# Artist Album 1 R.E.M. Out of Time 2 Jesus Jones Doubt 3 Siouxie & the Banshees Superstition 4 Morrissey Kill Uncle 5 Too Much Joy Cereal Killers 6 EMF SchubertDip 7 Sting The SoulCages 8 Crowded House Woodface 9 Violent Femmes Why do Birds Sing 10 Electronic Electronic 11 Royal Crescent Mob Midnight Rose's 12 Nirvana Nevermind 13 Erasure Chorus 14 Stan Ridgeway Partyball 15 Big Audio Dynamite II The globe 16 Elvis Costello Mighty Like A Rose 17 Divinyls Divinyls 18 BoDeans Black and White 19 Hoodoo Gurus Kinky 20 Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Perspect Island 21 Joe Jackson Laughter and Lust 22 Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik 23 Smithereens Blow Up 24 Billy Bragg Don't Try Thisat Home 25 Lenny Kravitz Mama Said 26 Psychodelic Furs World Outside 27 Pixies Tromp Le Monde 28 Primus Sailing the Seas of Cheese 29 Lloyd Cole Don't Get Weirdon Me Babe 30 The La's The La's 31 Pop Will Eat Itself Cure for Sanity 32 Living Color ** Time's Up 33 U2 Achtung Baby 34 INXS ** X 35 Sam Phillips Cruel Inventions 36 Richard Thompson Rumor and Sigh 37 Toad the Wet Sprocket Fear 38 Squeeze Play 39 Material Issue International PopOverthrow 40 Kirsty Maccoll Electric Landlady 41 Dream Warriors . . . And Now the Legacy Begins 42 Alison Moyet Hoodoo 43 Havana 3 A.M. Havana 3 A.M. 44 Daniel Ash Coming Down 45 This Picture A Violent Impression 46 Meat Puppets Forbidden Places 47 Seal Seal 48 Ocean Blue Cerulean 49 Replacements ** All Shook Down 50 Enigma MCMXC A.D. 51 Deadicated Compilation 52 Simple Minds Real Life 53 Fishbone The Reality ofMy Surroundings 54 Golden Palominos Drunk with Passion 55 Judybats Native Son 56 Pet Shop Boys ** Behavior 57 Tin Machine Tin Machine II 58 Ned's Atomic Dustbin God Fodder 59 Candyskins Space I'm In 60 The Connells ** One Simple Word 61 John Wesley Harding The Name Above the Title 62 Charlatans U.K. ** Some Friendly 63 The Farm Spartacus 64 Inspiral Carpets The Beast Inside 65 fIREHOSE Flyin ' The Flannel 66 Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers Jahmeyka 67 Happy Mondays ** Pills 'n Thrills 'n Bellyaches 68 Carter U.S.M. 101 Damnations 69 Dinosaur Jr. Green Mind 70 Sisters of Mercy ** Vision Thing 71 House of Freaks Cakewalk 72 XTC Rag & Bone Buffet 73 Timbuk 3 Big Shot In TheDark 74 Blake Babies Sunburn 75 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians ** Ghost of A Dog 76 Single Gun Theory Like Stars in My Hands 77 The Godfathers Unreal World 78 Morrissey ** Bona Drag 79 This Mortal Coil : Blood 80 The Feelies Time For A Witness 81 They Eat Their Own They Eat Their Own 82 Wonder Stuff Never Loved Elvis 83 Psychodots Psychodots 84 Massive Attack Blue Lines 85 Stress Stress 86 The Wendys Gobbledygook 87 Kitchens of Distinction Strange Free World 88 Trash Can Sinatras ** Cake 89 Dread Zeppelin 5000000 90 Gary Clail The EmotionalHooligan 91 Candyflip Madstock . . . 92 Northside Chicken Rhythms 93 Pere Ubu Worlds In Collision 94 Enya Shepherd Moons 95 Smashing Pumpkins Gish 96 They Might Be Giants Miscellaneous 97 Latour Latour ** LATE 1990 RELEASE