| | Artist | Song | Album | Company |
| 1 | Agent Orange | Voices (in the Night) | This Is the Voice | Enigma Records |
| 2 | Belly | Someone to Die For | Star | Sire |
| 3 | Codeine | 3 Angels | Frigid Stars LP | Sub Pop |
| 4 | Stephen Duffy | Because We Love You | I Love You | 10 Records Ltd. |
| 5 | Einstürzende Neubauten | Tanz Debil | Strategies Against Architecture | Homestead Records |
| 6 | Fetchin Bones | Exit | Galaxy 500 | Capitol |
| 7 | Diamanda Galás | I Put a Spell on You | The Singer | Mute |
| 8 | Kristin Hersh | Me and My Charms | Hips and Makers | Sire |
| 9 | Icehouse | Can't Help Myself | Primitive Man | New Wave |
| 10 | Japan | Swing | Gentlemen Take Polaroids | Virgin Records |
| 11 | Kitchens of Distinction | Prize | Love Is Hell | Rough Trade |
| 12 | The Lucy Show | Ephemeral (This Is No Heaven) | ...Undone | A & M Records, Inc. |
| 13 | Martha and the Muffins | What Ever Happened to Radio Valve Road? | Danseparc | RCA |
| 14 | Stevie Nicks | Whole Lotta Trouble | TimeSpace | Atlantic |
| 15 | Laliya | Shakia | Terre De Sacha | |
| 16 | Jonathan Lovenstein | Prelude and Fugue for Strings | Blake Songs & Other Works | Titanic |
| 17 | Gurucharan Singh Khalsa | The Blue Pearl | Spirit Songs | Khalsa Consultants, Inc. |
| 18 | Gamelan Galak Tika | Tire Fire | Intergalactic Gamelan | Airplane Ears Music |
| 19 | Warren Senders | Raga Gopika Basant | Khyal Vocal Recital | Wingnut |
