MeggaMusic : Best Albums of 1990
In alphabetical order, not in order of preference.
- 808 State - Utd. State 90 (Tommy Boy / ZTT)
- Aaron Copland - The Copland Collection: Orchestral & Ballet Works 1936-1948 (Sony Classical)
- African Head Charge - Songs Of Praise (On-U Sound) ▶
- A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd - Total Confusion (mixes) (Tam Tam)
- Al Gromer Khan - Mahogany Nights (Hearts Of Space)
- Alice In Chains - Facelift (Sony / Columbia)
- Ancient Future - World Without Walls (Sona Gaia)
- Angelo Badalamenti / Julee Cruise - Soundtrack From Twin Peaks (Warner Bros.) ▶| ▶
- Art Of Noise - The Ambient Collection (China Records) ▶
- Astralasia - Astralasia (Fungus Records)
- Bel Canto - Birds Of Passage (Nettwerk / Crammed Discs)
- Bitch Magnet - Ben Hur (Communion Label / Glitterhouse)
- Blue Pearl - Naked (Big Life)
- Chrome - Mission Of The Entranced (Dossier)
- Chuck Van Zyl - Celestial Mechanics (Synkronos Music) ⓘ ▶
- Clem Alford - Mirror Image (Reissue with 4 extra tracks, Original release 1974) (Columbia / Magic Carpet)
- Clock DVA - Transitional Voices (Interfisch)
- Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas (4AD) ▶
- Coil - Unnatural History (Threshold House) ▶
- Coyote Oldman - Thunder Chord (Hearts Of Space)
- Daevid Allen - Australia Aquaria (Demi Monde)
- David Borden & Mother Mallard - The Continuing Story Of Counterpoint, Parts 5-8 (Cuneiform)
- David Parsons - Yatra (Fortuna)
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- Dead Can Dance - Aion (4AD)
- Delerium - Syrophenikan (Dossier)
- Depeche Mode - Violator (Mute)
- Deuter - Osho Mandala Meditation (New Earth)
- Die Form - Poupée Mécanique (Normal)
- Dusty Springfield - Reputation (Parlophone)
- Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon: The Singles 1980-1990 (Rhino / Warner)
- Eduard Artemyev - Music from the Motion Pictures: Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker (Torso Kino)
- Enigma - MCMXC a.D. (Virgin) ▶
- Erik Wøllo - Images Of Light (Origo Sound)
- Fields Of The Nephilim - Elizium (Beggars Banquet)
- Fugazi - Repeater (Dischord)
- Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors - Ritual: Rituals Of Remembrance For A Forgotten Earth (Raven)
- Ghost - Ghost (PSF, Japan)
- Glaxo Babies - The Porlock Factor: Psych Dreams And Other Schemes 1985-1990 (Cherry Red)
- Happy Mondays - Hallelujah EP (Factory) ▶
- Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches (Factory) ▶
- Hawkwind - Acid Daze Volume 1 & II (Receiver)
- Hawkwind - Space Bandits (GWR) ▶
- Helios Creed - Boxing The Clown (Amphetamine Reptile) ▶
- His Name Is Alive - Livonia (4AD)
- Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart - Without Judgement (KK / 30 Hertz)
- Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual (Warner Bros.)
- Jim Kirkwood - King Of The Golden Hall (Kirkwood Tapes) ▶
- Jim Kirkwood - Middle Earth (Kirkwood Tapes) ▶
- Jim Kirkwood - Where Shadows Lie (Kirkwood Tapes) ▶
- Johannes Schmoelling - White Out (Polydor)
- Jonn Serrie - Tingri (Miramar)
- Killing Joke - Extremities, Dirt And Various Repressed Emotions (Noise / Aggressive Rockproduktionen)
- Klaus Schulze - The Dresden Performance (Virgin)
- KMFDM - Naïve (Wax Trax!)
- Leæther Strip - Science For The Satanic Citizen (Zoth Ommog)
- Led Zeppelin - Remasters (Atlantic)
- Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Dub Syndicate - From The Secret Laboratory (Mango) ▶
- Lightwave - Nachtmusik (Erdenklang)
- Loop - A Gilded Eternity (Situation Two) ▶
- Lush - Gala (4AD)
- Mad Professor - Dub Me Crazy 10: Psychedelic Dub (Ariwa)
- Magic Mushroom Band - Process of Illumination (Fungus / Voiceprint)
- Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly (Rough Trade) ▶
- Meat Beat Manifesto - 99% (Mute / PIAS)
- Michael Hedges - Taproot (Windham Hill) ▶
- Mike Oldfield - Amarok (Virgin) ▶
- Monsoon - Ever So Lonely (Ben Chapman Remixes) (Mobile Suit Corp. / Phonogram)
- Muslimgauze - Intifaxa (Extreme) ▶
- My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Confessions Of A Knife... (Wax Trax!)
- Neil Young + Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (Reprise)
- Nemesis - Nihilo Nihil Soundtrack (Nemesis / Bandcamp) ▶
- New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Pigeonhole (PIAS)
- Nik Tyndall - Lagoon (Hearts Of Space)
- Nik Tyndall - Plejaden Suite: Musik Zur Entspannung III (Sky)
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt (Album + Remixes / Massive Attack) (Real World)
- Omnia Opera - Surfing The Zuvuya (Omniasphere)
- Outback - Baka (Hannibal) ▶
- Ozric Tentacles - Erpland (Dovetail) ▶
- Pale Saints - The Comforts Of Madness (4AD)
- Peter Gabriel - Shaking The Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats (Real World)
- Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai - Natives (Silver Wave)
- Phil Thornton & Steven Cragg - Initiation (New World) ▶
- Phish - Lawn Boy (Absolute A Go Go)
- Pixies - Bossanova (4AD)
- Pop Will Eat Itself - Cure For Sanity (RCA)
- Primus - Frizzle Fry (Caroline Records)
- Public Image Ltd - The Greatest Hits, So Far (Virgin)
- Radical Dance Faction - Borderline Cases (Earth Zone)
- Renegade Soundwave - In Dub (Mute)
- Revolting Cocks - Beers, Steers + Queers (Wax Trax!)
- Ride - Nowhere (Creation / Sire) ▶
- Robert Fox - Voices From The Inner Ear (FX Music)
- Robert Rich & Steve Roach - Strata (Hearts Of Space) ▶
- Ron Boots - Dreamscape (Synteam)
- Roxy Music - Heart Still Beating (Virgin / EG)
- Sad Lovers And Giants - Headland (Midnight Music)
- Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (Ensign / Chrysalis) ▶
- Skinny Puppy - 12 Inch Anthology (Nettwerk)
- Software - Ocean (Innovative Communication)
- Solitaire - Altered States (Musique Intemporelle) ▶
- Sonic Youth - Goo (DGC)
- Soup Dragons - Lovegod (Big Life)
- Soup Dragons - Mother Universe / I'm Free (Mixes) (Big Life) ▶
- Space - Space (KLF Communications)
- Spacemen 3 - Recurring (Fire Records) ▶| ▶
- Stephan Micus - Darkness And Light (ECM) ▶
- Steve Vai - Passion And Warfare (Epic / Relativity / Food For Thought)
- Steve Hillman - Phases // Labyrinth (Eye Tapes)
- Tangerine Dream - Antarktis (Pinguin Bootleg)
- Tangerine Dream - Dead Solid Perfect (Silva Screen)
- Tangerine Dream - Melrose (Private Music)
- Terminal Cheesecake - Angels In Pigtails (Jackass)
- Terry Oldfield - Spirit Of The Rainforest (New World) ▶
- The Beloved - Happiness / Blissed Out (WEA / East West)
- The Beloved - It's Alright Now (mixes) (EastWest)
- The Breeders - Pod (4AD)
- The Charlatans - Some Friendly (Situation Two / Dead Dead Good)
- The Fall - Extricate (Cog Sinister)
- The Flaming Lips - In A Priest Driven Ambulance (Warner Bros.)
- The House Of Love - A Spy In The House Of Love (Fontana)
- The House Of Love - The House Of Love 1990 (Fontana)
- The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu - It's Grim Up North (mixes) (KLF)
- The KLF - Chill Out (KLF Communications / Wax Trax!) ▶
- The Legendary Pink Dots - The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse (PIAS)
- The Mock Turtles - Turtle Soup (Imaginary Records)
- The Residents - Stranger Than Supper (UWEB)
- The Shamen - En-Tact (One Little Indian)
- The Sundays - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (Rough Trade) ▶
- Thru Black Holes Band - Space Trip (Aural Innovations)
- Traumklang - Terra Incognita (Traumklang)
- Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (Rockville) ▶
- Various - The Ultimate Compilation: Real Sadness & Other Gregorian Mysteries (Dance Street)
- Vidna Obmana - Near The Flogging Landscape (Violet Glass Oracle)
- Vidna Obmana - Revealed By Composed Nature (Decade Collection)
- Vocokesh - Ispepnaibara (RRRecords)
- Wooden Baby - Embalment (Ozrics Cassette)
- X Marks The Pedwalk - Abattoir / Disease Control / Danger EPs (Zoth Ommog)
Legend
Format = Artist - Album (Label)
= AOTYC (Album Of The Year Contender)Approximate Genres
Eclectic, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelia, Space Rock, Prog Rock, Art Rock, Shoegaze, Grunge, Post-Punk, Industrial, Darkwave, EBM, Industro-Goth, Krautrock, Berlin-School, World Music, Tribal, Dub, Trip-Hop, Acid Jazz, Fusion, Future/Nu-Jazz, Worldbeat, New-Age, Neofolk, Ethereal, Avantgarde, Neoclassical, Indie/Alternative, Synthpop/Electronica, Techno/IDM, Acid-House, Leftfield, Lounge, Chillout, Ambient, Drone, Head Music, Crossover, Ambi-Cultural-Tribal-Trance™.
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