1990 in music        Email Print    Bookmark   Link     1990 in music   Home Discussion     Topics 1990 in music Topic Home This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990. /> le class="wikitable"> Day Album Artist Notes 5 Flood They Might Be Giants They Might Be Giants They Might Be Giants is a Grammy Award-winning Music of the United States alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, and currently also includes Marty Beller, Dan Miller , and Danny Weinkauf....   15 Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic Reading, Writing and Arithmetic is the first album by The Sundays. It was released in the United Kingdom on Rough Trade Records, and in the United States on Geffen Records....   The Sundays The Sundays The Sundays were an England alternative rock group. The band, formed in the mid-1980s, released three albums of material in the late 1980s and 1990s....   UK 16 The Hit List The Hit List (Joan Jett album) The Hit List is a studio album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts . The album was released in 1990. All of the tracks are covers of famous songs....   Joan Jett Joan Jett Joan Jett is an American rock music guitarist, singer, songwriter, Record producer and actress.She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock N' Roll", which was #1 on the Billboard charts Hot 100 No....   Covers album 23 Stick It to Ya Stick It to Ya Stick It To Ya is the debut album from hard rock band Slaughter . It was released in 1990 by Chrysalis Records. It sold over 2 million copies....   Slaughter Slaughter (band) Slaughter is an United States hard rock/glam metal band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada by lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Mark Slaughter and bassist Dana Strum....   29 A Bit of What You Fancy A Bit of What You Fancy A Bit of What You Fancy is rock music band The Quireboys's debut studio album, released in 1990. The album was released on EMI and went into the UK Albums Chart at #2....   The Quireboys The Quireboys The Quireboys are a hard rock band formed during 1984, in London, England with strong ties to Newcastle upon Tyne. When the band formed they were originally known as the London Quireboys in the United States...   UK le class="wikitable"> Day Album Artist Notes 12 Chill Out Chill out Chill out may mean:*Chill out music, a laid-back style of music*Chill Out, an album by KLF*Chill Out *Chill Out, an album by John Lee Hooker...   The KLF The KLF The KLF, also known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu , The Timelords and other names, were one of the seminal bands from the Music of the United Kingdom acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s....   13 Shake Your Money Maker The Black Crowes The Black Crowes The Black Crowes are an United States of American, blues music-oriented hard rock jam band that have sold over 20 million albums. They were hailed by Melody Maker as "The Most Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World"....   debut Just Say Ozzy Just Say Ozzy Just Say Ozzy is a live album by Ozzy Osbourne. Released on March 17, 1990 and it was re-issued on August 22, 1995. It contains the track "Shot in the Dark ", first recorded in the Jake E....   Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is a Grammy Award winning England singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering English heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-RIAA certification solo career which revolutionized the heavy metal genre....   US; Live 19 Extricate Extricate Extricate is a 1990 album by post punk band The Fall . It was made immediately after bandleader Mark E. Smith divorced Brix Smith. Brix's departure influenced more than just the subject matter of the album, it also helped define the sound of this album: her background vocals and post-punk guitar, which had become mainstays of The Fall, ar...   The Fall Heading for Tomorrow Heading for Tomorrow Heading for Tomorrow is the first studio album released by Germany power metal band, Gamma Ray on February 19th, 1990 by Noise Records. In 2002 it was re-released with a different cover as part of the Ultimate Collection box-set....   Gamma Ray Gamma Ray (band) Gamma Ray is a power metal band from north Germany, founded by former Helloween guitarist, singer, and songwriter Kai Hansen....   20 The Language of Life The Language of Life The Language of Life is the fifth album by Everything but the Girl, released on February 20, 1990....   Everything but the Girl Everything but the Girl Everything but the Girl are a two-person England band formed in Kingston upon Hull in 1982 in music, consisting of lead singer and sometime-guitarist Tracey Thorn ...   Dark at the End of the Tunnel Dark At the End Of the Tunnel Dark at the End of the Tunnel is the sixth studio album by Oingo Boingo, released in 1990. It is the first collection of all new material released by the band since their 1987 album BOI-NGO....   Oingo Boingo Oingo Boingo Oingo Boingo was an United States New Wave music band. They are best known for their influence on other musicians, their soundtrack contributions and their high energy Halloween concerts....   22 Submarine Bells Submarine Bells Submarine Bells is an album by New Zealand group The Chills released in 1990. This was the band's first album on a major label, as Martin Phillips signed to Slash Records, a subsidiary of Warner Bros....   The Chills The Chills The Chills are a guitar and keyboard-based rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand.In terms of public acclaim, The Chills were possibly the most successful proponent of the Dunedin Sound in the 1980s and 1990s, although they never achieved breakout sales or financial success....   Gold Afternoon Fix Gold Afternoon Fix Gold Afternoon Fix, The Church 's seventh studio album, and second on Arista Records, was released in February 1990. Meant to capitalize and build on the success of 1988's Starfish , the album saw considerable promotion upon its release....   The Church The Caution Horses The Caution Horses The Caution Horses is a 1990 album by Canada country rock band Cowboy Junkies.The first album following their 1988 breakthrough The Trinity Session, The Caution Horses features a more conventional, polished sound than that album's spare, haunting country blues....   The Church Damn Yankees Damn Yankees (album) Damn Yankees was the eponymous debut album by Damn Yankees . It is also notable for being the album that revived the popular career of guitarist Ted Nugent....   Damn Yankees Damn Yankees (band) Damn Yankees was an United States hard rock Supergroup ....   25 Blue Sky Mining Blue Sky Mining Blue Sky Mining is an album by Midnight Oil that was released in 1990 under the Columbia Records label. It received high ratings from critics....   Midnight Oil Midnight Oil Midnight Oil, or the Oils to fans, was an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drum kit Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard instrument/lead guitarist Jim Moginie....   27 Highwayman 2 Highwayman 2 Highwayman 2 is an album by United States country music Supergroup The Highwaymen . This album was released in 1990 in country music on the Columbia Records label....   The Highwaymen The Highwaymen (country supergroup) The Highwaymen were a country music Supergroup comprising four musicians well known for, among other things, their involvement and pioneering influence on the outlaw country subgenre: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson....   Here in the Real World Here in the Real World Here in the Real World is the debut album by country music singer Alan Jackson. It was released in 1989 and it produced five singles: "Blue Blooded Woman", "Here in the Real World", "Wanted", "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow", and "I'd Love You All Over Again", Jackson's first Number One hit....   Alan Jackson Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music artist who has sold over 50 million records. He was influenced by the neotraditional country country of the 1980s, and he was one of the most popular country singers of the 1990s, blending both honky tonk music and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits....   28 Ah Via Musicom Ah Via Musicom Ah Via Musicom is Eric Johnson's third solo album, released in February 1990 .Several of the songs on the album are dedicated to fellow guitarists....   Eric Johnson Eric Johnson Eric Johnson is a guitarist and recording artist from Austin, Texas. Best known for his success in the instrumental rock format, Johnson regularly incorporates jazz, fusion , New Age, and country and western elements into his recordings....   ? Frizzle Fry Frizzle Fry Frizzle Fry is the first studio album recorded by the band Primus . Suck on This, a live album, preceded its release.Released in 1990 on Caroline Records , it included the tracks Frizzle Fry and Groundhog's Day as well as the bands first single and minor radio hit "John the Fisherman"....   Primus Primus (band) Primus is an United States Rock music band currently composed of singer and bass guitar Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde, and drummer Tim Alexander....   Debut le class="wikitable">
Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Poison Poison (album) Poison is the first album by Bell Biv DeVoe, an R&B/hip-hop group composed of three of the original members of New Edition. The album peaked at #5 and the single Poison peaked at #1 in the U.S....	Bell Biv DeVoe Bell Biv DeVoe Bell Biv DeVoe was a successful splinter group of New Edition that consisted of three previous members, Ricky Bell , Michael Bivins , and Ronnie DeVoe ....
6	New Funky Nation New Funky Nation New Funky Nation is the debut album by the Samoan hip-hop group Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.. The album, released in 1990 on 4th & B'way Records, is widely considered to be a classic....	Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. are a hip hop group from Carson, California, composed of the Devoux brothers Paul, Ted, Donald, Roscoe, Danny, and David. Their family is from Samoa....
Third World Warrior Third World Warrior Third World Warrior is an album by Kris Kristofferson, released on Mercury Records in 1990 . It is a concept album composed of topical songs on politics, primarily expressing left-wing support....	Kris Kristofferson Kris Kristofferson Kristoffer Kristian Kristofferson is an United States writer, singer-songwriter, actor, and musician. He is best known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"....
12	Beg to Differ Beg to Differ Beg To Differ is Prong 's first album released under the CBS label. It can best be described as "metal gone alternative". The album also includes one live track recorded at CBGB's, New York in 1989....	Prong
13	Spiritual Healing Spiritual Healing (album) Spiritual Healing is the third album by death metal band Death , released in February 1990. The title comes from the era when faith healer Peter Popoff was exposed on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson by James Randi as a fraud....	Death Death (band) Death was an influential American death metal band founded in 1983 by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner, considered a "pioneering death metal vocalist/guitarist"....
	Kid 'n Play's Funhouse Kid 'n Play's Funhouse Kid 'n Play's Funhouse is the second album by rap duo, Kid 'n Play. The album was released in 1990 for Select Records and was produced by Hurby Luv Bug and The Invincibles....	Kid 'n Play Kid 'n Play Kid 'n Play was a hip-hop music and comedy duo from New York City that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The duo comprised Christopher "Kid" Reid and Christopher Martin ....
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em Please, Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em is the third album by MC Hammer, released in 1990 by Capitol Records. The album was a #1 smash hit for 21 weeks, due primarily to the runaway single , "U Can't Touch This"....	MC Hammer MC Hammer Stanley Kirk Burrell , better known by his stage names MC Hammer and Hammer, is an American multi-platinum selling rapper and dancer most popular during the late 1980s until the mid-1990s, known for his dramatic rise and fall from fame and fortune and his trademark Hammer Pants....
Pretty Woman soundtrack Pretty Woman Pretty Woman is a 1990 in film romantic comedy film. The film centers on the titular character, down-on-her-luck prostitute Vivian Ward who is hired by a wealthy businessman and Corporate raid, Edward Lewis to be his escort for several business functions, and their developing relationship....	Various Artists
19	Violator Violator (album) Violator is the seventh album by the England electrorock group Depeche Mode, released by Mute Records in 1990. Preceded by the hit singles "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence" , Violator propelled the band into international stardom....	Depeche Mode Depeche Mode Depeche Mode is an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. The group's original line-up was Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke ....
	Manic Nirvana Manic Nirvana Manic Nirvana is an album by the Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, released in 1990 . Although first single "Big Love" was only a modest hit, follow-up single "Hurting Kind" was a major hit, reaching #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for six consecutive weeks....	Robert Plant Robert Plant Robert Anthony Plant Order of the British Empire , is an England Rock and Roll singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the former rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, as well as for his successful solo career....
Blacks' Magic Blacks' Magic Blacks' Magic is the third album by female rap group, Salt-n-Pepa. The album was released in 1990 on London Records. The album was a critical and commercial success, making it to #38 on the Billboard 200 and #15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop album charts and was certified Platinum....	Salt-N-Pepa Salt-N-Pepa Salt-N-Pepa is a Grammy Award-winning United States Hip hop music trio from Queens, New York that came onto the music scene in 1985 in music. The group, consisting of Cheryl James , now Cheryl Wray, Sandra Denton , and DJ, Spinderella , has sold over 15 million albums and singles worldwide and are one of the top selling rap acts, either male...
My Romance My Romance (album) My Romance is an album by the U.S. singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released in 1990 in music. It is her 14th studio album, and her 16th album overall, as well as being her second album devoted to pop standards....	Carly Simon Carly Simon Carly Elisabeth Simon is an United States singer-songwriter, actress, writer of children's books and musician. Simon has risen to fame with Hit single that have nominated or won many Grammy Awards for her over a period of several decades....	Covers album
20	Changesbowie Changesbowie Changesbowie is a compilation album by David Bowie, released in 1990 in the United States by Rykodisc and by EMI in the United Kingdom as part of Rykodisc's Bowie remastering program, to replace ChangesOneBowie....	David Bowie David Bowie David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....	Compilation
	I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got is the second album by Sin?ad O'Connor released in 1990 on Chrysalis Records.The critically-acclaimed album contains her most famous single, "Nothing Compares 2 U", and was one of the best selling records in the world in 1990, topping the charts in many countries, including the US, UK, and Canada....	Sinéad O'Connor Sinéad O'Connor Sin?ad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is a Grammy Award-winning Ireland singer-songwriter....
Fear of a Black Planet Fear of a Black Planet Fear of a Black Planet is the Grammy Award-nominated third album by United States hip hop music group Public Enemy , released on March 20, 1990 on Def Jam Recordings....	Public Enemy
23	Recycler Recycler Recycler is the tenth studio album by United States blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1990 .The band had a cameo in the 1990 movie Back to the Future Part III playing an "old west" version of "Doubleback" along with some local musicians....	ZZ Top ZZ Top ZZ Top is an American Rock music trio formed in late 1969 in Houston, Texas, United States. The group members are Billy Gibbons , Dusty Hill , and Frank Beard ....
26	Sex Packets Sex Packets Sex Packets is the debut album from the early 1990s rap group Digital Underground and is a concept album about a drug that causes its taker to orgasm....	Digital Underground Digital Underground Digital Underground is an Alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California....
	Unison Unison (album) Unison is the English-language debut album of Canadian singer Celine Dion, released in 1990 in North America and the next year in the rest of the world....	Celine Dion Celine Dion C?line Marie Claudette Dion Order of Canada National Order of Quebec is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. Born to a large, impoverished family, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband Ren? Ang?lil mortgaged his home to finance her first record....	Canada
	Brigade Brigade (album) Brigade is the tenth studio album, but eleventh album overall, released by the popular rock/pop band Heart in 1990 after a three year gap between albums....	Heart Heart (band) Heart is a Rock music band whose founding members came from Seattle, Washington, Washington, United States in the early 1970s. Going through several lineup changes, the only constant members of the group are sisters Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson ....
Still Got the Blues Still Got the Blues Still Got the Blues is a 1990 album by guitarist Gary Moore. Prior to this album Moore's work had consisted of predominantly jazz-fusion with Colosseum II and Rock music and hard rock styles including his work with Skid Row , Thin Lizzy, G-Force as well as a large repertoire of solo work....	Gary Moore Gary Moore Gary Moore is a Northern Irish guitarist. In a career dating back to the 1960s, he has played with artists including Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Greg Lake and the Blues-rock band Skid Row , as well as having a successful solo career....
The Best of Van Morrison The Best of Van Morrison The Best of Van Morrison is a compilation album by Northern Ireland singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1990 .This was his first ever "Best of" album and was one of the best-selling albums of the 90s, spending a year and a half on the UK chartsafter charting at #4 and at #1 in Australia on the ARIA Charts....	Van Morrison Van Morrison George Ivan Morrison Order of the British Empire is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s....	UK
27	Livin' Like Hustlers Livin' Like Hustlers Livin' Like Hustlers is the debut album by the Rap music group Above the Law , released in 1990. It was a major critical success and, in 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums....	Above the Law
	Forever Everlasting Forever Everlasting Forever Everlasting was Everlast 's first solo album. The biggest hits on this album were "The Rhythm" which featured Ice-T, "Never Missin' a Beat", and "I Got The Knack" featuring DJ Lethal with whom he'd later form House of Pain....	Everlast Everlast (musician) Erik Schrody , better known by his stage name Everlast, is an Irish people-United States rapper and singer-songwriter, best known for his hit "What It's Like", and for his unique genre-crossing mix of hip hop music and acoustic music-based rock music he's dubbed "Hick-Hop." He was the frontman for rap group House of Pain until 1996 in m...
Social Distortion Social Distortion (album) Social Distortion is the third and self-titled album by the American punk rock band Social Distortion, which was released on March 27, 1990 as their first album on Epic Records....	Social Distortion Social Distortion Social Distortion is an United States rock music band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California, Orange County, California, California. The band currently consists of Mike Ness , Jonny Wickersham , Brent Harding and Charlie Quintana ....

le class="wikitable">DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Up in It

Up in It

Up in It is an album by the band The Afghan Whigs....
  The Afghan Whigs

The Afghan Whigs

The Afghan Whigs were a soul music-influenced United States Grunge rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio. While they achieved moderate success in the 1990s -- Rolling Stone described the band as spending "the bulk of their career on the brink of stardom" -- they "never quite broke beyond a substantial legion of devotees enamored of their thinl...
 3 Born to Sing

Born to Sing

Born to Sing was En Vogue's debut album which was released in 1990, and was certified Platinum in 1991....
  En Vogue

En Vogue

En Vogue is a Grammy nominated United States female Contemporary R&B vocal quartet assembled by music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy....
 10 Laura Branigan

Laura Branigan (album)

Laura Branigan is the sixth album by singer Laura Branigan, released in 1990 in music.This album scored an AC hit for Branigan with its second single, "Never In A Million Years." The album also brought the singer back to the tops of the Hi-NRG charts and nightclub with its first single, "Moonlight On Water," and a trendy update of Vick...
  Laura Branigan

Laura Branigan

Laura Branigan was an American singer-songwriter and actor of Irish American ancestry. She is best known for her Top-10 hit "Self Control" , her biggest hit from the Platinum album of the same name....
  Act III

Act III

Act III is the third album by the thrash metal band Death Angel, released in 1990 on Geffen Records. Regarded by many critics and fans as the band's finest effort, the album was produced by famed metal producer Max Norman , and marked the first major label release by Death Angel....
  Death Angel

Death Angel

Death Angel is a Filipino-American thrash metal band from Concord, California, California. Initially active from 1982 to 1991, the band reformed at the Thrash of the Titans benefit concert for Chuck Billy in 2001....
  Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask (album)

Behind the Mask is an album by Great Britain/United States rock music musical band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1990 in music. It was the first album released by the band after the departure of guitarist Lindsey Buckingham....
  Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac are a United Kingdom/United States rock music band formed in 1967 which have experienced a high turnover of personnel and varied levels of success....
  Days of Open Hand

Days of Open Hand

Days of Open Hand is Suzanne Vega's third album, released in 1990 . This album won the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 1991....
  Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Nadine Vega is an American songwriter and singer known for her highly literate lyrics and eclectic folk music-inspired music.Record companies saw little prospect of commercial success in the beginning; Vega's demo tape was rejected by every major record company?twice by A&M....
 11 Vanity/Nemesis

Vanity/Nemesis

Vanity/Nemesis is a 1990 album by Celtic Frost....
  Celtic Frost

Celtic Frost

Celtic Frost was an influential avant-garde metal band from Z?rich, Switzerland. They are known for their heavy influence on the extreme metal and gothic metal genres....
  Songs for Drella

Songs for Drella

Songs for Drella is a concept album by Lou Reed and John Cale, alumni of The Velvet Underground.On January 9, 1989 Cale and Reed performed a selection of Songs for Drella at The Church of St....
  Lou Reed

Lou Reed

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock music musician best known as the guitarist, Singing and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground as well as a successful solo artist whose career has spanned several decades....
 and John Cale

John Cale

John Davies Cale , better known as John Cale, is a Welsh people musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the rock & roll band The Velvet Underground....
 16 Hammerheart

Hammerheart

Hammerheart is the fifth album released by Bathory . It continued Blood Fire Death's transition away from black metal to what would become recognized as viking metal, and is considered a cornerstone work of the genre....
  Bathory

Bathory (band)

Bathory was a Sweden heavy metal music band, formed by Quorthon in 1983. They are regarded as pioneers of both black metal and Viking metal. The band is named after the infamous Hungarian people countess, Elizabeth B?thory....
 17 The Good Son

The Good Son (album)

The Good Son is the sixth album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 1990 . It was preceded by the release of "The Ship Song/The Train Song" single....
  Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian Rock music band with multinational personnel, fronted by Nick Cave....
  Johnny Gill

Johnny Gill (1990 album)

Johnny Gill is an album by Rhythm and blues singer Johnny Gill."Johnny Gill re-established himself as a solo artist in 1990, and he did so in tremendous fashion, recording an astonishing self-titled debut for Motown that brought together the hitmaking duos Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and L.A....
  Johnny Gill

Johnny Gill

Johnny Gill is an United States R&B music singer-songwriter best known for his romantic ballads and as a member of New Edition. His signature song "My, My, My" has been included on numerous romantic compilations....
  Live on Broadway

Live on Broadway

Live on Broadway is a live album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1990. The album was recorded at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on December 2 and December 3, 1989....
  Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow is an United States singer-songwriter, musician, arrangement, record producer and conducting, best known for such recordings as "I Write the Songs", "Mandy ", "Weekend in New England" and "Copacabana "....
  Live People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm is the debut album by the alternative hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released April 17, 1990 on Jive Records....
  A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest is an United States Hip hop music group, formed in 1988. The group is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad....
 23 Life

Life (Inspiral Carpets album)

Life is the debut studio album by the England indie rock band Inspiral Carpets. It was released April 23, 1990 on Cow Records, through Mute Records, during the period dubbed Madchester by the British media....
  Inspiral Carpets

Inspiral Carpets

Inspiral Carpets are an alternative rock band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England formed by Graham Lambert and Stephen Holt in 1986. The band is named after a clothing shop on their Oldham estate....
 24 Goodbye Jumbo

Goodbye Jumbo

Although ostensibly the second album by British group World Party, Goodbye Jumbo was essentially a solo project by one-man orchestra Karl Wallinger, aided by a number of guest artists....
  World Party

World Party

World Party is a United Kingdom pop music / alternative rock band, which is essentially the solo project of its multi-talented only member, Karl Wallinger....
 30 The Internationale

The Internationale (album)

The Internationale is a 1990 album by Billy Bragg. Originally released on Bragg's short-lived record label, Utility Records, it is a deliberately political album, consisting mainly of cover versions and rewrites of left-wing protest songs....
  Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg

Stephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an England musician who blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs....
  Mini-LP? Glider

Glider (EP)

Glider is an Extended play by My Bloody Valentine , released in April 1990 by Creation Records. The EP was also the group's first release on the Sire Records label in the USA....
  My Bloody Valentine EP

le class="wikitable">DayAlbumArtistNotes1 When the Storm Comes Down

When the Storm Comes down

When the Storm Comes Down is the third studio album by Flotsam and Jetsam , released in 1990. Re-released on June 10, 2008 by Metal Mind Productions....
  Flotsam and Jetsam

Flotsam and Jetsam (band)

Flotsam and Jetsam is a thrash metal band that formed in Phoenix, Arizona, Arizona in 1983....
  Charmed Life

Charmed Life (album)

Charmed Life is an album released by Billy Idol in 1990 through Chrysalis Records . It was his fourth studio-album."Cradle of Love" was also featured on the soundtrack of The Adventures of Ford Fairlane....
  Billy Idol

Billy Idol

Billy Idol is an English Rock music musician.He first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X . He then embarked on a successful solo career, aided by a series of stylish music videos, making him one of the first MTV stars....
  The Winding Sheet

The Winding Sheet

The Winding Sheet is an album by American musician Mark Lanegan that was released in 1990. It was Lanegan's first solo work, and is notable in its departure from the characteristic sound of Screaming Trees, the band he fronted from 1985 until 2000....
  Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan in Ellensburg, Washington, Washington) is an United States Rock music musician and songwriter. Lanegan began his music career in the 1980s, forming the Grunge music group Screaming Trees with Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner and Mark Pickerel....
 2 Son of Albert

Son of Albert

Son of Albert is the debut solo album of Andrew Ridgeley. Originally released in May 1990, Ridgeley's effort was a sharp turn away from his former pop image with Wham! years earlier....
  Andrew Ridgeley

Andrew Ridgeley

Andrew John Ridgeley is an England pop music singer, guitarist and environmentalism born to Jennipher and Albert Ridgeley. His mother is British and his father is Egyptian-Italian Andrew came to public attention as a member of the 1980s pop music duet Wham!...
 5 Now That's What I Call Music 17

Now That's What I Call Music 17 (U.K. series)

Now That's What I Call Music 17 or Now 17 was released in 1990. The album is the 17th edition of the Now That's What I Call Music series....
  Various Artists UK; Compilation8 Shut Up and Dance

Shut Up and Dance

For the hit 1994 single by Aerosmith, see "Shut Up and Dance ." For the British hip hop/house music group, see "Shut Up And Dance."Shut Up and Dance: The Dance Mixes was Paula Abdul's second album release in 1990....
  Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul

Paula Julie Abdul is an United States Pop music singer, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.In the 1980s, Abdul rose from being a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to being a sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era, then to being a pop music-Contemporary R&B singer with a string of hits in...
  Remix album Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits (The Bangles album)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by The Bangles. It was released by their record company, Columbia Records on May 8 1990 to fulfil the band's contractual requirements....
  The Bangles

The Bangles

The Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles through much of the decade....
  Greatest Hits Young Lions

Young Lions (album)

Young Lions, released in May 1990 , is the fifth solo album by Adrian Belew, and his second on Atlantic Records. Released by Atlantic while Belew was on tour with David Bowie serving as musical director as well as guitarist, the album features vocal assists from Bowie on two tracks ....
  Adrian Belew

Adrian Belew

Adrian Belew is an United States guitarist and singer perhaps best known for his work as a member of the progressive rock group King Crimson, which he joined in 1981....
   Tattooed Millionaire Bruce Dickinson

Bruce Dickinson

Paul Bruce Dickinson is an English singer, airline Aviator, radio show host, DJ, historian, Presenter#Television presenters, diver, Fencing, record producer, novelist, and songwriter best known as the vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden....
  Eclipse Yngwie Malmsteen US Wilson Phillips

Wilson Phillips (album)

Wilson Phillips is the Grammy Award nominated 1990 debut album by Wilson Phillips. The singles, "Hold On ", "Release Me " and "You're in Love ", all hit number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, while "Impulsive " reached the top five....
  Wilson Phillips

Wilson Phillips

Wilson Phillips is an United States vocal group consisting of Carnie Wilson andWendy Wilson and Chynna Phillips. Their 1990 self-titled debut album scored four Grammy Award nominations, two American Music Award nominations and a Billboard Music Award....
 11 Screaming Life/Fopp

Screaming Life/Fopp

Screaming Life/Fopp is a compilation album by the American alternative rock band Soundgarden. It was released on May 11, 1990 through Sub Pop Records....
  Soundgarden

Soundgarden

Soundgarden was an American Rock music band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by lead singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto....
  Compilation14 DAAS Icon

DAAS Icon

DAAS Icon is the first studio album recorded and released by Australian comedy trio, the Doug Anthony All Stars. Released in 1990, it features the singles "I Want to Spill the Blood of a Hippy" and "Bottle"....
  Doug Anthony All Stars

Doug Anthony All Stars

The Doug Anthony All Stars were an Australian musical comedy group who performed together between 1984 and 1994. The band was an acoustic trio comprising Paul McDermott and Tim Ferguson on main vocals and Richard Fidler on guitar and backing vocals....
 15 Lock up the Wolves

Lock up the Wolves

Lock Up the Wolves was released May 15, 1990 and is Dio's fifth album....
  Dio Reflections of Passion

Reflections of Passion

Reflections of Passion, is Yanni's sixth album, released on the Private Music label in 1990, , with a concert tour the same year and same title....
  Yanni

Yanni

Yanni is a self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer. Yanni left his homeland at the age of 18 to attend the University of Minnesota. After receiving a B.A....
  Compilation Ten

Ten (Y&T album)

Ten is Y&T's tenth album, recorded in 1989 and released in early 1990....
  Y&T

Y&T

Y&T is an United States hard rock/Heavy metal music formed in 1974. They hail from the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. The band released two studio albums on London Records as Yesterday & Today in the 1970s, before shortening their name to Y&T and releasing several albums on A&M Records beginning in 1981, as well as albums on Geffen...
 16 AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted Ice Cube

Ice Cube

O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube is an United States of America rapper, actor, screenwriter, and film producer.He began his career as a member of the rap group N.W.A along with group leader Eazy-E, and later launched a successful solo career in music and Film....
 21 Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade

Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade

Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade is a 1990 album by Soul II Soul. The album was #1 in the UK during early 1990. The album contained three UK hits, "Get A Life", which reached #3 , "A Dream's A Dream", which made #6 , and "Missing You", which reached #22 ....
  Soul II Soul

Soul II Soul

Soul II Soul is a 2-time Grammy winning act that emerged at the end of the 1980s from London. The group initially attracted attention as a sound system , playing records at house and street parties ....
 22 I'm Breathless

I'm Breathless

I'm Breathless - Music from and Inspired by the film Dick Tracy is the second soundtrack album by United States singer-songwriter Madonna , released on May 22, 1990, by Sire Records....
  Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
 25 Hell to Pay

Hell to Pay (Jeff Healey album)

Hell to Pay is the second album by The Jeff Healey Band. It was released in 1990 ....
  Jeff Healey

Jeff Healey

Jeff Healey was a blind Canada jazz and blues music-Rock music guitarist and vocalist....
  Canada29 Bloodletting

Bloodletting (album)

Bloodletting is the third album from alternative rock band Concrete Blonde, shifting more towards gothic rock. R.E.M. 's Peter Buck and Wall of Voodoo's Andy Prieboy make guest appearances ....
  Concrete Blonde

Concrete Blonde

Concrete Blonde is an alternative rock band based in the United States. They were initially active from the early 1980s to 1995, and reunited in 2001....
 31 Scumdogs of the Universe

Scumdogs of the Universe

Scumdogs of the Universe is the second album by Heavy metal music band GWAR. The album is their first album on Metal Blade Records and was released in 1990....
  GWAR

GWAR

Gwar is an American and Grammy nominated rock music band formed in 1985. The band is best known for their elaborate sci-fi/horror film inspired costumes; raunchy, obscene lyrics; and graphic stage performances, which consist of humorous re-enactments of political and moral taboo themes....
 ? Droolian

Droolian

Released in March 1990, Droolian was Julian Cope's sixth solo album. It was recorded over three days on a 4-track portastudio, in the Liverpool living room of Cope's old friend and former Zoo Records cohort Pam 'Pammo' Young....
  Julian Cope

Julian Cope

Julian Cope is a British Rock music musician, author, antiquary, musicologist, and poet who came to prominence in 1978 as the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes....
 

le class="wikitable">DayAlbumArtistNotes5 Step by Step

Step by Step (album)

Step by Step is the third studio album from pop group New Kids on the Block. Released in June 1990, the group at this time was very popular and was being heavily merchandised, with everything from pillowcases, to marbles, to dolls, to a Saturday morning cartoon with their name and likeness....
  New Kids on the Block

New Kids on the Block

New Kids on the Block is an USA pop group that enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a boy band which went on to sell 80 million records world-wide....
 7 Sumerian Cry

Sumerian Cry

Sumerian Cry is the debut album from the Swedish then-death metal band Tiamat .The album was recorded at Sunlight Studio, Stockholm, Sweden, in 1989, when the band was known under the original name Treblinka....
  Tiamat

Tiamat (band)

Tiamat is a heavy metal music band that formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1988. Their music has been the subject of debate, utilizing subgenres like black metal, Progressive metal, Doom metal/Death metal and Gothic metal, but more recently they have focused on what has been described as "rock music"...
 11 Live It Up

Live It Up (CSN album)

Live It Up is an album released in 1990 by Crosby, Stills & Nash, produced by the band with Joe Vitale and J. Stanley Johnson....
  Crosby, Stills & Nash A Catholic Education

A Catholic Education

A Catholic Education is the debut album by United Kingdom alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, released in 1990....
  Teenage Fanclub

Teenage Fanclub

Teenage Fanclub is an alternative rock band from Bellshill, Scotland. The band is composed of Norman Blake , Raymond McGinley , Gerard Love and Francis MacDonald , with songwriting duties shared equally between Blake, McGinley and Love....
  Utd. State 90

Utd. State 90

Utd. State 90 is an album by techno artists 808 State which was released in 1990.Utd. State 90 is the band's U.S. version of the Ninety album, and features unique cover artwork and a longer, revised track list....
  808 State

808 State

808 State are an English electronic music outfit formed in 1988 in Manchester, taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine and the "state of mind" shared by the members....
 12 Holy Water

Holy Water

Holy Water is a studio album by hard rock band Bad Company, with Brian Howe in place of Paul Rodgers as lead vocalist, released in June of 1990 ....
  Bad Company

Bad Company

Bad Company are an England hard rock Supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free , Mott the Hoople , and King Crimson . Bad Company was managed by Peter Grant , who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success....
  Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey (album)

Mariah Carey is the self-titled debut album by American singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on June 12, 1990 by Columbia Records....
  Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is an United States singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S....
  I'll Give All My Love to You

I'll Give All My Love to You

I'll Give All My Love to You was rhythm and blues artist Keith Sweat's second album. It was released on June 12, 1990....
  Keith Sweat

Keith Sweat

Keith Sweat, born on July 22, 1961 in Harlem, New York, is an United States Contemporary R&B/soul music, singer-songwriter, record producer and a major contributor to the New jack swing era....
 14 Amarok

Amarok (album)

Amarok is the 13th album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1990 in music. It is considered by fans to be his most distinctive work: a single sixty-minute track of continuous, uninterrupted but constantly-changing music....
  Mike Oldfield

Mike Oldfield

Mike Oldfield is an England multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk music, ethnic or world music, European classical music, electronic music, New Age music and more recently dance music....
 18 Alias

Alias (album)

Alias is the debut album from the band Alias , released in 1990 in music by Capitol Records.The single "More Than Words Can Say" reached #2 in the US Billboard Hot 100....
  Alias

Alias (band)

About ALIASAlias was an Album-oriented rock/hard rock band , formed in 1988 in music by singer Freddy Curci and guitarist Steve DeMarchi of the Canadian arena rock band Sheriff , along with Heart founding members Roger Fisher , Steve Fossen, and Mike DeRosier....
 19 Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em

Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em

Let the Rhythm Hit ?Em is the third album by groundbreaking hip-hop duo Eric B. & Rakim, which was released in 1990. The group's sound develops further, with Rakim adopting a deeper, more aggressive tone of voice, and more mature and serious subject matter....
  Eric B. & Rakim

Eric B. & Rakim

Eric Barrier and Rakim were a hip hop music duo from Long Island, New York, in the borough of Queens, New York, New York City, who recorded as Eric B....
  A Night on the Town

A Night on the Town (Bruce Hornsby album)

Bruce Hornsby#Range years's third and final album is titled A Night On The Town. Following albums would be credited to Bruce Hornsby ....
  Bruce Hornsby and the Range

Bruce Hornsby

Bruce Randall Hornsby is an American singer, pianist, accordion player, and songwriter. Known for the spontaneity and creativity of his live performances, Hornsby draws frequently from classical music, jazz, bluegrass music, Folk music, motown, Rock music, blues, and jam band musical traditions with his songwriting and the seamless improvis...
 21 Black Angels

Black Angels (album)

Black Angels is an album by Kronos Quartet....
  Kronos Quartet

Kronos Quartet

Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California....
 22 New Art Riot

New Art Riot

New Art Riot is an EP released in 1990 by Manic Street Preachers, and it was the first release from the band to feature the 'classic' four-piece line-up ....
  Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers are an alternative rock band from Blackwood, Wales, formed in 1986. Often referred to as the Manics, they are James Dean Bradfield , Nicky Wire and Sean Moore ....
  EP25 Deicide

Deicide (album)

Deicide is the eponymous debut album by United States death metal band Deicide . The album contains all of their demo tracks plus the two songs "Deicide" and "Mephistopheles"....
  Deicide

Deicide (band)

Deicide is an United States death metal band formed in 1987. Their first two albums, Deicide and Legion , are ranked second and third place in best-selling death metal albums of the SoundScan era....
  Livonia

Livonia (His Name Is Alive album)

Livonia is the debut LP by His Name Is Alive, originally released on 4AD in the UK in 1990, and in 1992 on 4AD/Rykodisc in the USA....
  His Name Is Alive

His Name Is Alive

His Name Is Alive is an experimental rock band/ project from Livonia, Michigan. After several self-released cassettes, they debuted on 4AD Records in 1990, starting a long run at the label....
  Sudden Stop

Sudden Stop

Sudden Stop is the second studio album by Canada blues musician Colin James released in 1990 on Virgin Records. The album was recorded in Vancouver, British Columbia and Memphis, Tennessee....
  Colin James

Colin James

Colin James Munn is a Canada singer, guitarist, and songwriter who plays in the blues, Rock and roll, and Swing revival genres....
  Canada26 Real Men... Wear Black

Real Men... Wear Black

Real Men... Wear Black is a 1990 album by funk/R&B group Cameo ....
  Cameo

Cameo (band)

Cameo is a funk-influenced rhythm and blues group that was formed in the early 1970's. Cameo was initially a 13-member group known as the New York City Players, this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid confusion with another popular group of that era....
  Danzig II: Lucifuge

Danzig II: Lucifuge

Danzig II: Lucifuge is the second album by Danzig . It was released in 1990 on Def American and was reissued in the United States and United Kingdom in 1998 by Def American's successor, American Recordings....
  Danzig

Danzig (band)

Danzig is an American rock band, formed in 1987 in Lodi, NJ, New Jersey. The band serves as a musical outlet for singer/composer Glenn Danzig. Danzig can be seen as the third stage in Glenn Danzig's musical career, preceded by the horror punk bands Misfits and Samhain ....
  After The Rain Nelson

Nelson (band)

Nelson is a glam metal band founded by Matthew Nelson and Gunnar Nelson They had a Hot 100 number-one hits of 1990 in the United States with " Love and Affection" during the week of September 29 1990....
  Goo

Goo (album)

Goo is an album by alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 26, 1990. A remastered version was released in 2005.Goo was the first album released after the band signed to major label Geffen Records....
  Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth is an American rock music rock band formed in New York City in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Mark Ibold and Steve Shelley ....
 30 Biohazard

Biohazard (album)

Biohazard is the eponymous debut album from United States band Biohazard ....
  Biohazard

Biohazard (band)

Biohazard was a band originally based out of Brooklyn, New York. They are acknowledged as one of the earliest bands to fuse hardcore punk and heavy metal music with elements of hip hop....
 ? Gold Mother

Gold Mother

Gold Mother was the third studio album from English band James , originally released June 1990. The album was recorded for Rough Trade Records, but James asked to be released from their contract with them and moved to Fontana....
  James

James (band)

James are an England Rock music band from Manchester. They formed in 1981 and were active throughout the 80s, but most successful during the 90s....
 

le class="wikitable">DayAlbumArtistNotes3 Seven Turns

Seven Turns

Seven Turns is a 1990 album by the Allman Brothers Band. The album was well-received, and it was their first release since 1981. It peaked at #53: hit singles were Good Clean Fun ; Seven Turns and It Ain't Over Yet ....
  Allman Brothers Band Lofty's Roach Souffle

Lofty's Roach Souffle

Lofty's Roach Souffl? is an instrumental album by United States artist Harry Connick Jr., released in 1990.Presented as the Harry Connick, Jr....
  Harry Connick, Jr.

Harry Connick, Jr.

Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. is an American Popular Music/Performers, pianist, composer, actor, and humanitarian. Connick?s music encompasses jazz, some of it very much in the style of the crooners of the 1940s and early 1950s, funk and blues....
  We Are in Love

We Are in Love

We Are in Love is an album by United States artist Harry Connick, Jr., released in 1990. The multi-platinum album features Connick on piano & vocal, Russell Malone on guitar, Shannon Powell on Drum kit, Benjamin Jonah Wolfe on Double bass, and Branford Marsalis on saxophone....
  Harry Connick, Jr.

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.

Events

• January 21 - MTV
  MTV
  
  MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
  's Unplugged
  Unplugged
  
  'Unplugged' is another name for acoustic music. It may also refer to:*Unplugged...and Seated*Unplugged *Unplugged *Unplugged *Unplugged *Unplugged ...
   premieres on cable television
  Cable television
  
  Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required....
   with musical guest, Squeeze
  Squeeze
  
  Squeeze are an England musical ensemble that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the New Wave period of the late 1970s, and continued recording successfully in the 1980s and 1990s....
  
• February 6 - Billy Idol
  Billy Idol
  
  Billy Idol is an English Rock music musician.He first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X . He then embarked on a successful solo career, aided by a series of stylish music videos, making him one of the first MTV stars....
   is involved in a serious motorcycle accident, resulting in several broken bones. Idol had been scheduled to have a major role in Oliver Stone
  Oliver Stone
  
  William Oliver Stone is an United Statesn film director and screenwriter. Stone came to prominence as a director with a series of films about the Vietnam War, in which he had participated as an American infantry soldier, and his work continues to focus frequently on contemporary political and cultural issues, often controversially....
  's film The Doors
  The Doors
  
  The Doors were an United States rock music band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California by Singer Jim Morrison, keyboard instrument Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger....
  , but due to his injuries, the role was reduced almost to a bit part.
• February 14 - 50,000 fans watch The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones
  
  The Rolling Stones are an English rock music band formed in 1962 in London when multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were joined by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards....
   play the first of 10 concerts at Tokyo's Korakuen Dome, the beginning of the Stones' first ever tour of Japan.
• February 16 - Ike Turner
  Ike Turner
  
  Ike Wister Turner was an United States musician, bandleader, talent scout, and record producer. His first recording, "Rocket 88" by "Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats," in 1951, is considered by some to be the "First rock and roll record" ever....
   is sentenced to 4 years in prison for possession of cocaine
  Cocaine
  
  Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine....
  .
• February 24 - The Byrds
  The Byrds
  
  The Byrds were an American Rock music band. Formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964, The Byrds underwent several lineup changes, with frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member until the group's disbandment in 1973....
   (Roger McGuinn
  Roger McGuinn
  
  James Roger McGuinn is an United States singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' hit records....
  , Chris Hillman
  Chris Hillman
  
  Christopher Hillman was one of the original members of The Byrds in 1965 with Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, and Michael Clarke .Along with frequent collaborator Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman was a key figure in the development of country rock, virtually defining the genre through his seminal work in The Byrds and The Flying Burrit...
   and David Crosby
  David Crosby
  
  David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an United States guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young which is sometimes augmented with Neil Young, and CPR ....
  ) reunite, for the first time in 25 years, to perform at a Los Angeles, California
  Los Angeles, California
  
  Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
   tribute to Roy Orbison
  Roy Orbison
  
  Roy Kelton Orbison was an influential Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades....
  . The three are joined unexpectedly on stage by Bob Dylan, who sings "Mr. Tambourine Man" with the band.
• March 19 - Depeche Mode
  Depeche Mode
  
  Depeche Mode is an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. The group's original line-up was Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke ....
   released their 7th album Violator
  Violator
  
  Violator may refer to:* Violator , a 1990 album by Depeche Mode* Violator , a Brazilian thrash metal band* Violator , a thrash metal band from Gothenburg...
   which is the bands most successful record on both sides of the Atlantic. Critics had positive attitude towards the album that had great influence on electronic and techno music.
• March 20 - Gloria Estefan
  Gloria Estefan
  
  Gloria Estefan is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter. She is in the top 100 of best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide, with 26.5 million in the United States alone....
  's tour bus is involved in an accident. Estefan suffers several broken bones in her back.
• March 25 - Mötley Crüe
  Mötley Crüe
  
  M?tley Cr?e are a Grammy Award-nominated American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1981.The band was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drum kit Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil....
  's Tommy Lee
  Tommy Lee
  
  Tommy Lee is an United States musician, and founding member of heavy metal music band M?tley Cr?e. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects....
   is arrested for allegedly exposing his backside during a performance in Augusta, Georgia
• April 4 - Gloria Estefan
  Gloria Estefan
  
  Gloria Estefan is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter. She is in the top 100 of best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide, with 26.5 million in the United States alone....
   returns to Miami, Florida
  Miami, Florida
  
  Miami is a global city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, the most populous county in Florida....
   after undergoing back surgery in March following a tour bus accident.
• April 6 - Mötley Crüe
  Mötley Crüe
  
  M?tley Cr?e are a Grammy Award-nominated American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1981.The band was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drum kit Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil....
  's Tommy Lee
  Tommy Lee
  
  Tommy Lee is an United States musician, and founding member of heavy metal music band M?tley Cr?e. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects....
   suffers a mild concussion after falling off of scaffolding above his elevated drum kit during a performance in New Haven, Connecticut.
• April 7 - Neil Young
  Neil Young
  
  Neil Percival Young Order of Manitoba is a Canada singer-songwriter, musician and film director.Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature falsetto tenor singing voice....
  , Elton John
  Elton John
  
  Sir Elton Hercules John Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s....
  , Kris Kristofferson
  Kris Kristofferson
  
  Kristoffer Kristian Kristofferson is an United States writer, singer-songwriter, actor, and musician. He is best known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"....
  , Willie Nelson
  Willie Nelson
  
  Willie Hugh Nelson is an United States country music singer-songwriter author, poet and actor. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains Cultural icon, especially in American popular culture....
  , John Mellencamp
  John Mellencamp
  
  John Mellencamp, previously known by the stage names John Cougar and John Cougar Mellencamp, is a Grammy-winning United States rock music singer-songwriter, musician, artist and occasional actor....
  , Guns N' Roses
  Guns N' Roses
  
  Guns N' Roses is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1985. The band, led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through numerous line-up changes and controversies since their formation....
   and Jackson Browne
  Jackson Browne
  
  Clyde Jackson Browne is an American rock music singer-songwriter and musician. His introspective lyrics made him the poster boy of the Southern California confessional singer-songwriter movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s....
   perform at Farm Aid
  Farm Aid
  
  Farm Aid started as a benefit concert on September 22, 1985, in Champaign, Illinois, held to raise money for family farmers in the United States....
   IV in Indiana
  Indiana
  
  The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
  . John dedicates "Candle in the Wind" to AIDS
  AIDS
  
  Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the HIV ....
   patient Ryan White
  Ryan White
  
  Ryan Wayne White was an United States teenager from Kokomo, Indiana who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after being expelled from school because of his infection....
   during his performance. White died later that evening.
• April 16 - a massive tribute concert is held at Wembley Stadium for recently freed anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela
  Nelson Mandela
  
  Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the first President of South Africa of South Africa to be elected in a universal suffrage democratic election, serving in the office from 1994?99....
  , who makes a 45-minute speech at the event. Performers include Anita Baker
  Anita Baker
  
  Anita Baker is an American rhythm and blues and soul music singer-songwriter. To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards, and has earned four platinum albums and three gold albums to her credit....
  , Tracy Chapman
  Tracy Chapman
  
  Tracy Chapman is an United States singer-songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason", "New Beginning " and "Telling Stories"....
  , Peter Gabriel
  Peter Gabriel
  
  Peter Brian Gabriel is a Grammy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated England musician and songwriter. He first rose to fame as the lead vocals and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis ....
  , The Neville Brothers
  The Neville Brothers
  
  The Neville Brothers, an R&B, Soul music and Jazz group, was formed in 1976 in New Orleans, LA....
   and Neil Young
  Neil Young
  
  Neil Percival Young Order of Manitoba is a Canada singer-songwriter, musician and film director.Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature falsetto tenor singing voice....
  . The event is broadcast to 61 countries around the world.
• April 25 - Jimi Hendrix
  Jimi Hendrix
  
  James Marshall Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing continues to be a considerable influence on rock music....
  's Fender Stratocaster that he used to perform his famous version of the "Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock
  Woodstock Festival
  
  Woodstock was a music festival, billed as An Aquarian Exposition, held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969....
  , is auctioned off in London for $295,000
• May 18 - The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones
  
  The Rolling Stones are an English rock music band formed in 1962 in London when multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were joined by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards....
   open their Urban Jungle European tour in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• May 27 - The Stone Roses
  The Stone Roses
  
  The Stone Roses were an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1984. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
   stage a legendary concert at Spike Island, Cheshire
• May 29 - Toronto police threaten to arrest Madonna
  Madonna (entertainer)
  
  Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
   if she performs her simulated masturbation
  Masturbation
  
  Masturbation refers to sexual stimulation, especially of one's own sex organ , often to the point of orgasm. The stimulation can be performed manually, by other types of bodily contact , by use of objects or tools, or by some combination of these methods....
   scene during her performance of "Like a Virgin
  Like a Virgin
  
  Like a Virgin is the second studio album by United States singer-songwriter Madonna , released on November 12, 1984 by Sire Records. The album was re-released in 1985 for the European market with the bonus track "Into the Groove." In 2001, Warner Bros....
  " on her Blond Ambition Tour
  Blond Ambition Tour
  
  The Blond Ambition World Tour is the third concert tour by United States singer-songwriter, Madonna . The tour supported her fourth studio album, Like a Prayer, as well as the soundtrack, I'm Breathless....
  . Madonna refuses to change her show, and the police decide not to press charges, later denying that they had ever threatened to press charges (a claim refuted by footage captured during the filming of Madonna's 1991 documentary Truth or Dare).
• June 10 - members of rap group 2 Live Crew
  2 Live Crew
  
  2 Live Crew is a hip hop music group from Miami, Florida. They caused considerable controversy with the sexual themes in their work, particularly on their 1989 album As Nasty As They Wanna Be....
   are arrested and charged with obscenity
  Obscenity
  
  Obscenity , is a term that is most often used in a law context to describe expressions that offend the prevalent sexual morality of the time....
   after a performance in a Hollywood, Florida
  Hollywood, Florida
  
  Hollywood is a city in Broward County, Florida, Florida, United States. As of 1 July 2007, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 142,473....
   nightclub..
• July 7 - The Three Tenors
  The Three Tenors
  
  The Three Tenors is a name given to the Spanish vocalists Pl?cido Domingo and Jos? Carreras and the Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti who sang as a consort under this banner during the 1990s and early 2000s....
   give their first concert, at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome.
• July 14 - Jean Michel Jarre
  Jean Michel Jarre
  
  Jean-Michel Andr? Jarre is a France composer, Performing arts and music producer. Since 1991 he writes his name Jean Michel Jarre, without the hyphen....
  's concert Paris la Defense
  Paris la Defense
  
  Paris La Defense - Une Ville En Concert was a concert held by musician Jean Michel Jarre on the district of La D?fense in Paris on Bastille Day, July 14, 1990....
   attracts 2.5 million spectators.
• August 5 - Madonna
  Madonna (entertainer)
  
  Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
   ends her controversial Blond Ambition Tour
  Blond Ambition Tour
  
  The Blond Ambition World Tour is the third concert tour by United States singer-songwriter, Madonna . The tour supported her fourth studio album, Like a Prayer, as well as the soundtrack, I'm Breathless....
   in Nice
  Nice
  
  Nice is a city in Southern France France located on the Mediterranean Sea coast, between Marseille, France, and Genoa, Italy, with 1,197,751 inhabitants in the 2007 estimate....
  , France.
• August 24 - A judge rules that heavy metal
  Heavy metal music
  
  Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified Distortion , extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall...
   band Judas Priest
  Judas Priest
  
  Judas Priest is an England Heavy metal music band formed in 1969 in Birmingham. Judas Priest's core line-up consists of bass player Ian Hill, vocalist Rob Halford and guitarists Glenn Tipton and K....
   is not responsible for the suicide
  Suicide
  
  Suicide is the intentional taking of one's own life. Many dictionaries also note the metaphorical sense of "willful destruction of one's self-interest"....
   and attempted suicide of two Nevada
  Nevada
  
  Nevada is a U.S. state located in the Western United States of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas, Nevada....
   youths who shot themselves after listening to the band's music.
• August 27 - Stevie Ray Vaughn dies in a helicopter crash after a show.
• September 11 - After a decade of performing in the Francophone world, Céline Dion
  Celine Dion
  
  C?line Marie Claudette Dion Order of Canada National Order of Quebec is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. Born to a large, impoverished family, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband Ren? Ang?lil mortgaged his home to finance her first record....
   makes her formal English-language debut in the United States with the release of her album Unison
  Unison (album)
  
  Unison is the English-language debut album of Canadian singer Celine Dion, released in 1990 in North America and the next year in the rest of the world....
  .
• October 22 - Pearl Jam
  Pearl Jam
  
  Pearl Jam is an American rock music band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready ....
  , then named "Mookie Blaylock
  Mookie Blaylock
  
  Daron Oshay "Mookie" Blaylock , is a retired United States professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association....
  ," play their first show as a band at the Off Ramp club in Seattle, Washington
  Washington
  
  Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
  .
• Fall
  Autumn
  
  Autumn is one of the four temperate seasons. Autumn marks the transition from summer into winter, usually in late September or late March when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier....
   - For the first time, Amy Grant
  Amy Grant
  
  Amy Lee Grant is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music....
   and Gary Chapman
  Gary Chapman (musician)
  
  Gary Chapman is a Contemporary music Christian music singer-songwriter and former television talk show Presenter....
   hold a night of music at their Franklin, Tennessee
  Franklin, Tennessee
  
  Franklin is a city in and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States. The population was 41,842 at the United States Census, 2000....
   Riverstone Farm, for local teenagers. Performers included Rich Mullins
  Rich Mullins
  
  Richard Wayne Mullins was an United States Contemporary Christian Music singer and songwriter born to John and Neva Mullins in Richmond, Indiana....
  , Rick Elias
  Rick Elias
  
  Rick Elias is a Nashville, Tennessee based singer and songwriter.From 1993 to 2002, Elias was a member of Rich Mullins' A Ragamuffin Band.Rick was a founding member of Rich Mullins and a Ragamuffin Band....
  , Charlie Peacock
  Charlie Peacock
  
  Charlie Peacock is an United States singer-songwriter, pianist, record producer, session musician, and author. He is often noted as a unique musical and lyrical voice,intelligent, innovative,and difficult to categorize....
  , Wes King
  Wes King
  
  Wes King is an American contemporary-Christian singer, songwriter, and musician. He is perhaps best known for his 1993 album The Robe . In 2005, King was diagnosed with lymphoma, and the tribute album Life Is Precious: A Wes King Tribute was released in July 2006 to raise money for his medical expenses....
   and Michael W. Smith
  Michael W. Smith
  
  Michael W. Smith is a Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well....
  . The event becomes known as "The Loft".
• November 27 - "Vocal" group Milli Vanilli
  Milli Vanilli
  
  Milli Vanilli was a pop music/dance music project formed by Frank Farian in Germany in 1988, fronted by Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. The group's debut album achieved high sales internationally which earned them a Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1990....
   admits to lip-synching hits such as "Girl You Know It's True." They later have their Grammy award revoked.
• Madonna
  Madonna (entertainer)
  
  Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
  's "Justify My Love
  Justify My Love
  
  "Justify My Love" was the first single by United States singer-songwriter Madonna from her 1990 greatest hits compilation The Immaculate Collection and was released on November 6, 1990 by Sire Records....
  " music video
  Music video
  
  A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a pop music or rock music song with lyrics. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings....
   is banned by MTV
  MTV
  
  MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
  . The singer appears on Nightline to defend the video.
• The poorly received Cop Rock
  Cop Rock
  
  Cop Rock is a short-lived United States television series that aired on American Broadcasting Company in 1990 in television. The show, a Police procedural presented as a Musical theatre, was created by Steven Bochco, who also served as executive producer....
   premieres on television, TV's first (and last) musical police drama.
• Sons of Kyuss
  Sons of Kyuss
  
  Sons of Kyuss was the original name of the stoner rock group Kyuss. They released this eponymous recording in 1990 before changing their name to Kyuss that same year....
   change their named to Kyuss
  Kyuss
  
  'Kyuss' was an influential stoner rock/desert rock band, originally from Palm Desert, California. After forming in the late 1980s and releasing an EP under the name Sons of Kyuss in 1990, the band shortened its name to Kyuss....
  , add new members except guitar
  Guitar
  
  The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
  ist Josh Homme
  Joshua Homme
  
  Joshua Michael Homme is an United States rock musician and record producer. He was a founding member of the desert rock band Kyuss, as well as the founding and only continuous member of the hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age, in which he mainly sings and plays guitar....
  .
• After a hiatus of 7 years, rock group Styx
  Styx (band)
  
  Styx is an American Rock band. Their hit songs have included "Come Sail Away", "Mr. Roboto", "Babe ", "Lady ", "Blue Collar Man" and "The Best of Times ." Styx is the first band to have four consecutive albums certified multi-platinum by the RIAA....
   reform to record a new album and tour without long time guitarist Tommy Shaw
  Tommy Shaw
  
  Tommy Roland Shaw is an United States guitarist, best known for his work with the Rock music band Styx . In between his stints with Styx, he has played with the supergroup Damn Yankees and Shaw Blades, and has released several solo albums....
   who was committed to Damn Yankees
  Damn Yankees (band)
  
  Damn Yankees was an United States hard rock Supergroup ....
   at the time.
• "Trouble" T. Roy collapse onstage at 22.

Bands formed

• See Musical groups established in 1990

Bands disbanded

• Camper Van Beethoven
  Camper Van Beethoven
  
  Camper Van Beethoven is an American alternative rock group. An eclectic band even by the standards of 1980s underground music, Camper Van Beethoven mixed elements of Pop music, ska, world music, punk rock, Folk music, country music, and acid rock....
  
• Eurythmics
  Eurythmics
  
  Eurythmics are a United Kingdom musical duet, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart.The pair have achieved significant global, commercial and critical success, selling 75 million records worldwide, winning numerous awards, and have undertaken several successful world tours....
  
• Mother Love Bone
  Mother Love Bone
  
  Mother Love Bone was an American Rock music band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1988. The band was active from 1988 to 1990. Frontman Andrew Wood's personality and compositions helped to catapult the group to the top of the burgeoning late 1980s/early 1990s Seattle music scene....
  
• Pussy Galore
  Pussy Galore (band)
  
  Pussy Galore was an American noise rock band that formed in Washington D.C. during 1985. They had a constantly fluid line-up until their demise in 1990....
  
• The Vaselines
  The Vaselines
  
  The Vaselines are an indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 1986, the band was originally made up of Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, but later added James Seenan and Eugene's brother Charlie Kelly on bass and drums respectively from the band Secession ....
  
• Jackson 5

Albums released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
5	Flood	They Might Be Giants They Might Be Giants They Might Be Giants is a Grammy Award-winning Music of the United States alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, and currently also includes Marty Beller, Dan Miller , and Danny Weinkauf....
15	Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic Reading, Writing and Arithmetic is the first album by The Sundays. It was released in the United Kingdom on Rough Trade Records, and in the United States on Geffen Records....	The Sundays The Sundays The Sundays were an England alternative rock group. The band, formed in the mid-1980s, released three albums of material in the late 1980s and 1990s....	UK
16	The Hit List The Hit List (Joan Jett album) The Hit List is a studio album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts . The album was released in 1990. All of the tracks are covers of famous songs....	Joan Jett Joan Jett Joan Jett is an American rock music guitarist, singer, songwriter, Record producer and actress.She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock N' Roll", which was #1 on the Billboard charts Hot 100 No....	Covers album
23	Stick It to Ya Stick It to Ya Stick It To Ya is the debut album from hard rock band Slaughter . It was released in 1990 by Chrysalis Records. It sold over 2 million copies....	Slaughter Slaughter (band) Slaughter is an United States hard rock/glam metal band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada by lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Mark Slaughter and bassist Dana Strum....
29	A Bit of What You Fancy A Bit of What You Fancy A Bit of What You Fancy is rock music band The Quireboys's debut studio album, released in 1990. The album was released on EMI and went into the UK Albums Chart at #2....	The Quireboys The Quireboys The Quireboys are a hard rock band formed during 1984, in London, England with strong ties to Newcastle upon Tyne. When the band formed they were originally known as the London Quireboys in the United States...	UK

February

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
12	Chill Out Chill out Chill out may mean:*Chill out music, a laid-back style of music*Chill Out, an album by KLF*Chill Out *Chill Out, an album by John Lee Hooker...	The KLF The KLF The KLF, also known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu , The Timelords and other names, were one of the seminal bands from the Music of the United Kingdom acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
13	Shake Your Money Maker	The Black Crowes The Black Crowes The Black Crowes are an United States of American, blues music-oriented hard rock jam band that have sold over 20 million albums. They were hailed by Melody Maker as "The Most Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World"....	debut
	Just Say Ozzy Just Say Ozzy Just Say Ozzy is a live album by Ozzy Osbourne. Released on March 17, 1990 and it was re-issued on August 22, 1995. It contains the track "Shot in the Dark ", first recorded in the Jake E....	Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is a Grammy Award winning England singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering English heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-RIAA certification solo career which revolutionized the heavy metal genre....	US; Live
19	Extricate Extricate Extricate is a 1990 album by post punk band The Fall . It was made immediately after bandleader Mark E. Smith divorced Brix Smith. Brix's departure influenced more than just the subject matter of the album, it also helped define the sound of this album: her background vocals and post-punk guitar, which had become mainstays of The Fall, ar...	The Fall
Heading for Tomorrow Heading for Tomorrow Heading for Tomorrow is the first studio album released by Germany power metal band, Gamma Ray on February 19th, 1990 by Noise Records. In 2002 it was re-released with a different cover as part of the Ultimate Collection box-set....	Gamma Ray Gamma Ray (band) Gamma Ray is a power metal band from north Germany, founded by former Helloween guitarist, singer, and songwriter Kai Hansen....
20	The Language of Life The Language of Life The Language of Life is the fifth album by Everything but the Girl, released on February 20, 1990....	Everything but the Girl Everything but the Girl Everything but the Girl are a two-person England band formed in Kingston upon Hull in 1982 in music, consisting of lead singer and sometime-guitarist Tracey Thorn ...
Dark at the End of the Tunnel Dark At the End Of the Tunnel Dark at the End of the Tunnel is the sixth studio album by Oingo Boingo, released in 1990. It is the first collection of all new material released by the band since their 1987 album BOI-NGO....	Oingo Boingo Oingo Boingo Oingo Boingo was an United States New Wave music band. They are best known for their influence on other musicians, their soundtrack contributions and their high energy Halloween concerts....
22	Submarine Bells Submarine Bells Submarine Bells is an album by New Zealand group The Chills released in 1990. This was the band's first album on a major label, as Martin Phillips signed to Slash Records, a subsidiary of Warner Bros....	The Chills The Chills The Chills are a guitar and keyboard-based rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand.In terms of public acclaim, The Chills were possibly the most successful proponent of the Dunedin Sound in the 1980s and 1990s, although they never achieved breakout sales or financial success....
	Gold Afternoon Fix Gold Afternoon Fix Gold Afternoon Fix, The Church 's seventh studio album, and second on Arista Records, was released in February 1990. Meant to capitalize and build on the success of 1988's Starfish , the album saw considerable promotion upon its release....	The Church
The Caution Horses The Caution Horses The Caution Horses is a 1990 album by Canada country rock band Cowboy Junkies.The first album following their 1988 breakthrough The Trinity Session, The Caution Horses features a more conventional, polished sound than that album's spare, haunting country blues....	The Church
Damn Yankees Damn Yankees (album) Damn Yankees was the eponymous debut album by Damn Yankees . It is also notable for being the album that revived the popular career of guitarist Ted Nugent....	Damn Yankees Damn Yankees (band) Damn Yankees was an United States hard rock Supergroup ....
25	Blue Sky Mining Blue Sky Mining Blue Sky Mining is an album by Midnight Oil that was released in 1990 under the Columbia Records label. It received high ratings from critics....	Midnight Oil Midnight Oil Midnight Oil, or the Oils to fans, was an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drum kit Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard instrument/lead guitarist Jim Moginie....
27	Highwayman 2 Highwayman 2 Highwayman 2 is an album by United States country music Supergroup The Highwaymen . This album was released in 1990 in country music on the Columbia Records label....	The Highwaymen The Highwaymen (country supergroup) The Highwaymen were a country music Supergroup comprising four musicians well known for, among other things, their involvement and pioneering influence on the outlaw country subgenre: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson....
Here in the Real World Here in the Real World Here in the Real World is the debut album by country music singer Alan Jackson. It was released in 1989 and it produced five singles: "Blue Blooded Woman", "Here in the Real World", "Wanted", "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow", and "I'd Love You All Over Again", Jackson's first Number One hit....	Alan Jackson Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music artist who has sold over 50 million records. He was influenced by the neotraditional country country of the 1980s, and he was one of the most popular country singers of the 1990s, blending both honky tonk music and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits....
28	Ah Via Musicom Ah Via Musicom Ah Via Musicom is Eric Johnson's third solo album, released in February 1990 .Several of the songs on the album are dedicated to fellow guitarists....	Eric Johnson Eric Johnson Eric Johnson is a guitarist and recording artist from Austin, Texas. Best known for his success in the instrumental rock format, Johnson regularly incorporates jazz, fusion , New Age, and country and western elements into his recordings....
?	Frizzle Fry Frizzle Fry Frizzle Fry is the first studio album recorded by the band Primus . Suck on This, a live album, preceded its release.Released in 1990 on Caroline Records , it included the tracks Frizzle Fry and Groundhog's Day as well as the bands first single and minor radio hit "John the Fisherman"....	Primus Primus (band) Primus is an United States Rock music band currently composed of singer and bass guitar Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde, and drummer Tim Alexander....	Debut

March

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Poison Poison (album) Poison is the first album by Bell Biv DeVoe, an R&B/hip-hop group composed of three of the original members of New Edition. The album peaked at #5 and the single Poison peaked at #1 in the U.S....	Bell Biv DeVoe Bell Biv DeVoe Bell Biv DeVoe was a successful splinter group of New Edition that consisted of three previous members, Ricky Bell , Michael Bivins , and Ronnie DeVoe ....
6	New Funky Nation New Funky Nation New Funky Nation is the debut album by the Samoan hip-hop group Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.. The album, released in 1990 on 4th & B'way Records, is widely considered to be a classic....	Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. are a hip hop group from Carson, California, composed of the Devoux brothers Paul, Ted, Donald, Roscoe, Danny, and David. Their family is from Samoa....
Third World Warrior Third World Warrior Third World Warrior is an album by Kris Kristofferson, released on Mercury Records in 1990 . It is a concept album composed of topical songs on politics, primarily expressing left-wing support....	Kris Kristofferson Kris Kristofferson Kristoffer Kristian Kristofferson is an United States writer, singer-songwriter, actor, and musician. He is best known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"....
12	Beg to Differ Beg to Differ Beg To Differ is Prong 's first album released under the CBS label. It can best be described as "metal gone alternative". The album also includes one live track recorded at CBGB's, New York in 1989....	Prong
13	Spiritual Healing Spiritual Healing (album) Spiritual Healing is the third album by death metal band Death , released in February 1990. The title comes from the era when faith healer Peter Popoff was exposed on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson by James Randi as a fraud....	Death Death (band) Death was an influential American death metal band founded in 1983 by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner, considered a "pioneering death metal vocalist/guitarist"....
	Kid 'n Play's Funhouse Kid 'n Play's Funhouse Kid 'n Play's Funhouse is the second album by rap duo, Kid 'n Play. The album was released in 1990 for Select Records and was produced by Hurby Luv Bug and The Invincibles....	Kid 'n Play Kid 'n Play Kid 'n Play was a hip-hop music and comedy duo from New York City that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The duo comprised Christopher "Kid" Reid and Christopher Martin ....
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em Please, Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em is the third album by MC Hammer, released in 1990 by Capitol Records. The album was a #1 smash hit for 21 weeks, due primarily to the runaway single , "U Can't Touch This"....	MC Hammer MC Hammer Stanley Kirk Burrell , better known by his stage names MC Hammer and Hammer, is an American multi-platinum selling rapper and dancer most popular during the late 1980s until the mid-1990s, known for his dramatic rise and fall from fame and fortune and his trademark Hammer Pants....
Pretty Woman soundtrack Pretty Woman Pretty Woman is a 1990 in film romantic comedy film. The film centers on the titular character, down-on-her-luck prostitute Vivian Ward who is hired by a wealthy businessman and Corporate raid, Edward Lewis to be his escort for several business functions, and their developing relationship....	Various Artists
19	Violator Violator (album) Violator is the seventh album by the England electrorock group Depeche Mode, released by Mute Records in 1990. Preceded by the hit singles "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence" , Violator propelled the band into international stardom....	Depeche Mode Depeche Mode Depeche Mode is an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. The group's original line-up was Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke ....
	Manic Nirvana Manic Nirvana Manic Nirvana is an album by the Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, released in 1990 . Although first single "Big Love" was only a modest hit, follow-up single "Hurting Kind" was a major hit, reaching #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for six consecutive weeks....	Robert Plant Robert Plant Robert Anthony Plant Order of the British Empire , is an England Rock and Roll singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the former rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, as well as for his successful solo career....
Blacks' Magic Blacks' Magic Blacks' Magic is the third album by female rap group, Salt-n-Pepa. The album was released in 1990 on London Records. The album was a critical and commercial success, making it to #38 on the Billboard 200 and #15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop album charts and was certified Platinum....	Salt-N-Pepa Salt-N-Pepa Salt-N-Pepa is a Grammy Award-winning United States Hip hop music trio from Queens, New York that came onto the music scene in 1985 in music. The group, consisting of Cheryl James , now Cheryl Wray, Sandra Denton , and DJ, Spinderella , has sold over 15 million albums and singles worldwide and are one of the top selling rap acts, either male...
My Romance My Romance (album) My Romance is an album by the U.S. singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released in 1990 in music. It is her 14th studio album, and her 16th album overall, as well as being her second album devoted to pop standards....	Carly Simon Carly Simon Carly Elisabeth Simon is an United States singer-songwriter, actress, writer of children's books and musician. Simon has risen to fame with Hit single that have nominated or won many Grammy Awards for her over a period of several decades....	Covers album
20	Changesbowie Changesbowie Changesbowie is a compilation album by David Bowie, released in 1990 in the United States by Rykodisc and by EMI in the United Kingdom as part of Rykodisc's Bowie remastering program, to replace ChangesOneBowie....	David Bowie David Bowie David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....	Compilation
	I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got is the second album by Sin?ad O'Connor released in 1990 on Chrysalis Records.The critically-acclaimed album contains her most famous single, "Nothing Compares 2 U", and was one of the best selling records in the world in 1990, topping the charts in many countries, including the US, UK, and Canada....	Sinéad O'Connor Sinéad O'Connor Sin?ad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is a Grammy Award-winning Ireland singer-songwriter....
Fear of a Black Planet Fear of a Black Planet Fear of a Black Planet is the Grammy Award-nominated third album by United States hip hop music group Public Enemy , released on March 20, 1990 on Def Jam Recordings....	Public Enemy
23	Recycler Recycler Recycler is the tenth studio album by United States blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1990 .The band had a cameo in the 1990 movie Back to the Future Part III playing an "old west" version of "Doubleback" along with some local musicians....	ZZ Top ZZ Top ZZ Top is an American Rock music trio formed in late 1969 in Houston, Texas, United States. The group members are Billy Gibbons , Dusty Hill , and Frank Beard ....
26	Sex Packets Sex Packets Sex Packets is the debut album from the early 1990s rap group Digital Underground and is a concept album about a drug that causes its taker to orgasm....	Digital Underground Digital Underground Digital Underground is an Alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California....
	Unison Unison (album) Unison is the English-language debut album of Canadian singer Celine Dion, released in 1990 in North America and the next year in the rest of the world....	Celine Dion Celine Dion C?line Marie Claudette Dion Order of Canada National Order of Quebec is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. Born to a large, impoverished family, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband Ren? Ang?lil mortgaged his home to finance her first record....	Canada
	Brigade Brigade (album) Brigade is the tenth studio album, but eleventh album overall, released by the popular rock/pop band Heart in 1990 after a three year gap between albums....	Heart Heart (band) Heart is a Rock music band whose founding members came from Seattle, Washington, Washington, United States in the early 1970s. Going through several lineup changes, the only constant members of the group are sisters Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson ....
Still Got the Blues Still Got the Blues Still Got the Blues is a 1990 album by guitarist Gary Moore. Prior to this album Moore's work had consisted of predominantly jazz-fusion with Colosseum II and Rock music and hard rock styles including his work with Skid Row , Thin Lizzy, G-Force as well as a large repertoire of solo work....	Gary Moore Gary Moore Gary Moore is a Northern Irish guitarist. In a career dating back to the 1960s, he has played with artists including Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Greg Lake and the Blues-rock band Skid Row , as well as having a successful solo career....
The Best of Van Morrison The Best of Van Morrison The Best of Van Morrison is a compilation album by Northern Ireland singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1990 .This was his first ever "Best of" album and was one of the best-selling albums of the 90s, spending a year and a half on the UK chartsafter charting at #4 and at #1 in Australia on the ARIA Charts....	Van Morrison Van Morrison George Ivan Morrison Order of the British Empire is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s....	UK
27	Livin' Like Hustlers Livin' Like Hustlers Livin' Like Hustlers is the debut album by the Rap music group Above the Law , released in 1990. It was a major critical success and, in 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums....	Above the Law
	Forever Everlasting Forever Everlasting Forever Everlasting was Everlast 's first solo album. The biggest hits on this album were "The Rhythm" which featured Ice-T, "Never Missin' a Beat", and "I Got The Knack" featuring DJ Lethal with whom he'd later form House of Pain....	Everlast Everlast (musician) Erik Schrody , better known by his stage name Everlast, is an Irish people-United States rapper and singer-songwriter, best known for his hit "What It's Like", and for his unique genre-crossing mix of hip hop music and acoustic music-based rock music he's dubbed "Hick-Hop." He was the frontman for rap group House of Pain until 1996 in m...
Social Distortion Social Distortion (album) Social Distortion is the third and self-titled album by the American punk rock band Social Distortion, which was released on March 27, 1990 as their first album on Epic Records....	Social Distortion Social Distortion Social Distortion is an United States rock music band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California, Orange County, California, California. The band currently consists of Mike Ness , Jonny Wickersham , Brent Harding and Charlie Quintana ....

April

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Up in It Up in It Up in It is an album by the band The Afghan Whigs....	The Afghan Whigs The Afghan Whigs The Afghan Whigs were a soul music-influenced United States Grunge rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio. While they achieved moderate success in the 1990s -- Rolling Stone described the band as spending "the bulk of their career on the brink of stardom" -- they "never quite broke beyond a substantial legion of devotees enamored of their thinl...
3	Born to Sing Born to Sing Born to Sing was En Vogue's debut album which was released in 1990, and was certified Platinum in 1991....	En Vogue En Vogue En Vogue is a Grammy nominated United States female Contemporary R&B vocal quartet assembled by music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy....
10	Laura Branigan Laura Branigan (album) Laura Branigan is the sixth album by singer Laura Branigan, released in 1990 in music.This album scored an AC hit for Branigan with its second single, "Never In A Million Years." The album also brought the singer back to the tops of the Hi-NRG charts and nightclub with its first single, "Moonlight On Water," and a trendy update of Vick...	Laura Branigan Laura Branigan Laura Branigan was an American singer-songwriter and actor of Irish American ancestry. She is best known for her Top-10 hit "Self Control" , her biggest hit from the Platinum album of the same name....
	Act III Act III Act III is the third album by the thrash metal band Death Angel, released in 1990 on Geffen Records. Regarded by many critics and fans as the band's finest effort, the album was produced by famed metal producer Max Norman , and marked the first major label release by Death Angel....	Death Angel Death Angel Death Angel is a Filipino-American thrash metal band from Concord, California, California. Initially active from 1982 to 1991, the band reformed at the Thrash of the Titans benefit concert for Chuck Billy in 2001....
Behind the Mask Behind the Mask (album) Behind the Mask is an album by Great Britain/United States rock music musical band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1990 in music. It was the first album released by the band after the departure of guitarist Lindsey Buckingham....	Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac are a United Kingdom/United States rock music band formed in 1967 which have experienced a high turnover of personnel and varied levels of success....
Days of Open Hand Days of Open Hand Days of Open Hand is Suzanne Vega's third album, released in 1990 . This album won the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 1991....	Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega Suzanne Nadine Vega is an American songwriter and singer known for her highly literate lyrics and eclectic folk music-inspired music.Record companies saw little prospect of commercial success in the beginning; Vega's demo tape was rejected by every major record company?twice by A&M....
11	Vanity/Nemesis Vanity/Nemesis Vanity/Nemesis is a 1990 album by Celtic Frost....	Celtic Frost Celtic Frost Celtic Frost was an influential avant-garde metal band from Z?rich, Switzerland. They are known for their heavy influence on the extreme metal and gothic metal genres....
Songs for Drella Songs for Drella Songs for Drella is a concept album by Lou Reed and John Cale, alumni of The Velvet Underground.On January 9, 1989 Cale and Reed performed a selection of Songs for Drella at The Church of St....	Lou Reed Lou Reed Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock music musician best known as the guitarist, Singing and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground as well as a successful solo artist whose career has spanned several decades....  and John Cale John Cale John Davies Cale , better known as John Cale, is a Welsh people musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the rock & roll band The Velvet Underground....
16	Hammerheart Hammerheart Hammerheart is the fifth album released by Bathory . It continued Blood Fire Death's transition away from black metal to what would become recognized as viking metal, and is considered a cornerstone work of the genre....	Bathory Bathory (band) Bathory was a Sweden heavy metal music band, formed by Quorthon in 1983. They are regarded as pioneers of both black metal and Viking metal. The band is named after the infamous Hungarian people countess, Elizabeth B?thory....
17	The Good Son The Good Son (album) The Good Son is the sixth album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 1990 . It was preceded by the release of "The Ship Song/The Train Song" single....	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian Rock music band with multinational personnel, fronted by Nick Cave....
	Johnny Gill Johnny Gill (1990 album) Johnny Gill is an album by Rhythm and blues singer Johnny Gill."Johnny Gill re-established himself as a solo artist in 1990, and he did so in tremendous fashion, recording an astonishing self-titled debut for Motown that brought together the hitmaking duos Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and L.A....	Johnny Gill Johnny Gill Johnny Gill is an United States R&B music singer-songwriter best known for his romantic ballads and as a member of New Edition. His signature song "My, My, My" has been included on numerous romantic compilations....
Live on Broadway Live on Broadway Live on Broadway is a live album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1990. The album was recorded at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on December 2 and December 3, 1989....	Barry Manilow Barry Manilow Barry Manilow is an United States singer-songwriter, musician, arrangement, record producer and conducting, best known for such recordings as "I Write the Songs", "Mandy ", "Weekend in New England" and "Copacabana "....	Live
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm is the debut album by the alternative hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released April 17, 1990 on Jive Records....	A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest is an United States Hip hop music group, formed in 1988. The group is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad....
23	Life Life (Inspiral Carpets album) Life is the debut studio album by the England indie rock band Inspiral Carpets. It was released April 23, 1990 on Cow Records, through Mute Records, during the period dubbed Madchester by the British media....	Inspiral Carpets Inspiral Carpets Inspiral Carpets are an alternative rock band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England formed by Graham Lambert and Stephen Holt in 1986. The band is named after a clothing shop on their Oldham estate....
24	Goodbye Jumbo Goodbye Jumbo Although ostensibly the second album by British group World Party, Goodbye Jumbo was essentially a solo project by one-man orchestra Karl Wallinger, aided by a number of guest artists....	World Party World Party World Party is a United Kingdom pop music / alternative rock band, which is essentially the solo project of its multi-talented only member, Karl Wallinger....
30	The Internationale The Internationale (album) The Internationale is a 1990 album by Billy Bragg. Originally released on Bragg's short-lived record label, Utility Records, it is a deliberately political album, consisting mainly of cover versions and rewrites of left-wing protest songs....	Billy Bragg Billy Bragg Stephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an England musician who blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs....	Mini-LP
?	Glider Glider (EP) Glider is an Extended play by My Bloody Valentine , released in April 1990 by Creation Records. The EP was also the group's first release on the Sire Records label in the USA....	My Bloody Valentine	EP

May

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	When the Storm Comes Down When the Storm Comes down When the Storm Comes Down is the third studio album by Flotsam and Jetsam , released in 1990. Re-released on June 10, 2008 by Metal Mind Productions....	Flotsam and Jetsam Flotsam and Jetsam (band) Flotsam and Jetsam is a thrash metal band that formed in Phoenix, Arizona, Arizona in 1983....
	Charmed Life Charmed Life (album) Charmed Life is an album released by Billy Idol in 1990 through Chrysalis Records . It was his fourth studio-album."Cradle of Love" was also featured on the soundtrack of The Adventures of Ford Fairlane....	Billy Idol Billy Idol Billy Idol is an English Rock music musician.He first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X . He then embarked on a successful solo career, aided by a series of stylish music videos, making him one of the first MTV stars....
The Winding Sheet The Winding Sheet The Winding Sheet is an album by American musician Mark Lanegan that was released in 1990. It was Lanegan's first solo work, and is notable in its departure from the characteristic sound of Screaming Trees, the band he fronted from 1985 until 2000....	Mark Lanegan Mark Lanegan Mark Lanegan in Ellensburg, Washington, Washington) is an United States Rock music musician and songwriter. Lanegan began his music career in the 1980s, forming the Grunge music group Screaming Trees with Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner and Mark Pickerel....
2	Son of Albert Son of Albert Son of Albert is the debut solo album of Andrew Ridgeley. Originally released in May 1990, Ridgeley's effort was a sharp turn away from his former pop image with Wham! years earlier....	Andrew Ridgeley Andrew Ridgeley Andrew John Ridgeley is an England pop music singer, guitarist and environmentalism born to Jennipher and Albert Ridgeley. His mother is British and his father is Egyptian-Italian Andrew came to public attention as a member of the 1980s pop music duet Wham!...
5	Now That's What I Call Music 17 Now That's What I Call Music 17 (U.K. series) Now That's What I Call Music 17 or Now 17 was released in 1990. The album is the 17th edition of the Now That's What I Call Music series....	Various Artists	UK; Compilation
8	Shut Up and Dance Shut Up and Dance For the hit 1994 single by Aerosmith, see "Shut Up and Dance ." For the British hip hop/house music group, see "Shut Up And Dance."Shut Up and Dance: The Dance Mixes was Paula Abdul's second album release in 1990....	Paula Abdul Paula Abdul Paula Julie Abdul is an United States Pop music singer, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.In the 1980s, Abdul rose from being a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to being a sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era, then to being a pop music-Contemporary R&B singer with a string of hits in...	Remix album
	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (The Bangles album) Greatest Hits is a compilation album by The Bangles. It was released by their record company, Columbia Records on May 8 1990 to fulfil the band's contractual requirements....	The Bangles The Bangles The Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles through much of the decade....	Greatest Hits
	Young Lions Young Lions (album) Young Lions, released in May 1990 , is the fifth solo album by Adrian Belew, and his second on Atlantic Records. Released by Atlantic while Belew was on tour with David Bowie serving as musical director as well as guitarist, the album features vocal assists from Bowie on two tracks ....	Adrian Belew Adrian Belew Adrian Belew is an United States guitarist and singer perhaps best known for his work as a member of the progressive rock group King Crimson, which he joined in 1981....
	Tattooed Millionaire	Bruce Dickinson Bruce Dickinson Paul Bruce Dickinson is an English singer, airline Aviator, radio show host, DJ, historian, Presenter#Television presenters, diver, Fencing, record producer, novelist, and songwriter best known as the vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden....
	Eclipse	Yngwie Malmsteen	US
Wilson Phillips Wilson Phillips (album) Wilson Phillips is the Grammy Award nominated 1990 debut album by Wilson Phillips. The singles, "Hold On ", "Release Me " and "You're in Love ", all hit number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, while "Impulsive " reached the top five....	Wilson Phillips Wilson Phillips Wilson Phillips is an United States vocal group consisting of Carnie Wilson andWendy Wilson and Chynna Phillips. Their 1990 self-titled debut album scored four Grammy Award nominations, two American Music Award nominations and a Billboard Music Award....
11	Screaming Life/Fopp Screaming Life/Fopp Screaming Life/Fopp is a compilation album by the American alternative rock band Soundgarden. It was released on May 11, 1990 through Sub Pop Records....	Soundgarden Soundgarden Soundgarden was an American Rock music band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by lead singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto....	Compilation
14	DAAS Icon DAAS Icon DAAS Icon is the first studio album recorded and released by Australian comedy trio, the Doug Anthony All Stars. Released in 1990, it features the singles "I Want to Spill the Blood of a Hippy" and "Bottle"....	Doug Anthony All Stars Doug Anthony All Stars The Doug Anthony All Stars were an Australian musical comedy group who performed together between 1984 and 1994. The band was an acoustic trio comprising Paul McDermott and Tim Ferguson on main vocals and Richard Fidler on guitar and backing vocals....
15	Lock up the Wolves Lock up the Wolves Lock Up the Wolves was released May 15, 1990 and is Dio's fifth album....	Dio
	Reflections of Passion Reflections of Passion Reflections of Passion, is Yanni's sixth album, released on the Private Music label in 1990, , with a concert tour the same year and same title....	Yanni Yanni Yanni is a self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer. Yanni left his homeland at the age of 18 to attend the University of Minnesota. After receiving a B.A....	Compilation
Ten Ten (Y&T album) Ten is Y&T's tenth album, recorded in 1989 and released in early 1990....	Y&T Y&T Y&T is an United States hard rock/Heavy metal music formed in 1974. They hail from the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. The band released two studio albums on London Records as Yesterday & Today in the 1970s, before shortening their name to Y&T and releasing several albums on A&M Records beginning in 1981, as well as albums on Geffen...
16	AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted	Ice Cube Ice Cube O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube is an United States of America rapper, actor, screenwriter, and film producer.He began his career as a member of the rap group N.W.A along with group leader Eazy-E, and later launched a successful solo career in music and Film....
21	Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade is a 1990 album by Soul II Soul. The album was #1 in the UK during early 1990. The album contained three UK hits, "Get A Life", which reached #3 , "A Dream's A Dream", which made #6 , and "Missing You", which reached #22 ....	Soul II Soul Soul II Soul Soul II Soul is a 2-time Grammy winning act that emerged at the end of the 1980s from London. The group initially attracted attention as a sound system , playing records at house and street parties ....
22	I'm Breathless I'm Breathless I'm Breathless - Music from and Inspired by the film Dick Tracy is the second soundtrack album by United States singer-songwriter Madonna , released on May 22, 1990, by Sire Records....	Madonna Madonna (entertainer) Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
25	Hell to Pay Hell to Pay (Jeff Healey album) Hell to Pay is the second album by The Jeff Healey Band. It was released in 1990 ....	Jeff Healey Jeff Healey Jeff Healey was a blind Canada jazz and blues music-Rock music guitarist and vocalist....	Canada
29	Bloodletting Bloodletting (album) Bloodletting is the third album from alternative rock band Concrete Blonde, shifting more towards gothic rock. R.E.M. 's Peter Buck and Wall of Voodoo's Andy Prieboy make guest appearances ....	Concrete Blonde Concrete Blonde Concrete Blonde is an alternative rock band based in the United States. They were initially active from the early 1980s to 1995, and reunited in 2001....
31	Scumdogs of the Universe Scumdogs of the Universe Scumdogs of the Universe is the second album by Heavy metal music band GWAR. The album is their first album on Metal Blade Records and was released in 1990....	GWAR GWAR Gwar is an American and Grammy nominated rock music band formed in 1985. The band is best known for their elaborate sci-fi/horror film inspired costumes; raunchy, obscene lyrics; and graphic stage performances, which consist of humorous re-enactments of political and moral taboo themes....
?	Droolian Droolian Released in March 1990, Droolian was Julian Cope's sixth solo album. It was recorded over three days on a 4-track portastudio, in the Liverpool living room of Cope's old friend and former Zoo Records cohort Pam 'Pammo' Young....	Julian Cope Julian Cope Julian Cope is a British Rock music musician, author, antiquary, musicologist, and poet who came to prominence in 1978 as the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes....

June

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
5	Step by Step Step by Step (album) Step by Step is the third studio album from pop group New Kids on the Block. Released in June 1990, the group at this time was very popular and was being heavily merchandised, with everything from pillowcases, to marbles, to dolls, to a Saturday morning cartoon with their name and likeness....	New Kids on the Block New Kids on the Block New Kids on the Block is an USA pop group that enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a boy band which went on to sell 80 million records world-wide....
7	Sumerian Cry Sumerian Cry Sumerian Cry is the debut album from the Swedish then-death metal band Tiamat .The album was recorded at Sunlight Studio, Stockholm, Sweden, in 1989, when the band was known under the original name Treblinka....	Tiamat Tiamat (band) Tiamat is a heavy metal music band that formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1988. Their music has been the subject of debate, utilizing subgenres like black metal, Progressive metal, Doom metal/Death metal and Gothic metal, but more recently they have focused on what has been described as "rock music"...
11	Live It Up Live It Up (CSN album) Live It Up is an album released in 1990 by Crosby, Stills & Nash, produced by the band with Joe Vitale and J. Stanley Johnson....	Crosby, Stills & Nash
	A Catholic Education A Catholic Education A Catholic Education is the debut album by United Kingdom alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, released in 1990....	Teenage Fanclub Teenage Fanclub Teenage Fanclub is an alternative rock band from Bellshill, Scotland. The band is composed of Norman Blake , Raymond McGinley , Gerard Love and Francis MacDonald , with songwriting duties shared equally between Blake, McGinley and Love....
Utd. State 90 Utd. State 90 Utd. State 90 is an album by techno artists 808 State which was released in 1990.Utd. State 90 is the band's U.S. version of the Ninety album, and features unique cover artwork and a longer, revised track list....	808 State 808 State 808 State are an English electronic music outfit formed in 1988 in Manchester, taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine and the "state of mind" shared by the members....
12	Holy Water Holy Water Holy Water is a studio album by hard rock band Bad Company, with Brian Howe in place of Paul Rodgers as lead vocalist, released in June of 1990 ....	Bad Company Bad Company Bad Company are an England hard rock Supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free , Mott the Hoople , and King Crimson . Bad Company was managed by Peter Grant , who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success....
	Mariah Carey Mariah Carey (album) Mariah Carey is the self-titled debut album by American singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on June 12, 1990 by Columbia Records....	Mariah Carey Mariah Carey Mariah Carey is an United States singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S....
I'll Give All My Love to You I'll Give All My Love to You I'll Give All My Love to You was rhythm and blues artist Keith Sweat's second album. It was released on June 12, 1990....	Keith Sweat Keith Sweat Keith Sweat, born on July 22, 1961 in Harlem, New York, is an United States Contemporary R&B/soul music, singer-songwriter, record producer and a major contributor to the New jack swing era....
14	Amarok Amarok (album) Amarok is the 13th album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1990 in music. It is considered by fans to be his most distinctive work: a single sixty-minute track of continuous, uninterrupted but constantly-changing music....	Mike Oldfield Mike Oldfield Mike Oldfield is an England multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk music, ethnic or world music, European classical music, electronic music, New Age music and more recently dance music....
18	Alias Alias (album) Alias is the debut album from the band Alias , released in 1990 in music by Capitol Records.The single "More Than Words Can Say" reached #2 in the US Billboard Hot 100....	Alias Alias (band) About ALIASAlias was an Album-oriented rock/hard rock band , formed in 1988 in music by singer Freddy Curci and guitarist Steve DeMarchi of the Canadian arena rock band Sheriff , along with Heart founding members Roger Fisher , Steve Fossen, and Mike DeRosier....
19	Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em Let the Rhythm Hit ?Em is the third album by groundbreaking hip-hop duo Eric B. & Rakim, which was released in 1990. The group's sound develops further, with Rakim adopting a deeper, more aggressive tone of voice, and more mature and serious subject matter....	Eric B. & Rakim Eric B. & Rakim Eric Barrier and Rakim were a hip hop music duo from Long Island, New York, in the borough of Queens, New York, New York City, who recorded as Eric B....
A Night on the Town A Night on the Town (Bruce Hornsby album) Bruce Hornsby#Range years's third and final album is titled A Night On The Town. Following albums would be credited to Bruce Hornsby ....	Bruce Hornsby and the Range Bruce Hornsby Bruce Randall Hornsby is an American singer, pianist, accordion player, and songwriter. Known for the spontaneity and creativity of his live performances, Hornsby draws frequently from classical music, jazz, bluegrass music, Folk music, motown, Rock music, blues, and jam band musical traditions with his songwriting and the seamless improvis...
21	Black Angels Black Angels (album) Black Angels is an album by Kronos Quartet....	Kronos Quartet Kronos Quartet Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California....
22	New Art Riot New Art Riot New Art Riot is an EP released in 1990 by Manic Street Preachers, and it was the first release from the band to feature the 'classic' four-piece line-up ....	Manic Street Preachers Manic Street Preachers Manic Street Preachers are an alternative rock band from Blackwood, Wales, formed in 1986. Often referred to as the Manics, they are James Dean Bradfield , Nicky Wire and Sean Moore ....	EP
25	Deicide Deicide (album) Deicide is the eponymous debut album by United States death metal band Deicide . The album contains all of their demo tracks plus the two songs "Deicide" and "Mephistopheles"....	Deicide Deicide (band) Deicide is an United States death metal band formed in 1987. Their first two albums, Deicide and Legion , are ranked second and third place in best-selling death metal albums of the SoundScan era....
	Livonia Livonia (His Name Is Alive album) Livonia is the debut LP by His Name Is Alive, originally released on 4AD in the UK in 1990, and in 1992 on 4AD/Rykodisc in the USA....	His Name Is Alive His Name Is Alive His Name Is Alive is an experimental rock band/ project from Livonia, Michigan. After several self-released cassettes, they debuted on 4AD Records in 1990, starting a long run at the label....
Sudden Stop Sudden Stop Sudden Stop is the second studio album by Canada blues musician Colin James released in 1990 on Virgin Records. The album was recorded in Vancouver, British Columbia and Memphis, Tennessee....	Colin James Colin James Colin James Munn is a Canada singer, guitarist, and songwriter who plays in the blues, Rock and roll, and Swing revival genres....	Canada
26	Real Men... Wear Black Real Men... Wear Black Real Men... Wear Black is a 1990 album by funk/R&B group Cameo ....	Cameo Cameo (band) Cameo is a funk-influenced rhythm and blues group that was formed in the early 1970's. Cameo was initially a 13-member group known as the New York City Players, this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid confusion with another popular group of that era....
	Danzig II: Lucifuge Danzig II: Lucifuge Danzig II: Lucifuge is the second album by Danzig . It was released in 1990 on Def American and was reissued in the United States and United Kingdom in 1998 by Def American's successor, American Recordings....	Danzig Danzig (band) Danzig is an American rock band, formed in 1987 in Lodi, NJ, New Jersey. The band serves as a musical outlet for singer/composer Glenn Danzig. Danzig can be seen as the third stage in Glenn Danzig's musical career, preceded by the horror punk bands Misfits and Samhain ....
After The Rain	Nelson Nelson (band) Nelson is a glam metal band founded by Matthew Nelson and Gunnar Nelson They had a Hot 100 number-one hits of 1990 in the United States with " Love and Affection" during the week of September 29 1990....
Goo Goo (album) Goo is an album by alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 26, 1990. A remastered version was released in 2005.Goo was the first album released after the band signed to major label Geffen Records....	Sonic Youth Sonic Youth Sonic Youth is an American rock music rock band formed in New York City in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Mark Ibold and Steve Shelley ....
30	Biohazard Biohazard (album) Biohazard is the eponymous debut album from United States band Biohazard ....	Biohazard Biohazard (band) Biohazard was a band originally based out of Brooklyn, New York. They are acknowledged as one of the earliest bands to fuse hardcore punk and heavy metal music with elements of hip hop....
?	Gold Mother Gold Mother Gold Mother was the third studio album from English band James , originally released June 1990. The album was recorded for Rough Trade Records, but James asked to be released from their contract with them and moved to Fontana....	James James (band) James are an England Rock music band from Manchester. They formed in 1981 and were active throughout the 80s, but most successful during the 90s....

July

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Seven Turns Seven Turns Seven Turns is a 1990 album by the Allman Brothers Band. The album was well-received, and it was their first release since 1981. It peaked at #53: hit singles were Good Clean Fun ; Seven Turns and It Ain't Over Yet ....	Allman Brothers Band
	Lofty's Roach Souffle Lofty's Roach Souffle Lofty's Roach Souffl? is an instrumental album by United States artist Harry Connick Jr., released in 1990.Presented as the Harry Connick, Jr....	Harry Connick, Jr. Harry Connick, Jr. Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. is an American Popular Music/Performers, pianist, composer, actor, and humanitarian. Connick?s music encompasses jazz, some of it very much in the style of the crooners of the 1940s and early 1950s, funk and blues....
	We Are in Love We Are in Love We Are in Love is an album by United States artist Harry Connick, Jr., released in 1990. The multi-platinum album features Connick on piano & vocal, Russell Malone on guitar, Shannon Powell on Drum kit, Benjamin Jonah Wolfe on Double bass, and Branford Marsalis on saxophone....	Harry Connick, Jr.
The Hard Way The Hard Way (Steve Earle album) The Hard Way is a studio album by Steve Earle and The Dukes. The album was released in 1990....	Steve Earle Steve Earle Stephen 'Steve' Fain Earle is an United States singer-songwriter, well known for his rock music and country music, as well as his political views....
Spirits Dancing in the Flesh Spirits Dancing in the Flesh Spirits Dancing in the Flesh was the last Carlos Santana album recorded for Columbia, and was seen as a "guitar rock" album compared to previous recordings....	Santana Carlos Santana Carlos Augusto Santana Alves is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-American Rock music musician and guitarist. He became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana , which created a highly successful blend of rock music, salsa music, and jazz fusion....
Lights...Camera...Revolution! Lights...Camera...Revolution! Lights...Camera...Revolution! is the fourth full length music album by Suicidal Tendencies. It was released in 1990.This album shows the band straying further away from their roots as a hardcore punk band and beginning to solidify themselves more and more as a thrash metal band....	Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies is an American hardcore punk and Heavy metal music band. They were formed in Venice, Los Angeles, California, in 1981 by the leader and only permanent member, singer Mike Muir....
10	Flesh and Blood Flesh and Blood (Poison album) Flesh & Blood is the third studio album by United States glam metal band Poison , released in 1990 through the Enigma label of Capitol Records....	Poison Poison (band) Poison is an United States hard rock band that achieved great success and popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They have become icons of the 80s MTV era and have had widespread commercial success....
	Brick by Brick Brick by Brick Brick by Brick is an album released in June 1990 by the United States singer Iggy Pop. After attracting mixed reviews for much of his 1980s output, Pop hired longtime The Stooges fan Don Was as producer and opted for a hard-rock sound....	Iggy Pop Iggy Pop Iggy Pop, born James Newell ?sterberg, Jr. on April 21, 1947, is an American Rock music singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. Although he has had only limited mainstream success, Iggy Pop is considered an innovator of punk rock, garage rock, and other related rock music....
Pandemonium Pandemonium (The Time album) Pandemonium is a 1990 album by The Time . Much like the three previous albums, the album consists of music in the funk-pop music or ballad genre, although this album breaks the 6-song album tradition....	The Time The Time (band) The Time is a funk and dance-pop musical ensemble formed in 1981. They are close Prince associates and arguably the most successful....
13	Naked Thunder Naked Thunder Naked Thunder is a 1990 solo album by Ian Gillan, released soon after his departure from Deep Purple in 1989. It features a varied selection of songs, with one of Gillan's most passionate and impressive performances in "Loving On Borrowed Time" and "No More Cane On The Brazos", a traditional tune....	Ian Gillan Ian Gillan Ian Gillan , is an England rock music vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple. During his career Gillan had a year-long stint as the vocalist for Black Sabbath and sang the role of Jesus Christ in the original recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar....
Banned in the U.S.A.	2 Live Crew 2 Live Crew 2 Live Crew is a hip hop music group from Miami, Florida. They caused considerable controversy with the sexual themes in their work, particularly on their 1989 album As Nasty As They Wanna Be....
16	Tales from the Twilight World Tales from the Twilight World Tales from the Twilight World is an album that was released in 1990 by Blind Guardian. The cover artwork was created by Andreas Marschall, who has drawn the artwork for some of Blind Guardian's other releases ....	Blind Guardian Blind Guardian Blind Guardian is a Germany heavy metal music band formed in the mid-1980s in Krefeld, West Germany. The band is often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in power metal and speed metal subgenres, being part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene that included Helloween, Running Wild , Accept, Grave Digger , Sinne...
19	Apple Apple (album) Apple is the only full-length studio album by the American Rock music band Mother Love Bone. It was released in July 1990 through Stardog/Mercury Records....	Mother Love Bone Mother Love Bone Mother Love Bone was an American Rock music band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1988. The band was active from 1988 to 1990. Frontman Andrew Wood's personality and compositions helped to catapult the group to the top of the burgeoning late 1980s/early 1990s Seattle music scene....
Lovegod Lovegod Lovegod is an album by the Soup Dragons, released in July 1990. Three songs from the album were released as singles—"I'm Free", "Mother Universe", "Backwards Dog"....	The Soup Dragons The Soup Dragons The Soup Dragons were a Scottish people alternative rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s, named after a character in the 1970s children's TV show, Clangers....
24	Un-Led-Ed Un-Led-Ed Un-Led-Ed is the debut album by Dread Zeppelin, released in 1990. The original cover featured Tortelvis. It was later modified at the request of the Elvis Presley estate - sometimes with a sticker over Tortelvis, other times by adding dreads to him....	Dread Zeppelin Dread Zeppelin Dread Zeppelin is an United States band best known for Cover version the songs of Led Zeppelin in a reggae style sung by an Elvis Presley Elvis impersonator named Tortelvis , though their act now encompasses many other songs and other styles of music....
	Take a Look Around	Master Ace Masta Ace Masta Ace is a rapper from Brooklyn, New York. He appeared on the classic 1988 Juice Crew posse cut "The Symphony". The single that has earned him the most attention is called "Born to Roll"....
Cowboys from Hell Cowboys from Hell Cowboys from Hell is Pantera's fifth album and their first Atco Records album, released on July 24, 1990. This was their first commercially successful album, exposing the band's innovative rhythms and dissonant vocals to mainstream audiences for the first time....	Pantera Pantera Pantera was an American heavy metal music band from Arlington, Texas, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Diamond Darrell , then known as Diamond Darrell, in 1981....
In the Heart of the Young In the Heart of the Young In the Heart of the Young was the second album by American glam metal band Winger . It was released by Atlantic Records in 1990.Musically, In the Heart of the Young followed closely in the footsteps of the band's debut album....	Winger

August

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
7	Blaze of Glory Blaze of Glory Blaze of Glory is Jon Bon Jovi's first solo album, released in 1990. It includes songs from and inspired by the movie Young Guns II. Songs from Young Guns II include #1 hit single "Blaze of Glory " and #12 hit "Miracle"....	Jon Bon Jovi Jon Bon Jovi John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. , better known as Jon Bon Jovi, is an United States musician, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer and founder of Bon Jovi....	Young Guns II Young Guns II Young Guns II is a 1990 in film Western , and the sequel to Young Guns . It stars Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, and features William Petersen as Pat Garrett....  soundtrack
	Pornograffiti	Extreme Extreme (band) Extreme is an American Rock music band that reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.Among some of Extreme's musical influences are Queen and Van Halen; The band have described their music as 'Funky Metal'....
	Bellybutton Bellybutton (album) Bellybutton is the debut album by Jellyfish , released on August 7th 1990.The album spawned the singles "The King Is Half-Undressed" , "That Is Why" , "Baby's Coming Back"...	Jellyfish Jellyfish (band) Jellyfish were a power pop band from San Francisco. The core members were drummer/singer/songwriter Andy Sturmer, keyboard player/multi-instrumentalist Roger Joseph Manning Jr., and guitarist/songwriter/vocalist Jason Falkner....
World Clique World Clique World Clique is the first and best-known album by the dance music band Deee-Lite, which was released in 1990. The album's first single, "Groove is in the Heart", was a top-five success on both the U.S....	Deee-Lite Deee-Lite Deee-Lite were a house music and dance music group formed in New York City, United States. Their best-known single is "Groove Is in the Heart", from their 1990 debut album, World Clique. However, Deee-Lite achieved longer lasting success on the U.S....
13	Bossanova Bossanova Bossanova is the third album by the United States alternative rock band Pixies, released in August 1990 on the England independent record label 4AD....	Pixies Pixies (band) Pixies are an American rock music band that formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1986. The band disbanded in 1993 under acrimonious circumstances but reunited in 2004....
16	100 Miles and Runnin' 100 Miles and Runnin' 100 Miles and Runnin' is the title of an Extended play by hip hop culture group N.W.A., released in 1990 on Ruthless Records.Prior to recording, all of the group members had signed a long-term contract with the Ruthless Records label....	N.W.A. N.W.A. N.W.A was a Compton, California, California-based hip hop music group widely considered one of the seminal acts of the gangsta rap sub-genre. Active from 1986 to 1991, the group endured controversy due to the explicit nature of their lyrics....	EP
17	Eaten Back To Life Eaten Back to Life Eaten Back to Life is the debut album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. It was released on 17 August 1990 through Metal Blade Records....	Cannibal Corpse Cannibal Corpse Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band, formed in Buffalo, New York in 1988. The band has released eleven studio albums, one boxed set, and one live album....
20	Tyr Tyr (album) Tyr is the fifteenth studio album by heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, released in 1990 by I.R.S. Records.This was previously thought to be a concept album dealing with Christianity and Norse Mythology, but bassist Neil Murray dispelled that belief in 2005, stating that while many of the songs may seem loosely related, very little...	Black Sabbath Black Sabbath Black Sabbath are an English Rock music band. Formed in Birmingham in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward , the band has since experienced multiple lineup changes, with a total of twenty-two former members....
	Liberty Liberty (album) Liberty is the sixth studio album by Duran Duran, released on . Although it garnered a surprise #6 hit for the single "Serious" in Japan, the album was not very successful, and was the first album for which Duran Duran did not perform a supporting concert tour....	Duran Duran Duran Duran Duran Duran are an English music group from Birmingham, United Kingdom. They were one of the most commercially successful of the 1980s bands and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States....
Graffiti Bridge Graffiti Bridge (album) The soundtrack to Graffiti Bridge was much better received in sales than the Graffiti Bridge , reaching #6 in the United States and #1 in the United Kingdom....	Prince	Soundtrack
21	Facelift Facelift (album) Facelift is the debut album by the Grunge music band Alice in Chains. The album was released on August 21, 1990. It was also the first grunge album to reach the top 50 in America on the Billboard 200, and second to Soundgarden's Louder Than Love to reach number 1 on Heatseekers, thanks mainly to the hit songs "We Die Young" and "Man i...	Alice in Chains Alice in Chains Alice in Chains is an American Rock music band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987 by guitarist Jerry Cantrell and vocalist Layne Staley. Although widely associated with grunge music, the band's sound incorporates Heavy metal music and acoustic music elements....
	Persistence of Time Persistence of Time Persistence of Time is the fifth studio album by United States Heavy metal music band Anthrax . The album was released in 1990, by Megaforce Records/Island Records....	Anthrax Anthrax (band) Anthrax is a New York City-based Heavy metal music band that released its first full-length album in 1984. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene and is notable for being the first to combine heavy metal with Hip hop music music....
	FireHouse FireHouse (album) FireHouse is the debut album of the band FireHouse . It was released in 1990 and launched the band into stardom. It was certified 2x Platinum in the United States, and Gold in Canada, Japan, and Singapore....	FireHouse
	Ritual de lo Habitual Ritual de lo Habitual Ritual de lo Habitual is the third studio album by Jane's Addiction, released on August 21, 1990 on Warner Bros. Records. It was the band's final album before their first break up in 1991....	Jane's Addiction Jane's Addiction Jane's Addiction is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. For most of its career, the band was composed of vocalist Perry Farrell, bassist Eric Avery, guitarist Dave Navarro, and drummer Stephen Perkins....
Detonator Detonator (album) Detonator is Ratt's fifth studio album. Released in 1990, it was the band's first album that failed to go platinum.Though their previous album, Reach for the Sky , sold enough albums to meet expectations for the band, it met with much criticism regarding the quality of their songs....	Ratt Ratt Ratt is an United States heavy metal music band that formed in San Diego and enjoyed significant commercial success in the 1980s. The band is most notable for their songs "Round and Round ," "Wanted Man ," "Lay It Down ," "You're in Love " and "Back For More." Though the group lost popularity in the following decade, Ratt has been recognized...
Against the Law Against the Law Against the Law is an American dramedy television series that aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company network from September 23, 1990 to April 5, 1991....	Stryper Stryper Stryper is a Grammy Award nominated Christian metal Musical ensemble from Orange County, California, United States. Formed in 1983, they are pioneers in the mainstream popularization of Christian metal music....
Short Dog's in the House Short Dog's In The House Short Dog's in the House is the sixth album from Too Short. This album also features just departed N.W.A member Ice Cube and the Doggy style of the album inspired many upcoming rappers including Snoop Dogg....	Too Short
27	No Fences No Fences No Fences was released on August 27, 1990, and is United States country music artist Garth Brooks' second album. It reached #1 on the Billboard country music charts and #3 on Billboards pop chart, and is Brooks' best-selling album to date, with global sales of over 20 million copies This is the album that made him an internation...	Garth Brooks Garth Brooks Troyal Garth Brooks is an American country music artist. His eponymous first album was released in 1989; it peaked at #2 in the US country album chart and reached #13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart....
Mama Said Knock You Out	LL Cool J LL Cool J James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J, is an American rapper and actor. LL Cool J stands for "Ladies love Cool James." He is known for romantic ballads such as "I Need Love" and "Hey Lover" as well as pioneering hip-hop such as "Headsprung", "I Can't Live Without My Radio", "I'm Bad", "The Boomin' System", "Mama Said Knock You O...
28	Up from the Ashes Up From The Ashes Up from the Ashes is a 1990 hard rock album by Don Dokken . The sound of the album was similar to Dokken's work with his former band and displays great growth in Dokken's writing since the former band's demise, but it did not sell as well....	Don Dokken Don Dokken Donald Maynard Dokken is a singer most famous for being the lead singer and founder of the band Dokken. He is known for his vibrato-laden, melodic vocal style which has made him an influential figure in American heavy metal....
	Time's Up	Living Colour Living Colour Living Colour is an American funk metal band from New York City, formed in 1983. A prominent all-African American band of that movement, which also included Jane's Addiction, Faith No More, Primus , and 24-7 Spyz in the late 1980s, Living Colour rose to fame with their debut album Vivid in 1988....
To The Extreme To the Extreme To the Extreme is the major label debut studio album of United States rapping Vanilla Ice. Released in 1990, it is Van Winkle's best selling album....	Vanilla Ice Vanilla Ice Robert Matthew Van Winkle , best known as Vanilla Ice, is an United States rapping known for the 1990 smash hit "Ice Ice Baby."...

September

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Painkiller	Judas Priest Judas Priest Judas Priest is an England Heavy metal music band formed in 1969 in Birmingham. Judas Priest's core line-up consists of bass player Ian Hill, vocalist Rob Halford and guitarists Glenn Tipton and K....
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 is the second solo album from United Kingdom pop star George Michael , released in September 1990. Following the massive worldwide commercial success of his first album, Faith , this album found Michael trying to create a new image for himself as a serious-minded artist, while still generating sales....	George Michael George Michael Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou , best known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning, England singer-songwriter, who has had a career as frontman of the duo Wham! as well as a soul music-influenced, solo Pop music musician....	UK
4	The Wild Places The Wild Places The Wild Places is the eleventh album by United States singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg, released in 1990 ....	Dan Fogelberg Dan Fogelberg Daniel Grayling Fogelberg was an United States singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk music, pop music, European classical music, jazz, and bluegrass music....
	Rumor Has It Rumor Has It (Reba McEntire album) Rumor Has It is an album released in 1990 by Reba McEntire. The album continued her streak of late-80s success. The album features one of her signature songs, "Fancy"....	Reba McEntire Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is an United States country music singer, performer and actress. Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country", she is known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads....
	In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up is a live album by the industrial band Ministry . The album was released in 1990....	Ministry Ministry (band) Ministry was an United States industrial metal band founded by frontman Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s....	Live
Empire	Queensrÿche Queensrÿche Queensr?che is an United States heavy metal music / progressive metal band formed in 1981 in Bellevue, Washington. The band has released ten studio albums and several smaller releases including Extended plays and DVDs and continues to tour and record....
And the Horse They Rode in On And the Horse They Rode in On And the Horse They Rode in On is the fifth album by Minneapolis rockers Soul Asylum. It was produced by Steve Jordan with Joe Blaney.The vinyl, cassette, and CD versions of the album have different, but related, cover art....	Soul Asylum Soul Asylum Soul Asylum is an United States alternative rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota in 1983 in music.The band formed in 1981 under the name Loud Fast Rules, with the original line-up consisting of Dan Murphy, Dave Pirner, Karl Mueller and Pat Morley ....
9	Two Fires Two Fires Two Fires is the fourth studio album for Australian rock music singer Jimmy Barnes, and his first US release for Atlantic Records. It was released in Australia by Mushroom Records and was his fifth consecutive No....	Jimmy Barnes Jimmy Barnes Jimmy Barnes is a popular Australian rock music singer, with a unique vocal style. He was born James Dixon Swan on 28 April 1956 in Glasgow, Scotland....
10	Boomania Boomania Boomania was the first and most popular album by Betty Boo. It was released in 1990 in music, and was re-released as a remix album: Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo in 1998....	Betty Boo Betty Boo Alison Moira Clarkson, better known as Betty Boo is a United Kingdom dance music-music artist, singer, and songwriter...
Under the Red Sky Under the Red Sky Under the Red Sky is Bob Dylan's 27th studio album, released by Columbia Records in 1990.The album was largely greeted as a strange and disappointing follow-up to 1989's critically-acclaimed Oh Mercy....	Bob Dylan
11	Soundtrack from Twin Peaks Music of Twin Peaks Twin Peaks spawned three soundtrack albums, one for the series, one for the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and one focusing on season two music from the series but also including tracks used in the pilot, season one and the prequel film....	Angelo Badalamenti Angelo Badalamenti Angelo Badalamenti is an Italian-American composer, known for his movie soundtrack work for movie director David Lynch, notably Blue Velvet, the Twin Peaks saga and Mulholland Drive ....	Soundtrack
	Unison Unison (album) Unison is the English-language debut album of Canadian singer Celine Dion, released in 1990 in North America and the next year in the rest of the world....	Celine Dion Celine Dion C?line Marie Claudette Dion Order of Canada National Order of Quebec is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. Born to a large, impoverished family, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband Ren? Ang?lil mortgaged his home to finance her first record....	US
	Cherry Pie Cherry Pie (album) Cherry Pie is the second music album by American glam metal band Warrant . The record?which spawned the hits "Cherry Pie", "Uncle Tom's Cabin", and "I Saw Red"?is the band's best-known and highest-selling release....	Warrant Warrant (American band) Warrant is an United States glam metal band from Hollywood, Los Angeles, California that experienced success in the 1980s and early 1990s with two multi-platinum albums....
Ragged Glory Ragged Glory Ragged Glory is a 1990 album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse .The album revisits the hard rock style previously explored on Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and Zuma ....	Neil Young Neil Young Neil Percival Young Order of Manitoba is a Canada singer-songwriter, musician and film director.Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature falsetto tenor singing voice....  and Crazy Horse Crazy Horse (band) Crazy Horse is a rock music band best known for its long association with Canada singer-songwriter Neil Young, despite having released five albums of its own over a 19-year span....
12	Never, Neverland Never, Neverland Never, Neverland is the second album by heavy metal band Annihilator . It was released in 1990 under the label Roadrunner Records....	Annihilator Annihilator (band) Annihilator is a Canadian thrash metal band formed in 1984. They debuted with the critically-acclaimed album, Alice in Hell in 1989....
16	Exitos de Gloria Estefan Exitos de Gloria Estefan Exitos de Gloria Estefan is the first compilation album released by Gloria Estefan, but is the second solo release and the thirteenth overall, released in 1990 ....	Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter. She is in the top 100 of best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide, with 26.5 million in the United States alone....	US; Compilation
17	Heaven or Las Vegas Heaven or Las Vegas Heaven Or Las Vegas is a 1990 in music album by Scotland rock group Cocteau Twins, their last for the music label 4AD. In terms of chart positions, it is the most successful Cocteau Twins album?reaching no.7 in the UK....	Cocteau Twins Cocteau Twins Cocteau Twins was a Scottish band active from 1979 to 1997....
	Room to Roam Room to Roam Room to Roam is an album by The Waterboys; it continued the folk-rock sound of 1988's Fisherman's Blues, but was less of a commercial success, reaching one-hundred and eighty on the Billboard magazine Top 200 after its release in September 1990 ....	The Waterboys The Waterboys The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott . The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England....
The Wall Live in Berlin	Roger Waters Roger Waters George Roger Waters is an England rock music musician. He is best known as the bass guitar player and one of the main songwriters in the English rock band Pink Floyd from 1964 to 1985....	UK; Live
18	The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition is an anniversary edition reissue of the Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs album by Derek and the Dominos, who disbanded in 1971....	Derek and the Dominos Derek and the Dominos Derek and the Dominos were a blues-rock Supergroup formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton with keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon , who had all played with Clapton in Delaney, Bonnie & Friends....	Remix + unreleased material
19	Cause of Death	Obituary Obituary (band) Sorry, no overview for this topic
21	The Razors Edge The Razors Edge (album) The Razors Edge is an album by AC/DC, released on September 21, 1990. The album was the only studio album to feature drummer Chris Slade, and includes such songs as "Thunderstruck " and "Moneytalks," which are among AC/DC's most well-known songs....	AC/DC AC/DC AC/DC are an Australian rock music rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm Young and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock, and considered pioneers of heavy metal music, they have always classified their music as "rock and roll"....
	Nomads Indians Saints Nomads Indians Saints Nomads Indians Saints is the third studio album by Indigo Girls. It was remastered and re-released in 2000 with three additional tracks....	Indigo Girls Indigo Girls Indigo Girls are an American folk rock duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They got their start in Atlanta, Georgia as a regular act at The Little 5 Points Pub and were tangentially part of the Athens, Georgia college rock scene that included The B-52's, Pylon , R.E.M., The Georgia Satellites, and Love Tractor....
	X X (INXS album) X is Australia Rock music band INXS's seventh studio album, released in 1990. The title, the Roman numerals for "10", represents the band's tenth year since their debut album was released in 1980....	INXS INXS INXS is an Australian Rock music and New Wave music band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on Keyboard instrument, Jon Farriss on Drum kit, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/saxophone....
Some People's Lives Some People's Lives Some People's Lives is the seventh studio album by American singer Bette Midler, released on the Atlantic Records label in 1990. It contains one of her biggest hits, "From A Distance", which won her a Grammy for Song of the Year in 1991....	Bette Midler Bette Midler Bette Midler is an American singing, actress and comedienne, also known as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards....
Lawn Boy Lawn Boy Lawn Boy was Phish's fourth album, hitting stores on September 21, 1990. It was originally released on the Absolute A Go Go Records and Rough Trade labels....	Phish Phish eruses4|the band|deceptive internet practices|Phishing}}Phish is an United States band noted for their musical improvisation, extended jam sessions, exploration of music between genres, and their "fiercely loyal fans." Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983, the band's four members performed together for over 20 years until their hia...
24	Rust in Peace Rust in Peace Rust in Peace is the fourth studio album by United States heavy metal music band Megadeth. It was released by Capitol Records in 1990. A remixed and remastered version, featuring several bonus tracks, was released in 2004....	Megadeth Megadeth Megadeth is an American Heavy metal music band led by founder, front man, guitarist, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. Formed in 1983 by Mustaine and bass player David Ellefson following Mustaine's departure from Metallica, the band has since released eleven studio albums, six live albums, two Extended play, thirty single , thirty-two music video...
	Themes - Volume 1: March 79 - April 82	Simple Minds Simple Minds Simple Minds are a rock music band from Scotland, who had their greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band, from the south side of Glasgow, produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s, and later went on to produce some politically inspired and critically praised work....	Box Set
	Souls of Black Souls of Black Souls of Black is the fourth album by Testament , released in 1990. This would be the last thrash metal styled effort performed until the bands 2008 release The Formation of Damnation....	Testament Testament (band) Testament is an American thrash metal band from San Francisco, formed in 1983. Testament has two Top 40 albums and one Top 50 album to its credit in the UK....
Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers is a compilation album by XTC released in 1990. An odds and sods collection, it brings together B-sides, BBC sessions, soundtrack contributions, both sides of two singles released by XTC offshoots The Colonel and The Three Wise Men and other obscurities....	XTC XTC XTC were a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. Though the band enjoyed some significant chart success , they are more known for their long-standing critical success than for making hit records....	Rarities compilation
25	Without a Net Without a Net Without a Net is a recording of the Grateful Dead performing live in concert. It was released in 1990. The album is dedicated to Clifton Hanger, a name keyboardist Brent Mydland used to sign in hotel guestbooks....	Grateful Dead Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of Rock music, Folk music, bluegrass music, blues, reggae, country music, jazz, Psychedelic rock, space rock and gospel music?and for live performances of long musical improvisati...	Live
	All Shook Down All Shook Down All Shook Down is the final album by the band The Replacements, released on September 25, 1990 .This album was originally intended to be band leader Paul Westerberg's solo artist debut....	The Replacements The Replacements The Replacements were an American rock music band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota in 1979. The band was composed of guitarist and vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bassist Tommy Stinson, and drummer Chris Mars for most of their career....
	Have You Seen Me Lately Have You Seen Me Lately Have You Seen Me Lately is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's 17th album, and 15th studio album, released in 1990 in music.Track listing...	Carly Simon Carly Simon Carly Elisabeth Simon is an United States singer-songwriter, actress, writer of children's books and musician. Simon has risen to fame with Hit single that have nominated or won many Grammy Awards for her over a period of several decades....
	Themes - Volume 2: August 82 - April 85	Simple Minds Simple Minds Simple Minds are a rock music band from Scotland, who had their greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band, from the south side of Glasgow, produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s, and later went on to produce some politically inspired and critically praised work....	Box Set
Superchunk Superchunk (album) Superchunk is Superchunk's first studio album. It was recorded January 18-19, 1990, at Duck Kee Studios in Raleigh, North Carolina, and released on Matador Records in 1990....	Superchunk Superchunk Superchunk is an American indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, consisting of singer/guitarist Mac McCaughan, guitarist Jim Wilbur, bassist Laura Ballance, and drummer Jon Wurster....
Family Style Family Style Family Style is a blues-rock album by the Vaughan Brothers, released September 1990. The album features guitarists and vocalists Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmie Vaughan, brothers, in their first studio collaboration....	The Vaughan Brothers (Stevie Ray Stevie Ray Vaughan Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan was an United States blues-rock guitarist, whose broad appeal made him an influential electric blues guitarist. To date, a total of 18 albums of Vaughan's work have been released....  and Jimmie Jimmie Vaughan James Lawrence "Jimmie Lee" Vaughan is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is the older brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan.Jimmie Vaughan's style was influenced by Freddie King who gave him personal advice.... )

October

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	No Prayer for the Dying	Iron Maiden Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English Heavy metal music band from Leyton, East London, England, formed in 1975. The band is led by founder, bassist and songwriter Steve Harris ....
2	New Inside New Inside New Inside is the third regular studio album by Tiffany , released on October 2, 1990 . Tiffany had broken with manager/producer George Tobin soon after her 18th birthday, and signed with manager Dick Scott and producer Maurice Starr....	Tiffany Tiffany (singer) Tiffany Renee Darwish , known popularly as Tiffany, is an United States singing who had a number of teen pop hits during the late-1980s. Since then she has performed in a variety of genres, from country to dance, both in America and other countries....
8	Enlightenment Enlightenment (album) Enlightenment is an album by Northern Ireland singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1990 . It reached #5 in the UK charts and Real Real Gone charted at #18 in Mainstream Rock Tracks....	Van Morrison Van Morrison George Ivan Morrison Order of the British Empire is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s....	UK
	Themes - Volume 3: September 85 - June 87	Simple Minds Simple Minds Simple Minds are a rock music band from Scotland, who had their greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band, from the south side of Glasgow, produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s, and later went on to produce some politically inspired and critically praised work....	Box Set
	Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band is Ringo Starr's first official live album, recorded in 1989 during his successful comeback tour and released in 1990....	Ringo Starr Ringo Starr Richard Starkey Order of the British Empire , better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an England musician, singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles....	Live
9	Change of Season Change of Season Change of Season is a Hall & Oates album from 1990. The lead single "So Close" was co-written with Jon Bon Jovi, and hit a high of #11 on the Billboard Hot 100....	Hall & Oates Hall & Oates Hall & Oates are a pop music duet made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates.The act achieved its greatest celebrity in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s....
	Shooting Straight in the Dark Shooting Straight in the Dark Shooting Straight in the Dark is American country music singer Mary Chapin Carpenter's third studio album. It was a #11 Country Album on the Billboard Country Albums chart....	Mary Chapin Carpenter Mary Chapin Carpenter Mary Chapin Carpenter is an American folk and country music artist. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C. clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, who marketed her as a country singer....
	Chronicles Chronicles (1990 album) Chronicles is a compilation album by Canada rock music band Rush , released in 1990 . The collection was assembled without the participation of the band....	Rush Rush (band) Rush is a Canadian Rock music band originally formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale, Toronto neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, currently composed of bass guitar, keyboard instrument, and singer Geddy Lee; electric guitar Alex Lifeson; and drum kit and lyricist Neil Peart....	2-disc compilation
	Themes - Volume 4: February 89 - May 90	Simple Minds Simple Minds Simple Minds are a rock music band from Scotland, who had their greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band, from the south side of Glasgow, produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s, and later went on to produce some politically inspired and critically praised work....	Box Set
Seasons in the Abyss Seasons in the Abyss Seasons in the Abyss is the fifth studio album by the thrash metal band Slayer. It was released in 1990 through Def American, and later through American Recordings after the company changed its name....	Slayer Slayer Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981. The band was founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King....
Edge of the Century Edge of the Century Edge of the Century is an album by Styx , released in 1990 . It was the first Styx album featuring A&M solo artist Glen Burtnik on guitar, and the only album to feature the Dennis DeYoung/James Young/Glen Burtnik/Chuck Panozzo/John Panozzo lineup....	Styx Styx (band) Styx is an American Rock band. Their hit songs have included "Come Sail Away", "Mr. Roboto", "Babe ", "Lady ", "Blue Collar Man" and "The Best of Times ." Styx is the first band to have four consecutive albums certified multi-platinum by the RIAA....
15	Nowhere Nowhere (album) Nowhere is the debut album by United Kingdom shoegazing band Ride . Allmusic has cited the album as one of the greatest albums of the shoegazing genre, second only to My Bloody Valentine 's Loveless ....	Ride Ride (band) Ride were a United Kingdom alternative rock band that band formed in 1988 in Oxford, England, consisting of Andy Bell , Mark Gardener, Laurence Colbert, and Steve Queralt....
16	Hold Me Up Hold Me Up Hold Me Up is the third professional album release of the Buffalo-born Goo Goo Dolls, released under Metal Blade Records in 1990. This is considered to be their true major label debut, as previous albums had been organized by the band themselves....	Goo Goo Dolls Goo Goo Dolls The Goo Goo Dolls is a rock band that formed in 1987 in Buffalo, New York by John Rzeznik and Robby Takac., the band has sold more than 9 million records in the US alone....
	Brand New Dance Brand New Dance Brand New Dance was an album which Emmylou Harris released in late 1990. Produced by Richard Bennett and Allan Reynolds, the album mixed a rather eclectic collection of covers, including Bruce Springsteen's "Tougher Than the Rest", and Dave Mallett's "Red, Red Rose"....	Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris is an United States Country music singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other highly successful, well-known artists....
Private Times...and the Whole 9! Private Times...and the Whole 9! Private Times...and the Whole 9! is the second album by Al B. Sure! Though it was not as successful as his debut album, In Effect Mode, Private Times was another success for Al B....	Al B. Sure! Al B. Sure! Albert Joseph Brown III is an United States singer, songwriter, and record producer. He grew up in Mount Vernon, New York. During the late 1980s under the stage name Al B....
22	Behaviour Behaviour (album) Behaviour is the fifth album, the fourth of entirely new music, by the United Kingdom electronic music group Pet Shop Boys. It was first released in 1990....	Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys are an English people electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main Singing, Keyboard instruments and occasionally guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals....
23	Slaves & Masters Slaves & Masters Slaves And Masters is the thirteenth studio album by Deep Purple, it was released in 1990. This is the only album to feature singer Joe Lynn Turner, who had replaced Ian Gillan the previous year ....	Deep Purple Deep Purple Deep Purple are an English Rock music band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of Heavy metal music and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorize themselves as any one genre....
	Faith Hope Love	King's X King's X King's X are an American hard rock band noted by music critics and fans for their sophisticated sound that combines progressive metal, grunge, funk and soul with vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion pop groups....
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin (box set) Boxed Set, released on 7 September 1990, is a box set of England rock group Led Zeppelin's popular songs digitally remastered, on six vinyl albums, four compact discs, and four cassette formats....	Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....	Box Set
28	The Rhythm of the Saints The Rhythm of the Saints The Rhythm of the Saints is an album released in 1990 by Paul Simon.Following the success of 1986's Graceland , on which he worked principally with South African musicians, Simon broadened his interests in diverse forms of world music....	Paul Simon Paul Simon Paul Frederic Simon is an United States singer-songwriter and musician, perhaps best known for his partnership with Art Garfunkel in the duo Simon & Garfunkel....
29	Choke Choke (album) Choke is The Beautiful South's second album. It was pushed to number 2 in the charts after the release of the South's first and only number 1 single "A Little Time"....	The Beautiful South The Beautiful South The Beautiful South were an England pop group formed at the end of the 1980s by former members of Kingston upon Hull group The Housemartins - Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway....
	Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 is the 1990 follow-up album by the Supergroup Traveling Wilburys to their 1988 debut Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1....	Traveling Wilburys Traveling Wilburys Traveling Wilburys were a 1980s Supergroup consisting of George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. The band recorded two albums during the two years they were together....
30	Taste of Chocolate Taste of Chocolate Taste of Chocolate is the third album by rapper Big Daddy Kane, released in late 1990 on Cold Chillin' Records. After the success of his first two albums, Long Live the Kane and It's a Big Daddy Thing, Taste of Chocolate became Kane's first album not to reach Gold sales status....	Big Daddy Kane Big Daddy Kane Antonio Hardy , better known by his stage name, Big Daddy Kane, is an African-American rapper. He started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group, the Juice Crew....
	Feeding Frenzy: Jimmy Buffett Live! Feeding Frenzy: Jimmy Buffett Live! Feeding Frenzy: Jimmy Buffett Live! is a live album album by United States popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was initially released in October 1990 in music as MCA Records 10022....	Jimmy Buffett Jimmy Buffett James William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer, songwriter, author, businessman, and recently a movie producer best known for his "island escapism" lifestyle and music including hits such as "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday." He has a devoted base of Fan known as "Parrotheads." His band is called the Coral Reefer Band....	Live
	Interiors Interiors (Rosanne Cash album) Not particularly country music-sounding, the introspective Interiors was seen by a number of critics and fans as a personal catharsis for Rosanne Cash; shortly after its release, she broke up with husband and longtime producer Rodney Crowell....	Roseanne Cash
	Lennon Lennon (album) Lennon is a four CD box set featuring many of John Lennon's solo songs and was released in 1990.Compiled by the foremost authority on The Beatles, Mark Lewisohn, Lennon emcompasses generous samples from his single-only releases, and his albums from Live Peace In Toronto 1969 to Menlove Ave....	John Lennon John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon, Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music musician, singer, songwriter, artist, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles....	Box Set
	Red Hot + Blue Red Hot + Blue Red Hot + Blue is the first in the series of compilation albums from the Red Hot Organization. The recording was the first in the Red Hot Benefit Series....	Various Artists	Cole Porter Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana, Indiana.His works include the musical comedies Kiss Me, Kate , Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was a Lady and Anything Goes, as well as songs like "Night and Day ", "I Get a Kick out of You", "Well, Did You Evah!", "Two Little Babes In The Wood"...  tribute
	Heart Still Beating	Roxy Music Roxy Music Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry . The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson ....	Live
Too Dark Park Too Dark Park Too Dark Park is a 1990 music album by the industrial music group Skinny Puppy....	Skinny Puppy Skinny Puppy Skinny Puppy is a Canada band, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1982 in music. Initially envisioned as an experimental side project by cEvin Key while he was in the new wave band , Nivek Ogre soon joined as vocalist and Skinny Puppy evolved into a full-time project....
If There Was a Way If There Was a Way If There Was a Way is the fourth album by Dwight Yoakam. Five of its tracks would rise into the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1991 and 1992....	Dwight Yoakam Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam is an United States singer-songwriter and actor, most famous for his country music. Active since the early 1980s, he has recorded more than twenty albums and compilations, and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....
?	Dannii Dannii (album) Dannii is the debut album by Australian singer Dannii Minogue. It was released by Mushroom Records in October 1990 for the Australian market....	Dannii Minogue Dannii Minogue Danielle Minogue is an Australian Singing, occasional actress, and TV Personality. Minogue rose to prominence in the early 1980s for her roles in the Australian talent show show "Young Talent Time", and in the soap opera Home and Away, before commencing her career as a pop singer in the early 1990s....	Australia, debut

November

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Kool-Aid Kool-Aid (album) Kool-Aid is a British-only album by Big Audio Dynamite II. It's their first album under this name and with this line-up, which had been totally changed by the band leader Mick Jones in 1990....	Big Audio Dynamite II
5	Serious Hits... Live!	Phil Collins Phil Collins Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, Royal Victorian Order, is an England singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as the lead singer and drummer of England progressive rock group Genesis and as a Grammy Award and Academy Award-winning solo artist....	Live
	Mixed Up	The Cure The Cure The Cure are an English Rock music band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several lineup changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member....	UK; Remix album
	Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches was the third album by United Kingdom band Happy Mondays. It was released in 1990 and was produced by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne at Eden Studios in London....	Happy Mondays Happy Mondays Happy Mondays are a British alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the musical group's original line-up was Shaun Ryder on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass guitar, lead guitarist Mark Day , keyboardist Paul Davis , and drummer Gary Whelan ....	UK
	Tripping the Live Fantastic Tripping the Live Fantastic Tripping the Live Fantastic is Paul McCartney's first official live album and his first release of concert material since Wings ' 1976 Wings over America live package....	Paul McCartney Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....	Live
	Don't Explain Don't Explain (album) Don't Explain is a 1990 album by Robert Palmer . During the course of its sprawling 18 tracks Palmer displays rock, R&B, jazz and Bahamian influences....	Robert Palmer	UK
6	Put Yourself in My Shoes Put Yourself in My Shoes Put Yourself in My Shoes is a 1990 album by American country music singer-songwriter Clint Black. All four singles from the album produced huge hits for Black on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts: "Loving Blind" and "Where Are You Now" both at Chart topper ; the title track at #4; and "One More Payment" at #7....	Clint Black Clint Black Clint Patrick Black is a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S....
	I'm Your Baby Tonight I'm Your Baby Tonight I'm Your Baby Tonight is the third studio album by United States pop music/contemporary R&B singer Whitney Houston. Released in November 1990, the album peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, went on to be certified 4x platinum in the United States, and spun two number-one hit singles ? I'm Your Baby Tonight and "All the Man Th...	Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an United States singer, songwriter,actress, record producer, film producer, and former model . Houston rose to international fame in the mid-1980s and her crossover success opened doors for many other African American women to find success in booty shaking & pop music and movies....
	Coma of Souls Coma of Souls Coma of Souls is the fifth studio album by Germany thrash metal band Kreator released in 1990. It was reissued in 2002, with the lyrics for the last four songs missing from the booklet....	Kreator Kreator Kreator are a Germany thrash metal band from Essen, Germany. They started their career in 1982, under the name Tormentor. They originally played thrash metal with Venom influences....
Crazy World Crazy World Crazy World is the eleventh studio album by the Germany Heavy metal music band Scorpions released in 1990. Crazy World peaked at number 21 on Billboard 200 Chart for albums in 1990....	Scorpions Scorpions (band) Scorpions are a heavy metal music/hard rock band from Hanover, Germany, probably best known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and their singles "No One Like You", "Still Loving You", and "Wind of Change "....
Stick It Live Stick It Live Stick It Live is a live extended play released by hard rock band Slaughter . The EP was released by Chrysalis Records shortly after the release of the band's debut album....	Slaughter Slaughter (band) Slaughter is an United States hard rock/glam metal band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada by lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Mark Slaughter and bassist Dana Strum....	Live EP
Refugees of the Heart Refugees of the Heart Refugees of the Heart is the 1990 solo album by Steve Winwood. The album combined the hit single, "One and Only Man", which topped the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, with some of Winwood's most mature and complex songs....	Steve Winwood Steve Winwood Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an England singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In addition to his solo career, he was a member of the bands the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic , Blind Faith, and Go ....
8	Casino Casino (album) Casino is a 1990 album by Blue Rodeo. It was drummer Mark French's only album with the band."Trust Yourself," "After the Rain," and, most significantly, "Til I Am Myself Again" were notable hit singles for the band....	Blue Rodeo Blue Rodeo Blue Rodeo is a Canada country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987....
12	Rhythm Of Love Rhythm of Love (Kylie Minogue album) Rhythm of Love is the third album by Australian Pop music singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by PWL on November 12 1990, and received positive reviews....	Kylie Minogue Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue, Order of the British Empire, , is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987....
13	Anything Is Possible Anything Is Possible 'Anything Is Possible' is the third album by Deborah Gibson, released in 1990 in music, under the Atlantic Records label. The album was Deborah Gibson's first album to not reach the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart, peaking at #41 in the United States and sold much less than her previous two albums, Out of the Blue and Electric You...	Debbie Gibson
	The Immaculate Collection The Immaculate Collection The Immaculate Collection is the first greatest hits compilation album by United States singer-songwriter Madonna , released on November 13, 1990 by Sire Records....	Madonna Madonna (entertainer) Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....	Greatest Hits
	Vision Thing Vision Thing Vision Thing, the third and last album by UK band The Sisters of Mercy was released in 1990, on band's own label Merciful Release .The album was designed by songwriter and singer Andrew Eldritch as an attack on United States policies ....	The Sisters of Mercy The Sisters of Mercy The Sisters of Mercy are an England Rock music band that formed in 1980. After achieving early underground fame in UK, the band had their commercial breakthrough in mid-1980s and sustained it until the early 1990s, when they stopped releasing new recorded output as a strike against their record company....
Five Man Acoustical Jam Five Man Acoustical Jam Five Man Acoustical Jam is a live album released in 1990 by the band Tesla , using acoustic guitars instead of electric guitars which hard rock/Heavy metal music bands such as Tesla were known for....	Tesla Tesla (band) Tesla is an United States hard rock band formed in Sacramento, California, California in 1984, and have sold over 16 million albums in the United States as of 2008....	Live
15	Naïve Naïve (album) Na?ve is industrial rock group KMFDM's fifth album, released in 1990 in music. The album was out of print for over a decade due to copyright infringement: the seventh track, "Liebeslied", used unauthorized sampling from a recording of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana ....	KMFDM KMFDM KMFDM is a Germany industrial rock/industrial metal band led by founding member Sascha Konietzko. They have sold over 2 million records worldwide....
20	Heartbreak Station Heartbreak Station Heartbreak Station is Cinderella 's third studio album, released in 1990 through Mercury Records. It hit #19 in the US and went platinum for selling a million albums there the same year....	Cinderella Cinderella (band) Cinderella is an United States rock music band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They emerged in the mid-1980s with a series of multi-platinum albums and hit singles whose music videos received heavy MTV rotation....
	Shaking the Tree Shaking the Tree Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats was released in 1990 as Peter Gabriel's first "greatest hits" album, including songs from his first solo album Peter Gabriel , through Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ ....	Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel is a Grammy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated England musician and songwriter. He first rose to fame as the lead vocals and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis ....	Greatest Hits
Back from Hell Back from Hell Back From Hell is the fifth album from United States of America Hip hop music group Run-D.M.C., released in 1990. This album features Jam Master Jay singing....	Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C. was an influential Hip hop culture group from Hollis, Queens, in the Queens borough of New York City. Founded by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell, the group is arguably the most important and influential act in the history of hip hop....
23	Against the Grain Against the Grain (Bad Religion album) Against the Grain is the fifth album by punk rock band Bad Religion released on November 23, 1990. This is the last album recorded with drummer Pete Finestone who left in 1991 to concentrate with his new project The Fishermen ....	Bad Religion Bad Religion Bad Religion is an United States punk band, founded in Southern California in 1980 by Jay Bentley , Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz and Jay Ziskrout ....
26	A Social Grace A Social Grace A Social Grace is Psychotic Waltz's first studio album released in 1990 .In 2004, Metal Blade Records reissued A Social Grace in a box set also containing the band's third album, Mosquito and a bonus DVD....	Psychotic Waltz Psychotic Waltz Psychotic Waltz was a progressive metal band formed in El Cajon, California in 1988....
?	Rising Rising (Donovan album) Rising is the third live album, and twentieth album overall, from Scotland singer-songwriter Donovan. The live versions of Donovan's hits guaranteed that Rising would receive a release in both the United States and United Kingdom....	Donovan Donovan Donovan , is a Scotland singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk music scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, Popular music, psychedelic rock, and world music....	Live

December

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Now! That's What I Call Music 18 Now! That's What I Call Music 18 (U.K. series) Now! That's What I Call Music 18 or Now 18 was released in 1990. The album is the 18th edition of the Now That's What I Call Music series....	Various Artists	UK; Compilation
3	MCMXC a.D. MCMXC a.D. MCMXC a.D. is a concept album created by the musical project Enigma , spearheaded by Michael Cretu. It was Enigma's debut album and one of the most influential albums ever produced in the New Age music music genre....	Enigma Enigma (musical project) 'Enigma' is a German electronic music musical project founded by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990. Cretu, who based his recording studio A.R.T....
4	One for All	Brand Nubian Brand Nubian Brand Nubian is a Hip hop music group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three rappers: Grand Puba , Sadat X and Lord Jamar , and two DJs: DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere....
	The Simpsons Sing the Blues The Simpsons Sing the Blues The Simpsons Sing the Blues is the 1990 album released as an offshoot of The Simpsons. The album contained originally recorded music not featured in the series save for the first verse of the track "Moaning Lisa Blues" which was first featured in the episode "Moaning Lisa" aired February 11 1990....	The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
Home Alone Soundtrack Home Alone (soundtrack) Home Alone is the soundtrack, on the CBS Records label, of the 1990 in film Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated film Home Alone starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern , Catherine O'Hara and John Heard ....	John Williams John Williams John Towner Williams is an United States composer, conducting and pianist. In a career that spans six decades, Williams has composed many of the most famous film scores in Hollywood history, including Star Wars music, Superman music, Born on the Fourth of July , Harry Potter music and all but two of Steven Spielberg's feature fil...
8	Mermaids soundtrack Mermaids (soundtrack) Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Mermaids is the soundtrack album from the film Mermaids starring Cher, Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci and Bob Hoskins....	Various Artists	US; Soundtrack
10	Live at Hammersmith '84 Live at Hammersmith '84 Live at Hammersmith '84 is a live album by Jethro Tull , recorded on Sunday September 09 1984 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. It was the fourth release in an official series of similar, radio-archive releases by several bands , this title being released in 1990....	Jethro Tull Jethro Tull (band) Jethro Tull are a United Kingdom rock music group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the songs, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson , who has led the band since its founding, and guitarist Martin Barre, who has #Lineups....	Live
13	Gonna Make You Sweat Gonna Make You Sweat Gonna Make You Sweat is the first studio album by production group C+C Music Factory. The album was released in the U.S. on December 13, 1990 ....	C+C Music Factory C+C Music Factory C+C Music Factory was a dance music production group distinguished for having seven #1 Dance/Club Play hits in the early to mid 1990s, as well as several pop music crossover hit record, one of which "Gonna Make You Sweat " reached #1 on Billboard Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs single record chart....
29	99% 99% 99% is the third full LP release of Meat Beat Manifesto and the follow-up to Armed Audio Warfare....	Meat Beat Manifesto Meat Beat Manifesto Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened to Meat Beat or MBM, is an electronic music outfit originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens formed in 1987 in Swindon, United Kingdom....

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• Enchanted - Marc Almond
  Marc Almond
  
  Marc Almond is a popular English people singer, songwriter and recording artist, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave music duo Soft Cell....
  
• Return to Samoa
  Return to Samoa
  
  Return to Samoa is an unauthorized compilation album by punk band Angry Samoans, released in 1990. It features some unreleased tracks....
  - Angry Samoans
  Angry Samoans
  
  The Angry Samoans are an American punk band in the List of musicians in the first wave of punk music of American punk. Formed in August 1978 in Los Angeles, California by early 70's rock writer Mike Saunders and his brother lead guitarist Kevin Eric Saunders, along with co-conspirator Gregg Turner and original recruits bassist Todd Homer and...
  
• The Youth Are Getting Restless
  The Youth Are Getting Restless
  
  The Youth Are Getting Restless is a live album from hardcore punk and reggae pioneers Bad Brains, recorded live at the Paradiso Theater in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1987 by the VPRO....
  (live) - Bad Brains
  Bad Brains
  
  Bad Brains are an American hardcore punk/roots reggae band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1977. They are widely regarded as being among the pioneers of the genre, though the band's members objected to the term "hardcore" to describe their music....
  
• Gling-Gló
  Gling-Gló
  
  Gling-Gl?, released in 1990, is the only album by Bj?rk Gu?mundsd?ttir & Tr?? Gu?mundar Ing?lfssonar, consisting of Bj?rk on vocals, Gu?mundur Ing?lfsson on piano, Gu?mundur Steingr?msson on drums, and ??r?ur H?gnason on bass....
  - Björk
  Björk
  
  Bj?rk Gu?mundsd?ttir is an Icelandic singer-songwriter, composer, actor and record producer, whose work includes seven solo albums and two film soundtracks....
  
• Brand New Heavies
  Brand New Heavies (album)
  
  Brand New Heavies is the eponymous debut album by United Kingdom acid jazz and funk group the Brand New Heavies. It was released in 1990 and featured virtually no vocals....
  - Brand New Heavies
  Brand New Heavies
  
  The Brand New Heavies are an acid jazz and funk group formed in 1985 in Ealing, a suburb of London, England....
  
• Ichabod and I
  Ichabod and I
  
  Ichabod and I is the debut album by the The Boo Radleys, released in 1990. Steve Hewitt, the drummer for this album, would later join Placebo ....
  - The Boo Radleys
  The Boo Radleys
  
  The Boo Radleys were a British alternative rock band of the 1990s who were associated with the shoegazing and Britpop movements. They were formed in Wallasey, Cheshire, England in 1988, with singer/guitarist Sice , guitarist/songwriter Martin Carr, bass guitar Timothy Brown and drummer Steve Hewitt....
  
• As I Came of Age
  As I Came of Age
  
  As I Came Of Age is a studio album by England soprano Sarah Brightman. It was produced and recorded by Val Garay....
  - Sarah Brightman
  Sarah Brightman
  
  Sarah Brightman is an English people Crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She sings in many different languages including English language, Spanish language, French language, Latin language, German language, Italian language, Hindi language and Chinese language....
  
• Groovy, Laidback and Nasty - Cabaret Voltaire
  Cabaret Voltaire (band)
  
  Cabaret Voltaire were a United Kingdom music musical ensemble from Sheffield, England.Initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk and Chris Watson , the group was named after the Cabaret Voltaire , a nightclub in Zurich, Switzerland that was a center for the early Dada movement....
  
• Unnatural History
  Unnatural History
  
  Unnatural History is a compilation album produced by Coil . Including tracks that originally appeared on various compilations and limited edition releases along with some previously unreleased material....
  - Coil
  Coil (band)
  
  Coil were an English cross-genre, industrial music experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka 'Sleazy'....
  
• The Myth of Rock
  The Myth of Rock
  
  The Myth of Rock is the first full-length album by Industrial music/Hip hop music artists Consolidated which was released in 1990....
  - Consolidated
  Consolidated (band)
  
  Consolidated was an United States radical activist recording and performing group, formed in 1988 and best known in the early 1990s as an alternative dance/industrial music music band....
  
• Skellington
  Skellington
  
  Released in 1989, Skellington was Julian Cope's fifth solo album and first appeared on the independent Zippo Records label, despite Cope still being signed to Island Records....
  - Julian Cope
  Julian Cope
  
  Julian Cope is a British Rock music musician, author, antiquary, musicologist, and poet who came to prominence in 1978 as the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes....
  
• Nu Thang
  Nu Thang
  
  Nu Thang is the second studio album from dc Talk, which was released in 1990....
  - dc Talk
  DC Talk
  
  DC Talk is the first studio album released from DC Talk. This is the most hip hop oriented of all of their albums....
  
• 1888 - Death in June/Current 93
  Current 93
  
  Current 93 are an eclectic United Kingdom experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk music-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet ....
  
• The Flower That Shattered the Stone
  The Flower That Shattered the Stone
  
  The Flower That Shattered the Stone is an album by United States singer-songwriter John Denver, released in 1990....
  - John Denver
  John Denver
  
  John Denver , born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., was an United States Country Music/folk music singer-songwriter and folk rock musician. He was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the 1970s in terms of record sales, recording and releasing around 300 songs, of which about half were composed by him....
  
• Christmas, Like a Lullaby
  Christmas, Like a Lullaby
  
  Christmas, Like A Lullaby is a Christmas-themed album of music performed by United States singer-songwriter John Denver.A 1999 re-release by Delta Entertainment included "Mary's Little Boy Child" after "Little Drummer Boy"....
  - John Denver
• Gloryline
  Gloryline
  
  Gloryline was the third album by Athens, Georgia rock band Dreams So Real. It was their second album for Arista Records, released in 1990. It is generally thought of as more uneven than their Jericho release....
  - Dreams So Real
  Dreams So Real
  
  Dreams So Real were a significant band in the music of Athens, Georgia, gaining some national exposure in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including releases on Arista Records....
  
• Blood Guts & Pussy
  Blood Guts & Pussy
  
  Blood Guts & Pussy is a 1990 in music album by the Dwarves . Though it contains 12 tracks , its running time of 13 minutes classifies it as an Extended play....
  - The Dwarves
  Dwarves (band)
  
  The Dwarves are an United States punk band formed in Chicago, Illinois, as The Suburban Nightmare, in the late 1980s. They are currently based in San Francisco, California....
  
• Dare to Be Different
  Dare to Be Different
  
  Dare to Be Different is an album by Australian musician Tommy Emmanuel. It was re-released as Two Originals: Up From Down Under/Dare to Be Different by Sony....
  - Tommy Emmanuel
  Tommy Emmanuel
  
  Tommy Emmanuel is an Australian guitarist, best known for his complex fingerpicking style, energetic performances and the use of percussive effects on the guitar....
  
• Left Hand Path
  Left Hand Path (album)
  
  Left Hand Path is the debut album from Entombed from 1990 that defined the style of Scandinavian death metal. The guitars on the album were excessively distorted by the HM-2 stompbox by Boss Corporation, also popular in later Swedish death metal acts....
  - Entombed
  Entombed (band)
  
  Entombed is a Sweden death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist . Though Entombed began their career as an early pioneer of Scandinavian death metal, by the early 1990s their sound had broadened to include hardcore punk and other influences....
  
• Business as Usual
  Business As Usual (EPMD album)
  
  Business as Usual is the third album from Hip hop music duo EPMD, their first on leading rap label Def Jam. This effort was not as acclaimed as their first two albums, but was not considered to be a failure....
  - EPMD
  EPMD
  
  EPMD is an United States hip hop group from Brentwood, New York, New York. The group's name is an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars" , referencing its members, rappers Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith ....
  
• The Massacre
  The Massacre (The Exploited album)
  
  The Massacre is an album by the crossover thrash band The Exploited, released in 1990 in music through Rough Justice. It's the second crossover thrash album by The Exploited....
  - The Exploited
  The Exploited
  
  The Exploited are a Scotland punk band from the UK82, formed in 1979.They started out as an Oi! band, before transforming into a faster street punk and hardcore punk band....
  
• Chain Reaction - John Farnham
  John Farnham
  
  John Peter Farnham, Order of Australia is an English people-born Australian Pop music singer who performed as Teen idol, Johnny Farnham, from 1964–1979 and then as Adult Contemporary singer John Farnham....
  
• Set the Booty Up Right
  Set The Booty Up Right
  
  Set the Booty Up Right is a five-song EP released by the alternative/funk/rock band Fishbone in 1990. It was recorded just months after the band hired former Miles Davis music director John Bigham on guitar and keyboard in 1989....
  (EP) - Fishbone
  Fishbone
  
  Fishbone is an American alternative rock band that plays a fusion of ska, punk rock, funk metal and more. The band was formed in 1979 in the ghettos of South Los Angeles Los Angeles by Angelo Moore, also known as "Dr....
  
• Repeater
  Repeater (album)
  
  Repeater is the debut full-length album by the American punk band Fugazi . It was released in January 1990 as Repeater on Gramophone record, and in March 1990 on Compact Disc bundled with the "3 Songs" single as Repeater + 3 Songs....
  - Fugazi
  Fugazi (band)
  
  Fugazi is an United States punk band that formed in Washington, D.C. in 1987. The band's continual members were guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty....
  
• This Is Our Music
  This Is Our Music (Galaxie 500 album)
  
  This Is Our Music is a record album by Galaxie 500 released in 1990 in music on the record label Rough Trade Records. It was recorded at Noise in New York City....
  - Galaxie 500
  Galaxie 500
  
  Galaxie 500 was an United States indie rock trio that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three albums....
  
• Ghost
  Ghost (Ghost album)
  
  'Ghost' is the debut album by the Japanese band Ghost . It was originally released in 1990 and reissued by Drag City Records in 1997. The song Sun is Tangging also appeared on the compilation Tokyo Flashback Vol....
  - Ghost
• 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
  1,039/Smoothed out Slappy Hours
  
  1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours is a collection of early recordings by American punk rock band Green Day. Although it is often referred to as the group's first album, this is not factually correct....
  - Green Day
  Green Day
  
  Green Day is an American Rock music trio formed in 1987. The band has consisted of Billie Joe Armstrong , Mike Dirnt , and Tr? Cool for the majority of its existence....
  
• Slappy
  Slappy
  
  Slappy is the second EP by Green Day, and was released on Lookout! Records in the summer of 1990 on seven-inch vinyl. Upon its release, several different colors of vinyl were available in limited quantities....
  - Green Day
• Bang! - Corey Hart
  Corey Hart
  
  Corey Mitchell Hart is a Grammy Award-nominated List of Canadian musicians. He was raised in Montreal, Spain, Mexico City, Mexico, and Key Biscayne, Florida, and was raised solely by his mother from the age of 10 ....
  
• Space Bandits
  Space Bandits
  
  Space Bandits, is a 1990 studio album by Hawkwind. It reached #70 on the UK album chart....
  - Hawkwind
  Hawkwind
  
  Hawkwind are a United Kingdom Rock Band , one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. Notable fantasy fiction and science fiction writer Michael Moorcock was an occasional collaborator....
  
• Strap It On - Helmet
  Helmet (band)
  
  Helmet is an United States alternative metalpost-hardcore band formed in New York City by Page Hamilton with Henry Bogdan , Peter Mengede and John Stanier in 1989....
  
• The House of Love
  The House of Love (1990 album)
  
  Not to be confused with their The House of Love , British band The House of Love released their second album, The House of Love, on Fontana Records in 1990....
  - The House of Love
  The House of Love
  
  The House of Love are an England rock music band initially active between 1986 and 1993. They reformed in 2005 and released a new album, Days Run Away....
  
• A Spy in the House of Love
  A Spy in the House of Love (album)
  
  A Spy in the House of Love is an album from The House of Love and was named after the 1954 novel by Ana?s Nin. It is a compilation of B-sides and other studio tracks....
  - The House of Love
• Iced Earth
  Iced Earth (album)
  
  Iced Earth is the eponymous debut album by United States heavy metal music band Iced Earth. It was released in November 1990 internationally and February 1991 in United States....
  - Iced Earth
  Iced Earth
  
  Iced Earth is an United States Heavy metal music band from Tampa, Florida, Florida that combines influences from thrash metal, power metal, progressive metal, opera, speed metal and New Wave of British Heavy Metal....
   (debut) - Released in Europe only.
• Waiting for Cousteau
  Waiting for Cousteau
  
  Waiting for Cousteau is an album by Jean Michel Jarre, released in 1990 on Disques Dreyfus, licensed to Polydor. The album was dedicated to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and was released on his 80th birthday June 11, 1990....
  - Jean Michel Jarre
  Jean Michel Jarre
  
  Jean-Michel Andr? Jarre is a France composer, Performing arts and music producer. Since 1991 he writes his name Jean Michel Jarre, without the hyphen....
  
• Neighbourhood Threat
  Neighbourhood Threat
  
  Neighbourhood Threat is the first album released by the Heavy metal music band Johnny Crash, released in 1990. Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles and mixed at Battery Studios, London....
  - Johnny Crash
  Johnny Crash
  
  Johnny Crash was a Heavy metal music band, formed in 1987. Members originally included former Tokyo Blade singer Vicki James Wright, former Champagne guitarists Christopher Stewart and August Worchell, bassist Andy Rogers, and former Rock City Angels drummer "Punkee" Stephen Adamo....
   (debut)
• Hispanic Causing Panic
  Hispanic Causing Panic
  
  Hispanic Causing Panic is the debut album by rapper, Frost . The album was released in 1990 for Virgin Records and is considered to be one of the first Latin rap albums, setting the stage for later releases by groups like Cypress Hill....
  - Kid Frost
• Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions - Killing Joke
  Killing Joke
  
  Killing Joke are an England post-punk rock band formed in October, 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England. However, several conflicting sources have stated that they formed in early 1979Related news articles:...
  
• I've Got That Old Feeling - Alison Krauss
  Alison Krauss
  
  Alison Krauss is an American Bluegrass music-Country music singer and fiddler. She entered the music of the United States at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen....
  
• Sons of Kyuss
  Sons of Kyuss
  
  Sons of Kyuss was the original name of the stoner rock group Kyuss. They released this eponymous recording in 1990 before changing their name to Kyuss that same year....
  - Kyuss
  Kyuss
  
  'Kyuss' was an influential stoner rock/desert rock band, originally from Palm Desert, California. After forming in the late 1980s and releasing an EP under the name Sons of Kyuss in 1990, the band shortened its name to Kyuss....
   (debut)
• The Last Temptation of Reid
  The Last Temptation of Reid
  
  The Last Temptation of Reid is the 1990 album released by Lard .The CD includes a cover of the song originally done by Napoleon XIV, "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!", Jello changed the song by adding a guitar part and an extra verse to the original song's setup....
  - Lard
  Lard (band)
  
  Lard is a hardcore punk/Industrial band founded in 1988 as a side project by Jello Biafra , Al Jourgensen , Paul Barker , and Jeff Ward . Biafra is perhaps best known as the former frontman of the punk rock band Dead Kennedys....
  
• The La's
  The La's (album)
  
  The La's is the only album by the The La's, released in 1990 in music.The album was re-released as a deluxe edition on 7 April 2008....
  - The La's
  The La's
  
  The La's are an England rock music band from Liverpool consisting of frontman Lee Mavers and John Power , plus a rotating cast of guitarists and drummers....
  
• From a Scream to a Whisper
  From a Scream to a Whisper
  
  From a Scream to a Whisper was a compilation album consisting of material taken from all of Lowlife 's previously released single s, Extended play and albums....
  - Lowlife
  Lowlife (band)
  
  Lowlife was a Scotland alternative rock/dream pop Musical ensemble, active from 1985 to 1997. Although the group never obtained mainstream popularity, they developed a cult following that continues to this day....
  
• It's... Madness
  It's... Madness
  
  It's... Madness is a compilation album by the British pop band Madness released in 1990 in music. It combines some of the band's hit singles and b-sides....
   - Madness
  Madness (band)
  
  Madness are an English Pop music/ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976. As of 2008, the band have continued to perform with their most recognised lineup of seven members, although their lineup has varied slightly over the years....
  
• Because It's Christmas
  Because It's Christmas
  
  Because It's Christmas is the first of three Christmas albums released by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow. The album was a huge success, becoming Manilow's first platinum album since 1984's 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe....
   - Barry Manilow
  Barry Manilow
  
  Barry Manilow is an United States singer-songwriter, musician, arrangement, record producer and conducting, best known for such recordings as "I Write the Songs", "Mandy ", "Weekend in New England" and "Copacabana "....
  
• Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today
  Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today
  
  Banking, Violence And The Inner Life Today was the third and final album by the band McCarthy . It was released in April 1990.The final album by McCarthy sees no letup in the search for the perfect pop tune....
   - McCarthy
  McCarthy (band)
  
  McCarthy were a British indie pop band, formed in Barking, Essex, England in 1985 by schoolmates Malcolm Eden and Tim Gane with John Williamson and Gary Baker ....
  
• Hell with the Lid Off
  Hell with the Lid Off
  
  Hell With the Lid Off, released in 1990 , is the first album by MC 900 Ft. Jesus collaborating with DJ Zero .Hell With the Lid Off was released on Nettwerk Records....
   - MC 900 Ft. Jesus
  MC 900 Ft. Jesus
  
  MC 900 Ft. Jesus is the stage name of Mark Griffin, a classically-trained musician turned rapping and experimental musician born in Dallas, Texas, Texas....
  
• Rainbow Electronics
  Rainbow Electronics
  
  Rainbow Electronics is a studio album by the Japanese noise musician, Merzbow. The album is a single long track made from editing 21 hours worth of fragments from taped Merzbow performances and works....
   - Merzbow
  Merzbow
  
  is a noise music project created in Tokyo, Japan in 1979 under the direction of musician . Since 1979, he has formed two record labels and has contributed releases to numerous independent record labels....
  
• Pentagram
  Pentagram (Mezarkabul album)
  
  Pentagram is the first album of the Turkey Heavy metal music band Mezarkabul.The album was put on the market in 1990 by the producer Nezih Kili?kini and Nepa Music Production; and it was released as a compact cassette....
   - Mezarkabul
  Mezarkabul
  
  Mezarkabul is a Turkey Heavy metal music and speed metal band formed by Murat Ilkan , Hakan Utanga?, Metin T?rkcan , Tarkan G?z?b?y?k, and Cenk ?nn?....
  
• Deep
  Deep (album)
  
  Deep is the third album by the British solo artist Peter Murphy . It was released in 1990 along with his biggest single, "Cuts You Up"....
   - Peter Murphy
• Hell Is for Wimps
  Hell Is for Wimps
  
  Hell Is for Wimps is the second studio album by Contemporary Christian Music pop rock band Newsboys. It was released in 1990 in music....
   - Newsboys
  Newsboys
  
  Newsboys is a Grammy Award-nominated Christian pop rock band . The band was formed in Australia in 1985 and has been one of the most popular and best-selling Christian music artists of the past two decades....
  
• Erpland
  Erpland
  
  Erpland is the second studio album by British band Ozric Tentacles. It was released in 1990 on Dovetail Records....
   - Ozric Tentacles
  Ozric Tentacles
  
  Ozric Tentacles are an instrumental band from Somerset, England, whose music can loosely be described as psychedelic music or space rock. Formed in 1984, the band have released 29 albums as of 2007, and become a cottage industry selling around a million albums worldwide despite never having major label backing....
  
• Merci
  Merci (Florent Pagny album)
  
  Merci is a 1990 album recorded by France singer Florent Pagny. It was his first studio album and was released in the first day of May 1990. It achieved success in France where it remained charted for 44 weeks in the top 50, including two weeks at #10....
   - Florent Pagny
  Florent Pagny
  
  Florent Pagny is a French singer. He records work in French, Spanish and English. As actor he has appeared in many French films. His greatest hits are "N'importe quoi", "Savoir aimer", "Ma Libert? de penser" and "Caruso" ....
  
• Home For Christmas
  Home for Christmas
  
  Home for Christmas can refer to various works:*Home for Christmas , a 2008 album by Sheryl Crow*Home for Christmas , an album by George Canyon...
   - Dolly Parton
  Dolly Parton
  
  Dolly Rebecca Parton is a Grammy Award-winning United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist, known for her prolific work in country music....
  
• Beyond Belief
  Beyond Belief (Petra album)
  
  Beyond Belief is the twelfth release of the Christian rock band, Petra . It was released in June 20, 1990.In this album the band continues to polish the hard rock/arena rock sound the band had been working on their previous efforts before their praise album ....
   - Petra
  Petra (band)
  
  Petra was a prominent Christian rock band, regarded by many as a pioneer of the Christian rock and of the Contemporary Christian music genres. Petra was formed in 1972 in music, in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Bob Hartman, Greg Hough and John DeGroff while they were students of the Christian Training Center....
  
• Cure for Sanity - Pop Will Eat Itself
  Pop Will Eat Itself
  
  Pop Will Eat Itself were an England band formed in Stourbridge, with band members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country....
  
• Beyond Thee Infinite Beat
  Beyond Thee Infinite Beat
  
  Beyond Thee Infinite Beat is a remix album by Psychic TV. The album is compromised of remixes songs from Towards Thee Infinite Beat....
   - Psychic TV
  Psychic TV
  
  Psychic TV or PTV, is a video art and music group that primarily performs psychedelic, punk, electronic and experimental music. The band was formed by performance artist Genesis P-Orridge and video director Peter Christopherson with Alex Fergusson , musician and producer ....
  
• Shadow in Dreams
  Shadow in Dreams
  
  Shadow In Dreams is the first full-length solo album by United States guitar Dennis Rea. The album was made in just four days at China Records' Chengdu studio in early 1990....
   - Dennis Rea
  Dennis Rea
  
  Dennis Rea is an American guitarist, writer, and music event organizer currently living in Seattle. Rea first came to prominence as a member of the electronic music group Earthstar in the late 1970s and early 1980s....
  
• Volume 2
  Volume 2 (Reagan Youth)
  
  Volume 2 is the third album by punk rock band Reagan Youth. "What Will The Neighbors Think?", "Acid Rain" and "Jesus Was A Communist" are probably the most well known songs from that album....
   - Reagan Youth
  Reagan Youth
  
  Reagan Youth was an American punk band started by singer Dave Rubinstein and his friend and guitarist Paul Bakija in Queens in early 1980. They have been labeled a peace punk band, but are more commonly cited as an pivotal band in introducing the style of hardcore punk to the East Coast punk scene....
  
• Motive
  Motive (album)
  
  Motive is the second album from Red Box and was released in 1990 ....
   - Red Box
• Beers, Steers, and Queers
  Beers, Steers, and Queers
  
  Beers, Steers + Queers is an Vinyl record released by the Revolting Cocks in 1990. It includes the song "Beers, Steers, and Queers" which is one of the best known Revolting Cocks tracks....
   - Revolting Cocks
  Revolting Cocks
  
  Revolting Cocks, also known as RevCo, is an United States Industrial rock band that began as a musical side-project for Richard 23 of Front 242, Luc Van Acker, and Al Jourgensen of Ministry ....
  
• Best of the West Rides Again
  Best of the West Rides Again
  
  Best of the West Rides Again is a compilation recording by the Western music band Riders in the Sky in 1990.This is the second compilation taken from the Rounder Records albums presented by Riders in the Sky....
   - Riders in the Sky
  Riders in the Sky
  
  Riders In The Sky is a Western swing and comedy group which began performing in 1977; their style also appeals to children, and they are sometimes considered a children's music....
  
• Horse Opera
  Horse opera
  
  Horse opera refers to a western movie or TV western that is extremely cliched or formulaic . The term, which was originally coined by silent film-era Western star William S....
   - Riders in the Sky
• Love Is Strange
  Love Is Strange (album)
  
  Love Is Strange is a 1990 album by country music superstar Kenny Rogers....
   - Kenny Rogers
  Kenny Rogers
  
  Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is an United States country music singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor and entrepreneur.He has been very successful, charting more than 70 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 420 individual weeks in the United States alone....
  
• Turned On - Rollins Band
  Rollins Band
  
  Rollins Band was an American rock group led by singer and songwriter Henry Rollins.They are best-known for the songs "Low Self Opinion" and "Liar ", which both earned heavy airplay on MTV in the early 1990s....
  
• Here Comes Trouble
  Here Comes Trouble (Scatterbrain album)
  
  Here Comes Trouble is the first album by thrash metal band Scatterbrain. It contains a cover version of Cheech and Chong's "Earache My Eye"....
   - Scatterbrain
  Scatterbrain
  
  Scatterbrain was an Eclecticism in music Thrash metal band formed in 1989 when Long Island, New York hardcore group Ludichrist featuring Tommy Christ and Glen Cummings regrouped and changed their name....
  
• School of Fish
  School of Fish (album)
  
  School of Fish is the debut album by School of Fish. It was released in March 1991....
   - School of Fish
  School of Fish
  
  School of Fish was an alternative rock band which formed in 1989 and disbanded in 1994.The core members were Josh Clayton-Felt and Michael Ward who would play club dates in Los Angeles, California as a duo accompanied by programmed drums and bass....
   (debut)
• Live at the Roxy Club
  Live at the Roxy Club
  
  Live at the Roxy Club is a live album by punk band Sham 69, recorded at the Roxy and released in 1990 ....
   - Sham 69
  Sham 69
  
  Sham 69 are an England punk rock band that formed in Hersham in 1975.Although not as commercially successful as many of their contemporaries, albeit with a greater number of chart entries, Sham 69 has been a huge musical and lyrical influence on the Oi! and streetpunk genres....
  
• Fist Sized Chunks
  Skin Yard
  
  Skin Yard was a Grunge music band from Seattle, Washington, who were active from 1985 to 1992. The group never gained any mainstream audience, but were an influence on their contemporaries ? most notably Soundgarden, The Melvins, and Green River ? alongside whom they are considered the early pioneers of the sound that would later be called g...
   - Skin Yard
  Skin Yard
  
  Skin Yard was a Grunge music band from Seattle, Washington, who were active from 1985 to 1992. The group never gained any mainstream audience, but were an influence on their contemporaries ? most notably Soundgarden, The Melvins, and Green River ? alongside whom they are considered the early pioneers of the sound that would later be called g...
  
• World Power - Snap!
  Snap!
  
  Snap! is an electronic music group formed in 1989 by Germany Record producer Michael M?nzing and Luca Anzilotti. The act has been through a number of line-up changes over the years, but was most successful when fronted by rapper Turbo B, who performed on the UK number 1 singles "The Power " and "Rhythm Is a Dancer"....
  
• Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To - Spacemen 3
  Spacemen 3
  
  Spacemen 3 were an England Rock music band who formed in 1982 and whose career spanned from the post-punk to acid house eras....
  
• Affection
  Affection (Lisa Stansfield album)
  
  Affection is the first album by England pop music and soul music singer Lisa Stansfield, released in the UK, in November 1989, for BMG/Arista Records label....
   - Lisa Stansfield
  Lisa Stansfield
  
  Lisa Jane Stansfield is a British people contemporary R&B and soul music singer-songwriter....
   (US)
• 10
  10 (The Stranglers album)
  
  The tenth studio album from The Stranglers was called 10 and was the last with Hugh Cornwell. The album was released in 1990. There is a definite "big-band" sound to this album, most likely due to the production work of Roy Thomas Baker and the continued use of a horn section....
   - The Stranglers
  The Stranglers
  
  The Stranglers are an England Rock and roll group, formed on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey.Scoring a string of UK top ten hits, including "Golden Brown", "No More Heroes " and "Peaches " and UK top forty hits spanning four decades, the Stranglers originally built a following alongside the mid-'70s pub rock scene....
  
• Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room
  Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room
  
  Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room is a live release by the New York No Wave band Swans . It was recorded from shows on their The Burning World tour....
   - Swans
  Swans (band)
  
  Swans was an influential United States post-punk band active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira....
  
• Concrete Jungle
  Concrete Jungle (Sway & King Tech album)
  
  Concrete Jungle is the debut album by hip hop duo Sway & King Tech. The album was released during 1990 on Giant Records. The album was not very successful and featured no hit singles....
   - Sway & King Tech
  Sway & King Tech
  
  Sway & King Tech is an United States of America hip hop music group composed of Bay Area rapper, Sway Calloway and DJ, King Tech. Also known as Flynamic Force or Sway & Tech, they are the hosts of the nationally syndicated show, "The Wake Up Show" ...
  
• Souls of Black
  Souls of Black
  
  Souls of Black is the fourth album by Testament , released in 1990. This would be the last thrash metal styled effort performed until the bands 2008 release The Formation of Damnation....
   - Testament
  Testament (band)
  
  Testament is an American thrash metal band from San Francisco, formed in 1983. Testament has two Top 40 albums and one Top 50 album to its credit in the UK....
  
• Everybody Wants To Shag The Teardrop Explodes - The Teardrop Explodes
  The Teardrop Explodes
  
  The Teardrop Explodes were an England Post-punk/Neo-Psychedelia band formed in Liverpool in 1978. Their name was taken from a panel in the Marvel comics, Daredevil No....
  
• Past to Present 1977-1990
  Past to Present 1977-1990
  
  Past to Present 1977-1990 is a compilation-album by Toto released in 1990. It contains 4 new songs [#] recorded with singer Jean-Michel Byron....
   - Toto
  Toto (band)
  
  Toto was an United States Rock music Rock band founded in 1977 by some of the most popular and experienced session musicians of the era. The band enjoyed great commercial success in the 1980s, beginning with the band's Toto , released in 1978, which immediately brought the band into the mainstream rock spectrum of the time....
  
• Toy Matinee
  Toy Matinee
  
  Toy Matinee was a short-lived United States art-pop band, and also the title of their only album. Their sound was an array of mixed influences, including progressive rock, Album-oriented rock and Pop music reminiscent of both the Beatles and the Beach Boys....
   - Toy Matinee
  Toy Matinee
  
  Toy Matinee was a short-lived United States art-pop band, and also the title of their only album. Their sound was an array of mixed influences, including progressive rock, Album-oriented rock and Pop music reminiscent of both the Beatles and the Beach Boys....
  
• No Depression
  No Depression (album)
  
  No Depression is the first studio album by alternative country band Uncle Tupelo, released in June 1990. After its formation in the late 1980s, Uncle Tupelo recorded the Not Forever, Just for Now demo tape, which received a positive review by the College Media Journal in 1989....
   - Uncle Tupelo
  Uncle Tupelo
  
  Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn formed the band after the lead singer of their previous band, The Primitives, left to attend college....
  
• Passion and Warfare
  Passion and Warfare
  
  Passion and Warfare is a 1990 instrumental album from guitarist Steve Vai. It has been certified 2 times Platinum. It was written based on a series of dream sequences that Vai had when he was younger, and in the guitar music book of the album, Vai sums it up as 'Jimi Hendrix meets Jesus Christ at a party that Ben Hur threw for Mel Blanc'....
   - Steve Vai
  Steve Vai
  
  Steven "Steve" Siro Vai is an United States instrumental rock guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, record producer, and actor. After starting his professional career as a music transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, Vai would also record and tour in Zappa's backing band starting in 1980....
  
• Nineteen 90
  Nineteen 90
  
  Nineteen 90 is the second album from the Philippines singer Regine Velasquez. When it was released, Velasquez was a new contract artist for Vicor Records and has signed up under Primeline Management Team under Mr....
   - Regine Velasquez
  Regine Velasquez
  
  Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez a.k.a Regine Velasquez is a Filipino people singer, actress, record producer, and TV host. She's dubbed as the Asia's Songbird widely known for possessing a wide vocal range....
  
• The Wonder - Tom Verlaine
  Tom Verlaine
  
  Tom Verlaine is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, best-known as the frontman for the New York rock music band Television ....
  
• Debacle: The First Decade
  Debacle: The First Decade
  
  Debacle: The First Decade is a compilation released by Violent Femmes in 1990....
   - Violent Femmes
  Violent Femmes
  
  The Violent Femmes, formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1980, are an American alternative rock band, noted for laying the groundwork for folk punk....
  
• GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
  GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
  
  GodWeenSatan: The Oneness was the first official Ween album, released on Twin/Tone Records in 1990. Their first album introduces several key themes for the group, including their eclecticism, gonzo sense of humor, and their demon god/mascot The Boognish....
   - Ween
  Ween
  
  Ween is an alternative rock group formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in an eighth grade typing class....
  
• Garista
  Garista
  
  Garista is a music album of recordings by the United Kingdom avant-garde music group, Zoviet France, who, when it was recorded, identified themselves as :$OVIET:FRANCE:....
   (re-release) - :zoviet*france:
• (untitled)
  Untitled album by :$OVIET:FRANCE:
  
  The untitled album by :$OVIET:FRANCE:, also known as 'hessian', 'the hessian album', 'the burlap album' or 'OK Boys', is a Music Album of recordings which became the second commercial release by the British avant-garde music group Zoviet France....
   - an untitled album by :$OVIET:FRANCE:
  Zoviet France
  
  Zoviet France is a prolific music group from Newcastle upon Tyne in north east England. While often dissonant and made of industrial textures, their music also falls into the ambient music category....
   (re-release)
• Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection
  Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection
  
  Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection was a multi-volume set of recordings released by the Smithsonian Institution. Released in 1990, the collection contains 100 tracks deemed to be significantly important to the history of country music....
   – Various Artists

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest positions in the charts of 1990.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country of origin	Chart Entries
1	Sinéad O'Connor Sinéad O'Connor Sin?ad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is a Grammy Award-winning Ireland singer-songwriter....	Nothing Compares 2 U Nothing Compares 2 U "Nothing Compares 2 U" is a song written in mid-1981 by Prince for The Family . In 1990, a cover version by Sin?ad O'Connor became a number-one hit in many countries, charting in the U.S., UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Germany....	1990		UK 1 - January 1990; US Billboard 1 of 1990; Netherlands 1 - January 1990; Sweden 1 - February 1990; Austria 1 - March 1990; Switzerland 1 - February 1990; Norway 1 - February 1990; Poland 1 - March 1990; Germany 1 - February 1990; Éire Republic of Ireland Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....  1 - January 1990; New Zealand 1 for five weeks, April 1990; Australia 1 for eight weeks, May 1990; KROQ 1 of 1990; Australia 3 of 1990; US Cash Box 4 of 1990; Italy 8 of 1990; Europe 8 of the 1990s; Rate Your Music Rate Your Music Rate Your Music is a metadata database where musical albums, Extended play, single , videos, and Bootleg recording are rated and reviewed by users....  9 of 1990; Germany 19 of the 1990s; Poland 59 of all time; Belgium 90 of all time; Acclaimed 113; OzNet 138;Rolling Stone Rolling Stone Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....  162; WXPN WXPN WXPN is a non-commercial, public broadcasting radio broadcasting operated by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia that broadcasts a music format called adult album alternative ....  661.
2	Madonna Madonna (entertainer) Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....	Vogue Vogue (song) "Vogue" was the first single by United States singer-songwriter Madonna from her soundtrack album I'm Breathless and was released on March 20, 1990 by Sire Records....	1990		UK 1 - Apr 1990, US BB 1 of 1990, US CashBox 1 of 1990, Sweden 1 - Apr 1990, Norway 1 - Apr 1990, Poland 1 - Apr 1990, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks May 1990, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Aug 1990, Holland 2 - Apr 1990, Switzerland 2 - Apr 1990, Italy 5 of 1990, Germany 4 - Apr 1990, France 7 - Apr 1990, Austria 7 - May 1990, POP 7 of 1990, US BB 8 of 1990, RYM 8 of 1990, Australia 10 of 1990, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1990, Party 181 of 2007, Germany 230 of the 1990s, Acclaimed 521, OzNet 881
3	Vanilla Ice Vanilla Ice Robert Matthew Van Winkle , best known as Vanilla Ice, is an United States rapping known for the 1990 smash hit "Ice Ice Baby."...	Ice Ice Baby Ice Ice Baby "Ice Ice Baby" is an United States Hip hop music song written by rapping Vanilla Ice and disc jockey Earthquake. The song samples the bass guitarline of "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie, who did not initially receive songwriting credit or royalties until after it had become a hit....	1990		UK 1 - Nov 1990, US BB 1 of 1990, Holland 1 - Nov 1990, Éire 1 - Dec 1990, New Zealand 1 for 7 weeks Dec 1990, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Apr 1991, Sweden 2 - Nov 1990, Switzerland 2 - Nov 1990, Norway 2 - Dec 1990, Germany 2 - Jan 1991, Austria 3 - Nov 1990, US BB 4 of 1990, POP 4 of 1990, France 5 - Dec 1990, Australia 15 of 1991, US CashBox 21 of 1990, Party 42 of 2007, Italy 65 of 1991, Germany 82 of the 1990s, RYM 188 of 1990
4	MC Hammer MC Hammer Stanley Kirk Burrell , better known by his stage names MC Hammer and Hammer, is an American multi-platinum selling rapper and dancer most popular during the late 1980s until the mid-1990s, known for his dramatic rise and fall from fame and fortune and his trademark Hammer Pants....	U Can't Touch This U Can't Touch This "U Can't Touch This" is MC Hammer's most well-known single, from his 1990 album Please, Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em. The album was commercially successful at the time, eventually selling over ten million copies....	1990		Holland 1 - Jul 1990, Sweden 1 - Aug 1990, Australia 1 of 1990, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Jul 1990, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Oct 1990, Switzerland 2 - Jul 1990, UK 3 - Jun 1990, Germany 3 - Jul 1990, US BB 5 of 1990, Austria 5 - Aug 1990, POP 5 of 1990, France 6 - Jun 1990, Norway 6 - Aug 1990, US BB 8 of 1990, Scrobulate 18 of rap, US CashBox 39 of 1990, RYM 63 of 1990, Germany 147 of the 1990s, RIAA 201, Party 214 of 1999, Acclaimed 1797
5	Roxette Roxette Roxette is a Sweden pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle.This duo achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with their hit singles "The Look", "Listen To Your Heart", "It Must Have Been Love" and "Joyride "....	It Must Have Been Love It Must Have Been Love "It Must Have Been Love" is a pop music song written by Per Gessle and performed by the Sweden pop duo Roxette. The Ballad music became the duo's 3rd #1 hit in the United States, and is one of their best-selling releases, leading the single to be certified gold in a number of countries....	1990		US Bullfrog 1 - Apr 1990 (25 weeks), US BB 1 of 1990, Switzerland 1 - Jun 1990, Norway 1 - Jun 1990, Poland 1 - Jun 1990, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Oct 1990, Japan (Tokyo) 2 - May 1990, UK 3 - Jun 1990, Holland 3 - Jun 1990, Sweden 3 - Dec 1987, Austria 4 - Jul 1990, Germany 4 - Jun 1990, US CashBox 6 of 1990, France 8 - May 1990, Australia 8 of 1990, Brazil 12 of 1990, US Gold (cerified by RIAA in Jun 1990), POP 30 of 1990, Italy 48 of 1990, Europe 52 of the 1990s, Japan (Osaku) 64 of 1990, Germany 119 of the 1990s, OzNet 716

Top hits on record

• "À toutes les filles...
  À toutes les filles...
  
  "? toutes les filles..." is a 1990 in music song recorded as a duet by the France singers Didier Barbelivien and F?lix Gray. This Ballad was released as the first Single from their album Les Amours cass?es, in May 1990....
  " - Félix Gray
  Félix Gray
  
  F?lix Boutboul, most know under the pseudonym of F?lix Gray , is a France singer and songwriter.He has a daughter named Marie-Charlotte, born on January 14, 1991....
   and Didier Barbelivien
  Didier Barbelivien
  
  Didier Barbelivien is a French author, lyricist, song-writer and singer. Beginning in the 1970s, he wrote a number of successful songs for artists such as Enrico Macias, Johnny Hallyday, Michel Sardou, Patricia Kaas, Corynne Charby, David et Jonathan, Jean-Pierre Fran?ois and Caroline Legrand, among others....
  
• "Advice for the Young at Heart
  Advice for the Young at Heart
  
  "Advice for the Young at Heart" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears, taken from their 1989 album The Seeds of Love. The single was a Top 40 hit in the UK , France and The Netherlands , and a Top 20 hit in Ireland ....
  " - Tears for Fears
  Tears for Fears
  
  Tears for Fears are an England pop rock band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the Mod -influenced Graduate , they were initially associated with the New Wave music synthesizer bands of the early 1980s, but later branched out into mainstream rock and pop which led to...
  
• "All I Wanna Do (Is Make Love To You)" - Heart
  Heart (band)
  
  Heart is a Rock music band whose founding members came from Seattle, Washington, Washington, United States in the early 1970s. Going through several lineup changes, the only constant members of the group are sisters Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson ....
  
• "Better the Devil You Know
  Better the Devil You Know
  
  "Better the Devil You Know" is a dance-pop song written by Stock Aitken Waterman for Australian pop music singer Kylie Minogue's third album, Rhythm of Love ....
  " - Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Minogue
  
  Kylie Ann Minogue, Order of the British Empire, , is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987....
  
• "Bo le lavabo
  Bo le lavabo
  
  "Bo le lavabo " is a 1990 novelty song recorded by the France TV presenter and humorist Lagaf'. It was his debut single and achieved success in France....
  " - Lagaf'
  Lagaf'
  
  Lagaf is a France TV presenter, humorist and singer....
  
• "Bird On A Wire" - The Neville Brothers
  The Neville Brothers
  
  The Neville Brothers, an R&B, Soul music and Jazz group, was formed in 1976 in New Orleans, LA....
  
• "Black Cat" - Janet Jackson
  Janet Jackson
  
  Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....
  
• "Blaze of Glory
  Blaze of Glory (song)
  
  "Blaze of Glory" is a song by Jon Bon Jovi which hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990, his only chart-topper away from his band Bon Jovi....
  " - Bon Jovi
  Bon Jovi
  
  Bon Jovi is an United States hard rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s....
  
• "Blue Savannah" - Erasure
  Erasure
  
  Erasure are an England synthpop Duet formed by songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell in 1985. It was the third successful pop group co-formed by Clarke ....
  
• "Blue Sky Mine" - Midnight Oil
  Midnight Oil
  
  Midnight Oil, or the Oils to fans, was an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drum kit Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard instrument/lead guitarist Jim Moginie....
  
• "Chain Reaction - John Farnham
  John Farnham
  
  John Peter Farnham, Order of Australia is an English people-born Australian Pop music singer who performed as Teen idol, Johnny Farnham, from 1964–1979 and then as Adult Contemporary singer John Farnham....
  
• "Cherry Pie" - Warrant
  Warrant (American band)
  
  Warrant is an United States glam metal band from Hollywood, Los Angeles, California that experienced success in the 1980s and early 1990s with two multi-platinum albums....
  
• "Close to You" - Maxi Priest
  Maxi Priest
  
  Maxi Priest is an England reggae singer and songwriter ....
  
• "Come Back to Me
  Come Back to Me
  
  Come Back to Me may refer to:* Come Back to Me * Come Back to Me * Come Back to Me * Come Back to Me * Come Back to Me * Come Back to Me ...
  " - Janet Jackson
  Janet Jackson
  
  Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....
  
• "Crying in the Rain" - a-ha
  A-ha
  
  a-ha is a band from Norway. They initially rose to fame during the 1980s and have had continued success in the 1990s and 2000s.a-ha achieved their biggest success with their debut album and single in 1985....
  
• "Dancing Pompokolin
  Dancing Pompokolin
  
  "Dancing Pompokolin" is the end theme of the Japanese anime series Chibi Maruko-chan and was the 1990 debut single of the Japanese group B.B....
  " - B. B. Queens
• "Dangerous" - Roxette
  Roxette
  
  Roxette is a Sweden pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle.This duo achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with their hit singles "The Look", "Listen To Your Heart", "It Must Have Been Love" and "Joyride "....
  
• "Downtown Train" - Rod Stewart
  Rod Stewart
  
  Roderick David "Rod" Stewart Order of the British Empire is a British singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Epping....
  
• "Elephant Stone" - The Stone Roses
  The Stone Roses
  
  The Stone Roses were an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1984. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
  
• "Enjoy the Silence
  Enjoy the Silence
  
  "Enjoy the Silence" is Depeche Mode's twenty-fourth United Kingdom single, released on January 16 1990, and the second single from the then upcoming album Violator ....
  " - Depeche Mode
  Depeche Mode
  
  Depeche Mode is an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. The group's original line-up was Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke ....
  
• "Epic
  Epic (song)
  
  "Epic" is a song by alternative metal band Faith No More. The song was a breakthrough hit single. It was released in 1990 and featured on their third album The Real Thing ....
  " - Faith No More
  Faith No More
  
  Faith No More is an American alternative metal band who formed in San Francisco, California, and were active between 1984 and 1998. Faith No More combined elements of heavy metal music, funk music, progressive rock, hip hop music, hardcore punk, thrash metal, and jazz, among many others, and have been hailed as an influential rock band....
  
• "Escapade
  Escapade
  
  Escapade, or ESP for short, is a server-side scripting language that is designed to provide an easy interface to database contents. It was written in 1997 by Ed Carp and enjoys wide use in Europe, but has had limited acceptance in the United States of America....
  " - Janet Jackson
  Janet Jackson
  
  Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....
  
• "Every Beat Of My Heart" - Taylor Dayne
  Taylor Dayne
  
  Taylor Dayne is an United States Popular music vocalist, song-writer, dance music artist, and actress. Dayne's first seven singles hit the U.S....
  
• "Everybody Everybody
  Everybody Everybody (song)
  
  "Everybody Everybody" is a 1989 song recorded by the Italo house band Black Box . It was the third Single from their debut album Dreamland and was released in 1990 in most of countries worldwide....
  " - Black Box
  Black Box (band)
  
  Black Box was a House music group popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The members of the group included a trio made up of a club DJ , a classically trained clarinet teacher , and a keyboard and electronic music "wiz" ....
  
• "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" - The Blues Brothers
  The Blues Brothers
  
  The Blues Brothers are a Grammy Award-nominated United States blues music and soul music Revivalist artist founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a Saturday Night Live musical sketches on Saturday Night Live....
  
• "Forever
  Forever (KISS song)
  
  "Forever" is a Kiss song from the Hot in the Shade album. It peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the band's first American Top 40 single since "I Was Made For Lovin' You" reached number 11 in 1979....
  " - Kiss
  KISS (band)
  
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• "Four Bacharach And David Songs (EP)" - Deacon Blue
  Deacon Blue
  
  Deacon Blue are a Glasgow pop music band . The name of the band was rumoured to be taken from the title of a Steely Dan song, whose lyrics seem to reflect the group's early outlook:...
  
• "Friends In Low Places
  Friends in Low Places
  
  "Friends in Low Places" is a song released by United States country music artist Garth Brooks. It was the first single from his second album, No Fences....
  " - Garth Brooks
  Garth Brooks
  
  Troyal Garth Brooks is an American country music artist. His eponymous first album was released in 1989; it peaked at #2 in the US country album chart and reached #13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart....
  
• "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now!)" -