Weekly Rock Top 20 for December 3, 1988 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | Orange Crush | ▲ | 28 |
| R.E.M. |
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| 2 | 2 | Angel Of Harlem | 1 | 18 |
| U2 |
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| 9 | 3 | When Love Comes To Town | 1 |
| U2 With B.B. King |
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| 4 | 4 | Nobody's Perfect | ▲ |
| Mike + The Mechanics |
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| 3 | 5 | American Dream | 2 |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
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| 11 | 6 | Not Just Another Girl | ▲ | 22 |
| Ivan Neville |
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| 8 | 7 | Armageddon It | 2 | 2 |
| Def Leppard |
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| 6 | 8 | Born To Be My Baby | 4 | 2 |
| Bon Jovi |
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| 5 | 9 | What I Am | 5 | 2 |
| Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians |
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| 13 | 10 | The Crush Of Love | 4 |
| Joe Satriani |
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| 7 | 11 | Copperhead Road | 7 |
| Steve Earle |
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| 14 | 12 | Something So Strong | 6 |
| Jim Capaldi |
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| - | 13 | If We Never Meet Again | 10 |
| Tommy Conwell And The Young Rumblers |
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| - | 14 | Chip Away The Stone LIVE | ▲ |
| Aerosmith |
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| - | 15 | One Night | 6 |
| Bad Company |
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| 17 | 16 | Every Rose Has Its Thorn | ▲ | 1 |
| Poison |
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| - | 17 | Last Night | 2 |
| Traveling Wilburys |
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| 16 | 18 | I'm Sorry | 11 |
| Hothouse Flowers |
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| - | 19 | Comfortably Numb LIVE | 12 |
| Pink Floyd |
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| - | 20 | Ghost Town | ▲ |
| Cheap Trick |
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