1989 in music

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Albums released

• Eat The heat - Accept
• When Dream and Day Unite - Dream Theater
• Pump - Aerosmith
• After 7 - After 7 (debut)
• Allroy's Revenge - ALL
• Penikufesin EP - Anthrax
• Cosmic Thing - The B-52's
• Quickness - Bad Brains
• Badlands - Badlands (former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee & former Black Sabbath & then-future KISS drummer Eric Singer's new band's debut)
• No Control - Bad Religion
• Psycho Cafe - Bang Tango (debut)
• Different Light - The Bangles
• Paul's Boutique - The Beastie Boys
• Mr. Music Head - Adrian Belew
• Best Shots - Pat Benatar
• Surprise - Better Than Ezra (debut)
• Headless Cross - Black Sabbath
• Blue Murder - Blue Murder (John Sykes & former King Kobra drummer Carmine Appice's group) (debut)
• Killin' Time - Clint Black
• Realm Of Chaos - Slaves To Darkness - Bolt Thrower
• Garth Brooks - Garth Brooks
• Heart Shaped World - Jackson Browne
• Dig? - Bill Bruford
• The Sensual World - Kate Bush
• Key Lime Pie - Camper Van Beethoven
• Vanity/Nemesis - Celtic Frost
• Heart of Stone - Cher
• Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry (debut)
• Journeyman - Eric Clapton
• Steady On - Shawn Colvin
• Trash - Alice Cooper
• Boomerang - The Creatures
• Oh Yes I Can - David Crosby
• Danger Danger - Danger Danger (debut)
• Dangerous Toys - Dangerous Toys (debut)
• Spike - Elvis Costello
• ' - Crass
• Recorded live in Nottingham in 1984
• Best Wishes - Cro-Mags
• Sonic Temple - The Cult
• Thrash Zone - D.R.I.
• Leprosy - Death
• Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr.
• Force Majeure - Doro (debut)
• 3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul
• Stuck in Wonderamaland - Dramarama
• Big Thing - Duran Duran
• Oh Mercy - Bob Dylan
• Copperhead Road - Steve Earle
• Wild ! - Erasure
• Extreme - Extreme (debut)
• The Raw and the Cooked - Fine Young Cannibals
• Truth and Soul - Fishbone
• Greatest Hits - Fleetwood Mac
• Trouble Walkin' - Frehley's Comet
• Margin Walker - Fugazi
• 13 Songs - Fugazi
• ' - Peter Gabriel
• This album is regarded as a landmark in the popularization of world music
• Kiss Of Life - Gene Loves Jezebel
• Long Hard Look - Lou Gramm
• ...Twice Shy - Great White
• 1,000 Hours - Green Day
• Def, Dumb & Blonde - Deborah Harry
• Healer - John Lee Hooker
• Enter the Realm - Iced Earth (demo EP)
• Heart Shaped World - Chris Isaak
• Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson
• Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
• Rock Island - Jethro Tull
• Sleeping with the Past - Elton John
• Bulletproof Heart - Grace Jones
• City Streets - Carole King
• Hot In The Shade - KISS
• Night of Rage - Kraut
• Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz (debut)
• Cocked And Loaded - L.A. Guns
• A Night To Remember - Cyndi Lauper
• The Death of a Dictionary - Live (debut)
• Powertrip - Ludichrist (final album)
• Kite - Kirsty MacColl
• Like a Prayer - Madonna
• Trial by Fire / Live In Leningrad - Yngwie Malmsteen
• Flowers in the Dirt - Paul McCartney
• Touch - Sarah McLachlan
• Ozma - Melvins
• Girl You Know It's True - Milli Vanilli (US release)
• The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste - Ministry
• All Aboard the Mind Train - The Modern Art
• Altars Of Madness - Morbid Angel
• Shine - Mother Love Bone (debut EP)
• Dr. Feelgood - Mötley Crüe
• Mr. Big - Mr. Big (debut)
• Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.
• Helter Stupid - Negativland
• Yellow Moon - The Neville Brothers
• The Other Side Of The Mirror - Stevie Nicks
• Disintegration - The Cure
• Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails (debut)
• Bleach - Nirvana (debut)
• S&M Airlines - NOFX
• Self-Titled - The Offspring (debut)
• No Rest for the Wicked - Ozzy Osbourne (first album with Zakk Wylde)
• White Limozeen - Dolly Parton
• I Enjoy Being a Girl - Phranc
• Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt
• New York - Lou Reed
• Something Inside So Strong Kenny Rogers
• Presto - Rush
• The Early Years - Roxy Music
• Mystery Girl - Roy Orbison
• A Black & White Night Live - Roy Orbison
• Word from the Wise - Pennywise (EP)
• Consuming Impulse - Pestilence
• Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty
• Doolittle - Pixies
• Record Collectors - Poison Idea
• Suck on This - Primus (live debut)
• Batman - Prince
• Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy
• Fight The Power...Live! - Public Enemy (live, released on VHS)
• All Hail the Queen - Queen Latifah (debut)
• Brain Drain - The Ramones
• Mother's Milk - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• The Symphony Sessions - Red Rider
• Don't Tell a Soul - The Replacements
• Hard Volume - Rollins Band
• Workin' Overtime - Diana Ross
• Samiam - Samiam (debut)
• Early Music - Santana
• Better Than a Stick in the Eye - SNFU
• Flying in a Blue Dream - Joe Satriani
• Best Of Rockers & Ballads - Scorpions
• Buzz Factory - Screaming Trees
• Blood, Sweat & No Tears - Sick of it All
• Street Fighting Years - Simple Minds
• Skid Row - Skid Row (debut)
• Rabies - Skinny Puppy
• 11 - The Smithereens
• Love Among The Cannibals - Starship (final album)
• In Step - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (final album)
• The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (debut)
• Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week! - Björk & The Sugarcubes
• Controlled By Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu - Suicidal Tendencies
• Another Place & Time - Donna Summer
• The Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears
• The Great Radio Controversy - Tesla
• Lincoln - They Might Be Giants
• Life Is...Too Short - Too $hort
• Foreign Affair - Tina Turner
• Peace Thru Vandalism/When in Rome Do as the Vandals - The Vandals
• Dum Dum - The Vaselines
• 3 - Violent Femmes
• Liberation - Bunny Wailer
• Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich - Warrant (debut)
• The Headless Children - W.A.S.P.
• Prime 5 - Ween
• Big Game - White Lion
• Slip of the Tongue - Whitesnake
• Freedom - Neil Young
• Broadway the Hard Way - Frank Zappa
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 - Frank Zappa