The UK Connection-Our Top 5 Albums of 1989
Join Pete Pardo, Simon Bray, and Steven Reid as they discuss their Top 5 Albums of 1989.
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@rafaelcruz4176
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
My top 5 albums from 1989
1. Motley Crue – Dr. Feelgood
2. Whitesnake – Slip Of The Tongue
3. Whitecross – Triumphant Return
4. Skid Row – Skid Row
5. Alice Cooper – Trash
@michaelhorton4126
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
Love that Junkyard album. And their follow-up is no slouch either
@iainhead9898
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
Hi guys, just started listening but am going to put up my top 5 (plus a few HM's as 89 was such a great year for music!) before you get going so as not to be swayed by your choices!
My beer this afternoon is a classic British ale from just round the corner from me, the wonderfully named Side Pocket For A Toad from the Tring Brewery.
Here goes…
1 SAVATAGE Gutter Ballet
2 DREAM THEATER When Dream & Day Unite
3 GIANT Last Of The Runaways
4 LILLIAN AXE Love & War
5 = BAD ENGLISH S/T
5 = SIGNAL Loud & Clear
The HMs (in no order):
AEROSMITH Pump
ALICE COOPER Trash
CANDLEMASS Tales Of Creation
DANGER DANGER S/T
SHARK ISLAND Law Of The Order
DIVING FOR PEARLS S/T
BLUE MURDER S/T
BADLANDS S/T
MR BIG S/T
TESLA The Great Radio Controversy
SARAYA S/T
PHANTOM BLUE S/T
BLACK SABBATH The Headless Cross
SAGA The Beginners Guide To…
RAGING SLAB S/T
HARLOT Room With A View
THE WORKS From Out Of Nowhere
THE CREEK Storm The Gate
ELECTRIC BOYS Funk O Metal Carpet Ride
EXTREME S/T
WASP The Headless Children
CRACK THE SKY From The Greenhouse
@carlwmpylu
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
Sticking with rock, here is my 1989 top five:
. The Hooters – Zig Zag
. Jethro Tull – Rock Island
. Marillion – Seasons End
. Mastedon – It's A Jungle Out There
. Pandora's Box – Original Sin
Honourables:
. Demon Take The World By Storm
. KISS – Hot In The Shade
. Leatherwolf – Street Ready
. Melidian – Lost In The Wild
. Molly Hatchet – Lightning Strikes Twices
. Nuclear Valdez – I Am I
. The Outfield – Voices Of Babylon
. Trevor Rabin – Can't Look Away
. Warp Drive – Gimme Gimme
. W.A.S.P. – The Headless Children
@fishermans-blues
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
Thank you for the show. Great to dive into the past.
My list in no particular order:
The Cult: Sonic Temple
Badlands: same
Great White Twice shy
Raging Slab: same
Drivin' & Cryin': Mystery Road
Jason & The Scorchers: Thunder & Fire
Van Morrison: Enlightment
Bonnie Raitt: Nick Of Time
John Lee Hooker: The Healer
Neville Brothers: Yellow Moon
Georgia Satellites: In the Land of Salvation & Sin
DAD: Riskin it all
Black Sabbath: Headless Cross
Rolling Stones: Steel Wheels
Stray Cats: Blast Off
Stevie Ray Vaughan: In Step
Aerosmith: Pump
Gary Moore: After The War
Bobby Radcliff: Dresses too short
……
@mikeryanmikeryan4740
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
If Savatage does not qualify, I would include MSG Save Yourself in my list.
@matthewwigzell2119
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
I remember Junkyard too. They were great. Their follow up Sixes, Sevens & Nines was awesome too. Saw 'em supporting The Almighty in the early 90's. They had the bass player from Bad Religion no?
@EchoLunae
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
1989! A good year
*Trevor Rabin – Can’t Look Away
*It Bites – Eat Me in St. Louis
*Saga – The Beginner’s Guide to Throwing Shapes
*Rush – Presto
*ABWH – Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
*Marillion – Seasons End
@antonisanagnopoulos8570
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
1) The Georgia Satellites – In the Land of Salvation and Sin
2) Tom Petty – Full Moon Fever
3) Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – In Step
4) Fates Warning – Perfect Symmetry
5) Bob Mould – Workbook
@Intermentor
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
1. Leatherwolf : Street Ready
2. Annihilator : Alice in Hell
3. Savatage : Gutter Ballet
3. Bang Tango : Psycho Cafe
4. Drivin' n' cryin' – Mystery Road
@bathtubgeorge
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
The Cult – Sonic Temple
Faith No More – The Real Thing
Tesla – The Great Radio Controversy
Faster Pussycat – Wake me When It's Over
Blue Murder – Blue Murder
Runner Up: Skid Row debut
@russw3736
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
Not in the SOT universe but the Stone Roses first album, Three feet high and rising by De La Soul, Pauls Boutique Beastie Boys, This is the day etc by PWEI, Bizzaro by the Wedding Present and 101 Damnations by Carter USM. Steel Wheels anyone? Also Zappa usually released about 5 albums a year but in 89 he could only put out the lacklustre YCDTOSA vol 3.
@iainmclean2547
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
The Cult Sonic Temple
Bonfire Point Blank
@inmyhouse11
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
Skid Row- Skid Row
Sonic Temple- The Cult
Babylon AD- Babylon AD
Cocked and Loaded- LA Guns
Danger Danger- Danger Danger
@monkeyhousescouse
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
->>> VOTE BUTTON (FOR ALL FUTURE YEAR ORIENTED SHOWS): THE 'WHAT WAS NICKO MCDRUMS DOING AT THIS TIME….?' SEGMENT 😂
@monkeyhousescouse
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
1. Faith No More – The Real Thing AND Dream Theater – When Dream and Day Unite
2. Voivod – Nothingface
3. Coroner – No More Color
4. Kreator – Extreme Aggression
5. Pat Metheny Group – Letter from Home
@M.H691
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
L.A. Guns – Cocked and Loaded
Faster Pussycat – Wake Me When It's Over
Ministry – The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness
Sepultura – Beneath the Remains
@paulh6673
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
NoMeansNo – Wrong
Faith No More – The Real Thing
Pixies – Doolittle
Mekons – Rock N Roll
Neil Young – Freedom
Some great metal this year – Voivod, Sepultura, Morbid Angel, Godflesh, Kreator, WASP, Obituary, Sabbat, Bolt Thrower, Terrorizer, Repulsion
Also the first "grunge" albums I owned, Soundgarden's Louder Than Love and Nirvana's Bleach. (And Melvins and Tad, which I got a couple of years later).
Some top hard rock from King's X, Masters of Reality, Badlands, The Cult, Tesla and Blue Murder.
Also love The Stone Roses debut, and Bob Mould, Alice Donut, Julee Cruise, Lou Reed and Bob Dylan's "comeback" Oh Mercy.
Classic late 80s punk (when commercially it was in the doldrums) – Operation Ivy, Bad Religion, Snuff, Gorilla Biscuits
Yeah, another great year.
@Drumdude74
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
Great show, gentlemen! Lots of fantastic choices!
In no particular order:
Tesla – The Great Radio Controversy
Motley Crue – Dr. Feelgood
Sepultura – Beneath the Remains
Skid Row – Skid Row
Whitesnake – Slip of the Tongue
Badlands – Badlands
Testament – Practice What you Preach
Faith No More – The Real Thing
Annihilator – Alice in Hell
Faster Pussycat – Wake Me When It's Over
White Lion – Big Game
Danger Danger – Danger Danger
Dangerous Toys – Dangerous Toys
L.A Guns – Cocked & Loaded
The Cult – Sonic Temple
Lee Aaron – Bodyrock
Warrant – Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
Nirvana – Bleach
Soundgarden – Louder Than Love etc. etc. etc.
@29adnilrummut05
October 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm
1. nomeansno – wrong
2. morbid angel – maze of torment
3. fugazi – 13 songs
4. miles davis – amandla
5. atheist – piece of time
honorable mentions:
rollins band – hard volume
sodom – agent orange
autopsy – severed survival
kreator – extreme aggression
gang starr – no more mr. nice guy
candlemass – tales of creation
primus – suck on this
terrorizer – world downfall
obituary – slowly we rot
annihilator – alice in hell
jello biafra with d.o.a. – last scream of the missing neighbors
the birthday party – mutiny/the bad seed e.p.
carcass – symphonies of sickness
melvins – ozma
crime and the city solution – the bride ship
lot's of more…