Top 100 Music Albums of 1989
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1. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - 1984:1989 (Great!)
- Chart updated: 11/19/2025 02:45
- (Created: 02/23/2018 14:10).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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College Rock
HOF#1 [First added to this chart: 05/02/2018]
HOF#1 [First added to this chart: 05/02/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
25,568
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College Rock
HOF#2 [First added to this chart: 05/02/2018]
HOF#2 [First added to this chart: 05/02/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
30,084
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Indie Rock
HOF#5 [First added to this chart: 05/05/2018]
HOF#5 [First added to this chart: 05/05/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
3,818
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Grunge
HOF#3 [First added to this chart: 05/02/2018]
HOF#3 [First added to this chart: 05/02/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
3,474
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Sophisti-Pop
Great! [First added to this chart: 12/02/2018]
Great! [First added to this chart: 12/02/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
1,379
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Punk
Great [First added to this chart: 12/03/2018]
Great [First added to this chart: 12/03/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,232
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[First added to this chart: 10/23/2022]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
22,031
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Comments:
8. (=)
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[First added to this chart: 03/03/2023]
Comp
Essential [First added to this chart: 03/10/2019]
Essential [First added to this chart: 03/10/2019]
Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,426
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Great!
[First added to this chart: 03/11/2019]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Soul II Soul | 1 | 1% | |
| Bel Canto | 1 | 1% | |
| Kirsty MacColl | 1 | 1% | |
| Larry Heard | 1 | 1% | |
| Ian McCulloch | 1 | 1% | |
| The Dream Syndicate | 1 | 1% | |
| Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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64 | 64% | |
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23 | 23% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 chart changes
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Up 1 from 89th to 88th |
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| ! | 04/08/2025 06:51 |  Purplepash | 1,837 | 88/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2020 05:56 |  NoisyBeast | 85 | 91/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2020 02:42 | DJENNY | 4,335 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2019 23:21 |  sssvnnn | 2,881 | 83/100 |
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