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Sep 17
Cocteau Twins
Heaven or Las Vegas
86
critic score
(5)
89
user score
(4,745)
Jun 26
Sonic Youth
Goo
81
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(1,668)
Oct 15
Ride
Nowhere
79
critic score
(4)
81
user score
(1,089)
Aug 13
Pixies
Bossanova
85
critic score
(7)
81
user score
(970)
Jan 15
The Sundays
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
87
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(524)
Nov 16
Ween
GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
76
critic score
(4)
76
user score
(501)
Jan 15
They Might Be Giants
Flood
73
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(446)
Apr 1
my bloody valentine
Glider
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(378)
May 21
Mazzy Star
She Hangs Brightly
80
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(365)
Mar 1
Sinéad O'Connor
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
90
critic score
(5)
77
user score
(286)
Aug 7
Soda Stereo
Canción Animal
80
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(254)
May 28
The Breeders
Pod
84
critic score
(4)
80
user score
(247)
Nov 5
Slowdive
Slowdive
78
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(223)
Aug 21
Jane's Addiction
Ritual de lo Habitual
74
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(209)
Oct
Cocteau Twins
Heaven or Las Vegas
97
user score
(158)
Feb 12
Pale Saints
The Comforts of Madness
90
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(148)
Nov 13
Lush
Gala
82
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(143)
Nov 27
Happy Mondays
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
75
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(135)
Sep 18
The Flaming Lips
In a Priest Driven Ambulance
75
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(121)
Jan 1
Galaxie 500
This is Our Music
82
critic score
(4)
78
user score
(116)
Mar 19
The Cure
Pictures of You
80
critic score
(1)
94
user score
(92)
Sep 25
The Replacements
All Shook Down
74
critic score
(4)
70
user score
(68)
May 7
Depeche Mode
Policy of Truth
60
critic score
(1)
94
user score
(59)
Oct 8
The Charlatans
Some Friendly
77
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(56)
Aug 27
Cocteau Twins
Iceblink Luck
93
user score
(45)
Sep 19
Concrete Blonde
Bloodletting
91
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(44)
1990
Cocteau Twins
Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires
96
user score
(44)
Jul 27
Jellyfish
Bellybutton
80
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(43)
Dec 4
Héroes Del Silencio
Senderos de Traición
81
user score
(43)
Feb 25
Midnight Oil
Blue Sky Mining
75
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(40)
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1990
Julee Cruise
Falling
96
user score
(35)
Aug 28
Cocteau Twins
Iceblink Luck
60
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(32)
Jun 11
Teenage Fanclub
A Catholic Education
70
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(30)
May 1
Mark Lanegan
The Winding Sheet
70
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(28)
Jan 15
Ride
Ride
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(28)
Feb 26
Lush
Mad Love
60
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(27)
Sep 17
Ride
Fall
80
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(27)
Apr 1
The Afghan Whigs
Up in It
60
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(27)
Apr 16
Babes in Toyland
Spanking Machine
69
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(25)
May 1
Wire
Manscape
62
critic score
(2)
51
user score
(25)
Apr 12
Ride
Play
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(25)
Oct 1
The Chameleons
Tony Fletcher Walked on Water EP
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(25)
Sep 25
Superchunk
Superchunk
70
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(24)
Jul 1
Ride
Smile
78
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(22)
Nov 13
Echo & the Bunnymen
Reverberation
48
critic score
(3)
51
user score
(19)
May 14
They Might Be Giants
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
87
user score
(18)
Oct 30
George Michael
Freedom! '90
95
user score
(18)
Oct 15
Lush
Sweetness and Light
70
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(18)
Oct 16
Goo Goo Dolls
Hold Me Up
76
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(14)
Jan 1
The Beloved
Happiness
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(14)
Jun 1
Devo
Smooth Noodle Maps
30
critic score
(2)
57
user score
(13)
Apr 12
Beats International
Let Them Eat Bingo
90
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(12)
1990
Chumbawamba
Slap!
80
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(12)
Dec 1
The Notwist
The Notwist
58
critic score
(2)
61
user score
(11)
May
Bob Mould
Black Sheets of Rain
67
critic score
(4)
81
user score
(11)
May 23
Modern English
Pillow Lips
72
critic score
(2)
60
user score
(10)
Apr
His Name Is Alive
Love Can't Buy Happiness
75
user score
(9)
Feb 19
Primal Scream
Loaded / I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have
86
user score
(6)
Jul 12
The Soup Dragons
Lovegod
55
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(6)
Jul 16
Swervedriver
Son Of Mustang Ford
80
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(4)
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