• Music
  • 14 Jun 07
Critics' Choice 1990
Critics' Choice 1990
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Hot Press Newsdesk

The top five albums of 1990 as chosen by the Hotpress critics.

1. Fatima Mansions Viva Dead Ponies [kitchenware]
Cathal Coughlan & Co. delivered big time with this 19-tracker, which married guitar noise bombast to a plaintive Scott Walker croon. If only the greatest living Corkman – sorry Roy – hadn’t shagged that statue of the Virgin Mary, he’d be huge.
2. World Party – Goodbye Jumbo [ensign]
3. Prefab Sprout – Jordan: The Comeback [kitchenware]
4. Pixies – Bossanova [4ad]
5. Something Happens – Stuck Together With God’s Glue [virgin]

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