brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 26 | After Midnight LIVE | 2 | May 1988 |  |
| Eric Clapton |
| 27 | I'm Not Your Man | 1 | Sep 1988 | |
| Tommy Conwell And The Young Rumblers |
| 28 | It's Money That Matters | 1 | Oct 1988 | |
| Randy Newman |
| 29 | It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) | 1 | 19 | Jan 1988 | |
| R.E.M. |
| 30 | Bad Medicine | 1 | 1 | Sep 1988 | |
| Bon Jovi |
| 31 | Don't You Know What The Night Can Do? | 1 | 4 | Sep 1988 | |
| Steve Winwood |
| 32 | Handle With Care | 1 | 18 | Nov 1988 | |
| Traveling Wilburys |
| 33 | When We Was Fab | 1 | 15 | Jan 1988 | |
| George Harrison |
| 34 | Holding On | 2 | 10 | Aug 1988 | |
| Steve Winwood |
| 35 | Under The Milky Way | 2 | 19 | Apr 1988 | |
| The Church |
| 36 | Sweet Child O' Mine | 2 | 1 | Jul 1988 | |
| Guns N' Roses |
| 37 | One Step Up | 2 | 11 | Jan 1988 | |
| Bruce Springsteen |
| 38 | Be Still My Beating Heart | 3 | 12 | Feb 1988 | |
| Sting |
| 39 | All Fired Up | 2 | 25 | Jul 1988 | |
| Pat Benatar |
| 40 | The Crush Of Love | 4 | Dec 1988 | |
| Joe Satriani |
| 41 | American Dream | 2 | Nov 1988 | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| 42 | I Wish I Had A Girl | 1 | 22 | Apr 1988 | |
| Henry Lee Summer |
| 43 | Rhythm Of Love | 3 | May 1988 | |
| Scorpions |
| 44 | Never Tear Us Apart | 2 | 5 | Sep 1988 | |
| INXS |
| 45 | Let It Roll | 3 | Oct 1988 | |
| Little Feat |
| 46 | The Real Life | 1 | Jan 1988 | |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
| 47 | Beds Are Burning | 3 | 13 | Apr 1988 | |
| Midnight Oil |
| 48 | All That Heaven Will Allow | 2 | Apr 1988 | |
| Bruce Springsteen |
| 49 | Get It On | 3 | Mar 1988 | |
| Kingdom Come |
| 50 | What I Am | 5 | 2 | Nov 1988 | |
| Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians |