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Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1990

Listing for 368 records from 1990 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+	Bo Diddley: *The Chess Box* [Chess] Fats Domino: *My Blue Heaven -- The Best of Fats Domino (Volume One)* [EMI] Madonna: *The Immaculate Collection* [Sire] Charlie Parker: *Now's the Time* [Verve] Tom Zé: *Brazil Classics 4: The Best of Tom Zé* [Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.]
A	Alpha Blondy: *The Best of Alpha Blondy* [Shanachie] David Bowie: *Changesbowie* [Rykodisc] Johnny Cash: *The Sun Years* [Rhino] The Chantels: *The Best of the Chantels* [Rhino] The Chills: *Submarine Bells* [Slash/Warner Bros.] Delaney & Bonnie: *The Best of Delaney & Bonnie* [Rhino] Flamin Groovies: *Supersnazz* [CBS Special Products] The Go-Betweens: *1978-1990* [Capitol] The Go-Go's: *Greatest* [I.R.S.] Billie Holiday: *Classic Live Recordings* [Telstar] Jerry Lee Lewis: *Rare Tracks* [Rhino] L.L. Cool J: *Mama Said Knock You Out* [Def Jam] L7: *Smell the Magic* [Sub Pop] Madonna: *I'm Breathless* [Sire/Warner Bros.] Meat Puppets: *No Strings Attached* [SST] Van Morrison: *The Best of Van Morrison* [Mercury] Oriental Brothers International: *Heavy on the Highlife!* [Original Music] The Pixies: *Bossanova* [4AD/Elektra] Louis Prima: *Zooma Zooma: The Best of Louis Prima* [Rhino] Public Enemy: *Fear of a Black Planet* [Def Jam] Merle Travis: *The Best of Merle Travis* [Rhino] *The Disco Years, Vol. 1: Turn the Beat Around (1974-1978)* [Rhino] *Groove 'n Grind: '50s and '60s Dance Hits* [Rhino] *Guitar Player Presents Legends of Guitar -- Electric Blues, Vol. 1* [Rhino] *Hip Hop Greats: Classic Raps* [Rhino] *Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter* [Chrysalis]
A-	Jewel Ackah: *Me Dear* [Highlife World] Thomas Anderson: *"Alright It Was Frank--And He's Risen From the Dead and Gone Off With His Truck"* [Out There] Abed Azrié: *Aromates* [Elektra/Nonesuch] Eric B. & Rakim: *Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em* [MCA] Marcia Ball/Lou Ann Barton/Angela Strehli: *Dreams Come True* [Antone's] The Bangles: *Greatest Hits* [Columbia] Beats International: *Let Them Eat Bingo* [Elektra] The Beautiful South: *Welcome to the Beautiful South* [Elektra] Blake Babies: *Sunburn* [Mammoth] Gary U.S. Bonds: *The Best of Gary U.S. Bonds* [Rhino] Brand Nubian: *One for All* [Elektra] Rosanne Cash: *Interiors* [Columbia] The Clean: *Vehicle* [Rough Trade] The Nat King Cole Trio: *Jumpin' at Capitol* [Rhino] Steve Coleman and Five Elements: *Rhythm People (The Resurrection of Creative Black Civilization)* [Novus] The Deighton Family: *Mama Was Right* [Philo] Devo: *Greatest Hits* [Warner Bros.] Bob Dylan: *Under the Red Sky* [Columbia] Eno/Cale: *Wrong Way Up* [Opal/Warner Bros.] The Fall: *458489 A-Sides* [Beggars Banquet] The Flatlanders: *More a Legend Than a Band* [Rounder] Fugazi: *Repeater* [Dischord] The Fugs: *Songs from a Portable Forest* [Gazell] Gang of Four: *A Brief History of the 20th Century* [Warner Bros.] Woody Guthrie: *Struggle* [Smithsonian/Folkways] Guy: *The Future* [MCA] Merle Haggard: *Capitol Collectors' Series* [Capitol] Merle Haggard: *More of the Best* [Rhino] Ice Cube: *Kill at Will* [Priority EP] Gregory Isaacs: *My Number One* [Heartbeat] Wanda Jackson: *Rockin' in the Country: The Best of Wanda Jackson* [Rhino] Jali Musa Jawara: *Yasimika* [Hannibal] Pépé Kallé: *Pépé Kallé* [Gefraco] K.C. & the Sunshine Band: *The Best of KC and the Sunshine Band* [Rhino] The Ousmane Kouyate Band: *Domba* [Mango] Fela Anikulapo Kuti: *Black Man's Cry* [Eurobond] Ladysmith Black Mambazo: *Classic Tracks* [Shanachie] Ladysmith Black Mambazo: *Two Worlds One Heart* [Warner Bros.] Jerry Lee Lewis: *Rockin' My Life Away* [Tomato] Living Colour: *Time's Up* [Epic] Loketo: *Soukous Trouble* [Shanachie] Monie Love: *Down to Earth* [Warner Bros.] Nick Lowe: *Party of One* [Reprise] Evan Lurie: *Selling Water by the Side of the River* [Island] Macka-B: *Looks Are Deceiving* [Ariwa] Macka-B: *Natural Suntan* [Ariwa] Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga: *Virunga Volcano* [Earthworks/Virgin] Meat Beat Manifesto: *99%* [Mute] The Mekons: *F.U.N. '90* [A&M EP] Ministry: *In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up (Live)* [Sire] My Bloody Valentine: *Glider* [Sire/Warner Bros.] Youssou N'Dour: *Set* [Virgin] Aaron Neville: *The Classic Aaron Neville: My Greatest Gift* [Rounder] K.T. Oslin: *Love in a Small Town* [RCA] Carlos Paredes: *Guitarra Portugesa* [Elektra/Nonesuch] Perfect Disaster: Up [Fire] The Pooh Sticks: *Formula One Generation* [Sympathy for the Record Industry] Pretenders: *Packed!* [Sire/Warner Bros.] Pylon: *Chain* [Sky] Lou Reed/John Cale: *Songs for Drella* [Sire] Salt-N-Pepa: *Blacks' Magic* [Next Plateau] Simon Shaheen: *The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab* [Axiom] Shazzy: *Attitude: A Hip Hop Rapsody* [Elektra] Snap: *World Power* [Arista] Sonic Youth: *Goo* [DGC] Soul II Soul: *Vol II--1990: A New Decade* [Virgin] Lisa Stansfield: *Affection* [Arista] Ali Farka Touré: *The River* [World Circuit] T.P O.K Jazz: *Somo!* [TMS] Boubacar Traoré: *Mariama* [Sterns Africa] Was (Not Was): *Are You Okay?* [Chrysalis] Sonny Boy Williamson: *Keep It to Ourselves* [Alligator] Neil Young & Crazy Horse: *Ragged Glory* [Reprise] *The Civil War* [Elektra/Nonesuch] *Cuban Dance Party: Routes of Rhythm, Volume 2* [Rounder] *Dancehall Stylee: The Best of Reggae Dancehall Music Vol. 1* [Profile] *The Disco Years, Vol. 2: On the Beat (1978-1981)* [Rhino] *Freedom Fire--The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Volume Three* [Earthworks] *Hi-Jivin'* [Kijima] *Ska Beats, Vol. 1* [ROIR] *Spirit of the Eagle: Zimbabwe Frontline (Vol. 2)* [Earthworks] *Yalla: Hit List Egypt* [Mango]
B+	Aztec Camera: *Stray* [Sire] Bell Biv Devoe: *Poison* [MCA] Sona Diabaté: *Girls of Guinea* [Shanachie] Dramarama: *Live at China Club* [Chameleon] Guo Brothers and Shung Tian: *Yuan* [RealWorld] Ronald Shannon Jackson: *Taboo* [Venture] Kid Creole and the Coconuts: *Private Waters in the Great Divide* [Columbia] Kotch: *Kotch* [Mango] Macka-B: *Buppie Culture* [Ariwa] Mahlathini and Amaswazi Emvolo: *You're Telling Tales* [Shanachie] Material: *Seven Souls* [Virgin] Van Morrison: *Enlightenment* [Mercury] Morrissey: *Bona Drag* [Sire/Reprise] Sinéad O'Connor: *I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got* [Chrysalis] Koffi Olomide: *Tcha Tcho* [Sterns] Peter and the Test Tube Babies: *The Shit Factory* [Triple X] Prince: *Graffiti Bridge* [Paisley Park] Saffire: *The Uppity Blues Women* [Alligator] Gary Stewart: *Battleground* [HighTone] Teenage Fanclub: *God Knows It's True* [Matador] Texas Tornados: *Texas Tornados* [Warner Bros.] Traveling Wilburys: *Volume 3* [Wilbury/Warner Bros.] A Tribe Called Quest: *People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm* [Jive] Two Nice Girls: *Like a Version* [Rough Trade] Gene Vincent: *Capitol Collectors' Series* [Capitol] Keith Whitley: *Greatest Hits* [RCA]
*******	The Beautiful South: *Choke* [Elektra] Boogie Down Productions: *Edutainment* [Jive] C+C Music Factory: *Gonna Make You Sweat* [Columbia] Eyuphuro: *Mama Mosambiki* [RealWorld] The Fall: *458489 B-Sides* [Beggars Banquet] Stan Freberg: *The Capitol Collectors Series* [Capitol] Johnny Griffin: *The Cat* [Antilles] Freedy Johnston: *The Trouble Tree* [Bar/None] Laura Lee: *Greatest Hits* [HDH] Thomas Mapfumo: *Shumba: Vital Hits of Zimbabwe* [Earthworks] Kate & Anna McGarrigle: *Heartbeats Accelerating* [Private] Lee "Scratch" Perry: *From the Secret Laboratory* [Mango] Pure Gold: *By the Rivers of Babylon* [Shanachie] The Romantics: *What I Like About You (And Other Romantic Hits)* [Epic Associated/Legacy] 2 Black 2 Strong: *Burn Baby Burn* [In Effect/Clappers EP] Vaughan Brothers: *Family Style* [Epic] Dwight Yoakam: *If There Was a Way* [Reprise] *The Carl Stalling Project: Music from Warner Bros. Cartoons 1936-1958* [Warner Bros.] *Pop-Rai and Rachid Style* [Earthworks] *¡Sabroso!* [Earthworks/Virgin]
**	Ass Ponys: *Mr. Superlove* [OKra] Black Box: *Dreamland* [RCA] Garth Brooks: *No Fences* [Liberty] The Robert Cray Band: *Midnight Stroll* [Mercury] Miles Davis: *Pangaea* [Columbia] Devo: *Greatest Misses* [Warner Bros.] Joe Ely: *Live at Liberty Lunch* [MCA] Fellow Travellers: *No Easy Way* [OKra] Happy Mondays: *Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches* [Elektra] Robin Holcomb: *Robin Holcomb* [Elektra] Ronald Shannon Jackson: *Red Warrior* [Axiom] Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: *Wanted: Dead or Alive* [Cold Chillin'] Fela Anikulapo Kuti: *O D O O* [Shanachie] Mazzy Star: *She Hangs Brightly* [Rough Trade] Joe Morris: *Sweatshop* [Riti] The Mthembu Queens: *Emjindini* [Rounder] Pavement: *Demolition Plot J-7* [Drag City] Perfect Disaster: *Asylum Road* [Genius] Pet Shop Boys: *Behavior* [EMI America] Dave Ray and Tony Glover: *Ashes in My Whiskey* [Rough Trade] The Replacements: *All Shook Down* [Sire/Reprise] The Replacements: *Don't Sell or Buy, It's Crap* [Sire/Reprise] Revolting Cocks: *Beers, Steers and Queers* [Wax Trax] Shinehead: *The Real Rock* [Elektra] They Might Be Giants: *Flood* [Elektra] The Time: *Pandemonium* [Paisley Park] Tony Toni Toné: *The Revival* [Wing] Kelly Willis: *Well Travelled Love* [MCA]
*	ABC: *Absolutely* [Mercury] Bad Brains: *The Youth Are Getting Restless* [Caroline] Bad Religion: *Against the Grain* [Epitaph] Betty Boo: *Boomania* [Rhythm King/Sire/Reprise] Charlie Burton and the Hiccups: *Green Cheese* [Wild] Joe "King" Carrasco & the Crowns: *Royal, Loyal and Live* [Royal Texicali] Consolidated: *The Myth of Rock* [Nettwerk] I.K. Dairo, M.B.E.: *Juju Master* [Original Music] The Fall: *Extricate* [Mercury] Gerardo: *Mo' Ritmo* [Interscope] Joe Higgs With the Wailers: *Blackman Know Yourself* [Shanachie] Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: *Mustt Mustt* [RealWorld] Kasse Mady: *Fode* [Sterns] Kathy Mattea: *A Collection of Hits* [Mercury] Maria Muldaur: *On the Sunny Side* [Music for Little People] Primus: *Frizzle Fry* [Caroline] Railroad Jerk: *Railroad Jerk* [Matador] Mimi Schneider: *The Extended Outlook* [Indelible] Paul Simon: *The Rhythm of the Saints* [Warner Bros.] Social Distortion: *Social Distortion* [Epic] Liz Torres: *The Queen Is in the House* [Jive] 22-Pistepirkko: *Bare Bone Nest* [Spirit] Wartime: *Fast Food for Thought* [Chrysalis] The Wipers: *The Best of the Wipers and Greg Sage* [Restless] ZZ Top: *Recycler* [Warner Bros.] *Christmas Party With Eddie G.* [Strikin' It Rich/Columbia] *Singing in an Open Space: Zulu Rhythm and Harmony* [Rounder] *Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson* [Sire/Warner Bros.]
	Safi Abdullah: *Another One Gone* [Shanachie] Chet Atkins/Mark Knopfler: *Neck and Neck* [Columbia] Brave Combo: *A Night on Earth* [Rounder] Lloyd Cole: *Lloyd Cole* [Capitol] Deee-Lite: *World Clique* [Elektra] Digital Underground: *Sex Packets* [Tommy Boy] Marty Ehrlich: *The Traveller's Tale* [Enja] Fishbone: *Bonin' in the Boneyard* [Epic] Fugazi: *13 Songs* [Dischord] The Gear Daddies: *Let's Go Scare Al* [Polydor] Big Daddy Kane: *A Taste of Chocolate* [Cold Chillin'/Reprise] King Missile: *Mystical Shit* [Shimmy Disc] Sanougue Kouyate: *Balendala Djibe* [Mango] K-Solo: *Tell the World My Name* [Atlantic] Macka-B: *We've Had Enough* [Ariwa] MC Hammer: *Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em* [Capitol] Bette Midler: *Some People's Lives* [Atlantic] No Face: *Wake Your Daughter Up* [No Face/RAL/Columbia] Poor Righteous Teachers: *Holy Intellect* [Profile] Elvis Presley: *The Million Dollar Quartet* [Sun/RCA] Eddy Raven: *Greatest Country Hits* [Warner Bros.] Rebel MC: *Rebel Music* [Desire] Marc Ribot: *Rootless Cosmopolitans* [Island] The Sisters of Mercy: *Vision Thing* [Elektra] Suicidal Tendencies: *Lights . . . Camera . . . Revolution* [Epic] Superchunk: *Superchunk* [Matador] Too Short: *Short Dog's in the House* [Jive] Warrant: *Cherry Pie* [Columbia] Cheryl Wheeler: *Circles and Arrows* [Capitol] Victoria Williams: *Swing the Statue!* [Rough Trade] Yo La Tengo: *Fakebook* [Restless/Bar/None] The Young Gods: *The Young Gods* [Wax Trax] *A Creole Christmas* [Epic Associated] *Dancehall Stylee: The Best of Reggae Dancehall Music Vol. 2* [Profile] *Holy Ground: Alvin Ranglin's GG Records* [Heartbeat] *Homeland 2* [Rounder] *Just in Time for Christmas* [I.R.S.] *One Voice: Pride* [Enigma/Ruffhouse] *Towering Dub Inferno* [Rykodisc] *Women of Africa* [CSA]
	Asa Branca: *Accordion Forro from Brazil* [Rykodisc] The Beloved: *Happiness* [Atlantic] Tony Bird: *Sorry Africa* [Philo] Blinky and the Roadmasters: *Crucian Scratch Band Music* [Rounder] The Breeders: *Pod* [4AD] William S. Burroughs: *Dead City Radio* [Island] Nahawa Doumbia: *Didadi* [Shanachie] Dust Devils: *Geek Drip* [Matador] En Vogue: *Born to Sing* [EastWest] Everlast: *Forever Everlasting* [Warner Bros.] Ferron: *Phantom Center* [Chameleon] Game Theory: *Tinker to Evers to Chance* [Enigma] Giant Sand: *Swerve* [Amazing Black Sand] Johnny Gill: *Johnny Gill* [Motown] Goo Goo Dolls: *Hold Me Up* [Metal Blade] Jon Hassell: *City: Works of Fiction* [Opal/Warner Bros.] Hindu Love Gods: *Hindu Love Gods* [Giant] Honey Cone: *Greatest Hits* [HDH] Whitney Houston: *I'm Your Baby Tonight* [Arista] Mory Kante: *Touma* [Mango] Laquan: *Notes of a Native Son* [4th & B'way] Barrington Levy: *Broader Than Broadway: The Best of Barrington Levy* [Profile] Los Lobos: *The Neighborhood* [Slash/Warner Bros.] Sam Mangwana: *Megamix* [Mélodie] NRBQ: *Peek-a-Boo: The Best of NRBQ 1969-1989 Disc One* [Rhino] NRBQ: *Peek-a-Boo: The Best of NRBQ 1969-1989 Disc Two* [Rhino] The Roches: *We Three Kings* [Paradox] The Royal Macadamians: *Experiments in Terror* [Island] Ryuichi Sakamoto: *Beauty* [Virgin] Foday Musa Suso: *The Dreamtime* [CMP] Johnny Thunders: *Bootlegging the Bootleggers* [Freud] Randy Travis: *Heroes and Friends* [Warner Bros.] Bunny Wailer: *Gumption* [Shanachie] *Gnawa Music of Marrakesh: Night Spirit Masters* [Axiom]
B-	Danzig II: *Lucifuge* [Def American] Derek and the Dominos: *The Layla Sessions* [Polydor] Marianne Faithfull: *Blazing Away* [Island] Faith No More: *The Real Thing* [Slash/Reprise] Galaxie 500: *This Is Our Music* [Rough Trade] The Geto Boys: *The Geto Boys* [Def American] Ice Cube: *Amerikkka's Most Wanted* [Priority] Suzanne Vega: *Days of Open Hand* [A&M]
C+	Adamski: *Liveandirect* [MCA] Babes in Toyland: *Spanking Machine* [Twin/Tone] Big Dipper: *Slam* [Epic] George Michael: *Listen Without Prejudice: Vol. 1* [Columbia] Maxi Priest: *Bonafide* [Charisma] Shonen Knife: *Shonen Knife* [Gasatanka/Giant]
C	Mariah Carey: *Mariah Carey* [Columbia] The Charlatans U.K.: *Some Friendly* [Beggars Banquet] Crazy Horse: *Left for Dead* [Sisapa] Professor Griff and the Last Asiatic Disciples: *Pawns in the Game* [Luke] Will to Power: *Journey Home* [Epic] Wilson Phillips: *Wilson Phillips* [SBK] X-Clan: *To the East, Blackwards* [4th & Broadway]
C-	Michael Bolton: *Soul Provider* [Columbia] Depeche Mode: *Violator* [Sire/Reprise] N.W.A: *100 Miles and Runnin'* [Ruthless] Vanilla Ice: *To the Extreme* [SBK] Hank Williams Jr.: *America (The Way I See It)* [Curb] Winger: *In the Heart of the Young* [Atlantic]
D+	Nelson: *After the Fall* [DGC]
D	Missing Foundation: *Ignore the White Culture* [Restless] Sebadoh: *The Freed Weed* [Homestead] Slaughter: *Stick It to Ya* [Chrysalis]
	Adventures of Stevie V: *Adventures of Stevie V* [Mercury] Amina: *Yalil* [Mango] Lee Atwater: *Red Hot & Blue: Lee Atwater & Friends* [Curb] David Baerwald: *Bedtime Stories* [A&M] Anita Baker: *Compositions* [Elektra] The Black Crowes: *Shake Your Moneymaker* [Def American] Billy Bragg: *The Internationale* [Elektra] Cheap Trick: *Busted* [Epic] The Chimes: *The Chimes* [Columbia] The Del-Lords: *Lovers Who Wander* [Enigma] Devo: *Hardcore Devo Vol. 1* [Rykodisc] Devo: *Smooth Noodle Maps* [Enigma] D.O.A.: *Murder* [Restless] John Doe: *Meet John Doe* [DGC] Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias: *I'm Back* [Rounder] Dust Devils: *Struggling Electric and Chemical* [Matador] Electric Angels: *Electric Angels* [Atlantic] E.U.: *Cold Kickin' It* [Virgin] Green Day: *1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours* [Lookout] Billy Idol: *Charmed Life* [Chrysalis] Inspiral Carpets: *Life* [Mute/Elektra] Jane's Addiction: *Ritual de lo Habitual* [Warner Bros.] Joan Jett: *The Hit List* [Epic] Kid 'n Play: *Kid 'n Play's Funhouse* [Select] Kid Rock: *Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast* [Jive/Novus] Bobby King and Terry Evans: *Rhythm, Blues, Soul & Grooves* [Rounder] Love/Hate: *Black Out in the Red Room* [Columbia] Baaba Maal: *Taara* [Mélodie] Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens: *Rhythm and Art* [Shanachie] Mahotella Queens: *Marriage Is a Problem* [Shanachie] Manitoba's Wild Kingdom: *. . . And You?* [Popular Metaphysics/MCA] Midnight Oil: *Blue Sky Mining* [Columbia] Bob Mould: *Black Sheets of Rain* [Virgin] Najma: *Atish* [Shanachie] Phil Ochs: *There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968* [Rhino] Robert Plant: *Manic Nirvana* [Swan Song] Iggy Pop: *Brick by Brick* [Virgin] Run-D.M.C.: *Back From Hell* [Profile] Soho: *Goddess* [Atco] Soul Asylum: *And the Horse They Rode In On* [A&M] Keith Sweat: *I'll Give All My Love to You* [Vintertainment/Elektra] Chris Thomas: *Cry of the Prophets* [Warner Bros.] The 2 Live Crew: *Banned in the U.S.A.* [Luke/Atlantic] Uncle Tupelo: *No Depression* [Rockville] Ween: *God Ween Satan--The Oneness* [Twin/Tone] Peter Wolf: *Up to No Good* [MCA] World Party: *Goodbye Jumbo* [Chrysalis] Steve Wynn: *Kerosene Man* [Rhino]

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