Albums of the Year 1998

01.

Neutral Milk Hotel

album: In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
genre: Indie Rock
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02.

The Beta Band

album: The Three E.P.’s
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03.

Outkast

album: Aquemini
genre: Hip Hop
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04.

Tortoise

album: TNT
genre: Post Rock
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05.

Fatboy Slim

album: You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby
genre: Big Beat
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06.

Refused

album: The Shape of Punk to Come
genre: Hardcore Punk
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07.

Beastie Boys

album: Hello Nasty
genre: Hip Hop
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08.

Boards of Canada

album: Music Has the Right to Children
genre: IDM
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09.

Air

album: Moon Safari
genre: Downtempo
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10.

Black Star

album: Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
genre: Hip Hop
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  • 11.
    Massive Attack
    Mezzanine
  • 12.
    Boredoms
    Super æ
  • 13.
    Elliott Smith
    XO
  • 14.
    Jay-Z
    Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life
  • 15.
    Cake
    Prolonging the Magic
  • 16.
    Bright Eyes
    Letting Off the Happiness
  • 17.
    Sonic Youth
    A Thousand Leaves
  • 18.
    Sparklehorse
    Good Morning Spider
  • 19.
    Herbert
    Around the House
  • 20.
    Lauryn Hill
    The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
  • 21.
    RL Burnside
    Come On In
  • 22.
    Gomez
    Bring It On
  • 23.
    Morcheeba
    Big Calm
  • 24.
    Sunny Day Real Estate
    How It Feels to Be Something On
  • 25.
    Beck
    Mutations
  • 26.
    Silver Jews
    American Water
  • 27.
    Hum
    Downward Is Heavenward
  • 28.
    Cat Power
    Moon Pix
  • 29.
    Jets to Brazil
    Orange Rhyming Dictionary
  • 30.
    Quasi
    Featuring “Birds”
  • 31.
    Saint Etienne
    Good Humor
  • 32.
    Fugazi
    End Hits
  • 33.
    Queens of the Stone Age
    s/t
  • 34.
    Black Box Recorder
    England Made Me
  • 35.
    Liquid Tension Experiment
    s/t
  • 36.
    Big Pun
    Capital Punishment
  • 37.
    UNKLE
    Psyence Fiction
  • 38.
    Pedro the Lion
    It’s Hard to Find a Friend
  • 39.
    Marilyn Manson
    Mechanical Animals
  • 40.
    Red Snapper
    Making Bones
  • 41.
    Mercury Rev
    Deserter’s Songs
  • 42.
    Shellac
    Terraform
  • 43.
    Pearl Jam
    Yield
  • 44.
    Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
    ACME
  • 45.
    Busta Rhymes
    E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event)
  • 46.
    Lo-Fidelity Allstars
    How To Operate with a Blown Mind
  • 47.
    Fastball
    All the Pain Money Can Buy
  • 48.
    Pras
    Ghetto Supastar
  • 49.
    Billy Bragg & Wilco
    Mermaid Avenue
  • 50.
    Dave Matthews Band
    Before These Crowded Streets