Top 86 Music Albums of 1988
by LittleM1971 
1988 Playlist:
A Complete History Of Sexual Jealousy (Parts 17-24) - Momus
Joe Le Taxi - Vanessa Paradis
Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
Domino Dancing - Pet Shop Boys
Cars And Girls - Prefab Sprout
Under The Milky Way - The Church
Streets Of Your Town - The Go-Betweens
Shangri La - The Brilliant Corners
Suedehead - Morrissey
What Is There To Smile About? - Close Lobsters
Let's Go Round There - The Darling Buds
Heaven Knows - The Flatmates
Crash - The Primitives
Chrysalis - The Railway Children
Try - Razorcuts
She Paints - Biff Bang Pow!
A Kiss And A Slap - Ultra Vivid Scene
Kidney Bingos - Wire
Give Me Some Peppermint Freedom - The Orchids
Emma's House - The Field Mice
Christine - The House Of Love
Lazyitis - Happy Mondays
The Great Divide - This Poison!
Carry Bag Man - The Fall
Good Thing - The Vultures
I'm Not Always So Stupid - The Wedding Present
Sidewalking - The Jesus & Mary Chain
Revolution - Spacemen 3
You Made Me Realise - My Bloody Valentine
In The Attic - Buffalo Tom
Teenage Riot - Sonic Youth
Celebrate - Fields Of The Nephilim
Oblivious - Galaxie 500
Indian Summer - Beat Happening
Luka - The Lemonheads
Need - Mudhoney
I Drink - L7
River Euphrates - Pixies
Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr.
Get Up - R.E.M.
Fisherman’s Blues - The Waterboys
Paths That Cross - Patti Smith
- Chart updated: 06/13/2026 19:15
- (Created: 01/14/2014 23:20).
- Chart size: 86 albums.
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Last listen: 05/10/24
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2014]
Year of Release:
1988
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Last listen: 04/04/26
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2014]
Year of Release:
1988
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3,581
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Last listen: 10/04/23
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2014]
Last listen: 07/01/23
[First added to this chart: 01/16/2014]
Year of Release:
1988
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14,964
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Last listen: 29/03/25
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2014]
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1988
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394
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Last listen: 30/05/25
[First added to this chart: 07/24/2015]
Last listen: 15/09/22
[First added to this chart: 07/02/2016]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
1,302
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Last listen: 19/07/21
[First added to this chart: 02/13/2016]
Last listen: 16/09/23
[First added to this chart: 01/21/2017]
Last listen: 21/11/20
[First added to this chart: 07/19/2015]
Total albums: 86. Page 1 of 9
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Top 86 Music Albums of 1988 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| R.E.M. | 2 | 2% | |
| The Lemonheads | 2 | 2% | |
| The Fall | 2 | 2% | |
| Various Artists | 2 | 2% | |
| Sonic Youth | 2 | 2% | |
| Felt (UK) | 2 | 2% | |
| The Railway Children | 1 | 1% | |
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Top 86 Music Albums of 1988 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 31st to 30thRecurrence by The Railway Children |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 30th to 31stStrip-Mine by James |
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