brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 1 | Orange Crush | 1 | 28 | Nov 1988 |  |
| R.E.M. |
| 2 | When Love Comes To Town | 1 | Dec 1988 | |
| U2 With B.B. King |
| 3 | When It's Love | 1 | 3 | Jul 1988 | |
| Van Halen |
| 4 | Angel Of Harlem | 1 | 18 | Dec 1988 | |
| U2 |
| 5 | Finish What Ya Started | 1 | 11 | Aug 1988 | |
| Van Halen |
| 6 | Roll With It | 1 | 1 | Jun 1988 | |
| Steve Winwood |
| 7 | Hate To Lose Your Lovin' | 1 | Aug 1988 | |
| Little Feat |
| 8 | Devil Inside | 2 | 1 | Feb 1988 | |
| INXS |
| 9 | Black And Blue | 1 | May 1988 | |
| Van Halen |
| 10 | Heaven Knows | 1 | Feb 1988 | |
| Robert Plant |
| 11 | Tall Cool One | 1 | Mar 1988 | |
| Robert Plant |
| 12 | The Valley Road | 1 | 8 | Jun 1988 | |
| Bruce Hornsby And The Range |
| 13 | Just Like Paradise | 1 | 7 | Jan 1988 | |
| David Lee Roth |
| 14 | Angel | 1 | 1 | Feb 1988 | |
| Aerosmith |
| 15 | The Flame | 1 | 1 | Apr 1988 | |
| Cheap Trick |
| 16 | Check It Out | 2 | 10 | Feb 1988 | |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
| 17 | Walk On Water | 1 | 8 | Oct 1988 | |
| Eddie Money |
| 18 | Simply Irresistible | 1 | 1 | Jul 1988 | |
| Robert Palmer |
| 19 | Desire | 1 | 4 | Oct 1988 | |
| U2 |
| 20 | Damn Good | 1 | Mar 1988 | |
| David Lee Roth |
| 21 | Love Bites | 1 | 1 | Sep 1988 | |
| Def Leppard |
| 22 | Only A Memory | 1 | Apr 1988 | |
| The Smithereens |
| 23 | Armageddon It | 2 | 2 | Dec 1988 | |
| Def Leppard |
| 24 | Can't Get Over You | 3 | Jul 1988 | |
| The Gregg Allman Band |
| 25 | I Know You're Out There Somewhere | 2 | 18 | Jun 1988 | |
| The Moody Blues |