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1986: Best Musical Year Ever?

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ROCK

Rolling Stones, Dirty Work Van Halen, 5150 Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Like a Rock AC/DC, Who Made Who Peter Gabriel, So Journey, Raised on Radio Europe, The Final Countdown The Fixx, Walkabout Genesis, Invisible Touch David Lee Roth, Eat 'Em and Smile

Bob Dylan, Knocked Out Loaded Neil Young, Landing On Water Billy Joel, The Bridge Bon Jovi, Slippery When Wet Toto, Farenheit Paul McCartney, Press to Play Boston, Third Stage Huey Lewis & the News, Fore! John Fogerty, Eye of the Zombie Iggy Pop, Blah Blah Blah Billy Idol, Whiplash Smile Pretenders, Get Close The Kinks, Think Visual Eric Clapton, August

POP

Bangles, Different Light Prince & the Revolution, Parade Madonna, True Blue

Steve Winwood, Back In the High Life Belinda Carlisle, Belinda Lionel Richie, Dancing on the Ceiling Eurythmics, Revenge Paul Simon, Graceland* Tina Turner, Break Every Rule Cyndi Lauper, True Colors Wang Chung, Mosaic Weird Al Yankovic, Polka Party! Howard Jones, One to One Duran Duran, Notorious

* 1986 Grammy Album of the Year winner

METAL

Ozzy Osbourne, The Ultimate Sin King Diamond, Fatal Portrait Metallica, Master of Puppets Judas Priest, Turbo Accept, Russian Roulette Krokus, Change of Address Cinderella, Night Songs

Loudness, Lightning Strikes Motorhead, Orgazmatron Warlock, True as Steel Iron Maiden, Somewhere In Time Ratt, Dancing Undercover Saxon, Rock the Nations Alice Cooper, Constrictor Yngwie Malmsteen, Trilogy Slayer, Reign In Blood Stryper, To Hell With the Devil Megadeth, Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? W.A.S.P., Inside the Electric Circus

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Chris Gray has been Music Editor for the Houston Press since 2008. He is the proud father of a Beatles-loving toddler named Oliver.
Contact: Chris Gray