1986 was a good year! What are your favorite albums that were released in 1986?
Mine:

Napalm Death - SCUM
Slayer - Reign in Blood
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Coil - Horse Rotorvator
John Zorn - The Big Gundown
Diamanda Galas - Saint of the Pit (Masque of the Red Death Trilogy - Pt. 1)
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
Bad Brains - I Against I
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

If you want a list of albums released in 1986, click here

I'll borrow the Smiths from your list, mine also includes

Sparks-Music That You Can Dance to
Art Of Noise-In visible Silence
New Order-Brotherhood
Siouxise And The Banshees-Tinderbox
Big Audio Dynamite-No. 10, Upping Street
The Rainmakers-S/t
B-52's-Bouncing Off The Satellites
Out Of Bounds Soundtrack

Can't think of any more w/o digging through the boxes of LPs and tapes.

jc

Beastie Boys: Licensed To Ill
Jane's Addiction: Jane's Addiction

Those are the only two on the list that caught my attention.

I only have the Smiths apparently

Yay! The best year ever!

the smiths - the queen is dead
the beastie boys - licensed to ill
sonic youth - evol
depeche mode - black celebration
the cure - staring at the sea: the singles
cyndi lauper - true colors
megadeath - peace sells...but who's buying?
the police- every breath you take: the singles
skinny puppy - mind: perpetual intercourse

umm the jane's addiction self titled live ep debut was only released in 1987.

as for my favorite from 86

metallica - master of puppets

Great liste, Geryon...don't forget Swans - Holy Money

FZ - Jazz from Hell
Queen - A Kind of Magic

Of those listed Celtic Frost.