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, Tracy Chapman, R.E.M., N.W.A and Iron Maiden.

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151.

Nerves

Kastrierte Philosophen

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

114

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152.

Safe Mode: On

Metamorphosis I - V

Philip Glass

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

8 charts

Rank Score:

113

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153.

Drowning By Numbers
Soundtrack

Michael Nyman

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

111

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154.

Birth, School, Work, Death

The Godfathers

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

111

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155.

Front By Front

Front 242

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

108

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156.

End Of The Millenium Psychosis Blues

That Petrol Emotion

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

108

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157.

Even Worse

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

105

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158.

Love Junk

The Pursuit Of Happiness

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

104

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159.

The Beatles Box Set
Compilation

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

104

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160.

Money For Nothing
Compilation

Dire Straits

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

103

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Best Albums of 1988 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	21	2%
The Beatles	4	0%
Frank Zappa	4	0%
The Bevis Frond	3	0%
Philip Glass	3	0%
James Brown	2	0%
Die Ärzte	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	430	43%
	235	23%
	44	4%
	43	4%
	29	3%
	28	3%
	28	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	903	90%
Yes	101	10%

Live?	Albums	%
No	975	97%
Yes	29	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	986	98%
Yes	18	2%

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