Best Albums of 1987
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
Sign o' the TimesA double album made alone after dissolving the band, and there is not a genre on it he does not win.Read the review
Appetite for DestructionHollywood's hair metal bands sang about the party. Guns N' Roses sang about the dealer, the hangover and the hospital, and made the best debut of the decade.
BadMichael Jackson follows the biggest album ever made with a harder, glossier, more consistent one, and never quite reaches its heights.
Tunnel of LoveThe biggest star in the world follows up with a quiet album about his own marriage failing. Braver than it sounds.
A Momentary Lapse of ReasonGilmour keeps the name, hires outside writers and delivers a very expensive eighties record with nothing to say.