Wednesday, January 3, 2001

McQ's Favorite Albums Of 1988

Highest Recommends
1.     It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back – Public Enemy
2.     Straight Outta Compton – N.W.A.

Strong Recommends
3.     Daydream Nation – Sonic Youth
4.      The Trinity Sessions – Cowboy Junkies

Solid Recommends
5.  Surfer Rosa – The Pixies
6.  Tracy Chapman
7.  Vivid – Living Colour
8.  The Land Of Rape And Honey – Ministry
9.  Rattle And Hum – U2
10.  Nothing's Shocking – Jane's Addiction

Mild Recommends
11.  Slow Turning – John Hiatt
12.  What Up, Dog? – Was (Not Was)
13.  The Mona Lisa's Sister – Graham Parker
14.  Traveling Wilburys, Volume One

1988 Albums Of Critical Note I've Yet To Hear 

16 Lovers Lane  - The Go-Betweens
....And Justice For All - Metallica
Another Side - Fingers Inc.
Blues de la frontera - Pata Negra
Bug - Dinosaur Jr.
Bummed - Happy Mondays
By All Means Necessary - Boogie Down Productions
California - American Music Club
Copperhead Road - Steve Earle
Critical Breakdown - Ultramagnetic MCs
Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys
Follow The Leader - Eric B. & Rakim
From Langley To Memphis - Prefab Sprout
If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues
I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen
Introspective - Pet Shop Boys
Irish Heartbeat - Van Morrison And The Chieftans
Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine
Life's Too Good - The Sugarcubes
Long Live The Kane - Big Daddy Kane
Lovesexy - Prince
Lucinda Williams
Miss America - Mary Margaret O'Hara
New Build - 808 State
Operation: Mindcrime - Queensryche
Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart - Camper Van Beethoven
Patchanka - Mano Negra
Pontiac - Lyle Lovett
Shadowland - K. D. Lang
Short, Sharp Shocked - Michelle Shocked
Songhai - Ketama/Toumani Diabate/Danny Thompson
South Of Heaven - Slayer
Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk
Straight Out The Jungle - Jungle Brothers
Strictly Business - EPMD
Suffer - Bad Religion
Supermuzz Bigmuff EP - Mudhoney
Talk Is Cheap - Keith Richards
Tender Pray - Nick Cave
The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick
The House Of Love
Tindersticks
Today - Galaxie 500
Viva Hate - Morrissey
Watermark - Enya




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