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2023
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1990 Album Releases
1989
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1990
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Sep 17
Cocteau Twins
Heaven or Las Vegas
82
critic score
(4)
89
user score
(3,863)
Mar 19
Depeche Mode
Violator
81
critic score
(6)
88
user score
(2,215)
Sep 17
Megadeth
Rust in Peace
87
critic score
(5)
86
user score
(1,486)
Jun 26
Sonic Youth
Goo
81
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(1,454)
Apr 17
A Tribe Called Quest
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
85
critic score
(6)
84
user score
(1,326)
Apr 19
Fugazi
Repeater
85
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(1,037)
Oct 15
Ride
Nowhere
79
critic score
(4)
82
user score
(961)
Aug 21
Alice in Chains
Facelift
65
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(938)
Aug 13
Pixies
Bossanova
85
critic score
(7)
81
user score
(855)
Aug 31
Angelo Badalamenti
Soundtrack from Twin Peaks
90
critic score
(2)
89
user score
(737)
Apr 10
Public Enemy
Fear of a Black Planet
92
critic score
(6)
84
user score
(647)
May 16
Ice Cube
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
72
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(623)
Feb 7
Primus
Frizzle Fry
80
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(604)
Sep 3
Judas Priest
Painkiller
84
critic score
(5)
85
user score
(521)
Oct 9
Slayer
Seasons in the Abyss
85
critic score
(5)
84
user score
(508)
Apr 13
Green Day
39/Smooth
61
critic score
(2)
62
user score
(507)
Jul 3
Pantera
Cowboys from Hell
90
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(483)
Jun 12
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
67
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(449)
Nov 16
Ween
GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
76
critic score
(4)
76
user score
(443)
Apr 17
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The Good Son
73
critic score
(5)
82
user score
(430)
Feb 16
Death
Spiritual Healing
80
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(425)
Jan 15
The Sundays
Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic
87
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(382)
Jan 15
They Might Be Giants
Flood
68
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(380)
Apr 1
my bloody valentine
Glider
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(335)
May 21
Mazzy Star
She Hangs Brightly
80
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(298)
Feb 5
The KLF
Chill Out
82
critic score
(4)
84
user score
(291)
Jan 25
Daniel Johnston
1990
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(263)
Feb 16
John Zorn
Naked City
88
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(247)
Mar 1
Sinéad O'Connor
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
90
critic score
(5)
77
user score
(243)
Oct 1
Iron Maiden
No Prayer for the Dying
52
critic score
(4)
57
user score
(237)
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Sep 24
AC/DC
The Razors Edge
64
critic score
(3)
67
user score
(236)
Oct 22
Pet Shop Boys
Behaviour
84
critic score
(6)
82
user score
(216)
May 28
The Breeders
Pod
84
critic score
(4)
80
user score
(211)
Aug 7
Soda Stereo
Canción Animal
80
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(203)
Oct 1
The La's
The La's
90
critic score
(5)
76
user score
(195)
Nov 5
Slowdive
Slowdive
78
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(193)
Aug
Codeine
Frigid Stars LP
89
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(192)
Aug 21
Jane's Addiction
Ritual de lo Habitual
74
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(189)
Jun 4
Entombed
Left Hand Path
70
critic score
(2)
85
user score
(188)
Nov 12
Kylie Minogue
Rhythm of Love
65
critic score
(2)
69
user score
(180)
Aug 27
LL Cool J
Mama Said Knock You Out
82
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(169)
Feb 5
Depeche Mode
Enjoy the Silence
90
critic score
(1)
97
user score
(164)
Sep 3
George Michael
Listen without Prejudice Vol. 1
78
critic score
(5)
82
user score
(139)
Sep 10
Bob Dylan
Under the Red Sky
43
critic score
(3)
45
user score
(134)
Sep 19
Obituary
Cause of Death
70
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(133)
Oct
Cocteau Twins
Heaven or Las Vegas
97
user score
(132)
Feb 12
Pale Saints
The Comforts of Madness
90
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(131)
Nov 9
Madonna
The Immaculate Collection
90
critic score
(4)
92
user score
(129)
Nov 13
Lush
Gala
82
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(124)
Aug 16
Cannibal Corpse
Eaten Back to Life
65
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(119)
Nov 27
Happy Mondays
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
75
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(119)
1990
The Gerogerigegege
Tokyo Anal Dynamite
90
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(119)
Aug 20
Black Sabbath
Tyr
40
critic score
(2)
52
user score
(117)
Nov 1
Naked City
Torture Garden
80
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(117)
Jul 3
Yo La Tengo
Fakebook
91
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(116)
Jan 1
Galaxie 500
This is Our Music
82
critic score
(4)
78
user score
(114)
Apr 16
Bathory
Hammerheart
70
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(110)
Apr 11
Lou Reed & John Cale
Songs for Drella
79
critic score
(4)
80
user score
(108)
Jun 25
Deicide
Deicide
95
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(108)
Aug 7
Deee-Lite
World Clique
82
critic score
(5)
71
user score
(108)
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