Ice Can’t Melt Bottom 10 Voters’ Hearts

Let’s hope Vanilla Ice doesn’t lose his cool in Rock ‘n Roll Hell.

With his debut album, “To the Extreme,” still riding the top of the charts, rap’s first white sex symbol has taken his place alongside such past champs as Stevie Nicks, Bruce Willis, Heart, Jimmy Page and Julian Lennon as the runaway winner of Pop Eye’s 1990 Bottom 10 poll.

Now in its 11th year, the Bottom 10 offers a look at the recordings that were the biggest critical flops of the past year. Pop Eye polls 35 writers, deejays, record execs, managers, musicians and rank-and-file music fans who provide their picks for this coveted Dean’s List of Decrepit Discs.

In most years, the race for the worst album has been breathtakingly close. But Vanilla Ice’s album, which has already sold more than 8 million copies, easily trumped its closest rival, the debut record from second-generation poptarts Wilson Phillips.

According to the voters, Ice’s album was a stink bomb. “His record might do more damage to rap’s reputation than Jack Thompson ever could,” grouched one voter. Another voter complained: “Not only can’t this guy sing or dance but he even shaves his eyebrows!”

It was an especially inauspicious year for rookie popsters, with three of the top four Bottom 10 slots awarded to new artists. There were several firsts: SBK Records became the first record label to have its artists finish No. 1 and No. 2. Andrew Dice Clay became the first rock comic to repeat (he finished No. 6 last year too). Paula Abdul’s “Shut Up and Dance” became the first re-mix album to make the list.

And Styx was the first band to make the Bottom 10 with a reunion album.

As always, voters suggested new possible awards. Worst Hair of the Year: Nelson. Worst Album Title of the Year: “Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz” by Pretty Boy Floyd. And Worst Attempt to Cash In on a Failed Music Trend: “World Beat: The Lambada Album” by Kaoma.

Narrowly missing the cut, but getting enough votes to merit honorable mention, were albums by Madonna, New Kids on the Block, Winger, Heart, George Michael, Mariah Carey, Slaughter, Sam Kinison, and Hall & Oates.

1. “To the Extreme.” Vanilla Ice.

2. “Wilson Phillips.” Wilson Phillips.

3. “Cherry Pie.” Warrant.

4. “After the Rain.” Nelson.

5. “Blaze of Glory.” Jon Bon Jovi.

6. “The Day the Laughter Died.” Andrew Dice Clay.

7. “Then and Now.” Asia.

8. “Ghost of a Dog.” Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians.

9. “Knebworth: The Album.” Various artists.

10. (Tied) “Edge of the Century.” Styx.

“Shut Up and Dance.” Paula Abdul.