#374 The 16 Best Albums of 1989
Hey folks!
Here are the 16 best albums of 1989 as decided by you, the voters. If anyone asks you what the 16 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 #17 or lower was an underdog and had to fight one higher seed to be here, so kudos to those albums.
Without further ado, the 16 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 #15 Madonna, LIKE A PRAYER
Seed #16 Galaxie 500, ON FIRE
Seed #19 Neneh Cherry, RAW LIKE SUSHI
Conspicuously missing:
#14 The Jesus and Mary Chain, AUTOMATIC (lost to #19 Neneh Cherry, RAW LIKE SUSHI, 139-127-4)
Bonus Beats!
Just for funsies, here are the 1989 Top Albums ranked by total votes after 3 rounds:
1. Beastie Boys, PAUL'S BOUTIQUE [seed #2] 471 total votes
1. The Cure, DISINTEGRATION [seed #4] 471 total votes
3. De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING [seed #3] 417 total votes
4. Fugazi, 13 SONGS [seed #11] 410 total votes
5. Nirvana, BLEACH [seed #6] 397 total votes
6. New Order, TECHNIQUE [seed #12] 385 total votes
7. Pixies, DOOLITTLE [seed #1] 376 total votes
8. Galaxie 500, ON FIRE [seed #16] 373 total votes
8. Neneh Cherry, RAW LIKE SUSHI [seed #19] 373 total votes
10. Nine Inch Nails, PRETTY HATE MACHINE [seed #5] 364 total votes
11. The Stone Roses, THE STONE ROSES [seed #7] 357 total votes
12. N.W.A, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON [seed #8] 341 total votes
13. The B-52's, COSMIC THING [seed #10] 333 total votes
14. Madonna, LIKE A PRAYER [seed #15] 315 total votes
15. Tom Petty, FULL MOON FEVER [seed #9] 311 total votes
16. Janet Jackson, JANET JACKSON'S RHYTHM NATION 1814 [seed #13] 310 total votes