T.L.O.D. (Curse of the Legions of Death)
    6. First Strike Is Deadly
    7. Do or Die
    8. Alone in the Dark ●
    9. Apocalyptic City

    Genres

    • Thrash metal

31. 2

    Among the Living

    Anthrax

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Among the Living
    2. Caught in a Mosh ●
    3. I Am the Law
    4. Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.)
    5. A Skeleton in the Closet
    6. Indians
    7. One World
    8. A.D.I. / Horror of It All
    9. Imitation of Life

    Genres

    • Thrash metal

32. 1

    Appetite for Destruction

    Guns N'Roses

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Welcome to the Jungle
    2. It's So Easy
    3. Nightrain ●
    4. Out Ta Get Me
    5. Mr. Brownstone
    6. Paradise City
    7. My Michelle
    8. Think About You
    9. Sweet Child O' Mine
    10. You're Crazy
    11. Anything Goes
    12. Rocket Queen

    Genres

    • Hard rock
    • Glam metal