| Best Albums of 1998 |
| 1 | Bright Eyes | Letting Off the Happiness | 
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| 2 | Sparklehorse | Good Morning Spider | 
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| 3 | Godspeed You Black Emperor | F# A# Infinity | 
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| 4 | Hangovers | Slow Dirty Tears | 
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| 5 | Hefner | Breaking God's Heart | 
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| 6 | Mercury Rev | Deserter's Songs | 
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| 7 | Gorky's Zygotic Mynci | Gorky 5 | 
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| 8 | Arab Strap | Philophobia | 
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| 9 | Black Box Recorder | England Made Me | 
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| 10 | Death Cab For Cutie | Something About Airplanes | 
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| 11 | Pedro the Lion | It's Hard to Find a Friend | 
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| 12 | Neutral Milk Hotel | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea | ![1. King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1
2. King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. 2-3
3. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
4. Two-Headed Boy
5. Fool
6. Holland, 1945
7. Communist Daughter
8. Oh Comely
9. Ghost
10. [Untitled]
11. Two-Headed Boy, Pt. 2](itao.jpg)
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| 13 | Boo Radleys | Kingsize | 
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| 14 | Gomez | Bring it On | 
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| 15 | Handsome Family | Through the Trees | 
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| 16 | Arnold | Hillside Album | 
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| 17 | The Beta Band | The Three EPs | 
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| 18 | Tricky | Angels With Dirty Faces | 
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| 19 | St Etienne | Good Humor | 
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| 20 | Cappadonna | The Pillage | 
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| 21 | Calexico | Spoke | 
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| 22 | Michael Hurley | Bellemeade Sessions | 
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| 23 | Soul Coughing | El Oso | 
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| 24 | Jesus & Mary Chain | Munki | 
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| 25 | Snowpony | The Slow Motion World of | 
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| Best Albums of 1997 | Best Albums of 1999 |
