Album Year: 1988
The Raw & The Cooked
The Raw & the Cooked is the second and final album by Fine Young Cannibals, released in early 1989. The title of the album comes from the book of the same name (“Le Cru et le Cuit” in French) written by French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss. A remixed version was released as The Raw and the … Read more
Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come is the debut album by German/US hard rock band Kingdom Come. The album reached Number 12 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and obtained Gold certification from the RIAA
Malleus Maleficarum
Malleus Maleficarum (stylized as Mallevs Maleficarvm) is the debut studio album by the Dutch death metal band Pestilence, released in 1988. Although the sound of this album is technically death metal, its direction is notably different from the band’s subsequent work, leaning more towards the thrash metal genre with punk influences, known as crossover thrash. … Read more
Everything
Everything is a 1988 album by The Bangles. Just like its predecessor, Everything also produced a #5 hit (“In Your Room”), and a #1 single, “Eternal Flame,” which became a chart-topper in almost every major chart around the world, among its released singles. The 2008 reissue CD on the Wounded Birds label (WOU 4056) adds … Read more
Big Thing
Big Thing is the fifth album by Duran Duran, released worldwide in 1988. It reached #15 in the UK and #24 in the US. A CD reissue (with one bonus track) was released in 1994. The album was reissued as a three disc boxset on September 27, 2010.
Eazy-Duz-It
Eazy-Duz-It is the debut album of rapper Eazy-E, released on September 13, 1988, through both Ruthless and Priority Records. The production by Dr. Dre and DJ Yella was deemed dense and funky by critic Jason Birchmeier. The pieces were written primarily by The D.O.C., Ice Cube, and MC Ren. The album’s title track features Eazy … Read more
A Salt With a Deadly Pepa
Attempting to follow up the crossover success of “Push It,” Salt-n-Pepa hastily recorded A Salt With a Deadly Pepa, which essentially tries to replicate the charms of their debut without expanding on them very much. It doesn’t end up quite as engaging, and the duo’s limitations start to show themselves on the more underdeveloped material … Read more
Newbuild
Newbuild is the first album of the band 808 State, released in 1988 on the independent label Creed Records. Aphex Twin saluted this album as a major influence.