Editing 1990 in music (section)

==Albums released==
{{See also|:Category:1990 albums}}

===January–March===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="16" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />A<br />N<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| align="center" |8
| ''[[Scumdogs of the Universe]]'' || [[Gwar]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |15
| ''[[Flood (They Might Be Giants album)|Flood]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reading, Writing and Arithmetic]]'' || [[The Sundays]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |16
| ''[[The Hit List (Joan Jett album)|The Hit List]]'' || [[Joan Jett]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Pale (album)|Pale]]'' || [[Toad the Wet Sprocket]] ||-
|-
| ''[[RVS III]]'' || [[Ricky Van Shelton]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |23
| ''[[Lone Wolf (Hank Williams, Jr. album)|Lone Wolf]]'' || [[Hank Williams Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Missing Links Volume Two]]'' || [[The Monkees]] || Rarities compilation
|-
| ''[[Stick It to Ya]]'' || [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |25
| ''[[We're in This Together (album)|We're in This Together]]'' || [[Low Profile]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |29
| ''[[A Bit of What You Fancy]] '' || [[The Quireboys]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Cloudcuckooland (album)|Cloudcuckooland]] '' || [[Lightning Seeds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors]]'' || [[Fish (singer)|Fish]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |30
| ''Riverside'' || [[Luka Bloom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Sweet Keeper]]'' || [[Tanita Tikaram]] || US
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |?
| ''[[Colour (The Christians album)|Colour]]'' || [[The Christians (band)|The Christians]] || US
|-
| rowspan="28" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''F<br />E<br />B<br />R<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
|rowspan="2" align="center" |5
| ''[[Chill Out (KLF album)|Chill Out]]'' || [[The KLF]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lost Paradise (album)|Lost Paradise]]'' || [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |7
| ''[[Frizzle Fry]]'' || [[Primus (band)|Primus]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |9
| ''[[Blue Sky Mining]]'' || [[Midnight Oil]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |12
| ''[[Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em]]'' || [[MC Hammer]] || US
|-
| ''[[Stay Sick!]]'' || [[The Cramps]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |13
| ''Chance'' || [[The Rave-Ups]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shake Your Money Maker (album)|Shake Your Money Maker]]'' || [[The Black Crowes]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Welcome to the Beautiful South]]'' || [[The Beautiful South]] || US
|-
| align="center" |16
| ''[[Spiritual Healing (album)|Spiritual Healing]]'' || [[Death (metal band)|Death]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |17
| ''[[Heritage (Earth, Wind & Fire album)|Heritage]]'' || [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |19
| ''[[Up to No Good]]'' || [[Peter Wolf]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |20
| ''[[Carved in Sand]]'' || [[Mission UK]] || US
|-
| ''[[Dark at the End of the Tunnel]]'' || [[Oingo Boingo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Language of Life]]'' || [[Everything but the Girl]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Should Move Ya]]'' || [[Mantronix]] || US
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Break Through (album)|Break Through]]'' || [[B'z]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heading for Tomorrow]]'' || [[Gamma Ray (band)|Gamma Ray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Same Place the Fly Got Smashed]]'' || [[Guided by Voices]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |22
| ''[[Blackout in the Red Room]]'' || [[Love/Hate (band)|Love/Hate]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Damn Yankees (album)|Damn Yankees]]'' || [[Damn Yankees (band)|Damn Yankees]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gold Afternoon Fix]]'' || [[The Church (band)|The Church]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Submarine Bells]]'' || [[The Chills]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |27
| ''[[Here in the Real World]]'' || [[Alan Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Highwayman 2]]'' || [[The Highwaymen (country supergroup)|The Highwaymen]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |28
| ''[[Ah Via Musicom]]'' || [[Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)|Eric Johnson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Privilege of Power]]'' || [[Riot (band)|Riot]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |?
| ''[[Travel-Log]]'' || [[J.J. Cale]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="39" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H'''
| rowspan="1" align="center" |1
| ''[[The Caution Horses]]'' || [[Cowboy Junkies]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |5
| ''[[Just Say Ozzy]]'' || [[Ozzy Osbourne]] || Live EP
|-
| ''[[Backstreet Symphony]]'' || [[Thunder (band)|Thunder]] || Debut
|-
| ''Happiness'' || [[The Beloved (band)|The Beloved]] || US
|-
| ''[[New Funky Nation]]'' || [[Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |6
| ''[[Birds of Passage (album)|Birds of Passage]]'' || [[Bel Canto (band)|Bel Canto]] || US
|-
| ''[[Third World Warrior]]'' || [[Kris Kristofferson]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |9
| ''[[House Party (soundtrack)|House Party]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |12
| ''[[I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got]]'' || [[Sinéad O'Connor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Changesbowie]]'' || [[David Bowie]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Beg to Differ]]'' || [[Prong (band)|Prong]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eye (Robyn Hitchcock album)|Eye]]'' || [[Robyn Hitchcock]] || US
|-
| ''Resistance'' || [[Borghesia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Manners & Physique]]''||[[Adam Ant]]
| –
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |13
| ''[[Funhouse (Kid 'n Play album)|Funhouse]]'' || [[Kid 'n Play]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Romance (Carly Simon album)|My Romance]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Pretty Woman (soundtrack)|Pretty Woman]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |16
| ''[[Here at the Home]]'' || [[Tribe (band)|Tribe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |19
| ''[[Blacks' Magic]]'' || [[Salt-N-Pepa]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Manic Nirvana]]'' || [[Robert Plant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Violator (album)|Violator]]'' || [[Depeche Mode]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |20
| ''[[Poison (Bell Biv DeVoe album)|Poison]]'' || [[Bell Biv DeVoe]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Sex Packets]]'' || [[Digital Underground]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Extricate]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] || US
|-
| ''[[Showtime (Nitzer Ebb album)|Showtime]]'' || [[Nitzer Ebb]] || US
|-
| ''Swagger'' || [[Blue Aeroplanes]] || US
|-

| rowspan="4" align="center" |26
| ''[[Brigade (album)|Brigade]]'' || [[Heart (band)|Heart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mental Floss for the Globe]]'' || [[Urban Dance Squad]] || US
|-
| ''[[Paintings in Yellow]]'' || [[Sandra (singer)|Sandra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Still Got the Blues]]'' || [[Gary Moore]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |27
| ''[[Livin' Like Hustlers]]'' || [[Above the Law (group)|Above the Law]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Forever Everlasting]]'' || [[Everlast]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[A View from 3rd Street]]'' || [[Jude Cole]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Social Distortion (album)|Social Distortion]]'' || [[Social Distortion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wilson Phillips (album)|Wilson Phillips]]'' || [[Wilson Phillips]] || Debut
|-
| align="center" |29
| ''[[Representing the Mambo]]'' || [[Little Feat]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |?
| ''[[The Best of Van Morrison]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Join Together (album)|Join Together]]'' || [[The Who]] || Live box set
|-
|}

===April–June===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="35" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />P<br />R<br />I<br />L'''
| rowspan="2" align="center" |2
| ''Bulkhead'' || [[Severed Heads]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unison (Celine Dion album)|Unison]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] || Canada
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |3
| ''[[Born to Sing (En Vogue album)|Born to Sing]]'' || [[En Vogue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chemicrazy]]'' || [[That Petrol Emotion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lloyd Cole (album)|Lloyd Cole]]'' || [[Lloyd Cole]] ||-
|-
| ''Read My Lips'' || [[Jimmy Somerville]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |9
| ''[[Behind the Mask (album)|Behind the Mask]]'' || [[Fleetwood Mac]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |10
| ''[[Act III (Death Angel album)|Act III]]'' || [[Death Angel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Days of Open Hand]]'' || [[Suzanne Vega]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fear of a Black Planet]]'' || [[Public Enemy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Laura Branigan (album)|Laura Branigan]]'' || [[Laura Branigan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peace (Anything Box album)|Peace]]'' || [[Anything Box]] ||-
|-
| ''[[People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm]]'' || [[A Tribe Called Quest]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |11
| ''[[Songs for Drella]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] and [[John Cale]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vanity/Nemesis]]'' || [[Celtic Frost]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |13
| ''[[39/Smooth]]'' || [[Green Day]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[Spanking Machine]]'' || [[Babes in Toyland (band)|Babes in Toyland]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |17
| ''[[The Good Son (album)|The Good Son]]'' || [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Johnny Gill (1990 album)|Johnny Gill]]'' || [[Johnny Gill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Last Decade Dead Century]]'' || [[Warrior Soul]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Live on Broadway]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Myth of Rock]]'' || [[Consolidated (band)|Consolidated]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic]]'' || [[The Sundays]] || US
|-
| align="center" |19
| ''[[Repeater (album)|Repeater]]'' || [[Fugazi]] || US
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |23
| ''[[Hammerheart]]'' || [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] ||-
|-
| ''Let Them Eat Bingo'' || [[Beats International]] || US
|-
| ''[[Life (Inspiral Carpets album)|Life]]'' || [[Inspiral Carpets]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Metaphysical Graffiti]] '' || [[The Dead Milkmen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slam (Big Dipper album)|Slam]] '' || [[Big Dipper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everybody Knows (Sonia album)|Everybody Knows]]'' || [[Sonia (singer)|Sonia]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music 17'' || Various Artists || UK; compilation
|-
| align="center" |30
| ''[[Charmed Life (Billy Idol album)|Charmed Life]]'' || [[Billy Idol]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |?
| ''[[Lovegod]]'' || [[The Soup Dragons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Up in It]]'' || [[The Afghan Whigs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Closer to the Flame (Dave Edmunds album)|Closer to the Flame]]'' || [[Dave Edmunds]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="43" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''M<br />A<br />Y'''
| rowspan="2" align="center" |1
| ''[[When the Storm Comes Down]]'' || [[Flotsam and Jetsam (band)|Flotsam and Jetsam]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Winding Sheet]]'' || [[Mark Lanegan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |8
| ''[[Eclipse (Yngwie Malmsteen album)|Eclipse]]'' || [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] || US
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (The Bangles album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[The Bangles]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Young Lions (album)|Young Lions]]'' || [[Adrian Belew]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tattooed Millionaire]]'' || [[Bruce Dickinson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Revival (Tony! Toni! Toné! album)|The Revival]]'' || [[Tony! Toni! Toné!]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shut Up and Dance: Mixes|Shut Up and Dance]]'' || [[Paula Abdul]] || Remix album
|-
| ''[[Goodbye Jumbo]]'' || [[World Party]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |10
| ''[[Steelheart (album)|Steelheart]]'' || [[Steelheart]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |11
| ''[[Screaming Life/Fopp]]'' || [[Soundgarden]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |14
| ''[[Circle of One]]'' || [[Oleta Adams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Moves]]'' || [[Kim Wilde]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Packed!]]'' || [[The Pretenders]] ||-
|-
| ''[[DAAS Icon]]'' || [[Doug Anthony All Stars]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |15
| ''[[#Corruption in Tokyo|Corruption in Tokyo]]'' || [[1976 in music#Musical groups established in 1976#Element Ethan (band)|Element Ethan]] || Japan; live
|-
| ''[[Livin' It Up (album)|Livin' It Up]]'' || [[George Strait]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lock up the Wolves]]'' || [[Dio (band)|Dio]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reflections of Passion]]'' || [[Yanni]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[A Round and a Bout]]'' || [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]] || US; live
|-
| ''[[Ten (Y&T album)|Ten]]'' || [[Y&T]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bloodletting (Concrete Blonde album)|Bloodletting]]'' || [[Concrete Blonde]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 18
| ''[[AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted]]'' || [[Ice Cube]] || Solo debut
|-
| ''[[20 Años (Luis Miguel album)|20 Años]]'' || [[Luis Miguel]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |21
| ''[[Vol. II: 1990 – A New Decade]]'' || [[Soul II Soul]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |22
| ''[[I'm Breathless]]'' || [[Madonna]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em]]'' || [[Eric B. & Rakim]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Son of Albert]]'' || [[Andrew Ridgeley]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |25
| ''[[The Ghost in Science]]'' || [[Susumu Hirasawa]] || Japan
|-
| ''Mecca'' || [[Age of Chance]] || US
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |29
| ''[[Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk]]'' || [[Talk Talk]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Hell to Pay (Jeff Healey album)|Hell to Pay]]'' || [[Jeff Healey]] || Canada
|-
| ''[[I Want Too Much]]'' || [[A House]] || US
|-
| ''Katydids'' ||[[Katydids (band)|Katydids]]|| US
|-
| ''Meet John Doe'' ||[[John Doe (musician)|John Doe]]||-
|-
| ''[[Pod (The Breeders album)|Pod]]'' || [[The Breeders]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |30
|''[[Tangled (Jane Wiedlin album)|Tangled]]'' || [[Jane Wiedlin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |31
| ''[[All the Stuff (And More!) Volume 1]]'' || [[Ramones]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[All the Stuff (And More!) Volume 2]]'' || Ramones || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |?
| ''[[Amarok (Mike Oldfield album)|Amarok]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Joe Cocker Live]]'' || [[Joe Cocker]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Internationale (album)|The Internationale]]'' || [[Billy Bragg]] || Mini-LP
|-
| ''[[Manscape]]'' || [[Wire (band)|Wire]] || US
|-
| rowspan="38" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''J<br />U<br />N<br />E'''
| align="center" |1
| ''[[The Word as Law]]'' || [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |4
| ''[[10 (The Stranglers album)|10]]'' || [[The Stranglers]] || US
|-
| ''[[Gold Mother]]'' || [[James (band)|James]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Left Hand Path (album)|Left Hand Path]]'' || [[Entombed (band)|Entombed]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |5
| ''[[Step by Step (New Kids on the Block album)|Step by Step]]'' || [[New Kids on the Block]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |7
| ''[[Sumerian Cry]]'' || [[Tiamat (band)|Tiamat]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |11
| ''[[Real Men... Wear Black]]'' || [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Catholic Education]]'' || [[Teenage Fanclub]] ||-
|-
| ''Sings Cole Porter'' || [[Dionne Warwick]] || Cover
|-
| ''[[Utd. State 90]]'' || [[808 State]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |12
| ''[[Armchair Theatre (album)|Armchair Theatre]]'' || [[Jeff Lynne]] || Solo debut
|-
| ''[[Compositions (Anita Baker album)|Compositions]]'' || [[Anita Baker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[En las Buenas... y en las Malas]]'' || [[José José]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Holy Water (Bad Company album)|Holy Water]]'' || [[Bad Company]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I'll Give All My Love to You]]'' || [[Keith Sweat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mariah Carey (album)|Mariah Carey]]'' || [[Mariah Carey]] || Debut
|-
| align="center" |15
| ''[[Sudden Stop]]'' || [[Colin James]] || Canada
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |18
| ''[[Alias (album)|Alias]]'' || [[Alias (band)|Alias]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Past to Present 1977-1990]]'' || [[Toto (band)|Toto]] ||Compilation+ 4 new tracks
|-
| ''[[Turtle Soup (Mock Turtles album)|Turtle Soup]]'' || [[The Mock Turtles]] ||UK
|-
| align="center" |19
| ''This Time Around'' || [[Green on Red]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |20
| ''[[Beyond Belief (album)|Beyond Belief]]'' || [[Petra (band)|Petra]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |21
| ''[[No Depression (album)|No Depression]]'' || [[Uncle Tupelo]] ||Debut
|-
|''[[Wicked Beat]]''
|[[B'z]]
|EP
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Deicide (album)|Deicide]]'' || [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Livonia (His Name Is Alive album)|Livonia]]'' || [[His Name Is Alive]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Art Riot]]'' || [[Manic Street Preachers]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Reputation (Dusty Springfield album)|Reputation]]'' || [[Dusty Springfield]] ||-
|-
|''[[Stick It in Your Ear]]''
|[[Paul Laine]]
|Japanese release date
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |26
| ''[[After the Rain (Nelson album)|After the Rain]]'' || [[Nelson (band)|Nelson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Danzig II: Lucifuge]]'' || [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goo (album)|Goo]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] ||-
|-
| ''Kiss of Life'' || [[Gene Loves Jezebel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live It Up (Crosby, Stills & Nash album)|Live It Up]]'' || [[Crosby, Stills & Nash]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |29
| ''[[Black Angels (album)|Black Angels]]'' || [[Kronos Quartet]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |?
| ''[[Biohazard (album)|Biohazard]]'' || [[Biohazard (band)|Biohazard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Busted (Cheap Trick album)|Busted]]'' || [[Cheap Trick]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Midnight Stroll]]'' || [[Robert Cray]] ||-
|}

===July–September===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="30" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />U<br />L<br />Y'''
| rowspan="2" align="center" |2
| ''[[Flesh & Blood (Poison album)|Flesh & Blood]]'' || [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Smooth Noodle Maps]]'' || [[Devo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |3
| ''[[The Hard Way (Steve Earle album)|The Hard Way]]'' || [[Steve Earle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lights...Camera...Revolution!]]'' || [[Suicidal Tendencies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lofty's Roach Souffle]]'' || [[Harry Connick Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Seven Turns]]'' || [[The Allman Brothers Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spirits Dancing in the Flesh]]'' || [[Carlos Santana|Santana]] ||-
|-
| ''[[We Are in Love]]'' ||  Harry Connick Jr. ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |10
| ''[[Brick by Brick]]'' || [[Iggy Pop]] ||-
|-
| ''Live and Direct'' || [[Adamski]] || US
|-
| ''[[Pandemonium (The Time album)|Pandemonium]]'' || [[The Time (band)|The Time]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stray (album)|Stray]]'' || [[Aztec Camera]] || US
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |13
| ''Live'r Than God'' || [[Thee Hypnotics]] || US
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |16
| ''[[Naked Thunder]]'' || [[Ian Gillan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tales from the Twilight World]]'' || [[Blind Guardian]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bad of the Heart (album)|Bad of the Heart]]'' || [[George Lamond]] || Debut
|-
| align="center" |17
| ''[[Edutainment (album)|Edutainment]]'' || [[Boogie Down Productions]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |19
| ''[[Apple (Mother Love Bone album)|Apple]]'' || [[Mother Love Bone]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |23
| ''[[Slave to the Thrill]]'' || [[Hurricane (American band)|Hurricane]]||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |24
| ''[[Banned in the U.S.A.]]'' || [[2 Live Crew]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cowboys from Hell]]'' || [[Pantera]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goodnight L.A.]]'' || [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In the Heart of the Young]]'' || [[Winger (band)|Winger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Take a Look Around (album)|Take a Look Around]]'' || [[Masta Ace]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Un-Led-Ed]]'' || [[Dread Zeppelin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |30
| ''[[Harmony Corruption]]'' || [[Napalm Death]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Joy Rides for Shut-Ins]]'' || [[Cavedogs]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |31
| ''[[Hell Is for Wimps]]'' || [[Newsboys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |?
| ''[[Smile (Ride album)|Smile]]'' || [[Ride (band)|Ride]] ||US
|-
| ''[[Ichabod and I]]'' || [[The Boo Radleys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="31" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />U<br />G<br />U<br />S<br />T'''
| rowspan="7" align="center" |7
| ''[[Blaze of Glory (Jon Bon Jovi album)|Blaze of Glory]]'' || [[Jon Bon Jovi]] || ''[[Young Guns II]]'' soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Brother's Keeper (Neville Brothers album)|Brother's Keeper]]'' || [[The Neville Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bellybutton (album)|Bellybutton]]'' || [[Jellyfish (band)|Jellyfish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Enchanted (Marc Almond album)|Enchanted]]'' || [[Marc Almond]] || US
|-
| ''[[Head Down (Moev album)|Head Down]]'' || [[Moev]] || US
|-
| ''[[Pornograffitti]]'' || [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] ||-
|-
| ''[[World Clique]]'' || [[Deee-Lite]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |13
| ''[[Bossanova (Pixies album)|Bossanova]]'' || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Then & Now (Asia album)|Then & Now]]'' || [[Asia (band)|Asia]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |14
| ''[[100 Miles and Runnin']]'' || [[N.W.A]] || EP
|-
| ''Cleopatra Grip'' || [[The Heart Throbs (band)|The Heart Throbs]] || US
|-
| ''[[Pump Up the Volume (film)#Soundtrack|Pump Up the Volume]]'' || Various Artists || US; soundtrack
|-
| align="center" |15
| ''[[Louder Than Love (TKA album)|Louder Than Love]]'' || [[TKA]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |17
| ''[[Eaten Back To Life]]'' || [[Cannibal Corpse]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |20
| ''[[FireHouse (album)|FireHouse]]'' || [[FireHouse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Liberty (Duran Duran album)|Liberty]]'' || [[Duran Duran]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peace of Mind (Breathe album)|Peace of Mind]]'' || [[Breathe (British band)|Breathe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tyr (album)|Tyr]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |21
| ''[[Against the Law (album)|Against the Law]]'' || [[Stryper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Detonator (album)|Detonator]]'' || [[Ratt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Facelift (album)|Facelift]]'' || [[Alice in Chains]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Graffiti Bridge (album)|Graffiti Bridge]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Persistence of Time]]'' || [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ritual de lo Habitual]]'' || [[Jane's Addiction]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |27
| ''[[No Fences]]'' || [[Garth Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Otis (Mojo Nixon album)|Otis]]'' || [[Mojo Nixon]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |28
| ''[[Time's Up (Living Colour album)|Time's Up]]'' || [[Living Colour]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |31
| ''[[The Party (The Party album)|The Party]]'' || [[The Party (band)|The Party]] ||Debut
|-
|''[[So Much 2 Say]]'' || [[Take 6]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |?
| ''[[The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken]]'' || [[REO Speedwagon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Caustic Grip]]'' || [[Front Line Assembly]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="61" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''S<br />E<br />P<br />T<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="1" align="center" |3
| ''[[Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1]]'' || [[George Michael]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center" |4
| ''[[Chronicles (1990 album)|Chronicles]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[& Love for All]]'' || [[The Lilac Time]] || US
|-
| ''[[1978–1990]]'' || [[Go-Betweens]] || US; compilation
|-
| ''[[And the Horse They Rode in On]]'' || [[Soul Asylum]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Empire (Queensrÿche album)|Empire]]'' || [[Queensrÿche]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up]]'' || [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Neighborhood (album)|The Neighborhood]]'' || [[Los Lobos]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Rembrandts (album)|The Rembrandts]]'' || [[The Rembrandts]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rumor Has It (Reba McEntire album)|Rumor Has It]]'' || [[Reba McEntire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Wild Places (Dan Fogelberg album)|The Wild Places]]'' || [[Dan Fogelberg]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |7
| ''[[The Cactus Revisited]]'' || [[3rd Bass]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Two Fires]]'' || [[Jimmy Barnes]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |10
| ''[[To The Extreme]]'' || [[Vanilla Ice]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Boomania]]'' || [[Betty Boo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ragged Glory]]'' || [[Neil Young]] and [[Crazy Horse (band)|Crazy Horse]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center" |11
| ''[[Cherry Pie (album)|Cherry Pie]]'' || [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Under the Red Sky]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dave Stewart and The Spiritual Cowboys#Discography|Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys]]'' || [[Dave Stewart and The Spiritual Cowboys]] || US
|-
| ''[[Dear 23]]'' || [[The Posies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Glider (EP)|Glider]]'' || [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] || EP; US
|-
| ''[[Short Dog's in the House]]'' || [[Too Short]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soundtrack from Twin Peaks]]'' || [[Angelo Badalamenti]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Unison (Celine Dion album)|Unison]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] || US
|-
|''[[Home for Christmas (Dolly Parton album)|Home For Christmas]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |12
| ''[[Never, Neverland]]'' || [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |14
| ''[[Armed Audio Warfare]]'' || [[Meat Beat Manifesto]] || US
|-
| ''[[Mama Said Knock You Out]]'' || [[LL Cool J]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |17
| ''[[Painkiller (Judas Priest album)|Painkiller]]'' || [[Judas Priest]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Wall Live in Berlin]]'' || [[Roger Waters]] || UK; live
|-
| ''Themes – Volume 2: August 82 – April 85'' || [[Simple Minds]] || Box set
|-
| ''[[Romantic?]]'' || [[The Human League]] || –
|-
| ''[[Room to Roam]]'' || [[The Waterboys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heaven or Las Vegas]]'' || [[Cocteau Twins]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |18
| ''Collected Works'' || [[Hunters & Collectors]] || US
|-
| ''[[In a Priest Driven Ambulance]]'' || [[The Flaming Lips]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition]]'' || [[Derek and the Dominos]] || Remix + unreleased material
|-
| ''[[Minnie 'n Me#Minnie 'n Me Songs Just for Girls|Minnie 'n Me: Songs Just for Girls]]'' || [[Christa Collins|Christa Larson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Red Moon (The Call album)|Red Moon]]'' || [[The Call (band)|The Call]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |19
| ''[[Cause of Death (album)|Cause of Death]]'' || [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |21
| ''[[Lawn Boy]]'' || [[Phish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nomads Indians Saints]]'' || [[Indigo Girls]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |24
| ''[[The Razors Edge (AC/DC album)|The Razors Edge]]'' || [[AC/DC]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Some People's Lives]]'' || [[Bette Midler]] ||-
|-
| ''Experience'' || [[Mary's Danish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers]]'' || [[XTC]] || Rarities compilation
|-
| ''[[Rust in Peace]]'' || [[Megadeth]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center" |25
| ''[[All Shook Down]]'' || [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] ||-
|-
| ''[[An Emotional Fish (album)|An Emotional Fish]]'' || [[An Emotional Fish]] || US
|-
| ''[[Family Style (Vaughan Brothers album)|Family Style]]'' || The Vaughan Brothers ([[Stevie Ray Vaughan|Stevie Ray]] and [[Jimmie Vaughan|Jimmie]]) ||-
|-
| ''[[Have You Seen Me Lately]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Superchunk (album)|Superchunk]]'' || [[Superchunk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Third Eye (Redd Kross album)|Third Eye]]'' || [[Redd Kross]] ||-
|-
| ''Wild & Lonely'' || [[Associates (duo)|The Associates]] || US
|-
| ''[[Without a Net]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] || Live
|-
| ''[[X (INXS album)|X]]'' || [[INXS]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hi-Five (album)|Hi-Five]]'' || [[Hi-Five]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |?
| ''[[In the Blood (album)|In the Blood]]'' || [[Londonbeat]] ||-
|-
|''[[It's... Madness]]'' || [[Madness (band)|Madness]] ||US;Compilation
|-
|''[[Nu Thang]]'' || [[dc Talk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Passion and Warfare]]'' || [[Steve Vai]] ||-
|}

===October–December===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="67" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''O<br />C<br />T<br />O<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="8" align="center" |1
| ''[[No Prayer for the Dying]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] ||-
|-
| ''Dr. Adamski's Musical Pharmacy'' || [[Adamski]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Better Off Dead (album)|Better Off Dead]]'' || [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hell's Ditch]]'' || [[The Pogues]] || –
|-
| ''[[Dannii (album)|Dannii]]'' || [[Dannii Minogue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Go West Young Man (Michael W. Smith album)|Go West Young Man]]'' || [[Michael W. Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The La's (album)|The La's]]'' || [[The La's]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Exitos de Gloria Estefan]]'' || [[Gloria Estefan]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |2
| ''[[Crawdaddy (album)|Crawdaddy]]'' || [[Darling Buds]] || US
|-
| ''[[Jordan: The Comeback]]'' || [[Prefab Sprout]] || US
|-
| ''[[New Inside]]'' || [[Tiffany Darwish|Tiffany]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |5
| ''[[This Is Our Music (Galaxie 500 album)|This Is Our Music]]'' || [[Galaxie 500]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wrong Way Up]]'' || [[Brian Eno]] and [[John Cale]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |8
| ''[[Enlightenment (Van Morrison album)|Enlightenment]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band (album)|Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band]]'' || [[Ringo Starr]] || Live
|-
| ''Themes – Volume 1: March 79 – April 82'' || [[Simple Minds]] || Box set
|-
| ''Themes – Volume 3: September 85 – June 87'' || [[Simple Minds]] || Box set
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |9
| ''[[Change of Season]]'' || [[Hall & Oates]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Edge of the Century]]'' || [[Styx (band)|Styx]] ||-
|-
| ''FUN '90'' || [[Mekons]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Girls Girls Girls (Elvis Costello album)|Girls, Girls, Girls]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Seasons in the Abyss]]'' || [[Slayer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shooting Straight in the Dark]]'' || [[Mary Chapin Carpenter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Souls of Black]]'' || [[Testament (band)|Testament]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |15
| ''[[Led Zeppelin Remasters|Remasters]]'' || [[Led Zeppelin]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Rhythm of the Saints]]'' || [[Paul Simon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bona Drag]]'' || [[Morrissey]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Themes – Volume 4: February 89 – May 90'' || [[Simple Minds]] || Box set
|-
| ''[[Nowhere (album)|Nowhere]]'' || [[Ride (band)|Ride]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center" |16
| ''[[Back from Hell]]'' || [[Run-DMC|Run-D.M.C.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brand New Dance (album)|Brand New Dance]]'' || [[Emmylou Harris]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hack (album)|Hack]]'' || [[Information Society (band)|Information Society]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982–1983]]'' || [[10,000 Maniacs]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Hindu Love Gods (album)|Hindu Love Gods]]'' || [[Hindu Love Gods (band)|Hindu Love Gods]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hold Me Up]]'' || [[Goo Goo Dolls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Private Times...and the Whole 9!]]'' || [[Al B. Sure!]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Recycler (ZZ Top album)|Recycler]]'' || [[ZZ Top]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Geto Boys (album)|The Geto Boys]]'' || [[Geto Boys]] || Remix
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |22
| ''[[Slaves & Masters]]'' || [[Deep Purple]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Behaviour (Pet Shop Boys album)|Behaviour]]'' || [[Pet Shop Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heart Still Beating]]'' || [[Roxy Music]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Vision Thing (album)|Vision Thing]]'' || [[The Sisters of Mercy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Greatest Hits, So Far]]'' || [[Public Image Ltd.]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Cure for Sanity]]'' || [[Pop Will Eat Itself]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kool-Aid (album)|Kool-Aid]]'' || [[Big Audio Dynamite II]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |23
| ''458489'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] || US; compilation
|-
| ''[[Billy's Live Bait]]'' || [[Gear Daddies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Circle Slide]]'' || [[The Choir (alternative rock band)|The Choir]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Faith Hope Love]]'' || [[King's X]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Life (Inspiral Carpets album)|Life]]'' || [[Inspiral Carpets]] || US
|-
| ''[[Some Friendly]]'' || [[The Charlatans (English band)|The Charlatans]] || US
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |29
| ''[[Led Zeppelin Boxed Set|Led Zeppelin]]'' || [[Led Zeppelin]] || Boxed Set
|-
| ''[[Choke (album)|Choke]]'' || [[The Beautiful South]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3]]'' || [[Traveling Wilburys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center" |30
| ''[[Down to Earth (Monie Love album)|Down To Earth]]'' || [[Monie Love]] ||- 
|-
| ''[[Ghost of a Dog]]'' || [[Edie Brickell & New Bohemians]] ||-
|-
| ''[[If There Was a Way]]'' || [[Dwight Yoakam]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Interiors (Rosanne Cash album)|Interiors]]'' || [[Rosanne Cash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lennon (album)|Lennon]]'' || [[John Lennon]] || Box set
|-
| ''[[Red Hot + Blue]]'' || Various Artists || [[Cole Porter]] tribute
|-
| ''[[Taste of Chocolate]]'' || [[Big Daddy Kane]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Christmas (Patti LaBelle album)|This Christmas]]'' || [[Patti LaBelle]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Too Dark Park]]'' || [[Skinny Puppy]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |31
| ''Raygun... Naked Raygun'' || [[Naked Raygun]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |?
| ''[[Up from the Ashes (Don Dokken album)|Up from the Ashes]]'' || [[Don Dokken]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gling-Gló]]'' || [[Björk Guðmundsdóttir & tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="42" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''N<br />O<br />V<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="7" align="center" |5
| ''[[Don't Explain (Robert Palmer album)|Don't Explain]]'' || [[Robert Palmer]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Mixed Up (The Cure album)|Mixed Up]]'' || [[The Cure]] || UK; Remix album
|-
| ''[[Serious Hits... Live!]]'' || [[Phil Collins]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Tripping the Live Fantastic]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Reverberation (album)|Reverberation]]'' || [[Echo and the Bunnymen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Refugees of the Heart]]'' || [[Steve Winwood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches]]'' || [[Happy Mondays]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" align="center" |6
| ''[[Birdbrain (album)|Birdbrain]]'' || [[Buffalo Tom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Brief History of the Twentieth Century]]'' || [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Cake (album)|Cake]]'' || [[The Trash Can Sinatras]] || US
|-
| ''[[Coma of Souls]]'' || [[Kreator]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Crazy World (Scorpions album)|Crazy World]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] ||-
|-
| ''The Dancing Years'' || [[Shriekback]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I'm Your Baby Tonight]]'' || [[Whitney Houston]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Put Yourself in My Shoes]]'' || [[Clint Black]] ||-
|-
| ''Somewhere Soon'' || [[The High]] || US
|-
| ''[[Stick It Live]]'' || [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]] || Live EP
|-
| ''Syntonic'' || [[Kon Kan]] || US
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|''[[Risky (album)|Risky]]''
|[[B'z]]
| –
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |8
| ''[[To Be Continued (Elton John album)|To Be Continued]]'' || [[Elton John]] || Box set + 4 new tracks
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |12
| ''[[Ven Conmigo (album)|Ven Conmigo]]'' || [[Selena]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rhythm of Love (Kylie Minogue album)|Rhythm of Love]]'' || [[Kylie Minogue]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |13
| ''[[Mermaids (soundtrack)|Mermaids soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || US; soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Anything Is Possible (Debbie Gibson album)|Anything Is Possible]]'' || [[Debbie Gibson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blast the Human Flower]]'' || [[Danielle Dax]] || US
|-
| ''[[Five Man Acoustical Jam]]'' || [[Tesla (band)|Tesla]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Gala (album)|Gala]]'' || [[Lush (band)|Lush]] || US
|-
| ''[[The Immaculate Collection]]'' || [[Madonna]] || Greatest hits + 2 new tracks
|-
| ''Standards'' || [[The Alarm]] || US; Compilation
|-
| align="center" |15
| ''[[Naïve (album)|Naïve]]'' || [[KMFDM]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |16
| ''[[GodWeenSatan: The Oneness]]'' || [[Ween]] || Debut
|-
| align="center" |19
| ''[[Shaking the Tree]]'' || [[Peter Gabriel]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |20
| ''[[Casino (Blue Rodeo album)|Casino]]'' || [[Blue Rodeo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ferociously Stoned]]'' || [[Cherry Poppin' Daddies]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Heartbreak Station]]'' || [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]] ||-
|-
| ''This Is a Collective'' || [[Consolidated (band)|Consolidated]] || EP
|-
| align="center" |23
| ''[[Against the Grain (Bad Religion album)|Against the Grain]]'' || [[Bad Religion]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |26
| ''[[A Social Grace]]'' || [[Psychotic Waltz]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |27
| ''[[Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast]]'' || [[Kid Rock]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Ralph Tresvant (album)|Ralph Tresvant]]'' || [[Ralph Tresvant]] || Solo debut
|-
| ''[[Rising (Donovan album)|Rising]]'' || [[Donovan]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Now! That's What I Call Music 18 (U.K. series)|Now! That's What I Call Music 18]]'' || Various Artists || UK; compilation
|-
| rowspan="14" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''D<br />E<br />C<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| align="center" |3
| ''[[MCMXC a.D.]]'' || [[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |4
| ''[[Grains of Sand (album)|Grains of Sand]]'' || [[The Mission UK]] || US
|-
| ''[[Home Alone (soundtrack)|Home Alone]]'' || [[John Williams]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[One for All (Brand Nubian album)|One for All]]'' || [[Brand Nubian]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Simpsons Sing the Blues]]'' || [[The Simpsons]] || Debut
|-
| align="center" |10
| ''[[Live at Hammersmith '84]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |11
| ''[[Devo's Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Devo]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Devo's Greatest Misses]]'' || Devo || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Raw and the Remix]]'' || [[Fine Young Cannibals]] || Remixes and alternate versions
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |18
| ''[[Gonna Make You Sweat]]'' || [[C+C Music Factory]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Business as Usual (EPMD album)|Business as Usual]]'' || [[EPMD]] ||-
|-
| ''[[99% (Meat Beat Manifesto album)|99%]]'' || [[Meat Beat Manifesto]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |?
| ''[[Obey the Time]]'' || [[The Durutti Column]] ||-
|}

===Release date unknown===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
*''[[1234 (Propaganda album)|1234]]'' – [[Propaganda (band)|Propaganda]] 
*''[[1888 (album)|1888]]'' – [[Death in June]]/[[Current 93]]
*''[[1990 (Daniel Johnston album)|1990]]'' – [[Daniel Johnston]]
*''2nd Avenue'' – [[Idle Cure]]
*''[[Anam (album)|Anam]]'' – [[Clannad]]
*''[[Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room]]'' – [[Swans (band)|Swans]]
*''Anonymous Confessions of a Lunatic Friend'' – [[Bryan Duncan]]
*''[[The Apprentice (album)|The Apprentice]]'' – [[John Martyn]]
*''[[Are You Okay?]]'' – [[Was (Not Was)]]
*''[[As I Came of Age]]'' – [[Sarah Brightman]]
*''[[Bang! (Corey Hart album)|Bang!]]'' – [[Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart]]
*''[[Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today]]'' – [[McCarthy (band)|McCarthy]]
*''[[Because It's Christmas]]'' – [[Barry Manilow]]
*''[[Beers, Steers, and Queers]]'' – [[Revolting Cocks]]
*''[[Best of the West Rides Again]]'' – [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]]
*''[[Beyond Thee Infinite Beat]]'' – [[Psychic TV]]
*''[[Blood Guts & Pussy]]'' – [[The Dwarves]]
*''[[Blue Pacific (album)|Blue Pacific]]'' – [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]]
*''[[The Blues Brothers Band Live in Montreux]]'' – [[The Blues Brothers]] (live)
*''[[Bluesiana Triangle]]'' – [[Dr. John]]
*''[[Bonafide (Maxi Priest album)|Bonafide]]'' – [[Maxi Priest]]
*''[[Brand New Heavies (album)|Brand New Heavies]]'' – [[Brand New Heavies]]
*''[[Career of Evil: The Metal Years]]'' – [[Blue Öyster Cult]]
*''Chain Reaction'' – [[John Farnham]]
*''[[Christmas, Like a Lullaby]]'' – [[John Denver]] (12/90) 
*''[[Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection]]'' – Various Artists
*''[[The Collection (Kenny G album)|The Collection]]'' – [[Kenny G]] 
*''[[Concrete Jungle (Sway & King Tech album)|Concrete Jungle]]'' – [[Sway & King Tech]]
*''[[Dare to Be Different (album)|Dare to Be Different]]'' – [[Tommy Emmanuel]]
*''[[Debacle: The First Decade]]'' – [[Violent Femmes]]
*''[[Erpland]]'' – [[Ozric Tentacles]]
*''[[Everybody Wants to Shag... The Teardrop Explodes]]'' – [[The Teardrop Explodes]]
*''[[Evergreen Everblue]]'' – [[Raffi]]
*''[[Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions]]'' – [[Killing Joke]]
*''[[Fakebook (album)|Fakebook]]'' – [[Yo La Tengo]]
*''Fist Sized Chunks'' – [[Skin Yard]]
*''[[The Flower That Shattered the Stone]]'' – [[John Denver]] (9/90) 
*''[[From a Scream to a Whisper]]'' – [[Lowlife (band)|Lowlife]]
*''[[Garista]]'' (re-release) – [[:zoviet*france:]]
*''[[Ghost (Ghost album)|Ghost]]'' – [[Ghost (1984 band)|Ghost]]
*''[[Gloryline]]'' – [[Dreams So Real]]
*''[[Greatest Hits 1977–1990]]'' – [[The Stranglers]]
*''[[Groovy, Laidback and Nasty]]'' – [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]]
*''[[Head (The Jesus Lizard album)|Head]]'' - [[The Jesus Lizard]]
*''[[Heartbeats Accelerating]]'' – [[Kate and Anna McGarrigle]]
*''[[Hell with the Lid Off]]'' – [[MC 900 Ft. Jesus]]
*''[[Here Comes Trouble (Scatterbrain album)|Here Comes Trouble]]'' – [[Scatterbrain (band)|Scatterbrain]]
*''High Wire'' – [[Ernie Isley]]
*''[[Hispanic Causing Panic]]'' – [[Kid Frost]] (7/10/90)
*''Holy Soldier'' – [[Holy Soldier]]
*''[[Home (Hothouse Flowers album)|Home]]'' – [[Hothouse Flowers]]  
*''[[Horse Opera]]'' – [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]]
*''[[The House of Love (1990 album)|The House of Love]]'' – [[The House of Love]] 
*''Hot Chocolate Massage'' – [[Tiny Lights]]
*''[[Iced Earth (album)|Iced Earth]]'' – [[Iced Earth]] (debut) – Released in Europe only (11/90) 
*''In Scarlet Storm'' – [[David Zaffiro]]
*''[[I've Got That Old Feeling]]'' – [[Alison Krauss]]
*''Knock, Breath, Shine'' – [[Jacob's Trouble]]
*''[[The Last Temptation of Reid]]'' – [[Lard (band)|Lard]]
*''[[Live at the China Club]]'' – [[Dramarama]] 
*''[[Live at the Roxy Club]]'' – [[Sham 69]]
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*''Lofcaudio'' – [[Mastedon]]
*''[[Lost Souls (The Raindogs album)|Lost Souls]]'' – [[The Raindogs]]
*''[[Love Is Strange (album)|Love Is Strange]]'' – [[Kenny Rogers]]
*''[[Lovers Who Wander (The Del-Lords album)|Lovers Who Wander]]'' – [[The Del-Lords]]
*''The Lyrical Strength of One Street Poet'' – [[Danny Rodriguez|D-Boy Rodriguez]]
*''[[The Massacre (The Exploited album)|The Massacre]]'' – [[The Exploited]]
*''Craig McLachlan & Check 1–2'' – [[Craig McLachlan]] & Check 1–2
*''Meet Julie Miller'' – [[Julie Miller]]
*''[[Mek We Dweet]]'' – [[Burning Spear]]
*''[[Merci (Florent Pagny album)|Merci]]'' – [[Florent Pagny]]
*''Midnight Radio'' – [[Big Head Todd and the Monsters]]
*''[[Motive (Red Box album)|Motive]]'' – [[Red Box (band)|Red Box]]
*''[[Neighbourhood Threat]]'' – [[Johnny Crash]] (debut)
*''[[A Night on the Town (Bruce Hornsby album)|A Night on the Town]]'' – [[Bruce Hornsby and the Range]] 
*''[[Nineteen 90]]'' – [[Regine Velasquez]]
*''[[Once Dead (album)|Once Dead]]'' – [[Vengeance Rising]]
*''[[Other Voices (Paul Young album)|Other Voices]]'' – [[Paul Young]] (6/4/90) 
*''[[Oh Suzi Q.]]'' – [[Suzi Quatro]]
*''[[Paintings in My Mind]]'' – [[Tommy Page]]
*''[[Party of One]]'' – [[Nick Lowe]]
*''Pentagram'' – [[Mezarkabul]]
*''Plus Signs'' – [[Burton Cummings]]
*''[[Powerhouse (White Heart album)|Powerhouse]]'' – [[White Heart]]
*''Reflections'' – [[The Shadows]] (final studio album)
*''Return to Samoa'' – [[Angry Samoans]]
*''Rick Elias and the Confessions'' – [[Rick Elias]]
*''Round the Outside, Round the Outside'' – [[Malcolm McLaren]]
*''[[Sack Full of Silver]]'' – [[Thin White Rope]] 
*''[[Seasons of Love (album)|Seasons of Love]]'' – [[Mad at the World]]
*''[[Set the Booty Up Right]]'' (EP) – [[Fishbone]]
*''Shadow in Dreams'' – [[Dennis Rea]]
*''Shake Your Soul'' – [[Baton Rouge]]
*''[[She Hangs Brightly]]'' – [[Mazzy Star]] (5/21/90) 
*''[[Skellington (album)|Skellington]]'' – [[Julian Cope]]
*''[[Skywriting (album)|Skywriting]]'' – [[The Field Mice]]
*''[[Slap!]]'' – [[Chumbawamba]]
*''[[Slappy]]'' – [[Green Day]]
*''[[Sons of Kyuss]]'' – [[Kyuss]] (debut)
*''[[Space Bandits]]'' – [[Hawkwind]] (9/24/90) 
*''[[A Spy in the House of Love (album)|A Spy in the House of Love]]'' – The House of Love
*''[[Sticks and Stones (The 77s album)|Sticks and Stones]]'' – [[The 77s]]
*''[[Stiletto (album)|Stiletto]]'' – [[Lita Ford]]
*''[[Strap It On]]'' – [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]]
*''Sylentiger'' – [[Trytan]]
*''Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To'' – [[Spacemen 3]]
*''[[Talisman (Talisman album)|Talisman]]'' – [[Talisman (band)|Talisman]]
*''[[Ten Commandments (Ozzy Osbourne album)|Ten Commandments]]'' – [[Ozzy Osbourne]] Compilation 
*''[[Toy Matinee]]'' – [[Toy Matinee]]
*''[[Turned On]]'' – [[Rollins Band]]
*''[[Unfun]]'' – [[Jawbreaker (band)|Jawbreaker]]
*''[[Unnatural History (album)|Unnatural History]]'' – [[Coil (band)|Coil]]
*''[[Untitled album by :$OVIET:FRANCE:]]'' – [[:$OVIET:FRANCE:]] (re-release)
*''[[The Vegetarians of Love]]'' – [[Bob Geldof]]
*''[[Volume 2 (Reagan Youth)|Volume 2]]'' – [[Reagan Youth]]
*''[[Waiting for Cousteau]]'' – [[Jean Michel Jarre]]
*''Walkin' in Faith'' – Angelica
*''Weapons of our Warfare'' – [[Deliverance (metal band)|Deliverance]]
*''Women in the Room'' – [[Zachary Richard]]
*''The Wonder'' – [[Tom Verlaine]]
*''World Power'' – [[Snap!]]
*''[[The Youth Are Getting Restless]]'' (live) – [[Bad Brains]]
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