Best Albums of 1988

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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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Greatest Hits
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Fleetwood Mac

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

151

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Transcendence

Crimson Glory

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

148

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Prairie School Freakout

Eleventh Dream Day

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

148

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The Seventh One

Toto

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

147

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115.

Everything

The Bangles

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

146

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116.

Mlah

Les Négresses Vertes

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

146

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Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm

Joni Mitchell

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

144

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Descanso Dominical

Mecano

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

142

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Amnesia

Richard Thompson

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

142

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Masters Of Reality

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

141

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Best Albums of 1988 composition

Artist	Albums	%

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

	427	43%
	233	23%
	44	4%
	43	4%
	29	3%
	28	3%
	28	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	900	90%
Yes	100	10%

Live?	Albums	%
No	971	97%
Yes	29	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	18	2%

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Best Albums of the 1980s
1. The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
2. Doolittle by Pixies
3. Remain In Light by Talking Heads
4. Disintegration by The Cure
5. The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses
6. The Joshua Tree by U2
7. Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
8. Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
9. Thriller by Michael Jackson
10. Closer by Joy Division
11. Purple Rain by Prince And The Revolution
12. Surfer Rosa by Pixies
13. Master Of Puppets by Metallica
14. Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
15. Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses
16. Graceland by Paul Simon
17. Spirit Of Eden by Talk Talk
18. Back In Black by AC/DC
19. Murmur by R.E.M.
20. Moving Pictures by Rush