Editing 1989 in music (section)

===April–June===
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! colspan="2" | Release
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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| rowspan="30" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />P<br />R<br />I<br />L'''
| valign="top" |3
| ''[[When the World Knows Your Name]]'' || [[Deacon Blue]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |4
| ''[[The Breathtaking Blue]]'' || [[Alphaville (band)|Alphaville]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |7
| ''[[Beneath the Remains]]'' || [[Sepultura]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |10
| ''[[Sonic Temple]]'' || [[The Cult]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Raging Silence (album)|Raging Silence]]'' || [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Club Classics Vol. One]]'' || [[Soul II Soul]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Garth Brooks (album)|Garth Brooks]]'' || [[Garth Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[...Twice Shy]]'' || [[Great White]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |17
| ''[[Blaze of Glory (Joe Jackson album)|Blaze of Glory]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Doolittle (album)|Doolittle]]'' || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Headless Cross (album)|Headless Cross]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One (Bee Gees album)|One]]''|| [[Bee Gees]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Buzz Factory]]'' || [[Screaming Trees]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |21
| ''[[Blue Blood (X Japan album)|Blue Blood]]'' || [[X Japan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |24
| ''[[Blast (album)|Blast]]'' || [[Holly Johnson]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Blue Murder (album)|Blue Murder]]'' || [[Blue Murder (band)|Blue Murder]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Full Moon Fever]]'' || [[Tom Petty]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |25
| ''[[Through the Storm (Aretha Franklin album)|Through the Storm]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |26
| ''[[Best Wishes (Cro-Mags album)|Best Wishes]]'' || [[Cro-Mags]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Repeat Offender (Richard Marx album)|Repeat Offender]]'' || [[Richard Marx]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Mr. Music Head]]'' || [[Adrian Belew]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Gashed Senses & Crossfire]]'' || [[Front Line Assembly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[City Streets (album)|City Streets]]'' || [[Carole King]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Free (Concrete Blonde album)|Free]]'' || [[Concrete Blonde]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Black Swan (The Triffids album)|The Black Swan]]'' || [[The Triffids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stuck in Wonderamaland]]'' || [[Dramarama]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Counterpoint (In the Nursery album)|Counterpoint]]'' || [[In the Nursery]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Headless Children]]'' || [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slippery When Ill]]'' || [[The Vandals]] ||-
|-
| ''[[1,000 Hours]]'' || [[Green Day]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="47" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''M<br />A<br />Y'''
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two]]'' || [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" valign="top" |2
| ''[[Street Fighting Years]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Stone Roses (album)|The Stone Roses]]'' || [[The Stone Roses]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Disintegration (The Cure album)|Disintegration]]'' || [[The Cure]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This!]]'' || [[Pop Will Eat Itself]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Barry Manilow (1989 album)|Barry Manilow]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Killin' Time (Clint Black album)|Killin' Time]]'' || [[Clint Black]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On Land and in the Sea]]'' || [[Cardiacs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Something Inside So Strong]]'' || [[Kenny Rogers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sweet Sixteen (Reba McEntire album)|Sweet Sixteen]]'' || [[Reba McEntire]] ||-
|-
| ''Yo Frankie'' || [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Workbook (album)|Workbook]]'' || [[Bob Mould]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |4
| ''[[Blind Man's Zoo]]'' || [[10,000 Maniacs]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |8
| ''[[Good to Be Back]]'' || [[Natalie Cole]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In a Sentimental Mood (Dr. John album)|In a Sentimental Mood]]'' || [[Dr. John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Junta (album)|Junta]]'' || [[Phish]] || sold at concerts in 1988
|-
| ''[[Kite (Kirsty MacColl album)|Kite]]'' || [[Kirsty MacColl]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |9
| ''[[Big Daddy (John Mellencamp album)|Big Daddy]]'' || [[John Mellencamp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dangerous Toys (album)|Dangerous Toys]]'' || [[Dangerous Toys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kaleidoscope World (Swing Out Sister album)|Kaleidoscope World]]'' || [[Swing Out Sister]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Night to Remember (Cyndi Lauper album)|A Night To Remember]]'' || [[Cyndi Lauper]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |11
| ''[[Badlands (Badlands album)|Badlands]]'' || [[Badlands (American band)|Badlands]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eat the Heat]]'' || [[Accept (band)|Accept]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Altars of Madness]]'' || [[Morbid Angel]] || Debut
|-
| ''Dress'' || [[TM Network]] || Remix album
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Mind Bomb]]'' || [[The The]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ten Good Reasons]]'' || [[Jason Donovan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |16
| ''[[Slowly We Rot]]'' || [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Youngest in Charge]]'' || [[Special Ed]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |17
| ''[[Cycles (The Doobie Brothers album)|Cycles]]'' || [[The Doobie Brothers]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |18
| ''[[Nearly Human]]'' || [[Todd Rundgren]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |21
| ''[[Off the Lock]]'' || [[B'z]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |22
| ''[[The Miracle (album)|The Miracle]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tin Machine (album)|Tin Machine]]'' || [[Tin Machine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Works (Nik Kershaw album)|The Works]]'' || [[Nik Kershaw]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |23
| ''[[2300 Jackson Street]]'' || [[The Jackson 5|Jacksons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brain Drain (album)|Brain Drain]]'' || [[Ramones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Warmer Side of Cool]]'' || [[Wang Chung (band)|Wang Chung]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Energy (Operation Ivy album)|Energy]]'' || [[Operation Ivy (band)|Operation Ivy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |30
| ''[[The Other Side of the Mirror (album)|The Other Side of the Mirror]]'' || [[Stevie Nicks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White Limozeen]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hope and Despair]]'' || [[Edwyn Collins]] || Debut solo
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |?
| ''[[I Enjoy Being a Girl (album)|I Enjoy Being a Girl]]'' || [[Phranc]] ||-
|-
| ''A Peacetime Boom'' || [[The Boom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cloudland (album)|Cloudland]]'' || [[Pere Ubu]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Invasion Live]]'' || [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]] || Live
|-
| ''[[It's Beginning To And Back Again]]'' || [[Wire (band)|Wire]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="47" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />U<br />N<br />E'''
| valign="top" |1
| ''[[Agent Orange (album)|Agent Orange]]'' || [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="top" |5
| ''[[Flowers in the Dirt]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Passion (Peter Gabriel album)|Passion]]'' || [[Peter Gabriel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Big Game (album)|Big Game]]'' || [[White Lion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Raw Like Sushi]]'' || [[Neneh Cherry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One Night of Sin]]'' || [[Joe Cocker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Babeti Soukous]]'' || [[Tabu Ley Rochereau|Tabu Ley Seigneur Rochereau]] and Afrisa International Orchestra ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |6
| ''[[In Step]]'' || [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] and Double Trouble ||-
|-
| ''[[Workin' Overtime]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||-
|-
| ''[[World in Motion (Jackson Browne album)|World in Motion]]'' || [[Jackson Browne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No More Mr. Nice Guy (Gang Starr album)|No More Mr. Nice Guy]]'' || [[Gang Starr]] || Debut
|-
| valign="top" |8
| ''[[Nights Like This (album)|Nights Like This]]'' || [[Stacey Q]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Big Tyme]]'' || [[Heavy D & The Boyz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ghostbusters II (soundtrack)|Ghostbusters II]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Trouble in Angel City]]''|| [[Lion (band)|Lion]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |13
| ''[[DC Talk (album)|DC Talk]]'' || [[DC Talk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[What You Don't Know (Exposé album)|What You Don't Know]]'' || [[Exposé (group)|Exposé]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Bleach (Nirvana album)|Bleach]]'' || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Offspring (album)|The Offspring]]'' || [[The Offspring]] ||Debut; re-released in 1995
|-
| ''[[Dig?]]'' || [[Earthworks (band)|Bill Bruford's Earthworks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project]]'' || [[Chaka Khan]] || Remix album
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Protest Songs (album)|Protest Songs]]'' || [[Prefab Sprout]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Extreme Aggression]]'' || [[Kreator]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Riders go Commercial]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |20
| ''[[Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (album)|Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe]]'' || [[Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Batman (album)|Batman]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[The Joke's on You]]'' || [[Excel (band)|Excel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mr. Big (Mr. Big album)|Mr. Big]]'' || [[Mr. Big (American band)|Mr. Big]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Real Thing (Faith No More album)|The Real Thing]]'' || [[Faith No More]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |21
| ''[[Looking for Freedom (album)|Looking for Freedom]]'' || [[David Hasselhoff]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |26
| ''[[Bad English (album)|Bad English]]'' || [[Bad English]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soul Provider]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Be Yourself (Patti LaBelle album)|Be Yourself]]'' || [[Patti LaBelle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Seminal Live]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] || –
|-
| rowspan="7" valign="top" |27
| ''[[Cosmic Thing]]'' || [[The B-52s]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Danger Danger (album)|Danger Danger]]'' || [[Danger Danger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The End of the Innocence (album)|The End of the Innocence]]'' || [[Don Henley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gretchen Goes to Nebraska]]'' || [[King's X]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heart Shaped World (Chris Isaak album)|Heart Shaped World]]'' || [[Chris Isaak]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend]]'' || [[Pete Townshend]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rockland (Kim Mitchell album)|Rockland]]'' || [[Kim Mitchell]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Ain't Gonna Cry]]'' || [[Juice Newton]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="top" | ?
| ''[[Avalon Sunset]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dum-Dum (album)|Dum-Dum]]'' || [[The Vaselines]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Magnum Cum Louder]]'' || [[Hoodoo Gurus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Margin Walker]]'' || [[Fugazi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Two Highways (album)|Two Highways]]'' || [[Alison Krauss|Alison Krauss & Union Station]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Velveteen (album)]]'' || [[Transvision Vamp]] ||-
|}