Editing 1988 in music (section)

===July–September===
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! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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| rowspan="17" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />U<br />L<br />Y'''
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[Kylie (album)|Kylie]]'' || [[Kylie Minogue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wide Awake in Dreamland]]'' || [[Pat Benatar]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[South of Heaven]]'' || [[Slayer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Temple of Low Men]]'' || [[Crowded House]] ||-
|- 
| ''[[Long Cold Winter]]'' || [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[Substance (Joy Division album)|Substance]]'' || [[Joy Division]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[UB40 (album)|UB40]]'' || [[UB40]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wild Wild West (album)|Wild Wild West]]'' || [[The Escape Club]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|12
| ''[[Brian Wilson (album)|Brian Wilson]]'' || [[Brian Wilson]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''Now That's What I Call Music 12'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|25
| ''[[View from the House]]'' || [[Kim Carnes]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|28
| ''[[Reek of Putrefaction]]'' || [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[Imaginos]]'' || [[Blue Öyster Cult]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Best of Thompson Twins: Greatest Mixes]]'' || [[Thompson Twins]] || Remixes
|-
| ''[[Cocktail (1988 film)|Cocktail]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[The Indescribable Wow]]'' || [[Sam Phillips (singer)|Sam Phillips]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Train Above the City]]'' || [[Felt (band)|Felt]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="40" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" valign="center" align="center" | '''A<br />U<br />G<br />U<br />S<br />T'''
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Winger (album)|Winger]]'' || [[Winger (band)|Winger]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Chimes of Freedom (EP)|Chimes of Freedom]]'' || [[Bruce Springsteen]] || Live EP
|-
| ''[[Punishment for Decadence]]'' || [[Coroner (band)|Coroner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Red Rose for Gregory]]'' || [[Gregory Isaacs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[So Good (Mica Paris album)|So Good]]'' || [[Mica Paris]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[Back to Avalon]]'' || [[Kenny Loggins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room]]'' || [[Dwight Yoakam]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits Live (Carly Simon album)|Greatest Hits Live]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Let It Roll (Little Feat album)|Let It Roll]]'' || [[Little Feat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Rumour (album)|The Rumour]]'' || [[Olivia Newton-John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Salt with a Deadly Pepa]]'' || [[Salt-n-Pepa]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth]]'' || [[Rich Mullins]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[Follow the Leader (Eric B. & Rakim album)|Follow the Leader]]'' || [[Eric B & Rakim]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[Simple Pleasures (Bobby McFerrin album)|Simple Pleasures]]'' || [[Bobby McFerrin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|8
| ''[[Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (album)|Don't Be Afraid of the Dark]]'' || [[Robert Cray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dragon's Kiss]]'' || [[Marty Friedman (guitarist)|Marty Friedman]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[What Good Is Grief to a God?]]'' || [[D.I. (band)|D.I.]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|9
| ''[[Out of This World (Europe album)|Out Of This World]]'' || [[Europe (band)|Europe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It Takes Two (album)|It Takes Two]]'' || [[Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |12
| ''[[Hangin' Tough]]'' || [[New Kids on the Block]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Leprosy (album)|Leprosy]]'' || [[Death (metal band)|Death]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" |15
| style="vertical-align:top;" |''[[Dangerous Age]]'' || [[Bad Company]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Homesick Heroes]]'' || [[Charlie Daniels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Short Sharp Shocked]]'' || [[Michelle Shocked]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soul Searchin' (Glenn Frey album)|Soul Searchin']]'' || [[Glenn Frey]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" |23
|''[[Nothing's Shocking]]'' || [[Jane's Addiction]] ||-
|-
|''[[Two Nuns and a Pack Mule]]'' || [[Rapeman]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|24
| ''[[Young Man Running]]'' || [[Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Interior Design (album)|Interior Design]]'' || [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|29
| ''[[Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2]]'' || [[Helloween]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time]]'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| ''[[Chameleon Days]]'' || [[Yanni]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Danzig (album)|Danzig]]'' || [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Other Roads]]'' || [[Boz Scaggs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slow Turning]]'' || [[John Hiatt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vixen (Vixen album)|Vixen]]'' || [[Vixen (band)|Vixen]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[16 Lovers Lane]]'' || [[The Go-Betweens]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Interior Design (album)|Interior Design]]'' || [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Viva Santana!]]'' || [[Santana (band)|Santana]] || Compilation with unreleased tracks
|-
| ''[[Tucker (soundtrack)|Tucker]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="41" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" valign="center" align="center" |'''S<br />E<br />P<br />T<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"  | 1
|  |''[[Cold Lake (album)|Cold Lake]]'' || [[Celtic Frost]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I 2 (EYE)]]'' || [[Michael W. Smith]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" |5
| ''[[Rank (album)|Rank]]'' || [[The Smiths]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Peepshow (album)|Peepshow]]'' || [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" |6
| ''[[...And Justice for All (album)|...And Justice for All]]'' || [[Metallica]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" |8
| ''[[Suffer (album)|Suffer]]'' || [[Bad Religion]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" |12
| ''[[Spirit of Eden]]'' || [[Talk Talk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ancient Heart]]'' || [[Tanita Tikaram]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sunshine on Leith (album)|Sunshine on Leith]]'' || [[The Proclaimers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[VIVIsectVI]]'' || [[Skinny Puppy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" |13
| ''[[Eazy-Duz-It]]'' || [[Eazy-E]] ||-
|-
| ''[[How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today]]'' || [[Suicidal Tendencies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Power (Ice-T album)|Power]]'' || [[Ice-T]] ||-
|-
| ''[[See the Light (The Jeff Healey Band album)|See the Light]]'' || [[Jeff Healey|Jeff Healey Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Them (King Diamond album)|Them]]'' || [[King Diamond]] ||US
|-
| ''[[Truth and Soul]]'' || [[Fishbone]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" |16
| ''[[From Enslavement to Obliteration]]'' || [[Napalm Death]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" |19
| ''[[Watermark (Enya album)|Watermark]]'' || [[Enya]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Staring at the Sun (Level 42 album)|Staring at the Sun]]'' || [[Level 42]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Buster (soundtrack)|Buster]]'' || [[Phil Collins]] et al. || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[State of Euphoria]]'' || [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blow My Fuse]]'' || [[Kix (band)|Kix]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blue Bell Knoll]]'' || [[Cocteau Twins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Jersey (album)|New Jersey]]'' || [[Bon Jovi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tender Prey]]'' || [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" |20
| ''[[Any Love (album)|Any Love]]'' || [[Luther Vandross]] ||-
|-
| ''[[BulletBoys (album)|BulletBoys]]'' || [[BulletBoys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Land of Dreams (Randy Newman album)|Land of Dreams]]'' || [[Randy Newman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Workers Playtime (album)|Workers Playtime]]'' || [[Billy Bragg]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" |21
|''[[B'z (album)|B'z]]''
|[[B'z]]
|Debut
|-
| ''[[Pound for Pound (Anvil album)|Pound for Pound]]'' || [[Anvil (band)|Anvil]] ||-
|-
|25
| ''[[Lincoln (album)|Lincoln]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" |26
| ''[[Revolutions (Jean Michel Jarre album)|Revolutions]]'' || [[Jean Michel Jarre]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peace in Our Time (Big Country album)|Peace in Our Time]]'' || [[Big Country]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Metal Rhythm]]'' || [[Gary Numan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Boingo Alive]]'' || [[Oingo Boingo]] || Compilation + Live
|-
| rowspan="1" |28
| ''[[Let's Get It Started (album)|Let's Get It Started]]'' || [[MC Hammer]] || [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] re-release of [[Feel My Power|1987 debut]] 
|-
| rowspan="4" |?
| ''[[Big Time (Tom Waits album)|Big Time]]'' || [[Tom Waits]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Hell-O]]'' || [[Gwar|GWAR]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Battle There Is No Law]]'' || [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]] ||-
|-
| ''[[La pistola y el corazón]]'' || [[Los Lobos]] ||-
|-
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