Best Albums of 1989

Listed below are the best albums of 1989 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 5 hours ago).
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1989 year summaryThe best artists of 1989 were Pixies, The Cure, The Stone Roses, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, Galaxie 500, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Tom Petty and Lou Reed.
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"While Presto isn’t one of the band’s most triumphant records, it’s proof that even lower tiered Rush records are worth the listen and have their share of highlights. The band tries their hand with ideas not usually associated with their core sound like funk grooves, tribal drum patterns, and soft..."  [+]  Reply
- AAL2014 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"This could almost be a Greatest Hits release by one of the all-time most underrated bands, The Beautiful South. There are some oustanding tracks to keep you interested but the others will start to grown on you too with each re-listen."  Reply
- dukeboxkool | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Pleased to Meet Me, the strongest Replacements record, was a momentous achievement. Don't Tell a Soul is such a drastic shift in sound from its predecessor that it is often dismissed as the group's nadir. But the polished production actually enables Paul Westerberg and company to do deliver a mat..."  [+]  Reply
- henrygreen0203 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"What a record, looking at Streams in Spotify or Apple Music ... maybe one of the most underrated metal albums of all time. Not one bad or repetitive song. Vocals, Mix, Production, Guitars, ... everything on point. Gutter Ballet is maybe the best song they ever wrote. Of Rage and War, When the Cro..."  [+]  Reply
- ElDuderino | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Not as good as In My Tribe but still a great album. I saw them live in Edinburgh Queens Hall on the tour promoting this and at the end Rob Buck threw his plectrum into the crowd and it hit me in the face and fell to the ground. I stayed standing still where I was until the lights came on and the ..."  [+]  Reply
- drstuey | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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