Happy to see the Frogs and I like a bunch of albums on here, but this is my short list:
Beastie Boys – Pauls BoutiqueDe La Soul – Three Feet High and RisingGalaxie 500 – On FirePussy Galore – Dial M for MotherfuckerThe Stone Roses – s/t
― nicky lo-fi, Friday, 14 June 2019 16:18 (four years ago) link
Previously I would went for "Technique" (which will surely win) but "New York" has grown on me considerably over the years
― . (Michael B), Friday, 14 June 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
Hats is gonna walk this…
Good year for metal. Yet we're missing (among others):
Bolt Thrower - Realm of ChaosCarcass - Symphonies of SicknessMorbid Angel - Altars of MadnessPestilence - Consuming ImpulseSepultura - Beneath the RemainsTerrorizer - World DownfallVoivod - Nothingface
― pomenitul, Friday, 14 June 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
tough to choose but i went with the young gods
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 14 June 2019 16:29 (four years ago) link
Like a Prayer
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 June 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
Doolittle is my favourite Pixies albumDisintegration is my favourite Cure albumPlaying with Fire is my favourite Spacemen 3 albumHats is my favourite Blue Nile album.
Sheesh. Also, 1989 gifted us Fushitsusha's insane live debut album. Tough one, this.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 June 2019 16:34 (four years ago) link
this is really hard, lots of great albums
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Friday, 14 June 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
went with first impulse of Paul's Boutique
Tiiiiiinnnnnn ROOF! VOTED!
― confusementalism (Dan Peterson), Friday, 14 June 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
IVE GOT ME A CAR ITS AS BIG AS A WHALE!
12 year old me in '89 was surprised to find that out The B-52s had been knocking about for ages at that point
― . (Michael B), Friday, 14 June 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
I was about to too, then saw NIN. Listened to that (via cd!) for 1st time in long time recently and it's still great.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 June 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
for me, it's blue nile vs de la soul, the strangest deathmatch in music history.
― old cloud yells at man (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 June 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
My senior year of high school, so many of these albums are formative for me.Stone Roses vs NIN vs De La Soul
I wore the shit out of my NIN t-shirt that year. Plus finally made the move from to CD's in 1989 because I couldn't get all the NIN remixes on cassingle. So I think I've gotta go with Pretty Hate Machine.
― enochroot, Friday, 14 June 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
at first i was like STREETCLEANER
then i saw hats
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 June 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
No Peter Gabriel’s Passion?
In that case, I choose Kate and my fav album by her.
I may be the sole Blue Nile appreciator to far prefer Peace At Lats to the rest of their work.
― Max Florian, Friday, 14 June 2019 17:36 (four years ago) link
*posts all the lyrics to The Duck And Roger The Horse to the thread, storms out in a huff*
― imago, Friday, 14 June 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
hah yeah that would've gotten my vote too
Omni Sight Seeing by Hauromi Hosono is another one I would've instantly mashed the 'vote' button for
but there are a ton of good choices on this poll anyway
― frogbs, Friday, 14 June 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
Mike you did a fucking amazing job on these polls. I imagine I'll be coming back to these threads for years
― think the toledo mud hens but for twitter (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 14 June 2019 17:56 (four years ago) link
Inner City – Paradise (US: Big Fun)
love that this was included, hope it gets votes
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 June 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
Thanks, DAM! Much appreciated :)
― . (Michael B), Friday, 14 June 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
Oh yeah, Beauty by Hosono’s bandmate too!
It was a quality harvest year for sure.
― Max Florian, Friday, 14 June 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
Forgot about the Hosono one while listening to it earlier today lol. Frogbs otm about how 90s this year feels.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 June 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
Have you heard that Virgo Four album, Brad? I reckon you'd love it. Deep dreamy house
― . (Michael B), Friday, 14 June 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
just wait for the 1990 poll
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 14 June 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
― . (Michael B), Friday, June 14, 2019 11:09 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes, another one of my favorite albums of all time!
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 June 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link
pretty great year but it's blue nile for me
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Friday, 14 June 2019 18:43 (four years ago) link
I'd take Technique over any other sound recording in the history of the universe. I'd never argue it's the best album in the world, but it's my favorite.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 14 June 2019 18:50 (four years ago) link
Rhythm Nation
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 14 June 2019 18:51 (four years ago) link
Ha - I wonder if there are any figures on just how many people bought Tweez in 1989.
― kraudive, Friday, 14 June 2019 18:53 (four years ago) link
Reich
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 14 June 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
19 or 20 albums on this list that I love.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 June 2019 19:14 (four years ago) link
Same. But then, On Fire, Doolittle, 3 Feet High and Rising, Paul's Boutique, Cosmic Thing, Disintegration, Raw Like Sushi and the Stone Roses debut are also The Best. I'd add Kitchens of Distinction's Love is Hell. And yes, Inner City, PWEI, Tom Petty... Oh, and 90 by 808 State. My absolute favourite albums of 1987 and 1988 wouldn't even crack the 1989 top 10.
But yes, Technique.
― dorsalstop, Friday, 14 June 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
Also Julee Cruise. And Mindbomb by The The. Foundation by Ten City. Done by the Forces of Nature by Jungle Brothers. Not complaining about the selection, just gushing over the riches.
― dorsalstop, Friday, 14 June 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
Oh yes, Foundation! Let me play that one right now!
― breastcrawl, Friday, 14 June 2019 19:55 (four years ago) link
Disintegration over Freedom over Technique over New York over Hats.
I'm not the biggest Cure fan but that album really is astonishing.
― Valentijn, Friday, 14 June 2019 20:39 (four years ago) link
also, wouldn't have voted for it if it was on the list, but shout out to Tears For Fears' The Seeds Of Love
― old cloud yells at man (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 June 2019 21:51 (four years ago) link
A strong set, but heavy on the commercial stuff. Voted 3 Ft. High, tho.
― Bunny Boiler Alert (I M Losted), Friday, 14 June 2019 22:02 (four years ago) link
This was a surprisingly difficult one to vote for. I had to wrestle with a good five or six options before I opted for the album I voted for. I'll reveal it once the results are in.
― Dee the (Summer-Hating) Lurker (deethelurker), Saturday, 15 June 2019 02:13 (four years ago) link
i'm a predictable bore, so disintegration.
but ya: this was hard. tomorrow i'd probably vote technique or hats or cosmic thing. what a great year.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 15 June 2019 16:12 (four years ago) link
is this the first year of CD bloat? I adore Oranges & Lemons but it's lesser tracks weigh it down 30 years later.Workbook, Doolitle, Paul's Boutique, On Fire, Technique all in the running for me.
― campreverb, Saturday, 15 June 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin),
You've mentioned the four albums that were the big contenders for me. I went with Hats.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 15 June 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link
Can't say I worship any of these albums tbh. I've listened to Doolittle the most, so I might go with that (but I prefer Surfer Rosa).
― pomenitul, Saturday, 15 June 2019 17:12 (four years ago) link
I could have written that sentence myself.
― John Harris is a Guardian columnist (Tom D.), Saturday, 15 June 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
The Poppies are on patrol...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 15 June 2019 17:36 (four years ago) link
It's weird how Paul's Boutique seemed like a lesser, too late cousin of 3 Feet High and Rising when it came out, but gradually eclipsed it, as did De La Soul is Dead. Summer of 1989, 3 Feet was the most charming thing I'd ever heard in my life.
― bendy, Saturday, 15 June 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
From New York to Los AngelesOne of the fastest trains
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 15 June 2019 18:20 (four years ago) link
On FirePlaying with FireL'Eau Rouge StreetcleanerHaus der Lüge Disintegration
Are all classics.
― Duke, Saturday, 15 June 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
Probably will vote On Fire
https://youtu.be/1Swb2_1kHNA
― Duke, Saturday, 15 June 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
great year and great list, but the answer is hats
― k3vin k., Saturday, 15 June 2019 19:21 (four years ago) link
The Cecil set in box form sold out quickly, and is ludicrously expensive today if you can find it. However, all the discs on it were issued individually. There's nary a dud among them, with the possible exception of the trio with Evan Parker and Tristan Honsinger. And one of the discs -- the 2CD orchestra work Alms/Tiergarten (Spree) -- was called "the best thing Cecil's ever done" by Bill Dixon (who should know).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 17 June 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
I haven't heard Alms/Tiergarten (Spree), I will look for it
― Dan S, Monday, 17 June 2019 23:44 (four years ago) link
i've been too busy to keep following these threads but has nobody really mentioned "no one can do it better" by the d.o.c.???
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 00:13 (four years ago) link
Oh yeah that album kicks ass. Also love The Cactus Album by 3rd Bass
― old cloud yells at man (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 00:14 (four years ago) link
I haven't heard that in 30 years, remember liking it
― Dan S, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 00:29 (four years ago) link
Sorry but gonna have to sit this one out...I think this is the worst year of the 80’s...
See, I can't figure this out because I really, really struggled to find more than one album I wanted to vote for in the 1988 list, but really had to think hard about what I wanted to vote for in THIS list. There were easily six albums in contention for my vote here and it took me a really long time to figure out which one I wanted to opt for.
― Dee the (Summer-Hating) Lurker (deethelurker), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 20 June 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Disintegration
― the future is now, Thursday, 20 June 2019 03:50 (four years ago) link
When I was young, would've been 'Disentigration' hands-down. But since I first heard it in my 20s, 'Hats' supplanted it as the album that defines '89 for me. Though '3 Ft High...' held sway for a while, too.
― Soundslike, Thursday, 20 June 2019 04:29 (four years ago) link
Inner City – Paradise (US: Big Fun)love that this was included, hope it gets votes
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 20 June 2019 07:55 (four years ago) link
btw, I have these threads to thank for checking out a lot of old favourites (and even finding a few new ones), muchmore than I normally would, and I’m enjoying it. So thank you, compilers and contributors.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 20 June 2019 08:01 (four years ago) link
in 89 I definitely would have picked “A Mind is a Terrible Thing...”, just a hair over Pretty Hate Machine, The Real Thing, Paul’s Boutique, and Doolittle. Doolittle has aged the best and I still listen to it all the time, so I picked that one. I can’t wait to listen to all of these and 90% of the suggestions by posters on this thread. To me, I’m sure partially it’s the age I was at the time, but ‘88-‘92 were some magical years for music.
― beard papa, Thursday, 20 June 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
Mekons Rock n Roll is my fave from that year. Of the ones listed, I’ll vote for Freedom, the start of a nice run for Neil Young.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 20 June 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
How/When exactly did Hats get this status of Totally Perfect Canonical Rock Classic That Stands the Test of Time? I don’t recall seeing it on these best-of lists until very recently.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 20 June 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
Boredoms for me. I didn’t hear it until ‘93 but it still sounded like the future.
― o. nate, Thursday, 20 June 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
Mr Snrub, when the tastemakers started to get into their thirties?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 20 June 2019 19:57 (four years ago) link
I had never heard of Hats until a couple years ago, on this site, and have never seen anything about it anywhere else. never heard a note either.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 June 2019 20:09 (four years ago) link
same
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Thursday, 20 June 2019 20:12 (four years ago) link
young people like sophistipop.
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 20 June 2019 20:13 (four years ago) link
seen it mentioned in a few places recently (quietus, pitchfork, etc.), but i imagine it's because of relentless championing from people on boards like this one
― old cloud yells at man (voodoo chili), Thursday, 20 June 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
I remember reading a "classic albums revisited" piece about 'Hats' in Uncut magazine in the early 00's
― . (Michael B), Thursday, 20 June 2019 20:25 (four years ago) link
I initially preferred 'A Walk Across the Rooftops'(and heard it first, probably just as a post-punk/new-wave album in my early 20s obsession in the early 2000s) and 'Hats' didn't as immediately click. But when it did a few years later, it just perfectly embodied a sound and a feeling I really love and am constantly seeking more of and making mixes from the searching.
― Soundslike, Thursday, 20 June 2019 22:42 (four years ago) link
Maybe it's a regional thing. It feels like Hats has been adored in certain circles for a full three decades. Even when it was released I got the impression there was a substantial audience waiting for the long-awaited follow-up to the debut. (I had no firm opinion on the matter. I was a child and it all sounded terribly adult. LOL)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 20 June 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 21 June 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
aw, didn't vote but could have thrown tom petty something in retrospect. 'i won't back down' and 'don't do me like that' were important songs from my childhood
― imago, Friday, 21 June 2019 00:03 (four years ago) link
some seem to forget that i did this seven years back, so to compare to that poll:
Acclaimed Music Top 25 Albums from 1989 poll
Pixies - Doolittle 18Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique 9De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising 8New Order - Technique 8The Cure - Disintegration 5Galaxie 500 - On Fire 5The Blue Nile - Hats 4Aerosmith - Pump 3Spacemen 3 - Playing with Fire 3Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever 3Madonna - Like a Prayer 3Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. One/Keep On Movin' 2Nirvana - Bleach 2The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon 2Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy 1Jungle Brothers - Done by the Forces of Nature 1The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 1Neil Young - Freedom 1Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine 1Fugazi - 13 Songs (Fugazi EP + Margin Walker EP) 1Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time 0Faith No More - The Real Thing 0Mano Negra - Puta's Fever 0808 State - 90 0Lou Reed - New York 0
― Bee OK, Friday, 21 June 2019 00:07 (four years ago) link
xp "Don't Do Me Like That" is from 1979
― Consider the coconut (morrisp), Friday, 21 June 2019 00:09 (four years ago) link
eh whatever, we had a double cassette with another album on it
― imago, Friday, 21 June 2019 00:10 (four years ago) link
looking it up, full moon fever was a solid album! i remember most of it fondly
― imago, Friday, 21 June 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
Wow, I'm one of just TWO people to vote for Bleach! I'm... stunned.
― Dee the (Summer-Hating) Lurker (deethelurker), Friday, 21 June 2019 02:40 (four years ago) link
i knew hats wouldn't win
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 21 June 2019 02:42 (four years ago) link
Godflesh – Streetcleaner 0
noooooooooooooooooooooooooo
if all of these have been 50 choices I wonder which year had the least "zero" votes?
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Friday, 21 June 2019 03:45 (four years ago) link
It's Friday afternoon so I had the time and inclination to collect some data. 80s only:
YEAR - NUMBER OF ZERO VOTES - NUMBER OF VOTES FOR #1 - TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES1980 - 13 - 28 - 1371981 - 15 -12 - 1151982 - 13 - 13 - 1291983 - 13 - 26 - 1251984 - 14 - 16 - 1211985 - 16 - 18 - 1311986 - 9 -15 - 1441987 - 9 -20 - 1271988 - 16 - 20 - 1271989 - 17 -17 - 128
― dorsalstop, Friday, 21 June 2019 12:54 (four years ago) link
the 1990 poll will start next week. Mike and I have our 50 (subject to late changes)
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 21 June 2019 13:50 (four years ago) link
I feel very confident in predicting that my favourite record of 1990 will not be among the 50 this time, but I'll happily vote for one of my other three faves.
― dorsalstop, Friday, 21 June 2019 14:04 (four years ago) link
For data lovers: years ranked by the % of zero vote albums:
1. 1989 (34%)2. 1985, 19884. 19815. 19846. 1980, 1982, 19839. 1986, 1987 (18%)
years ranked by the % of votes that went to the winner:1. 1983 (22%)2. 19803. 19874. 19885. 19856. 19897. 19848. 19819. 198610. 1982 (10%)
There is no correlation, either positive or negative between the two measures (p=.95)
― dorsalstop, Friday, 21 June 2019 14:12 (four years ago) link
what is your fave 1990 record?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 21 June 2019 14:40 (four years ago) link
this one i reckon
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d3/Please_Hammer_Don%27t_Hurt_%27Em.jpg/220px-Please_Hammer_Don%27t_Hurt_%27Em.jpg
― . (Michael B), Friday, 21 June 2019 14:46 (four years ago) link
going to futilely militate for the legendary pink dots
― imago, Friday, 21 June 2019 15:12 (four years ago) link
Might actually just start the poll today but end it the middle of the week after if its ok with mike
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 21 June 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
thats fine by me
― . (Michael B), Friday, 21 June 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
you got a list of the just bubbling under albums that missed out? I forgot to take a note.
add LJ's suggestion to it
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 21 June 2019 15:17 (four years ago) link
i dont. im at work lol
― . (Michael B), Friday, 21 June 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
oh well you can post it later
Best Album on OUR Favourite Albums of......1990!! by pfunkboy & Michael B
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 21 June 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link
My fave was Freedy Johnston’s The Trouble Tree. Quite OK to have missed it out. Sinéad on the other hand...
― dorsalstop, Friday, 21 June 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
shakey come on man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jggxmc9yMwA
― k3vin k., Friday, 21 June 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link