1990

In 1990 most of the music still sounded a lot like the whole 80's. Some new alternative guitar bands brought with them the new sound that would evolve into brit-pop and guitar indie. Shoe-gazing and heavy guitar walls were in fashion, as well as electronic synth bands. Grunge movement had already started, but the biggest albums and hits were still yet to be released. Most of the albums on this years list can be categorised in three categories: alternative rock, synth pop or shoe-gazing. This year's list is not one of my favourites, but there are some really good albums there.

1991

In 1991 I was still fairly young and I wasn't paying attention to a lot what was going on in popular music. In fact, I was mostly still listening to children's music. Many of the albums of 1991 have had a huge impact on my life afterwards. Some of the albums on this list made me interested in playing guitar myself and made me appreciate skilful playing. Almost all of the bands listed in this top 10 could be called classics. Genres include grunge, hard rock, rock opera, alternative rock, trip-hop, brit-pop and guitar indie. As we move towards the 80's my lists are getting worse in my opinion, but 1991 is a great year before the 80's.

1992

The beginning of the 90's resembles the 80's quite heavily. Alternative music is full of heavy guitars, melody is not in fashion and grunge rules the music world. I usually say each year that the list in question is amazing etc. This year I'm not going to say that, since the list could be much better. I'm not saying that the albums featured here are not good. I'm just saying that 1992 wasn't  by far the best year in albums. This list consist mostly of alternative music albums that are hard to place in any genre categorisations. It has some great music, but I'm not too impressed. The number one this year is a surprise though, since I hadn't listened to it before I started writing this blog.

1993

As we move closer to the 80's, the music is getting heavier. brit-pop is only in the very beginning and grunge still rules the music scene. 1993's top ten is not as good as the later years', but it still manages to include a number of great albums. There are more genres involved than in the mid-90's. This years list consists of brit-pop, grunge, alternative rock, art-rock, indie pop, power pop, shoegaze and progressive rock. Some of the grunge albums from this year have amazing songs but don't really succeed in becoming great whole albums. Well, enough chit-chat, here's the list.