Top 15 Music Albums of 1989
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My favourite albums of 1989.
- Chart updated: 08/04/2017 20:45
- (Created: 09/16/2013 12:58).
- Chart size: 15 albums.
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Danceable guitar music with angelic vocals. Not the maddest Madchester album out there, but certainly the greatest. It feels great walking around in the city with this album in the ears.
Favourite tracks: "Made of Stone" & "This Is the One" [First added to this chart: 11/10/2013]
Favourite tracks: "Made of Stone" & "This Is the One" [First added to this chart: 11/10/2013]
Year of Release:
1989
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23,029
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The "Rubber Soul"/"Revolver" of the 80s, just more violent and insane!
Favourite tracks: "Debaser" & "Wave of Mutilation" [First added to this chart: 11/10/2013]
Favourite tracks: "Debaser" & "Wave of Mutilation" [First added to this chart: 11/10/2013]
Year of Release:
1989
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31,640
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On dream pop fire! Something about the adorably strained vocals and the youthful, innocent and daydreaming approach of Galaxie 500 will make you leave this planet. Magically decomposing!
Favourite tracks: "Tell Me" & "When Will You Come Home" [First added to this chart: 12/01/2014]
Favourite tracks: "Tell Me" & "When Will You Come Home" [First added to this chart: 12/01/2014]
Year of Release:
1989
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4,035
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Disintegrate into the same deep water as The Cure, a lullaby land of beautiful, gothic visions. It's quite exhausting to listen to all the way through with quite a few tracks that really drag on, but that's actually part of its greatness as it strengthens the experience of drowning in mesmerizing ambience rather than listening to regular music!
Favourite tracks: "Plainsong" & "Lullaby" [First added to this chart: 12/13/2013]
Favourite tracks: "Plainsong" & "Lullaby" [First added to this chart: 12/13/2013]
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1989
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26,245
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Every Queen album is a bit of a miracle and this is no exception. Party rockers, big anthems, magical synthesizers, cheesy ballads, Queen wanted it all and they gave it to you here. Despite what many wants you to believe about Queen in the 80s, this is no way a scandal!
Favourite tracks: "The Miracle" & "The Invisible Man" [First added to this chart: 11/17/2013]
Favourite tracks: "The Miracle" & "The Invisible Man" [First added to this chart: 11/17/2013]
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1989
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653
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Hand on my heart, I really enjoy myself listening to this album (and Kylie Minogue in general). There's just something about Kylie's vocals, they're simply adorable. It's more or less the same album as the debut, it's got SAW (and thus the 80s) written all over it. However, "Tell Tale Signs", "My Secret Heart" and "Tears on My Pillow" are pretty, nostalgic-tinged exceptions to the 80s pump.
Favourite tracks: "Never Too Late" & "Tears on My Pillow" [First added to this chart: 08/04/2017]
Favourite tracks: "Never Too Late" & "Tears on My Pillow" [First added to this chart: 08/04/2017]
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Shake your rump to this boutique heavily stored with samples. It's perhaps a little less silly than the debut, but Beastie Boys still deliver a strong party-minded album. Especially the Beatles sample heaven of "The Sounds of Science" (though it more sets the stage for Simon & Garfunkel references) is great entertainment, at least if you're a Beatles fan or know them well.
Favourite tracks: "The Sounds of Science" & "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" [First added to this chart: 11/28/2013]
Favourite tracks: "The Sounds of Science" & "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" [First added to this chart: 11/28/2013]
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1989
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6,564
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A real 80s motor of love as romantic and gentle as the album artwork with a couple of McCartney's typical quirky "distractions". McCartney gives some of his best emotional vocals in "Figure of Eight" while closing the 80s gorgeously with the anthemic power and choral beauty of "Motor of Love".
Favourite tracks: "Figure of Eight" & "Motor of Love" [First added to this chart: 11/24/2013]
Favourite tracks: "Figure of Eight" & "Motor of Love" [First added to this chart: 11/24/2013]
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1989
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381
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You may tell yourself, now I'm in heaven, sometime during this album. That's not to say it's some sassy new age-sounding fluff, actually, it's more like the exact opposite! Julian Lennon has taken on a different, more masculine sorta Elvis-style vocally unlike his previous more nasal and thin voice reminiscent of his father's. His two first albums were probably more soulful, but this one kicks some serious butt, pure rock 'n' roll style!
Favourite tracks: "Now You're in Heaven" & "Mother Mary" [First added to this chart: 07/03/2015]
Favourite tracks: "Now You're in Heaven" & "Mother Mary" [First added to this chart: 07/03/2015]
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Still cruisin' with The Beach Boys after all of these years. They already made it big in the 60s, but here they're doing it again, mostly because of the smash hit "Kokomo". Big choruses and delightfully infectious, the songs, despite drenched in 80s sound, are actually quite great. However, the album is disjointedly composed of various songs included in recent films. An oddity like "Wipe Out" with guest rapping by The Fat Boys and backing vocals by The Beach Boys themselves strongly contrasts the pointless inclusion of classic songs from the 1960s. The Beach Boys certainly get around on the album, but for the songs alone there's great reason to listen to it!
Favourite tracks: "Still Cruisin'" & "Island Girl" [First added to this chart: 03/27/2014]
Favourite tracks: "Still Cruisin'" & "Island Girl" [First added to this chart: 03/27/2014]
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Top 15 Music Albums of 1989 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Queen | 1 | 7% | |
| Kylie Minogue | 1 | 7% | |
| Beastie Boys | 1 | 7% | |
| Paul McCartney | 1 | 7% | |
| Julian Lennon | 1 | 7% | |
| The Beach Boys | 1 | 7% | |
| Michael Bolton | 1 | 7% | |
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Top 15 Music Albums of 1989 chart changes
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| Up 2 from 13th to 11th Soul Provider by Michael Bolton |
| Up 1 from 11th to 10th Still Cruisin' by The Beach Boys |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 10th to 12th Technique by New Order |
| Down 1 from 12th to 13th 90 by 808 State |
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