Jessica 6 in 1988

Jessica 6 in 1988

7 February 2012

Stigmata – Ministry

Sire/Warner Bros

Did not chart as a single

First single from their third album, The Land of Rape and Honey

#164 US Billboard 200

It Takes Two – Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock

Request for Jose Medina!

Citybeat Records [UK], Profile Records [USA]

#24 UK singles chart; #36 US Billboard Hot 100

First single from debut album, It Takes Two

#31 US Billboard 200; #4 US Billboard R&B/Hip Hop album chart

Wrote For Luck – Happy Mondays

Factory Records

#7 UK Indie singles chart

First single from second album, Bummed

#59 UK album chart; #3 UK Indie album chart

Don’t Believe The Hype – Public Enemy

Def Jam Recordings

#18 UK singles chart; #17 Billboard Hot Dance Music; #18 Hot R&B/Hip Hop chart

Second single from second album, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

#8 UK album chart; #42 US Billboard 200; #1 US Billboard R&B album chart

Reptile – The Church

Mushroom Records

#99 Australian singles chart

Second single from their fifth album, Starfish

#41 US Billboard 200; #11 Australian album chart

Destroy The Heart – The House of Love

Creation Records

#76 UK singles chart

Non-album single, but added to re-pressings of debut album The House of Love (1988)

#156 US Billboard 200

Deanna – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Mute Records

Did not chart as a single

Second single from fifth album, Tender Prey

#67 UK album chart

Sidewalking – The Jesus & Mary Chain

Blanco y Negro

#30 UK singles chart

Non-album single, but later included on compilation album Barbed Wire Kisses (1988)

#8 UK album chart

You Made Me Realise – My Bloody Valentine

Creation Records

#2 UK indie chart

From You Made Me Realise EP

Don’t – Dinosaur Jr.

SST Records [US], Blast First Records [UK]

From their third album, Bug

Touch Me I’m Sick – Mudhoney

Sub Pop Records

Debut single, did not chart

Bone Machine – Pixies

Request for David Hanson!

4AD Records

From their first full-length album, Surfer Rosa

#2 UK Indie album chart

Teen Age Riot – Sonic Youth

Enigma Records [USA], Blast First Records [UK]

#20 US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart

First single from fifth album, Daydream Nation

#99 UK album chart; album did not chart in USA

Tower Of Strength (12" Bombay Mix) – The Mission

Mercury Records

#12 UK singles chart

First single from third album (second real album), Children

#2 UK album chart; #126 US Billboard 200

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