1989 - THE YEAR © ℗®™ Part 11 - Which album from this list of 1989 releases do you consider to be the best?

[treeduck]

Ok I'm getting requests now, so by popular demand, here's 1989.

[Rick N. Backer]

This is an easy one for me. It's not on here, but the answer is Nirvana's Bleach. Followed by Louder Than Love, Dr. Feelgood and Pump.

[Na na na]

The The / Mind Bomb ;)

[RushFanForever]

The Pixies - Doolittle album with the "sudden loud to quiet dynamic" was influential to bands like Nirvana.

 

My brother used to listen to this album, along with Nevermind.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHUb-xQMTOI

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYrOmT72xZk

Edited April 18, 2020 by RushFanForever

[1-0-0-1-0-0-1]

Definitely a guitarist-heavy year. Satch, Holdsworth, Metheny, Morse, Beck, etc. Holdsworth's Secrets is great, Morse's playing on Wires is awesome. As far as bands, King's X got serious consideration. In the end, Beck's Guitar Shop is such an underrated gem that I had to give it my vote.

[treeduck]

The Pixies - Doolittle album with the "sudden loud to quiet dynamic" was influential to bands like Nirvana.

 

My brother used to listen to this album, along with Nevermind.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHUb-xQMTOI

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYrOmT72xZk

I had it in but I had to take it out later.

[Tony R]

Has to be the patchy AWBH, not a great year for me. Maybe After the War second.

[Nova Carmina]

Gretchen Goes to Nebraska! Probably my favorite KIng's X album. I considered Soundgarden just for "Gun." This year seems a bit down from some of the others, but damn it's a reminder that every year produces so much re-listenable music.

[IbanezJem]

High Tension Wires has Ghostwind, Highland Wedding and Tumeni Notes... Doolittle is still a great listen - Monkeys Gone To Heaven and Debaser are so good. But I went with Satch, because I have great teenage memories of listening to Flying In A Blue Dream.

[pjbear05]

Ow, this one the tougest yet, SRV, Satch, AWBH, Corea. But in the end, the light shines through.

El Becko and Guitar Shop ftw.

Edited April 18, 2020 by pjbear05

[The Cat 3]

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[The Cat 3]

[78jazz]

These 80s threads remind me that the late 1980s were something of a wasteland in music.

[driventotheedge]

Stevie Ray for me and it wasn't even close.

[Maverick]

SRV - In Step

[blueschica]

Went with Motley Crue- The writing and production is so good on Dr. Feelgood; it's about the only album of their's I can listen to. SVR a close second.

[Texas King]

I chose W.A.S.P. - Headless Children.

 

But my actual favorite is Doolittle by Pixies.

[laughedatbytime]

1979, hard to pick just one

 

1989, hard to pick one

 

Not a surprise this is the year Presto was released, it fits right in with the rest of the dreck.

Edited April 18, 2020 by laughedatbytime

[invisible airwave]

1979, hard to pick just one

 

1989, hard to pick one

 

Not a surprise this is the year Presto was released, it fits right in with the rest of the dreck.

 

My least favorite of theirs. Reeks of adult contemporary of the era.

 

Freedom

Full Moon Fever

 

[Mithrandir]

Gary Moore for the win!!

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Peace on Earth an end to waaaaaa-aaaaaar....today.

[cygnify]

Gretchen Goes To Nebraska! King's X

 

It was a bit of a dearth year musically (and a shit year personally!) ABWH was in rotation (better in concert!), Jeff Beck, Allan Holdsworth, SRV, Queen were all good releases. I figured out that I didn't like the new-Marillion without Fish (a trend that holds to this day!)

 

One release that is missed in the poll that was very high in my rotation - Suck on This by Primus! I had heard the opening track very early - with the YYZ intro and called my college radio station to inquire. They had a cassette of this band from SF and gave me an address. I sent out a quick note and was rewarded several weeks later with a pre-release non-official packaging homemade cassette version of Suck on This from the band's management.

[ReRushed]

Neil Young - Freedom

[Stormtron]

Overkill - The Years of Decay

[treeduck]

Overkill - The Years of Decay

Nice choice.