100 Greatest Albums of 1990

  1. Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy
  2. Violator - Depeche Mode
  3. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube
  4. Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction
  5. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O'Connor
  6. Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - MC Hammer
  7. Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J
  8. Shake Your Money Maker - Black Crowes
  9. Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
10. Ragged Glory - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
11. Behaviour - Pet Shop Boys
12. Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey
13. Goo - Sonic Youth
14. People's Instinctive Travels - A Tribe Called Quest
15. Bossanova - Pixies
16. Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
17. Listen Without Prejudice - George Michael
18. Rust in Peace - Megadeth
19. The La's - La's
20. The Rhythm of the Saints - Paul Simon
21. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic - Sundays
22. Step in the Arena - Gang Starr
23. Gonna Make You Sweat - C+C Music Factory
24. Nowhere - Ride
25. World Clique - Deee-Lite
26. Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
27. Sex Packets - Digital Underground
28. Repeater - Fugazi
29. Flood - They Might be Giants
30. Still Got the Blues - Gary Moore
31. Seasons in the Abyss - Slayer
32. MCMXC a.D. - Enigma
33. Facelift - Alice in Chains
34. The Razor's Edge - AC/DC
35. Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips
36. Empire - Queensryche
37. Poison - Bell Biv Devoe
38. Pornograffiti - Extreme
39. Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill
40. The Good Son - Nick Cave
41. One for All - Brand Nubian
42. Chill Out - The KLF
43. Social Distortion - Social Distortion
44. Time's Up - Living Colour
45. Painkiller - Judas Priest
46. Some Friendly - Charlatans
47. Bloodletting - Concrete Blonde
48. She Hangs Brightly - Mazzy Star
49. Born to Sing - En Vogue
50. Crazy World - Scorpions

51. Songs for Drella - Lou Reed and John Cale
52. Frigid Stars LP - Codeine
53. Pod - Breeders
54. Against the Grain - Bad Religion
55. I'm Breathless - Madonna
56. FireHouse - FireHouse
57. Dreamland - Black Box
58. Jordan: The Comeback - Prefab Sprout
59. Cherry Pie - Warrant
60. No Depression - Uncle Tupelo
61. The Revival - Tony! Toni! Tone!
62. Flesh and Blood - Poison
63. Damn Yankees - Damn Yankees
64. Blue Sky Mining - Midnight Oil
65. Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em - Eric B. & Rakim
66. Persistence of Time - Anthrax
67. Graffiti Bridge - Prince
68. Brigade - Heart
69. The Future - Guy
70. Goodbye Jumbo - World Party
71. Blacks' Magic - Salt-n-Pepa
72. DiVINYLS - Divinyls
73. Business As Usual - EPMD
74. X - INXS
75. Danzig II: Lucifuge - Danzig
76. Blaze of Glory/Young Guns II - Jon Bon Jovi
77. Ralph Tresvant - Ralph Tresvant
78. Stick It To Ya - Slaughter
79. Passion and Warfare - Steve Vai
80. Brick by Brick - Iggy Pop
81. Bellybutton - Jellyfish
82. Livin' Like Hustlers - Above the Law
83. Circle of One - Oleta Adams
84. World Power - Snap!
85. Move to This - Cathy Dennis
86. Blues Traveler - Blues Traveler
87. Edutainment - Boogie Down Productions
88. Life - Inspiral Carpets
89. Too Dark Park - Skinny Puppy
90. Gold Mother - James
91. Hammerheart - Bathory
92. Vol. II - A New Decade – Soul II Soul
93. Take a Look Around - Master Ace
94. After the Rain - Nelson
95. Frizzle Fry - Primus
96. I'll Give All My Love To You - Keith Sweat
97. Enlightenment - Van Morrison
98. Short Dog's in the House - Too $hort
99. Vision Thing - Sisters of Mercy
100. En-Tact - Shamen