List of UK top-ten albums in 1988 explained

The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom.^{[1] [2] [3]} Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1988, as well as albums which peaked in 1987 and 1989 but were in the top 10 in 1988. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

The first new number-one album of the year was Popped In Souled Out by Wet Wet Wet. Overall, eighteen different albums peaked at number-one in 1988.

Top-ten albums

Key

Symbol	Meaning
bgcolor=lightblue	‡	Album peaked in 1987 but still in chart in 1988.
♦	Album released in 1988 but peaked in 1989.
Entered	The date that the album first appeared in the chart.
Peak	Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.

Entered (week ending)	data-sort-type="number"	Weeks in top 10	Single	Artist	data-sort-type="number"	Peak	Peak reached (week ending)	data-sort-type="number"	Weeks at peak
Albums in 1987
	7	Give Me the Reason	Luther Vandross	3		2
	13	Raindancing ‡	Alison Moyet	2		2
	38	Tango in the Night ‡	Fleetwood Mac	1		5
	23	Whitney ‡	Whitney Houston	1		6
	23	Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby ‡	Terence Trent D'Arby	1		9
	5	Hearsay	Alexander O'Neal	4		1
	38	Bad ‡	Michael Jackson	1		5
	15	Actually ‡	Pet Shop Boys	2		1
	31	Popped In Souled Out	Wet Wet Wet	1		1
	4	Tunnel of Love ‡	Bruce Springsteen	1		1
	13	The Christians ‡	The Christians	2		2
	18	Bridge of Spies ‡	T'Pau	1		1
	9	The Singles ‡	The Pretenders	6		1
	8	Faith ‡	George Michael	1		1
	9	All the Best! ‡	Paul McCartney	2		2
	15	Whenever You Need Somebody ‡	Rick Astley	1		1
	7	Now That’s What I Call Music! 10 ‡	Various artists	1		6
	6	Hits 7 ‡		2		2
Albums in 1988
	12	Turn Back the Clock	Johnny Hates Jazz	1		1
	9	Heaven on Earth	Belinda Carlisle	4		1
	4	Jack Mix '88: The Best of Mirage	Mirage	7		1
	1	Life in the Fast Lane	Various artists	10		1
	2	If I Should Fall from Grace with God	The Pogues	3		1
	5	Come into My Life	Joyce Sims	5		1
	8	Kick	INXS	9		5
	2	Blow Up Your Video	AC/DC	2		1
	2	Tiffany	Tiffany	5		1
	1	All About Eve	All About Eve	7		1
	1	Children	The Mission	2		1
	9	The Best of OMD	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	2		3
	3	Unforgettable – 18 Classic Songs of Love	Various artists	5		1
	1	Now and Zen	Robert Plant	10		1
	2	Tear Down These Walls	Billy Ocean	3		1
	1	Who's Better, Who's Best	The Who	10		1
	2	Viva Hate	Morrissey	1		1
	2	Naked	Talking Heads	3		1
	1	From Langley Park to Memphis	Prefab Sprout	5		1
	7	Now That’s What I Call Music! 11	Various artists	1		3
	1	The Story of the Clash, Volume 1	The Clash	7		1
	2	Tina Live in Europe	Tina Turner	8		1
	16	Push	Bros	2		3
	1	Wings of Heaven	Magnum	5		1
	1	Lovely	The Primitives	6		1
	1	Distant Thunder	Aswad	10		1
	19	Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture	Various artists	4		1
	4	Hip Hop and Rapping in the House		5		1
	2	Seventh Son of a Seventh Son	Iron Maiden	1		1
	11	The Innocents	Erasure	1		2
	1	Barbed Wire Kisses	The Jesus and Mary Chain	9		1
	2	Stay on These Roads	A-ha	2		1
	7	Stronger Than Pride	Sade	3		2
	6	More Dirty Dancing: More Original Music from the Hit Motion Picture	Various artists	3		1
	2	Lovesexy	Prince	1		1
	1	Now That's What I Call Quite Good	The Housemartins	8		1
	7	Nite Flite	Various artists	1		4
	10	The First of a Million Kisses	Fairground Attraction	2		3
	4	Motown Dance Party	Various artists	3		1
	1	Love	Aztec Camera	10		1
	1	People	Hothouse Flowers	2		1
	1	Provision	Scritti Politti	8		1
	16	Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	1		3
	10		Billy Idol	2		1
	3	Roll with It	Steve Winwood	4		2
	3	The Collection	Barry White	5		1
	2	Jack Mix in Full Effect	Mirage	7		1
	29	Kylie	Kylie Minogue	1		6
	9	Now That’s What I Call Music! 12	Various artists	1		5
	1	Substance	Joy Division	7		1
	5	Hits 8	Various artists	2		2
	1	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back	Public Enemy	8		1
	5	The Greatest Ever Rock 'N' Roll Mix	Various artists	8		1
	4	The Best of Eagles	Eagles	8		3
	6	Hot City Nights	Various artists	1		1
	2	So Good	Mica Paris	6		1
	6	Rap Trax	Various artists	3		2
	1	Rank	The Smiths	2		1
	1	...And Justice for All	Metallica	4		1
	2	Sunshine on Leith	The Proclaimers	6		1
	2	Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Various artists	6		1
	5	Conscience	Womack & Womack	4		1
	3	New Jersey	Bon Jovi	1		2
	3	Staring at the Sun	Level 42	2		2
	3	Revolutions	Jean-Michel Jarre	2		1
	1	Peace in Our Time	Big Country	9		1
	2	Flying Colours	Chris de Burgh	1		1
	1	Pop Art	Transvision Vamp	4		1
	2	Ones on 1	Various artists	10		2
	4	Rattle and Hum	U2	1		1
	5	Introspective	Pet Shop Boys	2		1
	2	To Whom It May Concern	The Pasadenas	3		1
	12	The Greatest Hits Collection ♦	Bananarama	3		1
	13	Money for Nothing	Dire Straits	1		3
	2	Any Love	Luther Vandross	3		1
	4	New Light Through Old Windows	Chris Rea	5		1
	1	Giving You the Best That I Got	Anita Baker	9		1
	11	Watermark	Enya	5		1
	2	Rage	T'Pau	4		1
	4	Smash Hits Party '88	Various artists	6		1
	3	Greatest Hits	The Human League	3		1
	4	Soft Metal	Various artists	7		1
	2	The Memphis Sessions	Wet Wet Wet	3		1
	9		Cliff Richard	1		2
	7	The Ultimate Collection	Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music	6		2
	4	Wanted	Yazz	3		1
	6		Andrew Lloyd Webber	3		1
	6	Now That’s What I Call Music! 13	Various artists	1		4
	11	Greatest Hits	Fleetwood Mac	3		3
	1	Get Even	Brother Beyond	9		1
	2	Hold Me in Your Arms	Rick Astley	8		1
	4	The Hits Album 9 ♦	Various artists	5		1
	9	The Legendary Roy Orbison ♦	Roy Orbison	1		3

See also

• 1988 in British music
• List of number-one albums from the 1980s (UK)

References

General

• Web site: Six decades of singles charts . The Official Charts Company . 23 April 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110303221018/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart-singles/ . 3 March 2011 .

Specific

External links

• 1988 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. 28 December 2014.
2. Book: Roberts, David. Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). 2005. 1-904994-00-8. 14. Guinness World Records Limited.
3. Web site: New singles formats to save the charts. BBC News. 16 October 2003 . 21 February 2010.