Album Year: 1989
After the War
After the War is an album by Irish rock guitarist Gary Moore, released in 1989. Like Moore’s prior album Wild Frontier, this album contains elements of his Celtic roots. The instrumental track “Dunluce” is named after Dunluce Castle in Northern Ireland. The track “Led Clones,” with Ozzy Osbourne on lead vocals, pokes fun at bands … Read more
Walking With a Panther
Walking with a Panther is the third studio album by high-selling hip-hop artist LL Cool J. Released in 1989, the album was a commercial success, with several charting singles (“Going Back to Cali,” “I’m That Type of Guy,” “Jingling Baby,” “Big Ole Butt,” and “One Shot at Love”). The album however was often criticized by … Read more
Gutter Ballet
Gutter Ballet is the fifth full-length album produced by the American progressive metal band Savatage. This was the second album created under the direction of producer Paul O’Neill and was initially released in 1989. This album was a true turning point for the band, for after Jon Oliva watched Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical The Phantom … Read more
Ninety
Ninety is the second full-length album and first on ZTT Records by British house music pioneers 808 State, released in 1989 and featuring the UK Top 40 single “Pacific State” which reached #10 in November 1989. It was released in the US as Utd. State 90, without “The Fat Shadow,” but with other bonus tracks. … Read more
Consuming Impulse
Consuming Impulse (stylized as Consvming Impvlse) is the second album by Dutch death metal band Pestilence, released in 1989. While retaining some of the thrash metal elements from its predecessor Malleus Maleficarum (1988), Consuming Impulse saw the band progress further towards the traditional death metal genre with progressive influences; this can be seen as one … Read more
New York
New York is the fifteenth solo studio album by Lou Reed. It was originally released in January 1989, on the label Sire. A universal critical success, it is widely considered one of his best solo albums. While the defunct Velvet Underground were at the peak of their popularity at the time, Reed’s solo career had … Read more