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1988 Pop Album Releases
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1988
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Alternative Rock
(22)
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(19)
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(27)
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(16)
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(22)
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(44)
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(33)
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(37)
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(41)
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(40)
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(22)
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(18)
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(103)
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(20)
Pop
(127)
Pop Rock
(64)
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(39)
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(28)
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(18)
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(18)
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(205)
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(18)
Synthpop
(38)
Thrash Metal
(34)
Western Classical Music
(23)
Apr 5
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
91
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(299)
Mar 15
Talking Heads
Naked
66
critic score
(5)
57
user score
(271)
Jul 4
Kylie Minogue
Kylie
50
critic score
(1)
60
user score
(171)
May 10
Prince
Lovesexy
81
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(161)
Oct 11
Pet Shop Boys
Introspective
73
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(120)
Oct 24
Michael Jackson
Smooth Criminal
100
critic score
(1)
94
user score
(77)
Oct 18
Traveling Wilburys
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
90
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(70)
Sep 5
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Peepshow
70
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(67)
Sep 15
Soda Stereo
Doble Vida
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(65)
Mar 14
Prefab Sprout
From Langley Park to Memphis
60
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(46)
Jun 13
Paula Abdul
Forever Your Girl
70
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(43)
Apr 18
Erasure
The Innocents
90
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(40)
Apr 1
Mylène Farmer
Ainsi soit je...
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(38)
Apr 18
Michael Jackson
Dirty Diana
84
user score
(32)
Oct 18
Duran Duran
Big Thing
35
critic score
(2)
58
user score
(32)
Mar 8
The Beatles
Past Masters, Volume One
100
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(31)
Oct 24
The Beatles
Past Masters, Volumes One & Two
88
critic score
(4)
78
user score
(30)
Jul 12
Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
70
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(28)
Mar 3
a-ha
Stay on These Roads
40
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(27)
Mar 8
The Beatles
Past Masters, Volume Two
95
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(26)
Oct 31
Paul McCartney
Снова в СССР
59
critic score
(3)
50
user score
(26)
Jun 24
Elton John
Reg Strikes Back
50
critic score
(2)
44
user score
(24)
Jul 5
Crowded House
Temple of Low Men
83
critic score
(3)
72
user score
(23)
Oct 21
Roxette
Look Sharp!
90
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(23)
1988
Cazuza
Ideologia
81
user score
(22)
Feb 1
Everything But the Girl
Idlewild
90
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(21)
Jun 20
New Edition
Heart Break
80
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(20)
Aug 19
The Proclaimers
Sunshine on Leith
90
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(20)
Aug 1
Sparks
Interior Design
50
critic score
(1)
56
user score
(19)
Sep 6
New Kids On The Block
Hangin' Tough
80
critic score
(1)
53
user score
(18)
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Jan 6
Y Kant Tori Read
Y Kant Tori Read
60
critic score
(1)
61
user score
(17)
1988
Rita Lee
Zona Zen
63
user score
(16)
Jan 19
Taylor Dayne
Tell It to My Heart
90
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(16)
Apr 26
k.d. lang
Shadowland
90
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(16)
Jul 6
Mecano
Descanso Dominical
60
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(16)
Nov 1
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
American Dream
40
critic score
(2)
47
user score
(16)
Mar 1
Toto
The Seventh One
30
critic score
(2)
64
user score
(15)
Jun 6
Killing Joke
Outside the Gate
40
critic score
(1)
62
user score
(15)
Mar 4
Camouflage
Voices & Images
40
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(14)
May 1
Devo
Total Devo
25
critic score
(2)
40
user score
(14)
Jun 21
Information Society
Information Society
90
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(14)
Dec 5
Engenheiros do Hawaii
Ouça o Que Eu Digo: Não Ouça Ninguém
78
user score
(14)
Jan 1
Was (Not Was)
What Up Dog
85
critic score
(2)
68
user score
(13)
Mar 3
When In Rome
When In Rome
30
critic score
(1)
55
user score
(13)
Apr 1
Momus
Tender Pervert
90
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(13)
Jun 1
Kim Wilde
Close
60
critic score
(1)
56
user score
(12)
Sep 1
Billy Bragg
Workers Playtime
75
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(12)
Apr 12
Cheap Trick
Lap of Luxury
50
critic score
(2)
70
user score
(11)
Jun 1
Scritti Politti
Provision
50
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(11)
Jun 22
Robert Palmer
Heavy Nova
40
critic score
(1)
52
user score
(11)
May 23
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Up Your Alley
50
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(9)
Aug 30
John Hiatt
Slow Turning
85
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(9)
Sep 1
Marc Almond
The Stars We Are
90
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(9)
Sep 27
Roxette
Listen to Your Heart
83
user score
(9)
Oct 18
Bangles
Everything
65
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(9)
1988
'Til Tuesday
Everything's Different Now
90
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(8)
Jul 1
Pat Benatar
Wide Awake in Dreamland
50
critic score
(2)
62
user score
(8)
Jul 11
Xuxa
Xou da Xuxa 3
82
user score
(8)
Nov 14
Milli Vanilli
All or Nothing
60
critic score
(1)
48
user score
(8)
Feb 29
Robert Plant
Now and Zen
80
critic score
(3)
65
user score
(7)
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