Top 100 Music Albums of 1988
by Moondance 
~ comments to be updated~
age 32 - living in Cabramurra (highest township in Australia) - a company town of 50 families & 100 mostly single men. Most nights a good number of us would gather at the one & only bar to drink & play guitars/sing songs.
year in music ranking: #10 of 63. This is my favourite year of the 80's and has between 3 to 5 albums in my top 100 of all time (depending on how I am feeling when I review my top 100 chart)
- Chart updated: 05/27/2026 23:15
- (Created: 11/02/2020 01:17).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1988
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1,421
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Year of Release:
1988
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1,065
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1988
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1,244
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Year of Release:
1988
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 composition
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| Stephen Cummings | 2 | 2% | |
| 1927 | 1 | 1% | |
| Straitjacket Fits | 1 | 1% | |
| John Williamson | 1 | 1% | |
| Sade | 1 | 1% | |
| The Style Council | 1 | 1% | |
| Talk Talk | 1 | 1% | |
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29 | 29% | |
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25 | 25% | |
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21 | 21% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 chart changes
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Up 25 from 70th to 45th |
Up 16 from 71st to 55th |
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Down 3 from 66th to 69th |
Down 2 from 54th to 56th |
Down 2 from 55th to 57th |
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| ! | 04/11/2023 21:12 |  Rhyner | 1,462 | 99/100 |
| ! | 11/26/2021 08:18 |  desh79 | 1,273 | 93/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2021 03:00 | mikepen | 58 | 93/100 |
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mikepen 11/24/2021 03:00 | #276627
After your latest edits Moondance, I have now 26 (of 42) in common with you. I am certain this is only going to increase, as I see you've listed some great bands I really enjoyed from this era: Hunters & Collectors (though I don't think I have this album anywhere!), Psuedo Echo (never realised they were Australian - had always took them to be UK) and Eurogliders among many others. (Edited)
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