#260 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #22: Laurie Anderson vs. Wire
Hey folks! Laurie Anderson, STRANGE ANGELS vs. Wire, IT’S BEGINNING TO AND BACK AGAIN Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #52 Laurie Anderson, STRANGE...
#259 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #21: Janet Jackson vs. King’s X
Hey folks! Janet Jackson, JANET JACKSON’S RHYTHM NATION 1814 vs. King’s X, GRETCHEN GOES TO NEBRASKA Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #13 Janet Jackson,...
#258 Best Album of 1989 Tournament: Week #4 Wrap-Up
Hey folks! Five more fall. We had one upset this week, as Soul II Soul’s CLUB CLASSICS VOL. ONE defeated The Blue Nile’s HATS, by 11 votes. As the seeds...
#257 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #20: The Cult vs. Lenny Kravitz
Hey folks! The Cult, SONIC TEMPLE vs. Lenny Kravitz, LET LOVE RULE. Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #36 The Cult, SONIC TEMPLE Listen on Spotify or...
#256 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #19: XTC vs. Pizzicato Five
Hey folks! XTC, ORANGES AND LEMONS vs. Pizzicato Five, BY HER MAJESTY’S REQUEST. Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #29 XTC, ORANGES AND LEMONS Listen on...
#255 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #18: The Blue Nile vs. Soul II Soul
Hey folks! The Blue Nile, HATS vs. Soul II Soul, CLUB CLASSICS VOL. ONE Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #61 The Blue Nile, HATS Listen on Spotify or...
#254 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #17: The Cure vs. Cher
Hey folks! The Cure, DISINTEGRATION vs. Cher, HEART OF STONE. Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #4 The Cure, DISINTEGRATION Listen on Spotify or YouTube...
#253 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #16: Mekons vs. Slint
Hey folks! Mekons, THE MEKONS ROCK N’ ROLL vs. Slint, TWEEZ Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #41 Mekons, THE MEKONS ROCK N' ROLL Listen on Spotify or...
#252 Best Album of 1989 Tournament: Week #3 Wrap-Up
Hey folks! Five more bite the dust. No surprises this last week, as all the higher seeds defeated the lower seeds. Now wait a minute — is a seed like the #1...
#251 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #15: The Replacements vs. Tin Machine
Hey folks! The Replacements, DON’T TELL A SOUL vs. Tin Machine, TIN MACHINE Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #24 The Replacements, DON'T TELL A SOUL...
#250 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #14: The Vaselines vs. Peter Gabriel
Hey folks! The Vaselines, DUM-DUM vs. Peter Gabriel, PASSION Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #56 The Vaselines, DUM-DUM Listen on Spotify or YouTube...
#249 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #13: Tom Petty vs. Negativland
Hey folks! Tom Petty, FULL MOON FEVER vs. Negativland, HELTER STUPID. Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #9 Tom Petty, FULL MOON FEVER Listen on Spotify or...
#248 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #12: Chris Isaak vs. Technotronic
Hey folks! Chris Isaak, HEART SHAPED WORLD vs. Technotronic, PUMP UP THE JAM. Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #40 Chris Isaak, HEART SHAPED WORLD Listen...
#247 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #11: Prince vs. The Durutti Column
Hey folks! Prince, BATMAN vs. The Durutti Column, VINI REILLY. Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #25 Prince, BATMAN Listen on Spotify or YouTube vs. #104...
#246 Best Album of 1989 Tournament: Week #2 Wrap-Up
Hey folks! Five more down. First off, my sincerest apologies to anyone and everyone who get their Best Album news from the newsletter, because I forgot to...
#244 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #9: N.W.A vs. Inner City
Hey folks! N.W.A, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON vs. Inner City, PARADISE Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #8 N.W.A, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON Listen on Spotify or...
#243 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #8: “Weird Al” Yankovic vs. The Smithereens
Hey folks! "Weird Al" Yankovic, UHF - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK AND OTHER STUFF vs. The Smithereens, 11 Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #48...
#242 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #7: Faith No More vs. Voivod
Hey folks! Faith No More, THE REAL THING vs. Voivod, NOTHINGFACE Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #17 Faith No More, THE REAL THING Listen on Spotify or...
#241 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #6: 808 State vs. LL Cool J
Hey folks! 808 State, 90 vs. LL Cool J, WALKING WITH A PANTHER Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #49 808 State, 90 Listen on Spotify or YouTube vs. #80 LL...
#240 Best Album of 1989 Tournament: Week #1 Wrap-Up
Hey folks! Five down. Well that was a surprising first week, wasn’t it? In case you missed it, #97 seed NO ONE CAN DO IT BETTER beat #32 seed HUNKPAPA by 16...
#239 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #5: Galaxie 500 vs. Aerosmith
Hey folks! Galaxie 500, ON FIRE vs. Aerosmith, PUMP Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #16 Galaxie 500, ON FIRE Listen on Spotify or YouTube vs. #113...
#238 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #4: Elvis Costello vs. Screaming Trees
Hey folks! Elvis Costello, SPIKE vs. Screaming Trees, BUZZ FACTORY Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #33 Elvis Costello, SPIKE Listen on Spotify or...
#237 The Missing Link
Hey folks, Del the Fukee Homosapien along with Dinosaur Jr. (not pictured) performing “Missing Link” from the JUDGMENT NIGHT soundtrack on (I believe) the...
#236 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #3: Throwing Muses vs. The D.O.C.
Hey folks! Throwing Muses, HUNKPAPA vs. The D.O.C., NO ONE CAN DO IT BETTER Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #32 Throwing Muses, HUNKPAPA Listen on...
#235 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #2: Mötley Crüe vs. Beat Happening
Hey folks! Mötley Crüe, DR. FEELGOOD vs Beat Happening, BLACK CANDY Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #64 Mötley Crüe, DR. FEELGOOD Listen on Spotify or...
#234 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #1: Pixies vs. After Dinner
Hey folks! Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is: #1 Pixies, DOOLITTLE Listen on Spotify or YouTube vs. #128 After Dinner, PARADISE OF REPLICA Listen on...
#233 Last Day for Prediction Brackets!
Hey folks! You’re gonna fill out a prediction bracket/and probably lose/I predict. Today is the last day to fill out a prediction bracket and turn it in, as...
#232 Let’s Talk Designated Cheerleaders
Hey folks! Here we are now/Designate us As you may or may not know, we have a little thing here at Best Album Brackets called Designated Cheerleaders. These...
#231 The Best Album of 1989: The Seeds! + Prediction Brackets!
Hey folks! Last night on Bluesky, I revealed the seeding for the upcoming Best Album of 1989. Below are those seeds, starting from #128 all the way to #1....
#230 The Seed Parade for the Best Album of 1989 is TONIGHT 7PM CST!
Hey folks! Not in the current tournament - we won’t see this one for a while. My apologies — I originally said that the revelations of the final seeds for...
#229 Last Day for 1989 Tournament Seed Voting!
Hey folks! Not Kurt Cobain says Vote for BLEACH! This is the last day to get your ballot in to determine the seeding for the upcoming Best Album of 1989...
#228 Seed Voting for 1989 is still open!
Hey folks! Don’t stare at it for too long. First, my apologies for the horrific picture. I created it as a promo image for the 1989 tournament, and now it...
#227 Seed Voting for the Best Album of 1989 is now open!
Hey folks, Sowing the seeds of brackets. It’s time to shake up the views of the common man! Voting is now open to determine the seeding for the upcoming Best...
#226 The Last 1989 Album + Seed Voting!
Hey folks! On Friday, we had Round 2 of the mini-tournament to determine the final album entered into the upcoming Best Album of 1989 bracket, and yesterday,...
#225 Round 1 of the Mini-Tournament Results + Round 2!
Hey folks! We now have the winners of the 1st round of the Best Album of 1989 Mini-Tournament. Voters were asked to rank up to three albums out of eight; 1st...
#224 Round 1 of the Mini-Tournament is now open!
Hey folks! The first round of the mini-tournament to determine the last album entered into the upcoming Best Album of 1989 bracket is now up! Just go here....
#223 The "Best of 1989" Mini-Tournament!
Hey folks! I’ve made my decision and the final album to be entered into the Best Album of 1989 bracket will be determined by a mini-tournament! The most...
#222 Survey Results! And a Decision! Of Sorts!
Hey folks! Millions now voting will never die. So in case you missed it, yesterday I set up a survey on Google Forms to get your input on how to choose the...
#221 Survey Time! Help me figure out how to pick the last album.
Hey folks! Ranking Roger, of The Beat and General Public, 1963-2019. RIP. I’ve posted a survey over on Google Forms to help me figure out how to choose the...
#220 Guessing Game winner, and two albums entered into the 1989 tournament!
Hey folks! The Choices of Champions. Last night, we had the Guessing Game on Bluesky, where people took guesses at the top four nomination vote getters, in...
#219 REMINDER: Guessing Game, tonight 6pm CST, on Bluesky
Hey folks! Not much to this other than what the header says. For more details and the rules, see yesterday’s newsletter here. I will probably log on to...
#218 The Guessing Game is tomorrow! Here are the rules.
Hey folks! A contender for the Best Album of 1972? I dunno, maybe, but as much as I hate to say it, I’ll be dead before we get there. I hope you’ve had a...
#217 The Best Album of 1989 - The First 125 Albums
Hey folks! If you’re reading this, then we have just finished posting on Bluesky the parade of the first 125 albums entered into the upcoming Best Album of...
#216 Best Album of 1989 Parade on Monday!
Hey folks! Which of these albums will be in the first 125 entered into the Best Album of 1989 tournament? Find out Monday! (Note: I took this image from the...
#215 LAST CALL for 1989 Nominations! Ends TONIGHT!
Hey folks! This is it. I’m closing the Google Form tonight, after midnight, so this is your last chance to submit (or edit) your ballot for the upcoming Best...
#214 Final Weekend to Submit Your Ballot for the 1989 Tournament!
Hey folks! This is it — the final weekend to get your ballot in for the upcoming Best Album of 1989 tournament. It closes Monday night at midnight! Meaning...
#213 It’s Been...
Hey folks! Not eligible! It’s been one week since I opened up nominations for the upcoming Best Album of 1989 tournament, which means you have one more week...
#212 Classy, Thrashy, Oceany
Hey folks! There’s still 11 days left to nominate albums for the upcoming Best Album of 1989 tournament. Go here for instructions and a ballot. Last week I...
#211 Nominations for the Best Album of 1989 are Now Open!
Hey folks! It’s time! Nominations are now open for the upcoming Best Album of 1989 tournament! Go here and fill out a form. You should read the directions...
#210 1989 Recommendations from the Best Album Bracketeers!
Hey folks! Hard to believe, but it looks like the nomination period for the Best Album of 1989 bracket is nearly upon us. This Monday, April 7, I will open...