Post by The Best Album of 1989 / Redsky

To continue the thought experiment of ‘what if Cobain died after 1 album’ from a few weeks ago, this Vaselines album isn’t in the tournament.

sep 1, 2025, 3:04 pm • 6 2 • view

Tom Petty é incrível!

sep 1, 2025, 4:56 pm • 2 1 • view

middle-aged jamsheed once again severely disappointing high-school jamsheed. (voting for the Vaselines)

sep 1, 2025, 5:22 pm • 2 1 • view

Like both, and I suspect the Vaselines will benefit from scarcity in this vote. However...as much as Jeff Lynne's production hasn't aged well for me, FMF has a few of Petty's best songs (in a very deep catalog). The V's best songs had already come & gone on the two EPs that preceded Dum-Dum.

sep 1, 2025, 3:54 pm • 5 1 • view

#9 Tom Petty, FULL MOON FEVER Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/5d71Im... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNMA...

A photo of Tom Petty, a skinny white guy with a long narrow face, playing a guitar. He has an odd look on his face; he may be biting his lip? The photo is tinted rainbow style, going from red at the top to yellow (which covers most of Petty's body), to blue at the bottom.

sep 1, 2025, 2:01 pm • 1 0 • view

#56 The Vaselines, DUM-DUM Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/630p98... In this order: Tracks 8-10 Track 6 Tracks 12-17 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YnJ... FLAC: drive.google.com/drive/folder... MP3: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

sep 1, 2025, 2:02 pm • 0 0 • view

Almost forgot, had to be reminded 😅 Here’s the Designated Cheerleader for DUM-DUM by @renamj.bsky.social! Take it away, Rena!

I listened to many, many albums in preparation for the Best Album of 1989 tournament - obscure and well- known alike, from dream pop to hip-hop and hard rock/metal to experimental (even a Keith Jarrett album!). The Vaselines' first LP Dum-Dum was one of my favorite new discoveries, and it might be the shortest (only 27 minutes! and breeziest of all the albums in the final 128. I had certainly been aware of Scottish indie favorites The Vaselines. They were famously loved by Kurt Cobain, who admired everything from The Raincoats to Cheap Trick, and Nirvana covered

Featuring Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee on vocals/guitars, James Seenan on bass, and Charlie Kelly on drums, Dum-Dum is just under a half-hour of irreverent guitar pop. One catchy song after another, highlights include

sep 1, 2025, 5:13 pm • 3 1 • view

Here’s where you can download DUM-DUM per the DC above: FLAC: drive.google.com/drive/folder... MP3: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

sep 1, 2025, 5:14 pm • 1 0 • view

The “you can always do an Italian accent, it’s never racist” meme with the Prince-looking guy, but it says “You can always ask Kent where the Designated Cheerleaders are, it’s never wrong

sep 1, 2025, 5:17 pm • 2 0 • view

FULL MOON FEVER defeats DUM-DUM, 88-62-2.

sep 2, 2025, 2:01 pm • 3 2 • view

FULL MOON FEVER is one of the 32 best albums of 1989.

sep 2, 2025, 2:01 pm • 0 0 • view

Thanks! It won't beat the juggernaut that is FULL MOON FEVER but still a fun discovery and at least it got this far.

sep 1, 2025, 5:17 pm • 3 1 • view

sep 1, 2025, 2:15 pm • 1 1 • view

Maybe the starkest US/UK voter divide of the entire tournament. That said, I’m an American and I voted for The Vaselines.

sep 1, 2025, 2:09 pm • 6 1 • view

This Brit is probably voting Petty. Probably. Maybe.

sep 1, 2025, 3:05 pm • 3 1 • view

That said, I do like Full Moon Fever and it's sort of nostalgic for me (it reminds me of visiting my aunt in Florida in...2001!), even if the production is overly glossy at times. Like Vaseline!

sep 1, 2025, 4:05 pm • 1 1 • view

I enjoyed this Vaselines album, but Tom Petty should and could win this with just half moon fever.

sep 2, 2025, 1:30 pm • 3 1 • view

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