Only one of these records I actually heard as a seven-year-old in 1988. I discovered the other records of the list later in my life. And at my second concert ever, in the summer of '88, I saw the young Whitney Houston in Basel. My father didn't just make bad decisions after all.

In no particular order.

• Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden

• The Sugarcubes - Life’s Too Good

• Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

• Prince - Lovesexy

• The Waterboys - Fisherman’s Blues

• The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane

• Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

• Pixies - Surfer Rosa

• Metallica - … And Justice For All

I’m going to post the top 9 albums of every year from the last 50 years. One post every week.

If you like the albums and the songs, go check out the playlist on Spotify.

The playlist for the Sailing For Peace blog series 'Top Albums From The Last 50 Years'. Nine songs for each year representing the nine albums of the year. Randomly from 1971 to 2021. It grows every week. And it is a lot of good music.

The perfect soundtrack for your sailing turn. Come aboard and please enjoy!

The absolute top albums from the last 50 years.

For me.

1988

This is edition No. 13 from 50.

#topalbumsfromthelast50years

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