brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 1 | Show Don't Tell | 1 | Dec 1989 |  |
| Rush |
| 2 | I'll Be You | 1 | Mar 1989 | |
| The Replacements |
| 3 | Driven Out | 1 | Feb 1989 | |
| The Fixx |
| 4 | Got It Made | 1 | Dec 1988 | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| 5 | Stand | 1 | 2 | Jan 1989 | |
| R.E.M. |
| 6 | Pretending | 1 | Nov 1989 | |
| Eric Clapton |
| 7 | Peace In Our Time | 1 | 6 | Dec 1989 | |
| Eddie Money |
| 8 | Mixed Emotions | 1 | 5 | Aug 1989 | |
| The Rolling Stones |
| 9 | End Of The Line | 1 | Feb 1989 | |
| Traveling Wilburys |
| 10 | Rockin' In The Free World | 1 | Oct 1989 | |
| Neil Young |
| 11 | Crossfire | 1 | Jul 1989 | |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble |
| 12 | Let The Day Begin | 1 | Jul 1989 | |
| The Call |
| 13 | The Last Worthless Evening | 1 | 10 | Oct 1989 | |
| Don Henley |
| 14 | A Girl Like You | 2 | 11 | Nov 1989 | |
| The Smithereens |
| 15 | Veronica | 1 | 14 | Mar 1989 | |
| Elvis Costello |
| 16 | Brother Of Mine | 1 | Jun 1989 | |
| Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe |
| 17 | Janie's Got A Gun | 1 | 2 | Oct 1989 | |
| Aerosmith |
| 18 | Rock And A Hard Place | 1 | 28 | Oct 1989 | |
| The Rolling Stones |
| 19 | The End Of The Innocence | 1 | 3 | Jun 1989 | |
| Don Henley |
| 20 | Love In An Elevator | 1 | 2 | Sep 1989 | |
| Aerosmith |
| 21 | Free Fallin' | 1 | 1 | Aug 1989 | |
| Tom Petty |
| 22 | Runnin' Down A Dream | 1 | 10 | Jun 1989 | |
| Tom Petty |
| 23 | I Won't Back Down | 1 | 7 | Apr 1989 | |
| Tom Petty |
| 24 | Sold Me Down The River | 1 | Sep 1989 | |
| The Alarm |
| 25 | Sowing The Seeds Of Love | 1 | 1 | Sep 1989 | |
| Tears For Fears |