| Back In Black | AC/DC | CD | 10 | | Atlantic | 050 735, A2 16018 | [none] |
| Greenpeace: Rainbow Warriors, Disc 1 | Various Artists | 2×CD | 17 + 15 | | Geffen Records | 786012T, M2G 24236 | 075992423625 |
| Rio | Duran Duran | CD | 9 | | Capitol Records | CDP 546003 | [none] |
| Hounds of Love | Kate Bush | CD | 12 | | EMI Manhattan | CDP 546164 | 777495438433 |
| Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 | Eagles | CD | 10 | | Asylum Records | E2-105 | [none] |
| Signals | Rush | CD | 8 | | Mercury Records | P2-10002 | 0208314249252 |
| The Way It Is | Bruce Hornsby & the Range | CD | 9 | | RCA | PCD1-5904 | 0777499136243 |
| Decade | Neil Young | 2×CD | 16 + 19 | | Reprise Records | W2 2257 | 77749923987602 |
| Mighty Like a Rose | Elvis Costello | CD | 14 | | Warner Bros. Records | W2 26575 | 0208314201282 |
| Mitch Miller's Greatest Sing Along Hits | Mitch Miller | 2×12" Vinyl | 14 + 14 | | Columbia House | P2S 5750 | [none] |
| The Ways to Love a Man | Lynn Anderson | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | Columbia House | 1P 6034 | |
| High ’n’ Dry | Def Leppard | Cassette | 10 | | Mercury Records | MCR4 1-4021 | [none] |
| The Concert in Central Park | Simon and Garfunkel | 2×12" Vinyl | 10 + 9 | | Warner Bros. Records | 2BSK 3654 | [none] |
| War | U2 | CD | 10 | | Island | A2-90067 | 075679006721 |
| The Queen Is Dead | The Smiths | CD | 10 | | Sire Records, Rough Trade | W2 25426 | [none] |
| Greetings From Timbuk 3 | Timbuk 3 | CD | 10 | | I.R.S. Records | IRSD-5739 | 076732573921 |
| Invisible Touch | Genesis | CD | 8 | | Atlantic , Columbia House | A2-81641 | 075678164125 |
| The Smiths | The Smiths | CD | 11 | | Sire Records, Columbia House | W2-25065 | [none] |
| Angel With a Lariat | k.d. lang and The Reclines | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | Sire Records | W1 25441 | [none] |
| Strangeways, Here We Come | The Smiths | CD | 10 | | Sire Records | W2 25649 | 075992564922 |
| “Rank” | The Smiths | CD | 14 | | Sire Records, Columbia House | W2 25786 | 075992578622 |
| Temple of Low Men | Crowded House | CD | 10 | | Capitol Records | CDP-548763 | 020831370325 |
| Big Thing | Duran Duran | CD | 12 | | Capitol Records | CDP-590958 | [none] |
| New Jersey | Bon Jovi | CD | 12 | | Columbia House , Mercury Records | CRC 743047T, P2-36345 | |
| Life’s Too Good | The Sugarcubes | CD | 17 | | Elektra | E2 60801 | 075596080125 |
| …And Justice for All | Metallica | CD | 9 | | Columbia House , Elektra | E2 60812 | 075596081221 |
| Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars | Edie Brickell & New Bohemians | CD | 12 | | Geffen Records | M2G 24192 | 075992419222 |
| Green | R.E.M. | CD | 11 | | Warner Bros. Records | W2 25795 | 075992579520 |
| Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart | Camper Van Beethoven | CD | 14 | | Virgin | V2 90918 | 075679091826 |
| Journeyman | Eric Clapton | CD | 12 | | Columbia House , Reprise Records, Duck Records | 782516T, W2 26074 | 075992607421 |
| Up to Here | The Tragically Hip | CD | 11 | | Columbia House , MCA Records | 775627T, MCD-6310 | 77749775627602 |
| The Iron Man | Pete Townshend | CD | 12 | | Atlantic | A2 81996 | 075678199622 |
| Nick of Time | Bonnie Raitt | CD | 11 | | Capitol Records | CDP-591268, DIDY 004527 | [none] |
| Big Tyme | Heavy D. & the Boyz | Cassette | 12 | | MCA Records , Uptown Records | CMCAC 42302 | 076742230241 |
| Hymns of Gold | Carroll Baker | CD | 16 | | EPE, Inc. | EP2 14090 | 7749904821023 |
| Wild! | Erasure | CD | 11 | | Columbia House , Sire Records | W2 26026 | 075992602624 |
| Rockland | Kim Mitchell | CD | 10 | | Alert Music | Z2-81010 | 061528101020 |
| Doolittle | Pixies | CD | 15 | | Columbia House , 4AD, Elektra | E2 60856 | 075596085625 |
| The End of the Innocence | Don Henley | CD | 10 | | Geffen Records | M2G 24217 | 075992421720 |
| Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 | Eagles | CD | 10 | | Asylum Records | 253 017, E2-105 | [none] |
| Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 | Eagles | CD | 10 | | Asylum Records | 253-017, E2-105 | [none] |
| Stick It to Ya | Slaughter | CD | 15 | | Columbia House , Chrysalis | 783142T, CVK 41702 | 094632170224 |
| Shake Your Soul | Baton Rouge | CD | 12 | | Atlantic | A2 82073 | 0208314097263 |
| To Hell and Black | CPO | CD | 10 | | Capitol Records | CDP 594522 | 020831413725 |
| To the Extreme | Vanilla Ice | Cassette | 15 | | SBK Records | CK4-95325 | 077779532544 |
| Compositions | Anita Baker | CD | 9 | | Elektra Entertainment | E2 60922 | 075596092227 |
| Violator | Depeche Mode | CD | 9 | | Mute, Sire Records | W2 26081 | 075992608121 |
| I'm Breathless | Madonna | CD | 12 | | Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records | W2 26209 | 075992620925 |
| Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3 | Traveling Wilburys | CD | 11 | | Wilbury Records | W2 26324 | 075992632423 |
| Days of Open Hand | Suzanne Vega | CD | 11 | | A&M Records | 7502 15293 2, CD 5293 | 075021529328 |
| Slave to the Grind | Skid Row | 12" Vinyl | 12 | | Atlantic | 1P-8136 | |
| Cuvée: choix Québecois | Various Artists | CD | 10 | | Columbia House , isba | 742890 T, ISCD 2026 | |
| Go Figure | Spirit of the West | CD | 11 | | Columbia House , wea | 743898T, W2 74692 | 090317469225 |
| Lights Out on the Playground | Baton Rouge | CD | 12 | | EastWest Records America | A2 91661 | 0208314221221 |
| Waking Up the Neighbours | Bryan Adams | CD | 15 | | A&M Records | CD 5367 | 075021536722 |
| Nevermind | Nirvana | CD | 12 | | DGC Records | CDGCD 24425 | 777497492006 |
| Woodface | Crowded House | CD | 14 | | Capitol Records , Columbia House | CDP 7 93559 2 | 0208314222253 |
| Unforgettable: With Love | Natalie Cole | CD | 22 | | Elektra Entertainment | E2 61049 | 020831422222 |
| Decade of Decadence ’81–’91 | Mötley Crüe | CD | 15 | | Elektra Entertainment , Mötley Records | E2 61204 | 020831429320 |
| Doubt | Jesus Jones | CD | 12 | | SBK Records | K2-95715 | 7777957152 |
| The Best of ARS | Atlanta Rhythm Section | CD | 17 | | Polydor | P2 49375 | 777499084834 |
| Moondance | Van Morrison | CD | 10 | | Warner Bros. Records | W2-3103 | [none] |
| Real Life | Simple Minds | CD | 13 | | A&M Records | CD 5352 | 075021535220 |
| Greatest Hits | Eurythmics | CD | 14 | | Arista | ARCD-8680 | 020831140126 |
| Pocket Full of Kryptonite | Spin Doctors | CD | 10 | | Columbia House , Epic Associated | CZK 47461 | [none] |
| Magic and Loss | Lou Reed | CD | 14 | | Sire Records | W2 26662 | 0208314274227 |
| Greatest Hits | ZZ Top | CD | 18 | | Warner Bros. Records | W2 26846 | 7599268462 |
| Good Stuff | The B‐52’s | CD | 10 | | Reprise Records | W2 26943 | [none] |
| Revenge | KISS | CD | 12 | | Mercury Records | P2-48037 | 0208314414236 |
| Automatic for the People | R.E.M. | CD | 12 | | Columbia House , Warner Bros. Records | 77749751404702, W2 45055 | 77749751404702 |
| Alapalooza | “Weird Al” Yankovic | CD | 12 | | Attic , Scotti Bros. Records | CSBD 5415 | 777499007796 |
| In Utero | Nirvana | CD | 12 | | DGC Records | *CDGCD 24607 | 77749757864902 |
| The Sign | Ace of Base | CD | 12 | | Arista, Columbia House | ARCD 8740, CRC 0208314681208 | |
| Music Box | Mariah Carey | CD | 10 | | Columbia | CCK 53205 | 77749757518102 |
| ...But You Can Call Me Larry | Lawrence Gowan | CD | 11 | | Anthem Records , Columbia | CCK 80183 | 777497597879 |
| Vs. | Pearl Jam | CD | 12 | | Epic Associated | CZK 53136 758961T | 074645313627 |
| Cure for Pain | Morphine | CD | 13 | | Rykodisc | RCD 10262 | 020831481229 |
| Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix | Various Artists | CD | 14 | | Reprise Records | W2 45438 | 777497599361 |
| Faithlift | Spirit of the West | CD | 12 | | wea | W2 93642 | 77749759738102 |
| Off the Ground | Paul McCartney | CD | 12 | | Capitol Records , Columbia House | CDP-580362 | 0208314597284 |
| Alive III | KISS | Cassette | 17 | | Mercury Records | P4 14777 | |
| Dance Naked | John Mellencamp | CD | 9 | | Mercury Records , Columbia House | P2 22428 | 0208314857255 |
| Dummy | Portishead | CD | 11 | | Go! Discs | 422 828 553-2 | 77749917906602 |
| The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | CD | 14 | | Atlantic | A2 82519 | 77749902353602 |
| Under the Pink | Tori Amos | CD | 12 | | EastWest | A2 82567 | 77749901678102 |
| Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid | Collective Soul | CD | 13 | | Atlantic | A2 82596 | 77749903187602 |
| The Best of Split Enz | Split Enz | CD | 16 | | Chrysalis | CDP 528409 | 0208314869210 |
| Blowout Comb | Digable Planets | CD | 13 | | EMI , Pendulum Records | CDP-530654 | 0208311101222 |
| Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack | Various Artists | 2×CD | 16 + 16 | | Epic Soundtrax | CE2K 66329 | 074646632925 |
| When I Woke | Rusted Root | CD | 13 | | Mercury Records | P2 22713 | 0208311036206 |
| Too High to Die | Meat Puppets | CD | 13 | | London Records | P2 28484 | 0208314742221 |
| Swamp Ophelia | Indigo Girls | CD | 11 | | Epic | CEK 57621 | 77749903641302 |
| Maybe You Should Drive | Barenaked Ladies | CD | 12 | | Reprise Records, Sire Records | W2 45709 | 77749909325602 |
| Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | CD | 16 | | MCA Records | CMCAD 11103, MCASD-11103 | 77749911677102 |
| Monster | R.E.M. | CD | 12 | | Warner Bros. Records , Columbia House | W2 45740 | 77749912162102 |
| Collective Soul | Collective Soul | CD | 12 | | Atlantic | A2 82745 | 77749921486604 |
| Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin | Various Artists | CD | 13 | | Atlantic | A2 82756 | 77749922823802 |
| Tales From the Punchbowl | Primus | CD | 13 | | Interscope Records | A2 92553 | 77749924761102 |
| Hot House | Bruce Hornsby | CD | 11 | | RCA | BG2 66584 | 777499255296 |
| The Best of Badfinger | Badfinger | CD | 21 | | Capitol Records | CDP 530129 | 0208311271242 |