Editing 1990 in music (section)

===January–March===
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! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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| 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
|-
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