Hey, we're now up to 1989! Just name your favorite albums from that year. Anything released between Jan 1 & Dec 31 counts. Alright, have fun! My favorite albums from 1989 in alphabetical order by artist: The B-52's - Cosmic Thing Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique Camper Van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie The Cure - Disintegration drivin' n' cryin' - Mystery Road Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & The Cooked Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - Queen Elvis Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls The Jayhawks - Blue Earth The Jesus And Mary Chain - Automatic Kon Kan - Move To Move Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood New Order - Technique Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine The Ocean Blue - The Ocean Blue Michael Penn - March Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever Pixies - Doolittle The Primitives - Pure Ramones - Brain Drain Lou Reed - New York Rush - Presto The Smithereens - 11 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses XTC - Oranges & Lemons Neil Young - Freedom
I'm going say the OP did a fine job. I'd leave off the Crue, Ramones, and maybe Rush. But otherwise an excellent list.
Flying In A Blue Dream - Joe Satriani In Step - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble Like a Prayer - Madonna Blue Murder - Blue Murder Dr Feelgood - Motley Crue Pump - Aerosmith Journeyman - Eric Clapton Slip of The Tongue - Whitesnake
The Who Superstar Concert Series Radio Concert The Kinks UK Jive IQ Are You Sitting Comfortably? Steeleye Span Tempted and Tried Lindisfarne Amigos The Roches Speak Kate Bush The Sensual World It Bites Eat Me in St. Louis Mike Oldfield Earth Moving Poco Legacy Marillion Season's End Pallas Sketches Debbie Harry Def Dumb and Blonde Wolfstone s/t Jade Warrior At Peace New Order Technique Adrian Belew Mr. Music Head Pentangle So Early in the Spring The Enid Final Noise
Lou Reed's New York completely changed my life. Adrian Belew's Mr. Music Man made me a lifelong fan, but more importantly brought me to Frank Zappa, Laurie Anderson and King Crimson. 1989 also saw me attend my first Who, Stones and McCartney shows. A personally instrumental year - some great music sure, but what was more essential, great interactions with music. I was 15.
Screaming Trees - Buzz Factory Pixies - Doolittle Nirvana - Bleach Galaxie 500 - On Fire American Music Club - United Kingdom
Aerosmith Pump Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe The B-52's Cosmic Thing The Blue Nile Hats Kate Bush The Sensual World Phil Collins ... But Seriously Peter Gabriel Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ Billy Joel Storm Front Paul McCartney Flowers in the Dirt Marillion Seasons End Van Morrison Avalon Sunset Tom Petty Full Moon Fever Pixies Doolittle Queen The Miracle Lou Reed New York The Stone Roses The Stone Roses The Wonder Stuff Hup XTC Oranges and Lemons Neil Young Freedom
01. No Means No - Wrong 02. Cardiacs - On Land And In The Sea 03. Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck - Djam Leelii 04. Pixies - Doolittle 05. Meat Beat Manifesto - Storm The Studio 06. Ice-T - The Iceberg / Freedom Of Speech...Just Watch What You Say 07. Neil Young - Freedom 08. Urban Dance Squad - Mental Floss For The Globe 09. Faith No More - The Real Thing 10. Bad Religion - No Control 11. Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon 12. New Model Army - Thunder And Consolation 13. 808 State - 90 14. The Young Gods - L' Eau Rouge 15. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising 16. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Shahen-Shah 17. Cosmic Psychos - Go The Hack 18. Ministry - The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste 19. To Hell With Burgundy - Earthbound 20. Fugazi - 13 Songs 21. The Dub Syndicate - Strike The Balance 22. Dino Lee - Messin' With My Thang 23. Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule 24. Mano Negra - Puta's Fever 25. Repulsion - Horrified 26. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine 27. Julee Cruise - Floating Into The Night 28. EPMD - Unfinished Business 29. Voi Vod - Nothingface 30. Galaxie 500 - On Fire 31. Geto Boys - Grip It! On That Other Level 32. Macabre - Gloom 33. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk 34. Laughing Hyenas - You Can't Pray A Lie 35. Tad - God's Balls 36. Swans - The Burning World 37. My Dead Is Dead - The Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get 38. Titãs - Õ Blésq Blom 39. Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw And The Cooked 40. Obituary - Slowly We Rot 41. Swing Out Sister - Kaleidoscope World 42. The Necks - Sex 43. Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire 44. Drivin' N' Cryin' - Mystery Road 45. 22 Pistepirkko - Bare Bone Nest 46. Mudhoney - Mudhoney 47. De Artsen - Conny Waves With A Shell 48. Alain Bashung - Novice 49. Boredoms - Soul Discharge 50. Dead Moon - Unknown Passage 51. Jungle Brothers - Done By The Forces Of Nature 52. Band Of Susans - Love Agenda 53. Lou Reed - New York 54. The Ex - Joggers And Smoggers 55. Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos 56. Jello Biafra & D.O.A. - Last Scream Of The Missing Neighbors 57. Bill Frisell - Before We Were Born 58. The Gories - House Rockin' 59. Soundgarden - Louder Than Love 60. Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today 61. Various Artists - Techno-1 62. Madonna - Like A Prayer 63. Daniel Lanois - Acadie 64. Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo - Road To The Riches 65. The Cure - Disintegration 66. Bongwater - Too much Sleep 67. S-Express - Original Soundtrack 68. Saw Throat - Inde$troy 69. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique 70. Skinny Puppy - Rabies 71. Barrence Whitfield - Live-Emulsified 72. Godflesh - Streetcleaner 73. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 74. Olodum - 10 Anos Do Deserto Do Saara Ao Nordeste Brasileiro 75. Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
'89... Rush - Presto Jethro Tull - Rock Island Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels McCartney - Flowers In The Dirt Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Julee Cruise - Floating Into The Night
the cure - disintegration beastie boys - paul's boutique faith no more - the real thing bob dylan - oh mercy neneh cherry - raw like sushi lou reed - new york lenny kravitz - let love rule van morrison - avalon sunset nirvana - bleach stone roses NIN - pretty hate machine aerosmith - pump chili peppers - mothers milk xtc - oranges and lemons SRV - in step neville brothers - yellow moon fz ycdtosa vol 3 boom crash opera - these here are crazy times primus - suck on this muddy waters - chess box gary moore - after the war jeff beck's guitar shop ian moss - matchbook miles davis - aura hunters and colle ctors - ghost nation paul kelly and the messengers - so much water so close to home Maybe i was busy with other things and missed a lot of stuff, but it seemed like a pretty average year for albums to me. still some great albums, but considerably fewer. also it seemed a lot of bands that you would normally expect to release something good, released some pretty average stuff to my ears.
1. King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska 2. Pixies - Doolittle 3. Black Sabbath - Headless Cross 4. Running Wild - Death or Glory 5. Savatage - Gutter Ballet 6. WASP - the Headless Children 7. Blue Murder - s/t 8. Fugazi - 13 songs 9. Badlands - s/t 10. Saint Vitus - V 11. Bob Mould - Workbook 12. Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy 13. Skid Row - s/t 14. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains 15. Helstar - Nosferatu
Maybe not a great year, but still pretty good. Here's five..... Jayhawks - Blue Earth Electric Love Muffin - Rassafranna Robyn Hitchcock - Queen Elvis Replacements - Don't Tell A Soul George Harrison - Best of Dark Horse
Paul McCartney: Flowers In The Dirt Jeff Beck: Guitar Shop Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Kim Mitchell: Rockland Wang Chung: The Warmer Side Of Cool John Williams: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade soundtrack Larry Carlton: Christmas At My House
Badlands Bonham - The Disregard Of Timekeeping Enuff Z'Nuff Skid Row The Stone Roses W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children
AEROSMITH Pump ALARM,THE Change ANDERSON BRUFORD WAKEMAN HOWE Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe ANIMAL LOGIC Animal Logic ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION Truth In A Structured Form B-52'S,THE Cosmic Thing BAKER,ARTHUR & THE BACKBEAT DISCIPLES Merge BARTON,LOU ANN Read My Lips BEAT FARMERS Poor And Famous BEAUSOLEIL Bayou Cadillac BEAUSOLEIL Live! From The Left Coast BECK,JEFF Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop BIG WHEEL East End BLACK VELVET BAND,THE When Justice Came BLOCK,RORY Blue Horizon BLUE NILE,THE Hats BLUE RODEO Diamond Mine BODEANS Home BROOKS,GARTH Garth Brooks BROWNE,JACKSON World In Motion BRUCE,JACK A Question Of Time CACAVAS,CHRIS & JUNK YARD LOVE Chris Cacavas & Junk Yard Love CALE,J.J. Travel-Log CASE,PETER The Man With The Blue...Guitar CHALK CIRCLE As The Crow Flies CHAPMAN,TRACY Crossroads CLAPTON,ERIC Journeyman CLARKE,MICK (BAND) Steel And Fire COCKBURN,BRUCE Big Circumstance COLLINS,PHIL ...But Seriously CONCRETE BLONDE Free CONNELLS,THE Fun & Games COODER,RY Johnny Handsome (Soundtrack) COPELAND,JOHNNY Boom Boom COSTELLO,ELVIS Spike CRASH VEGAS Red Earth CRAZY HORSE Left For Dead CRENSHAW,MARSHALL Good Evening CROSBY,DAVID Oh Yes I Can CULT,THE Sonic Temple DANIELS,CHRIS & THE KINGS That's What I Like About The South DEACON BLUE When The World Knows Your Name DEL AMITRI Waking Hours DEL FUEGOS,THE Smoking In The Fields DEL LORDS,THE Live: Howlin' At The Halloween Moon DIESEL PARK WEST Shakespeare Alabama DOOBIE BROTHERS,THE Cycles DRIVIN'N'CRYIN' Mystery Road DROVERS,THE Beyond The Blue DYLAN,BOB Oh Mercy ELLIS,TINSLEY Fanning The Flames FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS,THE Powerful Stuff FAIRPORT CONVENTION Red & Gold FAITH NO MORE The Real Thing FINN,TIM Tim Finn FUNDERBURGH,ANSON AND THE ROCKETS She Knocks Me Out! GABRIEL,PETER Passion GARRETT,AMOS I Make My Home In My Shoes GEORGIA SATELLITES,THE In The Land Of Salvation And Sin GODFATHERS,THE More Songs About Love & Hate GRAMM,LOU Long Hard Look GRAPES OF WRATH,THE Now And Again GRATEFUL DEAD,THE Built To Last GREEN ON RED This Time Around GUADALCANAL DIARY Flip-Flop HENLEY,DON The End Of The Innocence HEWERDINE,BOO & DARDEN SMITH Evidence HIMMELMAN,PETER Synesthesia HOODOO GURUS Magnum Cum Louder HOOKER,JOHN LEE The Healer HOOTERS Zig Zag HOUSE OF FREAKS Tantilla HUNTERS & COLLECTORS Ghost Nation INDIGO GIRLS Indigo Girls INNOCENCE MISSION,THE The Innocence Mission ISAAK,CHRIS Heart Shaped World JACKSON,JOE Blaze Of Glory JASON AND THE SCORCHERS Thunder And Fire JOHNS,EVAN & HIS H-BOMBS Bombs Away JONES,MICK Mick Jones JONES,RICKIE LEE Flying Cowboys JORDAN,SASS Tell Somebody JUNKYARD Junkyard KASSAV' Majestik Zouk KATRINA & THE WAVES Break Of Hearts KELLY,PAUL & THE MESSENGERS So Much Water So Close To Home KING SWAMP King Swamp KING'S X Gretchen Goes To Nebraska KINKS,THE UK Jive KINSEY REPORT,THE Midnight Drive LANOIS,DANIEL Acadie LAUPER,CYNDI A Night To Remember LOVETT,LYLE And His Large Band LUBA All Or Nothing LUKATHER,STEVE Lukather MACCOLL,KIRSTY Kite MARILLION Seasons End MARLEY,ZIGGY One Bright Day MCCLINTON,DELBERT Live From Austin MCKEE,MARIA Maria McKee MCMURTRY,JAMES Too Long In The Wasteland MELLENCAMP,JOHN COUGAR Big Daddy MENTAL AS ANYTHING Cyclone Raymond MORRISON,VAN Avalon Sunset MORSE,STEVE High Tension Wires MOULD,BOB Workbook MURPHY,PETER Deep MYLES,ALANNAH Alannah Myles N'DOUR,YOUSSOU The Lion NEVILLE BROTHERS,THE Yellow Moon NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Volume II NUCLEAR VALDEZ I Am I ORBISON,ROY Mystery Girl PARKER,GRAHAM Live! Alone In America PARKER,GRAHAM Human Soul PENN,MICHAEL March PEREGRINS Peregrins PETTY,TOM Full Moon Fever PHISH Junta POCO Legacy POGUES,THE Peace and Love POSIES,THE Failure QUESTIONNAIRES,THE Window to the World RABIN,TREVOR Can't Look Away RADIATORS,THE (NEW ORLEANS) Zig-Zaggin' Through Ghostland RAITT,BONNIE Nick Of Time REA,CHRIS The Road To Hell RECKLESS SLEEPERS Big Boss Sounds REED,DAN (NETWORK) Slam REED,LOU New York REPLACEMENTS,THE Don't Tell A Soul RIVER CITY PEOPLE Say Something Good ROLLING STONES,THE Steel Wheels ROYAL CRESCENT MOB Spin The World RUNDGREN,TODD Nearly Human RUNRIG Searchlight RUSH Presto SALAS,STEVIE Colorcode SAVOY BROWN Kings Of Boogie SIDEWINDERS Witchdoctor SIMPLE MINDS Street Fighting Years SIMPLY RED A New Flame SMITHEREENS,THE 11 SNATCH IT BACK Dynamite SOUNDGARDEN Louder Than Love SOUNDTRACK Rain Man SPIRIT Rapture In The Chambers SQUEEZE Frank SQUIER,BILLY Hear & Now STONE ROSES,THE The Stone Roses STRAW,SYD Surprise SUBDUDES,THE The Subdudes SUNDOGS,THE Unleashed TEARS FOR FEARS The Seeds Of Love TEN THOUSAND MANIACS Blind Man's Zoo TESLA The Great Radio Controversy TEXAS Southside THE THE Mind Bomb TIN MACHINE Tin Machine TONE-LOC Loc-Ed After Dark TOWNSHEND,PETE The Iron Man TRAGICALLY HIP,THE Up To Here TREAT HER RIGHT Tied To The Tracks TROUT,WALTER (BAND) Life In The Jungle TRUTH,THE Jump TURNER,TINA Foreign Affair VAN ZANDT,TOWNES Live At The Old Quarter - Houston, Texas VARIOUS ARTISTS Night Of The Guitar Live! VAUGHAN,STEVIE RAY & DOUBLE TROUBLE In Step WALKER,JOE LOUIS Blue Soul WALKING WOUNDED Raging Winds Of Time WATSON,HELEN The Weather Inside WENDY & LISA Fruit At The Bottom WHITE,SNOWY (BLUES AGENCY) Open For Business WILDER,WEBB Hybrid Vigor WILLSON-PIPER,MARTY Rhyme WORLD TRADE World Trade WYGALS,THE Honyocks in the Whithersoever XTC Oranges & Lemons YOUNG,NEIL Freedom ZEVON,WARREN Transverse City
The Replacements - Don't Tell a Soul Lunachicks - Sugar Luv (double 7") Van Morrison - Avalon Sunset Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step The Buck Pets - The Buck Pets Nirvana - Bleach Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique Green Day - 1,000 Hours (ep) Goo Goo Dolls - Jed The Lemonheads - Lick Jeff Beck - Guitar Shop Drivin' and Cryin' - Mystery Road Soundgarden - Louder Than Love Faster Pussycat - Wake Me When It's Over Masters 0f Reality - Masters of Reality
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 Exposé - What You Don't Know Chaka Khan - Life Is A Dance: The Remix Project Dino - 24/7 Todd Rundgren - Nearly Human Swing Out Sister - Kaleidoscope World Randy & The Gypsies Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. One Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi Prince - Batman Donna Summer - Another Place And Time Jody Watley - Larger Than Life B-52s - Cosmic Thing Liza Minnelli - Results Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love Wendy & Lisa - Fruit At The Bottom Jane Child
A handful of strong albums amongst a mediocre year of releases. 20. Getahead Curiosity Killed The Cat - a disappointment for me but I still played it a lot 19. The Raw & the Cooked Fine Young Cannibals 18. Maria McKee Maria McKee 17. Street Fighting Years Simple Minds 16. Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World Johnny Clegg & Savuka 15. March Michael Penn 14. Õ Blésq Blom Titãs 13. A Night to Remember Cyndi Lauper 12. The Sensual World Kate Bush 11. Puta's Fever Mano Negra 10. Sound of my Heart Hubert Kah 9. Kite Kirsty MacColl 8. Steel Wheels Rolling Stones 7. In the 21st Century Men Without Hats - a couple of weak tracks aside 6. Heart Shaped World Chris Isaak 5. Like a Prayer Madonna 4. Shahen-Shah Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 3. The Breathtaking Blue Alphaville - despite being fraught with problems & quarrels during recording, this sounds amazing 2. New York Lou Reed 1. Full Moon Fever Tom Petty - not a duff moment across the entire set; all 5 of its released singles are flawless Mystery of the year: The Stone Roses The Stone Roses - I didn't get it then, I don't get it now
My favorite albums from 1989 in non-alphabetical order by album: Cloudland Pere Ubu Malefactor, Ade The Red Krayola (one of their classics) Cynical Hysterie Hour John Zorn (Sony) Hanatarash 3 Hanatarashi Soul Discharge Boredoms (Selfish, Japan) Boretronix 2 Boredoms (cassette-only)
