This is from their 25th anniversary Special Edition, which has been on the shelves for a few weeks now :

' 81 : Motorhead – No Sleep ‘Till Hammersmith
' 82 : Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast
' 83 : Def Leppard Pyromania
' 84 : Van Halen – 1984
' 85 : Bryan Adams - Reckless
' 86 : Metallica – Master Of Puppets
' 87 : Guns ‘N Roses – Appetite For Destruction
' 88 : King’s X – Out Of The Silent
' 89 : Faith No More – The Real Thing
' 90 : Slayer – Seasons In The Abyss
' 91 : Metallica – Metallica
' 92 : Alice In Chains – Dirt
' 93 : Pearl Jam – Vs.
' 94 : Therapy ? – Troublegum
' 95 : Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
' 96 : Screaming Trees – Dust
' 97 : Foo Fighters – The Colour & The Shape
' 98 : Monster Magnet – Powertrip
' 99 : Foo Fighters – There Is Nothing Left To Lose
' 00 : Queens Of The Stone Age : Rated R
' 01 : Tool – Lateralus
' 02 : Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf
' 03 : The Darkness – Permission To Land
' 04 : Mastodon – Leviathan
' 05 : Trivium - Ascendancy

hmm...just had a look at Kerrang critics EOY lists & these are their actual 25 albums of each year, except for :

1982 : their # 1 album of the year seems to have been Scorpions - Blackout. Number of The Beast was 7th.

1986 : their # 1 album of the year seems to have been David Lee Roth - Eat'em And Smile. Master Of Puppets was 3rd.

1987 : their # 1 album of the year seems to have been Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation. Appetite For Destruction was 4th.

So they've either changed their mind, in retrospect, on these 3 albums or it's just a plain old mistake.

Kerrang chose Bryan Adams?!?