Top 100 Music Albums of 1988
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Norman Bates 
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- Chart updated: 09/27/2025 21:45
- (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:
10,203
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[First added to this chart: 09/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
15,440
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[First added to this chart: 09/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
6,892
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[First added to this chart: 09/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
1,623
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[First added to this chart: 09/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
479
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[First added to this chart: 09/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
527
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[First added to this chart: 09/16/2012]
[First added to this chart: 09/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
2,201
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[First added to this chart: 07/28/2020]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
3,286
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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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| Bongwater | 1 | 1% | |
| Big Daddy Kane | 1 | 1% | |
| Cowboy Junkies | 1 | 1% | |
| Walter Salas-Humara | 1 | 1% | |
| Prince | 1 | 1% | |
| The Dead C | 1 | 1% | |
| The Go-Betweens | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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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 |
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| Up 1 from 88th to 87thThe Mona Lisa's Sister by Graham Parker |
| Up 1 from 87th to 86thBig Time by Tom Waits |
| Up 1 from 86th to 85thThe Raw & The Cooked by Fine Young Cannibals |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 15 from 73rd to 88thGladsome, Humour & Blue by Martin Stephenson And The Daintees |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 05/07/2021 13:33 | jackq | 273 | 92/100 | |
| 11/02/2013 16:18 |  Antonio-Pedro | 562 | 90/100 |
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From Antonio-Pedro 11/02/2013 16:19 | #90257
Antonio-Pedro 11/02/2013 16:19 | #90257
Great chart amazing to see daydream nation as first
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