A few others:

Datura Seeds -- Who Do You Want It To Be
Naked Raygun -- Understand?
Treat Her Right -- Tied To The Tracks
My Dad Is Dead -- The Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get
The Original Sins -- The Hardest Way
3rd Bass -- The Cactus Album
The Ophelias -- The Big O
Dramarama -- Stuck In Wonderland
Royal Crescent Mob -- Spin The World
Eat -- Sell Me A God
The Dickies -- Second Coming
Mano Negra -- Puta's Fever (in the U.S.)
The Darling Buds -- Pop Said
LMNOP -- Numbles
Stan Ridgway -- Mosquitos
The Godfathers -- More Songs About Love & Hate
Urban Dance Squad -- Mental Floss For the Globe
Hoodoo Gurus -- Magna Cum Louder
Lyle Lovett -- Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
The Hummingbirds -- Love Buzz
Webb Wilder -- Hybrid Vigor
The Blue Nile -- Hats
Guadalcanal Diary -- Flip Flop
E'Nuff Z'Nuff -- E'Nuff Z'Nuff
Michelle Shocked -- Captain Swing
The Stray Cats -- Blast Off!
The Angels (a/k/a Angel City) -- Beyond Salvation
Eleventh Dream Day -- Beet
Danny Wilson -- Be Bop Mop Top
The Last -- Awakening
Blackbird -- 2nd Album
Pop Will Eat Itself -- This is the Day...This is the Hour...This is this!
Adrian Belew - Mr. Music Head
k.d. lang and the reclines -- Absolute Torch & Twang
Queen -- The Miracle
Pere Ubu -- Cloudland
Neneh Cherry -- Raw Like Sushi
Beastie Boys -- Paul's Boutique
Camper Van Beethoven -- Key Lime Pie
The Beautiful South -- Welcome To The Beautiful South
Neil Young -- Freedom
The Jesus And Mary Chain -- Automatic
Ian McCulloch -- Candleland
The Wonder Stuff -- Hup
The Jungle Brothers -- Done By The Forces Of Nature
Bad Religion -- No Control

Okay - I'll have to disagree with the original premise -- as other albums 
mentioned (XTC, Pixies, Mega City Four, and De La Soul, which, as Stewart 
said, is the best hip-hop album ever) make 1989 a pretty good year in my 
book.

Mike Bennett



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