40 From 40: 1988

What sort of year was 1988? A Don't Worry Be Happy, biggest selling international albums of the year all being released in 1987, Glenn Medeiros, I Owe You Nothing kind of year. On the other hand, and results may vary on whether these were strictly good things, it was also the year of I Should Be So Lucky, the Timelords, S'Express and Orinoco Flow. Down at this end it was a great year for cult alternative noisemaking, smart guys, delicacy and poetry, plus more importantly heavy stirrings ...

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