Top 100 Music Albums of 1988
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- Chart updated: 04/22/2024 15:45
- (Created: 10/26/2013 15:51).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
15,616
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8. (=)
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Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
12,011
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9. (=)
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Surfer Rosa & Come On Pilgrim
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Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
6,987
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[First added to this chart: 01/08/2014]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
5,122
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Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
1,043
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| Frank Zappa | 2 | 2% | |
| Steve Roach | 2 | 2% | |
| Pixies | 2 | 2% | |
| 芸能山城組 [Geinoh Yamashirogumi] | 2 | 2% | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 1 | 1% | |
| Razor | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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39 | 39% | |
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26 | 26% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 31 from 75th to 44thBartók: 6 String Quartets by The Emerson String Quartet |
| Up 30 from 77th to 47thGiacinto Scelsi: Aion; Pfhat; Konx-Om-Pax by Jürg Wyttenbach / Orchestre Et Chœur De La Radio-Télévision Polonaise De Cracovie |
| Up 30 from 76th to 46thLive 1980/86 by Joe Jackson |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 45th to 48thThundersteel by Riot |
| Down 3 from 46th to 49thDimension Hatröss by Voïvod |
| Down 3 from 47th to 50thViolent Restitution by Razor |
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