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Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

And so we've arrived at the last year of the decade: 1989. It's been a great journey through the 80s and although I haven't had much time lately, I still enjoy the lists and I find some new great songs/albums every month. Of course we're not completely done yet, because next month we will be doing the Grand Finale.

Please submit at least 5 songs and/or albums, preferably but not necessarily with ranking, lists without ranking will get an average score of 10 points per song/album. The deadline is midnight on the 30th of September. For the scoring, rules and other details check here.

Please have a look at the 1989 album and song lists before voting, as albums and songs listed under 1989 at Acclaimed Music will only be counted in the forum poll if they are included in this month's ballots.

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Albums:

1. Pixies – Doolittle
2. Stone Roses – Stone Roses
3. Jesus And Mary Chain - Automatic
4. Aerosmith – Pump
5. Bob Dylan – Oh Mercy


Songs:

1. Pixies - Debaser
2. Jesus And Mary Chain - Blues From A Gun
3. Happy Mondays - WFL (Think About The Future)
4. Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection
5. Pixies - Hey
6. Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World
7. Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
8. Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
9. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Knock Me Down
10. Triffids – New Year’s Greetings
11. Fishbone - Skankin' To The Beat
12. Pixies - Gouge Away
13. Aerosmith – What It Takes
14. John Lee Hooker - The Healer
15. Wedding Present – Kennedy
16. Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
17. Cardiacs – Is This The Life?
18. Neil Young - Crime In The City (Sixty To Zero, Part 1)
19. Mekons – Club Mekon
20. Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends
21. John Zorn - N.Y. Flat Top Box
22. Pixies - No. 13 Baby
23. Simply Red – She’ll Have To Go
24. The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
25. Tone-Loc - Funky Cold Medina
26. Public Enemy - Fight the Power
27. Ry Cooder - Dark Was The Night
28. Electronic - Getting Away With It
29. Pixies - Tame
30. Prince – Batdance
31. XTC - Chalkhills And Children
32. Kate Bush - The Sensual World
33. Queen – Breakthru
34. Tom Petty – Runnin’ Down A Dream
35. Phish – You Enjoy Myself
36. Donna Summer - This Time I Know It's For Real
37. Van Morrison – Have I Told You Lately
38. Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam
39. Mekons – Rock’n Roll
40. Jakob Hellman – Hon Har Ett Sätt

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Albums

1) The Cure - Disintegration
2) The Blue Nile - Hats
3) Lou Reed - New York
4) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
5) Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
6) Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World
7) Young MC - Stone Cold Rhymin'
8) Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night
9) Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
10) Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814
11) Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step
12) Soul II Soul - Keep on Movin'
13) Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech (Just Watch What You Say)
14) Inner City - Big Fun
15) Lisa Stansfield - Affection
16) Andy Summers - The Golden Wire
17) Boogie Down Productions - Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip-Hop
18) EPMD - Unfinished Business
19) Marillion - Season's End
20) Jungle Brothers - Done by the Forces of Nature

Songs

1) The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights
2) The Cure - Plainsong
3) Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
4) Stevie Ray Vaughan - Riviera Paradise
5) Public Enemy - Fight the Power
6) Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
7) Don Henley - The End of the Innocence
8) Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
9) Young MC - Bust a Move
10) The B-52's - Roam
11) Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World
12) Ice-T - The Iceberg
13) Pixies - No. 13 Baby
14) The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drum
15) Galaxie 500 - Strange
16) Lisa Stansfield - Mighty Love
17) Biz Markie - Just a Friend
18) Lou Reed - Busload of Faith
19) Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina
20) The Jayhawks - Two Angels

Movies

1) Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (Bae)
2) Do the Right Thing (Lee)
3) Ariel (Kaurismaki)
4) Leningrad Cowboys Go America (Kaurismaki)
5) Vampire's Kiss (Bierman)
6) For All Mankind (Reinert)
7) Say Anything... (Crowe)
8) Mystery Train (Jarmusch)
9) City of Sadness (Hou)
10) Batman (Burton)

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ALBUMS:

1.Pixies-Doolittle
2.The Stone Roses-s/t
3.De La Soul-3 feet high and rising
4.Lou Reed-New York
5.Buffalo Tom-s/t
6.Grant Hart-Intolerance
7.Spacemen 3-Playing With Fire
8.Beastie Boys-Paul's Boutique
9.Galaxie 500-On Fire
10.Lush-Scar


SONGS:

1.Pixies-Number 13 Baby
2.Pavement-Box Elder
3.The Stone Roses-I Am The Resurrection
4.Telescopes-7th# Disaster
5.The Sundays-Can't Be Sure
6.Inspiral Carpets-Joe
7.The Wedding Present-Kennedy
8.The Family Cat-Kennedy
9.Dinosaur Jr-Just Like Heaven
10.Lush-Etheriel

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

For what it's worth, that should have been 'Tom Verlaine' by The Family Cat at number 8. Complicated stuff, obviously...

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Hey guys don't forget about 2 great Roy Orbison albums !

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

The only year in the 1980s where I have enough albums and songs ready to go. Might as well get my lists out of the way and start researching for our top 100. Ideally, I'd like to get to all the missing 80s albums in the previous top 10s, but I'm not sure how much time I'll have.

SONGS

1) The Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
2) Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole
3) The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
4) The Pixies - Debaser
5) Nine Inch Nails - Ringfinger
6) The Pixies - Tame
7) The Beastie Boys - Egg Man
8) De La Soul - Magic Number
9) De La Soul - Say No Go
10) De La Soul - Tread Water
11) The Beastie Boys - The Sounds of Science
12) De La Soul - Buddy
13) The B-52s - Roam
14) Fugazi - And The Same
15) Fugazi - Burning Too
16) The Pixies - No. 13 Baby
17) Madonna - Like a Prayer
18) Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
19) The Pixies - Gouge Away
20) The Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven

ALBUMS

1) The Pixies - Doolittle
2) Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
3) Fugazi - 13 Songs
4) De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
5) The Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

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Albums

1. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
4. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
5. The Cure - Disintegration
6. Faith No More - The Real Thing
7. Nirvana - Bleach
8. Aerosmith - Pump

Songs

1. Public Enemy - Fight the Power
2. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
3. Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
4. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
5. The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
6. Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World
7. Pixies - Debaser
8. De La Soul - Me Myself and I
9. Nirvana - About a Girl
10. Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole
11. The Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection
12. Faith No More - Epic
13. Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies
14. Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump
15. Happy Mondays - Hallelujah
16. The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drum
17. The Stone Roses - Made of Stone
18. Young M.C. - Bust a Move
19. Tone-Loc - Funky Cold Medina
20. Madonna - Like a Prayer

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1) Pixies - Doolittle (#26 all time)
2) The Cure - Disintegration
3) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
4) Lou Reed - New York
5) New Order - Technique
6) De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
7) Madonna - Like A Prayer
8) Nirvana - Bleach
9) Neil Young - Freedom
10) Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
11) Faith No More - The Real Thing

1) Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
2) Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
3) The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
4) Lou Reed - Strawman
5) Madonna - Like A Prayer
6) The Cure - Lovesong
7) The Cure - Pictures Of You
8) Faith No More - Epic
9) Nirvana - Rape Me
10) Bob Dylan - Most Of The Time
11) Bob Dylan - Everything Is Broken
12) Bob Dylan - The Man In The Long Black Coat
13) Aerosmith - Janie Got A Gun

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Albums:

1) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
2) Neil Young - Freedom
3) Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
4) The Triffids - The Black Swan
5) Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls
6) The Tragically Hip - Up To Here
7) Pixies - Doolittle
8) De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
9) The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon
10) David Byrne - Rei Momo
11) New Order - Technique
12) The Nits - Urk
13) Urban Dance Squad - Mental Floss For The Globe
14) Daniel Lanois - Acadie
15) Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl
16) Soul II Soul - Club Classics, Volume One
17) Lou Reed - New York
18) The Blue Nile - Hats
19) Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
20) The The - Mind Bomb

Songs to follow later ...

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((A))

01. De La Soul.3 Feet High And Rising
02. Pixies. Doolittle
03. After Dinner. Paradise Of Replica
04. Naked City. Torture Garden
05. A.R. Kane. i
06. XTC. Oranges & Lemons.
07. Boredoms. Soul Discharge
08. The Telescopes. Taste
09. Jungle Brothers. Done By The Forces Of Nature
10. The The. Mind Bomb
11. Adamson, Barry. Moss Side Story
12. Tackhead. Friendly As A Hand Grenade
13. Berne, Tim. Fractured Fairy Tales
14. Gang Starr. No More Mr. Nice Guy
15. Parks, Van Dyke. Tokyo Rose
16. Cruise, Julee. Floating Into The Night
17. Band Of Susans. Love Agenda
18. Fushitsusha.(Untitled)
19. Terminal Cheesecake. Johnny Town-Mouse
20. Fair, Jad And Daniel Johnston. Jad Fair And Daniel Johnston

((S)) ..cheese-crusted..
01. Cherry, Neneh. Manchild
02. Redhead Kingpin & The FBI. Do The Right Thing
03. Mantronix. Got To Have Your Love
04. Isaak, Chris. Wicked Game
05. Inner City. Good Life
06. Cruise, Julee. Falling
07. Public Enemy. Fight The Power
08. Jones, Quincy et al... Wee B. Dooinit (Acapella Party by The Human Bean Band)
09. Prince. Scandalous
10. De La Soul. Me Myself And I
11. Fine Young Cannibals. Good Thing
12. Love And Rockets. So Alive
13. Orbison, Roy. The Only One
14. Springfield, Dusty. In Private
15. Stansfield, Lisa. All Around The World
16. 808 State. Pacific 909
17. XTC. Miniature Sun
18. Young MC. Bust A Move
19. Tears For Fears. Sowing The Seeds Of Love
20. Summer, Donna. This Time I Know It's For Real

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and the usual sudden eDith:

((S)) ..cheese-crusted..

01. Cherry, Neneh. Manchild
02. Redhead Kingpin & The FBI. Do The Right Thing
03. Mantronix. Got To Have Your Love
04. The Blue Nile. Let's Go Out Tonight
05. Isaak, Chris. Wicked Game
06. Inner City. Good Life
07. Cruise, Julee. Falling
08. Public Enemy. Fight The Power
09. Jones, Quincy et al... Wee B. Dooinit (Acapella Party by The Human Bean Band)
10. Prince. Scandalous
11. De La Soul. Me Myself And I
12. Fine Young Cannibals. Good Thing
13. Love And Rockets. So Alive
14. Orbison, Roy. The Only One
15. Springfield, Dusty. In Private
16. Stansfield, Lisa. All Around The World
17. 808 State. Pacific 909
18. XTC. Miniature Sun
19. Young MC. Bust A Move
20. Tears For Fears. Sowing The Seeds Of Love

even than 9.88

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Songs:

1) Tish Hinojosa - Donde Voy (Where I Go)
2) Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World
3) De La Soul - Me Myself And I
4) The Tragically Hip - New Orleans Is Sinking
5) Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade Of Soul
6) The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
7) Lenny Kravitz - Mr. Cab Driver
8) Neil Young - Eldorado
9) The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon
10) The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
11) Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
12) Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing
13) The Tragically Hip - 38 Years Old
14) The B-52's - Love Shack
15) David Byrne - Independence Day
16) Daniel Lanois - Jolie Louise
17) Texas - Future Is Promises
18) The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
19) Drivin' N' Cryin' - Ain't It Strange
20) Elvis Costello - Veronica

Bubbling under, nrs. 21 to 50 in alphabetical order:

Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies
The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights
The Cure - Love Song
Tracy Chapman - Crossroads
Tracy Chapman - Freedom Now
De La Soul - Say No Go
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Fine Young Cannibals - Ever Fallen In Love
Gavin Friday - Apologia
Indigo Girls - Kid Fears
Indigo Girls - Tried To Be true
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
MAM - Ongelofelijk
Nirvana - About A Girl
Roy Orbison - You Got It
Roy Orbison - She's A Mystery To Me
Pixies - Debaser
Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
Lou Reed - Dirty Blvd
Lou Reed - There Is No Time
Soul II Soul - Back To Life
The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
The Stone Roses - Made Of Stone
Texas - I Don't Want A Lover
The The - The Beaten Generation
Transvision Vamp - Landslide Of Love
The Triffids - Fairytale Love
The Triffids - Goodbye Little Boy
Urban Dance Squad - No Kid

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ALBUMS
1. Beastie Boys - Pauls Boutique
2. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
3. Pixies - Doolittle
4. The Stone Roses - ST
5. Nirvana - Bleach
6. Fugazi - 13 Songs
7. Camper Van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie
8. New Order - Technique
9. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
10. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic
11. Green on Red - Here Comes the Snakes

SONGS
1. Pixies - Debaser
2. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
3. De La Soul - Me Myself and I
4. Public Enemy - Fight the Power
5. Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies
6. Pavement - Box Elder
7. Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven
8. Pixies - Gouge Away
9. Beastie Boys - B-Boy Bouillabaisse
10. Nirvana - About a Girl
11. Neil Young - Rockin in the Free World
12. The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
13. Nirvana - Negative Creep
14. De La Soul - Tread Water
15. The Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection
16. Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
17. Beastie Boys - High Plains Drifter
18. Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole
19. The Replacements - I'll Be You
20. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Head On

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Albums are always easier for me.

ALBUMS
1) The Choir – Wide Eyed Wonder
2) Jon Gibson – Heart and Soul
3) Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
4) XTC – Oranges and Lemons
5) Bonnie Raitt – Nick of Time
6) Eric Clapton – Journeyman
7) Elvis Costello – Spike
8) Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814
9) Bryan Duncan – Strong Medicine
10) Paul McCartney – Flowers in the Dirt
11) Black Box – Fantasy
12) K.D. Lang – Absolute Torch and Twang
13) Rich Mullins – Never Picture Perfect
14) Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls
15) Camper Van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie
16) The B-52s – Cosmic Thing
17) Don Henley – The End of the Innocence
18) The Cure – Disintegration
19) De La Soul-3 feet high and rising
20) Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World

HONORABLE MENTION
Aerosmith – Pump
Nirvana – Bleach
Roy Orbison – Mystery Girl
Queen Latifah – All Hail the Queen
The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels
Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step
Daniel Lanois – Acadie
New Order – Technique

Songs to come later....

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

I think the deadline is supposed to be the 30th of NOVEMBER.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

I want to grow up to be a debaser.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Right. Forgot to change that again. 30th of November indeed.

If at all possible I'd like everything to be in maybe a few days early because I can't start with the final round until the results are in. That said, I don't think those few days will matter.. but some might need all the time they can get to listen to all those albums and songs in the final 100.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Albums:

1) Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
2) Pixies – Doolitle
3) Melvins – Ozma
4) De La Soul – 3 Feet High And Rising
5) Sepultura – Beneath The Remains
6) Godflesh – Streetcleaner
7) Lou Reed – New York
8) Geto Boys – Grip It On That Other Level
9) The D.O.C. – No One Can Do It Better
10) Autopsy – Severed Survival
11) Ministry – The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste
12) Bob Mould – Workbook
13) Obituary – Slowly We Rot
14) The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
15) Pestilence – Consuming Impulse
16) Boogie Down Productions – Ghetto Music: The Blueprint
17) Morbid Angel – Altars Of Madness
18) Spacemen 3 – Playing With Fire
19) Repulsion – Horrified
20) Bolt Thrower – Realm Of Chaos

Songs:

1) Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven
2) Soul II Soul – Back To Life
3) 808 State – Pacific
4) De La Soul – Me Myself And I
5) Beastie Boys – Shake Your Rump
6) Lou Reed – Dirty Blvd
7) Chris Isaak – Wicked game
8) Melvins – Oven
9) Beastie Boys – Hey Ladies
10) The D.O.C. – It’s Funky Enough
11) Geto Boys – Talkin’ Loud Ain’t Saying Nothin’
12) Ministry – So What
13) The B-52’s – Roam
14) Willie Dee – Bald Headed Hoes
15) Pixies – Wave Of Mutilation
16) De La Soul – Buddy (feat. Jungle Brothers & Q-Tip)
17) Biz Markie – Just A Friend
18) Young MC – Bust A Move
19) Nirvana – School
20) Obituary – Slowly We Rot

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Albums

1) Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
2) The Cure - Disintegration
3) De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
4) The Pixies - Doolittle
5) La Mano Negra - Puta's Fever

Songs

1) Faith No More - Epic
2) The Cure - Lullaby
3) Beastie Boys - Shadrach
4) Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection
5) Beastie Boys - Looking Down the Barrel of a gun
6) De La Soul - Me Myself and I
7) Beastie Boys - Eggman
8) Madonna - Like A Prayer
9) The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
10) Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump
11) Noir Désir - Aux Sombres Héros de l'Amer
12) Happy Mondays - W.F.L.
13) Queen - I Want It All
14) The Pixies - Debaser
15) Nirvana - About a Girl
16) Happy Mondays - Hallelujah

Thought Epic would make it but seems like no one has voted for it yet o_O

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

ALBUMS
1) Pixies – DOOLITTLE
2) The Beastie Boys – PAUL’S BOUTIQUE
3) De La Soul – 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING
4) Lou Reed – NEW YORK
5) Neil Young – FREEDOM
6) Tom Petty – FULL MOON FEVER
7) The Cure – DISINTEGRATION
8) Madonna – LIKE A PRAYER
9) The Stone Roses – THE STONE ROSES
10) XTC – ORANGES AND LEMONS

SONGS
1) Pixies – “Debaser”
2) Faith No More – “Epic”
3) Public Enemy – “Fight the Power”
4) Pixies – “Gouge Away”
5) Neil Young – “Rockin’ in the Free World”
6) Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven”
7) The Stone Roses – “I Am the Resurrection”
8) Lou Reed – “Halloween Parade”
9) The Cure – “Pictures of You”
10) Madonna – “Oh Father”

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Albums:

1) Pixies - Doolittle
2) The Stone Roses - s/t
3) New Order - Technique
4) De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
5) Lou Reed - New York
6) Madonna - Like a Prayer

I'll get to songs later on.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Albums:

[01] De La Soul | 3 Feet High and Rising
[02] Beastie Boys | Paul's Boutique
[03] Madonna | Like a Prayer
[04] They Might Be Giants | Lincoln
[05] Pixies | Doolittle
[06] The Cure | Disintegration
[07] The Stone Roses | The Stone Roses
[08] Philip Glass | Solo Piano
[09] The Blue Nile | Hats
[10] Steve Reich with Kronos Quartet & Pat Metheny | Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint
[11] Elvis Costello | Spike
[12] Spacemen 3 | Playing With Fire
[13] Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck | Djam Leelii
[14] Peter Gabriel | Passion
[15] Bob Dylan | Oh Mercy!
[16] Maria McKee | Maria McKee
[17] Bob Mould | Workbook
[18] Galaxie 500 | On Fire
[19] King's X | Gretchen Goes To Nebraska
[20] Van Morrison | Avalon Sunset
[21] Kate Bush | The Sensual World
[22] XTC | Oranges and Lemons
[23] New Order | Technique
[24] Kirsty MacColl | Kite
[25] Faith No More | The Real Thing

Songs:

[01] Public Enemy | Fight The Power
[02] De La Soul | Eye Know
[03] The Stone Roses | I Am The Resurrection
[04] Kate Bush | This Woman's Work
[05] De La Soul | The Magic Number
[06] Beastie Boys | Looking Down The Barrel of a Gun
[07] Madonna | Oh Father
[08] Pixies | No. 13 Baby
[09] They Might Be Giants | They'll Need a Crane
[10] The Cure | Pictures of You
[11] The Blue Nile | The Downtown Lights
[12] Madonna | Like a Prayer
[13] Bob Dylan | Most of The Time
[14] Pixies | Monkey Gone To Heaven
[15] Beastie Boys | Shake Your Rump
[16] Bob Mould | See a Little Light
[17] The Sundays | Can't Be Sure
[18] King's X | Pleiades
[19] Elvis Costello | Tramp The Dirt Down
[20] They Might Be Giants | Ana Ng
[21] Faith No More | Epic
[22] The Stone Roses | She Bangs The Drums
[23] Spacemen 3 | Suicide
[24] Concrete Blonde | Happy Birthday
[25] The Cure | Plainsong
[26] Beastie Boys | B-Boy Bouillabaise
[27] Kirsty MacColl | Innocence
[28] De La Soul | Say No Go
[29] Maria McKee | Am I The Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way?)
[30] Julee Cruise | Falling
[31] Electronic | Getting Away With It
[32] Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians | Madonna of The Wasps
[33] Neil Young | Rockin' In The Free World
[34] Elvis Costello | Veronica
[35] Morrissey | Will Never Marry
[36] Galaxie 500 | Blue Thunder
[37] Indigo Girls | Prince of Darkness
[38] The Jesus and Mary Chain | Head On
[39] Nirvana | About a Girl
[40] The Beautiful South | Song to Whoever
[41] Chris Isaak | Wicked Game
[42] Aerosmith | Janie's Got a Gun
[43] XTC | Chalkhills and Children
[44] Red Hot Chili Peppers | Higher Ground
[45] Neneh Cherry | Buffalo Stance
[46] Orbital | Chime
[47] Ministry | Thieves
[48] Nine Inch Nails | Head Like a Hole
[49] 10,000 Maniacs | Dust Bowl
[50] Paul McCartney | My Brave Face
[51] Rush | Show Don't Tell
[52] The Replacements | I'll Be You
[53] The Grateful Dead | Throwing Stones
[54] Janet Jackson | If
[55] The B-52's | Roam


Solid year.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

1 - De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
2 - Caetano Veloso - Estrangeiro
3 - The Jungle Brothers - Done by the Forces of Nature
4 - Pixies - Doolittle
5 - Lou Reed - New York




1 - Public Enemy - Fight the Power
2 - De La Soul - Say No Go
3 - Soul II Soul - Back to Life
4 - Pixies - Debaser
5 - The Sundays - Can't Be Sure

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

sonofsamian, the Baaba Maal album is listed as 1983 in AM

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

sonofsamian, the Baaba Maal album is listed as 1983 in AM

Yeah, I guess there was an original cassette distributed locally in '83/'84, but the album only hit other continents in CD form in '89. That's OK if it won't get counted - I had no illusions of it getting multiple votes anyway!

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

I voted for it in 1983 !
It was recorded in Brussels and released at the same time in cassette
The Cd reissue is 1989.
See here his discography by a Japanese scholar

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Sonofsamiam, Janet's "If" is from 1993!

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

I envy Samsons layout!

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Sonofsamiam, Janet's "If" is from 1993!

Sonofab, of course it is. I shouldn't rush these things. Replace with "Miss You Much"

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Albums

1. NEIL YOUNG: Freedom
2. JOE JACKSON: Blaze of Glory
3. VAN MORRISON: Avalon Sunset
4. DAVID BYRNE: Rei Momo
5. THE CURE: Desintegration
6. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS: The Raw and the Coocked
7. ANDERSON, BRUFFORD, WAKEMAN & HOWE: Anderson, Brufford, Wakeman & Howe
8. LOU REED: New York
9. MICHAEL NYMAN: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
10. THE BEACH BOYS: Still Cruisin'
11. PETE TOWNSHEND: The Iron Man
12. JOHN LEE HOOKER: The Healer
13. ELVIS COSTELLO: Spike
14. PHILIP GLASS: Solo Piano
15. RICKIE LEE JONES: Flying Cowboys
16. TIN MACHINE: Tin Machine
17. YO LA TENGO: President Yo La Tengo
18. ROY ORBISON: Mistery Girl
19. THE STONE ROSES: The Stones Roses
20. MILES DAVIES: Amandla

21. CHRIS ISAAK: Heart Shaped World
22. GRANT HART: Intolerance
23. THE BLUE NILE: Hats
24. THE JAYHAWKS: Blue Earth
25. BOB DYLAN: Oh, Mercy


Songs

1. NEIL YOUNG: Rockin’ in the Free World
2. THE BEACH BOYS; Still Cruisin’
3. JOE JACKSON: Blaze of Glory
4. ROY ORBISON: You Got It
5. JOE JACKSON: Me and You Against the World
6. NEIL YOUNG: Someday
7. THE CURE: Plainsong
8. LOU REED: Romeo and Juliet
9. NEIL YOUNG: Hanging on a Limb
10. JOE JACKSON: Down to London
11. THE BEACH BOYS: In My Car
12. ELVIS COSTELLO: … this town….
13. JOHN LEE HOOKER & CARLOS SANTANA: The Healer
14. VAN MORRISON: Daring Night
15. ANDERSON, BRUFFORD, WAKEMAN & HOWE: Brother of Mine
16. CHRIS ISAAK: Wicked Game
17. NEIL YOUNG: Wrecking Ball
18. DAVID BYRNE: Carnival Eyes
19. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS: As Hard as It is
20. MICHAEL NYMAN: Memorial


Spanish Albums

1. AVENTURAS DE KIRLIAN: Aventuras de Kirlian
2. JAVIER BERGIA: Tagomago
3. ALBERT PLA: Ho sento molt
4. ESCLARECIDOS: De espaldas a ti
5. JOAN MANUEL SERRAT: Material sensible


Films

1. SPEAKING PARTS, Atom Egoyan
2. HENRY V, Kenneth Branagh
3. CRIME AND MISDEMEANORS, Woody Allen
4. BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART TWO, Robert Zemeckis
5. THE BURBS, Joe Dante
6. DRUGSTORE COWBOY, Gus Van Sant
7. JÉSUS DE MONTRÉAL, Denis Arcand
8. THE SKIN DEEP, Blake Edwards
9. HEART OF MIDNIGHT, Matthew Chapman
10. SWEETIE, Jane Campion


Compilation

CAT STEVENS: First Cuts

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

1) The Swans – The Burning World
2) Diesel Park West – Shakespeare Alabama
3) The Pixies – Doolittle
4) The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
5) Lou Reed – New York
6) Bob Dylan – Oh, Mercy
7) Maria McKee – Maria McKee
8) Graham Parker – Live Alone in America
9) Lee Clayton – Another Night
10) Roy Orbison – A Black and White Night Live
11) The Dream Syndicate – Live at Raji’s
12) Warren Zevon – Transverse City
13) Neil Young – Freedom
14) John Cale – Words for the Dying

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

And now for the songs:

1. Stone Roses, The - I Am the Resurrection (#9 of all time)
2. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (#45 of all time)
3. Pixies - Here Comes Your Man (#65 of all time)
4. De La Soul - Eye Know
5. New Order - All the Way
6. New Order - Dream Attack
7. Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
8. Stone Roses, The - Elephant Stone
9. New Order - Love Less
10. Pixies - Debaser
11. Stone Roses, The - Waterfall
12. De La Soul - Magic Number
13. Madonna - Like a Prayer
14. Madonna - Express Yourself
15. De La Soul - Tread Water
16. Public Enemy - Fight the Power
17. Lou Reed - Dirty Blvd.
18. B52s, The - Love Shack
19. B52s, The - Roam
20. Extremoduro - Extremaydura
21. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire

Yeah, I know #21 doesn't get points, but I still think that songs deserves some acknowledgment for becoming so omnipresent in satire.

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Albums
1. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
4. The Blue Nile - Hats
5. The Cure - Disintegration
6. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
7. Di Leva - Rymdblomma
8. The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon
9. Mano Negra - Puta's Fever
10. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
11. New Order - Technique
12. Madonna - Like a Prayer
13. Jakob Hellman - Och stora havet
14. Neil Young - Freedom
15. Bel Canto - Birds of Passage
16. Steve Reich - Kronos Quartet: Different Trains / Pat Metheny: Electronic Counterpart
17. Peter Gabriel - Passion
18. Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
19. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
20. Kate Bush - The Sensual World

Songs
1. Julee Cruise - Falling
2. The Cure - Lullaby
3. Pixies - Debaser
4. Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
5. The Cure - Love Song
6. The Cure - Fascination Street
7. Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin'
8. Van Morrison - Have I Told You Lately
9. The Blue Nile - Let's Go Out Tonight
10. Di Leva - Vi har bara varandra
11. Nirvana - About a Girl
12. Bob Dylan - Most of the Time
13. Pixies - Gouge Away
14. Jakob Hellman - Vara vänner
15. The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
16. The Stone Roses - Made of Stone
17. Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World
18. The Cure - Prayers for Rain
19. Beastie Boys - The Sounds of Science
20. Julee Cruise - The World Spins

What a great, great top 5 albums, with "Disintegration" only ending up at #5 despite having four songs in the top 20 (three in my top 6!) and "Pictures of You" just outside the top 20. It's not that I dislike the rest of the songs, but that "Disintegration" is only my fourth or fifth favourite Cure album (behind "Seventeen Seconds", "Three Imaginary Boys", "Pornography", and possibly also "The Head on the Door") while "Floating into the Night", "Doolittle", "Paul's Boutique" and "Hats" are all important cornerstones in my record collection.

I love records that almost bubble over with ideas and "Paul's Boutique", "Doolittle" and "Puta's Fever" certainly belong to this category. It's almost like you get all you need in hip-hop, rock and...uh...'world-punk' from these three albums. Having said that, I see that many of the other albums in my list are in fact rather monotonous, they just put me in a wonderful mood.

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Albums:

1) Jayhawks- Blue Earth
2) Pixies- Doolittle
3) Tom Petty- Full Moon Fever
4) De La Soul- 3 Feet High and Rising
5) Madonna- Like a Prayer

Songs:

1) Elvis Costello- Veronica
2) Madonna- Like a Prayer
3) Jayhawks- Will I Be Married
4) Jayhawks- Two Angels
5) Beastie Boys- Shadrach
6) U2- All I Want is You
7) Tom Petty- I Won't Back Down
8) Dead Milkmen- Punk Rock Girl
9) Tom Petty- Free Fallin'
10) Pixies- Here Comes Your Man
11) Skid Row- 18 and Life
12) Pixies- Wave of Mutilation
13) Jayhawks- Ain't No End
14) Jonathan Richman- Everyday Clothes
15) B-52's- Roam
16) Alice Cooper- Poison
17) Elvis Costello- Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
18) De La Soul- The Magic Number
19) Neneh Cherry- Buffalo Stance
20) De La Soul- Eye Know
21) Madonna- Express Yourself
22) Guns 'n Roses- Used To Love Her
23) Nirvana- About a Girl
24) Madonna- Cherish
25) Skid Row- Youth Gone Wild

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Albums

1)Stone Roses - Stone Roses
2)Pixies - Doolittle
3)The Cure - Disintegration
4)New Order - Technique
5)Madonna - Like A Prayer
6)Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
7)Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
8)Don Henley - End Of The Innocence

Songs

1)Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
2)The Sundays - Can't Be Sure
3)The Cure - Pictures Of You
4)808 State - Pacific State
5)Madonna - Cherish
6)Stone Roses - Waterfall
7)Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
8)Stone Roses - This Is The One
9)Don Henley - End Of The Innocence
10)Pixies - Debaser
11)Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
12)New Order - Run
13)Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
14)Morrissey - Interesting Drug
15)The Cure - Love Song
16)Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
17)Public Enemy - Fight The Power
18)Bob Dylan - Most Of The Time
19)Madonna - Like A Prayer
20)Morrissey - Last Of The Famous International Playboys

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1. Stone Roses – Stone Roses
2. Pixies – Doolittle
3. The Cure - Disintegration
4. Nirvana - Bleach
5. Neil Young - Freedom

1. Pixies - Debaser
2. The Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection
3. The Cure - Plainsong
4. The Stone Roses - This Is the One
5. The Cure - Lullaby
6. Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
7. The Stone Roses - Made of Stone
8. Pixies - Gouge Away
9. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
10. Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
11. Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends
12. Madonna - Like a Prayer
13. They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
14. Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World
15. The Stone Roses - Waterfall
16. The Cure - Pictures of You
17. Soul II Soul - Back to Life
18. Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
19. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
20. Nirvana - About a Girl

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Oh God, I was about to forget the Jayhawks album (and I have the Cd at home) !
Thanks john !
(listening to it now)

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Albums (songs by Nov. 30)

1) Neil Young - Freedom
2) Pixies - Doolittle
3) De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
4) Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
5) Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
6) Lou Reed - New York
7) Faith No More - The Real Thing
8) Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
9) The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon
10) Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
11) The Jungle Brothers - Done By the Forces of Nature
12) Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
13) Aerosmith - Pump
14) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
15) Laurie Anderson - Strange Angels

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Albums
01.Julee Cruise – Floating into the Night
02.Slint - Tweez
03.The Stone Roses – s/t
04.Nirvana - Bleach
05.Madonna - Like a Prayer
06.The Cure - Disintegration
07.Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
08.The Blue Nile - Hats
09.Pixies - Doolittle
10.Aerosmith - Pump

Songs
01.The Cure - Lullaby
02.Julee Cruise – Falling
03.The Cure - Plainsong
04.Pixies - Debaser
05.Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun
06.The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
07.Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
08.Madonna - Like a Prayer
09.Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
10.The Cure - Pictures of You
11.The Blue Nile – Downtown Lights
12.Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
13.Nine Inch Nails - Sanctified
14.The Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection
15.Nirvana - Blew
16.Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
17.Madonna – Oh Father
18.Julee Cruise – Into the Night
19.Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
20.Alice Cooper – Poison

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Somebody likes Twin Peaks.

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Fantastic lists, pop elton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

1. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
4. Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
5. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic
6. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
7. New Order - Technique
8. The Cure - Disintegration
9. Inner City - Paradise
10. Neil Young - Freedom

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1 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
2 Doolittle Pixies
3 3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul
4 Bizarro The Wedding Present
5 Technique New Order
6 Hats The Blue Nile
7 Oh, Mercy Bob Dylan
8 Disintegration The Cure
8 Club Classics Vol. 1/Keep On Movin' Soul II Soul
9 The Sensual World Kate Bush
10 Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys
11 Oranges & Lemons XTC
12 Like a Prayer Madonna
13 On Fire Galaxie 500
15 Playing with Fire Spacemen 3
16 Freedom Neil Young
17 13 Songs (Fugazi EP + Margin Walker EP) Fugazi
18 Bleach Nirvana
19 Ukrainian John Peel Sessions The Wedding Present
20 Today Galaxie 500

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50 She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals
49 Ride On Time Black Box
48 Too Much Kissing Senseless Things
47 Mr Disco New Order
46 Keep On Movin' Soul II Soul
45 Can't Be Sure The Sundays
44 Good Life Inner City
43 Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart Marc Almond and Gene Pitney
42 Rockin' in the Free World Neil Young
41 The Mayor of Simpleton XTC
40 Just Like Heaven Dinosaur Jr.
39 Pictures of You The Cure
38 The Sensual World Kate Bush
37 Hallelujah Happy Mondays
36 Vanishing Point New Order
35 This Women's Work Kate Bush
34 Getting Away with It Electronic
33 People Hold On Coldcut
32 Orange Crush R.E.M.
31 Like a Prayer Madonna
30 Sit Down James
29 Hey Ladies Beastie Boys
28 She Bangs the Drum The Stone Roses
27 Last of the Famous International Playboys Morrissey
26 Isn't It A Pity Galaxie 500
25 Hey Pixies
24 So Alive Love & Rockets
23 Eye Know De La Soul
22 I Wanna Be Adored The Stone Roses
21 Most of the Time Bob Dylan
20 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode
19 Head On The Jesus and Mary Chain
18 Sowing The Seeds Of Love Tears For Fears
17 Back to Life Soul II Soul
16 Lullaby The Cure
15 Into The White Pixies
14 Say No Go De La Soul
13 Fools Gold The Stone Roses
12 Monkey Gone to Heaven Pixies
11 This Is The One The Stone Roses
10 Brassneck The Wedding Present
9 Pacific State 808 State
8 About a Girl Nirvana
7 Me Myself and I De La Soul
6 Wave of Mutilation Pixies
5 Gouge Away Pixies
4 Kennedy The Wedding Present
3 Fight the Power Public Enemy
2 I Am the Resurrection The Stone Roses
1 Debaser Pixies

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Do the lists have to be sent by email this month ?

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Albums:

1) Pixies - Doolittle
2) Steve Reich - Kronos Quartet: Different Trains / Pat Metheny: Electronic Counterpart
3) Pere Ubu - Cloudland
4) Mano Negra - Puta's Fever
5) Alain Bashung - Novice
6) Kat Onoma - Stock Phrases
7) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
8) And Also the Trees - Farewell to the Shade
9) Urban Dance Squad - Mental Floss for the Globe
10) Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
11) XTC - Oranges & Lemons
12) Kate Bush - The Sensual World
13) Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked
14) Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
15) Public Image Ltd. - 9
16) New Order - Technique
17) The Cure - Disintegration
18) Lou Reed - New York
19) Nirvana - Bleach
20) Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World

Songs:

1) Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
2) Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade of Soul
3) Pixies - Debaser
4) Nirvana - About a Girl
5) Mano Negra - Soledad
6) Pere Ubu - Love Love Love
7) Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
8) The Sundays - Can't Be Sure
9) Pixies - No. 13 Baby
10) Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
11) Alain Bashung - Étrange été
12) Pere Ubu - Cry
13) Public Enemy - Fight the Power
14) Mano Negra - Pas Assez De Toi
15) Happy Mondays - Hallelujah
16) Love & Rockets - So Alive
17) Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
18) The B-52's - Love Shack
19) Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
20) Neneh Cherry - Manchild

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ALBUMS:

1. PIXIES “Doolittle” (#26 in my all-time list)
2. DE LA SOUL “3 Feet High and Rising” (#50)
3. MADONNA “Like a Prayer” (#83)
4. LOU REED “New York”
5. THE STONE ROSES “The Stone Roses”
6. THE BLUE NILE “Hats”
7. THE CURE “Disintegration”
8. NEIL YOUNG “Freedom”
9. BOB DYLAN “Oh Mercy”
10. ROY ORBISON AND FRIENDS “A Black and White Night Live”
11. JULEE CRUISE “Floating into the Night”
12. NENEH CHERRY “Raw Like Sushi”
13. THE NEVILLE BROTHERS “Yellow Moon”
14. MANO NEGRA “Puta’s Fever”
15. NEW ORDER “Technique”
16. JAKOB HELLMAN “…och stora havet” (thanks to Henrik and to Spotify)
17. XTC “Oranges and Lemons”
18. TOM PETTY “Full Moon Fever”
19. DANIEL LANOIS “Acadie”
20. SPACEMEN 3 “Playing with Fire”
21. CAETANO VELOSO “Estrangeiro”
22. DAVID BYRNE “Rei Momo”
23. THE ROLLING STONES “Steel Wheels”
24. SOUL II SOUL “Club Classics, Vol. One”
25. INNER CITY “Paradise”


SONGS:

1. LOU REED “Dirty Blvd.” (#58 in my all-time list)
2. THE STONE ROSES “This Is the One” (#57)
3. PIXIES “Monkey Gone to Heaven” (#59)
4. PIXIES “Debaser” (#140)
5. CHRIS ISAAK “Wicked Game” (#209)
6. DE LA SOUL “Me, Myself & I” (#221)
7. PUBLIC ENEMY “Fight the Power”
8. NEIL YOUNG “Rockin’ in the Free World”
9. THE CURE “Lullaby”
10. JULEE CRUISE “Falling”
11. THE BLUE NILE “The Downtown Lights”
12. DEPECHE MODE “Personal Jesus”
13. ELVIS COSTELLO “Veronica”
14. XTC “The Major of Simpleton”
15. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS “Good Thing”
16. ROY ORBISON “You Got It”
17. BOB DYLAN “Most of the Time”
18. THE STONE ROSES “Made of Stone”
19. PIXIES “Here Comes Your Man”
20. MADONNA “Like a Prayer”
21. NENEH CHERRY “Manchild”
22. SOUL II SOUL “Back to Life”
23. INNER CITY “Good Life”
24. DE LA SOUL “The Magic Number”
25. THE NEVILLE BROTHERS “Yellow Moon”
26. NEIL YOUNG “Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part 1)”
27. BOB DYLAN “Everything Is Broken”
28. LOU REED “Romeo Had Juliette”
29. LA FRONTERA “El límite”
30. PAUL McCARTNEY “My Brave Face”
31. JAKOB HELLMAN “Vara vänner”
32. LA GRANJA “Magia en tus ojos”
33. THE CURE “Pictures of You”
34. PIXIES “Wave of Mutilation”
35. TIN MACHINE “I Can’t Read”
36. LENNY KRAVITZ “Mr. Cab Driver”
37. THE B-52’S “Love Shack”
38. MADONNA “Cherish”
39. NENEH CHERRY “Kisses on the Wind”
40. MANO NEGRA “King Kong Five”
41. DE LA SOUL “Eye Know”
42. PIXIES “Hey”
43. MADONNA “Oh Father”
44. THE BLUE NILE “Let’s Go Out Tonight”
45. THE CURE “Love Song”
46. THE STONE ROSES “I Wanna Be Adored”
47. DUNCAN DHU “Entre salitre y sudor”
48. 091 “Qué fue del siglo XX”
49. BOB DYLAN “Ring Them Bells”
50. LOU REED “Halloween Parade”


FAVOURITE COMPILATION:THE ROLLING STONES “Singles Collection : The London Years”

My favourite Spanish song of 1989: La Frontera’s "El límite"

Classic rock. When the last sparkles of the “movida” went out and before the indie scene broke during the early 90s, the Spanish music scene of the late 80s became much less interesting (except for the new flamenco bands as Pata Negra or Ketama). Many bands (including Rubber, my band at that time) were influenced by American classic rock, coming from 80s revival bands like Smithereens or Green on Red or from true classics that experienced a kind of resurrection at the end of the decade like Bob Dylan or Neil Young. One of these Spanish-American bands were La Frontera (The Border) that dressed as if they were acting in a Sergio Leone spaghetti-western movie and played a country-rockabilly style during their first three albums. Their fourth album, “Rosa de los vientos” (“Wind Rose”), found them instead trying to achieve a more classic sound, reaching with that move a massive success in Spain at the time. The band leader Javier Andreu for Efe Eme in 2005: “The “Wind Rose” was the definitive album. It was a surprise, and although we were criticised for a more pop-oriented sound, the election of Jesús Gómez as the producer was not predetermined for that (… We didn’t expect yet that smash hit with our four album”.
The song selected is “El límite” (“The Limit” or “The Border”), a song that Andreu wrote about José Battaglio that just left the band after co-writing with Andreu almost every song from the first three albums. Andreu in 2006: “I was feeling alone and paralyzed from pure vertigo”. He took the lyrics for the chorus from a passage of the New Testament: “I always though about the Bible as a good adventure book where you can find good titles for rock songs”. And, well, that’s my selection from a not particularly good year for Spanish music.


EL LÍMITE
Composer: Javier Andreu
Performer: LA FRONTERA
First release: 1989 (“Rosa de los vientos” album)
Length: 4’38”

Escucha bien, mi viejo amigo,
no sé si recordarás
aquellos tiempos ahora perdidos
por las calles de esta ciudad.

Leímos juntos libros prohibidos,
creímos que nada nos haría cambiar,
vivimos siempre esperando una señal.

En el límite del bien (el límite del bien),
en el límite del mal (el límite del mal).
Te esperaré
en el límite del bien y del mal.

En el límite del bien (el límite del bien),
en el límite del mal (el límite del mal).
Te esperaré
en el límite del bien y del mal.

Es duro estar tan abatido,
cuando no sientes el dolor,
es como clavar un cuchillo
en lo más hondo del corazón.

Escucha bien, mi viejo amigo,
nunca olvidé nuestra amistad.
La vida es solo un juego
en el que hay que apostar
si quieres ganar.

En el límite del bien (el límite del bien),
en el límite del mal (el límite del mal).
Te esperaré
en el límite del bien y del mal.

En el límite del bien (el límite del bien),
en el límite del mal (el límite del mal).
Te esperaré
en el límite del bien y del mal.

No es difícil encontrar
el paraíso en la oscuridad.
La fortuna viene en un barco
sin rumbo y sin capitán.

Escucha bien, mi viejo amigo,
si algún día nos volvemos a ver
solo espero que todo sea como ayer.

En el límite del bien (el límite del bien),
en el límite del mal (el límite del mal).
Te esperaré
en el límite del bien y del mal.

En el límite del bien (el límite del bien),
en el límite del mal (el límite del mal).
Te esperaré
en el límite del bien y del mal.


THE BORDER

Listen to me, my old friend,
I don’t know if you remember
those wasted times
down the streets of this town.

We read together forbidden books,
we thought that nothing could change us,
we always lived waiting for a sign.

At the border of good (the border of good),
at the border of evil (the border of evil).
I’ll wait for you
at the border of good and evil.

At the border of good (the border of good),
at the border of evil (the border of evil).
I’ll wait for you
at the border of good and evil.

It’s hard to be so dejected,
without feeling any pain,
it’s like plunging a dagger
deeply into the heart.

Listen to me, my old friend,
I never forgot our friendship.
Life is only a game,
you must bet if you want to win.

At the border of good (the border of good),
at the border of evil (the border of evil).
I’ll wait for you
at the border of good and evil.

At the border of good (the border of good),
at the border of evil (the border of evil).
I’ll wait for you
at the border of good and evil.

It’s not difficult to find
the paradise in the shadows.
Fortune comes in a ship
with no course and no captain.

Listen to me, my old friend,
if someday we meet again
I only hope that everything will be
just like yesterday.

At the border of good (the border of good),
at the border of evil (the border of evil).
I’ll wait for you
at the border of good and evil.

At the border of good (the border of good),
at the border of evil (the border of evil).
I’ll wait for you
at the border of good and evil.


I don’t why merely two weeks ago I found the original video in you tube and now it’s removed. Anyway this is a live version from 1992 quite true to the original:

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1989 :the Roy O year for me (I'm not much followed, but ...)

albums

1. Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl
2. Lou Reed - New York
3. Roy Orbison - A Black And White Night Live
4. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
5. Noir Désir - Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient)
6. Neil Young - Freedom
7. The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon
8. The Jayhawks - Blue Earth
9. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken, vol. 2
10. Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
11. Queen Latifah - All Hail To The Queen
12. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
13. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
14. Philip Glass - Solo Piano
15. Caetano Veloso - Estrangeiro
16. Pixies - Doolittle
17. Fela Kuti - Beasts Of No Nation
18. Ice-T - The Iceberg - Freedom Of Speech (Just Watch What You Say)
19. The Cure - Disintegration
20. Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets - Rack'em Up

Songs

1. Neil Young - Rocking In The Free World
2. Roy Orbison - In The Real World
3. Roy Orbison - The Comedians
4. Lou Reed - Good Evening Mr Waldheim
5. Roy Orbison - Windsurfer
6. Lou Reed - Xmas in february
7. De La Soul - Buddy
8. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
9. The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon
10. Noir Désir - Aux sombres héros de l'amer
11. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Michael Martin Murphey - Lost River
12. The Cure - Lullaby
13. Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
14. Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
15. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
16. Public Enemy - Fight The Power
17. Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
18. Jayhawks - Two Angels
19. Caetano Veloso - Branquinha
20. Faith No More - Epic

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Songs
1) Public Enemy – Fight the Power
2) Neil Young – Rockin’ in the Free World
3) Tom Petty – Free Fallin’
4) Faith No More – Epic
5) Pixies – Monkey Gone to Heaven
6) The Beastie Boys – Shake Your Rump
7) Pixies – Debaser
8) De La Soul – Magic Number
9) Tom Petty – Running Down a Dream
10) Fine Young Cannibals – She Drives Me Crazy
11) De la Soul – Me, Myself and I
12) Lenny Kravitz – Mr. Cab Driver
13) Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
14) Lou Reed – Dirty Blvd.
15) Aerosmith – Janie’s Got a Gun
16) The Beastie Boys – Hey Ladies
17) B-52’s – Love Shack
18) The Neville Brothers – My Blood
19) Bob Dylan – Everything Is Broken
20) The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Thanks Henrik
We have three same songs in top 4 and same #1 in albums so I can also say that your lists are fantastic too.


Great update by the way.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

I hope I'm not too late. It's not yet midnight here. Can't believe I never got around to listening to Bob Mould (Workbook), Fugazi (13 Songs), New Order (Technique), and lots of other stuff quite possibly worthy of a hearing. Once again, I'll whine that ordering those that I did get around to listening to is hard, because once again I've discovered a lot of surprisingly good music. The '80s have a much undeserved reputation as a musical wasteland. A lot of good music from old lions. A lot of good music from (then) young lions, some of whom burned out much too quickly (sorry for the mixed metaphor--though if Blake can have a tiger burning bright, why can't I have a lion?).

1. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
2. Nirvana - Bleach
3. Pixies - Doolittle
4. Lou Reed - New York
5. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
6. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
7. Bob Dylan - Oh, Mercy
8. Neil Young - Freedom
9. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
10. Branford Marsalis - Trio Jeepy
11. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
12. Elvis Costello - Spike
13. Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl
14. Galaxie 500 - On Fire
15. Aerosmith - Pump

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

I'm sentimental about 1989 because it is the first year that I really got into music. My top 3 albums are in my top 6 all-time, and I will always look back with rose-tinted glasses on the magical time it was for me as a fan with ears open to a wholly new world.

Albums:

1. Janet Jackson- Rhythm Nation 1814
2. The Cure- Disintegration
3. Madonna- Like a Prayer
4. Aerosmith- Pump
5. Eurythmics- We Too Are One
6. Technotronic- Pump Up the Jam
7. Prince- Batman
8. New Order- Technique
9. Motley Crue- Dr. Feelgood
10. Sugarcubes- Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week!
11. B-52's- Cosmic Thing
12. Stone Roses- Stone Roses

Songs:

1. The Cure- "Lovesong"
2. Madonna- "Oh Father"
3. The Cure- "Fascination Street"
4. Depeche Mode- "Personal Jesus"
5. Aerosmith- "Janie's Got a Gun"
6. Janet Jackson- "Black Cat"
7. Eurythmics- "Don't Ask Me Why"
8. Motley Crue- "Kickstart My Heart"
9. New Order- "Vanishing Point"
10. Janet Jackson- "State of the World"
11. The Cure- "Plainsong"
12. Madonna- "Dear Jessie"
13. The Cure- "Lullaby"
14. Janet Jackson- "Miss You Much"
15. Janet Jackson- "Rhythm Nation"
16. Tom Petty- "Free Fallin'"
17. Prince- "Trust"
18. Madonna- "Cherish"
19. The Cure- "Fear of Ghosts"
20. Prince- "The Future"
21. Madonna- "Promise to Try"
22. The Cure- "Pictures of You"
23. Janet Jackson- "Someday Is Tonight"
24. Prince- "Batdance"
25. Janet Jackson- "Alright"
26. Faith No More- "Epic"
27. The Cure- "Prayers for Rain"
28. Technotronic- "Tough"
29. Tesla- "Love Song"
30. B-52's- "Topaz"

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Albuns

01 - Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
02 - Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
03 - Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
04 - Atheist - Piece Of Time
05 - D.R.I. - Thrash Zone
06 - Kreator - Extreme Aggression
07 - King Diamond - Conspiracy
08 - Savatage - Gutter Ballet
09 - Terrorizer - World Downfall
10 - Sodom - Agent Orange
11 - Blind Guardian - Follow the Blind
12 - Autopsy - Severed Survival
13 - Coroner - No More Color
14 - Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite
15 - Annihilator - Alice in Hell
16 - Obituary - Slowly We Rot
17 - X Japan - Blue Blood
18 - Overkill - The Years Of Decay
19 - Running Wild - Death or Glory
20 - Testament - Practice What You Preach
21 - Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
22 - Exodus - Fabulous Disaster
23 - Metal Church - Blessing In Disguise
24 - Candlemass - Tales of Creation
25 - Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos
26 - Dark Angel - Leave Scars
27 - Lizzy Borden - Master of Disguise
28 - Extreme Noise Terror - Holocaust in Your Head
29 - Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
30 - Nuclear Assault - Handle With Care
31 - Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
32 - Rage - Secrets In A Weird World
33 - Sarcófago - Rotting
34 - Skid Row - Skid Row

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

And here they are, the final 10 albums and songs to go on to the next round. The next round and instructions will be posted tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

Albums
1) Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
2) Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
3) Pixies - Surfer Rosa
4) R.E.M. - Green
5) The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
6) Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
7) Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
9) My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
10) Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

Songs
1) Pixies - Debaser
2) The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
3) Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
4) Public Enemy - Fight The Power
5) Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World
6) Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
7) The Cure - Lullaby
De La Soul - Me Myself And I
9) Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
10) The Stone Roses - Fools Gold


For the complete list, check . As always, please notify me of any mistakes.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Alright, that was stupid. Here's the albums list:

Albums
1) Pixies - Doolittle
2) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
3) De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
4) Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
5) The Cure - Disintegration
6) Lou Reed - New York
7) Neil Young - Freedom
Madonna - Like A Prayer
9) Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
10) New Order - Technique

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Might not make a VAST difference, Stephan, but I notice Henley's END OF THE INNOCENCE album appears twice in that spreadsheet.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Thanks for the results, Stephan. All decent qualifiers, I would say.

One little correction: I did not vote for Bolt Thrower, but gave the 12 points to David Byrne's Rei Momo. But as usual without any consequences ...

Looking forward to vote for the ultimate 100!

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Thanks for the results Stephan.

Four songs that I voted are in positions 11-14 and
five albums in positions 12-16.

One correction: I noticed that Sepultura's album is twice in the sheet (Vgrd and Ze voted it).

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Just won '3 Feet High And Rising' in an auction yesterday - slightly too late for the '89 poll but at least I'll have it for the finale.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Did I violate some criterion for inclusion, because I don't see my votes in the final tabulation? I don't think it was that I was too late, because Moonbeam's and Ze's lists counted.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Never mind. I see that my votes are listed under "Rocky Raccoon" (who's name shows up twice).

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

I thought a second that Bleach would have made to top 10 (because it was Mike's #2) but no. Still my albums places are 12-16.

Another correction:
Jon Gibson's Heart and Soul have 0 points. I noticed that it was #2 at Greg Rumpffs list.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Ah, more than a few mistakes I see. Most of them are either caused by the last-minute inclusion of Ze's list (I was ready to post them when I saw his list) or because of my hurry to get this one up as soon as possible so I can start on the finale. My bad.

All changes edited.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Don't feel too bad about the mistakes. We all make them. Like my writing "who's" for "whose."

Anyway, many thanks to you for running the poll!

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Do you have a spreadsheet with all 100 qualifiers for the final poll? I want to get an early jump on anything in I might not have heard that I might want to.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Luckily it doesn't make a difference to the top 10, but my songs weren't listed. "Epic" and "Personal Jesus" come really close, though.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Damn, that's a big one. Sorry Rocky. Edited the list.

BillAdama: The list will be posted shortly, I just wanted to make sure there are no more mistakes in this one first.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

Great work, Stephan! Will there be any changes from the 90s poll to the scoring system in the 80s poll?

I don't think the last change (with Rocky Raccoon's songs) has been uploaded.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1989

OK, forget about my question. I hadn't seen your new threads about this.