Top 16 Music Albums of 1988
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My Top 10 songs of 1988:
10. Sonic Youth - The Sprawl (Daydream Nation)
9. Leonard Cohen - Tower Of Song (I'm Your Man)
8. The Church - Under The Milky Way (Starfish)
7. Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (Tracy Chapman)
6. Talk Talk - The Rainbow (Spirit Of Eden)
5. Pixies - Where Is My Mind (Surfer Rosa)
4. The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (If I Should Fall From Grace With God)
3. The Go-Betweens - Love Goes On (16 Lovers Lane)
2. Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot (Daydream Nation)
1. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat (Tender Prey)
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"When routine bites hard, and ambitions are low, and resentment rides high, but emotions won't grow. And we're changing our ways, taking different roads."

Favourite Tracks: Atmosphere, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Transmission, She's Lost Control
[First added to this chart: 06/22/2017]
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1988
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Top 16 Music Albums of 1988 composition

Artist Albums %


My Bloody Valentine 2 13%
Bathory 1 6%
Morrissey 1 6%
Iron Maiden 1 6%
Sonic Youth 1 6%
Slayer 1 6%
Talk Talk 1 6%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 5 31%
United States 5 31%
Australia 2 13%
Mixed Nationality 2 13%
Sweden 1 6%
Canada 1 6%
Compilation? Albums %
No 15 94%
Yes 1 6%

Top 16 Music Albums of 1988 chart changes

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Climber Up 3 from 11th to 8th
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Biggest fallers
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Faller Down 1 from 9th to 10th
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by Morrissey
Faller Down 1 from 10th to 11th
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
by Iron Maiden

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