Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 by 
Norman Bates 
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- Chart updated: 03/23/2025 16:45
- (Created: 05/09/2012 17:09).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 09/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
10,684
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[First added to this chart: 09/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
16,312
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[First added to this chart: 09/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
7,144
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[First added to this chart: 09/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
1,721
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[First added to this chart: 09/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
500
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[First added to this chart: 09/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
534
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[First added to this chart: 09/16/2012]
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[First added to this chart: 09/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
2,287
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[First added to this chart: 07/28/2020]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
3,433
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[First added to this chart: 12/02/2012]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Walter Salas-Humara | 1 | 1% | |
| Galaxie 500 | 1 | 1% | |
| Erasure | 1 | 1% | |
| EPMD | 1 | 1% | |
| Boogie Down Productions | 1 | 1% | |
| René Aubry | 1 | 1% | |
| Cocteau Twins | 1 | 1% | |
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42 | 42% | |
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32 | 32% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
 Up 3 from 91st to 88thThe Mona Lisa's Sister by Graham Parker |
| Up 3 from 90th to 87th Big Time by Tom Waits |
| Up 3 from 89th to 86th The Raw & The Cooked by Fine Young Cannibals |
| New entries |
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 DR503by The Dead C |
| Green by R.E.M. |
| This Note's For You by Neil Young & The Bluenotes |
| Leavers |
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 Drumby Hugo Largo |
| Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3 |
| The Law Of Things by The Bats |
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| Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | Norman Bates | 1988 year chart | 2025 | |
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| 95/100 | 11/02/2013 16:18 |  Antonio-Pedro | | 90/100 |
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From Antonio-Pedro 11/02/2013 16:19
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Great chart amazing to see daydream nation as first
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