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1988

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forty-seven albums

Johnny Adams - A Room with a View of the Blues

American Music Club - California

A. R. Kane - 69

Bad Religion - Suffer

Beat Happening - Jamboree

Camper Van Beethoven - Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey

Tracy Chapman

Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man

The Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session

Rodney Crowell - Diamonds and Dirt

Death - Leprosy

Dinosaur Jr. - Bug

Enya - Watermark

Front 242 - Front by Front

Diamanda Galás - You Must Be Certain of the Devil

Galaxie 500 - Today

The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane

Guy

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Manowar - Kings of Metal

Metallica - ...And Justice for All

Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey

Morrissey - Viva Hate

My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything

Naked Raygun - Jettison

The Pixies - Surfer Rosa

The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God

Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

Rage - Perfect Man

R. E. M. - Green

Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shocked

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peepshow

Slayer - South of Heaven

Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

Souled American - Fe

The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good

Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow when I Can't Even Smile Today

Talking Heads - Naked

Testament - The New Order

They Might Be Giants - Lincoln

Voivod - Dimension Hatröss

The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues

Lucinda Williams

Dwight Yoakam - Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room


twenty-eight songs

The Bangles - 'Eternal Flame', Everything

Boy Meets Girl - 'Waiting for a Star to Fall', Reel Life

Bobby Brown - 'My Prerogative', Don't Be Cruel

The Cardiacs - 'Is This the Life?', A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window

Neneh Cherry - 'Buffalo Stance', Raw like Sushi [1989]

The Church - 'Under the Milky Way', Starfish

Danzig - 'Mother', Danzig; new version, Thrall-Demonsweatlive [1993]

Deacon Blue - 'Real Gone Kid', When the World Knows Your Name

Erasure - 'A Little Respect', The Innocents

E. U. - 'Da Butt', [Various artists] School Daze: Original Soundtrack Album

Fine Young Cannibals - 'She Drives Me Crazy', The Raw & the Cooked [1989]

Guns n' Roses - 'Patience', G n' R Lies

The La's - There She Goes', The La's [1990]

Living Colour - 'Cult of Personality', Vivid

Bobby McFerrin - 'Don't Worry, Be Happy', Simple Pleasures

Bette Midler - 'Wind beneath My Wings', Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording

Randy Newman - 'It's Money That Matters', Land of Dreams

Billy Ocean - 'Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car', Tear Down These Walls

Operation Ivy - Hectic [E. P.]

The Pet Shop Boys - 'Left to My Own Devices', Introspective

The Pooh Sticks - 'On Tape'

The Pooh Sticks - The Pooh Sticks [E. P.—box-set version with five one-sided 45s]

Prince - 'Alphabet St.', Lovesexy

The Proclaimers - 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)', Sunshine on Leith

Psychic T. V. - 'Tune In (Turn On the Acid House)'

Snapper - Snapper [E. P.]

The Stone Roses - 'Elephant Stone'

Neil Young - 'This Note's for You', This Note's for You


seven archival and compilation albums

The Beatles - Past Masters Volume One

The Beatles - Past Masters Volume Two

Martha Carson's Greatest Gospel Hits

Jerry Lee Lewis - Up through the Years, 1958-1963

The Pastels - Suck On

The Wedding Present - Tommy (1985-1987)

Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Vol. 1