A New Year means there are new album anniversaries to celebrate. Believe it or not, the albums listed below were all released in 1986!

From pop-rock megahits to iconic metal titles to a couple of great soundtracks, here are 26 albums that turn 35 in 2021.

• Ozzy Osbourne – ‘The Ultimate Sin’

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  Released February 22, 1986.

• ‘Pretty In Pink’ soundtrack

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  Released February 28, 1986.

• Metallica – ‘Master of Puppets’

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  Released March 3, 1996.
• Van Halen – ‘5150’

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  Released March 24, 1986.

• The Rolling Stones – ‘Dirty Work’

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  Released March 24, 1986.

• Prince and the Revolution – ‘Parade’

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  Released March 31, 1986.
• Judas Priest – ‘Turbo’

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  Released April 14, 1986.

• ‘Top Gun’ soundtrack

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  Released May 13, 1986.

• Peter Gabriel – ‘So’

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  Released May 19, 1986.
• AC/DC – ‘Who Made Who’

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  Released May 23, 1986.

• Journey – ‘Raised on Radio’

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  Released May 27, 1986.

• Queen – ‘A Kind of Magic’

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  Released June 2, 1986.
• Genesis – ‘Invisible Touch’

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  Released June 6, 1986

• Eurythmics – ‘Revenge’

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  Released June 30, 1986.

• David Lee Roth – ‘Eat ‘Em and Smile’

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  Released July 7, 1986.
• Run-D.M.C. – ‘Raising Hell’

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  Released July 14, 1986

• Billy Joel – ‘The Bridge’

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  Released July 29, 1986.

• Poison – ‘Look What the Cat Dragged In’

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  Released August 2, 1986.
• Cinderella – ‘Night Songs’

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  Released August 2, 1986.

• Bon Jovi – ‘Slippery When Wet’

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  Released August 18, 1986.

• Paul Simon – ‘Graceland’

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  Released August 25, 1986.
• Cyndi Lauper – ‘True Colors’

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  Released September 15, 1986.

• Megadeth – ‘Peace sells…but Who’s Buying?’

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  Released September 19, 1986.

• Slayer – ‘Reign in Blood

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  Released October 7, 1986.
• Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band – ‘Live 1975-85

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  Released November 10, 1986.

• Beastie Boys – ‘Licensed to Ill’

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  Released November 15, 1986.

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