CANADA'S (RPM:Magazine's Chart) TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 1988*
No.-Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 KICK-INXS-JUNE 2 FAITH-GEORGE MICHAEL-January 3 DIRTY DANCING-SOUNDTRACK-March 4 WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEBODY-RICK ASTLEY-April 5 DIESEL AND DUST-MIDNIGHT OIL-June 6 TRACY CHAPMAN-TRACY CHAPMAN-August 7 HYSTERIA-DEF LEPPARD-October 8 OUT OF ORDER-Rod Stewart-September 9 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION-Guns & Roses-October 10 TIFFANY-Tiffany-February 11 Roll With It-Steve Winwood-September 12 Cocktail-Soundtrack-October 13 The Lonesome Jubilee-John Cougar Mellencamp-January 14 Introducing The Hard Line According To Terence Trent D'Arby-May 15 Bad-Michael Jackson-January 16 Rattle And Hum-U2-December 17 New Jersey-Bon Jovi-November 18 More Dirty Dancing-Various Artists-May 19 Now And Zen-Robert Plant-April 20 OU812-Van Halen-June 21 Heavy Nova-Robert Palmer-September 22 Reg Strikes Back-Elton John-August 23 Permanent Vacation-Aerosmith-June 24 Diamond Sun-Glass Tiger-May 25 Scenes From The Southside-Bruce Hornsby & The Range-June 26 ...Nothing Like The Sun-Sting-January 27 Cloud Nine-George Harrison-January 28 Colin James-Colin James-November 29 Good Morning,Vietnam Soundtrack-April 30 Victory Day-Tom Cochrane & Red Rider-December 31 Blow Up Your Video-AC/DC-March 32 Tear Down These Walls-Billy Ocean-May 33 Lap Of Luxury-Cheap Trick-September 34 Robbie Robertson-Robbie Robertson-February 35 Temple Of Low Men-Crowded House-October 36 Racing After Midnight-Honeymoon Suite-June 37 Melissa Etheridge-Melissa Etheridge-November 38 Heaven On Earth-Belinda Carlisle-March 39 Skyscraper-David Lee Roth-March 40 Traveling Wilburys:Volume I-Traveling Wilburys-December 41 Vital Idol-Billy Idol-January 42 Savage-Eurythmics-February 43 Small World-Huey Lewis & The News-September 44 Whitesnake-Whitesnake-January 45 Simple Pleasures-Bobby McFerrin-November 46 Stronger Than Pride-Sade-July 47 The Joshua Tree-U2-January 48 Lovesexy-Prince-June 49 Naked-Talking Heads-May 50 Pop Goes The World-Men Without Hats-March 51 Live In Australia-Elton John-March 52 Young Man Running-Corey Hart-August 53 Wide Awake In Dreamland-Pat Benatar-October 54 The Best Of OMD-OMD-April 55 See The Light-Jeff Healey Band-December 56 Open Up And Say...Ahh!-Poison-June 57 Conscious Party-Ziggy Marley-June 58 Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son-Iron Maiden-June 59 Out Of The Blue-Debbie Gibson-March 60 Shadowland-K.D. Lang-July 61 The Lion And The Cobra-Sinead O'Connor-March 62 Outskirts-Blue Rodeo-March 63 Reason To Believe-Rita MacNeil-September 64 Born To Be Bad-George Thorogood-March 65 Live Delicate Sound Of Thunder-Pink Floyd-December 66 Tunnel Of Love-Bruce Springsteen-Columbia-January 67 Giving You The Best That I Got-Anita Baker-December 68 Always And Forever-Randy Travis-January 69 Ooh Yeah!-Daryl Hall & John Oates-June 70 Long Cold Winter-Cinderella-Mercury-September 71 American Dream-Crosby,Stills,Nash & Young-December 72 Actually-Pet Shop Boys-March 73 California Raisins-California Raisins-March 74 Old 8 X 10-Randy Travis-September 75 Barney Bentall-Barney Bentall-March 76 Whitney-Whitney Houston-January 77 If I Should Fall From Grace With God-The Pogues-April 78 Buster-Sounftrack-November 79 Copperhead Road-Steve Earle-December 80 Introspective-Pet Shop Boys-December 81 You Can Dance-Madonna-January 82 Richard Marx-Richard Marx-January 83 Inside Information-Foreigner-January 84 He's The DJ I'm The Rapper-DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince-January 85 Tango In The Night-Fleetwood Mac-January 86 Chimes Of Freedom-Bruce Springsteen-September 87 Talk Is Cheap-Keith Richards-October 88 People-Hothouse Flowers-September 89 Chalk Mark-Joni Mitchell-April 90 Kingdom Come-Kingdom Come-March 91 ...And Justice For All-Metallica-Elektra-October 92 A Momentary Lapse Of Reason-Pink Floyd-January 93 Savage Amusement-Scorpions-June 94 Slow Turning-John Hiatt-November 95 Substance-New Order-January 96 Imagine Soundtrack-John Lennon-November 97 This Note's For You-Neil Young & The Bluenotes-May 98 Back For The Attack-Dokken-Elektra-January 99 Breakfast At Circus-David Wilcox-February 100 Shadow Man-Johnny Clegg & Savuka-September * As posted in the December 24,1988 issue of RPM Weekly Magazine