Best Music Albums - Year By
Year: 1988

1. Pet Shop Boys: Introspective
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A
great mix album with extended mixes of new songs.
More info... |
2. John Kilzer: Memory In The
Making
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A strong
personal rock effort not many people know about. By far more substance than Bryan Adams... |
3. Prefab Sprout: From Langley
Park To Memphis
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Another album
by Prefab Sprout that deserves much more success than is the case. This is pop music that
stays.
About Prefab Sprout |
4. Toto: The Seventh One
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Best Toto
album and one filled with great dynamic rockers as well as the traditional number of
ballads. The great lead singer is called Joseph Williams. |
5. Edie Brickell & New
Bohemians: Shooting Rubberbands At The Moon
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Hippie pop from Edie
Brickell and her friends. "What I Am" was the big hit, but the album is packed
with similar small pearls. |
6. TV-2: Nærmest Lykkelig
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One of their
biggest ever. Everything was right for such an album at that time and many of the songs
are Danish classics today.
About TV-2 |
7. Tanita Tikaram: Ancient Heart
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"Twist In My
Sobriety" was something totally new and different for me. Such a darkness and such an
atmosphere... |
8. 'Til Tuesday: Everything's
Different Now
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American pop music - no
more no less. But the songs are very strong on this album, so if you don't know it you
should check it out. Aimee Man's band before going solo. |
9. Morrissey: Viva Hate
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Not Morrissey's best but
one of the best of the year. It's classic Morrissey with the usual twists and miserable
mind games...
About Morrissey |
10. The Traveling Wilburies:
Volume 1
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This meeting between some
of rock music's greatest actually turned out pretty okay. It made med listen to artists I
normally don't like that much (Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison). |
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