Editing 1989 in music (section)

==Albums released==
All releases are an [[LP record]] unless otherwise stated. <br>
Multiple entries for the same day are arranged alphabetically by the album's name. <br>
Release dates may vary in different countries.

===January–March===
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="2" | Release
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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| rowspan="22" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />A<br />N<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| valign="top" |1
| ''[[Petra Means Rock]]'' || [[Petra (band)|Petra]] || Compilation
|-
| valign="top" |9
| ''[[A Show of Hands]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] || Live album
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |10
| ''[[New York (album)|New York]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] ||-
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| ''[[Skeletons in the Closet (Oingo Boingo album)|Skeletons in the Closet]]'' || [[Oingo Boingo]] || Compilation
|-
| valign="top" |13
| ''[[The Raw & the Cooked (album)|The Raw and the Cooked]]'' || [[Fine Young Cannibals]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |16
| ''[[Desert Wind (album)|Desert Wind]]'' || [[Ofra Haza]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |18
| ''[[The Whitey Album]]'' || [[Sonic Youth|Ciccone Youth]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |23
| ''[[After the War (Gary Moore album)|After the War]]'' || [[Gary Moore]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hunkpapa (album)|Hunkpapa]]'' || [[Throwing Muses]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lōc-ed After Dark]]'' || [[Tone Lōc]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Oh Yes I Can]]'' || [[David Crosby]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |24
| ''[[Electric Youth (album)|Electric Youth]]'' || [[Debbie Gibson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Skid Row (Skid Row album)|Skid Row]]'' || [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] || Debut
|-
| valign="top" |25
| ''[[Straight Outta Compton]]'' || [[N.W.A]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |27
| ''[[Cosmic Thing]]'' || [[B-52's]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |29
| ''[[Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient)]]'' || [[Noir Désir]] || France
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |30
| ''[[Fabulous Disaster]]'' || [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]] || US version (originally released in Europe in 1988)<ref>According to [http://metal-archives.com/release.php?id=732 Encyclopaedia Metallum], [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]]' album ''[[Fabulous Disaster]]'' was released in Europe in 1988 by UK label [[Music for Nations]], but not in the US until January 1989.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Technique (album)|Technique]]'' || [[New Order (band)|New Order]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |31
| ''[[Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich]]'' || [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] ||Debut
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| ''[[Life Is...Too Short]]'' || [[Too Short]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Triumphant Return]]'' || [[Whitecross (band)|Whitecross]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |?
| ''[[3 (Violent Femmes album)|3]]'' || [[Violent Femmes]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="22" 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="3" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Don't Tell a Soul]]'' || [[The Replacements (band)]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Force Majeure (Doro album)]]'' || [[Doro (musician)]] ||Solo Debut
|-
| ''[[The Great Radio Controversy]]'' || [[Tesla (band)]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |3
| ''[[Meshuggah (EP)|Meshuggah]]'' || [[Meshuggah]] || Debut/EP
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" |6
| ''[[Beyond the Blue Neon]]'' || [[George Strait]] ||-
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| ''[[Dylan & the Dead]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] and [[Grateful Dead]] || Live album
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |7
| ''[[As Nasty As They Wanna Be]]'' || [[2 Live Crew]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blessing in Disguise (Metal Church album)|Blessing in Disguise]]'' || [[Metal Church]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mystery Girl]]'' || [[Roy Orbison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spike (Elvis Costello album)|Spike]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |13
| ''[[A New Flame]]'' || [[Simply Red]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |20
| ''[[Storm the Studio]]'' || [[Meat Beat Manifesto]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |21
| ''Animotion'' || [[Animotion]] ||-
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| ''[[Intuition (TNT album)|Intuition]]'' || [[TNT (Norwegian band)|TNT]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |22
| ''[[Jed (album)|Jed]]'' || [[Goo Goo Dolls]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |27
| ''[[Oranges & Lemons (album)|Oranges & Lemons]]'' || [[XTC]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |27
| ''[[Playing with Fire (Spacemen 3 album)|Playing With Fire]]'' || [[Spacemen 3]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Indigo Girls (album)|Indigo Girls]]'' || [[Indigo Girls]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="23" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H'''
| valign="top" |1
| ''[[Best of Ozz]]'' || [[Ozzy Osbourne]] || Compilation; Japan
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| valign="top" |3
| ''[[3 Feet High and Rising]]'' || [[De La Soul]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |6
| ''[[When Dream and Day Unite]]'' || [[Dream Theater]] || Debut
|-
| valign="top" |7
| ''[[Girl You Know It's True (album)|Girl You Know It's True]]'' || [[Milli Vanilli]] || U.S. version of ''[[All or Nothing (Milli Vanilli album)|All or Nothing]]'' 
|-
| valign="top" |12
| ''[[Grip It! On That Other Level]]'' || [[Geto Boys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valling="top" |13
| ''[[101 (album)|101]]'' || [[Depeche Mode]] || Live double album
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| ''[[Another Place and Time]]'' || [[Donna Summer]] ||UK
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| rowspan="3" valign="top" |14
| ''[[Extreme (Extreme album)|Extreme]]'' || [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Road to the Riches]]'' || [[Kool G Rap]] & DJ Polo ||-
|-
| ''[[Spell (album)|Spell]]'' || [[Deon Estus]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |20
| ''[[Cross That Line]]'' || [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]] ||-
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| ''Saraya'' || [[Saraya (band)|Saraya]] ||-
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| ''[[Shine (Mother Love Bone EP)|Shine]]'' || [[Mother Love Bone]] || Debut/EP
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| rowspan="3" valign="top" |21
| ''[[Like a Prayer (album)|Like a Prayer]]'' || [[Madonna]] ||-
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| ''[[Nick of Time (album)|Nick of Time]]'' || [[Bonnie Raitt]] ||-
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| ''[[Somewhere Between (album)|Somewhere Between]]'' || [[Suzy Bogguss]] || Debut
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| valign="top" |22
| ''[[Make Them Die Slowly (album)|Make Them Die Slowly]]'' || [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |24
| ''[[Wide-Eyed Wonder]]'' || [[The Choir (alternative rock band)|The Choir]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |27
| ''[[Larger than Life (Jody Watley album)|Larger than Life]]'' || [[Jody Watley]] ||-
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| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Alannah Myles (album)|Alannah Myles]]'' || [[Alannah Myles]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Mr. Jordan]]'' || [[Julian Lennon]] ||-
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| ''[[Something Real (Phoebe Snow album)|Something Real]]'' || [[Phoebe Snow]] ||-
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| ''[[Yellow Moon (Neville Brothers album)|Yellow Moon]]'' || [[The Neville Brothers]] ||-
|}

===April–June===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Release
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="30" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />P<br />R<br />I<br />L'''
| valign="top" |3
| ''[[When the World Knows Your Name]]'' || [[Deacon Blue]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |4
| ''[[The Breathtaking Blue]]'' || [[Alphaville (band)|Alphaville]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |7
| ''[[Beneath the Remains]]'' || [[Sepultura]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |10
| ''[[Sonic Temple]]'' || [[The Cult]] ||-
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| ''[[Raging Silence (album)|Raging Silence]]'' || [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] ||-
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| ''[[Club Classics Vol. One]]'' || [[Soul II Soul]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Garth Brooks (album)|Garth Brooks]]'' || [[Garth Brooks]] ||-
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| ''[[...Twice Shy]]'' || [[Great White]] ||-
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| rowspan="4" valign="top" |17
| ''[[Blaze of Glory (Joe Jackson album)|Blaze of Glory]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] ||-
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| ''[[Doolittle (album)|Doolittle]]'' || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] ||-
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| ''[[Headless Cross (album)|Headless Cross]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] ||-
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| ''[[One (Bee Gees album)|One]]''|| [[Bee Gees]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Buzz Factory]]'' || [[Screaming Trees]] ||-
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| valign="top" |21
| ''[[Blue Blood (X Japan album)|Blue Blood]]'' || [[X Japan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |24
| ''[[Blast (album)|Blast]]'' || [[Holly Johnson]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Blue Murder (album)|Blue Murder]]'' || [[Blue Murder (band)|Blue Murder]] ||Debut
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| ''[[Full Moon Fever]]'' || [[Tom Petty]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |25
| ''[[Through the Storm (Aretha Franklin album)|Through the Storm]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |26
| ''[[Best Wishes (Cro-Mags album)|Best Wishes]]'' || [[Cro-Mags]] ||-
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| ''[[Repeat Offender (Richard Marx album)|Repeat Offender]]'' || [[Richard Marx]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Mr. Music Head]]'' || [[Adrian Belew]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Gashed Senses & Crossfire]]'' || [[Front Line Assembly]] ||-
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| ''[[City Streets (album)|City Streets]]'' || [[Carole King]] ||-
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| ''[[Free (Concrete Blonde album)|Free]]'' || [[Concrete Blonde]] ||-
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| ''[[The Black Swan (The Triffids album)|The Black Swan]]'' || [[The Triffids]] ||-
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| ''[[Stuck in Wonderamaland]]'' || [[Dramarama]] ||-
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| ''[[Counterpoint (In the Nursery album)|Counterpoint]]'' || [[In the Nursery]] || Compilation
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| ''[[The Headless Children]]'' || [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slippery When Ill]]'' || [[The Vandals]] ||-
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| ''[[1,000 Hours]]'' || [[Green Day]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="47" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''M<br />A<br />Y'''
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two]]'' || [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" valign="top" |2
| ''[[Street Fighting Years]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] ||-
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| ''[[The Stone Roses (album)|The Stone Roses]]'' || [[The Stone Roses]] ||Debut
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| ''[[Disintegration (The Cure album)|Disintegration]]'' || [[The Cure]] ||-
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| ''[[This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This!]]'' || [[Pop Will Eat Itself]] ||-
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| ''[[Barry Manilow (1989 album)|Barry Manilow]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||-
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| ''[[Killin' Time (Clint Black album)|Killin' Time]]'' || [[Clint Black]] ||-
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| ''[[On Land and in the Sea]]'' || [[Cardiacs]] ||-
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| ''[[Something Inside So Strong]]'' || [[Kenny Rogers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sweet Sixteen (Reba McEntire album)|Sweet Sixteen]]'' || [[Reba McEntire]] ||-
|-
| ''Yo Frankie'' || [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]] ||-
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| ''[[Workbook (album)|Workbook]]'' || [[Bob Mould]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |4
| ''[[Blind Man's Zoo]]'' || [[10,000 Maniacs]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |8
| ''[[Good to Be Back]]'' || [[Natalie Cole]] ||-
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| ''[[In a Sentimental Mood (Dr. John album)|In a Sentimental Mood]]'' || [[Dr. John]] ||-
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| ''[[Junta (album)|Junta]]'' || [[Phish]] || sold at concerts in 1988
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| ''[[Kite (Kirsty MacColl album)|Kite]]'' || [[Kirsty MacColl]] ||-
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| rowspan="4" valign="top" |9
| ''[[Big Daddy (John Mellencamp album)|Big Daddy]]'' || [[John Mellencamp]] ||-
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| ''[[Dangerous Toys (album)|Dangerous Toys]]'' || [[Dangerous Toys]] ||-
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| ''[[Kaleidoscope World (Swing Out Sister album)|Kaleidoscope World]]'' || [[Swing Out Sister]] ||-
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| ''[[A Night to Remember (Cyndi Lauper album)|A Night To Remember]]'' || [[Cyndi Lauper]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |11
| ''[[Badlands (Badlands album)|Badlands]]'' || [[Badlands (American band)|Badlands]] ||-
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| ''[[Eat the Heat]]'' || [[Accept (band)|Accept]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Altars of Madness]]'' || [[Morbid Angel]] || Debut
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| ''Dress'' || [[TM Network]] || Remix album
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Mind Bomb]]'' || [[The The]] ||-
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| ''[[Ten Good Reasons]]'' || [[Jason Donovan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |16
| ''[[Slowly We Rot]]'' || [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Youngest in Charge]]'' || [[Special Ed]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |17
| ''[[Cycles (The Doobie Brothers album)|Cycles]]'' || [[The Doobie Brothers]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |18
| ''[[Nearly Human]]'' || [[Todd Rundgren]] ||-
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| valign="top" |21
| ''[[Off the Lock]]'' || [[B'z]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |22
| ''[[The Miracle (album)|The Miracle]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tin Machine (album)|Tin Machine]]'' || [[Tin Machine]] ||-
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| ''[[The Works (Nik Kershaw album)|The Works]]'' || [[Nik Kershaw]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |23
| ''[[2300 Jackson Street]]'' || [[The Jackson 5|Jacksons]] ||-
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| ''[[Brain Drain (album)|Brain Drain]]'' || [[Ramones]] ||-
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| ''[[The Warmer Side of Cool]]'' || [[Wang Chung (band)|Wang Chung]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Energy (Operation Ivy album)|Energy]]'' || [[Operation Ivy (band)|Operation Ivy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |30
| ''[[The Other Side of the Mirror (album)|The Other Side of the Mirror]]'' || [[Stevie Nicks]] ||-
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| ''[[White Limozeen]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||-
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| ''[[Hope and Despair]]'' || [[Edwyn Collins]] || Debut solo
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |?
| ''[[I Enjoy Being a Girl (album)|I Enjoy Being a Girl]]'' || [[Phranc]] ||-
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| ''A Peacetime Boom'' || [[The Boom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cloudland (album)|Cloudland]]'' || [[Pere Ubu]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Invasion Live]]'' || [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]] || Live
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| ''[[It's Beginning To And Back Again]]'' || [[Wire (band)|Wire]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="47" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />U<br />N<br />E'''
| valign="top" |1
| ''[[Agent Orange (album)|Agent Orange]]'' || [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="top" |5
| ''[[Flowers in the Dirt]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Passion (Peter Gabriel album)|Passion]]'' || [[Peter Gabriel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Big Game (album)|Big Game]]'' || [[White Lion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Raw Like Sushi]]'' || [[Neneh Cherry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One Night of Sin]]'' || [[Joe Cocker]] ||-
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| ''[[Babeti Soukous]]'' || [[Tabu Ley Rochereau|Tabu Ley Seigneur Rochereau]] and Afrisa International Orchestra ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |6
| ''[[In Step]]'' || [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] and Double Trouble ||-
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| ''[[Workin' Overtime]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||-
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| ''[[World in Motion (Jackson Browne album)|World in Motion]]'' || [[Jackson Browne]] ||-
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| ''[[No More Mr. Nice Guy (Gang Starr album)|No More Mr. Nice Guy]]'' || [[Gang Starr]] || Debut
|-
| valign="top" |8
| ''[[Nights Like This (album)|Nights Like This]]'' || [[Stacey Q]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Big Tyme]]'' || [[Heavy D & The Boyz]] ||-
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| ''[[Ghostbusters II (soundtrack)|Ghostbusters II]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
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| ''[[Trouble in Angel City]]''|| [[Lion (band)|Lion]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |13
| ''[[DC Talk (album)|DC Talk]]'' || [[DC Talk]] ||-
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| ''[[What You Don't Know (Exposé album)|What You Don't Know]]'' || [[Exposé (group)|Exposé]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Bleach (Nirvana album)|Bleach]]'' || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] || Debut
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| ''[[The Offspring (album)|The Offspring]]'' || [[The Offspring]] ||Debut; re-released in 1995
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| ''[[Dig?]]'' || [[Earthworks (band)|Bill Bruford's Earthworks]] ||-
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| ''[[Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project]]'' || [[Chaka Khan]] || Remix album
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Protest Songs (album)|Protest Songs]]'' || [[Prefab Sprout]] ||-
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| ''[[Extreme Aggression]]'' || [[Kreator]] ||-
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| ''[[Riders go Commercial]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] ||-
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| rowspan="5" valign="top" |20
| ''[[Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (album)|Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe]]'' || [[Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe]] ||-
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| ''[[Batman (album)|Batman]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || Soundtrack
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| ''[[The Joke's on You]]'' || [[Excel (band)|Excel]] ||-
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| ''[[Mr. Big (Mr. Big album)|Mr. Big]]'' || [[Mr. Big (American band)|Mr. Big]] ||-
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| ''[[The Real Thing (Faith No More album)|The Real Thing]]'' || [[Faith No More]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |21
| ''[[Looking for Freedom (album)|Looking for Freedom]]'' || [[David Hasselhoff]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |26
| ''[[Bad English (album)|Bad English]]'' || [[Bad English]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soul Provider]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Be Yourself (Patti LaBelle album)|Be Yourself]]'' || [[Patti LaBelle]] ||-
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| ''[[Seminal Live]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] || –
|-
| rowspan="7" valign="top" |27
| ''[[Cosmic Thing]]'' || [[The B-52s]] ||-
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| ''[[Danger Danger (album)|Danger Danger]]'' || [[Danger Danger]] ||-
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| ''[[The End of the Innocence (album)|The End of the Innocence]]'' || [[Don Henley]] ||-
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| ''[[Gretchen Goes to Nebraska]]'' || [[King's X]] ||-
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| ''[[Heart Shaped World (Chris Isaak album)|Heart Shaped World]]'' || [[Chris Isaak]] ||-
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| ''[[The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend]]'' || [[Pete Townshend]] ||-
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| ''[[Rockland (Kim Mitchell album)|Rockland]]'' || [[Kim Mitchell]] ||-
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| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Ain't Gonna Cry]]'' || [[Juice Newton]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="top" | ?
| ''[[Avalon Sunset]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
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| ''[[Dum-Dum (album)|Dum-Dum]]'' || [[The Vaselines]] ||-
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| ''[[Magnum Cum Louder]]'' || [[Hoodoo Gurus]] ||-
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| ''[[Margin Walker]]'' || [[Fugazi]] ||-
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| ''[[Two Highways (album)|Two Highways]]'' || [[Alison Krauss|Alison Krauss & Union Station]] ||-
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| ''[[Velveteen (album)]]'' || [[Transvision Vamp]] ||-
|}

===July–September===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2" | Release
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="16" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />U<br />L<br />Y'''
| valign="top" |4
| ''[[Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop]]'' || [[Boogie Down Productions]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |7
| ''[[Tender Lover]]'' || [[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |10
| ''[[Heart of Stone (Cher album)|Heart of Stone]]'' || [[Cher]] ||-
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| ''[[Cuts Both Ways]]'' || [[Gloria Estefan]] ||-
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| ''[[Earth Moving]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||-
|-
|''[[Horrified]]'' || [[Repulsion (band)|Repulsion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Waking Hours]]'' || [[Del Amitri]] ||-
|-
|  valign="top" |12
| ''[[Floating into the Night]]'' || [[Julee Cruise]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" | 17
| ''[[The Twelve Commandments of Dance]]'' || [[London Boys]] || Debut
|-
| valign="top" |18
| ''[[UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff]]'' || [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |25
| ''[[Paul's Boutique]]'' || [[Beastie Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trash (Alice Cooper album)|Trash]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unfinished Business (EPMD album)|Unfinished Business]]'' || [[EPMD]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |31
| ''[[Can't Look Away]]'' || [[Trevor Rabin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" | ?
| ''[[Peace and Love (The Pogues album)|Peace and Love]]'' || [[The Pogues]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blood, Sweat and No Tears]]'' || [[Sick of It All]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tweez]]''|| [[Slint]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="35" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />U<br />G<br />U<br />S<br />T'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia]]''|| [[Guided by Voices]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No One Can Do It Better]]'' || [[The D.O.C.]] || Debut
|-
| valign="top" |2
| ''[[The Cinderella Theory]]''|| [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |7
| ''[[Mick Jones (album)|Mick Jones]]'' || [[Mick Jones (Foreigner)|Mick Jones]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |8
| ''[[Love Among the Cannibals]]''|| [[Starship (band)|Starship]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Practice What You Preach]]''|| [[Testament (band)|Testament]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Storms (Nanci Griffith album)|Storms]]'' || [[Nanci Griffith]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |14
| ''[[Kix Brooks (album)|Kix Brooks]]'' || [[Kix Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music 15 (UK series)'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Christmas in America]]'' || [[Kenny Rogers]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[No Blue Thing]]''|| [[Ray Lynch]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |16
| ''[[Mother's Milk (album)|Mother's Milk]]'' || [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Special (The Temptations album)|Special]]'' || [[The Temptations]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |17
| ''[[The Death of a Dictionary]]''|| Public Affection || Band changed name to [[Live (band)|Live]]
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |21
| ''[[Rock Island (Jethro Tull album)|Rock Island]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Conspiracy (King Diamond album)|Conspiracy]]'' || [[King Diamond]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sacred Heart (Shakespears Sister album)|Sacred Heart]]'' || [[Shakespear's Sister]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="top" |22
| ''[[After 7 (After 7 album)|After 7]]'' || [[After 7]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cocked & Loaded]]'' || [[L.A. Guns]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Devil's Night Out]]'' || [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Enuff Z'nuff (album)|Enuff Z'nuff]]'' || [[Enuff Z'nuff]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jefferson Airplane (album)|Jefferson Airplane]]'' || [[Jefferson Airplane]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Perfect Symmetry (Fates Warning album)|Perfect Symmetry]]''|| [[Fates Warning]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |24
| ''[[The Man Is Back!]]'' || [[Barry White]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Niki Nana]]'' || [[Yanni]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |28
| ''[[Dr. Feelgood (album)|Dr. Feelgood]]'' || [[Mötley Crüe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Adeva!]]'' || [[Adeva]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Still Cruisin']]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |29
| ''[[Steel Wheels]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lukather]]'' || [[Steve Lukather]] || Solo Debut
|-
| ''[[Different (Thomas Anders album)|Different]]'' || [[Thomas Anders]] || Debut; Germany
|-
| ''[[Escape from Havana]]'' || [[Mellow Man Ace]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Last of the Runaways]]'' || [[Giant (band)|Giant]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Penikufesin]]'' || [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Return of the Ugly]]'' || [[Bad Manners]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="39" 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="3" valign="top" |1
| ''[[13 Songs (Fugazi album)|13 Songs]]'' || [[Fugazi (band)|Fugazi]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Jaya'' || [[Jaya (singer)|Jaya]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Water in Time and Space]]'' || [[Susumu Hirasawa]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |4
| ''[[Sleeping with the Past]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||
|-
| ''[[Love and Rockets (album)|Love and Rockets]]'' || [[Love and Rockets (band)|Love and Rockets]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" valign="top" |5
| ''[[Alice in Hell]]'' || [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Key Lime Pie (album)|Key Lime Pie]]'' || [[Camper Van Beethoven]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Louder Than Love]]'' || [[Soundgarden]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Megatop Phoenix]]'' || [[Big Audio Dynamite]] ||-
|-
| ''[[S&M Airlines]]'' || [[NOFX]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stone Cold Rhymin']]'' || [[Young MC]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Up to Here]]'' || [[The Tragically Hip]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wake Me When It's Over]]'' || [[Faster Pussycat]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |11
| ''[[We Too Are One]]'' || [[Eurythmics]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Pump (album)|Pump]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Results (Liza Minnelli album)|Results]]'' || [[Liza Minnelli]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brave and Crazy]]'' || [[Melissa Etheridge]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Floating into the Night]]'' || [[Julee Cruise]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bound By the Beauty]]'' || [[Jane Siberry]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |14
| ''[[Quickness]]'' || [[Bad Brains]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="top" |18
| ''[[Foreign Affair (Tina Turner album)|Foreign Affair]]'' || [[Tina Turner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814]]'' || [[Janet Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heart Like a Sky]]'' || [[Spandau Ballet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No More Color]]'' || [[Coroner (band)|Coroner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Oh Mercy]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Allroy's Revenge]]'' || [[All (band)|ALL]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Sound + Vision (box set)|Sound + Vision]]'' || [[David Bowie]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Let Love Rule (Lenny Kravitz album)|Let Love Rule]]'' || [[Lenny Kravitz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Merry, Merry Christmas]]'' || [[New Kids on the Block]] || Christmas
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |25
| ''[[Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!]]'' || [[The Sugarcubes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Seasons End (album)|Seasons End]]'' || [[Marillion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Seeds of Love]]'' || [[Tears for Fears]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |26
| ''[[Big Trash]]'' || [[Thompson Twins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Def, Dumb and Blonde]]'' || [[Debbie Harry|Deborah Harry]] || US
|-
| ''[[Flying Cowboys]]'' || [[Rickie Lee Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Laughter (The Mighty Lemon Drops album)|Laughter]]'' || [[The Mighty Lemon Drops]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Holdin' Back]]'' || [[Randy Travis]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Soldier of Fortune (Loudness album)|Soldier of Fortune]]'' || [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Healer (John Lee Hooker album)|The Healer]]'' || [[John Lee Hooker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tempted and Tried]]'' || [[Steeleye Span]] ||-
|}

===October–December===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Release
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="58" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''O<br />C<br />T<br />O<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |2
| ''[[Freedom (1989 album)|Freedom]]'' || [[Neil Young]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hup (album)|Hup]]'' || [[The Wonder Stuff]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Liquidizer (album)|Liquidizer]]''|| [[Jesus Jones]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |3
| ''[[Crossroads (Tracy Chapman album)|Crossroads]]'' || [[Tracy Chapman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind]]'' || [[Linda Ronstadt]] featuring [[Aaron Neville]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Petra Praise: The Rock Cries Out]]'' || [[Petra (band)|Petra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Runaway Horses (album)|Runaway Horses]]'' || [[Belinda Carlisle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shocker (film)|Shocker]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| valign="top" |5
| ''[[More to This Life]]'' || [[Steven Curtis Chapman]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |7
| ''[[UAIOE]]'' || [[KMFDM]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |9
| ''[[Paradise Circus (album)|Paradise Circus]]'' || [[The Lilac Time]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Long Hard Look]]'' || [[Lou Gramm]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Automatic (The Jesus and Mary Chain album)|Automatic]]'' || [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Book of Days (The Psychedelic Furs album)|Book of Days]]'' || [[The Psychedelic Furs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Enjoy Yourself (Kylie Minogue album)|Enjoy Yourself]]'' || [[Kylie Minogue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hats (album)|Hats]]'' || [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]] ||-
|-

| rowspan="4" valign="top" |10
| ''[[The Biz Never Sleeps]]'' || [[Biz Markie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say]]'' || [[Ice-T]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Save Yourself (McAuley Schenker Group album)|Save Yourself]]'' || [[McAuley Schenker Group]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thrash Zone]]'' || [[Dirty Rotten Imbeciles|D.R.I.]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |13
| ''[[Nothingface (Voivod album)|Nothingface]]'' || [[Voivod (band)|Voivod]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trouble Walkin']]'' || [[Ace Frehley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Years of Decay]]'' || [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" valign="top" |16
| ''[[Def, Dumb & Blonde]]'' || [[Deborah Harry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Sensual World]]'' || [[Kate Bush]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wild!]]'' || [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Time (Bros album)|The Time]]'' || [[Bros (British band)|Bros]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hats (album)|Hats]]'' || [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]] || US
|-
| ''[[Scarlet and Other Stories]]'' || [[All About Eve]]|| 
|-
| ''[[Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989]]'' || [[George Harrison]] Compilation
|-
| ''[[Trial by Fire (Yngwie Malmsteen album)|Trial by Fire: Live In Leningrad]]'' || [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Hot in the Shade]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu]]'' || [[Suicidal Tendencies]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Selena (album)|Selena]]'' || [[Selena]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Simple Man (Charlie Daniels album)|Simple Man]]'' || [[Charlie Daniels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Steady On (Shawn Colvin album)|Steady On]]'' || [[Shawn Colvin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' || [[Nine Inch Nails]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[On Fire (Galaxie 500 album)|On Fire]]'' || [[Galaxie 500]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" | 21
| ''[[Welcome to the Beautiful South]]'' || [[the Beautiful South]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Storm Front (album)|Storm Front]]'' || [[Billy Joel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Neither Fish nor Flesh]]'' || [[Terence Trent D'Arby]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Getahead]]'' || [[Curiosity Killed the Cat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Michel'le (album)|Michel'le]]'' || [[Michel'le]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |24
| ''Come Together As One'' || [[Will Downing]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Follow the Blind]]'' || [[Blind Guardian]] ||-
|-
| ''[[11 (The Smithereens album)|11]]'' || [[The Smithereens]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |26
| ''[[Zig Zag (The Hooters album)|Zig Zag]]'' || [[The Hooters]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Realm of Chaos (album)|Realm of Chaos – Slaves to Darkness]]'' || [[Bolt Thrower]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" valign="top" |30
|  ''[[The Road to Hell]]'' || [[Chris Rea]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Flying in a Blue Dream]]'' || [[Joe Satriani]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Holding Back the River]]'' || [[Wet Wet Wet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rite Time]]'' || [[Can (band)|Can]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs for the Poor Man]]'' || [[Remmy Ongala]] & Orchestre Super Matimila ||-
|-
| ''[[Stronger (Cliff Richard album)|Stronger]]'' || [[Cliff Richard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You, Me and the Alarm Clock]]'' || [[John Bramwell]] (as Johnny Dangerously) || EP
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |31
| ''[[Bulletproof Heart]]'' || [[Grace Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Can't Fight Fate]]'' || [[Taylor Dayne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Built to Last]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |?
| ''[[The English Disease (album)|The English Disease]]'' || [[Adrian Sherwood|Barmy Army]] ||-
|-
| ''Piretos tou erota'' || [[Vicky Leandros]] || Greece
|-
| rowspan="31" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''N<br />O<br />V<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| valign="top" |1
| ''[[Ozma (album)|Ozma]]'' || [[Melvins]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |2
| ''[[No Control (Bad Religion album)|No Control]]'' || [[Bad Religion]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |6
| ''[[Journeyman (album)|Journeyman]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Boomerang (The Creatures album)|Boomerang]]'' || [[The Creatures]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |7
| ''[[Slip of the Tongue (album)|Slip of the Tongue]]'' || [[Whitesnake]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All Hail the Queen]]'' || [[Queen Latifah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Done by the Forces of Nature]]'' || [[Jungle Brothers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |10
| ''[[The Cactus Album]]'' || [[3rd Bass]] ||-
|-
| ''[[West Textures]]'' || [[Robert Earl Keen]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |13
| ''[[Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Me and a Monkey on the Moon]]'' || [[Felt (band)|Felt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Streetcleaner]]'' || [[Godflesh]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || Live
|-
| valign="top" |14
| ''[[The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste]]'' || [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="top" |20
| ''[[...But Seriously]]'' || [[Phil Collins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Perfect Remedy]]'' || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Affection (Lisa Stansfield album)|Affection]]'' || [[Lisa Stansfield]] || Europe
|-
| ''[[The Incredible Base]]'' || [[Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music 16 (UK series)'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| ''[[Rabies (Skinny Puppy album)|Rabies]]'' || [[Skinny Puppy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |21
| ''[[Presto (album)|Presto]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Back on the Block]]'' || [[Quincy Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kenny G Live]]'' || [[Kenny G]] || Live
|-
| valign="top" | 24
| ''[[A Black & White Night Live]]'' || [[Roy Orbison]] and Friends || Live
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |27
| ''[[Labour of Love II]]'' || [[UB40]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ghost Nation (album)|Ghost Nation]]'' || [[Hunters &amp; Collectors]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pump Up the Jam (album)|Pump Up the Jam]]'' || [[Technotronic]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Consuming Impulse]]'' || [[Pestilence (band)|Pestilence]] ||-
|-
| ''I Remember Mama'' || [[Shirley Caesar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Speaking of Dreams]]'' || [[Joan Baez]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Suck on This]]'' || [[Primus (band)|Primus]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="12" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" | '''D<br />E<br />C<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Change the Weather]]'' || [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gutter Ballet]]'' || [[Savatage]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Never Picture Perfect]]'' || [[Rich Mullins]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |4
| ''[[Ninety (album)|Ninety]]'' || [[808 State]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Symphonies of Sickness]]'' || [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |9
| ''Digitalian is eating breakfast'' || [[Tetsuya Komuro]] || Debut
|-
| valign="top" |11
| ''[[Monty Python Sings]]'' || [[Monty Python]] || Compilation
|-
| valign="top" |19
| ''[[Deep (Peter Murphy album)|Deep]]'' || [[Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]] || US
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Hallelujah (EP)|Hallelujah]]'' || [[Happy Mondays]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Post-Mersh Vol. 3]]'' || [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Surprise'' || [[Better Than Ezra]] || Cassette only
|-
| ''[[The Symphony Sessions (Red Rider album)|The Symphony Sessions]]'' || [[Red Rider|Tom Cochrane & Red Rider]] || Final; Live
|}

===Release date unknown===
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*''[[A Word from the Wise]]'' – [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]] (EP)
*''Al Denson'' – [[Al Denson]]
*''All Aboard the Mind Train'' – [[The Modern Art]]
*''[[The U.S.-Remix Album: All or Nothing|All or Nothing]]'' – [[Milli Vanilli]] 
*''[[All That Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald album)|All That Jazz]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*''[[Animal Logic (album)|Animal Logic]]'' - [[Animal Logic (band)|Animal Logic]]
*''At Peace'' – [[Jade Warrior (band)|Jade Warrior]]
*''Beyond Hell's Gate'' – Final Axe
*''Big Talk'' – [[Edin-Ådahl]]
*''[[Blow (Red Lorry Yellow Lorry album)|Blow]]'' – [[Red Lorry Yellow Lorry]]
*''Bringing It Back Home'' – [[The Clark Sisters]]
*''Brotherly Love'' – [[Daniel Winans]]
*''Cantemos Juntos'' – [[Lynda Thomas]] (EP)
*''Christmas Is...'' – [[Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge]]
*''[[Complete Discography (Minor Threat album)|Complete Discography]]'' – [[Minor Threat]] 
*''Century Flower'' – [[Shelleyan Orphan]]
*''[[The Complete Sham 69 Live]]'' – [[Sham 69]]
*''[[Cyborgs Revisited]]'' – [[Simply Saucer]]
*''Don't Dance with Danger'' - Scarlet Red
*''[[Door into Summer (album)|Door Into Summer]]'' - [[Jacob's Trouble]]
*''[[Down on the River]]'' - [[John Hartford]]
*''Drowning in Limbo'' – [[Lydia Lunch]]
*''Early Music'' – [[Carlos Santana|Santana]]
*''Enter the Realm'' – [[Iced Earth]] (demo EP)
*''Face of Despair'' – [[Mortal Sin (band)|Mortal Sin]]
*''[[Fight the Power... Live!]]'' – [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] – (live, released on VHS)
*''[[First Watch (album)|First Watch]]'' – [[Guardian (band)]]
*''[[Freedom (White Heart album)|Freedom]]'' – [[White Heart]]
*''Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride'' – [[Electric Boys]] 
*''Get Yer Jujus Out'' – Chief Commander [[Ebenezer Obey]] & His Inter-Reformers Band
*''[[Godhead (album)|Godhead]]'' – [[Lowlife (band)|Lowlife]]
*''[[Hard Volume]]'' – [[Rollins Band]]
*''Heroes'' – New Jersey Mass Choir
*''[[Helter Stupid]]'' – [[Negativland]]
*''[[Human Soul]]'' - [[Graham Parker]]
*''[[I Can See You (EP)|I Can See You]]'' – [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]
*''Immigrant's Daughter'' – [[Margaret Becker]]
*''In Your Face'' – [[Shout (band)|Shout]]
*''[[Innocent Blood (album)|Innocent Blood]]'' – [[Resurrection Band|REZ]]
*''Imagine That'' - [[Dennis Seaton]]
*''[[It's a Jungle Out There!]]'' - [[Mastedon]]
*''Knights of Heaven'' – [[Leviticus (band)|Leviticus]]
*''Les Rythmes Automatiques'' ([[:fr:Les Rythmes Automatiques|''fr'']]) – [[Telex (band)|Telex]]
*''Liaison'' – Liaison
*''Live ED'' – [[Étienne Daho]]
*''[[Liberation (Bunny Wailer album)|Liberation]]'' – [[Bunny Wailer]]
*''Long Way From Paradise'' – [[Allies (band)|Allies]]
*''Master's Command'' – [[Sacred Warrior]]
* ''Matrice'' - [[Gérard Manset]]
*''[[Michigan Rain]]'' – [[Gregg Alexander]] (debut)
*''Modern'' – [[Hijokaidan]]
*''[[Mother Nature's Kitchen]]'' – [[Kevin McDermott (singer–songwriter)|Kevin McDermott]]
*''Night of Rage'' – [[Kraut (band)|Kraut]]
*''No More Blues'' – [[Susannah McCorkle]]
*''No Room in the Middle'' – [[Greg X. Volz]]
* ''[[Novice]]'' - [[Alain Bashung]]
*''Once We Were Scum, Now We Are God'' – [[No (band)|No]]
*''Out of the Darkness'' – [[Bloodgood]]
*''[[Outdoor Elvis]]'' – [[The Swirling Eddies]]
*''The Pledge'' – [[DeGarmo and Key]]
*''Powertrip'' – [[Ludichrist]] (final album)
*''[[Prime 5]]'' – [[Ween]]
*''Rasta Souvenir'' – [[Manu Dibango]]
*''Rage of Angels'' – Rage of Angels
*''[[Sittin' Pretty (The Pastels album)|Sittin' Pretty]]'' – [[The Pastels]]
*''Samiam'' – [[Samiam]]
*''[[Searchlight (album)|Searchlight]]'' – [[Runrig]]
*''[[Silence is Madness]]'' – [[Bride (band)|Bride]]
*''The Singular Adventures of The Style Council: Greatest Hits Vol.1'' – The Style Council – (Compilation)
*''Smash'' – [[One Bad Pig]]
*''[[Some Disenchanted Evening]]'' – [[The Verlaines]]
*''[[State of Control]]'' – [[Barren Cross]]
*''[[Strange Cargo (David Van Tieghem album)|Strange Cargo]]'' – [[David Van Tieghem]]
*''[[Start Today]]'' - [[Gorilla Biscuits]]
*''Strong Medicine'' – [[Bryan Duncan]]
* ''[[Too Long in the Wasteland]]'' - [[James McMurtry]]
*''[[Tragedy Again]]'' – [[D.I. (band)|D.I.]]
*''[[Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient)]]'' – [[Noir Désir]]
*''[[The Way Home (Russ Taff album)|The Way Home]]'' – [[Russ Taff]]
*''Western Shadows'' – [[Carole Laure]]
* ''[[Words for the Dying]]'' – [[John Cale]]
*''[[Wrong (album)|Wrong]]'' – [[Nomeansno]]
*''You Can Fly'' – Steven Prince Band
{{div col end}}