Top 86 Music Albums of 1990
by LittleM1971 
1990 Playlist:
Hey Venus - That Petrol Emotion
She Comes In The Fall - Inspiral Carpets
Dig For Fire - Pixies
Rollercoaster - The Jesus & Mary Chain
Kool Thing - Sonic Youth
Red Head Walking - Beat Happening
From Now On - Pavement
Shine On Sweet Jesus - The Flaming Lips
He’s My Thing - Babes In Toyland
Sliver- Nirvana
The Wagon - Dinosaur Jr
Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) - The Wedding Present
Half The Time - The Lemonheads
Everything Flows - Teenage Fanclub
Hip Clown Rag - The Boo Radleys
Falling Down - Chapterhouse
True Coming Dream - Pale Saints
Sweetness And Light - Lush
In A Different Place - Ride
Flower - The Charlatans
Hannah - The House Of Love
Iceblink Luck - Cocteau Twins
Off Your Face - My Bloody Valentine
Slowdive - Slowdive
I Kicked A Boy - The Sundays
Here It Comes - East Village
Every Beat Of The Heart - The Railway Children
Box Set Go - The High
Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
Doledrum - The La’s
World View Blue - The Blue Aeroplanes
Canada - The Field Mice
Our Love Is Heavenly - Heavenly
He Knows I'd Love To See Him - Morrissey
Lament - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode
More - The Sisters Of Mercy
Deliverance - The Mission
Never Enough - The Cure
Rent - Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
Popcorn Double Feature - The Fall
Circlesquare - The Wonder Stuff
I Love You - Spacemen 3
One Love - The Stone Roses
Come Home - James
I’m Free - The Soup Dragons
Kinky Afro - Happy Mondays
Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Saint Etienne
Something For The Longing - The Orchids
Sorry - Galaxie 500
Bizzare Love Triangle - Even As We Speak
Powderfinger - Cowboy Junkies
She Kills Me - Biff Bang Pow!
Wonder - The Springfields
Different Drum - The Pastels
- Chart updated: 02/08/2026 22:15
- (Created: 01/15/2014 09:37).
- Chart size: 86 albums.
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1990
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2014]
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1990
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Last listen: 12/09/25
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1990
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1990
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Last listen: 15/10/19
[First added to this chart: 01/26/2014]
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1990
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1990
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Total albums: 86. Page 1 of 9
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Top 86 Music Albums of 1990 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Pale Saints | 2 | 2% | |
| The House Of Love | 2 | 2% | |
| Various Artists | 2 | 2% | |
| Spacemen 3 | 2 | 2% | |
| Ride | 2 | 2% | |
| The Field Mice | 2 | 2% | |
| The Fall | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 86 Music Albums of 1990 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 56th to 57th1983-85 by Beat Happening |
| Down 1 from 57th to 58thPigeonhole by New Fast Automatic Daffodils |
| Down 1 from 58th to 59thFakebook by Yo La Tengo |
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| Through A Big Country by Big Country |
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Awesome 1990 chart! Reminded me of a lot of things I need to check out! :)
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