Best Albums of 1988

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Listed below are the best albums of 1988 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1988 year summaryThe best artists of 1988 were Sonic Youth, Pixies, Talk Talk, Public Enemy, Metallica, My Bloody Valentine, R.E.M., Tracy Chapman, N.W.A and Iron Maiden.

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Extreme Volume Live

Racer X

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1988

Appears in:

1 chart

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Снова в СССР

Paul McCartney

Year of Release:

1988

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19 charts

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Love Hysteria

Peter Murphy

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1988

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20 charts

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Michel Plays Petrucciani

Michel Petrucciani

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1988

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4 charts

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265.

Power

Ice-T

Year of Release:

1988

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28 charts

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Power Toy

Phantom Tollbooth

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1988

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7 charts

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Unanswerable Lust

Luxuria

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1988

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5 charts

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Confessions Of A Pop Group

The Style Council

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1988

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13 charts

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269.

Ideologia

Cazuza

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1988

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6 charts

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270.

Mahler: Symphonie No. 2 "Resurrection"
Live

Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic / Westminster Choir / Barbara Hendricks / Christa Ludwig

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1988

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8 charts

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Best Albums of 1988 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	21	2%
Frank Zappa	4	0%
The Beatles	4	0%
Philip Glass	3	0%
The Bevis Frond	3	0%
Current 93	2	0%
Nanci Griffith	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	427	43%
	236	24%
	44	4%
	43	4%
	29	3%
	28	3%
	28	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	902	90%
Yes	100	10%

Live?	Albums	%
No	973	97%
Yes	29	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	18	2%

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