Best Albums of 1989

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Listed below are the best albums of 1989 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 41,000 greatest album charts.

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1989 year summaryThe best artists of 1989 were Pixies, The Stone Roses, The Cure, Beastie Boys, Galaxie 500, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, De La Soul, Tom Petty and Lou Reed.

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Doolittle

Pixies

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,205 charts

Rank Score:

50,262

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Average Rating:

88 (2,525 votes)

Comments:

255

The Stone Roses

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,708 charts

Rank Score:

33,857

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Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,465 charts

Rank Score:

30,824

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1989

Appears in:

718 charts

Rank Score:

9,144

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Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

433 charts

Rank Score:

5,431

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Overall Rank:

359

Average Rating:

82 (483 votes)

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Bleach

Nirvana

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

526 charts

Rank Score:

4,298

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Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

399 charts

Rank Score:

3,980

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Overall Rank:

485

Average Rating:

79 (559 votes)

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3 Feet High And Rising

De La Soul

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

396 charts

Rank Score:

3,541

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Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

369 charts

Rank Score:

3,293

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578

Average Rating:

78 (456 votes)

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10.

New York

Lou Reed

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

303 charts

Rank Score:

2,805

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101

Overall Rank:

668

Average Rating:

77 (354 votes)

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Best Albums of 1989 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	11	1%
Янка Дягилева [Yanka Dyagileva]	3	0%
Roy Orbison	3	0%
Gary Numan	3	0%
Todd Rundgren	2	0%
Гражданская Оборона [Grazhdanskaya Oborona]	2	0%
Green On Red	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	453	45%
	231	23%
	40	4%
	38	4%
	30	3%
	26	3%
	20	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	924	92%
Yes	80	8%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,002	100%
Yes	2	0%

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