Best Albums of 1989
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"Their are albums and artists who I struggle with - My Bloody Valentine, Bob Dylan, and this band the Pixies. I have played this album over and over and over trying to understand its greatness just like MBV’s Loveless and I just don’t get it. I’ve tried my best and concede that it’s not for me, I ..." Reply
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1989
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"Joy Division's "Atmosphere" stretched over 70 minutes. So yeah, it sounds good." Reply
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1989
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"Words can not describe how awesome this album is. There is not one bad track on it. Why did I only discover this masterpiece last year? Why not sooner? Why why why?" Reply
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1989
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"Beastie Boys are one of my favorite band (All genre confused). Despite being a commercial failure at the time, "Paul's Boutique" is the best album of the Beasties. Absolute masterpiece, production model, deluge of samples, the album is an indisputable reference to rock culture composed of archive..." Reply
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1989
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"Isn't It A Pity is a damn good song... This album is a strange experience, the guitars generally sound fantastic, but the vocals can REALLY throw you off if you're not ready for FLAT high notes. Somehow it doesn't steal from the experience for me, however. LOOK AT MY BLUE THUNDER!" Reply
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1989
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"This album is just incredible and so enjoyable to listen too that it is hard to see how anyone can dislike it. The group create such a rich soundscape, that is mainly due to the production, which is extremely ahead of its time and unique. Then there is the layering, which gives us so much to expl..." Reply
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1989
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"It’s not complicated! Sometimes slower is better. Finishing the work that Black Flag’s My War and Flipper’s Album started, Bleach and company turned both metal and hardcore underground on its head by making SLOW the new fast. Combining the detuned riffage of Sabbath with 80s we-don’t give-two-fuc..." Reply
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1989
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"One of my all time favorite albums. I'm biased in the sense that I went to a lot of warehouse clubs in Detroit around the time this came out and several of these tracks got a lot of play time. This and Ministry's A Land of Rape and Honey the year prior really put their stamp on industrial music f..." Reply
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1989
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"This one was on continuous spin when it first came out - everybody had. Two decades later, I find it hasn't lost any of its charm. Great music from the start; I think it's Petty's finest effort." Reply
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1989
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"I simply love that album, I think it´s more than just good songs, it´s a way of looking at the world in an intelligent and passionate manner." Reply
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1989
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Best Albums of 1989 composition
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| Various Artists | 14 | 1% | |
| Гражданская Оборона [Grazhdanskaya Oborona] | 3 | 0% | |
| Янка [Yanka] | 3 | 0% | |
| Gary Numan | 3 | 0% | |
| ボアダムス [Boredoms] | 2 | 0% | |
| Fela Kuti | 2 | 0% | |
| Chet Baker | 2 | 0% | |
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446 | 45% | |
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233 | 23% | |
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37 | 4% | |
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36 | 4% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of 1989 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 14 from 78th to 64th |
Up 5 from 104th to 99th |
Up 2 from 36th to 34th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 2 from 65th to 67th |
Down 1 from 5th to 6th |
Down 1 from 34th to 35th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 5 from 104th to 99th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 1 from 100th to 101st |
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