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Apr 5
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
87
critic score
(5)
81
user score
(438)
Sep 19
Enya
Watermark
90
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(136)
May 30
Bob Dylan
Down in the Groove
49
critic score
(3)
41
user score
(121)
Apr 6
Tracy Chapman
Fast Car
96
user score
(104)
Jan 18
The Pogues
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
87
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(102)
Oct 18
Traveling Wilburys
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
90
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(99)
Oct 1
The Waterboys
Fisherman's Blues
85
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(70)
Jan 1
Cowboy Junkies
The Trinity Session
85
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(57)
1988
Swans
Love Will Tear Us Apart
66
user score
(34)
Aug 19
The Proclaimers
Sunshine on Leith
90
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(31)
1988
Current 93
Swastikas for Noddy
50
critic score
(1)
59
user score
(20)
1988
Current 93
Earth Covers Earth
60
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(19)
Nov 10
American Music Club
California
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(19)
Sep 1
Billy Bragg
Workers Playtime
75
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(17)
1988
Mano Negra
Patchanka
80
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(15)
1988
Current 93
Christ and the Pale Queens Mighty in Sorrow
70
critic score
(1)
61
user score
(12)
1988
Chumbawamba
English Rebel Songs 1381-1914
61
user score
(11)
Feb 1
Van Morrison & The Chieftains
Irish Heartbeat
85
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(9)
Oct 11
Sarah McLachlan
Touch
50
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(9)
Jun 20
The Lilac Time
The Lilac Time
85
critic score
(2)
70
user score
(8)
Aug 15
Michelle Shocked
Short Sharp Shocked
82
user score
(5)
1988
Beck
Banjo Story
49
user score
(4)
Oct 30
Nico
The Peel Sessions
60
critic score
(1)
86
user score
(3)
1988
Momus
The Poison Boyfriend
60
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(3)
Jan 1
Jandek
On the Way
73
user score
(3)
1988
Dougie MacLean
Real Estate
60
critic score
(1)
89
user score
(2)
Sep 8
Ezginin Günlüğü
Bahçedeki Sandal
70
user score
(1)
Sep 24
Yeni Türkü
Yeşilmişik
70
user score
(1)
Aug 22
Billy Bragg
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
79
user score
(1)
1988
The Dubliners
The Essential Collection
72
user score
(1)
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Sep 26
The Dubliners
The Dubliners
96
user score
(1)
Aug 23
Various Artists
Folkways: A Vision Shared – A Tribute to Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly
90
critic score
(1)
1988
Jane
Lovely and Chicken
Nov 14
Billy Bragg
She's Got a New Spell
1988
Hector
Varjot ja lakanat
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