Best Albums of 1988

Listed below are the best albums of 1988 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 2 hours ago).
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1988 year summaryThe best artists of 1988 were Sonic Youth, Pixies, Talk Talk, Public Enemy, Metallica, My Bloody Valentine, Tracy Chapman, R.E.M., N.W.A and Iron Maiden.
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"Somehow produced in 1988, it foresaw the stoner rock movement of the 90s while reviving the Cream feel. A very solid album. Here you see the band of the architect / producer of the Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age group of bands."  Reply
- Highhopes | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1988
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"Certainly the one LP from the 'golden period' that I have played least, there are some tracks on here that I simply cannot recall. Having said that, Big New Prinz, Wrong Place, Right Time and Cab It Up are great and I'm sure watching the live ballet performance would've been interesting."  Reply
- TheSmiths82-87 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"The independent record store where I worked during college was the place where I first heard a tremendous amount of great music. I wouldn't say we listened to a lot of ska revival, but the owner of the store was a huge fan of most any slap bass-driven alternative rock: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Prim..."  [+]  Reply
- buzzdainer | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1988
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"I loved this album. The guitar solos were the best part of this album. Kee Marcello is a highly underrated guitarist and seriously kicked ass on this album. Then Prisoners in Paradise came out later. Really bad."  Reply
- Vacantnoggin | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1988
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