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Best Albums of 1990 by User Score
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Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
September 17th, 1990
Dream Pop
,
Ethereal Wave
USER SCORE
89
4,741 ratings
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2
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Angelo Badalamenti - Soundtrack from Twin Peaks
August 31st, 1990
Dark Jazz
,
Ambient
USER SCORE
89
853 ratings
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3
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Depeche Mode - Violator
March 19th, 1990
Synthpop
USER SCORE
88
2,625 ratings
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4
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Juan Gabriel - Juan Gabriel en el Palacio de Bellas Artes
December 20th, 1990
Mariachi
USER SCORE
88
54 ratings
Amazon
5
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Megadeth - Rust in Peace
September 17th, 1990
Thrash Metal
USER SCORE
86
1,807 ratings
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6
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Judas Priest - Painkiller
September 3rd, 1990
Heavy Metal
USER SCORE
85
662 ratings
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7
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Los Prisioneros - Corazones
May 20th, 1990
Synthpop
USER SCORE
85
117 ratings
Amazon
8
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Primus - Frizzle Fry
February 7th, 1990
Funk Metal
,
Alternative Metal
USER SCORE
85
774 ratings
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9
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Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
April 10th, 1990
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
USER SCORE
84
747 ratings
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10
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Entombed - Left Hand Path
June 4th, 1990
Death Metal
USER SCORE
84
226 ratings
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11
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Quatuor Arditti / Aldo Brizzi / Michiko Hirayama / Maurizio Ben Omar / Frank Lloyd - Les cinq quatuors à cordes; Trio à cordes; Khoom
Chamber Music
,
Modern Classical
USER SCORE
84
28 ratings
Amazon
12
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Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
October 9th, 1990
Thrash Metal
USER SCORE
84
605 ratings
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13
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The KLF - Chill Out
February 5th, 1990
Ambient
,
Sound Collage
,
Chillout
USER SCORE
84
320 ratings
Amazon
14
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Soda Stereo - Canción Animal
August 7th, 1990
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
84
253 ratings
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15
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近藤浩治 [Koji Kondo] - Super Mario World
November 21st, 1990
Chiptune
,
Sequencer & Tracker
,
Cinematic Classical
USER SCORE
84
44 ratings
Amazon
16
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A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
April 17th, 1990
Jazz Rap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
USER SCORE
83
1,531 ratings
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17
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The Tale Quartet - String Quartets Nos. 1-3
February 0th, 1990
Modern Classical
,
Chamber Music
USER SCORE
83
25 ratings
Amazon
18
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John Zorn - Naked City
February 16th, 1990
Avant-Garde Jazz
,
Jazz-Rock
USER SCORE
83
288 ratings
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19
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Caifanes - Caifanes II
June 19th, 1990
Post-Punk
,
Latin Alternative
USER SCORE
83
51 ratings
Amazon
20
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Fugazi - Repeater
April 19th, 1990
Post-Hardcore
USER SCORE
83
1,192 ratings
Amazon
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21
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Evgeni Koroliov - Die Kunst der Fuge
Baroque Music
USER SCORE
83
57 ratings
Amazon
22
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Sonic Youth - Goo
June 26th, 1990
Noise Rock
,
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
83
1,667 ratings
Amazon
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23
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The Sundays - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
January 15th, 1990
Jangle Pop
,
Dream Pop
,
Indie Pop
USER SCORE
83
522 ratings
Amazon
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24
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Engenheiros do Hawaii - O Papa É Pop
October 22nd, 1990
Art Rock
,
Pop Rock
,
New Wave
USER SCORE
83
31 ratings
Amazon
25
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Artillery - By Inheritance
May 29th, 1990
Thrash Metal
USER SCORE
83
58 ratings
Amazon
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