UNITED KINGDOM'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1989

No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month
  1 A NEW FLAME-SIMPLY RED-MARCH                                                                                           1796
  2 TEN GOOD REASONS-JASON DONOVAN-May                                                               1698
  3 FOREIGN AFFAIR-TINA TURNER-September                                                             1432
  4 ANYTHING FOR YOU-GLORIA ESTEFAN-March                                                            1230
  5 DON'T BE CRUEL-BOBBY BROWN-July                                                                  1186
  6 ROAD TO HELL-CHRIS REA-December                                                                  1132
  7 THE RAW & THE COOKED-FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS-February                                               1076 
  8 CLUB CLASSICS VOLUME I-Soul//Soul-July                                                           1052
  9 CUTS BOTH WAYS-Gloria Estefan-August                                                              964
 10 ENJOY YOURSELF-Kylie Minogue-October                                                              886
 11 The Greatest Hits Collection-Bananarama-January                                                   840
 12 Affection-Lisa Stansfield-November                                                                808
 13 The Best Of Rod Stewart-Rod Stewart-November                                                      784
 14 When The World Knows Your Name-Deacon Blue-April                                                  768
 15 Appetite For Destruction-Guns & Roses-July                                                        768
 16 Like A Prayer-Madonna-April                                                                       726
 17 Ancient Heart-Tanita Tikaram-February                                                             634
 18 Batman Soundtrack-Prince-June                                                                     612
 19 Kick-INXS-April                                                                                   592
 20 Raw Like Sushi-Neneh Cherry-June                                                                  588
 21 The Legendary Roy Orbison-January                                                                 588
 22 The Miracle-Queen-May                                                                             556
 23 Past Present-Clannad-May                                                                          548
 24 Street Fighting Years-Simple Minds-May                                                            528
 25 The Twelve Commandments Of Dance-London Boys-July                                                 500
 26 Velveteen-Transvision Vamp-July                                                                   460
 27 Spark To A Flame:The Very Best Of-Chris de Burgh-November                                         406
 28 Jive Bunny:The Album-Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers-December                                     394
 29 Mystery Girl-Roy Orbison-February                                                                 378
 30 Everything-Bangles-April                                                                          376
 31 Runaway Horses-Belinda Carlisle-November                                                          368
 32 Holding Back The River-Wet Wet Wet-November                                                       366
 33 Stronger-Cliff Richard-November                                                                   338
 34 Level Best-Level 42-November                                                                      310
 35 Singular Adventures Of The Style Council-The Style Council-March                                  290
 36 We Two Are One-Eurythmics-September                                                               274
 37 Wild!-Erasure-October                                                                             268
 38 Greatest Hits:Billy Ocean-Billy Ocean-November                                                    268
 39 The Living Years-Mike And The Mechanics-January                                                   256
 40 Stop-Sam Brown-March                                                                              244
 41 Imagination-Imagination-September                                                                 232
 42 Paradise-Inner City-May                                                                           232
 43 All Or Nothing/2 X 2-Milli Vanilli-November                                                       230
 44 Crossroads-Tracy Chapman-October                                                                  220
 45 The Seeds Of Love-Tears For Fears-October                                                         220
 46 Spike-Elvis Costello-February                                                                     220
 47 Blast-Holly Johnson-April                                                                         214 
 48 Adeva-Adeva-September                                                                             208
 49 Trash-Alice Cooper-August                                                                         208
 50 Flowers In The Dirt-Paul McCartney-June                                                           208
 51 Southside-Texas-March                                                                             192
 52 The Other Side Of The Mirror-Stevie Nicks-June                                                    186
 53 Choices-Blow Monkeys-August                                                                       182
 54 True Love Ways-Buddy Holly-March                                                                  164
 55 Addictions Volume 1-Robert Palmer-November                                                        158
 56 Pump-Aerosmith-September                                                                          154
 57 Welcome To The Beautiful South-The Beautiful South-October                                        144
 58 Steel Wheels-Rolling Stones-September                                                             144
 59 Rhythm Nation 1814-Janet Jackson-September                                                        142
 60 S-Express Original Soundtrack-S-Express-March                                                     140
 61 Tin Machine-Tin Machine-May                                                                       138
 62 Singalongawaryears-Max Bygraves-September                                                         134
 63 Storm Front-Billy Joel-October                                                                    128
 64 Repeat Offender-Richard Marx-September                                                            126
 65 Technique-New Order-February                                                                      124
 66 After The Laughter-Freddie Starr-December                                                         118
 67 Aspects Of Love-Original Cast-September                                                           118
 68 Themes-Vangelis-July                                                                              118
 69 Good To Be Back-Natalie Cole-May                                                                  118    
 70 Close-Kim Wilde-January                                                                           118
 71 Steppin' To The Shadows-The Shadows-May                                                           112
 72 Hey Hey It's The Monkees:Greatest Hits-The Monkees-April                                          112
 73 Remote/The Bitter Suite-Hue And Cry-February                                                      110
 74 The Sensual World-Kate Bush-October                                                               108
 75 Decade-Duran Duran-November                                                                        96
 76 Sonic Temple-The Cult-April                                                                        96
 77 Oh Mercy-Bob Dylan-October                                                                         94
 78 Peace And Love-The Pogues-July                                                                     92
 79 Mind Bomb-The The-May                                                                              92
 80 Disintegration-The Cure-May                                                                        90
 81 The Big Area-Then Jerico-February                                                                  90
 82 Big Bang-Fuzzbox-August                                                                            88
 83 Full Moon Fever-Tom Petty-July                                                                     84
 84 A Night To Remember-Cyndi Lauper-June                                                              82
 85 Love Supreme-Diana Ross And The Supremes-January                                                   82
 86 Sacred Heart-Shakespear's Sister-August                                                            78
 87 The Singles Album-Gladys Knight And The Pips-November                                              74
 88 Jump:The Best Of The Pointer Sisters-The Pointer Sisters-August                                    74
 89 The Time-Bros-October                                                                              54
 90 Dr. Feelgood-Motley Crue-September                                                                 54
 91 Hup-The Wonder Stuff-October                                                                       52
 92 101-Depeche Mode-March                                                                             52
 93 Results-Liza Minnelli-October                                                                      50
 94 Season's End-Marillion-October                                                                     48
 95 Doolittle-Pixies-April                                                                             46
 96 The Headless Children-WASP-April                                                                   46
 97 Electric Youth-Debbie Gibson-February                                                              46
 98 Scarlet And Other Stories-All About Eve-October                                                    44
 99 Kaleidoscope World-Swing Out Sister-May                                                            44
100 Slip Of The Tongue-Whitesnake-November                                                             42
101 Automatic-The Jesus And Mary Chain-October                                                         40
102 Searchlight-Runrig-October                                                                         40
103 Roachford-Roachford-February                                                                       40
104 At Their Very Best-The Shadows-December                                                            38
105 Neither Fish Nor Flesh-Terence Trent D'Arby-October                                                38
106 Def Dumb And Blond-Deborah Harry-October                                                           38
107 Hats-Blue Nile Linn-October                                                                        38
108 A Show Of Hands-Rush-January                                                                       38
109 Porcelain-Julia Fordham-October                                                                    36
110 Change-The Alarm-September                                                                         36
111 Avalon Sunset-Van Morrison-June                                                                    36
112 Best Of Luther Vandross:Best Of Love-Luther Vandross-November                                      34
113 Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe-Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe-July                                   34
114 Life Is A Dance:The Remix Project-Chaka Khan-May                                                   34
115 1984-1989-Lloyd Cole And The Commotions-April                                                      34
116 New York-Lou Reed-January                                                                          34