MeggaMusic : Best Albums of 1989
In alphabetical order, not in order of preference.
- 808 State - Pacific State (Quadrastate / 90 & 202 mixes) (ZTT)
- All About Eve - Scarlet and Other Stories (Mercury)
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- Amon Düül III - Fööl Moon / Hymn For The Hardcore (Demi Monde) ▶
- Amon Düül & Robert Calvert - Die Lösung (Demi Monde)
- Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (Arista) ▶
- Anugama - Shamanic Dream (Nightingale) ▶
- Art Of Noise - Below The Waste (China)
- Bel Canto - Birds Of Passage (Nettwerk) ▶
- Bernd Kistenmacher - Kaleidoscope (Musique Intemporelle)
- Bernd Scholl - Harmony (Sky)
- Big Audio Dynamite - Megatop Phoenix (CBS) ▶
- Bill Nelson - Sounding The Ritual Echo (Reissue) (Cocteau / Enigma)
- Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy (CBS / Columbia)
- Brain Laughter - In The Land Of Power (Spotted Peccary) ▶
- Brian Eno - Texture (Standard Music Library)
- Bruce Cockburn - Big Circumstance (True North) ▶| ▶
- Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - 101 Damnations (Big Cat)
- Chris & Cosey - Trust (Nettwerk / PIAS)
- Clannad - Atlantic Realm (BBC Records)
- Clock DVA - Buried Dreams (Wax Trax!)
- Constance Demby - Set Free (Hearts Of Space)
- David Parsons - Himalaya (Fortuna)
- David Sylvian & Holger Czukay - Flux + Mutability (Venture / Virgin) ▶
- De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising (Big Life / Tommy Boy)
- Delerium - Morpheus (Dossier)
- Depth Charge - Depth Charge EP // Bounty Killers EP (Trip-Hop, way ahead of its time!) (Vinyl Solution) ▶| ▶
- Djam Karet - Reflections From The Firepool (HC Productions)
- Dub Syndicate - Classic Selection Volume 1 (On-U Sound)
- Dub Syndicate - Strike The Balance (On-U Sound) ▶
- Durutti Column - Vini Reilly (Factory) ▶
- F/i - Paradise Out Here (Human Wrechords)
- Front Line Assembly - Gashed Senses & Crossfire (Third Mind / Wax Trax!)
- Fugazi - 13 Songs (Dischord)
- Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors - Bones (Raven)
- Galaxie 500 - On Fire (Rough Trade)
- Gary Clail & On-U Sound System - End Of The Century Party (On-U Sound) ▶
- Gigi Masin / Charles Hayward - Les Nouvelles Musiques De Chambre Volume 2 (Sub Rosa)
- Godflesh - Streetcleaner (Earache)
- Helios Creed - The Last Laugh (Amphetamine Reptile)
- Jade Warrior - At Peace (Earthsounds)
- Jah Shaka - The Disciples (Jah Shaka Music)
- Jeff Beck, Terry Bozzio & Tony Hymas - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (Epic)
- J.J. Cale - Travel-Log (Silvertone)
- Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream (Relativity) ▶
- Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night (Warner Bros.) ▶
- Kate Bush - The Sensual World (EMI) ▶
- Kitchens Of Distinction - Love Is Hell (One Little Indian)
- KMFDM - UAIOE (Cashbeat)
- L'Ange de L'Oeuf d'Amour - The Underground Tapes (Down There)
- Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Mad Professor - Mystic Warrior In Dub (Ariwa / ROIR)
- Loop - Fade Out (Head / Chapter 22)
- Loren Nerell - Book of Alchemy (Projekt)
- Love and Rockets - Love and Rockets (Beggars Banquet)
- Lycia - Wake (Orphanage / Projekt) ▶
- Magic Mushroom Band - Eyes Of The Angel / Liquid Sky / Bomshamkar! (Aftermath)
- Mario Schönwälder - The Eye Of The Chameleon (Musique Intemporelle / Manikin) ▶
- Meat Beat Manifesto - Storm The Studio (Sweatbox / Wax Trax!)
- Michael Garrison - An Earth-Star Trilogy And Songs From The Earth-Star (Windspell) ▶
- Ministry - The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste (Sire)
- Mudhoney - Mudhoney (Sub Pop)
- Muslimgauze - Uzi (Parade Amoureuse) ▶
- N-Joi - Music Is A State Of Mind (Anthem, Manic, Techno Gangsters, Jah Heaven, Phoenix, Jupiter Dawn) (white label)
- Neil Young - Freedom (Reprise) ▶
- New Order - Technique (Factory)
- Nik Tyndall - Landscape Pictures: Musik Zur Entspannung II (Sky)
- Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine (Island / TVT)
- Nirvana - Bleach (Sub Pop / Tupelo)
- Nocturnal Emissions - Stoneface (Earthly Delights / Parade Amoureuse)
- Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent (Dovetail)
- Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster & Panaiotis - Deep Listening (New Albion)
- Pat Metheny Group - Letter From Home (Geffen)
- Peter Gabriel - Passion (Real World) ▶
- Peter Murphy - Deep (Beggars Banquet)
- Phil Thornton - Forever Dream (Ocean Disques) ▶
- Pixies - Doolittle (4AD / Elektra) ▶
- Pop Will Eat Itself - This Is The Day... This Is The Hour... This Is This! (RCA)
- Prince - Batman (Warner Bros.)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (EMI) ▶
- Robert Fox - Far Distant Shore (FX Music)
- Robert Schröder - Pegasus (Innovative Communication)
- Ron Boots - Bookworks (Ron Boots / Groove Unlimited) ▶
- Ron Boots - Wind in the Trees (Ron Boots / Groove Unlimited)
- Rush - Presto (Atlantic / Anthem) ▶
- Scientist & The Forces Of Music - International Heroes Dub (Tamoki Wambesi)
- Screaming Trees - Buzz Factory (SST)
- Shankar with Zakir Hussain, Vikku Vinayakram & Caroline - Pancha Nadai Pallavi (ECM)
- Sheila Chandra - Roots and Wings (Indipop)
- Skinny Puppy - Rabies (Nettwerk)
- Software - Chip-Meditation II (Innovative Communication) ▶
- Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire (Fire Records) ▶
- Steve Hillman - Phases (Eye Tapes)
- Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet & Pat Metheny - Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint (Nonesuch) ▶
- Steve Roach, Kevin Braheny & Michael Stearns - Desert Solitaire (Fortuna)
- Steve Tibbetts - Big Map Idea (ECM)
- Stevie Nicks - The Other Side Of The Mirror (Modern)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (Epic)
- Suns Of Arqa - Jaggernaut (Antler) ▶
- Swans - The Burning World (UNI / MCA)
- Tangerine Dream - Lily On The Beach (Private Music) ▶| ▶
- Tangerine Dream - Miracle Mile OST (Private Music)
- Tarshito - Inner Pulse / Echoes of Ancient Past (Tarshito Music)
- Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love (Fontana) ▶
- Terry Riley - In C (Reissue) (CBS / Edsel)
- Test Dept. - Gododdin (Ministry Of Power) ▶
- The Beloved - The Sun Rising (mixes) (ZTT / WEA)
- The Creatures - Boomerang (Polydor / Geffen)
- The Cure - Disintegration (Fiction / Polydor / Elektra) ▶
- The Jesus And Mary Chain - Automatic (Warner Bros. / Blanco Y Negro)
- The Legendary Pink Dots - The Golden Age: Reissue (P.I.A.S.) ▶
- The Ocean Blue - The Ocean Blue (Sire)
- The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (Silvertone)
- The The - Mind Bomb (Epic)
- Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Tangle (Thwart Productions)
- Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever (MCA) ▶| ▶
- Vangelis - Themes (Polydor) ▶
- Vox Populi! - Aither (VISA, France)
- Wooden Baby - Forbidden Pastures (Ozrics/Cassette)
- Xymox - Twist Of Shadows (Polydor / Wing)
- XTC - Oranges & Lemons (Virgin)
Approximate Genres
Eclectic, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelia, Space Rock, Prog Rock, Art Rock, Folk-Rock, Shoegaze, Grunge, Post-Punk, Industrial, EBM, Darkwave, Industro-Goth, Indie/Alternative, Krautrock, Berlin-School, World Music, Tribal, Dub, Acid House, Acid Jazz, Fusion, Future/Nu-Jazz, Worldbeat, New-Age, Neofolk, Ethereal, Avantgarde, Neoclassical, Synthpop/Techno/Electronica, Leftfield, Lounge, Chillout, Ambient, Head Music, Crossover, Ambi-Cultural-Tribal-Trance™.
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