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618 R.E.M. - Green Jan 04, 2024

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In November of 1988 R.E.M released their 6th studio album.

Leaving their former label I.R.S in the taillights, the band made their move to the majors and signed to Warner Brothers.

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617 Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff Jan 01, 2024

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In October of 1988 Mudhoney released their first major EP.

The Seattle sound has officially arrived.

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616 Living Colour - Vivid Dec 28, 2023

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In May of 1988 Living Colour released their debut studio album.

It peaked at number six on the Billboard top 200 and would go on to be certified 2x Platinum.

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615 Everything but the Girl - Idlewild Dec 25, 2023

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In February of 1988 Everything but the Girl released their 4th studio album.

Tracey Thorn:
“I am writing songs, though; lyrics that are more like short stories than pop lyrics. Perhaps they ought to be short stories. They don’t really have choruses. Maybe I’m just not very good at choruses. Ben is experimenting with synths and keyboards. He buys a drum machine and starts getting into the finer details of how to programme it. I don’t know how to operate the drum machine, or how to turn the synths on, and I’m not bothered enough to learn. There is some disagreement about what our next record should sound like. We keep changing our minds. I still write all my songs on a guitar or at the piano, and so when I play them they sound a bit like my songs have always sounded. But Ben is writing songs with a more modern sound, using his new synths and the drum machine, and I like these too. We veer between these two possible extremes before making a record, Idlewild, which incorporates a bit of both. Maybe it’s another ‘bizarre hybrid’”

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614 Fishbone - Truth and Soul Dec 21, 2023

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In September of 1988 Fishbone released their 2nd studio album.

A record that opens with Curtis Mayfield cover is a BOLD choice that can only go one of two ways; These punk/ska/funk/soul/hard rock/heavy metal maniacs managed to do it right.

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613 The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues Dec 18, 2023

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In October of 1988 the Waterboys released their fourth studio album.

Letting loose the shackles of bombastic rock music, the band decided to merge traditional Irish, Scottish, & Country music with rock n roll this time out.

Three years of recording and the results speak for themselves. Thirteen tracks coming in at just under an hour of pure bliss.

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612 Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man Dec 14, 2023

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In February of 1988 Leonard Cohen released his 8th studio album.

Gone are the days of our troubadour poet and his classical acoustic guitar, replaced by the world weary man who’s seen too much, expects the worst, but laughs despite it all… with some really choice keyboards.

Lets talk Leonard Cohen, I’m Your Man!

611 The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God Dec 11, 2023

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In January of 1988 The Pogues released their 3rd studio album.

The album was released hot on the heels of their chart topping Christmas single, Fairytale of New York, and received much deserved critical acclaim.

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610 Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby Dec 07, 2023

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In July of 1987 Terence Trent D’Arby released his debut studio album.

Darly Easlea: “a soundtrack to the turning point when the 80s turned from austerity to prosperity. It’s as central to that decade as the much-seen image of the city trader waving his wad of banknotes to the camera. It remains one big, infectiously glorious record.”

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609 U2 - The Joshua Tree Dec 04, 2023

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In March of 1987 U2 released their 5th studio album.

It is one of the best selling albums of all time, and is included in many a critic’s best albums of al time.

Lets talk U2, The Joshua Tree!