Album of the Year – Pat Metheny Secret Story 

Pop Album of the Year – Annie Lennox Diva 

Best Male Pop Album : Peter Gabriel – Us
Most Widely Over-rated Rock Album : U2 – Achtung Baby
Best Comeback album : Lindsey Buckingham – Out of the Cradle
Best Rock album : Baby Animals
Best Dance Album : Prince – Untitled
Most Dreary Album : Tracy Chapman – Matters of the Heart
Best Blues Guitar album : Robben Ford & The Blue Line
Best Jazz Guitar Album : Martin Taylor – Change of Heart
Best Jazz Piano Album : Kenny Kirkland
Most Tasteless Album Name : Al Di Meola – Kiss My Axe
Best Jazz Sax Album (Cool Category) : Joe Henderson – Lush Life
Best Jazz Sax Album (Frenetic Category) : Gary Thomas – Till They Have Faces
Single of the Year : Annie Lennox – Why
Most Creative Album : Miniature – I Can’t Put My Finger On It
Best Zappa Album : You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore V5
Most Soporific Easy Listening Sell-Out Jazz Album From An Artist Who Should Know Better : Larry Carlton – Kid Gloves
Most Cynical Rip-off : Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells II
Most Interesting Blues Album : Branford Marsalis – I Heard You Twice the First Time
Most Repetitive Slide Guitar : Chris Rea – God’s Great Banana Skin
Best Obscure Pop Album : Thomas Dolby – Astronauts & Heretics
Most Unnecessary Live Album : Jethro Tull – A Little Light Music
Most Lyrically Interesting Folk/Pop Album : Suzanne Vega – 99.9F
Most Angry Album : Roger Waters – Amused To Death
Most Embarrassingly Bad Album From An Artist Who Can Do Better : Eric Clapton – Unplugged
Best News of the Year : Frank Zappa’s still alive