Editing 1991 in music (section)

==Albums released==
{{See also|:Category:1991 albums}}

===January–March===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="24" 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
| ''[[Fly Me Courageous]]'' || [[Drivin N Cryin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|14
| ''[[Soulside Journey]]'' || [[Darkthrone]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Solid Ball of Rock]]'' || [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|15
| ''Eight Track Stomp'' || [[Chickasaw Mudd Puppies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Little Ain't Enough]]'' || [[David Lee Roth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Quik Is the Name]]'' || [[DJ Quik]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Step In the Arena]]'' || [[Gang Starr]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is an EP Release]]'' || [[Digital Underground]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|16
| ''[[2nd Wind]]'' || [[Todd Rundgren]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|21
| ''[[1916 (album)|1916]]'' || [[Motörhead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Soul Cages]]'' || [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|22
| ''[[Into the Light (Gloria Estefan album)|Into the Light]]'' || [[Gloria Estefan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You've Got to Stand for Something]]'' || [[Aaron Tippin]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|24
| ''[[Tyranny (For You)]]'' || [[Front 242]] || US
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center"|29
| ''[[The Singles Collection (The Specials album)|The Singles Collection]]'' || [[The Specials]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Native Son (album)|Native Son]]'' || [[Judybats]] ||-
|-
| ''Candy Carol'' || [[Book of Love (band)|Book of Love]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Divinyls (album)|Divinyls]]'' || [[Divinyls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Doubt (album)|Doubt]]'' || [[Jesus Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''Glad 'N Greasy'' || [[Beat Farmers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mo' Ritmo]]'' || [[Gerardo Mejía|Gerardo]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Party Mix!]]/[[Mesopotamia (EP)|Mesopotamia]]'' || [[The B-52's]] || Re-issue with remixes
|-
| ''[[When You're a Boy]]'' || [[Susanna Hoffs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Uncle Anesthesia]]'' || [[Screaming Trees]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="24" 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"|4
| ''[[Innuendo (album)|Innuendo]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everybody's Angel]]'' || [[Tanita Tikaram]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|5
| ''[[International Pop Overthrow (album)|International Pop Overthrow]]'' || [[Material Issue]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|11
| ''[[Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know!]]'' || [[Another Bad Creation]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|12
| ''Cresta'' || [[The Hollow Men (band)|The Hollow Men]] || US
|-
| ''[[Marc Cohn (album)|Marc Cohn]]'' || [[Marc Cohn]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Saigon Kick (album)|Saigon Kick]]'' || [[Saigon Kick]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|15
| ''[[8-Way Santa]]'' || [[Tad (band)|Tad]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|18
| ''[[Heaven's Open]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|19
| ''[[Green Mind]]'' || [[Dinosaur Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ink (The Fixx album)|Ink]]'' || [[The Fixx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Name Above the Title]]'' || [[John Wesley Harding (singer)|John Wesley Harding]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Night Ride Home]]'' || [[Joni Mitchell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Road Apples (album)|Road Apples]]'' || [[The Tragically Hip]] || US
|-
| ''[[Young Black Teenagers (album)|Young Black Teenagers]]'' || [[Young Black Teenagers]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|20
| ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' || [[Nova Mob]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lo Flux Tube]]'' || [[OLD (band)|OLD]]
| –
|-
| ''[[Piouhgd]]'' || [[Butthole Surfers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|25
| ''[[Auberge (album)|Auberge]]'' || [[Chris Rea]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On the Prowl (Loudness album)|On the Prowl]]'' || [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] || Self-cover album
|-
| align="center"|26
| ''[[Hooked (Great White album)|Hooked]]'' || [[Great White]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|?
| ''[[Different World (Uriah Heep album)|Different World]]'' || [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Frigid Stars LP]]'' || [[Codeine (band)|Codeine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Recurring (album)|Recurring]]'' || [[Spacemen 3]] || US
|-
| rowspan="47" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''M<br>A<br>R<br>C<br>H'''
| rowspan="5" align="center"|4
| ''[[Kill Uncle]]'' || [[Morrissey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ex:el]]'' || [[808 State]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peggy Suicide]]'' || [[Julian Cope]] || UK; 7 May in US; Double Album
|-
| ''[[Ray (Frazier Chorus album)|Ray]]'' || [[Frazier Chorus]]- 
| –
|-
| ''[[The White Room (KLF album)|The White Room]]'' || [[The KLF]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|5
| ''[[Dollars & Sex]]'' || [[The Escape Club]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Jack City (soundtrack)|New Jack City]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Heart in Motion]]'' || [[Amy Grant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Time for a Witness]]'' || [[The Feelies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Truly Blessed]]'' || [[Teddy Pendergrass]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|6
| ''[[Extremely Live]]'' || [[Vanilla Ice]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center"|12
| ''[[Black and White (BoDeans album)|Black and White]]'' || [[BoDeans]] ||-
|-
| ''Cereal Killers'' || [[Too Much Joy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Freakshow (BulletBoys album)|Freakshow]]'' || [[BulletBoys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Free (Rick Astley album)|Free]]'' || [[Rick Astley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live Hardcore Worldwide]]'' || [[Boogie Down Productions]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Mind Funk (album)|Mind Funk]]'' || [[Mind Funk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Out of Time (album)|Out of Time]]'' || [[R.E.M.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Real Ramona]]'' || [[Throwing Muses]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unreal World]]'' || [[The Godfathers]] || US
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|15
| ''[[Goat (album)|Goat]]'' || [[The Jesus Lizard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love's Secret Domain]]'' || [[Coil (band)|Coil]] || US
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|18
| ''[[Outland (Gary Numan album)|Outland]]'' || [[Gary Numan]] || –
|-
| ''[[Gothic (Paradise Lost album)|Gothic]]'' || [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Capitol Collectors Series (Jo Stafford album)|Capitol Collectors Series]]'' || Jo Stafford ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Eurythmics album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Eurythmics]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|19
| ''[[Bag-a-Trix]]'' || [[Whodini]] ||- 
|-
| ''[[Chill of an Early Fall]]'' || [[George Strait]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Make Way for the Motherlode]]'' || [[Yo-Yo (rapper)|Yo-Yo]] ||-
|-
| ''Prince of the Deep Water'' || [[The Blessing (rock band)|The Blessing]] ||- 
|-
| align="center"|21
| ''[[Checkin' Out the Ghosts]]'' || [[Kim Carnes]] || Japan
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |25
| ''[[Joyride (Roxette album)|Joyride]]'' || [[Roxette]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vagabond Heart]]'' || [[Rod Stewart]] ||-
|-
| ''Now! That's What I Call Music 19'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" |26
| ''[[The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[The Human Factor (album)|The Human Factor]]'' || [[Metal Church]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lean Into It]]'' || [[Mr. Big (American band)|Mr. Big]] ||-
|-
| ''No Warning'' || [[Dave Wakeling]] || US
|-
| ''[[Places I Have Never Been]]'' || [[Willie Nile]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ribbed]]'' || [[NOFX]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strength (Enuff Z'nuff album)|Strength]]'' || [[Enuff Z'nuff]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|27
| ''[[Good-bye My Loneliness (album)|Good-bye My Loneliness]]'' || [[Zard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spiderland]]'' || [[Slint]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|?
| ''Dance to the Holy Man'' || [[The Silencers (band)|The Silencers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In the Kingdom]]'' || [[Whitecross (band)|Whitecross]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Infidel (album)|The Infidel]]'' || [[Doubting Thomas (band)|Doubting Thomas]] || Debut
|-
|}

===April–June===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="45" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br>P<br>R<br>I<br>L'''
| rowspan="2" align="center"|1
| ''[[King of the Jews (album)|King of the Jews]]'' || [[Oxbow (band)|Oxbow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[School of Fish (album)|School of Fish]]'' || [[School of Fish]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|2
| ''[[Arise (Sepultura album)|Arise]]'' || [[Sepultura]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mama Said (album)|Mama Said]]'' || [[Lenny Kravitz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mane Attraction]]'' || [[White Lion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Word of Mouth (Mike + The Mechanics album)|Word of Mouth]]'' || [[Mike + The Mechanics]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|8
| ''[[Blue Lines]]'' || [[Massive Attack]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Flashpoint (album)|Flashpoint]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] || Live +2 new studio tracks
|-
| ''[[Real Life (Simple Minds album)|Real Life]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|9
| ''[[The Ghosts That Haunt Me]]'' || [[Crash Test Dummies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[True Love (Pat Benatar album)|True Love]]'' || [[Pat Benatar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[L'Autre...]]'' || [[Mylène Farmer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Ten Commandments (Malevolent Creation album)|The Ten Commandments]]'' || [[Malevolent Creation]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|15
| ''[[Brotherhood (The Doobie Brothers album)|Brotherhood]]'' || [[The Doobie Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One from the Vault]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld]]'' || [[The Orb]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|16
| ''[[Alanis (album)|Alanis]]'' || [[Alanis Morissette]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || 2 discs; Live
|-
| ''[[LaTour (album)|LaTour]]'' || [[LaTour]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Ripe (Banderas album)|Ripe]]'' || [[Banderas (duo)|Banderas]] || US
|-
| ''[[Temple of the Dog (album)|Temple of the Dog]]'' || [[Temple of the Dog]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Way to Salvation]]'' || [[King Missile]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
|''[[Luna Sea (Luna Sea album)|Luna Sea]]''
|[[Luna Sea]]
|Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|22
| ''[[Hoodoo (Alison Moyet album)|Hoodoo]]'' || [[Alison Moyet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shift-Work (album)|Shift-Work]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center"|23
| ''[[13 Engines]]'' || [[13 Engines]] || US
|-
| ''[[And Now the Legacy Begins]]'' || [[Dream Warriors (band)|Dream Warriors]] || US
|-
| ''[[Flyin' the Flannel]]'' || [[Firehose (band)|Firehose]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kinky (Hoodoo Gurus album)|Kinky]]'' || [[Hoodoo Gurus]] || US
|-
| ''[[Ordinary Average Guy]]'' || [[Joe Walsh]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Reality of My Surroundings]]'' || [[Fishbone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Renegade (Charlie Daniels album)|Renegade]]'' || [[Charlie Daniels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Time, Love & Tenderness]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|26
| ''[[Power of Love (Luther Vandross album)|Power of Love]]'' || [[Luther Vandross]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|29
| ''[[Whirlpool (Chapterhouse album)|Whirlpool]]'' || [[Chapterhouse (band)|Chapterhouse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Space I'm In]]'' || [[The Candyskins]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|30
| ''Birdland'' || [[Birdland (band)|Birdland]] || US
|-
| ''[[Cooleyhighharmony]]'' || [[Boyz II Men]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Laughter & Lust]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fred Schneider and the Shake Society|Fred Schneider]]'' || [[Fred Schneider]] || Re-issue
|-
| ''[[Spartacus (The Farm album)|Spartacus]]'' || [[The Farm (British band)|The Farm]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Union (Yes album)|Union]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Why Do Birds Sing?]]'' || [[Violent Femmes]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|?
| ''[[The Drill (album)|The Drill]]'' || [[Wire (band)|Wire]]
| –
|-
| ''[[The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill]]'' || [[The Young Gods]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="44" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''M<br>A<br>Y'''
| align="center"|2
| ''[[Blessed Are the Sick]]'' || [[Morbid Angel]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|3
| ''[[Bullhead (album)|Bullhead]]'' || [[Melvins]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|6
| ''Legenda'' || [[Armia]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center"|7
| ''[[5,000,000]]'' || [[Dread Zeppelin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Best of The Waterboys 81–90]]'' || [[The Waterboys]] || US
|-
| ''[[Friendly Fa$cism]]'' || [[Consolidated (band)|Consolidated]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hard at Play]]'' || [[Huey Lewis and the News]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peggy Suicide]]'' || [[Julian Cope]] || US
|-
| ''[[Schubert Dip]]'' || [[EMF (band)|EMF]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Star Time (album)|Star Time]]'' || [[James Brown]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Sugar Tax (album)|Sugar Tax]]'' || [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Terminator X & The Valley of the Jeep Beets]]'' || [[Terminator X]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|13
| ''[[De La Soul Is Dead]]'' || [[De La Soul]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pop Life (Bananarama album)|Pop Life]]'' || [[Bananarama]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Positively Phranc]]'' || [[Phranc]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center"|14
| ''[[Don't Rock the Jukebox]]'' || [[Alan Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[God Fodder]]'' || [[Ned's Atomic Dustbin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Maria Dimension]]'' || [[The Legendary Pink Dots]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mighty Like a Rose]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] ||-
|-
| ''[[O.G. Original Gangster]]'' || [[Ice-T]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sailing the Seas of Cheese]]'' || [[Primus (band)|Primus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spellbound (Paula Abdul album)|Spellbound]]'' || [[Paula Abdul]] ||-
|-
| ''What Comes Around Goes Around'' || [[Tuff (band)|Tuff]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Yerself Is Steam]]'' || [[Mercury Rev]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|17
| ''[[Whispers (Thomas Anders album)|Whispers]]'' || [[Thomas Anders]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|20
| ''[[Seal (1991 album)|Seal]]'' || [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] || Live acoustic
|-
| ''Shadow Thief of the Sun'' || [[Zoviet France]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|21
| ''[[Pink Bubbles Go Ape]]'' || [[Helloween]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slinky]]'' || [[Milltown Brothers]] || US
|-
| align="center"|25
| ''[[Virtual Rabbit]]'' || [[Susumu Hirasawa]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|27
| ''[[Seamonsters]]'' || [[The Wedding Present]] ||-
|-
| ''Shahbaaz'' || [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|28
| ''[[Electronic (album)|Electronic]]'' || [[Electronic (band)|Electronic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Forever My Lady]]'' || [[Jodeci]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Gish]]'' || [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Jungle Fever (soundtrack)|Jungle Fever]]'' || [[Stevie Wonder]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Like an Ever Flowing Stream]]'' || [[Dismember (band)|Dismember]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Never Loved Elvis]]'' || [[The Wonder Stuff]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Niggaz4Life]]'' || [[N.W.A]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|29
|''[[Mars (B'z album)|Mars]]''
|[[B'z]]
|EP
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|?
| ''[[Contradictions Collapse]]'' || [[Meshuggah]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Grippe (album)|Grippe]]'' || [[Jawbox]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rumor and Sigh]]'' || [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="35" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''J<br>U<br>N<br>E'''
| rowspan="2" align="center"|3
| ''[[Fellow Hoodlums]]'' || [[Deacon Blue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love and Kisses (Dannii Minogue album)|Love and Kisses]]'' || [[Dannii Minogue]] ||UK
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|4
| ''[[Back on the Bus, Y'all]]'' || [[Indigo Girls]] ||Live
|-
| ''[[Funke, Funke Wisdom]]'' || [[Kool Moe Dee]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Make a Jazz Noise Here]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||Live
|-
| align="center"|6
| ''[[White Light From the Mouth of Infinity ]]'' || [[Swans (band)|Swans]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|10
| ''[[The Mix (Kraftwerk album)|The Mix]]'' || [[Kraftwerk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Superstition (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Superstition]]'' || [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|11
| ''[[Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991]]'' || [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] ||-
|-
| ''Owl'' || Nathalie Archangel ||-
|-
| ''[[Prime of My Life]]'' || [[Phyllis Hyman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slave to the Grind]]'' || [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slow, Deep and Hard]]'' || [[Type O Negative]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unforgettable... with Love]]'' || [[Natalie Cole]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Warm Your Heart]]'' || [[Aaron Neville]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|14
| ''[[You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || 2 discs; Live
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|18
| ''[[Love Hurts (Cher album)|Love Hurts]]'' || [[Cher]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Derelicts of Dialect]]'' || [[3rd Bass]] ||-
|-
| ''[[For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge]]'' || [[Van Halen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Turtle Soup (Mock Turtles album)|Turtle Soup]]'' || [[The Mock Turtles]] || US
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|24
| ''[[Holidays in Eden]]'' || [[Marillion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unusual Heat]]'' || [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Baby (Yello album)|Baby]]'' || [[Yello]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|25
| ''[[All Souled Out]]'' || [[Pete Rock & CL Smooth]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Attack of the Killer B's]]'' || [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] || Rarities album
|-
| ''[[Electric Landlady]]'' || [[Kirsty MacColl]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fireball Zone]]'' || [[Ric Ocasek]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hollywood Vampires (L.A. Guns album)|Hollywood Vampires]]'' || [[L.A. Guns]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Luck of the Draw (album)|Luck of the Draw]]'' || [[Bonnie Raitt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Surprise (Crystal Waters album)|Surprise]]'' || [[Crystal Waters]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|?
| ''[[Twilight of the Gods (album)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' || [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Solace (Sarah McLachlan album)|Solace]]'' || [[Sarah McLachlan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Forest (album)|The Forest]]'' || [[David Byrne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Tea Party (album)|The Tea Party]]'' || [[The Tea Party (band)|The Tea Party]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[United States of Islam]]'' || [[Muslimgauze]] ||-
|-
|}

===July–September===
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|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="51" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br>U<br>L<br>Y'''
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[13-Point Program to Destroy America]]''|| [[The Nation of Ulysses]]||-
|-
| ''[[1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours]]'' || [[Green Day]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Butchered at Birth]]'' || [[Cannibal Corpse]] ||-
|-
|''[[Jealousy (X Japan album)|Jealousy]]'' || [[X Japan]]|| –
|-
| ''[[Psycho Surgery]]'' || [[Tourniquet (band)|Tourniquet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pure Poverty]]'' || [[Poor Righteous Teachers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Sky is Falling and I Want My Mommy]]'' || [[Jello Biafra]] & [[Nomeansno]] ||-
|-
| ''[[To Mother (EP)|To Mother]]'' || [[Babes in Toyland (band)|Babes in Toyland]] || EP
|-
| ''Tumor Circus'' || [[Tumor Circus]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Victory Gardens]]'' || [[John & Mary]] || US
|-
| ''[[The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume One]]'' || [[Rich Mullins]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center"|2
| ''[[Different Lifestyles]]'' || [[BeBe & CeCe Winans]] ||-
|-
| ''Dying Young: Original Soundtrack Album'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Hey Stoopid]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Into the Great Wide Open]]'' || [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peaceful Journey]]'' || [[Heavy D & the Boyz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Ruler's Back]]'' || [[Slick Rick]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shades of Two Worlds]]'' || [[The Allman Brothers Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trisha Yearwood (album)|Trisha Yearwood]]'' || [[Trisha Yearwood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[We Can't Be Stopped]]'' || [[Geto Boys]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|3
| ''[[Am I Cool or What?]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|9
| ''[[Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Boyz n the Hood (soundtrack)|Boyz n the Hood]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Forbidden Places]]'' || [[Meat Puppets]] ||-
|-
| ''James'' || [[James (band)|James]] || US
|-
| ''Starcaster'' || Head Candy || Debut
|-
| ''[[When Love Comes Down]]'' || [[Jimi Jamison]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Woodface]]'' || [[Crowded House]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|15
| ''[[Baby Teeth (Therapy? album)|Babyteeth]]'' || [[Therapy?]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|16
| ''[[Biscuits (EP)|Biscuits]]'' || [[Living Colour]] || EP
|-
| ''[[The Globe (album)|The Globe]]'' || [[Big Audio Dynamite II]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Straight Checkn 'Em]]'' || [[Compton's Most Wanted]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vocally Pimpin']]'' || [[Above the Law (group)|Above the Law]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|22
| ''[[Frequencies (album)|Frequencies]]'' || [[LFO (British band)|LFO]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center"|23
| ''[[Breaking Atoms]]'' || [[Main Source]] ||-
|-
| ''[[C.M.B.]]'' || [[Color Me Badd]] ||Debut
|-
| ''Circa'' || [[Mary's Danish]] ||-
|-
| ''Emotional Hooligan'' || [[Gary Clail]] || US
|-
| ''[[Homebase (album)|Homebase]]'' || [[DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]] ||-
|-
| ''[[João (album)|João]]'' || [[João Gilberto]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Music for the People (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch album)|Music for the People]]'' || [[Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Play (Squeeze album)|Play]]'' || [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|26
| ''[[Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge]]'' || [[Mudhoney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Praise the Lard]]'' || [[Pig (musical project)|Pig]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|30
| ''[[A Future Without a Past...]]'' || [[Leaders of the New School]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Day 1 (album)|Day 1]]'' || [[Robbie Nevil]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jah Kingdom]]'' || [[Burning Spear]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Widespread Panic (album)|Widespread Panic]]'' || [[Widespread Panic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[World Outside]]'' || [[The Psychedelic Furs]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|?
| ''[[Steady Diet of Nothing]]'' || [[Fugazi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slavestate]]'' || [[Godflesh]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="34" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br>U<br>G<br>U<br>S<br>T'''
| align="center"|5
| ''[[Brainstorm (album)|Brainstorm]]'' || [[Young MC]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|6
| ''[[1000 Smiling Knuckles]]'' || [[Skin Yard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ask the Ages]]'' || [[Sonny Sharrock]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Harem Scarem (album)|Harem Scarem]]'' || [[Harem Scarem]] ||-
|-
| ''Madra'' || [[Miranda Sex Garden]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience]]'' || [[P.M. Dawn]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Perspex Island]]'' || [[Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|12
| ''[[Metallica (album)|Metallica]]'' || [[Metallica]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mental Vortex]]'' || [[Coroner (band)|Coroner]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|13
| ''[[Brand New Man]]'' || [[Brooks & Dunn]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Cypress Hill (album)|Cypress Hill]]'' || [[Cypress Hill]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Mr. Bungle (album)|Mr. Bungle]]'' || [[Mr. Bungle]] || Debut
|-
| align="center"|16
| ''[[Sebadoh III|III]]'' || [[Sebadoh]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|19
| ''[[Strangeitude]]'' || [[Ozric Tentacles]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|20
| ''[[The Comfort Zone (album)|The Comfort Zone]]'' || [[Vanessa L. Williams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Help Yourself (Julian Lennon album)|Help Yourself]]'' || [[Julian Lennon]] || US
|-
| ''[[Honey Lingers]]'' || [[Voice of the Beehive]] || US
|-
| ''[[Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble]]'' || [[Transvision Vamp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Notorious (Joan Jett album)|Notorious]]'' || [[Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pocket Full of Kryptonite]]'' || [[Spin Doctors]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|23
| ''[[Mistaken Identity (Donna Summer album)|Mistaken Identity]]'' || [[Donna Summer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paradise Lost (Cirith Ungol album)|Paradise Lost]]'' || [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" align="center"|27
| ''[[Leisure (album)|Leisure]]'' || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Aces (album)|Aces]]'' || [[Suzy Bogguss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Altered State (Altered State album)|Altered State]]'' || [[Altered State (band)|Altered State]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Backlash (Bad English album)|Backlash]]'' || [[Bad English]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Big Shot in the Dark]]'' || [[Timbuk3]] ||-
|-
| ''[[fear (Toad the Wet Sprocket album)|fear]]'' || [[Toad the Wet Sprocket]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Fire Inside (Bob Seger album)|The Fire Inside]]'' || [[Bob Seger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Need a Haircut]]'' || [[Biz Markie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lovescape]]'' || [[Neil Diamond]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Prodigal Stranger]]'' || [[Procol Harum]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ten (Pearl Jam album)|Ten]]'' || [[Pearl Jam]] || Debut
|-
| align="center"|?
| ''[[Scrabbling at the Lock]]'' || [[The Ex (band)|The Ex]] & [[Tom Cora]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="66" 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="5" align="center"|2
| ''[[Guaranteed (Level 42 album)|Guaranteed]]'' || [[Level 42]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Catfish Rising]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Just for a Day]]'' || [[Slowdive]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ropin' the Wind]]'' || [[Garth Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tin Machine II]]'' || [[Tin Machine]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|3
| ''[[Roll the Bones]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Horrorscope (Overkill album)|Horrorscope]]'' || [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nature of a Sista']]'' || [[Queen Latifah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Naughty by Nature (album)|Naughty by Nature]]'' || [[Naughty by Nature]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ratt & Roll 81–91]]'' || [[Ratt]] || Greatest Hits
|-
| ''[[Travelers and Thieves]]'' || [[Blues Traveler]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|9
| ''[[On Every Street]]'' || [[Dire Straits]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|10
| ''[[Abort (album)|Abort]]'' || [[Tribe (band)|Tribe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blow Up (The Smithereens album)|Blow Up]]'' || [[The Smithereens]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Force Behind the Power]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Leap of Faith (Kenny Loggins album)|Leap of Faith]]'' || [[Kenny Loggins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Psychotic Supper]]'' || [[Tesla (band)|Tesla]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Showstoppers (album)|Showstoppers]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[Screw It!]]'' || [[Danger Danger]] || Japanese release date
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|16
| ''[[Foxbase Alpha]]'' || [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]] ||<ref name=beeb>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/b33c43da-5fe9-4595-9172-b4083c74e891 |title=Was September 1991 the best month ever for albums? |last1=Richards |first1=Sam |date=16 September 2016 |website=[[bbc.co.uk]]|access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Laughing Stock]]'' || [[Talk Talk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wings of Joy]]'' || [[Cranes (band)|Cranes]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center"|17
| ''[[Use Your Illusion I]]'' || [[Guns N' Roses]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Use Your Illusion II]]'' || [[Guns N' Roses]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No More Tears]]'' || [[Ozzy Osbourne]] || US
|-
| ''[[Emotions (Mariah Carey album)|Emotions]]'' || [[Mariah Carey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pretty on the Inside]]'' || [[Hole (band)|Hole]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Act Like You Know]]'' || [[MC Lyte]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ain't a Damn Thang Changed]]'' || [[WC and the Maad Circle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Best O' Boingo]]'' || [[Oingo Boingo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Don't Try This at Home (Billy Bragg album)|Don't Try This at Home]]'' || [[Billy Bragg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Still Feel Gone]]'' || [[Uncle Tupelo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|19
| ''[[Mad Mad World]]'' || [[Tom Cochrane]] || Canada; released in US in Feb '92
|-
| align="center"|20
| ''[[The Pod]]'' || [[Ween]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|23
| ''[[Decade of Decadence]]'' || [[Mötley Crüe]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Ceremony (The Cult album)|Ceremony]]'' || [[The Cult]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Screamadelica]]'' || [[Primal Scream]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sigh No More (Gamma Ray album)|Sigh No More]]'' || [[Gamma Ray (band)|Gamma Ray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shake Me Up]]'' || [[Little Feat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trompe le Monde]]'' || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wretch (album)|Wretch]]'' || [[Kyuss]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" align="center"|24
| ''[[Nevermind]]'' || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]'' || [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Waking Up the Neighbours]]'' || [[Bryan Adams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Curtis Stigers (album)|Curtis Stigers]]'' || [[Curtis Stigers]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Face the Nation (Kid 'n Play album)|Face the Nation]]'' || [[Kid 'n Play]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hymns to the Silence]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Low End Theory]]'' || [[A Tribe Called Quest]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Prove You Wrong]]'' || [[Prong (band)|Prong]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Queer (Thompson Twins album)|Queer]]'' || [[Thompson Twins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock the House Live!]]'' || [[Heart (band)|Heart]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Rock 'til You Drop]]'' || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|30
| ''[[Stars (Simply Red album)|Stars]]'' || [[Simply Red]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ebbhead]]'' || [[Nitzer Ebb]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Orbital (1991 album)|Orbital]]'' || [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]] ||Debut<ref name=beeb />
|-
| ''[[Raise (album)|Raise]]'' || [[Swervedriver]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Storyville (album)|Storyville]]'' || [[Robbie Robertson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|?
| ''[[Live Train to Heartbreak Station]]'' || [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]] || Live
|-
| ''Meridian'' || [[Monks of Doom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Ghost Sonata (album)|The Ghost Sonata]]'' || [[Tuxedomoon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Late Night Grande Hotel]]'' || [[Nanci Griffith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Year's Girl (album)|This Year's Girl]]'' || [[Pizzicato Five]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tribal Voice]]'' || [[Yothu Yindi]] ||-
|-
|}

===October–December===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="54" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''O<br>C<br>T<br>O<br>B<br>E<br>R'''
| rowspan="6" align="center"|1
| ''[[Diamonds and Pearls]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] & [[The New Power Generation]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black]]'' || [[Public Enemy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[For My Broken Heart]]'' || [[Reba McEntire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Greatest Hits (Cheap Trick album)|The Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Cheap Trick]] || Greatest Hits
|-
| ''Scamboogery'' || [[Scatterbrain (band)|Scatterbrain]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White Noise (Cop Shoot Cop album)|White Noise]]'' || [[Cop Shoot Cop]] ||-  
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|3
| ''[[Everclear (album)|Everclear]]'' || [[American Music Club]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|4
| ''[[Streets: A Rock Opera]]'' || [[Savatage]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Welcome to My Dream]]'' || [[MC 900 Ft. Jesus]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|7
| ''[[Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|8
| ''[[Badmotorfinger]]'' || [[Soundgarden]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cool as Ice (album)|Cool as Ice]]'' || [[Vanilla Ice]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Miscellaneous T]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] || B-Sides & Remixes
|-
| ''[[Mr. Scarface Is Back]]'' || [[Scarface (rapper)|Scarface]] || Solo Debut
|-
| ''[[To Whom It May Concern...]]'' || [[Freestyle Fellowship]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Whenever We Wanted]]'' || [[John Mellencamp]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|9
| ''[[The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves]]'' || [[Infectious Grooves]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|14
| ''[[The First Letter]]'' || [[Wire (band)|Wire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let's Get to It]]'' || [[Kylie Minogue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live Your Life Be Free]]'' || [[Belinda Carlisle]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|15
| ''[[As Ugly as They Wanna Be]]'' || [[Ugly Kid Joe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chorus (Erasure album)|Chorus]]'' || [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mr. Bad Example]]'' || [[Warren Zevon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Private Line (album)|Private Line]]'' || [[Gerald LeVert]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vinyl (Dramarama album)|Vinyl]]'' || [[Dramarama]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|17
| ''[[The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth]]'' || [[Skyclad (band)|Skyclad]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="13" align="center"|22
| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 soundtrack)|Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| ''[[Dondestan]]'' || [[Robert Wyatt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Effigy of the Forgotten]]'' || [[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Girlfriend (Matthew Sweet album)|Girlfriend]]'' || [[Matthew Sweet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Human (Death album)|Human]]'' || [[Death (metal band)|Death]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Wish My Brother George Was Here]]'' || [[Del the Funky Homosapien]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Mississippi Lad]]'' || [[Teddy Edwards]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pennywise (album)|Pennywise]]'' || [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Second Coming (Shotgun Messiah album)|Second Coming]]'' || [[Shotgun Messiah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin]]'' || Various Artists || Tribute album
|-
| ''[[Weld (album)|Weld]]'' || [[Neil Young]] || Live; initially packaged with ''[[Arc (Neil Young & Crazy Horse album)|Arc]]'' CD
|-
| ''[[A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Black Sheep album)|A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing]]'' || [[Black Sheep (group)|Black Sheep]] || Debut
|-
| ''Wound'' || [[Skin Chamber]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|28
| ''[[Greatest Hits II (Queen album)|Greatest Hits II]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Rush Street (album)|Rush Street]]'' || [[Richard Marx]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|29
| ''[[Death Certificate (album)|Death Certificate]]'' || [[Ice Cube]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Organized Konfusion (album)|Organized Konfusion]]'' || [[Organized Konfusion]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Parallels (album)|Parallels]]'' || [[Fates Warning]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pearl of Great Price (album)|Pearl of Great Price]]'' || [[Will (band)|Will]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Prince of Darkness (Big Daddy Kane album)|Prince of Darkness]]'' || [[Big Daddy Kane]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Too Legit to Quit]]'' || [[MC Hammer|Hammer]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|30
| ''[[Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious]]'' || [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Pocky for Kitty]]'' || [[Superchunk]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|?
| ''[[Cold World (EP)|Cold World]]'' || [[Godflesh]] || EP
|-
|''[[McIntyre, Treadmore and Davitt]]'' || [[Half Man Half Biscuit]] ||-
|-
| ''[[For Keeps (album)|For Keeps]]'' || [[The Field Mice]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Like Never Before]]'' || [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Penny Century (The Clouds album)|Penny Century]]'' || [[The Clouds (Australian band)|The Clouds]] || Debut
|-
| 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="2" align="center"|1
| ''[[Infrared Roses]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] || Live Compilation
|-
| ''[[Mule Bone (album)|Mule Bone]]'' || [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|4
| ''[[Live Baby Live]]'' || [[INXS]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Discography: The Complete Singles Collection|Discography, The Complete Singles Collection]]'' || [[Pet Shop Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Loveless (My Bloody Valentine album)|Loveless]]'' || [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shepherd Moons]]'' || [[Enya]] ||-
|-
| ''[[0 + 2 = 1]]'' || [[Nomeansno]] ||-
|- 
| ''[[Bandwagonesque]]'' || [[Teenage Fanclub]] ||-
|- 
| rowspan="3" align="center"|5
| ''[[Blind (Corrosion of Conformity album)|Blind]]'' || [[Corrosion of Conformity]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paul Simon's Concert in the Park]]'' || [[Paul Simon]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Sky Is Crying (album)|The Sky Is Crying]]'' || [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] || Recorded 1984–'89
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|11
| ''[[We Can't Dance]]'' || [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Night of the Stormrider]]'' || [[Iced Earth]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Bitterblue]]'' || [[Bonnie Tyler]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Essential (Divinyls album)|Essential]]'' || [[Divinyls]] || Greatest Hits
|-
| ''[[Wall of Hits]]'' || [[Slade]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center"|12
| ''[[2Pacalypse Now]]'' || [[2Pac]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[80–85]]'' || [[Bad Religion]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Angel Rat]]'' || [[Voivod (band)|Voivod]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Clandestine (album)|Clandestine]]'' || [[Entombed (band)|Entombed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[For the Boys (soundtrack)|For the Boys]]'' || [[Bette Midler]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[In Celebration of Life]]'' || [[Yanni]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Real Love (Lisa Stansfield album)|Real Love]]'' || [[Lisa Stansfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sticks and Stones (Tracy Lawrence album)|Sticks and Stones]]'' || [[Tracy Lawrence]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Swallow This Live]]'' || [[Poison (band)|Poison]] || 2 discs; Live
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|18
| ''[[Achtung Baby]]'' || [[U2]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 20'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|19
| ''[[Beckology]]'' || [[Jeff Beck]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Cool Hand Lōc]]'' || [[Tone Lōc]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Inner Child (album)|Inner Child]]'' || [[Shanice]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pandora's Box (album)|Pandora's Box]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Romance (Luis Miguel album)|Romance]]'' || [[Luis Miguel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[T.E.V.I.N.]]'' || [[Tevin Campbell]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|26
| ''[[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|Dangerous]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hook (film)#Musical Score|Hook: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || [[John Williams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Keep It Comin']]'' || [[Keith Sweat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ricky Martin (1991 album)|Ricky Martin]]'' || [[Ricky Martin]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|27
|''[[In the Life (album)|In the Life]]''
|[[B'z]]
| –
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|?
| ''[[Brown (Grotus album)|Brown]]'' || [[Grotus]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Every Man and Woman Is a Star]]'' || [[Ultramarine (band)|Ultramarine]] ||- 
|-
| ''[[No Jive]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sadisfaction]]'' || [[Gregorian (band)|Gregorian]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" 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
| ''[[Affairs of the Heart (album)|Affairs of the Heart]]'' || [[Jody Watley]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|6
| ''[[Forest of Equilibrium]]'' || [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spine of God]]'' || [[Monster Magnet]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|10
| ''[[Until the End of the World (soundtrack)|Until the End of the World]]'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| align="center"|12
| ''[[Lovelyville]]'' || [[Thinking Fellers Union Local 282]] ||- 
|-
| align="center"|15
| ''[[V (Legião Urbana album)|V]]'' || [[Legião Urbana]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|17
| ''[[Kerplunk (album)|Kerplunk]]'' || [[Green Day]] || LP Vinyl USA Release
|-
| align="center"|25
| ''[[Mō Sagasanai (album)|Mō Sagasanai]]'' || [[Zard]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|31
| ''[[Juice (soundtrack)|Juice]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Mental Jewelry]]'' || [[Live (band)|Live]] || Debut
|-
|}

===Release date unknown===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
*''85–86'' – [[Dag Nasty]]
*''[[30 Something]]'' – [[Carter USM]] 
*''Addicted to Jesus'' – [[Carman (singer)|Carman]]
*''Alice in Wonderland No. 1'' – [[Randy Greif]]
*''Alice in Wonderland No. 2'' – [[Randy Greif]]
*''Alice in Wonderland No. 3'' – [[Randy Greif]]
*''[[All True Man]]'' – [[Alexander O'Neal]]
*''[[Amen (Salif Keita album)|Amen]]'' – [[Salif Keita]] 
*''Angst'' – [[Lacrimosa (band)|Lacrimosa]]
*''[[Architect of Fear]]'' – [[Raven (band)|Raven]]
*''[[Artistic Vice]]'' – [[Daniel Johnston]]
*''[[Baby Animals (album)|Baby Animals]]'' – [[Baby Animals]] (debut)
*''[[BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (Hawkwind album)|BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert]]'' – [[Hawkwind]]
*''[[The Beast Inside]]'' – [[Inspiral Carpets]] 
*''[[Believing in Better]]'' – [[Lennie Gallant]]
*''[[The Best of Spandau Ballet]]'' – [[Spandau Ballet]]
*''[[The Big Wheel (album)|The Big Wheel]]'' – [[Runrig]]
*''[[Bluesiana II]]'' – [[Dr. John]]
*''[[Boomerang (Mad at the World album)|Boomerang]]'' – [[Mad at the World]]
*''[[Border Drive-In Theatre]]'' – [[The Raindogs]]
*''[[Boys Will Be Boyz]]'' – [[Newsboys]]
*''[[By Heart (Brenda K. Starr album)|By Heart]]'' – [[Brenda K. Starr]]
*''[[Cadillac Rag]]'' – [[John Hartford]]
*''Caporal Grille'' – [[Golden Sounds|Zangalewa]]
*''[[Chagall Guevara (album)|Chagall Guevara]]'' – [[Chagall Guevara]] 
*''[[Civil Rites]]'' – [[Resurrection Band|REZ]] 
*''[[Clown Heaven and Hell]]'' (EP) – [[Me Mom and Morgentaler]]
*''[[Coming Down (album)|Coming Down]]'' – [[Daniel Ash]]
*''[[The Commitments (film)|The Commitments]]'' – Various Artists (soundtrack)
*''[[Daisychain Reaction]]'' – [[Poster Children]]
*''[[Daniela Mercury (album)|Daniela Mercury]]'' – [[Daniela Mercury]]
*''Day By Day'' – [[E. T. Mensah]]
*''[[A Different Kind of Weather]]'' – [[The Dream Academy]]
*''[[Don't Fear the Reaper (EP)|Don't Fear the Reaper]]'' (EP) – [[Clint Ruin]] and [[Lydia Lunch]]
*''[[Distant Plastic Trees]]'' – [[The Magnetic Fields]]
*''[[Drive Like Jehu (album)|Drive Like Jehu]]'' - [[Drive Like Jehu]]
*''[[Du ciment sous les plaines]]'' – [[Noir Désir]]
*''[[Early On (1964–1966)]]'' – [[David Bowie]]
*''[[Eggnog (album)|Eggnog]]'' (EP) – [[Melvins]]
*''[[Electric Barnyard]]'' – [[The Kentucky Headhunters]]
*''[[Ella Returns to Berlin]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*''Fillet Show'' - [[Hum (band)|Hum]]
*''[[Fire and Love]]'' – [[Guardian (band)|Guardian]]
*''The First of Too Many'' – [[Senseless Things]]
*''Fis Fis Tziganes'' – [[Okay Temiz]]
*''[[Freaks (X Marks the Pedwalk album)|Freaks]]'' – [[X Marks the Pedwalk]]
*''[[Ghosts (Techno Animal album)|Ghosts]]'' – [[Techno Animal]]
*''[[Girly Sound]]'' – [[Liz Phair]]
*''Girlsville'' – [[Thee Headcoatees]]
*''[[Go Figure (album)|Go Figure]]'' – [[Spirit of the West]] 
*''[[Good Woman (Gladys Knight album)|Good Woman]]'' – [[Gladys Knight]]
*''Hangover (Бодун)'' – [[Auktyon]]
*''[[Hammerbox (album)|Hammerbox]]'' – [[Hammerbox]]
*''[[Hartford & Hartford]]'' – [[John Hartford]] & [[Jamie Hartford]]
*''[[Havana 3am (Havana 3am album)|Havana 3am]]'' – [[Havana 3am]]
*''[[Harmony Ranch]]'' – [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] 
*''[[Hung Far Low]]'' – [[The Honeymoon Killers]]
*''I Scream Sunday'' – [[One Bad Pig]]
*''[[I'm on Your Side]]'' – [[Jennifer Holliday]]
*''[[Industrial (album)|Industrial]]'' – [[Pitchshifter]]
*''[[Information Libre]]'' – [[Sham 69]]
*''Inside Out'' – [[Idle Cure]]
*''[[Island (HÖH and Current 93 album)|Island]]'' – [[HÖH]] and [[Current 93]]
*''[[It's... Madness Too]]'' – [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
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*''[[Jahmekya]]'' – [[Ziggy Marley]]
*''Jah Won't Pay the Bills'' – [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]]
*''[[Kinetic Faith]]'' – [[Bride (band)|Bride]]
*''[[Krov za krov]]'' – [[Aria (band)|Aria]]
*''[[Life 'n Perspectives of a Genuine Crossover]]'' – [[Urban Dance Squad]]
*''Life's Too Short'' – [[Marshall Crenshaw]]
*''[[Love's Secret Domain]]'' – [[Coil (band)|Coil]]
*''[[Lunar Womb]]'' – [[The Obsessed]]
*''[[Magia (Shakira album)|Magia]]'' – [[Shakira]]
*''Magnetic Dance'' – [[Okay Temiz]]
*''Milestone'' – [[The Temptations]]
*''[[Mr. Lucky (John Lee Hooker album)|Mr. Lucky]]'' – [[John Lee Hooker]]
*''[[The Nymphs (album)|The Nymphs]]'' – [[The Nymphs]]
*''[[On the Way Down from the Moon Palace]]'' – [[Lisa Germano]]
*''The Only Solution: Another Revolution'' – [[The Fatima Mansions]]
*''[[Open Doors, Closed Windows]]'' – [[Disco Inferno (band)|Disco Inferno]]
*''[[Ophelia's Shadow]]'' – [[Toyah Willcox|Toyah]]
*''[[Orbital (1991 album)|Orbital]]'' – [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]]
*''[[Out for the Count]]'' – [[Show of Hands]]
*''[[Out of the Grey (Out of the Grey album)|Out of the Grey]]'' – [[Out of the Grey]]
*''[[Page of Life]]'' – [[Jon and Vangelis]]
*''[[Palace Springs]]'' – [[Hawkwind]]
*''[[Pop Pop]]'' – [[Rickie Lee Jones]]
*''[[The Promise (T'Pau album)|The Promise]]'' – [[T'Pau (band)|T'Pau]]
*''[[Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo]]'' – [[MC Solaar]]
*''Ransom'' – Ransom
*''[[Revolution Girl Style Now!]]'' – [[Bikini Kill]]
*''Rise of the Common Woodpile'' – [[Caroliner|Caroliner Rainbow Open Wound Chorale]]
*''Rock, Stock, and Barrel'' – Angelica
*''The Sadness of Things'' – [[Steven Stapleton]] & [[David Tibet]]
*''[[San Antorium]]'' – [[Lowlife (band)|Lowlife]]
*''Sexplosion!'' – [[My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult]]
*''[[Shakill's Warrior]]'' – [[David Murray (saxophonist)|David Murray]]
*''Silver Lining'' – [[Nils Lofgren]]
*''[[Soul Show: Live at Delta 88]]'' – [[Joan Osborne]] (live)
*''Soul Survivor'' – Ken Tamplin
*''[[Spirit Electricity]]'' (EP) – [[Bad Brains]]
*''[[Stars Crash Down]]'' – [[Hue and Cry (band)|Hue and Cry]]
*''[[Stranger in This Town]]'' – [[Richie Sambora]]
*''[[Struck by Lightning (album)|Struck by Lightning]]'' – [[Graham Parker]]
*''Suit suit...hehehe'' – [[Slank]]
*''[[Surprise (Crystal Waters album)|Surprise]]'' – [[Crystal Waters]]
*''Ten Stories'' – [[Rick Elias]]
*''Themes and Dreams'' – [[The Shadows]] (compilation)
*''[[Tossing Seeds]]'' – [[Superchunk]]
*''[[Total Castration]]'' – [[Zeni Geva]]
*''[[Unity (311 album)|Unity]]'' - [[311 (band)|311]]
*''[[Unsane (album)|Unsane]]'' – [[Unsane (band)|Unsane]]
*''[[Unseen Power]]'' – [[Petra (band)|Petra]]
*''Unseen Worlds'' – [[Laurie Spiegel]]
*''Voices'' – [[Kenny Thomas (singer)|Kenny Thomas]]
*''[[Volume One (Sleep album)|Volume One]]'' – [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]]
*''[[War Master]]'' – [[Bolt Thrower]]
*''[[Welcome to Love]]'' – [[Pharoah Sanders]]
*''[[Watershed (Grant McLennan album)|Watershed]]'' – [[Grant McLennan]] 
*''Wonder Wheel'' – Speed the Plough
*''[[World on a String]]'' – [[Red Allen]]
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