Best albums of 1989
The last summer before sampling got fenced in. The collage records made this year cannot legally be made again, which gives them an accidental permanence nobody planned. Alternative rock, meanwhile, quietly produced two or three albums it would spend the nineties trying to match.
According to Riffiter listeners, the best album of 1989 is Disintegration by The Cure, rated 4.3/5 by 149 listeners.
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The genres that carried the period here, each with what listeners rate highest inside it.
Best Rock albums of 1989
446 albums from 1989
Best Classical albums of 1989
385 albums from 1989
Best Pop albums of 1989
235 albums from 1989
Best Jazz albums of 1989
206 albums from 1989
Best Electronic albums of 1989
170 albums from 1989
The artists of 1989
Everyone who put a record out then, ordered by how listeners rate their catalog rather than by that one release.
1989, month by month
Not everything that came out, just where the weight fell. Some months carried a year; some were quiet and worth knowing about.
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FAQ
- What are the best albums of 1989?
- On Riffiter, the highest-rated album of 1989 is Disintegration by The Cure (4.3/5). The ranking below orders the year's releases by community rating.
- How is the 1989 ranking decided?
- By Riffiter listeners. Each album's community rating sets its place. Until a release has enough ratings, its popularity stands in, and the order shifts as more people rate.
- Does the best-of-1989 list change?
- Yes. It's built from live community ratings, so the order updates as people rate 1989 releases. The page refreshes a few times a day.