Make a compilation album from 1989 tracks

So we're on 1989
Pick your favourite songs of the year and make a compilation or a series of compilations based around whatever theme's that take your fancy ... they don't have to be singles, and they don't have to be songs that i post.

Alt
Picture Of You - The Cure
Waterfall - Stone Roses
School - Nirvana
Head Like A Hole - Nine Inch Nails
Heavens In here - Tin Machine
Nobody Weird Like me - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Def Con One _ Pop Will Eat Itself
Cheeba Cheeba - Tone Loc
Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys
Regina - Sugarcubes
Garden Of Earthly Delights - XTC
Strawman - Lou Reed
Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies

Pop/Rock
Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
Everything Is Broken - Bob Dylan
My Brave Face - Paul Mccartney
Roam - B52's
What It Takes - Aerosmith
When I See You Smile - Bad English
Axegrinder - Hoodoo Gurus
Kick It In - Simple Minds
I DRove All Night - Cyndi Lauper
Express Yourself - Madonna
Invisible Man - Queen
Romeo Had Juliet - Lou Reed
Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
Busta Move - Young MC
Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz
The Downeaster Alexa - Billy Joel

Hard Rock/Metal
I Want It All - Queen
Epic - Faith No More
Young Lust - Aerosmith
Led Clones - Gary Moore with Ozzy Osborne
Poison - Alice Cooper
Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing - Joe Satriani
Addicted To That Rush - Mr Big
Play With Me - Extreme
Sleeping My Day Away - DAD
Hands All Over - Soundgarden
Sweet Soul Sister - The Cult
Kickstart My Heart - Motley Crue
Rockin' In The Free World - Neil Young

Mellow
When Will I Ever Learn To Live In God - Van Morrison
She's A Mystery to Me - Roy Orbison
Another Day In Paradise - Phil Collins
If You Don't Know Me By Now - Simply Red
Jackie Brown - John Mellencamp
I Don't Know Much - Linda Ronstadt
Miss You Like Crazy - Natalie Cole
I Have Faith In These Desolate Times - Terence Trent D'arby
Lovesong - The Cure
I Don't Want a Lover - Texas
The End Of The innocence - Don Henley
The healer - john Lee Hooker
Riviera Paradise - Stevie Ray Vaughn

Hmmm 1989 was a pretty weak year in my book.... still some good stuff, as there always is, but it was like music was in a bit of a lull

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Side 1

Sleeping With The Past - Elton John
Breakthru - Queen
My Brave Face - Paul McCartney
Sacrifice - Elton John
We Are All Gumby - Flo & Eddie

Side 2

Club At The End of The Street - Elton John
Put It There - Paul McCartney
Scandal - Queen
We Got Married - Paul McCartney
Was It All Worth It - Queen

 

Another good year.
The Who Fire
The Who Dig
The Kinks Now and Then
The Kinks Down All the Days
IQ Nothing at All
IQ Nostalgia/Falling Apart at the Seams
IQ War Heroes
Steeleye Span Following Me
Steeleye Span The Fox
Lindisfarne Roll On That Day
Lindisfarne Another World
Toyah Willcox Don't Fall in Love
Toyah Willcox Sympathy
Toyah Willcox Vigilante
The Roches Big Nuthin'
The Roches Broken Places
Kate Bush Love and Anger
Kate Bush This Woman's Work
Kate Bush Reaching Out
Kate Bush Never Be Mine
It Bites Still Too Young to Remember
It Bites Having a Good Day
Mike Oldfield Innocent
Mike Oldfield Blue Night
Poco Call it Love
Poco Nothin' to Hide
Marillion Easter
Marillion The Uninvited Guest
Debbie Harry I Want That Man
Debbie Harry Sweet and Low
Jade Warrior At Peace
Galahad One for the Record
Galahad Earth Rhythm
Pentangle The Blacksmith
Pentangle Gaea

 

"One" - Bee Gees
"That's Not Her Style" - Billy Joel
"Just Like Jesse James" - Cher
"New York Minute" - Don Henley
"What I Am" - Edie Brickell
"Healing Hands" - Elton John
"Pretending" - Eric Clapton
"Cheer Down" - George Harrison
"When The Night Comes" - Joe Cocker
"My Brave Face" - Paul McCartney
"I Wish It Would Rain Down" - Phil Collins
"You Got It" - Roy Orbison
"I'll Be Your Shelter" - Taylor Dayne
"I Won't Back Down" - Tom Petty

 

Lou Reed - Strawman
Bob Dylan - Most Of The Time
Neil Young - Too Far Gone
The Cult - Sun King
Pixies - Wave Of Mutilation
The Cure - Fascination Street
Neneh Cherry - Manchild
Tin Machine - Amazing
Prince - Electric Chair
B52s - Roam
The Rolling Stones - Hold On To Your Hat
The Hooters - Heaven Laughs
The Neville brothers - Voodoo

 

1989 was all about rap for me.

Public Enemy - Fight The Power
Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump
Big Daddy Kane - Warm It Up Kane
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Road To The Riches
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Men at Work
Geto Boys - Scarface
De La Soul – Potholes In My Lawn
Kool Moe Dee – I Go To Work
Wild Thing - Tone Loc

The Mayor of Simpleton - XTC
Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker

 

I Want It All - Queen
One - Bee Gees
Look Away - Chicago
Bed Of Nails - Alice Cooper
Hide Your Heart - KISS
Feel A Whole Lot Better - Tom Petty
All Around The World - Lisa Stansfield
Hangin' On A Limb - Neil Young
Big Dumb Sex - Soundgarden
You Got It - Roy Orbison
Call It Love - Poco
Listen To Your Heart - Roxette
Bust A Move - Young MC
Mixed Emotions - Rolling Stones
Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz
King Of The New York Streets - Dion
Crossfire - Stevie Ray Vaughan
I'll See You In My Dreams - Giant
Healing Hands - Elton John
The Unknown Knows - Voivod
Presto - Rush
With God On Our Side - Neville Brothers

 

Definitely Most of the Time over Everything is Broken.

 

Figure Of Eight - Paul McCartney
Rockin' In The Free World (electric) - Neil Young
Carol You Fool/Chana In De Bushwop - Frank Zappa edit into
I Want It All (guitar intro version) - Queen
I Can't Read - Tin Machine
Too Far Gone - Neil Young
Breakthru - Queen
Put It There - Paul McCartney
Ring Them Bells - Bob Dylan
This One - Paul McCartney
Scandal - Queen
Man In The Long Black Coat - Bob Dylan

 

My compilation for 1989...

Street Fighting Years - Simple Minds
Cartoon Boyfriend - The Wonder Stuff
Blues From A Gun - The Jesus & Mary Chain
Made Of Stone - Stone Roses
Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
Prisoner Of Love - Tin Machine
Round & Round - New Order
Edie (Ciao Baby) - The Cult
Debaser - Pixies
Def Con One - Pop Will Eat Itself
From Out Of Nowhere - Faith No More
Head Like A Hole - Nine Inch Nails

 

Side A
1. "Woman in Chains" - Tears for Fears
2. "This Is Your Land" - Simple Minds
3. "Loneliness" - Danny Wilson
4. "Blaze of Glory" - Joe Jackson
5. "This Woman's Work" - Kate Bush

Side B
6. "Brother of Mine" - Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe
7. "As I Am" -Saga
8. "The Whaler's Dues" - Jethro Tull
9. "Easter"- Marillion

 

My list has some 1988 overlap (probably 1990 too) but these are straight from 3 mix tapes that I made in 1989 and 1990. This is all stuff I was listening to throughout 1989 and even 1990. Most of it got a lot of airplay on the local radio or MTV in '89 although some of the songs are album tracks that just hit me in the right spot at that time.

Love & Rockets – So Alive
R.E.M. – Hairshirt
The Cure – Pictures Of You
U2 – All I Want Is You
Skid Row – I Remember You
White Lion – Little Fighter
Prince – Batdance
Eazy-E – No More ?’s
Peter Gabriel – In Your Eyes (yes, this is from 1986, but the Say Anything soundtrack gave it new life in 1989)
George Harrison – Cheer Down
Soul II Soul – Keep On Movin’
Public Enemy – Fight The Power
The Cult – Edie (Ciao Baby)
Janet Jackson – Escapade
Faster Pussycat – House Of Pain
Aerosmith – Janie’s Got A Gun
Rush – The Pass
Rolling Stones – Mixed Emotions
Def Leppard – Love & Affection
Don Henley – The Heart Of The Matter
Guns N Roses – One In A Million
Madonna – Oh Father
Traveling Wilburys – Handle With Care
Fine Young Cannibals – Good Thing
The Replacements – I’ll Be You
Paula Abdul – Straight Up
Treat Her Right – I Think She Likes Me
Rolling Stones – Slipping Away
De La Soul – Me Myself And I
R.E.M. – Orange Crush
U2 - Heartland
Warrant – Down Boys
Traveling Wilburys - Last Night
Cinderella – Coming Home
Bobby Brown – Every Little Step
Simply Red – If You Don’t Know Me By Now
The Cult – Fire Woman
The Pursuit Of Happiness – I’m An Adult Now
Rod Stewart – My Heart Can’t Tell You No
Aerosmith – What It Takes
Faster Pussycat – Please Dear
Motley Crue – Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
L.A. Guns - Ballad Of Jayne

 

My compilation from 1989 in order the songs should be played:
1. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Head On
2. Ministry - Thieves
3. Nine Inch Nails - Terrible Lie
4. Pixies - Wave Of Mutilation
5. Aerosmith - What It Takes
6. L.A. Guns - The Ballad Of Jayne
7. The Stone Runs - I Wanna Be Adored
8. The Cure - Pictures Of You
9. New Order - Fine Time
10. XTC - The Mayor Of Simpleton
11. Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
12. Neil Young - Don't Cry
13. Roy Orbison - You Got It
14. The Ocean Blue - Between Something And Nothing
15. Indigo Girls - Closer To Fine
16. Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - Superman
17. Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump

And honorable mention to Jodie Rocco, Linda Rocco, John Davis, Brad Howell, and perhaps Charles Shaw who were the actual singers on the Milli Vanilli album which had one of the best singles of the year - (Girl) I'm Gonna Miss You.

 

Favorites from 89:

The Beautiful South - You Keep It All In
The Cult - Fire Woman
Elvis Costello - Veronica
Eric Clapton - No Alibis
George Harrison - Cheer Down
The Jayhawks - Two Angels
Joe Jackson - Nineteen Forever
John Mellencamp - To Live
Love & Rockets - So Alive
Lyle Lovett - Nobody Knows Me
Mahoots - I Can't Seem To Drink Enough
Paul McCartney - Figure Of Eight
Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
The Rainmakers - Thirty Days
The Replacements - I'll Be You
Shooting Star - Touch Me Tonight
Tom Petty - Yer So Bad
Van Morrison - Have I Told You Lately
10,000 Maniacs - Trouble Me
XTC - Mayor Of Simpleton

 

1989, a playlist by Shawn Bartels on Spotify