1990
by Daniel Johnston
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Daniel Johnston bestography
1990 is ranked 2nd best out of 29 albums by Daniel Johnston on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Daniel Johnston is Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album which is ranked number 2113 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 788.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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1990 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
1990 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1990 | 14/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 72 Music Albums of 1990 | 36/72 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 14 Music Albums of 1990 | 11/14 | 1 |
| 2026 | stareaterogni0n | Top 75 Music Albums of the 1990s | 35/75 | 11 |
| 2026 |  seb7 | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s | 8/99 | 19 |
| 2026 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 96/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 1990 2nd chart | 29/52 | - |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1990 | 49/50 | 0 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 99/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 94 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 422 | |||
1990 collection
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1990 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/11/2026 16:42 | jnmayles | 2,353 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2026 10:42 |  Tamthebam | 23,296 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2026 04:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,701 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
1990 favourites
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1990 forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/12/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5371): By seb7
Repo 05/27/2025 21:59 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
baystateoftheart 01/17/2022 17:01 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition1990 comments
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meccalecca TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/24/2014 22:01 | #109993 | TOP COMMENT
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While you were busy painting your masterpiece, a five year old sat down with some crayons and made something far more creative and emotional than your work can ever become.
johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/02/2012 22:32 | #34252 | TOP COMMENT
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The best album from the very prolific 'inventor' of lo-fi, 1990 can make for painful listening - particularly on Careless Soul when Daniel sounds likes he's going into meltdown. Daniel's compositions display a purity and a beauty that outshines all of the studio trickery on hand to his more successfull peers. Seek it out but it might just break your heart.
JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/03/2017 08:20 | #195432 | TOP COMMENT
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I just dont know. I - ... ya I just dont know. There is no reference point for anything like this. Daniel skipped the music part of music and jumped right to the message and the emotion. (Edited)
A tricky one...
...but this album just reminded me why I love music. It cuts deep. (Edited)
Fucking raw, how the hell is this ranked so low? This man is a legend and this is his magnum opus. All tracks are killer.
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