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:
26,123
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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:
31,677
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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:
4,052
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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:
3,505
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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:
1,393
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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
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Rank Score:
1,277
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[First added to this chart: 10/23/2022]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
23,130
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8. (=)
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Great!
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12. (13) 1
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[First added to this chart: 03/11/2019]
Year of Release:
1989
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1,548
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Total albums: 97. 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% | |
| Mr. Fingers | 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
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 90th to 89th Sometimes That's All We Have by The Sneetches |
| Up 1 from 89th to 88th Me And A Monkey On The Moon by Felt (UK) |
| Up 1 from 88th to 87th The Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get by My Dad Is Dead |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 04/08/2025 06:51 |  Purplepash | 1,684 | 88/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2020 05:56 |  NoisyBeast | 86 | 91/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2020 02:42 | DJENNY | 4,365 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2019 23:21 |  sssvnnn | 2,866 | 83/100 |
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