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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Flying Home

Stanley Jordan

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1988

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4 charts

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Can't Get Enough

Liz Torres Featuring Master C & J

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1988

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4 charts

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Eternal Nightmare

Vio-lence

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1988

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14 charts

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Safe Mode: On

Vanishing Vision

X Japan

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1988

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4 charts

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Promised Land

Joe Smooth

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1988

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3 charts

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Perpetual Burn

Jason Becker

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1988

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7 charts

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Julius Hemphill Big Band

Julius Hemphill

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1988

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2 charts

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Digital-Dance

Software

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1988

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4 charts

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Full Circle

Waylon Jennings

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1988

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2 charts

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Livemiles

Tangerine Dream

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1988

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4 charts

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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%
Yoshio Ojima	2	0%
NoMeansNo	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	427	43%
	233	23%
	44	4%
	43	4%
	29	3%
	28	3%
	28	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	900	90%
Yes	100	10%

Live?	Albums	%
No	971	97%
Yes	29	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	18	2%

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