Best Albums of 1988

Listed below are the best albums of 1988 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1988 year summaryThe best artists of 1988 were Sonic Youth, Pixies, Talk Talk, Public Enemy, Metallica, My Bloody Valentine, R.E.M., Tracy Chapman, N.W.A and Iron Maiden.
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Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
221
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1988
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17
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Best Albums of 1988 composition

Artist Albums %


Various Artists 21 2%
Frank Zappa 4 0%
The Beatles 4 0%
The Bevis Frond 3 0%
Philip Glass 3 0%
The Fall 2 0%
Johnny Cash 2 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 429 43%
United Kingdom 237 24%
Germany 44 4%
Mixed Nationality 44 4%
Canada 28 3%
Australia 28 3%
France 28 3%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 905 90%
Yes 99 10%
Live? Albums %
No 973 97%
Yes 31 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 986 98%
Yes 18 2%
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1. Little Simz
2. Black Country, New Road
3. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
4. Weezer
5. Japanese Breakfast
6. Tyler, The Creator
7. Squid (2020s)
8. Black Midi
9. Low
10. Wolf Alice
11. Injury Reserve
12. Lana Del Rey
13. Silk Sonic
14. Lingua Ignota
15. Kristin Hayter
16. The War On Drugs
17. Spellling
18. Turnstile
19. Billie Eilish
20. 파란노을 [Parannoul]
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