Best Albums of 1989

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Listed below are the best albums of 1989 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1989 year summaryThe best artists of 1989 were Pixies, The Cure, The Stone Roses, Beastie Boys, Galaxie 500, De La Soul, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Nine Inch Nails and Lou Reed.

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Doolittle

Pixies

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,494 charts

Rank Score:

37,334

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Average Rating:

88 (2,871 votes)

Comments:

289

Disintegration

The Cure

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,764 charts

Rank Score:

27,750

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Average Rating:

86 (1,966 votes)

Comments:

150

The Stone Roses

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,974 charts

Rank Score:

25,799

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Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

839 charts

Rank Score:

7,236

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Overall Rank:

237

Average Rating:

82 (1,009 votes)

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On Fire

Galaxie 500

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

486 charts

Rank Score:

4,415

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Overall Rank:

404

Average Rating:

82 (574 votes)

Comments:

3 Feet High And Rising

De La Soul

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

521 charts

Rank Score:

3,811

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Overall Rank:

473

Average Rating:

78 (574 votes)

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Bleach

Nirvana

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

608 charts

Rank Score:

3,677

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Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

477 charts

Rank Score:

3,453

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Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

476 charts

Rank Score:

3,430

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Overall Rank:

530

Average Rating:

79 (670 votes)

Comments:

10.

New York

Lou Reed

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

363 charts

Rank Score:

2,511

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109

Overall Rank:

718

Average Rating:

77 (426 votes)

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Best Albums of 1989 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	13	1%
Янка Дягилева [Yanka Dyagileva]	3	0%
Гражданская Оборона [Grazhdanskaya Oborona]	3	0%
Elvis Costello	2	0%
Christian Death	2	0%
Vladimir Horowitz	2	0%
Trevor Pinnock / The English Concert	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	448	45%
	237	24%
	39	4%
	33	3%
	28	3%
	24	2%
	21	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	914	91%
Yes	86	9%

Live?	Albums	%
No	972	97%
Yes	28	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

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