‘Tracy Chapman‘ feat. ‘Talkin’ ‘Bout A Revolution’ & ‘Fast Car’ is her eponymous debut album released on April 15, 1988 by Elektra.
Iron Maiden‘s ‘Seventh Son of a Seventh Son’ is their seventh studio album produced by Martin Birch and released on April 11, 1988 by EMI / Capitol Records.
‘Conscious Party’ by Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers is their third album produced by Chris Frantz & Tina Weymouth and released on April 5, 1988 by Virgin Records.
Joni Mitchell‘s ‘Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm’ is her thirteenth album released on March 23, 1988 by Geffen.
Pixies‘ ‘Surfer Rosa’ is their debut studio album produced by Steve Albini and released on March 21, 1988 by 4AD.
Morrissey‘s ‘Viva Hate’ is his debut solo studio album produced by Stephen Street and released on March 14, 1988 by HMV
Robert Plant‘s ‘Now and Zen’ is his fourth solo album released on February 29, 1988 by Es Paranza.
Everything but the Girl’s ‘Idlewild’ is their fourth studio album produced by member Ben Watt and released on February 29, 1988 by Blanco y Negro
Modern Jazz Quartet‘s ‘For Ellington’ is a tribute album recorded on February 1-3, 1988 in New-York City and released the same year by East West.
Leonard Cohen‘s ‘I’m Your Man’ is his eighth studio album released on February 2, 1988 by Columbia.
Carmen McRae‘s’Carmen Sings Monk’ is a studio album recorded on January 30 and February 1, 1988 and released in 1988 by Novus.
AC/DC‘s ‘Blow Up Your Video’ is their tenth album recorded in France during summer 1987 and released on January 18, 1988 by Albert.
The Pogues‘ ‘If I Should Fall from Grace with God’ is their third studio album produced by Steve Lillywhite and released on January 18, 1988 by their own label Pogue Mahone
Branford Marsalis‘ ‘Trio Jeepy’ is an album recorded on January 3-4, 1988 with bassist Milt Hinton and released in June 1989 By Sony Music.
Youssou N\’dour‘s ‘Immigrés’ is his sixth album recorded with Le Super Etoile de Dakar and released in 1988 by Earthworks
k.d. lang‘s ‘Shadowland’ is her debut solo album featuring Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn and Brenda Lee a guests, produced by Owen Bradley and released in 1988 by Sire
Happy Mondays‘ ‘Bummed’ is their second studio album produced by Martin Hannett and released in November 1988 on Factory
Chaka Khan‘s ‘CK’ is her seventh (the first without Arif Mardin) studio album released on November 22, 1988 by Warner Bros. Records.
Pink Floyd‘s ‘Delicate Sound of Thunder’ is a double live album recorded at the Nassau Coliseum, New York in August 1988 and released on November 22, 1988 by EMI / Columbia Records.
My Bloody Valentine‘s ‘Isn’t Anything’ is their debut studio album released on November 21, 1988 by Creation