| Billboard Top Hits: 1988 | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 74462
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 71643
UPC: 081227164324
EAN: 0081227164324
ASIN: B00000339E
Release Date: April 19, 1994
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| Tracks:
| • | Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'Arby | | • | Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz | | • | Seasons Change - Expose | | • | Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean | | • | Anything For You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine | | • | Hold On To The Nights - Richard Marx | | • | Wild, Wild West - The Escape Club | | • | The Flame - Cheap Trick | | • | Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby) - Will To Power | | • | Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
The world's number one chart researcher, Joel Whitburn, selected the recordings for this collection. Joel is the author of the Record Research books which chronicle the artists and the records that hit Billboard's music charts. He hand picked each of the songs in this series according to chart performance and licensing availability. Sounding exactly as they did when first released, these classic recordings have been digitally remastered from original tape sources.
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| Customer Reviews:
 1988 is getting better August 10, 2002
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
A lot of new and fickle artits started pooping up by '88. Though not the most concise collection, like '87, it largely survives by compiling one-hit wonders you wouldn't want a full album by, along with a few bigger acts. Johnny Hates Jazz's monster 'arena-pop' hit "Shattered Dreams", Bobby McFerrin's well-meaning but somehow funny all vocal "Don't Worry Be Happy", Escape Club's serious but still fun rollicking "Wild Wild West" (complete with gunfire) and Will To Power's dance remake of "Baby I Love Your Way" are the examples that hold this together. I like Richard Marx, but the uninteresting ballad "Hold On to the Nights" isn't his best. Cheap Trick's Monster Ballad "The Flame" is hard enough to not be sappy, but it's still emotional. The closest thing to Hair-Metal on here. Not surprisingly Billy Ocean's up-tempo cruisin' hit "Get Outta My Dreams" is edited, just like all his other songs on this series. Girl group Expose has one of their best with the ballad "Seasons Change." Gloria Estefan's similarly styled "Anything For You" is good every so-often. "Wishing Well" is total R&B filler though.
 rather disappointed December 17, 2000
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
There were so many great songs from 1988 that were left out of this CD!!!
Worth the money August 26, 2000
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
The 1988 Billboard Top Hits album was not one of the better 80s Billboard albums, but it definitely contains some songs to savor. "Wild Wild West" is a great song with a strong message. "Shattered Dreams" and "The Flame" are memorable songs that have their place. And Billy Ocean's "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" is one of my all-time favorite songs. The rest of songs can be discarded as far as I'm concerned, especially Bobby McFerrin's grossly overrated "Don't Worry, Be Happy". I practically scream in pain every time I hear it.
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