THE OFFICIAL NEW ZEALAND'S (R.I.A.N.Z:BARRY KOWAL) CHART's TOP ALBUMS FOR 1988

No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
  1 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA-ORIGINAL LONDON CAST-JULY                                                   2162
  2 RATTLE AND HUM-U2-December                                                            	1964
  3 KICK-INXS-August                                                                            1628
  4 HYSTERIA-DEF LEPPARD-July                                                                   1290
  5 KYLIE COLLECTION-KYLIE MINOGUE-September                                                    1218
  6 TIFFANY-TIFFANY-June                                                                        1162
  7 DIRTY DANCING-SOUNDTRACK-March                                                              1144
  8 THE LONESOME JUBILEE-John Mellencamp-June                                                   1086
  9 WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEBODY-Rick Astley-July                                                 1008
 10 FAITH-George Michael-January                                                                1000
 11 Man Of Colours-Icehouse-February                                                             992
 12 Tour Of Duty-Soundtrack-December                                                             890
 13 Money For Nothing:The Best Of-Dire Straits-December                                          798
 14 Freight Train Heart-Jimmy Barnes-April                                                       774
 15 Push-Bros-October                                                                            672
 16 Highlights From The Phantom Of The Opera-Original London Cast-May                            602
 17 The Best Of OMD-Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark-May                                        590
 18 New Jersey-Bon Jovi-October                                                                  574
 19 Heaven On Earth-Belinda Carlisle-July                                                        554
 20 1987-Whitesnake-June                                                                         534
 21 Blow Up Your Vide0-AC/DC-March                                                               510
 22 Turn Back The Clock-Johnny Hates Jazz-April                                                  464
 23 Age Of Reason-September-September                                                            460
 24 Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark-The Robert Cray Band-November                                    456
 25 Robbie Robertson-Robbie Robertson-June                                                       444
 26 Born To Be Bad-George Thorogood-March                                                        436
 27 Temple Of Low Men-Crowded House-August                                                       426
 28 Best Shots-Pat Benatar-January                                                               414
 29 Negotiations And Love-Paul Simon-December                                                    412
 30 The Motown Songbook-Ruby Turner-December                                                     374
 31 Good Morning Vietnam-Soundtrack-Various Artists-June                                         358
 32 The Story Of The Clash:Volume 1-The Clash-June                                               342
 33 Lovesexy-Prince-June                                                                         334
 34 Take A Chance-Ardijah-October                                                                326
 35 Casual Gods-Jerry Harrison-August                                                            320
 36 People-Hothouse Flowers-September                                                            296
 37 The Private Collection-Cliff Richard-December                                                284
 38 Conscious Party-Ziggy Marley-July                                                            258
 39 The Lion And The Cobra-Sinead O'Connor-June                                                  252
 40 Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son-Iron Maiden-May                                                 244
 41 Bonk-Big Pig-June                                                                            242
 42 If I Should Fall From Grace With God-The Pogues-February                                     234
 43 Bridge Of Spies-T'Pau-July                                                                   222
 44 Popped In Souled Out-Wet Wet Wet-September                                                   216
 45 In Dreams:The Greatest Hits-Roy Orbison-April                                                212
 46 Everlasting-Natalie Cole-September                                                           194
 47 Tear Down These Walls-Billy Ocean-May	                                                 170
 48 Loyal-Dave Dobbyn-April                                                                      168
 49 Viva Hate-Morrissey-May                                                                      166
 50 Savage-Eurythmics-February                                                                   164
 51 Stronger Than Pride-Sade-August                                                              162
 52 Always Guaranteed-Cliff Richard-February                                                     156
 53 Solitaire-Terry Gray-July                                                                    136
 54 Noiseworks-Noiseworks-August                                                                 132
 55 Now And Zen-Robert Plant-April                                                               132
 56 New Light Through Old Windows-Chris Rea-December                                             128
 57 Distant Thunder-Aswad-July                                                                   118
 58 Their 40 Big Ones-Cliff Richard & The Shadows-January                                        112
 59 All The Best-Paul McCartney-January                                                          100
 60 Naked-Talking Heads-May	                                                                  88
 61 Memories:The Best Of Elaine Paige-Elaine Paige-August                                         80
 62 Starfish-The Church-June                                                                      74
 63 Live 1980-86-Joe Jackson-August                                                               70
 64 More Dirty Dancing-Soundtrack-June                                                            44
 65 Big Bad Noise-The Choirboys-June                                                              42
 66 Bete Noire-Bryan Ferry-March                                                                  40
 67 Skyscraper-David Lee Roth-March                                                               38
 68 X 2-Times Two-October                                                                         36
 69 Provision-Scritti Politti-July                                                                36
 70 Liveline-The Angels-March                                                                     36
 71 Talk Is Cheap-Keith Richards-November                                                         34
 72 The Only Game In Town-The Warratahs-May                                                       34