1989

when i heard de la soul was coming to cannery ballroom on aug 5 in celebration of the 20th anniversary of 3 feet high and rising, i knew i had to get tickets even though i hadn't listened to it in a few years. on saturday my "20 years high and rising tour" tickets showed up in the mail and today i decided to break out the album that started it all and give it another spin. turns out it's still a great record and i quickly recalled that a lot of good stuff came out in 1989 - it wasn't all just milli vanilli, paula abdul, and we didn't start the fire.

1. de la soul - intro (3 feet high and rising)
2. public enemy - fight the power (do the right thing soundtrack)
3. de la soul - tread water (3 feet high and rising)
4. the stone roses - fools gold (the stone roses)
5. beastie boys - looking down the barrel of a gun (paul's boutique)
6. pixies - gouge away (doolittle)
7. fugazi - burning (13 songs)
8. the jesus and mary chain - head on (automatic)
9. yo la tengo - drug test (president yo la tengo)
10. galaxie 500 - blue thunder (on fire)
11. happy mondays - wrote for luck (7" release)
12. james - sit down (7" release)
13. lou reed - dirty boulevard (new york)