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:
1,282
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Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
1,260
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1988
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Rank Score:
1,233
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1988
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Rank Score:
1,052
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Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
1,042
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Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
1,013
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Year of Release:
1988
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1,001
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Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
928
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Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
889
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1988
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881
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 3 of 100

Best Albums of 1988 composition

Artist Albums %


Various Artists 21 2%
Frank Zappa 4 0%
The Beatles 4 0%
Philip Glass 3 0%
The Bevis Frond 3 0%
Yoshio Ojima 2 0%
Laibach 2 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 429 43%
United Kingdom 237 24%
Mixed Nationality 44 4%
Germany 44 4%
Australia 28 3%
France 28 3%
Canada 28 3%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 905 90%
Yes 99 10%
Live? Albums %
No 975 97%
Yes 29 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 986 98%
Yes 18 2%
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