Top 18 Music Albums of 1988
by mrmcrook 
Studio albums all ranked before any greatest hits, compilations etc. Only fair on a year list.
My top 10 favorite songs from 1988
1. Jane's Addiction - Jane Says
2. Metallica - One
3. Jane's Addiction - Summertime Rolls
4. Helloween - Stein
5. Slayer - Silent Scream
6. Helloween - We got the Right
7. Queensryche - The Needle Lies
8. Suicidal Tendencies - Sorry
9. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
10. Helloween - I Want Out
- Chart updated: 06/05/2025 00:45
- (Created: 10/03/2020 00:41).
- Chart size: 18 albums.
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84.00 Fantastic blend of thrash combined with NWOBHM stylistics. Preferred over Part 1. Mainly due to the 1st Helloween album I had was 'Live in the UK', which featured a good chunk off this album. Everyone loves familiarity 01/25
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82.00 It really is a joy re-getting CD's of albums you haven't heard for 20 plus years due to having no record player. . This is great. My favorite Slayer. Album of 2 half's, the first being vastly superior. I find it interesting that 'Reign in Blood' gets mass limelight for being the so-called best Slayer album due to it being produced by Rick Rubin. The tracks on that are at light speed exceeded, but this I feel is more refined. This is also produced by Rick Rubin and it's way better. My opinion, that's all. Gotta love the delivery of the lyrics. No-one does it quite like Tom 04/24
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81.36 Good album. Not as epic as 'Ritual' as there's a few tracks on this which seem to be there to bulk it out. But the gold makes up for it.
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78.12 Album of two half's. First being raw and live sounding (even though it wasn't) from their pre-fame days. Gives good insight of what was to come. Second half acoustic and polished. Highlighted the difference of some songwriting skills, and of what coming into some money does from before 'Appetite' to afterwards. The better of the two half's for me personally. 06/24
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77.69 My favorite Pogues album. This is really solid right through. How can you not love The Pogues. Absolute perfection when the timings right and your frequencies align. 12/24
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76.50 Very formulaic George but you know what you're getting with George. I was quite impressed with this as it's mainly up tempo. Good old George. Good old 12 bar rhythm and blues 12/24
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74.09 Good generic hard rockin' blues album. First track 'Motor' shouldn't of been the lead out track as it's a bit of a monotonous thudding song. But it picks up after that with a better tempo and some pretty solid tracks right through. 11/20
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Top 18 Music Albums of 1988 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Jane's Addiction | 1 | 6% | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 1 | 6% | |
| Suicidal Tendencies | 1 | 6% | |
| Public Enemy | 1 | 6% | |
| Masters Of Reality | 1 | 6% | |
| Ramones | 1 | 6% | |
| Guns N' Roses | 1 | 6% | |
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Top 18 Music Albums of 1988 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 5 from 11th to 6thG N' R Lies by Guns N' Roses |
| Up 1 from 6th to 5thMasters Of Reality by Masters Of Reality |
| Up 1 from 5th to 4thHow Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today? by Suicidal Tendencies |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 3rd to 7thIf I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues |
| Down 2 from 7th to 9thCircus Of Power by Circus Of Power |
| Down 1 from 9th to 10th...And Justice For All by Metallica |
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