Best Albums of 1988
Listed below are the best albums of 1988 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 1 hour ago).
"The only noteworthy thing in the previous comment is : "it's possibly their best"." Reply
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CellarDoor | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (6 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1988
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"They absolutely nail Sweet Thing...it's a good album but a little too inconsistent to be great." Reply
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1988
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"Underrated and overshadowed by You're Living All Over Me, but in reality it's just as good as it." Reply
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Pegasus | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1988
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"Recorded with the band circled around a single microphone in Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity, this album's intimacy and immediacy reflects the surroundings in which it was made. The result is a a languid, dreamy, haunting listening experience. The band's sound centers on the custard-smooth v..." [+] Reply
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buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1988
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"This was the perfect follow up to Reign in Blood. They were never going to top the fury of that album, but by taking it down a notch they showed a different side and it worked well." Reply
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Decurso | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1988
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"recorded undersea off the coast of cape cod the sky hinted of snow we wore sweaters and knit hats we built a fire on the beach to keep warm and roasted twinkies we passed some Nyquil around and swapped stories about our dorms Dean told a story about seeing Neil Young in concert then we packed up ..." [+] Reply
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1988
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"in 1991, my music tastes were pretty bland and top-40. i had a friend whose musical horizons were considerably broader, and he told me i should check out a band called Cocteau Twins. so i went into a record store and looked through the CT section, but i didn't know which release do try. i asked o..." [+] Reply
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philbutrin | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1988
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Surfer Rosa & Come On Pilgrim
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"I can't rank Come on Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa separately, because that's not how I know them. I find that it doesn't sound like two separate works; there is a congruency between both, it's almost seamless. While most will speak of Where is My Mind (it is epic, after all), my favorite track is Cari..." [+] Reply
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junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"If only every song here were as good as Birthday. Bjork doesn't even sound human on this album. She is ethereal and beyond the limits of human capability with that voice. I can't help but think The Sugarcubes were really into Siouxsie and the Banshees. There are lot of similarities here." Reply
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louisjwyatt | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1988
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923
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"The greatest EP of all time. Just a fact. Thorn is one of MBV's best songs." Reply
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1988
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 3 of 100
Best Albums of 1988 composition
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| Various Artists | 22 | 2% | |
| Frank Zappa | 4 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 0% | |
| The Bevis Frond | 3 | 0% | |
| Philip Glass | 3 | 0% | |
| Pixies | 2 | 0% | |
| Nanci Griffith | 2 | 0% | |
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436 | 44% | |
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229 | 23% | |
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48 | 5% | |
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45 | 4% | |
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30 | 3% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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26 | 3% | |
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