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: 3 hours ago).
"Amazing hairs stand up music. Only ever had a few of traks off this at the time and wish I'd had the full album as only had it couple of years. 88 man. Very efficient indeed." Reply
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Graeme2 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1988
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"Terrific CD and one of the best of the late eighties." Reply
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1988
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441
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"The first cassette tape that I bought myself and still one of my favorites. It takes me back to carefree times of youth. I actually like many of the album tracks as much as the hits, which is what I guess makes a classic album." Reply
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"A great early death metal album. The production quality is pretty low, and this is easily one of the least technical albums Death released, but it is still great. If you are interested in getting into old school death metal, this is a good starting point. My favorite track is probably born dead." Reply
""I can’t even begin to explain what this album means to me… It was the first record where I truly found myself… Or, at least, figured out what it is I do. And it has shaped me as an artist from that year forward." --Lucinda Williams, American Songwriter Magazine It's amusing that after years of l..." [+] Reply
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"Such a fun album the year it was released. I fell in love with Edie and the New Bohemian sound. It was simple, yet some of the songs off kilter and a touch sad. It was something different at the time, and when I saw them in Toronto's Massey Hall, I threw my flip-up sunglasses up to Edie and she p..." [+] Reply
"Happy Mondays doing what they do best. The Mondays were always the sleaziest band ever :-) This was great, along with their Hallelujah EP and the Madchester VHS video spawned a drug fuelled teenage rebellion from me and the rest is history." Reply
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1988
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396
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"Massively influential, and a fantastic raw sound. Great stuff." Reply
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junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1988
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396
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"One of their better "later albums " Siouxsie & the Banshees had been making music for years when they released this last great album its right up there with "The Scream" & Juju. Other albums followed but this was their last classic album." Reply
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Tamthebam | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1988
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 5 of 100
Best Albums of 1988 composition
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| Various Artists | 22 | 2% | |
| Frank Zappa | 4 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 0% | |
| Philip Glass | 3 | 0% | |
| The Bevis Frond | 3 | 0% | |
| The Original Broadway Cast | 2 | 0% | |
| Diamanda Galás | 2 | 0% | |
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431 | 43% | |
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233 | 23% | |
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48 | 5% | |
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45 | 5% | |
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30 | 3% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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