Best Albums of 1990

Listed below are the best albums of 1990 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 29 minutes ago).
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1990 year summaryThe best artists of 1990 were Depeche Mode, Cocteau Twins, Ride, Megadeth, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Jane's Addiction, Fugazi, Public Enemy and The La's.
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"Great, great memories with this one. It never gets old and I always enjoy it a lot. It also has one of my favourites ever: 'Send me An Angel'. What a great way to end a classic album"  Reply
- ponkine | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Worthy follow up to "Vivid". "Type" and "Solace of You" are two of the best tracks these guys ever did. It's a pity they disappeared not long after this was released."  Reply
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"In my opinion, this - along with Vai's two albums with David Lee Roth's supergroup - the Van Halen-ish "Eat 'em and Smile" and the very Vai "Skyscraper"- are his best in the popular idiom. Vai's latest release, "The Story of Light," is also very good. "Flexable" is a must-own for "Eat 'em and Smi..."  [+]  Reply
- JuJu83 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Even though this album is widely considered a Paul Westerberg solo album for the purposes of this review it will be considered as The Replacements final release The Replacements in many ways echo the career of R.E.M with 'All Shook Down': both darling indi bands who find major label success only ..."  [+]  Reply
- Brad1770 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Even though the production is very VERY dubious, Nusrat is a force of nature. The album has Tery Bina as its supreme light and what an amazing song that is. The second highlight but clearly far from the quality of Tery Bina is Mustt Mustt which is very funky & groovy. The rest of the album is not..."  [+]  Reply
- JoaoMoreira | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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