NME’s best albums and tracks of 1989

By NME

Albums Of The Year

1
De La Soul
Three Feet High and Rising
2The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
3Lou Reed
New York
4Pixies
Doolittle
5New Order
Technique
6The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon
7Soul II Soul
Club Classics Vol One
8The Wonder Stuff
Hup
9Maria McKee
Maria McKee
10Elvis Costello
Spike
  1. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
  2. Inner City – Paradise
  3. Van Morrison – Avalon Sunset
  4. Bob Dylan – Oh Mercy
  5. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Automatic
  6. Neneh Cherry – Raw Like Sushi
  7. Kate Bush – The Sensual World
  8. The Blue Nile – Hats
  9. Neil Young – Freedom
  10. Niggers With Attitude – Straight Outta Compton
  11. Kitchens of Distinction – Love Is Hell
  12. Pop Will Eat Itself – This Is The Day…This Is The Hour…This is This!
  13. The Cure – Disintegration
  14. Les Negresses Vertes – Mlah
  15. The Colourblind James Experience – Why Should I Stand Up?
  16. The Wedding Present – Bizarro
  17. Ian McCulloch – Candleland
  18. Win – freaky Trigger
  19. Bob Mould – Workbook
  20. The Triffids – The Black Swan
  1. George Clinton – The Cinderella Theory
  2. Stereo MC’s – 33 45 78
  3. Throwing Muses – Hunkpapa
  4. Barry Adamson – Moss Side Story
  5. Big Audio Dynamite – Megatop Phoenix
  6. Indigo Girls – Indigo Girls
  7. The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels
  8. Prince – Batman
  9. Mega City 4 – Tranzophobia
  10. Momus – Don’t Stop The Night
  11. Fine Young Cannibals – The Raw And The Cooked
  12. The Perfect Disaster – UP
  13. The Replacements – Don’t Tell A Soul
  14. Liza Minnelli – Results
  15. The Hoodoo Gurus – Magnum Cum Louder
  16. Spacemen 3 – Playing With Fire
  17. Tom Petty – Full Moon Fever
  18. Deborah Harry – Def Dumb And Blonde
  19. Edwyn Collins – Hope And Despair
  20. Michelle Shocked- Captain Swing

Tracks Of The Year

1
The Stone Roses
She Bangs The Drums
2The Stone Roses
Fools Gold
3The Sundays
Can’t Be Sure
4The Stone Roses
Made of Stone
5808 State
Pacific State
6Public Enemy
Fight The Power
7Kitchens Of Distinction
The Third Time We Opened The Capsule
8Soul II Soul
Back To Life
9Morrissey
Last Of The Famous International Playboys
10Lisa Stansfield
All Around The World
  1. New Order – Round And Round
  2. House Of Love – I Don’t Know Why I Love You
  3. Digital Underground – Dowutchulike
  4. Happy Mondays – Madchester Rave On EP
  5. Indigo Girls – Closer To Fine
  6. Madonna – Like A Prayer
  7. Happy Mondays – WFL
  8. Soul II Soul – Keep On Movin’
  9. Tone Loc – Funky Cold Medina
  10. The Wonder Stuff – Don’t Let Me Down
  11. REM – Orange Crush
  12. Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven
  13. Frankie Knuckles – Tears
  14. Mega City Four – Less Than Senseless
  15. Morrissey – Interesting Drug
  16. Alyson Williams – Sleep Talk
  17. Pale Saints – Barging Into The Presence Of God
  18. James – Sit Down
  19. The Inspiral Carpets – Move
  20. The Family Cat – Tom Verlaine
  1. De La Soul – Me, Myself And I
  2. Lightning Seeds – Pure
  3. De La Soul – Eye Know
  4. Renegade Soundwave – The Phantom
  5. Kate Bush – The Sensual World
  6. Adeva – Warning
  7. The Sandkings – All’s Well With The World
  8. Fine Young Cannibals – She Drives Me Crazy
  9. The Parachute Men – Leeds Station
  10. Black Box – Ride On Time
  11. Electronic – Getting Away With It
  12. Liza Minnelli – Losing My Mind
  13. The Wedding Present – Kennedy
  14. Elvis Costello – Veronica
  15. The Senseless – Too Much Kissing
  16. Coldcut and Lisa Stansfield – People Hold On
  17. Cowboy Junkies – Blue Moon Revisited
  18. De La Soul – Say No Go
  19. Van Morrison – Have I Told You Lately
  20. The Inspiral Carpets – Joe

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