I was late to the party with R.E.M. I didn’t really discover them until they put out their sixth album Green in 1988 and this song was a minor hit.

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1927 had a huge hit in their native Australia with their debut single, Eighties anthem That’s When I Think Of You.

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Hothouse Flowers enjoyed their solitary big hit Don’t Go thanks to their exposure in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988.

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Neil Young sat on his epic 1988 recording of Ordinary People for two decades before it finally came out on Chrome Dreams II in 2007.

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World Domination Enterprises never managed to live up to their ambitious name, but have been posthumously recognised as postpunk pioneers.

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The final Talking Heads album, Naked, is so underrated it’s almost been forgotten compared to the majesty of Remain In Light and (my favourite) Fear Of Music.

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Different Trains, composed and recorded in 1988, was Steve Reich’s first composition to draw on his Jewish heritage, inspired by a childhood memory.

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