List of top 25 albums for 1988 in Australia

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These are the top 50 albums of 1988 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Albums Chart. [1] These were the first End of Year album charts created by ARIA, it had started producing its own charts from mid-1988. [2] ARIA had previously used the Kent Music Report, known from 1987 onwards as the Australian Music Report. [3]

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedweeks at No. 1
1. Kick INXS 11 [nb 1]
2. Dirty Dancing Motion Picture Soundtrack18 [nb 2]
3. Freight Train Heart Jimmy Barnes 15 [nb 3]
4. Whenever You Need Somebody Rick Astley 11 [nb 4]
5. The Lonesome Jubilee John Cougar Mellencamp 2
6. Man of Colours Icehouse 111 [nb 5]
7. Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman 3
8. Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby Terence Trent D'Arby 15
9. Push Bros 4
10. Whispering Jack John Farnham 125 [nb 6]
11. Faith George Michael 3
12. Tour of Duty TV Soundtrack3
13. Age of Reason John Farnham 19 [nb 7]
14. Temple of Low Men Crowded House 12 [nb 8]
15. Good Morning, Vietnam Motion Picture Soundtrack2
16. Open Up and Say... Ahh! Poison 2
17. Kylie Kylie Minogue 2
18. A Momentary Lapse of Reason Pink Floyd 2
19. Bonk Big Pig 5
20. Lap of Luxury Cheap Trick 6
21. Big Bad Noise The Choirboys 11
22. Wow! Bananarama 11 [12]
23. Heavy Nova Robert Palmer 2
24. Cloud Nine George Harrison 4
25. Wired World of Sports The Twelfth Man 13 [nb 9]
26. Noiseworks Noiseworks 2
27. Diesel and Dust Midnight Oil 16
28. Tiffany Tiffany 6
29. Hit Pix '88 Various Artists13
30. '88 Kix On Various Artists14
31. Tales of the City Rockmelons 14
32. Live Line The Angels 2
33. Monsoon Little River Band 9
34. Richard Marx Richard Marx 7
35. You've Always Got the Blues Kate Ceberano and Wendy Matthews 7
36. Tango in the Night Fleetwood Mac 5
37. Tour of Duty II TV Soundtrack5
38. Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses 7
39. Union Toni Childs 8
40. 88 the Winners Various Artists14
41. Chantoozies Chantoozies 8
42. Blow Up Your Video AC/DC 2
43. Bad Michael Jackson 2
44.Pump It Up '88Various Artists37
45. ...Nothing Like the Sun Sting 3
46. OU812 Van Halen 9
47.Boomerang Cafe John Williamson 10
48. Unchain My Heart Joe Cocker 24
49. Vital Idol Billy Idol 12
50.1988 What's HotVarious Artists2

Peak chart positions from 1987 and early 1988 were calculated by David Kent for the Kent Music Report. [3] Late 1988 peak chart positions are from the ARIA Charts. [2] Overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 50 albums for each week during 1988.

Notes

  1. ↑ Kick had entered the Kent Music Report in October 1987 and peaked at #1. [3] It was at #27 in August 1988 then returned to #2 by November on the ARIA chart and was still in the Top 50 for nine weeks in 1989. [4]
  2. ↑ Dirty Dancing had entered the Kent Music Report in August 1987 and peaked at #1 for eight weeks from February to April 1988. [3] It was at #12 in June 1988 on the ARIA chart and still in the Top 50 for eight weeks in 1989. [5]
  3. ↑ Freight Train Heart had entered the Kent Music Report in late 1987 and peaked at #1 for five weeks in December / January. [3] It was at #20 in June 1988 on the ARIA chart and left the Top 50 by end of December. [6]
  4. ↑ Whenever You Need Somebody had entered the Kent Music Report in early 1988 and peaked at #1 for one week in April. [3] It was at #14 in July 1988 on the ARIA chart and left the Top 50 by end of September. [7]
  5. ↑ Man of Colours had entered the Kent Music Report in September 1987 and peaked at #1 for eleven weeks from October to December. [3] It was at #21 in June 1988 on the ARIA chart and left the Top 50 by end of August. [8]
  6. ↑ Whispering Jack had entered the Kent Music Report in January 1986 and peaked at #1 for a total of 25 weeks during 1986 and 1987. [3] It was at #9 in August 1988 on the ARIA chart and was still in the Top 50 for two weeks in 1989. It returned to the Top 50 for one week in 2006. [9]
  7. ↑ Age of Reason debuted at #1 in August 1988 on the ARIA chart and was still in the Top 50 for 14 weeks in 1989. [10]
  8. ↑ Temple of Low Men peaked at #1 in July 1988 on the ARIA chart for one week and was still in the Top 50 for four weeks in 1989. [11]
  9. ↑ Wired World of Sports peaked at #1 in January / February 1988 on the Kent Music Report for three weeks and did not appear on the ARIA Top 50. [13]

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  5. "Soundtrack - Dirty Dancing". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  6. "Jimmy Barnes - Freight Train Heart". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
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