Friday, April 6, 2018

The Best Albums of 1989: Honorable Mentions


We hope that you enjoyed our feature on The Best Albums of 1989. If you happened to miss it - please click here.

There were so many great releases that didn't get included in the Best Albums of 1989 feature - since we limited ourselves to the Top 10. In this post you will find 12 more albums that Sarah and I selected that needed to be represented. A track from each album is added to the playlist at the bottom - and we threw in 60 extra songs that we thoroughly enjoy. We hope you do too! So without further delay, here are our Honorable Mentions for 1989.

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All About Eve - Scarlet and Other Stories
The Creatures - Boomerang
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Gin Blossoms - Dusted
Human Drama - Feel
Jesus Jones - Liquidizer
Kitchens of Distinction - Love is Hell
Lou Reed - New York
Martin Gore - Counterfeit EP
Nitzer Ebb - Belief
The Psychedelic Furs - Book of Days
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Blow


10,000 Maniacs - 'Trouble Me' from Blind Man's Zoo
The Alarm - 'Sold Me Down the River' from Change
Alice Cooper - 'Poison' from Trash
The B-52's - 'Deadbeat Club' from Cosmic Thing
Bad Manners - 'Sally Brown' from Return of the Ugly
Bad Religion - 'You' from No Control
Bel Canto - 'The Suffering' from Birds of Passage
Big Audio Dynamite - 'Contact' from Megatop Phoenix
Biz Markie - 'Just a Friend' from The Biz Never Sleeps
Bob Mould - 'See a Little Light' from Workbook
Breathless - 'Moment by Moment' from Chasing Promises
Camouflage - 'Love is a Shield' from Methods of Silence
Camper Van Beethoven - 'Pictures of Matchstick Men' from Key Lime Pie
Celebrate the Nun - 'Ordinary Town' from Meanwhile
Chris Isaak - 'Wicked Game' from Heart Shaped World


Concrete Blonde - 'Happy Birthday' from Free
The Connells - 'Fun & Games' from Fun & Games
The Cult - 'Edie (Ciao Baby)' from Sonic Temple
Cyndi Lauper - 'I Drove All Night' from A Night to Remember
Deborah Harry - 'I Want That Man' from Def, Dumb & Blonde
Dramarama - 'I Wish I Was Your Mother' from Stuck in Wonderamaland
Drivin' n' Cryin' - 'Straight to Hell' from Mystery Road
Eurythmics - 'Don't Ask Me Why' from We Too Are One
Flesh for Lulu - 'Time & Space' from Plastic Fantastic
Fugazi - 'Burning Too' from Margin Walker EP
Guadalcanal Diary - 'Always Saturday' from Flip-Flop
Hoodoo Gurus - 'Come Anytime' from Magnum Cum Louder
Indigo Girls - 'Kid Fears' from Indigo Girls
Jimmy Somerville - 'Read My Lips (Enough is Enough)' from Read My Lips
Kon Kan - 'I Beg Your Pardon (Never Promised You a Rose Garden)' from Move to Move


Lard - 'The Power of Lard' from The Power of Lard EP
The Lemonheads - 'Luka' from Lick
Lowlife - 'Where I Lay, I'll Lie' from Godhead
Lycia - 'From Foam' from Wake
Madonna - 'Spanish Eyes' from Like a Prayer
Mother Love Bone - 'Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns' from Shine EP
Motley Crue - 'Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)' from Dr. Feelgood
Neneh Cherry - 'Buffalo Stance' from Raw Like Sushi
Nirvana - 'Blew' from Bleach
The Pogues - 'Misty Morning, Albert Bridge' from Peace and Love
Pop Will Eat Itself - 'Wise Up Sucker' from This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This!
Primal Scream - 'I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have' from Primal Scream
The Primitives - 'Sick of It' from Pure
Ramones - 'Pet Sematary' from Brain Drain
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - 'Madonna of the Wasps' from Queen Elvis


Simple Minds - 'Belfast Child' from Street Fighting Years
Skid Row - 'I Remember You' from Skid Row
Skinny Puppy - 'Worlock' from Rabies
Soundgarden - 'Hands All Over' from Louder Than Love
Stevie Ray Vaughan - 'The House is Rockin' from In Step
Tears for Fears - 'Sowing the Seeds of Love' from The Seeds of Love
Texas - 'I Don't Need a Lover' from Southside
The The - 'Kingdom of Rain' from Mind Bomb
Throwing Muses - 'Dizzy' from Hunkpapa
Tin Machine - 'I Can't Read' from Tin Machine
U2 - 'Dancing Barefoot' from When Love Comes to Town single
Violent Femmes - 'Nightmares' from 3
Wire - 'Eardrum Buzz' from It's Beginning to and Back Again
Young MC - 'Bust a Move' from Stone Cold Rhymin'
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers - 'Look Who's Dancing' from One Bright Day



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