nanette (@nanette.bsky.social)

friday’s @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social matchup is between an album that contains half of a greatest hits collection (Janet) and an album that is perfect (the cure) also: a video that is art and the return of the ghost of Roy Orbison (he brought a friend this time and the friend has a trumpet)

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Best Album of 1989: (4) The Cure – Disintegration vs. (13) Janet Jackson – Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 Previous posts: R1: The Cure, in which Nanette has big feelings and Jon is angry at ten people R2: The Cure, in which Nanette discovers red lipstick and Jon likes the Soul II Soul follow up more R3… https://thebestthing.blog/2025/11/07/best-album-of-1989-4-the-cure-disintegration-vs-13-janet-jackson-janet-jacksons-rhythm-nation-1814/