#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 1989. If you missed it, or you were there when it happened but need a permanent list, well, here you go.
All links go to either Spotify (most of them) or YouTube (a handful), and two of them go to Dropbox download pages (see the notes in the captions). Some of these links go to compilation albums and you will have to reconstruct the album yourself; again, check the notes in the captions.
I was going to include information on Wednesday’s Guessing Game here, but that will come in a later newsletter.
And with that, here are the first 125 albums entered into the Best Album of 1989 tournament!
10,000 Maniacs, BLIND MAN'S ZOO
Laurie Anderson, STRANGE ANGELS
The Beautiful South, WELCOME TO THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH
Boogie Down Productions, GHETTO MUSIC: THE BLUEPRINT OF HIP HOP
Camper Van Beethoven, KEY LIME PIE
Cardiacs, ON LAND AND IN THE SEA
Ciccone Youth, THE WHITEY ALBUM
Julee Cruise, FLOATING INTO THE NIGHT
De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING
The D.O.C., NO ONE CAN DO IT BETTER
The Durutti Column, VINI REILLY
Fine Young Cannibals, THE RAW & THE COOKED
Gang Starr, NO MORE MR. NICE GUY
Don Henley, THE END OF THE INNOCENCE
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians, QUEEN ELVIS
Hoodoo Gurus, MAGNUM CUM LOUDER
Ice-T, THE ICEBERG/FREEDOM OF SPEECH …JUST WATCH WHAT YOU SAY
Chris Isaak, HEART SHAPED WORLD
Janet Jackson, JANET JACKSON'S RHYTHM NATION 1814
The Jesus and Mary Chain, AUTOMATIC
Jungle Brothers, DONE BY THE FORCES OF NATURE
King’s X, GRETCHEN GOES TO NEBRASKA
Kitchens of Distinction, LOVE IS HELL
LL Cool J, WALKING WITH A PANTHER
The Lounge Lizards, VOICE OF CHUNK
Love and Rockets, LOVE AND ROCKETS
Lyle Lovett, LYLE LOVETT AND HIS LARGE BAND
Biz Markie, THE BIZ NEVER SLEEPS
Paul McCartney, FLOWERS IN THE DIRT
Mekons, THE MEKONS ROCK N' ROLL
Ministry, THE MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO TASTE
Nine Inch Nails, PRETTY HATE MACHINE
The Ocean Blue, THE OCEAN BLUE
Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis, DEEP LISTENING
Pizzicato Five, BY HER MAJESTY'S REQUEST
Pop Will Eat Itself, THIS IS THE DAY... THIS IS THE HOUR... THIS IS THIS!
Queen Latifah, ALL HAIL THE QUEEN
Red Hot Chili Peppers, MOTHERS MILK
Steve Reich, DIFFERENT TRAINS/ELECTRIC COUNTERPOINT
The Replacements, DON’T TELL A SOUL
The Rolling Stones, STEEL WHEELS
Sepultura, BENEATH THE REMAINS
Soul II Soul, CLUB CLASSICS VOL. ONE a.k.a. KEEP ON MOVIN'
The Stone Roses, THE STONE ROSES
The Sugarcubes, HERE TODAY, TOMORROW NEXT WEEK!
Tears for Fears, THE SEEDS OF LOVE
The Tragically Hip, UP TO HERE
Wire, IT’S BEGINNING TO AND BACK AGAIN
"Weird Al" Yankovic, UHF - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK AND OTHER STUFF
Yo La Tengo, PRESIDENT YO LA TENGO
