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The Highest Rated Albums of 1989

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1.

Pixies - Doolittle
April 18, 1989
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
100
5 reviews
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2.

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
March 13, 1989
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
100
4 reviews
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3.

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
October 20, 1989
Industrial Rock
Critic Score
95
3 reviews
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4.

Voivod - Nothingface
October 13, 1989
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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5.

Neil Young - Freedom
October 2, 1989
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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6.

Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
July 25, 1989
Hip Hop
Critic Score
94
5 reviews
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7.

Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
September 19, 1989
R&B
Critic Score
92
5 reviews
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8.

Galaxie 500 - On Fire
September 1, 1989
Slowcore
Critic Score
92
5 reviews
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9.

Kate Bush - The Sensual World
October 16, 1989
Art Pop
Critic Score
92
2 reviews
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10.

Godflesh - Streetcleaner
November 13, 1989
Industrial Metal
Critic Score
91
3 reviews
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11.

Pauline Oliveros / Stuart Dempster / Panaiotis - Deep Listening
January 1, 1989
Drone
Critic Score
91
2 reviews
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12.

De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
March 3, 1989
Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
4 reviews
Amazon

13.

Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence
June 27, 1989
Pop Rock
Critic Score
90
3 reviews
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14.

Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
August 22, 1989
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
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15.

The The - Mind Bomb
July 11, 1989
Art Pop
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
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16.

Steve Reich / Kronos Quartet / Pat Metheny - Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint
March 3, 1989
Minimalism
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
Amazon

17.

Rollins Band - Hard Volume
January 1, 1989
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
Amazon

18.

Madonna - Like a Prayer
March 21, 1989
Pop
Critic Score
88
6 reviews
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19.

Lisa Stansfield - Affection
November 20, 1989
Critic Score
87
3 reviews
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20.

The Cure - Disintegration
May 2, 1989
Gothic Rock
Critic Score
87
3 reviews
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21.

Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time
March 21, 1989
Blues Rock
Critic Score
87
3 reviews
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22.

Lou Reed - New York
January 10, 1989
Rock
Critic Score
87
3 reviews
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23.

Amina - Yalil
January 1, 1989
Critic Score
87
2 reviews
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24.

The Tragically Hip - Up to Here
September 5, 1989
Critic Score
86
2 reviews
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25.

Eric Clapton - Journeyman
November 7, 1989
Blues Rock
Critic Score
85
2 reviews
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