1988

Prefab Sprout - Langley Park
Microdisney - 39 Minutes
REM - Green

Those also not mentioned. Sure I'm missing some stuff. Favourite overall, of all the splenid alberms from this yer, probably Spirit of Eden.

"splendid"

how good is Operation Mindcrime? One of my good friends from my last job is all about Queensryche, and he told me that that album was a classic-and-a-half...

Actually, there was a lot of good albums this year...

Although released in August 1987, it took until 1988 for it to define nearly every Hip-Hop album (1987 used it mostly on singles, and wasn't nationwide yet)
http://www.samplist.com/sp1200_f.GIF
Before this, Rap music was directed more by studio enginners and executive producers. This was the moment Hip-Hop moved to bedrooms for pre-production.

Then Play Long reaches the world of New Jersey via Bon Jovi, but not before noticing that there's a ton of rock (1n 1988) elsewhere: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/bon-jovi-new-jersey.html

― agincourtgirl, zaterdag 23 mei 2015 15:49

I somehow was able to hear different versions of "Fairytale of New York" multiple times over the past couple weeks without getting too sick of 'em, so I went back to the album for the first time in about 25 years. As usual at Rancho Bulboso, things escalated from there.

https://fastnbulbous.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/lucky-88.jpg

https://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-88/