#353 The 32 Best Albums of 1989
Hey folks!
Here are the 32 best albums of 1989 as decided by you, the voters. If anyone asks you what the 32 best albums of 1989 are, you direct them to this official and binding list. The albums are presented in seed order, from highest to lowest, from most expected to be here to least expected. Any album with a seed of #33 or lower was an underdog and had to fight one higher seed to be here, so kudos to those albums. Any album with a seed of #65 or lower had to defeat two higher-seeded albums to be here, twice as hard as the other underdogs, so double kudos to those albums.
Without further ado, the 32 Best Albums of 1989:
Seed #1 Pixies, DOOLITTLE
Seed #2 Beastie Boys, PAUL'S BOUTIQUE
Seed #3 De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING
Seed #4 The Cure, DISINTEGRATION
Seed #5 Nine Inch Nails, PRETTY HATE MACHINE
Seed #6 Nirvana, BLEACH
Seed #7 The Stone Roses, THE STONE ROSES
Seed #8 N.W.A, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
Seed #9 Tom Petty, FULL MOON FEVER
Seed #10 The B-52's, COSMIC THING
Seed #11 Fugazi, 13 SONGS
Seed #12 New Order, TECHNIQUE
Seed #13 Janet Jackson, JANET JACKSON'S RHYTHM NATION 1814
Seed #14 The Jesus and Mary Chain, AUTOMATIC
Seed #15 Madonna, LIKE A PRAYER
Seed #16 Galaxie 500, ON FIRE
Seed #17 Faith No More, THE REAL THING
Seed #18 Kate Bush, THE SENSUAL WORLD
Seed #19 Neneh Cherry, RAW LIKE SUSHI
Seed #20 Julee Cruise, FLOATING INTO THE NIGHT
Seed #21 Lou Reed, NEW YORK
Seed #22 Neil Young, FREEDOM
Seed #25 Prince, BATMAN
Seed #27 Fine Young Cannibals, THE RAW & THE COOKED
Seed #28 Yo La Tengo, PRESIDENT YO LA TENGO
Seed #30 Camper Van Beethoven, KEY LIME PIE
Seed #31 Ministry, THE MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO TASTE
Seed #36 The Cult, SONIC TEMPLE
Seed #39 Jungle Brothers, DONE BY THE FORCES OF NATURE
Seed #41 Mekons, THE MEKONS ROCK N' ROLL
Seed #42 The Wedding Present, BIZARRO
Seed #97 The D.O.C., NO ONE CAN DO IT BETTER
Conspicuously missing:
#32 Throwing Muses, HUNKPAPA (lost to #97 The D.O.C., NO ONE CAN DO IT BETTER, 99-83)
#29 XTC, ORANGES AND LEMONS (lost to #36 The Cult, SONIC TEMPLE, 91-86)
#26 Bob Mould, WORKBOOK (lost to #39 Jungle Brothers, DONE BY THE FORCES OF NATURE, 82-63-2)
#24 The Replacements, DON’T TELL A SOUL (lost to #41 Mekons, THE MEKONS ROCK N’ ROLL, 81-79-1)
#23 Indigo Girls, INDIGO GIRLS (lost to #42 The Wedding Present, BIZARRO, 91-89)