Best Albums of 1990
Explore the best albums of 1990, based on over 2 million album rankings across 61,000 charts
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"Violator is the most popular album of Depeche Mode. It’s overall a great album, a classic regularly ranked among the greatest albums of all time. World In My Eyes is a good opener (sounds even better live), Sweetest Perfection is great the intro is what I love the most about that song, Personal J..." Reply
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1990
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"This album is PERFECTION. There is not a weak track, and at 10 songs/38 minutes, it never overstays its welcome. It's hard to categorize or even describe this album, it's just so unique thanks to Elizabeth Fraziers' beautiful voice, some creative vocal overdubs, Robin Guthrie's soaring and spacio..." Reply
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1990
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"Note: Only the vinyl has 8 tracks; the CD that most people know the album from has 11 tracks." Reply
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1990
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"This is a good record. However for rock music, I'm not that crazy about it. Hell, the song Rock Music just isn't good. And with songs like Hang Wire, Down To The Well and Allison, there are these weird quips that kinda capsize the songs for me. Hang Wire just ends abruptly, the vocal opening for ..." Reply
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1990
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"This, along with Master of Puppets, Paranoid, and the Black album are probably the most widely heralded metal albums by any given sect of the metal community. I totally understand people not jiving with the vocals, but you can't deny the rest of it. You really have to hate metal to not like even ..." Reply
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1990
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"I've always loved Sonic Youth ever since a buddy introduced me to "Bad Moon Rising" way back in 1985 some 33 years past. 1986's "EVOL" had a profound effect on my music tastes and sits comfortably within my All-time Album list "Goo" is a fantastic album but sadly would be the last Sonic Youth alb..." Reply
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1990
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"I was not familiar with this album outside of Stop and Been Caught Stealing. This was a huge surprise for me, and I understand the love for this album. Three Days was the biggest surprise for me, completely justifying its ten minute runtime." Reply
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1990
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"An airing of grievances never felt quite so motivated." Reply
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1990
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"It hasn't aged well, sounding a little dated today. However, at the time, PE dragged hip-hop kicking and screaming forward into a more relevant age. What cutting lyrics and what thunderous sounds. Modern hip-hop has improved upon this, but PE is to hip-hop what Buddy Holly is to rock and roll. Of..." Reply
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1990
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"During most of my four years of college, I worked in a record store. (In truth, by that time we were selling mostly CDs and cassettes, though we did carry some vinyl.) This album, perhaps more than any other, got constant attention from us employees--it's just so immediately likeable, so filled w..." Reply
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1990
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of 1990 composition
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| Various Artists | 14 | 1% | |
| Billy Childish And His Famous Headcoats | 3 | 0% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 3 | 0% | |
| Devo | 3 | 0% | |
| Ride | 2 | 0% | |
| Madonna | 2 | 0% | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 2 | 0% | |
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446 | 45% | |
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235 | 24% | |
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39 | 4% | |
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35 | 4% | |
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31 | 3% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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21 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of 1990 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 13 from 94th to 81st |
Up 5 from 103rd to 98th |
Up 4 from 100th to 96th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 67th to 70th |
Down 3 from 72nd to 75th |
Down 3 from 91st to 94th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 5 from 103rd to 98th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 6 from 96th to 102nd |
