Albums of the Year | 1988

[@echosmyron1278]

Top 50 Albums of 1988: 1. My Bloody Valentine - Isn’t Anything 2. Pixies - Surfer Rosa 3. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 4. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll 5. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 6. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden 7. Half Japanese - Charmed Life 8. Dinosaur Jr. - Bug 9. The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God 10. Death - Leprosy 11. They Might Be Giants - Lincoln 12. American Music Club - California 13. Rudimentary Peni - Cacophony 14. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey 15. Throwing Muses - House Tornado 16. Galaxie 500 - Today 17. Nomeansno - Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed 18. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick 19. Eric B & Rakim - Follow the Leader 20. Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can’t Even Smile Today? 21. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane 22. Game Theory - 2 Steps from the Middle Ages 23. Dead Can Dance - The Serpent’s Egg 24. Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares - Volume 2 25. The Dead Milkmen - Beelzebubba 26. Naked Raygun - Jettison 27. Morrissey - Viva Hate 28. Cardiacs - A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window 29. Loop - Fade Out 30. Mary Margaret O’ Hara - Miss America 31. Slayer - South of Heaven 32. Bad Religion - Suffer 33. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 34. Candlemass - Ancient Dreams 35. The Church - Starfish 36. Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown 37. Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey 38. Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams 39. EPMD - Strictly Business 40. R.E.M. - Green 41. D.R.I. - 4 of a Kind 42. Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration 43. The Fall - The Frenz Experiment 44. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Wormed by Leonard 45. Wire - A Bell Is a Cup Until It Is Struck 46. Saint Vitus - Mournful Cries 47. Wipers - The Circle 48. Dancing Hoods - Hallelujah Anyway 49. Didjits - Hey Judester 50. Unrest - Malcolm X Park

[@NormanWorm]

1- “Spirit of Eden” - Talk Talk 2- “Temple of Low Men” - Crowded House 3- “Viva Hate” - Morrissey 4- “Worker’s Playtime” - Billy Bragg 5- “First of a Million Kisses” - Fairground Attraction 6- “Sunshine on Leith” - The Proclaimers 7- “Trinity Sessions” - Cowboy Junkies 8- “Tracy Chapman” - Tracy Chapman 9- “Indescribable Wow” - Sam Phillips 10- “Mona Lisa’s Sister” - Graham Parker

[@tonybates7870]

Love that track "I Get Started, Start A Fire" (it's probably not called that, but still) from Graham Parker. Glad someone remembers that album.

[@Drakon9]

Thank you! Paul, Crowded.geat band. Hello from California!

[@Perchumovic]

You sir have a very good taste. I'll now be looking for your comment as I check the rest of their lists. Thanks for the recs!

[@davidgagen9856]

1. Fisherman's Blues - Waterboys 2. 16 Lovers Lane - The Go-Betweens 3. Tender Prey - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 4. I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen 5. Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk 6. Travelling Willburys 7. Surfer Rosa - Pixies 8. Green - REM 9. Peep Show - Siouxsie & the Banshees 10. Irish Heartbeat - Van Morrison

[@chasingthebeat]

1. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman 2. Idlewild - Everything But The Girl 3. From Langley Park To Memphis - Prefab Sprout 4. It Takes A Nation Of Millions - Public Enemy 5. Green - REM Bubbling under: Surfa Rosa - Pixies Naked - Talking Heads If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues Introspective - Pet Shop Boys Makorokoto - The Four Brothers Lovesexy - Prince Short Sharp Shocked - Michelle Shocked Drowning by Numbers - Michael Nyman Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk

[@Ianmackable]

I agonized over Prefab Sprout. Finally decided it's not quite as good as its predecessor (Steve McQueen) and its followup (Jordan: The Comeback, their best imho).

[@bradmenpes809]

What I love, love, love about music is that I am old, have listened to all sorts of music, have some pretty eclectic all time faves, but until this video I had never heard of Love Junk by The Pursuit of Happiness. Thanks, guys, for introducing me to this band. I'm now going to go away and feverishly find and listen to their discography! Fyi, Green is my hands down number 1 for 1988.

[@AnotherBadSpeech]

1 - Drum - Hugo Largo. 2 - Green - R.E.M. 3 - Nothing’s Shocking - Jane's Addiction 4 - 16 Lovers Lane - The Go-Betweens 5 - In The Spanish Cave - Thin White Rope

[@expresscp]

Nice job as always! I like the fact that all lists were so different. Being from Canada, I was surprised you guys knew TPOH! They are on my list, but another Canadian artist gets my top spot. 1 Victory Day - Tom Cochrane & Red Rider 2 Roll With It - Steve Winwood 3 Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Etheridge 4 Green - R.E.M. 5 Traveling Wilburys, Volume 1 - Traveling Wilburys 6 Rattle And Hum - U2 7 Love Junk - The Pursuit of Happiness 8 Out Of Order - Rod Stewart 9 Look Sharp! - Roxette 10 Scenes From the Southside - Bruce Hornsby & The Range

[@darrellwhitman2967]

My List : 5. Bug - Dinosaur Jr 4. Green - R.E.M. 3. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy 2. Surfer Rosa - Pixies 1. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth

[@Hi-kq1vi]

1. Leonard Cohen-I'm Your Man 2. NWA-Straight Outta Compton 3. Iron Maiden-Seventh Son 4. Metallica-And Justice For All 5. The Pogues-If I Should Fall From Grace 6. Pixies-Surfer Rosa 7. Waterboys-Fisherman's Blues 8. Morrisey-Viva Hate 9. Public Enemy-It Takes A Nation Of Millions 10. The Fall-I Am Kurious Oranj

[@Ianmackable]

Gotta love a list that has Leonard Cohen and NWA back to back. A 1-2 punch if ever there was one.

[@Christopher-jv2ec]

1) by a wide margin....IDLEWILD-Everything But The Girl 2) HEAVY NOVA-Robert Palmer 3) GREEN-R.E.M. 4) CONSCIOUS PARTY- Ziggy Marley 5) TEMPLE OF LOW MEN-Crowded House

[@kevtruth]

I had a bit of a tough time with 1988. But Pixies was an easy no 1 for me 1. Pixies - Surfer Rosa 2. R.E.M. - Green 3. The Smithereens - Green Thoughts 4. Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden 5. The Church - Starfish

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

yeah - Smithereens

[@brentschildt9091]

Surfer Rosa- Pixies 16 Lovers Lane- The Go-Betweens Today- Galaxie 500 Lucinda Williams- Lucinda Williams Robyn Hitchcock- Globe of Frogs HM: Jamboree- Beat Happening, If I Should Fall from Grace with God- The Pogues, Tender Prey- Nick Cave, Amnesia- Richard Thompson, Copperhead Road- Steve Earle, Green- R.E.M., Land of Dreams- Randy Newman

[@DCHurlford1]

Iron Maiden's "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son" was a heavy metal masterpiece imo. The musicianship was superb and the band scored four Top 10 UK singles.

[@corleth84]

If this was based on what I was listening to on '88, it would have been between R.E.M and Mike Scott (Waterboys), but what I discovered a few years later changed it all... 1 - Game Theory - Two Steps from the Middle Ages (yes... again 😎😎) 2 - The Bible - Eureka 3 - The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues 4 - R.E.M. - Green 5 - Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - Globe of Frogs HM's - The Feelies - Only Life - The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God - Morrissey - Viva Hate - Crowded House - Temple of Low Men

[@heresthething41]

5. "Surfer Rosa" Pixies 4. "A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window" Cardiacs 3. "Spirit of Eden" Talk Talk 2. "Globe of Frogs" Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians 1. "Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart" Camper Van Beethoven

[@MartG67]

1. Surfer Rosa - Pixies 2. Green -R.E.M 3. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth 4. 16 Lovers Lane - The Go-Betweens 5. The Frenz Experiment - The Fall Runners up: Bug - Dinosaur Jnr It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine Life's Too Good - The Sugarcubes

[@mrtb7676]

10. Lucinda Williams - s/t 9. Slayer - South of Heaven 8. R.E.M. - Green 7. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane 6. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 5. Throwing Muses - House Tornado 4. The Church - Starfish 3. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 2. Pixies - Surfa Rosa 1. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

[@briangilroy6294]

1. Bon Jovi - New Jersey 2. Van Halen - OU812 3. U2 - Rattle and Hum 4. Metallica - And Justice for All 5. Keith Richards - Talk is Cheap Honorable Mention Cinderella - Long Cold Winter Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Queensrÿche - Operation Mindcrime R.E.M - Green Brian Wilson - self titled Traveling Willbury’s - Vol. 1 Joan Jett - Up Your Alley Guns N Roses - GN’R Lies AC/DC - Blow Up Your Video George Thorogood - Born to be Bad

[@manalive256]

Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man R.E.M. - Green Pixies - Surfer Rosa Morrissey - Viva Hate

[@eljac63]

5. Everything's Different Now-'Til Tuesday 4. The Trinity Sessions-The Cowboy Junkies 3. Lincoln-They Might Be Giants 2. Temple of Low Men-Crowded House 1. Green-R.E.M.

[@JAugust]

1. Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction 2. Copperhead Road - Steve Earle 3. Talk Is Cheap - Keith Richards 4. Trinity Session - Cowboy Junkies 5. Green - R.E.M. Checked out that TPOH album on your recommendation, it's pretty good. Thanks

[@painless465]

1.The Tenement Year-Pere Ubu 2.Slow Turning-John Hiatt 3.Daydream Nation-Sonic Youth 4.Surfer Rosa-The Pixies 5.Only Life-The Feelies 6.Spirit of Eden-Talk Talk 7.Bug-Dinosaur Jr 8.Today-Galaxie 500 9.Nothing's Shockey-Jane's Addiction 10.Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart-Camper Van Beethoven

[@roxannewalsh]

A surprise to see that Pere Ubu album on top - or maybe not, it is my #2 this year. Daydream Nation is my #3 as well.

[@179rich]

Pere Ubu, so weird and creative

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

I like that Feelies album. I never heard it before. It's got a bit of a Lou Reed vibe going on.

[@painless465]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 The Feelies are great,from Hoboken NJ. Big influence on REM and Yo La Tengo. Only Life is my 4th favorite Feelies album. If you like it,try Crazy Rhythms,The Good Earth(my favorite) and Time for a Witness

[@trickygoose2]

HMs Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman Heavy Nova - Robert Palmer Surfer Rosa - The Pixies From Langley Park to Memphis - Prefab Sprout Hail - Straitjacket Fits* Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams 8 Legged Groove Machine - The Wonderstuff 5 House of Love - House of Love** 4 Now & Zen - Robert Plant #3 Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson 2 Temple of Low Men - Crowded House 1 Green - REM *New Zealand indie band **the second of three albums released in the UK with this self-title due to a convoluted history with record labels. Generally considered to be the first studio album. # very late amendment as I had managed to forget this, which the then 20 year old loved that year. This year bats very deep for me.

[@mrp4242]

My Top 5: 1. Green, REM 2. Rattle & Hum, U2 3. Nothing’s Shocking, Jane’s Addiction 4. Starfish, The Church 5, Viva Hate, Morrissey Honorable mentions: OU812 (Van Halen), Look Sharp (Roxette), Watermark (Enya)

[@TheChadmiral69]

Great list Joe! Glad to see 7th Son make the #1 spot. I would have had Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shcoking on my list. I've never heard The Pursuit of Happiness record, so will have to check that out.

[@Michael253]

1988: Runner Ups: Globe of Frogs - Robyn Hitchcock Talk Is Cheap - Keith Richards Slow Turning - John Hiatt Naked - The Talking Heads Favorite Album of the Year: Green - R.E.M.

[@kevtruth]

Oh man, I blew it and forgot Slow Turning and Talk is Cheap. Good call

[@carncats07]

Globe of Frogs just missed my 5. Good to see it on someones list.

[@chrisdelisle3954]

My Top 5: 1. Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction 2. Rattle And Hum - U2 3. Green - R.E.M. 4. Volume 1 - Traveling Wilburys 5. Vivid - Living Colour

[@179rich]

Really tough year for choosing the order! 20) Two Nuns and a Pack Mule - Rapeman 19) Viva Hate - Morrissey 18) Life's Too Good - The Sugarcubes 17) Starfish - The Church 16) The Trinity Sessions - Cowboy Junkies 15) Tender Prey - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 14) Hairway to Steven - Butthole Surfers 13) South of Heaven - Slayer 12) Now & Zen - Robert Plant 11) Green - R.E.M. 10) Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman 09) Vivid - Living Colour 08) Blue Bell Knoll - Cocteau Twins 07) Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars - Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians 06) Rattle and Hum - U2 05) Naked - Talking Heads 04) Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction 03) Peepshow - Siouxsie & the Banshees 02) Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine 01) Surfer Rosa - The Pixies honorable mention: Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk (really just getting into the band and not ready to rank this album) I really wanted to choose Isn't Anything for number 1 but two songs I dislike held it back. I actually created my own version of Rattle and Hum by collecting the studio tracks and adding a few B-sides from the era that had that similar American sound and style. I think it would have been a great album had they released a normal studio album instead of this sprawling mess. I suspect they were intimidated by the prospect of topping the Joshua Tree. Here's the album I came up with: Desire When Love Comes to Town Silver & Gold (studio version of course) Heartland Love Rescue Me Hawkmoon 269 Angel of Harlem Hallelujah, Here She Comes Van Dieman's Land God Pt. II A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel All I Want is You

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

Green just barely missed my top 10, too. I find a couple-three of the songs too "bubble gummy" and the other songs aren't quite great enough to completely make up for it. I totally agree with you on U2's Rattle & Hum. Had it been a single album containing only the new studio tracks it would've made my top 10 for the year.

[@179rich]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 I know what you mean about Green but I love those songs anyway and I think most of it is good to great (except "The Wrong Child" although I appreciate that one more now that I understand a bit more what it's about). I didn't want to put it so low but that's just how it worked out. .

[@179rich]

Obviously I love Naked way more than the typical Talking Heads fan. I'm crazy about that album.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

@@179rich Naked is one of those albums that I think is about half great and the other half is forgettable.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

@@179rich Naked is one of those albums that I think is about half great and the other half is forgettable.

[@OttawaNow]

1. I’m Your Man by Leonard Cohen 2. One More Story by Peter Cetera 3. Reg Strikes Back by Elton John 4. Small World by Huey Lewis and the News 5. Even Worse by “Weird Al” Yankovic

[@realCaptainSanta]

HM: Rattle & Hum ( - the live tracks its top 5) ; Buenos Noches... - DwightvYoakam; See the Light- Jeff Healy; Pinker & Prouder Than Previous- Nick Lowe 5. The Trinity Sessions - Cowboy Junkies 4. Vol. 1 - Traveling Wilburys 3. Long Cold Winter - Cinderella 2. Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche 1. Irish Heartbeat - Van Morrison

[@celticbird2398]

-The Church - Starfish -Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son -Nick Cave & Bad Seeds - Tender Prey -Siouxie and the Banshees - Peepshow -Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man AOTY: Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman 🏆

[@steveosborne3714]

Glaring omission from everyone. Unquestionably, for me, THE album of this year was Talk Talk's 'Spirit Of Eden'.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

I like Talk Talk, but this one is a littttttle dense and out there for my taste. - Joe

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

Spirit of Eden is good but it's a "for the initiated" type of album with lots of weird atmospherics. Not everybody's gonna be into it.

[@Ianmackable]

@@TastesLikeMusic One person's dense and out there is another person's spare and beautiful.

[@manalive256]

Totally agree. Genius!

[@steveosborne3714]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 Not everyone has to be into it for it to nevertheless be artistically the greatest work released that year.

[@roxannewalsh]

After that other discussion I can only hope that none of my candidates is in the RRHOF, I created the list before I became aware of that trap... Honorable Mentions - Richard Thompson - Amnesia, Ornette Coleman - Virgin Beauty, Robert Cray - Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark, Last Exit - Iron Path, Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God 5. Bad Religion - Suffer (With the longest tune just a bit over 2:30 every song is hit and run. The most melodic punk album of all times. Each tune sticks and makes its point. I trade the complete Green Day catalogue for these 25 minutes of pure power and energy.) 4. Traveling Wilburys - Vol. 1 (This might have gone fatally wrong if it had been planned and executed by the music industry - but it was not. Instead five friends forgot about their superstardom and simply showed their songwriting skills to have some fun. Good for us who can enjoy it with them. This music just makes everybody happy and sing along. Tweeter and the Monkey Man is the best Bob Dylan parody you may ever hear and only one could provide it...the man himself.) 3. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (Noise turns into art turns into rock'n'roll and when you think you know where you are at, they take another unexpected turn. They really needed the space they found here to develop their aural statements. Ugly and unsettling and very beautiful at the same time. It is considered a masterwork for good reasons.) 2. Pere Ubu - The Tenement Year (In the 70s there was a very special version of progressive rock in Germany called Krautrock - these guys are from Ohio and mix it with surf music and garage rock. An absolute unique blend but full of melodies and hooks that stay with you long after you listened.) 1. Patti Smith - Dream of Life (After her 4th album Wave in 1979 Patti chose to focus on her marriage and children with former MC5 guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith. She returned in 1988 with the energy and directness that had made Horses one of the strongest debut album in rock history. The fact that the music she played was nearly the same as a decade ago only showed how durable the stuff was. People Have the Power...and some never lose it.)

[@paulsimister944]

I always enjoy reading your selections.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

I would trade the entire Green Day catalogue for a handful of dirt. -Jason

[@Ianmackable]

I couldn't quite squeeze Ornette into my list. It's an album I still play often, along with In All Languages and Dancing In Your Head.

[@roxannewalsh]

@@Ianmackable Those two are among my Ornette favourites as well.

[@Ianmackable]

@@roxannewalsh I bought the Beauty is a Rare Thing box set but seldom pull it off the shelf. That's often the way with box sets, I find.

[@frangarcia7774]

I love all the albums below. I'm not saying I like them. I love them. I listen often to them and I consider them an important part of my life...and there are 20 albums!! I'm aware of the subjective nature of the music listening experience and the fact that because of my age, I was 16 in 1988, this is a period of time personally important for me. I was creating my own identity and these albums were playing a relevant role in this respect. But still. I doubt there are many years where I can find so many records that I really love. So, when I hear people saying that the music of the 80s was generally garbage, I have to strongly disagree. Yes, I also hate that awful mainstream 80s production... But that's far from defining the whole decade. Listen to these and tell me if I'm wrong. First class material! 1. Surfer Rosa. Pixies. 2. I'm Your Man. Leonard Cohen. 3. Green. R. E. M. 4. If I Should Fall from Grace with God. The Pogues. 5. 16 Lovers Lane. The Go-Betweens. 6. Tender Prey. Nick Cave. 7. Workers Playtime. Billy Bragg. 8. Daydream Nation. Sonic Youth. 9. Bug. Dinosaur Jr 10. Starfish. The Church. 11. Fisherman's Blues. The Waterboys 12. Nothing's Shocking. Jane's Adiction 13. The House of Love. The House of Love. 14. Blue Bell Knoll. Cocteau Twins 15. Viva Hate. Morrissey 16. Life's Too Good. The Sugar Cubes. 17. Strip Mine. James. 18. The Trinity Sessions. Cowboy Junkies. 19. Isn't Anything. My Bloody Valentine. 20. Tracy Chapman. Tracy Chapman. Honorable mentions: 1. Vivid. Living Colour. 2. Lincoln. They Might Be Giants. 3. Today. Galaxie 500. 4. Naked. Talking Heads. 5. Shooting Rubber bands at the Stars. Eddie Brickell & The New Bohemians. 6. House Tornado. Throwing Muses.

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

Hi Fran. I'm posting my '88 list late this time. Check it out if you get a chance. You have another outstanding list. I'm a Pixies fan, but don't really like their first LP that much. (Doolittle was my #2 album for '89). We both have Cohen, REM, and Pogues ranked up there. 80's music is/was fantastic. Late 80's/ early 90's an important era for me - bought many albums.

[@frangarcia7774]

@@NaughtyVampireGod Also a huge Pixies, REM, Cohen and Pogues fans. All among my favorite artists of all time. I invite you to check a Top Ten Pogues Songs list I proposed to review to another KZbin channel: Reactions to the Classics, I'm sure you will enjoy it...and coming up this month a Top Ten Pixies list. Take care

[@BanalayerPete1972]

1. Dangerous Age, Bad Company 2. New Jersey, Bon Jovi 3. Ain't Misbehavin', UFO 4. Save Yourself, MSG 5. Skyscraper, David Lee Roth

[@varsityfan2000]

My favorite albums of 1988 are: 1. The Wild Swans - “Bringing Home the Ashes” 2. Cocteau Twins - "Blue Bell Knoll" 3. R.E.M. - "Green" 4. The Go-Betweens - "16 Lovers Lane" 5. Morrissey - "Viva Hate" Honorable mention: Book of Love - "Lullaby"

[@paulh6673]

1. It Takes a Nation of Millions - Public Enemy 2. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth 3. ...And Justice For All - Metallica 4. Suffer - Bad Religion 5. South Of Heaven - Slayer Just missed, Operation: Mindcrime, Dimension Hatross, Surfer Rosa, Bug, Spirit of Eden, Leprosy, Blood Fire Death, Straight Outta Compton, Out of the Silent Planet

[@roxannewalsh]

Good to see I am not alone with my view on that Bad Religion album.

[@DJTomOke]

I watched lots of your artist album listographies before watching these and I was hoping for the same eclecticism here but you're all pretty much into Rock! That doesn't take away from how knowledgable you are across all genres, it actually makes it more impressive. Keep up the good work, I love it

[@179rich]

"Hairshirt" is such a great song thanks especially to Stipe's amazing vocal..."I am not the type of dog that could keep you waiting/ For no good reason...."

[@hughcansdale4758]

Totally agree! That one never gets mentioned, but it's my favourite on Green. As you say, great vocals and great lyrics and a lovely feel to the song overall...

[@trickygoose2]

I ranked it my number 1 REM song on this very channel.

[@hughcansdale4758]

@@trickygoose2 Great choice! I can totally see why you'd rank it at number one...

[@edreynolds5769]

5. Voice Of The Beehive - Let It Bee 4. Morrissey - Viva Hate 3. A-Ha - Stay On These Roads 2. The Lilac Time - The Lilac Time 1. Prefab Sprout - From Langley Park To Memphis

[@jamesbaxterfromax]

First great year in awhile! 1. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy 2. Surfer Rosa - Pixies 3. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth 4. Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk 5. I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen

[@georgedantz4027]

1. Erasure: The Innocents 2. The Pursuit of Happiness: Love Junk 3. Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation 4. Camper Van Beethhoven: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart 5. Soul Asylum: Hang Time

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

That Camper Van Beethoven record is pretty good. Kinda weird, but good.

[@Dkatanasoul0]

Well, before watching this video my top 5 were: 5) Traveling Wilburys - Vol. 1 4) Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll 3) Enya - Watermark 2) Pixies - Surfer Rosa 1) N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton However, based on your recommendation I've just purchased Love Junk, and have a feeling it will squeak itself onto my list!

[@RandyforRoyals]

Good pick of Lucinda Williams and k.d. lang. I have that THOP album but haven't listened to it in ages. After your placement of the album, I will have to revisit it. My picks: 1. If I Should Fall From Grace With God-The Pogues 2. Slow Turning-John Hiatt 3. Fisherman's Blues-The Waterboys 4. k.d. lang-Shadowland 5. Land of Dreams-Randy Newman 6. Irish Heartbeat-Van Morrison & The Chieftans 7. 16 Lovers Lane-The Go-Betweens 8. Lucinda Williams-Lucinda Williams 9. Green-R.E.M. 10. The Mona Lisa's Sister-Graham Parker

[@oppothumbs1]

Thumbs up for remembering Graham Parker. 1. Morrissey - Viva Hate - Good as any Smith's record (most of their records were uneven but greatest hits I and II are great) and the best by Morrissey 2. Graham Parker - Mona Lisa Sister - Graham has been so ignored in the US and this was not that good a record but it had kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXuop31ue515g68 - I'm Just Your Man and Get Started , Start a fire kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXuop31ue515g68 and a couple of pretty good ones. 3.The Church - Starfish 4. REM - Green 5. Sonic Youth 6. Dinosaur Jr. Bug (showing signs of the great band they would become) 7. Neil Young - this Notes for you 8. U2 - Rattle and Hum (I usually dislike the band and this is kind of a greatest hits and I decided to be "charitable") Considered Alice in Chains (not enough got songs), Leonard Cohen - decent album from a guy who I usually turn off, Tracy Chapman - 2 good songs. Nick Cave who i have never heard anything good by is sort of the PJ Harvey of men but with a few goods songs like PJ has done.

[@RandyforRoyals]

@@oppothumbs1 Mona Lisa's Sister did not get the greatest reviews but I think it has a lot of great songs. It was the album that I got my brother into Graham Parker. You are one of the few that have This Notes For You at a positive placement. I like some of the songs but I know it was not well received.

[@rogerbell8429]

Green was an incredible listening experience. It was my first REM album. I'd never heard anything like it before. It just hit me on a whole other level. It made me want to laugh and cry at the same time. No other album has ever had the same effect. When REM are good there's no-one better. I bought the cassette tape and I used to carry it round with me like a lucky charm. Happy days. No one mentioned 'Spirit of Eden' by TalkTalk. It's a fantastic album as well. Anyone listened to it?

[@angelocaputo4660]

Primo album DEI REM anche per me in cassetta😊 and I love Spirit of eden

[@dans3765]

1. Nothing's Shocking-Jane's Addiction (#11 on my list of My Favorite Albums of the 80s) 2. Rattle and Hum-U2 (#13) 3. Green-R.E.M. (#16) 4. If I Should Fall from Grace with God-The Pogues (#18) 5. Surfer Rosa-Pixies 6. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back-Public Enemy 7. Copperhead Road-Steve Earle 8. Daydream Nation-Sonic Youth 9. Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1-Traveling Wilburys 10. Talk Is Cheap-Keith Richards 11. Fisherman's Blues-The Waterboys 12. Straight Outta Compton-N.W.A 13. Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams 14. Vivid-Living Colour 15. The Land of Rape and Honey-Ministry 16. Chimes of Freedom-Bruce Springsteen (EP) 17. Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room-Dwight Yoakam 18. ...And Justice for All-Metallica 19. Bug-Dinosaur Jr. 20. Prison Bound-Social Distortion 21. G N' R Lies-Guns N' Roses 22. Viva Hate-Morrissey 23. Conscious Party-Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers 24. Tracy Chapman 25. Barbed Wire Kisses-The Jesus and Mary Chain Just Missed: Hang Time-Soul Asylum South of Heaven-Slayer New Jersey-Bon Jovi The Trinity Session-Cowboy Junkies Here Come the Snakes-Green on Red

[@afermata949]

5. Pixies - Surfer Rosa 4. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll 3. Rudimentary Peni - Cacophony 2. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden 1. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

[@mcpop3005]

1988: The Go-Betweens- 16 Lovers Lane The Feelies- Only Life REM- Green The Smithereens - Green Thoughts The Posies- Failure Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians- Globe of Frogs Game Theory- Two Steps from the Middle Ages The Church- Starfish Felt- Pictorial Jackson Review Razorcuts- Storyteller

[@5150-for-music]

1. Traveling Wilburys - Volume I 2. Living Colour - Vivid 3. Robert Plant - Now & Zen 4. Sade - Stronger Than Pride 5. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

[@robgiblin6555]

Completely agree with your comments about Mills and Stipe. Also thanks for introducing me to Orange Juice. I was familiar with Edwyn Collins but knew nothing of OJ. I will revisit TPOH as well, Thanks!

[@davidbeckman7925]

Just picked up an old copy of TPOH "Love Junk" on vinyl for four bucks at Record Connection in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Thanks, listography 😉👍

[@paulsimister944]

Some very good albums in 1988 but only one has crossed over to excellent. Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys 9 Big music transitions into fiddle driven folk rock but it's still driven by Mike Scott's passionate songwriting and singing. The Mona Lisa's Sister - Graham Parker 8.5 A more straightforward production and strong songwriting creates the best Parker album for a while. From Langley Park To Memphis - Prefab Sprout 8.5 A fine follow-up to Steve McQueen packed with quality tunes. It includes their one UK top 20 single. I'm baffled why their catchy tunes weren't more successful. Starfish - The Church 8 Another very good album from fhis Australian psychedelic rock band. This album was their most successful in terms of sales. Copperhead Road - Steve Earle 8 Earle steps towards the Americana, heartland rock territory of singers like John Mellencamp but he hasn't lost all his country influences. The First Of A Million Kisses - Fairground Attraction 8 A charming album of folk pop, most famous for the UK #1 single Perfect. Surfer Rosa - Pixies 8 I find it hard to appreciate noisy alternative rock but the Pixies are an exception. This album has the noise and power but is also packed with melodies. I probably should have mentioned the EP, Come On Pilgrims in 1987 but it's often packaged with this album. Green - R.E.M. 8 The first R.E.M. album I bought and still one of my top 3 or 4 favourites by the band. The vocals are clear, the tunes strong and we're starting to see the acoustic songs that will lead them to great success over the next few years. Zilch - Shack 8 The demise of The Smiths left a vacancy as the best UK indie rock band. Shack could have grabbed the title if they'd built up momentum rather than leaving long gaps between albums. Even better albums are to come from Michael Head and his band. Gladstone, Humour & Blue - Martin Stephenson 8 A very good second album by this British folk/pop/rock singer songwriter but I recommend you start with the debut, Boat To Bolivia Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk 8 Tranquil, moody, atmospheric and haunting with much more focus on textures than tunes. Traveling Wilburys Vol 1 - Traveling Wilburys 8 I'm cautious of "supergroups" but this album works very nicely. A good time was had by the players and by me listening. I hope I didn't miss anything out because I moved onto 1989 a few days early.

[@scottanthonyweidner8692]

5. Fairground Attraction - The First of a Million Kisses 4. The Smithereens - Green Thoughts 3. Enya - Watermark 2. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll 1. The Church - Starfish (Joe Jackson's Live 80/86 would be number two if live albums qualified)

[@kkww7707]

5-Pixies-Surfer Rosa 4-The Church-Starfish 3-Living Colour-Vivid 2-Jane’s Addiction-Nothing’s Shocking 1-Traveling Wilburys-Vol 1

[@christianewen3227]

I’ve been REALLY looking forward to this one 😊 Here are my picks... 1 - The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane 2 - Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking 3 - The Sugarcubes - Life’s Too Good 4 - Pixies - Surfer Rosa 5 - Dinosaur Jr - Bug

[@timknight5445]

Already loved your channel, but now recognizing TPOH all around blew me away. Love these "best album" segments. TPOH is one of my all time favorites, but LOVE JUNK is the absolute best they did. Looking forward to see if Spilt Milk by Jellyfish, another fantastic but overlooked album in my opinion, makes a later cut. Thanks for the feedback too.

[@ryankramzer1256]

Thanks man!

[@anthonybernard3689]

love junk-pursuit of happiness, roll with it-steve winwood, staring at the sun-level 42, provision-scritti politti, vivid-living colour.

[@brewer921]

1. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy 2. Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A. 3. Rattle and Hum, U2

[@pova-lr6nx]

1. Pixies - Surfer Rosa (by a landsliiiiide, nothing even comes close for me) 2. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (gets overshadowed by their masterpiece Loveless but it's a really good album in it's own right) 3. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (not a big sonic youth fan overall but its a really cool album) 4. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (really awesome sweet pop album) 5. Dinosaur Jr. - Bug (i think it's a big step down from You're Living All Over Me which is my aoty for 1987 but it's still Dino Jr. doing what they do really well)

[@ryankramzer1256]

Good shout for mbv. It's not loveless, but worth mentioning

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

When I re-listened to that Dinosaur Jr album I was enjoying it a good bit and was thinking it had a chance to make my top 10... until I got to the last track. I don't know what they were going for there but, holy cow, that "song" almost ruined the album for me.

[@pova-lr6nx]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 ah yeah, Don't... Not a song I love but it's a thrill, no?

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

@@pova-lr6nx 'Thrill' is not the word I would use. "Don't" triggered my fight-or-flight response. Heh-heh. In the future, I'll just end the album after track 8.

[@Sir_Eyeball]

(Honourable Mentions: Frank Zappa - Broadway the Hard Way) 1. Metallica - …and Justice for All 2. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peepshow 3. The Church - Starfish 4. Talking Heads - Naked 5. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

[@DCHurlford1]

Tracy Chapman's self titled debut. Brilliant songwriting, featuring classic tracks like Fast Car and Talkin' Bout A Revolution.

[@ChristopherDeSanty]

1. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (#1 by a mile) 2. King's X - Out of the Silent Planet 3. Living Colour - Vivid

[@jesuschambers]

Living Colour are very unlucky not to get in my top 5 because I love Vivid. Saw them live two years ago and they played the whole album. Other honourable mentions are: Steve Earle - Copperhead Road Morrisey - Viva Hate Prefab Sprout - From Langley Park To Memphis The Jeff Healey Band - See The Light All About Eve - All About Eve Fairground Attraction - The First Of A Million Kisses Soul Asylum - Hang Time Robert Palmer - Heavy Nova Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden Screaming Trees - Invisible Lantern The Dogs D'Amour - In The Dynamite Jet Saloon My top 5 albums for 1988 are: 5. BOC - Imaginos(I know what you are thinking....) 4. Green River - Rehab Doll 3. Dinosaur Jr. - Bug 2. Soundgarden - Ultramega Ok 1. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man(One of my top 20 albums of all time)

[@paulsimister944]

We've got some matches again. The Leonard Cohen album was a contender until I realised how much more I enjoyed the versions of the songs on the Live In London album. That's very much my go-to-album for Cohen.

[@jesuschambers]

@@paulsimister944 We should've had three more in common because: Surfer Rosa, Green and Fisherman's Blues would've been honourable mentions for me too. I am not a big fan of recorded live albums, I much prefer to see the artist live myself. Leonard Cohen is one that I regret not seeing in person. My daughter has managed to see him though at some festival in the UK a few years ago(I think it was Glastonbury)

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

1. Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction 2. Sufer Rosa - The Pixies 3. Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche 4. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden 5. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Love the diversity. - Joe

[@anabellelei8540]

The Fall/ I am Curious Oranj Camper Van Beethoven / Our beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart Peter Murphy/ Love Hysteria I'm your Man/ Lenard Cohen Cocteau Twins/ Blue Bell Knoll Billy Bragg/Workers Playtime

[@DCHurlford1]

Mike and The Mechanics "Living Years" featuring the classic single The Living Years and rockier numbers like Seeing Is Believing and Blame. Paul Carrack and Paul Young (the other one) sharing vocal duties.

[@DCHurlford1]

Gerry Rafferty's "North and South" was another great record from the year. It only made the UK Top 50 but had a wonderful, laid back celtic feel to the tracks. Like the Proclaimers, Rafferty always had great musicians.on his albums.

[@yedgim8172]

BIG 5 1. ... and Justice for All by Metallica 2. Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes 3. South of Heaven by Slayer 4. Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction 5. Hairway to Steven by Butthole Surfers And den... 6. Peepshow by Siouxsie and the Banshees 7. Operation: Mindcrime by Queensryche 8. The Serpent's Egg by Dead Can Dance 9. Starfish by The Church 10. Green by REM

[@conshea7382]

Saw the waterboys in NYC at the Beacon theatre doing their Fisherman’s blues tour in October of 89 great show the same night as the big earthquake in San Francisco

[@rafaelcruz4176]

My top 5 5. And Justice For All (Metallica) 4. Long Cold Winter (Cinderella) 3. Open Up And Say Aah ! (Poison) 2. In God We Trust (Stryper) 1. New Jersey (Bon Jovi)

[@standejong9355]

1. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman 2. Stay on these roads - Aha 3. Traveling wilbury's vol 1 4. Conscience - Womack and Womack 5. Introspective - Pet shop boys

[@anthonyfrancis2374]

Safe to say that every album ever released is represented someplace in the postings below even the Spacemen 3.

[@carncats07]

5. Tender Prey by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 4. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Public Enemy 3. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son by Iron Maiden 2. Great Truckin' Songs Of The Renaissance by TISM 1. Surfer Rosa by The Pixies

[@ste.6026]

Traveling Wilburys - Volume One U2 - Rattle & Hum Morrissey - Viva Hate Prefab Sprout - From Langley Park To Memphis Erasure - The Innocents

[@prockrog5219]

Agree with you guys on 1988. Not a spectacular year, and I'm with Joe here, leaning towards metal. After all, the best thing about the 1980s was metal \m/ IMHO. Thanks all for mentioning TPOH. Completely new to me, but I sure will be checking it out! I think I only found one 5-star album from 1988 in my collection, so my favorite of the year was quite easy. And to be honest, not sure I could give any of the rest higher than 3 1/2 stars... :( 1. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. As Joe said, their last great album, and arguably their magnum opus. 2. David Lee Roth - Skyscraper. Steve Vai and David Lee Roth were a fun combo. I just like the fun and happy vibe that this album gives me. Perfect for a roofless drive on a summer's day. 3. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden. Yet another interesting progressive pop effort from my favorite 80s band alongside a-ha and Prefab Sprout. 4. Prefab Sprout - From Langley Park To Memphis. Pure pop sensation! 5. A-ha - Stay On These Roads. An uneven effort from the Norwegian synth pop group, but the deep cuts are great - the singles suck! This Alone Is Love, Hurry Home, There's Never A Forever Thing, Out Of Blue Comes Green and even The Blood That Moves The Body are all stunning pop tunes. And honorable mentions goes to: Yngwie Malmsteen - Odyssey The Traveling Wilburys Megadeth - So Far So Good... Metallica - ...And Justice For All (Would have been in my Top 5 if it wasn't for the horrendous production) Queensrÿche - Operation Mind Crime W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children David Foster - The Symphony Sessions Testament - The New Order Toto - The Seventh One Sandra - Into A Secret Land Slayer - South of Heaven

[@TastesLikeMusic]

I do like Skyscraper. Fun record. - Joe

[@ytpdpcvn]

1. Morrissey - Viva Hate 2. Pubic Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions... 3. TISM - Great Truckin Songs of the Renaissance 4. The Primitives - Lovely 5. Pop Will Eat Itself - Box Frenzy

[@SCjuisy]

Tracy Chapman, Viva Hate, Waterboys-Fisherman`s Blues, Martin Stephenson-Gladsome Humour & Blue.

[@paulfromperth5713]

I have not heard Love Junk for many years. I did have two singles on vinyl from this album, I’m An Adult Now and She’s So Young. I’ll have to go back and have another listen. I do remember reading an interview with TPOH and was interested to read that they described the album as a mixture between AC/DC and ABBA.

[@stevefleming8742]

Hard year. It was the year of greatest hits albums at least here in England. 1.Rem green 2. Prince lovesexy 3. U2 rattle and hum 4. Talking heads naked 5. Travelling wilburys volume one. Never heard of TPOH will give it a listen Beach boys album reviews next 😉

[@davidbennetts3138]

Spirit of Eden by Talk Talk every day of the week. Forever

[@IrishFootyVlogs]

Love the diversity on this list. Likely mine is diverse again! I'll be back later..

[@DCHurlford1]

Synth pop duo Erasure's "The Innocents" was a classic imo. Think Chains of Love was a hit in the U.S. They were massive in the UK and Europe back in the 80's.

[@BazStrickland]

Boyz. I’m am very much looking forward to discovering Pursuit of Happiness. #1 will need to be The Eight Legged Groove Machine by The Wonder Stuff (don’t know if they even registered across the pond) and in no particular order House of Love - House of Love (that and the stuffies on constant repeat in all good indie discos) Rem - Green (agree my favourite by them - Hairshirt as I was being a miserable bastard or was it the girl I was dating... NWA - Straight out of Compton cause it’s such an important record So I guess that leave Poh.... It’s a been a week boyz and the ping announcing this video made me smile ...... thank you boyz Immediate takeaway Poh and The stuffies are cut from the same cloth.... would have slotted right into my record collection... and will now

[@TheAcidzooq]

Talk Is Cheap - Keith Richards Lincoln - They Might Be Giants Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth Nothing’s Shocking - Jane’s Addiction 1.Introspective - Pet Shop Boys hm: Vol. 1 - The Traveling Wilburys, Viva Hate - Morrisey, Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk, Green - REM, Tighten Up Vol. 88 - Big Audio Dynamite, Hairway to Steven - Butthole Surfers, Today - Galaxie 500, Bug - Dinosaur Jr.

[@joedec]

1. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 2. Metallica - ...And Justice For All 3. Danzig - Danzig 4. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 5. The Pixies - Surfer Rosa 6. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton 7. Slayer - South of Heaven 8. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking 9. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything 10. Living Colour - Vivid

[@DCHurlford1]

The "Rain Man" soundtrack was a brilliant mix of artists, like Ian Gillan & Roger Glover's Lonely Avenue and Bananaramas's (popular 80's girl band) Nathan Jones. Hans Zimmer's theme music was really atmospheric.

[@jefferysteen1041]

Operation Mindcrime is the greatest concept album of all time!IMHO*

[@anthonymoreno5748]

From France 1 viva hate, morrissey 2 the house of love 3 from langley park to memphis , prefab sprout 4 now that's what i call quite good, the housemartins 5 fisherman's blues , waterboys

[@179rich]

Checked out Love Junk. It's pretty good. Catchy songs, crunchy power chords and effective background female vocals. Kinda mainstream, kinda quirky too. I like it.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

It's very good. Listening to all these quality albums people listed makes me realize 1988 was a pretty deep year.

[@ZaragonTrimaximalist]

1. All About Eve ‎- All About Eve 2. Mylene Farmer ‎- Ainsi Soit Je... 3. Iconoclasta ‎- Adolescencia Cronica 4. Fred Frith ‎- "The Technology Of Tears" and Other Music for Dance and Theatre 5. The Style Council ‎- Confessions of a Pop Group Directory of 230+ albums from 1988 (semi-annotated): rateyourmusic.com/list/Zaragon/1988-a-few-titles-left-to-rate/

[@toddhill7483]

Great stuff! Didn't expect to see the amazing Fred Frith here. Also love Gravity.

[@benderrodriguez5934]

My Top 5: 1. IRON MAIDEN - Seventh Son 2. A-HA - Stay On These Roads 3. TRAVELING WILBURYS - Traveling Wilburys 4. R.E.M. - Green 5. ENYA - Watermark Greetings from Canary Islands

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Yay for your number 1. - Joe

[@Ianmackable]

It was a fantastic year for hip-hop, so strong that N.W.A. doesn't even make my top ten. Leonard Cohen made one of the all-time comebacks. Two of my favourite bands (Go-Betweens and Pet Shop Boys) released arguably their best albums; another two, R.E.M., continued their winning streak. African music started being available in greater profusion. But it was all topped by a timeless masterpiece. 1. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden 2. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man 3. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 4. Lucinda Williams - Eponymous 5. EPMD - Strictly Business 6. Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane 7. Eric B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader 8. Pet Shop Boys - Introspective 9. The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Volume Two: Thunder Before Dawn 10. R.E.M. - Green Hurray for the TPOH pick! Moe Berg is from my home town. I used to sell Rundgren records to him when he shopped at the record store where I worked.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

That is awesome. - Joe

[@Ianmackable]

@@TastesLikeMusic Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, baby! Five Stanley Cups and Moe Berg. We were rocking.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

I like the songs on that Leonard Cohen album but there's something about the '80s production that's off-putting to me. That said, it just barely missed my top 10.

[@Ianmackable]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 It is a cheesy production style but I think that was a deliberate choice. In combination with Cohen's delivery it makes for a surreal contrast that, in my opinion, is greater than the sum of its parts. Also, the album cover is one of the coolest ever.

[@179rich]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 I agree not crazy about the sound on that album, but LC is reliably great.

[@Liam123-r8o]

12:20 r.e.m. WITHOUT Michael stipe ?????😳😳😳🤯🤯🤯 this is insane. His voice, his attitude, his vocal melodies, his lyrics, his songwriting.

[@BNEVideo-retro]

Just playing Pursuit Of Happiness record for the first time, I actually remember some of these songs but oh boy , is this better than I hoped it would be. This album is brilliant not sure it will be top 5 already but it’s going up there.

[@DCHurlford1]

The Travelling Wilbury's "Volume One". A glorious supergroup if ever there was one. The band just oozed chemistry. Handle With Care was a great single and Dylan's "Tweeter and The Monkey Man" was superb.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

🏆 Daydream Nation -Sonic Youth (the kings of noise-rock at the height of their powers... SY turned dissonance into a high art form) RUNNER-UPS: ▪︎Nothing's Shocking -Jane's Addiction (came within a whisker of winning... a couple songs on this album still give me goosebumps) ▪︎Blue Bell Knoll -Cocteau Twins (defining album for dream pop) ▪︎Isn't Anything -My Bloody Valentine (the birth of shoegaze... I was late to the party on this album, not discovering it until after Loveless came out in 1991) ▪︎And Justice For All -Metallica (killer riffs all over this album... Metallica's 3rd and final appearance in my top 5) JUST MISSED THE CUT: ▪︎The Tenement Year -Pere Ubu ▪︎Surfer Rosa -Pixies ▪︎Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart -Camper Van Beethoven ▪︎Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 -Traveling Wilburys ▪︎Lucinda Williams -Lucinda Williams ▪︎Tender Prey -Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds ▪︎Here Come the Snakes -Green on Red ▪︎Masters of Reality -Masters of Reality ▪︎Shooting Rubber Bands at the Stars -Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians ▪︎16 Lovers Lane -The Go-Betweens ▪︎Back to the Front -Bob Neuwirth LIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR: ▪︎Rank -The Smiths Stronger year than I was thinking it would be going in.

[@179rich]

Of course, the problem with that Metallica album is the lack of bass. There's a version of the album on youtube called "And Justice for Jason" with bass and it kicks ass.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

@@179rich I'm a guitar player so maybe I don't miss the bass much as I should. lol ... but, yeah, I'll check it out.

[@blakeplaster7139]

5 Amazing Albums not included: 1. Jane’s Addiction: Nothing Shocking 2. Steve Winwood: Roll with it 3. Robert Plant: Now and Zen 4. Van Halen OU812 5. Tracy Chapman

[@cpmcguire]

1. Never Die Young - James Taylor 2. Tracy Chapman 3. Viva Hate - Morrissey 4. Green - R.E.M. 5. Starfish - The Church

[@jameshunter7303]

1988 was the year pop or chart music fell off a cliff. It’s never really recovered on both sides of the pond. You could find some good alternative stuff, and some of that alternative stuff would break into the charts (mainly the album charts), but the days of finding pop gems in the top 40 were over

[@Ianmackable]

I respectfully disagree. Especially in the UK, plenty of cool stuff was still to be found on the charts. The Pogues were having hits. Neneh Cherry's Buffalo Stance, one of my all-time faves, is right around the corner. KLF had an amazing run. Madonna was peaking. Prince was still happening. Soul II Soul, The Beautiful South, Fleetwood Mac's Tango in the Night singles...I could go on. Mind you, there was a LOT of crap...

[@179rich]

I find these kinds of sweeping proclamations annoying.

[@mjbachman3027]

Surprised no one has mentioned Wire - A Bell Is A Cup, Until It is Srruck, and Throwing Muses - House Tornado.