Weekly Rock Top 20 for May 7, 1988 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | The Flame | ▲ | 1 |
| Cheap Trick |
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| 4 | 2 | The Valley Road | 1 | 8 |
| Bruce Hornsby And The Range |
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| 3 | 3 | After Midnight LIVE | 2 |
| Eric Clapton |
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| 12 | 4 | Black And Blue | 1 |
| Van Halen |
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| 6 | 5 | Ten Men Workin' | ▲ |
| Neil Young & The Bluenotes |
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| 2 | 6 | Only A Memory | 1 |
| The Smithereens |
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| 9 | 7 | Rhythm Of Love | 3 |
| Scorpions |
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| 5 | 8 | Under The Milky Way | 2 | 19 |
| The Church |
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| 7 | 9 | Welcome To The Jungle | 7 | 4 |
| Guns N' Roses |
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| 10 | 10 | Ship Of Fools | 4 |
| Robert Plant |
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| 16 | 11 | That's The Way I Wanna Rock 'N Roll | ▲ |
| AC/DC |
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| 8 | 12 | Nothing But Flowers | 3 |
| Talking Heads |
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| 13 | 13 | Love Changes Everything | ▲ |
| Honeymoon Suite |
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| 18 | 14 | This Is Love | ▲ |
| George Harrison |
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| 19 | 15 | Heaven Tonight | 13 |
| Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force |
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| 14 | 16 | Beds Are Burning | 3 | 13 |
| Midnight Oil |
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| - | 17 | Like The Weather | 12 | 25 |
| 10,000 Maniacs |
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| - | 18 | Somewhere Down The Crazy River | ▲ |
| Robbie Robertson |
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| - | 19 | Surfing With The Alien | ▲ |
| Joe Satriani |
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| - | 20 | Tell Me | ▲ |
| White Lion |
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