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, Tracy Chapman, R.E.M., N.W.A and Iron Maiden.

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981.

All That Jazz

Joe Kienemann Trio

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1988

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1 chart

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981.

All My Friends Are Fish

The Downsiders

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1988

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3 charts

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983.

Bagdad Cafe
Soundtrack

Various Artists

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1988

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5 charts

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984.

An Original
Compilation

Sam Cooke

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1988

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984.

Fury In The Slaughterhouse

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1988

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984.

Favorite Shirts

Lollipop Sonic

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1988

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987.

Used Guitars

Marti Jones

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1988

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988.

Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

Herbert Blomstedt / San Francisco Symphony

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1988

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989.

Water From The Wells Of Home

Johnny Cash

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1988

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5 charts

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989.

Compact Jazz: Woody Herman
Compilation

Woody Herman

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1988

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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%
James Brown	2	0%
Die Ärzte	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	430	43%
	235	23%
	44	4%
	43	4%
	29	3%
	28	3%
	28	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	903	90%
Yes	101	10%

Live?	Albums	%
No	975	97%
Yes	29	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	986	98%
Yes	18	2%

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