| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1988 |
| TOP 50 COUNTRY ALBUMS (As published in the December 31, 1988, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | ALWAYS & FOREVER – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.) |
| 2 | WILD-EYED DREAM – Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia) |
| 3 | OLD 8 x10 – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.) |
| 4 | KING’S RECORD SHOP – Rosanne Cash (Columbia) |
| 5 | IF YOU AIN’T LOVIN’ (You Ain’t Livin’) – George Strait (MCA) |
| 6 | 80’S LADIES – K.T. Oslin (RCA) |
| 7 | REBA – Reba McEntire (MCA) |
| 8 | THE ROYAL TREATMENT – Billy Joe Royal (Atlantic America) |
| 9 | WILD STREAK – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb) |
| 10 | BORN TO BOOGIE – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb) |
| 11 | CHILL FACTOR – Merle Haggard (Epic) |
| 12 | CHISELED IN STONE – Vern Gosdin (Columbia) |
| 13 | SHADOWLAND – k.d. lang (Sire) |
| 14 | BUENAS NOCHES FROM A LONELY ROOM – Dwight Yoakam (Reprise) |
| 15 | UNTASTED HONEY – Kathy Mattea (Mercury) |
| 16 | THE LAST ONE TO KNOW – Reba McEntire (MCA) |
| 17 | HIGHWAY 101 (Warner Bros.) |
| 18 | LOVE ME LIKE YOU USED TO – Tanya Tucker (Capitol) |
| 19 | GREATEST HITS VOL. II – George Strait (MCA) |
| 20 | DIAMONDS & DIRT – Rodney Crowell (Columbia) |
| 21 | ALABAMA LIVE (RCA) |
| 22 | GREATEST HITS – The Judds (RCA/Curb) |
| 23 | HILLBILLY DELUXE – Dwight Yoakam (Reprise) |
| 24 | JUST US – Alabama (RCA) |
| 25 | BIG DREAMS IN A SMALL TOWN – Restless Heart (RCA) |
| 26 | ONE TIME, ONE NIGHT – Sweethearts Of The Rodeo (Columbia) |
| 27 | RIVER OF TME – Michael Martin Murphey (Warner Bros.) |
| 28 | PONTIAC – Lyle Lovett (MCA/Curb) |
| 29 | THE BEST – Dan Seals (Capitol) |
| 30 | DON’T CLOSE YOUR EYES – Keith Whitley (RCA) |
| 31 | RAGE ON – Dan Seals (Capitol) |
| 32 | 1012 – Highway 101 (Warner Bros.) |
| 33 | COMIN’ HOME TO STAY – Ricky Skaggs (Epic) |
| 34 | LOVING PROOF – Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia) |
| 35 | THIS WOMAN – K.T. Oslin (RCA) |
| 36 | STRONG ENOUGH TO BEND – Tanya Tucker (Capitol) |
| 37 | TOO WILD TOO LONG – George Jones (Epic) |
| 38 | I SHOULD BE WITH YOU – Steve Wariner (MCA) |
| 39 | TRIO – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros.) |
| 40 | HEARTLAND – The Judds (RCA/Curb) |
| 41 | TIRED OF THE RUNNIN’ – The O’Kanes (Columbia) |
| 42 | MONONGAHELA – The Oak Ridge Boys (MCA) |
| 43 | SHELTER FROM THE NIGHT – Exile (Epic) |
| 44 | RAINBOW – Dolly Parton (Columbia) |
| 45 | WHEELS – Restless Heart (RCA) |
| 46 | CORNERSTONE – Holly Dunn (MTM) |
| 47 | A MAN CALLED HOSS – Waylon Jennings (MCA) |
| 48 | STORMS OF LIFE – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.) |
| 49 | ALL KEYED UP – Becky Hobbs (MTM) |
| 50 | MAPLE STREET MEMORIES – The Statler Brothers (Mercury) |