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Dec 25, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: December 25, 1988

Merry Christmas! What better way to celebrate than to look back at the ARIA Top 50 dated Christmas Day, 1988, right? Unlike in the UK,...

Dec 18, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: December 18, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. After last week's bumper crop of 10 new entries into the ARIA top...

Dec 11, 20137 min read

This Week In 1988: December 11, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. I have good news and bad news. The good news: this week in 1988,...

Dec 4, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: December 4, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. I love it when there's a common thread to the songs that debuted on...

Nov 27, 20135 min read

This Week In 1988: November 27, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. In the (almost) year and a half that I've been writing this blog,...

Nov 20, 20133 min read

This Week In 1988: November 20, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. Second albums are meant to be difficult, but as we'll see from...

Nov 13, 20135 min read

This Week In 1988: November 13, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. On my recent holiday to North America, I watched the documentary...

Nov 6, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: November 6, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. What was it about Australia in 1988? The nation was clearly having...

Oct 30, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: October 30, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. I've mentioned before that 1988 is my favourite year for music, but...

Oct 23, 20132 min read

This Week In 1988: October 23, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. After the flood of new entries last week, it was a quiet chart...

Oct 16, 20135 min read

This Week In 1988: October 16, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. I always love an exciting chart week. Who wants only a couple of...

Oct 9, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: October 9, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. Last New Year's Eve, I ended up playing a board game version of...

Oct 2, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: October 2, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. How do you follow up a massive hit single? This week in 1988, three...

Sep 25, 20135 min read

This Week In 1988: September 25, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. Punctuation in song titles is not a subject you see discussed...

Sep 18, 20135 min read

This Week In 1988: September 18, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. If you've read any of my posts before, you might have gathered...

Sep 11, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: September 11, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. In the world of TV, shows are said to have "jumped the shark"...

Sep 4, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: September 4, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. I have a huge soft spot for Aussie pop/rock from the 1980s, and...

Aug 28, 20135 min read

This Week In 1988: August 28, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. What's in a name? And, can it make a difference to the success of...

Aug 21, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: August 21, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. When I first wrote this post, I had just finished counting down...

Aug 14, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: August 14, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. Back when chart singles were released on 7" vinyl, there was...

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