The Biz Never Sleeps is the second studio album by Biz Markie. It was released on October 10, 1989, on Cold Chillin’/Warner Bros. Records and was produced by Biz, his cousin Cool V and seminal producer Paul C, instead of Cold Chillin’ in-house producer Marley Marl. The album proved to be a success, peaking at … Read more
Save Yourself is the sixth full-length studio album recorded by the various M.S.G. lineups, and the second album credited specifically to McAuley Schenker Group. It was released in 1989 on Capitol Records. “Save Yourself”, “Anytime” and “This Is My Heart” were all singles released from the record. The album entered the Billboard chart at No. … Read more
Thrash Zone is the fifth album by the American crossover thrash band D.R.I., which was released in 1989. It continues the thrash metal style of the previous album, 4 of a Kind. Thrash Zone was D.R.I.’s most successful album to date, and produced the song, “Beneath the Wheel”, which was made as a music video … Read more
The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech… Just Watch What You Say! is the third studio album by American rapper Ice-T. The album was released on October 10, 1989, by Sire Records and Warner Bros. Records. The album has an uncharacteristically gritty sound, featuring some of the darkest musical tracks that Ice-T ever released.
Freedom is the eighteenth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released in 1989. Freedom effectively relaunched Neil Young’s career, after a largely unsuccessful decade. After many arguments (and a lawsuit), Young left Geffen Records and returned to his original label, Reprise, in 1988 with This Note’s for You. Freedom, however, brought about a new, … Read more
Hup is the second album by The Wonder Stuff. The Hup album contains several references to the 1980s BBC sit-com The Young Ones. “30 Years In The Bathroom” features the line: ‘Now it’s time to share the joke that the latch on the bathroom door was broke.’ The song name is taken from an exchange … Read more
Crossroads is the second album by singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). It was Chapman’s first album she helped produce.
The Seeds of Love is the third album by British band Tears for Fears, released in 1989. It was a big international success, reaching the top 10 in numerous countries, entering the UK album chart at number one and peaking at number eight in the US. The album, which features three international hit singles, has … Read more
Flying Cowboys is an album by Rickie Lee Jones that was released in September 1989 and produced by Walter Becker of Steely Dan. After the release of The Magazine in 1984, Jones retreated from the limelight. She married Pascal Nabet Meyer and gave birth to daughter Charlotte Rose in 1988 while working on her fourth … Read more