Albums: 1998

50. New Radicals - Maybe You’ve Been 49. Garbage - Version 2.0

48. Manic Street Preachers - This Is My

47. Gang Starr - Moment of Truth

46. Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg

45. Pulp - This Is Hardcore

44. RZA - Bobby Digital in Stereo

43. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty

42. Massive Attack - Mezzanine

41. Boards of Canada - Music Has the ...

40. Tori Amos - Choirgirl Hotel

39. Tortoise - TNT

38. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation

37. Songs: Ohia - Impala

36. John Spencer - ACME

35. Sunny Day Real Estate - How It Feels to Be Something On

34. Eels - Electro-Shock Blues

33. Unkle - Psyence Fiction

32. Hole - Celebrity Skin

31. Bright Eyes - Letting Off the Happiness

30. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#8

29. Air - Moon Safari

28. Mercury Rev - Deserter’s Songs

27. Son Volt - Wide Swing Tremolo

26. Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves

25. Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright

24. Vic Chesnutt - The Salesman and Bernadette

23. Richard Buckner - Since

22. Oasis - The Masterplan

21. Outkast - Aquemini

20. Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star

19. R.E.M. - Up

18. The Beta Band - The Three EPs

17. The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore

16. The Tragically Hip - Phantom Power

15. Sloan - Navy Blues

14. Royal Trux - Accelerator

13. Sparklehorse - Good Morning, Spider

12. The Halo Benders - The Rebels Not In

11. Beck - Mutations

10. Cat Power - Moon Pix

9. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On a Gravel Road

8. Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap

7. PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?

6. Spoon - A Series of Sneaks

5. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue

4. Elliott Smith - XO

3. Gomez - Bring It On

2. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea

1. The Silver Jews - American Water

Written by G. William Locke