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Peter Gabriel‘s ‘So’ is his fifth studio album co-produced with Daniel Lanois, featuring ‘Sledgehammer’ & ‘Don’t Give Up’ and released on May 19, 1986 by Charisma Records
Run–D.M.C.’s ‘Raising Hell’ feat. “Walk This Way”. is their third studio album released on May 15, 1986 by Profile / Arista.
‘Top Gun’ feat. ‘Take My Breath Away’ is the soundtrack from the film of the same name, released on May 13, 1986 by Columbia.
Joe Cocker‘s ‘Cocker’ feat. ‘You Can Leave Your Hat On’ is his tenth studio album released in April 1986 by Capitol.
Prince‘s ‘Parade: Music from the Motion Picture Under the Cherry Moon’ is his eighth studio albumrecorded with The Revolution and released on March 31, 1986 by Paisley Park.
Miles Davis‘ ‘Tutu’ is an album (in tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu) recorded on March 25, 1986 and released in December 1986 By Warner Bros.
The The Rolling Stones‘ ‘Dirty Work’ feat. ‘Harlem Shuffle’ is their eighteenth British (and twentieth American) studio album released on March 24, 1986 by The Rolling Stones/Columbia Records.
Van Halen‘s ‘5150’ is their seventh studio album (a.k.a. “fifty-one-fifty”) featuring Sammy Hagar in replacement of David Lee Roth and released on March 24, 1986 by Warner Bros.
Anita Baker‘s ‘Rapture’ is her second (and breakout) album released on March 20, 1986 by Elektra.
Mike Stern‘s ‘Upside Downside’ is his second studio album recorded in March & April 1986 and released the same year by Atlantic.
Depeche Mode‘s ‘Black Celebration’ is their fifth studio album released on March 17, 1986 by Mute Records.
Steve Earle‘s ‘Guitar Town’ is his debut album produced by Emory Gordy, Jr. and Tony Brown and released March 5, 1986 by MCA
Metallica‘s ‘Master of Puppets’ is their third studio (six times platinum) album produced by Flemming Rasmussen and released on March 3, 1986 by Elektra Records.