Top 82 Music Albums of 1988 by LittleM1971

1988 Playlist:

A Complete History Of Sexual Jealousy (Parts 17-24) - Momus
Joe Le Taxi - Vanessa Paradis
Domino Dancing - Pet Shop Boys
Cars And Girls - Prefab Sprout
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
Give Me Some Peppermint Freedom - The Orchids
Emma's House - The Field Mice
Christine - The House Of Love
Lazyitis - Happy Mondays
Carry Bag Man - The Fall
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
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

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Last listen: 05/10/24 [First added to this chart: 01/15/2014]
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1988
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Last listen: 21/06/25 [First added to this chart: 01/15/2014]
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1988
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Last listen: 10/04/23 [First added to this chart: 01/15/2014]
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1988
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96
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Last listen: 07/01/23 [First added to this chart: 01/16/2014]
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1988
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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]
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1988
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50
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Substance 
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Last listen: 15/09/22 [First added to this chart: 07/02/2016]
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1988
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Last listen: 19/07/21 [First added to this chart: 02/13/2016]
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1988
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Last listen: 16/09/23 [First added to this chart: 01/21/2017]
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1988
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56
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Last listen: 21/11/20 [First added to this chart: 07/19/2015]
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1988
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Top 82 Music Albums of 1988 composition

Artist Albums %


R.E.M. 2 2%
The Lemonheads 2 2%
The Fall 2 2%
Various Artists 2 2%
The Clash 1 1%
The Darling Buds 1 1%
James 1 1%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 46 56%
United States 26 32%
Australia 4 5%
Mixed Nationality 4 5%
Ireland 1 1%
Canada 1 1%
Compilation? Albums %
No 71 87%
Yes 11 13%
Live? Albums %
No 80 98%
Yes 2 2%

Top 82 Music Albums of 1988 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 1 from 30th to 29th
Strip-Mine
by James
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 1 from 29th to 30th
Recurrence
by The Railway Children

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