Album Year: 1989
Dr. Feelgood
Mötley Crüe’s albums were a lot like episodes of Married with Children — they may not be great works of art, but they can be darn entertaining. With Bob Rock serving as producer, the L.A. headbangers savored the joys of trashy, unapologetically decadent fun on Dr. Feelgood — an album that made no pretense at … Read more
Change the Weather
Change the Weather is the second album released by Underworld, in 1989. It contains the single “Stand Up”, which became the band’s biggest US hit, peaking at #69 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #14 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1989
Conspiracy
Conspiracy is the fourth studio album by King Diamond, being the second part of a story that begun on the album “Them”. It was released August 21, 1989 on the Roadrunner label. The song “Cremation” appears in the 2009 video game Brütal Legend. Conspiracy is the last album to feature drummer Mikkey Dee who left … Read more
Practice What You Preach
Practice What You Preach is the third album by American heavy metal band Testament, released in 1989. The album’s lyrical themes are more about politics and society than the occult themes of the band’s previous two albums. The title track of this album was a moderate mainstream rock hit, which featured a music video that … Read more
Batman
Batman is the eleventh studio album by musician Prince and the soundtrack for the 1989 film Batman. As a Warner Bros. stablemate, Prince’s involvement in the soundtrack was designed to leverage the media company’s contract-bound talent as well as fulfill the artist’s need for a commercial (if not critical) revival. The result was yet another … Read more
Perfect Symmetry
Perfect Symmetry is the fifth studio album by progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in 1989 through Metal Blade Records; a remastered edition was reissued on June 10, 2008 together with a bonus disc containing studio demos, as well as a DVD of live performances from the 1989–90 Perfect Symmetry world tour. It was with … Read more