Great stuff ! ! ! In '89 I had been married to wife #2 for 3 years, living in the low desert in LA and was listening to a ton of Frank Zappa You Can't Do That On Stage Any More Box 1, 2, & 3 were out as was Broadway The Hard Way and Guitar and of course Frank was still alive then..
My top plays of 1989 were Elvis Costello/Spike; Chris Isaak/Heart Shaped World; Pixies/Doolittle; Kate Bush/The Sensual World; Beastie Boys/Paul's Boutique; New Order/Technique; Red Hot Chili Peppers/Mother's Milk; Tom Petty/Full Moon Fever; 3rd Bass/The Cactus Album; Kirsty Maccoll/Kite; Hoodoo Gurus/Magnum Cum Louder; The Smithereens/11
I got into that pixies a year or two later, along with Spike by Elvis. What a year.
Let me know your top plays from 1989. 😊