The Best Metal Albums of 1989

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Rank	Artist name	Album title	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Sepultura	Beneath the Remains	1989-09-05	92.5	68	7
2	Morbid Angel	Altars of Madness	1989-05-12	92.8	49	1
3	X Japan	Blue Blood	1989-04-21	90	71	5
4	Blue Murder	Blue Murder	1989-04-25	91.3	36	5
5	Mötley Crüe	Dr. Feelgood	1989-09-01	90.6	40	4
6	Savatage	Gutter Ballet	1989-11-01	91.4	33	4
7	Skid Row	Skid Row	1989-01-24	88.4	63	5
8	Devil Doll	The Girl Who Was...Death	1989-03-24	89.6	36	0
9	Overkill	The Years of Decay	1989-10-13	91	24	2
10	Whitesnake	Slip of the Tongue	1989-11-18	91	23	2
11	Black Sabbath	Headless Cross	1989-04-17	90.9	20	3
12	Coroner	No More Color	1989-05-21	93.8	10	0
13	Testament	Practice What You Preach	1989-08-04	88.4	33	4
14	Sodom	Agent Orange	1989-06-01	88.9	29	2
15	Carcass	Symphonies of Sickness	1989-07-01	89.1	25	3
16	Anthem	Hunting Time	1989-05-21	93.8	8	1
17	Helloween	Live in the U.K. [Live]	1989-04-06	87.6	28	4
18	Obituary	Slowly We Rot	1989	88.8	21	1
19	Terrorizer	World Downfall	1989-11-13	88.7	20	2
20	King Diamond	Conspiracy	1989-08	89.1	18	1
21	Pestilence	Consuming Impulse	1989-12-25	89.8	15	0
22	Autopsy	Severed Survival	1989-04-24	92.5	8	0
23	Necrodeath	Fragments of Insanity	1989	92.4	8	0
24	Bolt Thrower	Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness	1989-10-28	90.5	12	0
25	Faith No More	The Real Thing	1989-06-20	91.1	10	1
26	Aerosmith	Pump	1989-09	89.9	13	3
27	Annihilator	Alice in Hell	1989-09-05	86.9	25	2
28	Rage	Secrets in a Weird World	1989	89.1	15	1
29	Kreator	Extreme Aggression	1989-06-19	87.9	19	1
30	L.A. Guns	Cocked & Loaded	1989-08-22	91.7	7	2
31	Dream Theater	When Dream and Day Unite	1989-03-06	84.4	37	4
32	Exodus	Fabulous Disaster	1989-01-13	89.1	12	2
33	Alice Cooper	Trash	1989-07	87.1	19	0
34	Project Rock in Korea	Project Rock in Korea	1989-04	91.4	7	0
35	W.A.S.P.	The Headless Children	1989-04-15	88.1	13	0
36	Danger Danger	Danger Danger	1989-01-27	88.6	11	2
37	Running Wild	Death or Glory	1989-11-08	88.2	12	1
38	Nuclear Assault	Handle With Care	1989	88.8	10	0
39	Godflesh	Streetcleaner	1989-11-13	89.8	6	1
40	Accept	Eat the Heat	1989-01-15	88.5	8	0
41	Scanner	Terminal Earth	1989	88.4	8	2
42	Loudness	Soldier of Fortune	1989-09-17	87.4	10	2
43	Repulsion	Horrified	1989-05-29	85.9	13	1
44	Blind Guardian	Follow the Blind	1989-10-25	86.1	12	2
45	Joe Satriani	Flying in a Blue Dream	1989-10	88.3	7	2
46	Dark Angel	Leave Scars	1989-01-24	87.2	9	0
47	Paradox	Heresy	1989-02-01	88.3	6	0
48	Onslaught	In Search of Sanity	1989-08-22	88.6	5	1
49	Badlands	Badlands	1989-05-11	86.9	7	1
50	Rush	A Show of Hands [Live]	1989-01-09	87.3	6	2
51	Queen	The Miracle	1989-06-06	85.3	9	1
52	Watchtower	Control and Resistance	1989	84	12	1
53	Rush	Presto	1989-11-17	87.2	5	0
54	Extreme	Extreme	1989-03-14	84	10	1
55	Laaz Rockit	Annihilation Principle	1989	86.2	6	1
56	Dirty Rotten Imbeciles	Thrash Zone	1989	85.8	6	0
57	White Lion	Big Game	1989-08-10	83.1	11	1
58	Pink Cream 69	Pink Cream 69	1989	83.8	9	2
59	Mr.big	Mr.big	1989-06-20	82	13	3
60	Warrant	Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich	1989-01-31	85.2	6	1
61	Mortal Sin	Face of Despair	1989	85.6	5	0
62	TNT	Intuition	1989-02-21	84.8	5	2
63	Winter Rose	Winter Rose	1989	83.2	6	1
64	Black Hole	Miracle	1989-02-07	80.6	10	0
65	Viper	Theatre of Fate	1989	79.5	12	2
66	Evildead	Annihilation of Civilization	1989-04-03	81.7	6	0
67	Dionysus	Legend of Darkness	1989	79.8	9	1
68	Schizo	Main Frame Collapse	1989	82	5	1
69	Ministry	The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste	1989-11-14	79	5	1
70	Toxik	Think This	1989-10-14	77.5	6	1
71	Venom	Prime Evil	1989-10-09	72.8	5	2
72	Stratovarius	Fright Night	1989-05-11	59.8	22	1

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