Top 87 Music Albums of 1989
by LittleM1971 
1989 Playlist:
Sheriff Fatman - Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
Head On - The Jesus & Mary Chain
Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr.
Negative Creep - Nirvana
Hate The Police - Mudhoney
Black Candy - Beat Happening
Box Elder - Pavement
Strange - Galaxie 500
Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
Brassneck - The Wedding Present
Nothing To Be Done - The Pastels
Lovely Little Swan - Close Lobsters
From The City To The Sea - The Family Cat
Don't Let Me Down, Gently - The Wonderstuff
Commercial Reign - Inspiral Carpets
Hallelujah - Happy Mondays
Bye Bye Badman - The Stone Roses
Sensitive - The Field Mice
You Should All Be Murdered - Another Sunny Day
I Kicked A Boy - The Sundays
Sight Of You - Pale Saints
I Don't Know Why I Love You - The House Of Love
Prize - Kitchens Of Distinction
Scarlet - Lush
Cold - The Charlottes
Emily - The Brilliant Corners
Reaching Out - The Jasmine Minks
Around The World In Eighty Days - Brighter
Mile High Towers - Razorcuts
Take Me - The Adult Net
Goes So Slow - Even As We Speak
Blue Light - The Orchids
I’m Losing More Than I’ll Ever Have - Primal Scream
Lovesong - The Cure
Round & Round - New Order
Pacific 202 - 808 State
Getting Away With It - Electronic
Interesting Drug - Morrissey
The Beat(en) Generation - The The
I Love The World - New Model Army
From Out Of Nowhere - Faith No More
Deliverance - The Mission
Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
- Chart updated: 04/04/2026 18:15
- (Created: 01/14/2014 22:38).
- Chart size: 87 albums.
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Last listen: 31/12/25
[First added to this chart: 01/14/2014]
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1989
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22,447
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Last listen: 11/10/25
[First added to this chart: 01/21/2014]
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1989
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30,819
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Last listen: 14/09/19
[First added to this chart: 07/02/2014]
Year of Release:
1989
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2,134
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Last listen: 23/08/19
[First added to this chart: 04/28/2014]
Last listen: 19/09/25
[First added to this chart: 08/22/2016]
Last listen: 12/09/25
[First added to this chart: 07/12/2015]
Last listen: 25/02/23
[First added to this chart: 01/13/2017]
Last listen: 20/02/21
[First added to this chart: 12/14/2015]
Last listen: 27/07/20
[First added to this chart: 04/25/2015]
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1989
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583
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Last listen: 10/09/22
[First added to this chart: 03/06/2015]
Total albums: 87. Page 1 of 9
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Top 87 Music Albums of 1989 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Primitives | 2 | 2% | |
| The Field Mice | 1 | 1% | |
| The Wolfhounds | 1 | 1% | |
| The Weather Prophets | 1 | 1% | |
| The Family Cat | 1 | 1% | |
| New Model Army | 1 | 1% | |
| Beastie Boys | 1 | 1% | |
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Top 87 Music Albums of 1989 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 41st to 42ndThis Is The Day... This Is The Hour... This Is This! by Pop Will Eat Itself |
| Down 1 from 42nd to 43rdTelepathic Surgery by The Flaming Lips |
| Down 1 from 43rd to 44thHunkpapa by Throwing Muses |
| New entries |
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| Below The Waves by Heidi Berry |
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| 07/20/2020 03:29 | 0129114 | 64 | 81/100 | |
| 09/24/2018 03:35 | DJENNY | 4,338 | 100/100 | |
| 03/03/2018 22:02 |  Graeme2 | 213 | 94/100 | |
| 05/05/2016 23:59 |  LadyGodiva | 96 | 97/100 |
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From 0129114 07/20/2020 03:30 | #255837
interesting stuff
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From Graeme2 03/03/2018 22:01 | #210037
Graeme2 03/03/2018 22:01 | #210037
Good playlist that. I could just chuck that on now.
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From LadyGodiva 05/05/2016 23:59 | #165309
LadyGodiva 05/05/2016 23:59 | #165309
this is a thing of rare beauty... :)
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