100 Greatest Albums of 1998

  1. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
  2. Aquemini - Outkast
  3. Ray of Light - Madonna
  4. Hello Nasty - Beastie Boys
  5. Devil Without a Cause - Kid Rock
  6. You've Come a Long Way, Baby - Fatboy Slim
  7. Follow the Leader - Korn
  8. Mezzanine - Massive Attack
  9. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
10. Moon Safari - Air
11. The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert - Bob Dylan
12. Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev
13. Hard Knock Life, Vol.2 - Jay-Z
14. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star - Black Star
15. Music Has the Right to Children - Boards of Canada
16. Moment of Truth - Gang Starr
17. White Ladder - David Gray
18. It's Dark and Hell Is Hot - DMX
19. System of a Down - System of a Down
20. XO - Elliott Smith
21. Without You I'm Nothing - Placebo
22. Mutations - Beck
23. My Love Is Your Love - Whitney Houston
24. Americana - Offspring
25. Celebrity Skin - Hole
26. Capital Punishment - Big Punisher
27. The Boy With the Arab Strap - Belle and Sebastian
28. Never Say Never - Brandy
29. Godsmack - Godsmack
30. Mechanical Animals - Marilyn Manson
31. 400 Degreez - Juvenile
32. Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
33. Dizzy Up the Girl - Goo Goo Dolls
34. Version 2.0 - Garbage
35. This Is Hardcore - Pulp
36. Adore - Smashing Pumpkins
37. Embrya - Maxwell
38. Yield - Pearl Jam
39. Hellbilly Deluxe - Rob Zombie
40. Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood - DMX
41. From the Choirgirl Hotel - Tori Amos
42. R. - R. Kelly
43. The Shape of Punk to Come - Refused
44. 3rd Eye Vision - Hieroglyphics
45. Stunt - Barenaked Ladies
46. Before These Crowded Streets - Dave Matthews Band
47. Big Calm - Morcheeba
48. Enter the Dru - Dru Hill
49. Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie - Alanis Morissette
50. The Boy Is Mine - Monica
51. Believe - Cher
52. City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture - Various Artists
53. E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front - Busta Rhymes
54. Electro-Shock Blues - Eels
55. Tyrese - Tyrese
56. Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg & Wilco
57. Moon Pix - Cat Power
58. Bobby Digital in Stereo - RZA
59. Garage Inc. - Metallica
60. Is This Desire? - PJ Harvey
61. Psyence Fiction - UNKLE
62. Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too - New Radicals
63. Whitey Ford Sings the Blues - Everlast
64. The Black Light - Calexico
65. The K & D Sessions - Kruder & Dorfmeister
66. Powertrip - Monster Magnet
67. The Globe Sessions - Sheryl Crow
68. Soul Survivor - Pete Rock
69. Tamia - Tamia
70. Still Standing - Goodie Mob
71. Up - R.E.M.
72. I've Been Expecting You - Robbie Williams
73. Heavy Mental - Killah Priest
74. Bring It On - Gomez
75. Steal This Album - The Coup
76. This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours - Manic Street Preachers
77. Decksanddrumsandrockandroll - Propellerheads
78. Painted from Memory - Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach
79. 5 - Lenny Kravitz
80. The Dude - Devin the Dude
81. TNT - Tortoise
82. 98 Degrees and Rising - 98 Degrees
83. Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright
84. He Got Game (Soundtrack) - Public Enemy
85. Life Won't Wait - Rancid
86. Shut 'Em Down - Onyx
87. Feeling Strangely Fine - Semisonic
88. American Water - Silver Jews
89. Permutation - Amon Tobin
90. Rhythm-al-ism - DJ Quik
91. Good Morning Spider - Sparklehorse
92. Nightfall in Middle Earth - Blind Guardian
93. Keep the Faith - Faith Evans
94. Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk - Jeff Buckley
95. Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
96. Ophelia - Natalie Merchant
97. A Book of Human Language - Aceyalone
98. How It Feels to Be Something On - Sunny Day Real Estate
99. Angels with Dirty Faces - Tricky
100. Apocalypse Dudes - Turbonegro