The Best Albums Of The 90s-1990

Hello and welcome to the first installment of the best albums from the 1990s. For this series I tried to cover as many different musical genres as I could that happened to exist at the time. As you go through these lists you will notice interesting things. Some years were better for rock, some were better for hip hop, you get to see a rise in electronic music through the 90s. So come with us, take this journey and for right now check out the best albums of 1990! ENJOY!

P.S. As always, please comment! It's great to start a discussion!

1. Ween-God Ween Satan: The Oneness(Twin/Tone)

Genre: Experimental Rock, LO-FI, Alternative Rock, Noise Rock, Punk Rock, Comedy Rock, Psychedelic Rock

2. They Might Be Giants-Flood(Elektra)

Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Pop, Power Pop, Pop Rock

3. The Klf-Chill Out(Wax Trax!)

Genre: Ambient, Field Recordings, Plunderphonics, Ambient House

4. The Breeders-Pod(4AD)

Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Grunge

5. The La's-Self Titled(Go! Discs)

Genre: Jangle Pop, Indie Pop, Power Pop

6. Royal Trux-Twin Infinitives(Drag City)

Genre: Noise Rock, Experimental Rock, Tape Music, Garage Rock, Noise, Psychedelic Rock, No Wave

7. Naked City-Torture Garden(Shimmy Disc)

Genre: Avant Garde Jazz, Grindcore, Noise Rock, Free Jazz, Experimental Rock, Brutal Prog

8. Sun City Girls-Torch of the Mystics(Majora)

Genre: Experimental Rock, Psychedelic Folk, Avant-Folk, Psychedelic Rock, Surf Rock, Arabic Music

9. Lubricated Goat-Psychedelicatessen(Amphetamine Reptile)

Genre: Noise Rock, Garage Punk

10. Meat Beat Manifesto-99%(Mute)

Genre: Breakbeat, EBM, Industrial Hip Hop, Pluderphonics

11. Cocteau Twins-Heaven Or Las Vegas(4AD)

Genre: Dream Pop, Ethereal Wave

12. Lustmord-Heresy(Soleilmoon Recordings)

Genre: Dark Ambient, Field Recordings

13. The Gories-I Know You Fine, But How You Doin?(New Rose)

Genre: Garage Punk, Punk Blues

14. The Sundays-Reading, Writing, Arithmetic(Rough Trade)

Genre: Indie Pop, Jangle Pop, Dream Pop

15. Fugazi-Repeater(Dischord)

Genre: Post-Hardcore

16. Public Enemy-Fear Of A Black Planet(Def Jam/Columbia)

Genre: Political Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop

17. Deicide-Self Titled(R/C Records)

Genre: Death Metal

18. Jellyfish-Bellybutton(Charisma)

Genre: Power Pop, Pop Rock, Art Pop, Blue Eyed Soul, Neo Psychedelia

19. Ride-Nowhere(Sire)

Genre: Shoegaze, Dream Pop, Neo Psychedelia

20. Paul Simon-Rhythm Of the Saints(Warner Bros.)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Pop Rock, Brazilian Music, Batucada, Folk Pop

21. God Bullies-Dog Show(Amphetamine Reptile)

Genre: Noise Rock, Deathrock

22. John Zorn-Naked City(Nonesuch)

Genre: Avant Garde Jazz, Grindcore, Free Jazz, Lounge, No Wave, Brutal Prog

23. Buck Naked and the Bare Bottom Boys-Teenage Pussy From Outer Space(Heyday)

Genre: Garage Punk, Rockabilly, Comedy Rock

24. A Tribe Called Quest-People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths Of Rhythm(Jive)

Genre: East Coast Hip Hop, Jazz Rap, Boom Bap, Consious Hip Hop

25. Uncle Tupelo-No Depression(Rockville)

Genre: Alt-Country, Americana, Country Rock, Cowpunk

26. Entombed-Left Hand Path(Earache)

Genre: Death Metal

27. Pixies-Bossanova(4AD)

Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Surf Rock

28. Skinny Puppy-Too Dark Park(Nettwerk)

Genre: Electro-Industrial, Industrial

29. Loop-A Gilded Eternity(Situation Two)

Genre: Space Rock, Neo Psychedelia, Shoegaze, Heavy Psych

30. Galaxie 500-This Is Our Music(Rough Trade)

Genre: Slowcore, Dream Pop, Indie Pop

31. Primus-Frizzle Fry(Caroline Records)

Genre: Funk Metal, Alternative Metal, Experimental Rock

32. Poison Idea-Feel the Darkness(Vinyl Solution/American Leather)

Genre: Hardcore Punk, Punk Rock

33. Revolting Cocks-Beers, Steers and Queers(Wax Trax!)

Genre: Industrial Rock

34. Sonic Youth-Goo(DGC)

Genre; Alternative Rock, Noise Rock

35. Souled American-Around the Horn(Rough Trade)

Genre: Alt-Country

36. Geto Boys-Self Titled(Def American)

Genre: Gangsta Rap, Southern Hip Hop, Horrorcore

37. Sinead O' Conner-I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got(Ensign/Chrysalis)

Genre: Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Chamber Pop, Art Pop, Pop

38. X Clan-To the East Backwards(4th & Broadway)

Genre: East Coast Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop, Political Hip Hop, Funk

39. Slayer-Seasons In the Abyss(Def American)

Genre: Thrash Metal

40. Pale Saints-The Comforts Of Madness(4AD)

Genre: Dream Pop, Shoegaze, Noise Pop