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RANKED FROM PUBLISHED SCORECARDS

Highest-rated albums of 1990.

A leaderboard of the records we've scored. Explore an era, read the reasoning, and see where your own verdict differs.

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Only the 108 albums with an unambiguous, usable published score can enter these rankings. Equal scores share a rank; alphabetical ordering within a tie does not imply a preference. This is the site's reviewed selection, not a complete survey of every release.

Ranked within our reviewed archive. Equal scores share a rank.
RankAlbum / artistYearScore / 10Label & sources
1AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted ↗Ice CubeListening guide →19909Priority Records / EMI
1 scorecard & notesMusicBrainz — release and track listing ↗
2To the Extreme ↗Vanilla Ice19902SBK Records / EMI
1 scorecard & notes