Best Albums of 1988

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Listed below are the best albums of 1988 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.

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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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Copperfield

Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub

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1988

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4 charts

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832.

Auf Tour

STS

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1988

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2 charts

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833.

Baby

Trotsky Icepick

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1988

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5 charts

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834.

Let It Roll

Little Feat

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1988

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3 charts

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835.

Speak

Londonbeat

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1988

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2 charts

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836.

For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits
Compilation

Roy Orbison

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1988

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3 charts

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837.

Perfect Machine

Herbie Hancock

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1988

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7 charts

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838.

Big Band Hit Parade

Erich Kunzel

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1988

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1 chart

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839.

Watertower

Michael Hurley

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1988

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4 charts

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840.

A Salt With A Deadly Pepa

Salt-N-Pepa

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1988

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3 charts

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Best Albums of 1988 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	22	2%
Frank Zappa	4	0%
The Beatles	4	0%
The Bevis Frond	3	0%
Philip Glass	3	0%
The Legendary Pink Dots	2	0%
吉川洋一郎 [Yoichiro Yoshikawa]	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	430	43%
	239	24%
	45	4%
	42	4%
	31	3%
	29	3%
	28	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	908	90%
Yes	98	10%

Live?	Albums	%
No	975	97%
Yes	31	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	98%
Yes	16	2%

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