Album of The Year - Endgame

I don't listen to a lot of the bands that had big albums this year....

1988

  1. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
  2. Beat Happening - Jamboree
  3. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
  4. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
  5. Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
  6. Galaxie 500 - Today
  7. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
  8. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
  9. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
  10. Steve Roach - Dreamtime Return
 
I was on the verge of getting into music this year, and there are some amazing releases in it

1. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From The Grace of God
2. Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
3. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
4. REM - Green
5. Jane's Addiction - Nothing Shocking
6. Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America
7. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
8. Ketama, Toumani Diabate, Danny Thompson - Songhai
9. Wonder Stuff - Eight Legged Groove Machine
10. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions...
 
  1. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
  2. Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
  3. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
  4. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
  5. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
  6. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peepshow
  7. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
  8. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
  9. Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg
  10. Steve Roach - Dreamtime Return
 
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Looking at the lists so far, it looks like there's some big holes in what I've listened to this year (especially Talking Heads). Even so, lots of good stuff I have listened to, so let's go!

1. Bad Religion - Suffer
2. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
3. Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
4. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
5. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
6. R.E.M. - Green - Co-First album of theirs I purchase on vinyl. Found it and Document in my local. No hesitation on scooping them up!
7. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
8. Living Colour - Vivid
9. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
10. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything. When writing this, I remembered I never listened to MBV, and sadly discovered it's not on Spotify...

Honorable Mentions:
Joy Division - Substance. I don't include compilations on the list proper, but I still enjoy the rarities and songs from several EPs all in one place.
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Social Distortion - Prison Bound
Megadeth - So Far, So Good, So What!
Soul Asylum - Hang Time
 
Top 10 1988
  1. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
  2. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
  3. Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking
  4. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
  5. Leonard Cohen - I’m Your Man
  6. Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
  7. Mr Fingers - Amnesia
  8. Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
  9. Tracy Chapman - S/T
  10. Beat Happening - Jamboree

HMs:
Lucinda Williams - S/T
The Church - Starfish
Erasure - The Innocents
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane
Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
Fingers Inc. - Another Side
 
Ok, let's make a list that will have zero impact in the final list:

1. Y Kant Tori Read - Y Kant Tori Read
2. The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good
3. Kylie Minogue - Kylie (ok, this album is not really good but LOCOMOTION!!!!!)
4. Til Tuesday - Everything's Different Now
5. Diamanda Galás - You Must Be Certain Of The Devil
6. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
7. Joni Mitchell - Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm
8. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
9. Roxette - Look Sharp
10. Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
 
1. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions...
2. Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
3. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
4. Death - Leprosy
5. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
6. Current 93 - Earth Covers Earth
7. Sade - Stronger Than Pride
8. EPMD - Strictly Business
9. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
10. Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime

I've never really cared much for Pixies ( :eek: )
 
My top 10 albums of 1988 (a great year for classic hip-hop):
  1. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
  2. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
  3. Tracy Chapman - S/T
  4. Sade - Stronger Than Pride
  5. Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader
  6. Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got
  7. Bobby Brown - Don’t Be Cruel
  8. Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
  9. Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It
  10. Prince - Lovesexy
...and here‘s a Spotify playlist of Billboard’s top 100 singles from that year (never mind that the top 8, and then some, are from albums released in ‘87).
 
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1. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
2. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
3. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
4. Al B Sure! - In Effect Mode
5. EPMD - Strictly Business
6. Ultramagnetic MC’s - Critical Beatdown
7. Guy - Guy
8. Prince - Lovesexy
9. Sade - Love is Stronger Than Pride
10. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick
 
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This is a hard year to rank...had a difficult time finding 10 albums to put on my list. Pretty strong year for metal from what I can see on others' lists, even if it is not a genre that I find solace in as well as others. Outside of the well known mammoths of the era (Slayer, Metallica, Death, etc.), I will admit I am somewhat clueless in my knowledge of metal. Going to try more of these bands out in the coming days.

After much deliberation:
  1. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
  2. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
  3. Galaxie 500 - Today
  4. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
  5. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
  6. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
  7. Steve Roach - Dreamtime Return
  8. Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg
  9. Death - Leprosy
  10. The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good
Thank you for leading this fun thread, @Woob_woob!
 
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