60 Albums 1988

Some great albums but overall not a great year. Actually this list has changed over the years as do most of these favorite lists. There were some bands I missed during the year and immediately afterward but picked up on later. Two high on this list that come to mind are the Go-Betweens and Galaxie 500 which I didn't hear until several years later but have gone on to be two of my all time favorite albums.

1. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
2. The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
3. John Hiatt - Slow Turning
4. R.E.M. - Green
5. Galaxie 500 - Today
6. The Smithereens - Green Thoughts
7. Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
8. The Church - Starfish
9. Gipsy Kings - Gipsy Kings
10. Nanci Griffith - One Fair Summer Evening
11. Robyn Hitchcock - Globe of Frogs
12. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
13. Patti Smith - Dream of Life
14. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
15. Crowded House - Temple of Low Men
16. Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
17. Talking Heads - Naked
18. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
19. Richard Thompson - Amnesia
20. Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
21. Enya - Watermark
22. Siouxsie and The Banshees - Peepshow
23. Sam Phillips - The Incredible Wow
24. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
25. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
26. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
27. Joan Armatrading - The Shouting Stage
28. The Fall - The Frenz Experiment
29. Rodney Crowell - Diamonds & Dirt
30. Let's Active - Every Dog Has His Day
31. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
32. Lyle Lovett - Pontiac
33. Fishbone - Truth and Soul
34. The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good
35. Little Feat - Let It Roll
36. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
37. The Plimsouls - One Night In America
38. Bob Dylan - Down In The Groove
39. k.d. Lang - Shadowland
40. Bongwater - Double Bummer
41. U2 - Rattle and Hum
42. Semi-Twang- Salty Tears
43. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
44. The O'Kanes - Tired of the Running
45. Joe Ely - Dig All Night
46. Los Lobos - La Pistola y El Corazon
47. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Fair and Square
48. K.T. Oslin - This Woman
49. James - Strip-mine
50. Foster & Lloyd - Faster & Llouder
51. Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Conscious Party
52. Happy Mondays - Bummed
53. Joni Mitchell - Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm
54. The Bevis Frond - Triptych
55. That Petro Emotion - End of the Millennium Psychosis Blues
56. The Wonder Stuff - The Eight Legged Groove Machine
57. Bootsy Collins - What's Bootsy Doin'?
58. Living Colour - Vivid
59. Take 6 - Take 6
60. Beat Happening - Jamboree