Top 78 Music Albums of 1989
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Romanelli 
- Chart updated: 10/01/2025 17:15
- (Created: 04/11/2012 18:15).
- Chart size: 78 albums.
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1989 – ROUGH TRADE
Produced By MARK KRAMER
1. Blue Thunder
2. Tell Me
3. Snowstorm
4. Strange
5. When Will You Come Home
6. Decomposing Trees
7. Another Day
8. Leave The Planet
9. Plastic Bird
10. Isn’t It A Pity
11. Victory Garden
12. Ceremony
13. Cold Night
In a three year span, Galaxie 500 released three albums that pretty much defined the mopey sound of dream pop. Their biggest song was “Tugboat” from their debut, but their best album was the second one, On Fire. The band was led by singer and guitarist Dean Wareham, whose voice was deemed the reason for the band’s ultimate lack of commercial success…it’s pretty thin and unremarkable. But outside of that, this was a pretty damn cool band. Along with drummer Damon Kukowski and bassist Naomi Yang, Wareham forged a sound that influenced a long line of bands that came after them. Galaxie 500 wore their own influences proudly, recalling Jonathan Richman and The Velvet Underground at almost every turn. In a perfect world, they would have had a long and fruitful career. It was not to be…Wareham suddenly ended the band after just three albums.
On Fire is, in its own flawed way, one of the coolest albums of the late 1980’s. Songs like “Blue Thunder” and “Another Day” (sung by Yang) are big highlights, and the closing track is a surprising George Harrison cover. The three 1997 bonus tracks are surprisingly good as well, featuring a wonderful cover of the Joy Division classic “Ceremony”. The sound is consistent, fully guitar driven, and at times, quite lovely. While many other dream pop bands utilized syntesizers a lot, Galaxie 500 didn’t use them at all, and the results are very good. No one really knows why Wareham ended Galaxie 500, and there have never been any reunions or even rumors of one. But, for three dreamy albums in a three year span, we had Galaxie 500. Check them out…check THIS one out. They are all pretty cool, but this is really the one album to have by this band. And the bonus tracks are worth it as well. [First added to this chart: 06/26/2018]
Produced By MARK KRAMER
1. Blue Thunder
2. Tell Me
3. Snowstorm
4. Strange
5. When Will You Come Home
6. Decomposing Trees
7. Another Day
8. Leave The Planet
9. Plastic Bird
10. Isn’t It A Pity
11. Victory Garden
12. Ceremony
13. Cold Night
In a three year span, Galaxie 500 released three albums that pretty much defined the mopey sound of dream pop. Their biggest song was “Tugboat” from their debut, but their best album was the second one, On Fire. The band was led by singer and guitarist Dean Wareham, whose voice was deemed the reason for the band’s ultimate lack of commercial success…it’s pretty thin and unremarkable. But outside of that, this was a pretty damn cool band. Along with drummer Damon Kukowski and bassist Naomi Yang, Wareham forged a sound that influenced a long line of bands that came after them. Galaxie 500 wore their own influences proudly, recalling Jonathan Richman and The Velvet Underground at almost every turn. In a perfect world, they would have had a long and fruitful career. It was not to be…Wareham suddenly ended the band after just three albums.
On Fire is, in its own flawed way, one of the coolest albums of the late 1980’s. Songs like “Blue Thunder” and “Another Day” (sung by Yang) are big highlights, and the closing track is a surprising George Harrison cover. The three 1997 bonus tracks are surprisingly good as well, featuring a wonderful cover of the Joy Division classic “Ceremony”. The sound is consistent, fully guitar driven, and at times, quite lovely. While many other dream pop bands utilized syntesizers a lot, Galaxie 500 didn’t use them at all, and the results are very good. No one really knows why Wareham ended Galaxie 500, and there have never been any reunions or even rumors of one. But, for three dreamy albums in a three year span, we had Galaxie 500. Check them out…check THIS one out. They are all pretty cool, but this is really the one album to have by this band. And the bonus tracks are worth it as well. [First added to this chart: 06/26/2018]
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1989
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Top 78 Music Albums of 1989 composition
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| Indigo Girls | 1 | 1% | |
| Mekons | 1 | 1% | |
| White Lion | 1 | 1% | |
| Fugazi | 1 | 1% | |
| The Stone Roses | 1 | 1% | |
| Simple Minds | 1 | 1% | |
| The The | 1 | 1% | |
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| 100/100 | 10/01/2019 01:42 | DJENNY | | 100/100 |
| 75/100 | 11/15/2014 13:40 |  sssvnnn | | 83/100 |
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| 95/100 | 02/24/2013 03:05 |  sheep21 | | 89/100 |
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sheep21 02/24/2013 03:06
Excellent choices.
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Excellent album!
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