100 Greatest Albums of 1988

  1. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
  2. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A
  3. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
  4. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
  5. Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
  6. Surfer Rosa - Pixies
  7. Strictly Business - EPMD
  8. Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk
  9. Green - R.E.M.
10. ...And Justice For All - Metallica
11. Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker
12. Straight Out The Jungle - Jungle Brothers
13. Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
14. Operation: Mindcrime - Queensryche
15. Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul
16. Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown
17. I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen
18. Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine
19. Follow The Leader - Eric B. & Rakim
20. Rattle And Hum - U2
21. New Jersey - Bon Jovi
22. Guy - Guy
23. Traveling Wilburys, Volume 1 - Traveling Wilburys
24. Open Up And Say...Ahh! - Poison
25. Look Sharp! - Roxette
26. By All Means Necessary - Boogie Down Productions
27. 16 Lovers Lane - The Go-Betweens
28. Long Live The Kane - Big Daddy Kane
29. Vivid - Living Colour
30. Irish Heartbeat - Van Morrison & The Chieftains
31. The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick - Slick Rick
32. OU812 - Van Halen
33. It Takes Two - Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
34. Heavy Nova - Robert Palmer
35. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son - Iron Maiden
36. Heart Break - New Edition
37. Life Is...Too $hort - Too $hort
38. Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne
39. He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
40. Lita - Lita Ford
41. Stronger Than Pride - Sade
42. Hangin' Tough - New Kids On The Block
43. Long Cold Winter - Cinderella
44. Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Etheridge
45. Now And Zen - Robert Plant
46. Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
47. Roll With It - Steve Winwood
48. If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues
49. Lap Of Luxury - Cheap Trick
50. Out Of Order - Rod Stewart

51. Hold Me In Your Arms - Rick Astley
52. Viva Hate - Morrissey
53. Keeper Of The Seven Keys, Pt. 2 - Helloween
54. Cocktail - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Various Artists
55. Lyte As A Rock - MC Lyte
56. The Trinity Session - The Cowboy Junkies
57. Copperhead Road - Steve Earle
58. Critical Beatdown - Ultramagnetic MC's
59. Life's Too Good - The Sugarcubes
60. South Of Heaven - Slayer
61. Power - Ice-T
62. So Far, So Good...So What! - Megadeth
63. A Salt With A Deadly Pepa - Salt-n-Pepa
64. Lovesexy - Prince
65. Another Side - Fingers Inc.
66. Starfish - The Church
67. 2nd Wave - Surface
68. The Innocents - Erasure
69. Blood Fire Death - Bathory
70. Tender Prey - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
71. Don't Let Love Slip Away - Freddie Jackson
72. The World's Greatest Entertainer - Doug E. Fresh
73. See The Light - Jeff Healey Band
74. Bummed - Happy Mondays
75. Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson
76. The Land Of Rape And Honey - Ministry
77. Temple Of Low Men - Crowded House
78. In Full Gear - Stetsasonic
79. Talk Is Cheap - Keith Richards
80. Let's Get It Started - MC Hammer
81. Peepshow - Siouxsie & The Banshees
82. Kylie - Kylie Minogue
83. Up Your Alley - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
84. In Effect Mode - Al B. Sure!
85. Naked - Talking Heads
86. Swass - Sir Mix-A-Lot
87. Danzig - Danzig
88. The Lover In Me - Sheena Easton
89. Winger - Winger
90. Karyn White - Karyn White
91. Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys
92. The Right Stuff - Vanessa Williams
93. Party Your Body - Stevie B.
94. Lincoln - They Might Be Giants
95. Conscious Party - Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
96. Introspective - Pet Shop Boys
97. Bug - Dinosaur Jr.
98. Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark - Robert Cray Band
99. Sunshine On Leith - The Proclaimers
100. Short Sharp Shocked - Michelle Shocked