Top 27 Music Albums of 1988
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• Chart updated: 07/27/2024 19:45
• (Created: 06/05/2024 18:42).
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Surfer Rosa 

 Pixies

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2024]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,310 charts

Rank Score:

12,175

Rank in 1988:

2

Rank in 1980s:

13

Overall Rank:

105

Average Rating:

 84 (1,867 votes)

Comments:

112

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Bug 

 Dinosaur Jr.

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2024]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

279 charts

Rank Score:

1,175

Rank in 1988:

23

Rank in 1980s:

230

Overall Rank:

1,450

Average Rating:

 78 (293 votes)

Comments:

10

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Straight Outta Compton 

 N.W.A

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Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

596 charts

Rank Score:

3,318

Rank in 1988:

9

Rank in 1980s:

81

Overall Rank:

527

Average Rating:

 78 (738 votes)

Comments:

39

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If I Should Fall From Grace With God 

 The Pogues

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2024]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

312 charts

Rank Score:

1,734

Rank in 1988:

15

Rank in 1980s:

155

Overall Rank:

1,006

Average Rating:

 78 (348 votes)

Comments:

19

5. (4) 1

Viva Hate 

 Morrissey

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2024]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

284 charts

Rank Score:

1,515

Rank in 1988:

17

Rank in 1980s:

181

Overall Rank:

1,151

Average Rating:

 77 (336 votes)

Comments:

23

6. (5) 1

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back 

 Public Enemy

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2024]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

859 charts

Rank Score:

7,051

Rank in 1988:

4

Rank in 1980s:

29

Overall Rank:

229

Average Rating:

 80 (1,010 votes)

Comments:

60

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Tracy Chapman 

 Tracy Chapman

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2024]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

565 charts

Rank Score:

3,975

Rank in 1988:

6

Rank in 1980s:

60

Overall Rank:

431

Average Rating:

 77 (638 votes)

Comments:

35

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Bummed 

 Happy Mondays

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2024]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

392

Rank in 1988:

48

Rank in 1980s:

555

Overall Rank:

3,699

Average Rating:

 72 (129 votes)

Comments:

6

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16 Lovers Lane 

 The Go-Betweens

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2024]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

269 charts

Rank Score:

1,671

Rank in 1988:

16

Rank in 1980s:

161

Overall Rank:

1,039

Average Rating:

 79 (264 votes)

Comments:

16

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Isn't Anything 

 My Bloody Valentine

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2024]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

522 charts

Rank Score:

3,763

Rank in 1988:

7

Rank in 1980s:

67

Overall Rank:

461

Average Rating:

 80 (696 votes)

Comments:

41

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Top 27 Music Albums of 1988 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Mudhoney	1	4%
My Bloody Valentine	1	4%
Fishbone	1	4%
The Waterboys	1	4%
Living Colour	1	4%
Pixies	1	4%
Leonard Cohen	1	4%
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Country	Albums	%
	15	56%
	5	19%
	3	11%
	1	4%
	1	4%
	1	4%
	1	4%

Top 27 Music Albums of 1988 chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 3rd to 4th If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues
Down 1 from 4th to 5th Viva Hate by Morrissey
Down 1 from 5th to 6th It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Public Enemy

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