Top 17 Music Albums of 1988
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- Chart updated: 01/23/2025 01:45
- (Created: 09/05/2022 11:12).
- Chart size: 17 albums.
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Slowcore, Indie Pop, Dream Pop
7.9/10
Best track: Tugboat
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1. Flowers 8
2. Pictures 8
3. Parking Lot 8
4. Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste 8
5. Temperature's Rising 8
6. Oblivious 7.5
7. It's Getting Late 8
8. Instrumental 7.5
9. Tugboat 8 [First added to this chart: 01/18/2025]
7.9/10
Best track: Tugboat
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1. Flowers 8
2. Pictures 8
3. Parking Lot 8
4. Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste 8
5. Temperature's Rising 8
6. Oblivious 7.5
7. It's Getting Late 8
8. Instrumental 7.5
9. Tugboat 8 [First added to this chart: 01/18/2025]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
931
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Top 17 Music Albums of 1988 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| My Bloody Valentine | 2 | 12% | |
| Cocteau Twins | 1 | 6% | |
| James Brown | 1 | 6% | |
| Pet Shop Boys | 1 | 6% | |
| Leonard Cohen | 1 | 6% | |
| Sonic Youth | 1 | 6% | |
| Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic / Westminster Choir / Barbara Hendricks / Christa Ludwig | 1 | 6% | |
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