Best Albums of 1988

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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1988
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17,574
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Year of Release:
1988
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13,395
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1988
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11,222
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Year of Release:
1988
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7,077
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1988
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5,017
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1988
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3,842
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1988
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3,594
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1988
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Rank Score:
3,518
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Year of Release:
1988
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3,499
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1988
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2,571
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Best Albums of 1988 composition

Artist Albums %


Various Artists 21 2%
Frank Zappa 4 0%
The Beatles 4 0%
The Bevis Frond 3 0%
Philip Glass 3 0%
The Fall 2 0%
Johnny Cash 2 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 429 43%
United Kingdom 237 24%
Germany 44 4%
Mixed Nationality 44 4%
Canada 28 3%
Australia 28 3%
France 28 3%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 905 90%
Yes 99 10%
Live? Albums %
No 973 97%
Yes 31 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 986 98%
Yes 18 2%
Best Artists of the 2000s
1. Radiohead
2. Arcade Fire
3. The Strokes
4. Coldplay
5. Sufjan Stevens
6. Arctic Monkeys
7. Wilco
8. Animal Collective
9. Muse
10. The White Stripes
11. Kanye West
12. Phil Elverum
13. Interpol
14. Modest Mouse
15. Queens Of The Stone Age
16. Madvillain
17. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
18. LCD Soundsystem
19. The National
20. The Flaming Lips
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