Kylie is the debut album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, released by PWL on 4 July 1988. The album was produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman, who also wrote nine of the ten tracks on the album. Most of the album’s composition is dance-pop music, with strong teen pop and bubblegum pop influences. The album … Read more
By All Means Necessary is the second album from American hip hop group Boogie Down Productions, released in 1988 on Jive Records. After the 1987 murder of DJ-producer Scott La Rock, MC KRS-One moved away from the violent themes that dominated his debut, Criminal Minded, and began writing socially conscious songs using the moniker the … Read more
Even as Skyscraper shot up the charts behind the momentum of its ultra-saccharine lead-off single “Just Like Paradise,” it was abundantly clear to anyone paying attention that the wheels were already falling off the David Lee Roth bandwagon. Simply put, the collaborative spirit that had given their manic debut Eat ‘Em and Smile such legitimacy … Read more
At the end of 1986, Raising Hell was rap’s best-selling album up to that point, though it would soon be outsold by the Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill. Profile Records hoped that Run-D.M.C.’s fourth album, Tougher Than Leather, would exceed the Beastie Boys’ quintuple-platinum status, but unfortunately, the group’s popularity had decreased by 1988. One … Read more
It should have come as no surprise that, after leaving behind the strictures of the classic boy band New Edition, Bobby Brown would re-emerge as a prototype of New Jack Swing sex appeal. DON’T BE CRUEL might be somewhat tame, however, as it was still a few years before the era of unabashed rumpshakers like … Read more
Strictly Business is the debut album by golden age hip-hop duo EPMD. It was released on June 21, 1988, by Fresh/Sleeping Bag Records around the world and BCM Records in Germany. It peaked at No. 80 on the Billboard 200 soon after release, yet it earned an RIAA gold album certification within four months of … Read more
Out of the Silent Planet is the debut studio by the American progressive metal band King’s X, released in 1988. The title of the album comes from that of a book by C.S. Lewis, an author favored by band members Ty Tabor and Jerry Gaskill. “Out of the Silent Planet” is also the title of … Read more
…And Justice for All is the fourth studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. The album was released on August 25, 1988 through Elektra Records. It was the group’s first full studio album to feature bassist Jason Newsted, following the death of Cliff Burton in 1986. Newsted had previously appeared on the Metallica … Read more
Hold an Old Friend’s Hand is the second regular studio album by Tiffany, released in November, 1988. It was reasonably successful, with a platinum certification, peaking at #17 on the U.S. charts and yielding one top-ten single (“All This Time”) and another in the top 40 (“Radio Romance”); however, it didn’t equal the multiplatinum success … Read more