Well Tom has stepped up to the mark and started the 10 years ago thread so here goes with the 20 Years Ago version.

 

Those of you who read my posts willl know I'm fairly indie-centric so I'm relying on you lot to even up the score.

 

So here's the first chart.

 

01. Black Box - Ride On Time

02. Jason Donovan - Every Day (I Love You More)

03. Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting

04. Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - Swing The Mood

05. Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love

06. Big Fun - Blame It On The Boogie

07. Damian - The Time Warp {1989}

08. Alyson Williams - I Need Your Lovin'

09. Starlight - Numero Uno

10. Tina Turner - The Best

11. The Beatmasters Featuring Betty Boo - Hey DJ I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing/Ska Train

12. Cliff Richard - I Just Don't Have The Heart

13. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

14. Prince - Partyman

15. Alice Cooper - Poison

16. Madonna - Cherish

17. Sydney Youngblood - If Only I Could

18. The Cure - Lovesong

19. Technotronic Featuring Felly - Pump Up The Jam

20. Martika - Toy Soldiers

21. Bon Jovi - Lay Your Hands On Me

22. Guns N' Roses - Nightrain

23. Aerosmith - Love In An Elevator

24. Debbie Gibson - We Could Be Together

25. Janet Jackson - Miss You Much

26. Kylie Minogue - Wouldn't Change A Thing

27. Lil' Louis - French Kiss

28. Adeva - Warning

29. Donna Summer - Love's About To Change My Heart

30. Marillion - Hooks In You

31. Eurythmics - Revival

32. Lisa Stansfield - This Is The Right Time

33. Malcolm McLaren - Something's Jumpin' In Your Shirt

34. Shakespear's Sister - You're History

35. WASP - Forever Free

36. The Rolling Stones - Mixed Emotions

37. London Boys - Harlem Desire

38. S-Express - Mantra For A State Of Mind

39. Redhead Kingpin And The FBI - Do The Right Thing

40. Aretha Franklin And Whitney Houston - It Isn't It Wasn't It Ain't Never Gonna Be

41. Deacon Blue - Love And Regret

42. Liza Minnelli - Losing My Mind

43. The Alarm - Sold Me Down The Ruver/Yn Cymraeg

44. Queen - The Invisible Man

45. Gloria Estefan - Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)

46. Cry Sisco! - Afro Dizzi Act

47. Karyn White - Secret Rendezvous {1989 Re-Release}

48. Tin Machine - Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live)

49. Gloria Estefan - Don't Wanna Lose You

50. Spandau Ballet - Be Free With Your Love

 

Commentary will follow once I've listened to some of these again just refresh the old decaying grey matter!

Edited September 16, 200915 yr by grebo69

1989 = Summer of Love.

 

If your a devout dance music fan, you'll be hard pushed to find a better year than this.

Agreed, some great house and acid tracks here. Plenty of PWL too :kink:

01. Black Box - Ride On Time Absolute pop/dance classic with a terrific Loleatta Holloway sample

02. Jason Donovan - Every Day (I Love You More) Bland. Bland. Bland. Even the biggest S.A.W. fan couldn't think this is any good.

03. Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting Mid atlantic ballady tosh from a guy who recorded a mountain of such tripe

04. Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - Swing The Mood f***ing Hell. This is a crime against music and offended my ears every Saturday morning while watching the chart show

05. Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love Don't know whether this is more inspired by the Beatles or ELO but was probably the last decent single they released

06. Big Fun - Blame It On The Boogie Urrgh! This possibly could be one of the worst singles in history. Jacksons meet S.A.W. (I think - correct me if I'm wrong). Hideous.

07. Damian - The Time Warp {1989} Dreadful cover of the Rocky Horror show tune.

08. Alyson Williams - I Need Your Lovin' I didn't know this but turns out to be a slow jam sort a thing. Not for me.

09. Starlight - Numero Uno Italo-House down on a piano. There were hundreds of these things around then and this is no better or no worse than seversl hundred others

10. Tina Turner - The Best Awful awful song with any credibilty now laid to rest by David Brent

11. The Beatmasters Featuring Betty Boo - Hey DJ I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing/Ska Train The sort of thing Buzzjack would have gone mad for if the site had been around in 89

12. Cliff Richard - I Just Don't Have The Heart OMG! This is even worse than Big Fun. Cliff produced by SAW! Ye Gods!

13. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus Genuinely great song later covered by Marilyn Manson and to better effect by Johnny Cash

14. Prince - Partyman Second rate tune from the previously peerless funk rock pop genius. The Batman album definitely signalled a downturn in critical fortunes.

15. Alice Cooper - Poison Alice's most cliche ridden rock ballad but ended being played everywhere in 1989. Now found on every Top Gear type album. Probably.

16. Madonna - Cherish Fairly innocuous pop from the old tart. Not one of her best

17. Sydney Youngblood - If Only I Could Sorry, some of these songs evoke such a knee-jerk reaction that I just can't bring myself to comment

18. The Cure - Lovesong Amazingly this reached #2 in the US. Great track from indie stalwarts

19. Technotronic Featuring Felly - Pump Up The Jam Now I know this may come as a bit of a suprise but I love this

20. Martika - Toy Soldiers Now this I absolutely adore. Felly's off-kilter (fairly crap) rapping sets the track up nicely

21. Bon Jovi - Lay Your Hands On Me Typically subtle power-rock from the big haired tit

22. Guns N' Roses - Nightrain Classic track from THE rock album of the late 80s

23. Aerosmith - Love In An Elevator Aerosmith get down with the double entendres one more time and didn't I love it

24. Debbie Gibson - We Could Be Together Miley Cyrus forerunner who amazingly only had 2 top ten hits. Seemed much more ubiquitous than that.

25. Janet Jackson - Miss You Much I'll leave comments about the Jackson clan to someone who cares

26. Kylie Minogue - Wouldn't Change A Thing More SAW pop. Yawn.

27. Lil' Louis - French Kiss A kind of house Je T'aime. Great track

28. Adeva - Warning I never never liked Adeva. Bland soul.

29. Donna Summer - Love's About To Change My Heart More SAW produced insipidness

30. Marillion - Hooks In You Marillion descended into AOR rock hell after Fish left.

31. Eurythmics - Revival Well past their best

32. Lisa Stansfield - This Is The Right Time Standard dance pop fare

33. Malcolm McLaren - Something's Jumpin' In Your Shirt This is badly in need of a good tune.

34. Shakespear's Sister - You're History Great single from Siobhan Fahey and certainly better than her former bandmates in Bananarama

35. WASP - Forever Free WASP were an awful rock band and this is that horrendous 80s cliche, the big rock power ballad

36. The Rolling Stones - Mixed Emotions Forgettable pub rock from the old stagers

37. London Boys - Harlem Desire HI NRG Euro-disco stomp. Sends a shudder down my spine (in a bad way)

38. S-Express - Mantra For A State Of Mind At this point they they had lost the impetus of the earlier hits. Generic dance groove.

39. Redhead Kingpin And The FBI - Do The Right Thing Hip-hop track. New Jack Swing apparently

40. Aretha Franklin And Whitney Houston - It Isn't It Wasn't It Ain't Never Gonna Be Just a bog standard late 80s soul work out that did no justice to the Queen of Soul

41. Deacon Blue - Love And Regret This is just wet

42. Liza Minnelli - Losing My Mind Pet Shop Boys produced comeback single

43. The Alarm - Sold Me Down The Ruver/Yn Cymraeg My interest in The Alarm had well waned by this point. Standard rock song although was always well intentioned

44. Queen - The Invisible Man Awful track as Queen continued to completely lose the plot in the 80s

45. Gloria Estefan - Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice) This track didn't really endear itself to a twenty year old rocker in suburban London and time hasn't changed that at all

46. Cry Sisco! - Afro Dizzi Act Annoying dance tune that will probably mean a great deal more to somebody else

47. Karyn White - Secret Rendezvous {1989 Re-Release} Hitman and Her fodder

48. Tin Machine - Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) Bowie's attempt to play in a band. Bad bad move.

49. Gloria Estefan - Don't Wanna Lose You Tasteful but uninteresting ballad

50. Spandau Ballet - Be Free With Your Love Their last chart entry and good riddance on the strength of this to be honest

 

Well there's my first commentary. If you disagree with the opinions expressed therein then you know what to do.

Edited September 16, 200915 yr by grebo69

I am going to try and find old specialist charts from the Chart Show in this thread which I think were the dance, indie and rock charts.

 

Just so happens that the Indie chart is the only one represented from September 1989 so here it is:

 

 

1. Inspiral Carpets - Find out Why

2. Regina - The Sugarcubes

3. She Bangs The Drums - The Stone Roses

4. Run 2 - New Order

5. Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode

6. Backwards Dog - The Soup Dragons

7. W.F.L. - Happy Mondays

8. Tom Verlaine - The Family Cat

9. Ivy Ivy Ivy - Primal Scream

10. Sally Cinnamon - The Stone Roses

 

God I think there's only one track here that I don't have! Bloody Indie Kid!

 

And surprise surprise, no Erasure!

Madchester obviously on the up ahead of the big break through in chart terms coming up in November.

Soup Dragons jumping yet another indie bandwagon before their sudden conversion to baggy by dogging Primal Scream's every move.

 

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Edited September 16, 200915 yr by grebo69

Here is the album chart

 

Albums Top 50 (16/9/89)

 

01 Original Cast - Aspects Of Love

02 Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways

03 Jason Donovan - Ten Good Reasons

04 Motley Crue - Dr Feelgood

05 Max Bygraves - Singalongawaryears

06 Imagination - Imagination

07 Simply Red - A New Flame

08 Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw And The Cooked

09 Adeva - Adeva

10 Alice Cooper - Trash

11 Prince - Batman (OST)

12 Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi

13 Blow Monkeys - Choices

14 Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel

15 Soul II Soul - Club Classics Volume One

16 Vangelis - Themes

17 Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

18 Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - Anything For You

19 Queen - The Miracle

20 Shakespear's Sister - Sacred Heart

21 Transvision Vamp - Velveteen

22 London Boys - The Twelve Commandments Of Dance

23 Inner City - Paradise

24 Martika - Martika

25 Deacon Blue - When The World Knows Your Name

26 Big Audio Dynamite - Megatop Phoenix

27 Richard Marx - Repeat Offender

28 Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years

29 Alyson Williams - Raw

30 Madonna - Like A Prayer

31 Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence

32 Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever

33 Jethro Tull - Rock Island

34 Texas - Southside

35 Faster Pussycat - Wake Me When It's Over

36 Karyn White - Karyn White

37 Kylie Minogue - Kylie - The Album

38 Fuzzbox - Big Bang

39 Redhead Kingpin And The FBI - A Shade Of Red

40 The Pointer Sisters - Jump - The Best Of The Pointer Sisters

41 Enya - Watermark

42 Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth

43 The Kinks - The Ultimate Collection

44 Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again

45 The Beatmasters - Anywayawanna

46 Then Jerico - The Big Area

47 Joe Longthorne - Especially For You

48 Guns N' Roses - G 'N' R Lies

49 The Cure - Disintegration

50 Clannad - Past Present

 

Look who's at #44! Our current album chart champ!

Edited September 16, 200915 yr by grebo69

1989 = Summer of Love.

 

If your a devout dance music fan, you'll be hard pushed to find a better year than this.

I always thought 1988 = Second Summer of Love

1989 = Summer of Rave

 

or is this just splitting hairs?

 

 

Agreed, some great house and acid tracks here. Plenty of PWL too :kink:

Not a single acid track there. That was the summer before.

thought it was 'the second summer of love' anyway, THE summer of love was 1967! ... oh you lot werent born then! :lol:

I hate The Best by Tina Turner and yet most radio staions play that far more than any of her other 80's/90/s hits.

Wow, this is amazing timing...I just found 'Monster Hits 1989' on CD for a quid in a music store and released around this time, it's got half this chart in it!

 

I was just turning the age of 1 back then, but I love the music of this time loads. Lots of Stock/Aitken/Waterman on the cheese side of things - and of course the London Boys! - but good, likeable pop music all the same. Then there's Depeche Mode with literally one of the greatest songs of all time, and loads of classic Italo house too!

 

Can't decide between Personal Jesus and 'Losing My Mind' over which is the best here, the Pet Shop Boys were literally on fire at this time, anything they touched turned to gold!

01. Black Box - Ride On Time Absolute pop/dance classic with a terrific Loleatta Holloway sample

02. Jason Donovan - Every Day (I Love You More) Bland. Bland. Bland. Even the biggest S.A.W. fan couldn't think this is any good.

03. Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting Mid atlantic ballady tosh from a guy who recorded a mountain of such tripe

04. Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - Swing The Mood f***ing Hell. This is a crime against music and offended my ears every Saturday morning while watching the chart show

05. Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love Don't know whether this is more inspired by the Beatles or ELO but was probably the last decent single they released

06. Big Fun - Blame It On The Boogie Urrgh! This possibly could be one of the worst singles in history. Jacksons meet S.A.W. (I think - correct me if I'm wrong). Hideous.

07. Damian - The Time Warp {1989} Dreadful cover of the Rocky Horror show tune.

08. Alyson Williams - I Need Your Lovin' I didn't know this but turns out to be a slow jam sort a thing. Not for me.

09. Starlight - Numero Uno Italo-House down on a piano. There were hundreds of these things around then and this is no better or no worse than seversl hundred others

10. Tina Turner - The Best Awful awful song with any credibilty now laid to rest by David Brent

11. The Beatmasters Featuring Betty Boo - Hey DJ I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing/Ska Train The sort of thing Buzzjack would have gone mad for if the site had been around in 89

12. Cliff Richard - I Just Don't Have The Heart OMG! This is even worse than Big Fun. Cliff produced by SAW! Ye Gods!

13. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus Genuinely great song later covered by Marilyn Manson and to better effect by Johnny Cash

14. Prince - Partyman Second rate tune from the previously peerless funk rock pop genius. The Batman album definitely signalled a downturn in critical fortunes.

15. Alice Cooper - Poison Alice's most cliche ridden rock ballad but ended being played everywhere in 1989. Now found on every Top Gear type album. Probably.

16. Madonna - Cherish Fairly innocuous pop from the old tart. Not one of her best

17. Sydney Youngblood - If Only I Could Sorry, some of these songs evoke such a knee-jerk reaction that I just can't bring myself to comment

18. The Cure - Lovesong Amazingly this reached #2 in the US. Great track from indie stalwarts

19. Technotronic Featuring Felly - Pump Up The Jam Now I know this may come as a bit of a suprise but I love this

20. Martika - Toy Soldiers Now this I absolutely adore. Felly's off-kilter (fairly crap) rapping sets the track up nicely

21. Bon Jovi - Lay Your Hands On Me Typically subtle power-rock from the big haired tit

22. Guns N' Roses - Nightrain Classic track from THE rock album of the late 80s

23. Aerosmith - Love In An Elevator Aerosmith get down with the double entendres one more time and didn't I love it

24. Debbie Gibson - We Could Be Together Miley Cyrus forerunner who amazingly only had 2 top ten hits. Seemed much more ubiquitous than that.

25. Janet Jackson - Miss You Much I'll leave comments about the Jackson clan to someone who cares

26. Kylie Minogue - Wouldn't Change A Thing More SAW pop. Yawn.

27. Lil' Louis - French Kiss A kind of house Je T'aime. Great track

28. Adeva - Warning I never never liked Adeva. Bland soul.

29. Donna Summer - Love's About To Change My Heart More SAW produced insipidness

30. Marillion - Hooks In You Marillion descended into AOR rock hell after Fish left.

31. Eurythmics - Revival Well past their best

32. Lisa Stansfield - This Is The Right Time Standard dance pop fare

33. Malcolm McLaren - Something's Jumpin' In Your Shirt This is badly in need of a good tune.

34. Shakespear's Sister - You're History Great single from Siobhan Fahey and certainly better than her former bandmates in Bananarama

35. WASP - Forever Free WASP were an awful rock band and this is that horrendous 80s cliche, the big rock power ballad

36. The Rolling Stones - Mixed Emotions Forgettable pub rock from the old stagers

37. London Boys - Harlem Desire HI NRG Euro-disco stomp. Sends a shudder down my spine (in a bad way)

38. S-Express - Mantra For A State Of Mind At this point they they had lost the impetus of the earlier hits. Generic dance groove.

39. Redhead Kingpin And The FBI - Do The Right Thing Hip-hop track. New Jack Swing apparently

40. Aretha Franklin And Whitney Houston - It Isn't It Wasn't It Ain't Never Gonna Be Just a bog standard late 80s soul work out that did no justice to the Queen of Soul

41. Deacon Blue - Love And Regret This is just wet

42. Liza Minnelli - Losing My Mind Pet Shop Boys produced comeback single

43. The Alarm - Sold Me Down The Ruver/Yn Cymraeg My interest in The Alarm had well waned by this point. Standard rock song although was always well intentioned

44. Queen - The Invisible Man Awful track as Queen continued to completely lose the plot in the 80s

45. Gloria Estefan - Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice) This track didn't really endear itself to a twenty year old rocker in suburban London and time hasn't changed that at all

46. Cry Sisco! - Afro Dizzi Act Annoying dance tune that will probably mean a great deal more to somebody else

47. Karyn White - Secret Rendezvous {1989 Re-Release} Hitman and Her fodder

48. Tin Machine - Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) Bowie's attempt to play in a band. Bad bad move.

49. Gloria Estefan - Don't Wanna Lose You Tasteful but uninteresting ballad

50. Spandau Ballet - Be Free With Your Love Their last chart entry and good riddance on the strength of this to be honest

 

Well there's my first commentary. If you disagree with the opinions expressed therein then you know what to do.

 

 

:lol: youve 'out grumped' me! :lol: i must admit to agreeing with just about everything youve written.. i cant find 1 track there though that i like, one or two are ok at best..

Thank God a classic Tears For Fears single rescues a Godawful top 10!

 

Great tracks lower down from S-Express, Shakespears Sister, Lil Louis, Liza Minnelli and an all-time classic from The Cure (how on earth wasn't this a number one single over here? Crrrrazy)... same with the Depeche Mode single.... another classic.

01. Black Box - Ride On Time Absolute pop/dance classic with a terrific Loleatta Holloway sample

Awful, dreadful rubbish. That screeching "ride on time". Ugh

 

 

04. Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - Swing The Mood f***ing Hell. This is a crime against music and offended my ears every Saturday morning while watching the chart show

The gimmick sort of worked the first time. Unfortunately they had another two number ones after this

 

05. Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love Don't know whether this is more inspired by the Beatles or ELO but was probably the last decent single they released

Agreed

 

10. Tina Turner - The Best Awful awful song with any credibilty now laid to rest by David Brent

Never a fan of the centenarian. This has suffered from being grossly over-played.

 

13. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus Genuinely great song later covered by Marilyn Manson and to better effect by Johnny Cash

Great song. :wub: The Johnny Cash version is one of the best cover versions ever.

 

21. Bon Jovi - Lay Your Hands On Me Typically subtle power-rock from the big haired tit

I think you've been over generous there

 

24. Debbie Gibson - We Could Be Together Miley Cyrus forerunner who amazingly only had 2 top ten hits. Seemed much more ubiquitous than that.

She had two top ten hits too many

 

31. Eurythmics - Revival Well past their best

I really don't remember this :blink:

 

42. Liza Minnelli - Losing My Mind Pet Shop Boys produced comeback single

Let's face it, this was really the Pet Shop Boys with Liza on vocals. Superb :wub:

 

48. Tin Machine - Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) Bowie's attempt to play in a band. Bad bad move.

Tin Machine showed that even one of the all-time greats was capable of coming up with some cack

 

Selected comments added above

:lol: youve 'out grumped' me! :lol: i must admit to agreeing with just about everything youve written.. i cant find 1 track there though that i like, one or two are ok at best..

I did warn you what it would be like in the job vacancies thread! And this is me trying to be more balanced!

 

 

Edited September 16, 200915 yr by grebo69

I did warn you what it would be like in the job vacancies thread! And this is me trying to be more balanced!

 

no probs m8, as new indie enters the chart im sure youll be able to give a glowing commentary, maybe i might pick up on something i overlooked! lol, and im sure others will relate info on the pop side of the charts. :)

01. Black Box - Ride On Time ;) Ubiquous, overplayed, fair enough but utter classic.

02. Jason Donovan - Every Day (I Love You More) :puke2: Yuck!

03. Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting :puke2: :puke2: Double yuck!

04. Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - Swing The Mood :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: Triple yuck!

05. Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love :puke2: Sorry, NO!

06. Big Fun - Blame It On The Boogie :puke2: Is that the wheels on the SAW bus falling off??... Sounds like it.

07. Damian - The Time Warp {1989} :puke2: No!

08. Alyson Williams - I Need Your Lovin' ^_^ Rather nice track, "Sleeptalk" was far better though.

09. Starlight - Numero Uno :D Great italio-house track.

10. Tina Turner - The Best :puke2: Oh dear lord NO!

 

And I like the remaining

 

11. The Beatmasters Featuring Betty Boo - Hey DJ I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing/Ska Train Everyone loves a bit of Boo!

16. Madonna - Cherish Not her finest moment, but nice.

17. Sydney Youngblood - If Only I Could Well, it's all about the Raze drumbeat.

19. Technotronic Featuring Felly - Pump Up The Jam

20. Martika - Toy Soldiers

26. Kylie Minogue - Wouldn't Change A Thing :D SAW personified, but I think this happens to have a killer bridge!

27. Lil' Louis - French Kiss :dance: Best track in this chart, infact one of the best tracks of 89!

28. Adeva - Warning

32. Lisa Stansfield - This Is The Right Time

34. Shakespear's Sister - You're History :) Really like this one

42. Liza Minnelli - Losing My Mind :) Nearly as good as Eighth Wonder's "I'm Not Scared"

Edited September 17, 200915 yr by ScottyEm

Nearly as good as Eighth Wonder's "I'm Not Scared"

 

Sorry, nothing is that good :kink: :wub:

no probs m8, as new indie enters the chart im sure youll be able to give a glowing commentary, maybe i might pick up on something i overlooked! lol, and im sure others will relate info on the pop side of the charts. :)

Hopefully I'll be able to do the rock side of things justice as I was a wee bit of a rocker then who also happened to like indie.