Best Albums of 1998

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Listed below are the best albums of 1998 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1998 year summaryThe best artists of 1998 were Neutral Milk Hotel, Massive Attack, Air, OutKast, Lauryn Hill, Boards Of Canada, Elliott Smith, Mercury Rev, Eels and Madonna.

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101.

Slowly Going The Way Of The Buffalo

MxPx

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

209

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102.

Königsforst

Gas

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

206

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103.

Visual Audio Sensory Theater

VAST

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

202

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104.

Embrya

Maxwell

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

201

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105.

How To Measure A Planet?

The Gathering (NL)

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

32 charts

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201

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106.

Archive 1967-1975
Live compilation

Genesis

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

12 charts

Rank Score:

197

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107.

Una Semana En El Motor De Un Autobús

Los Planetas

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

195

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108.

Consumed

Plastikman

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

34 charts

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194

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109.

Into The Electric Castle (A Space Opera)

Ayreon

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

193

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110.

Six

Mansun

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

189

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Best Albums of 1998 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	21	2%
DMX	2	0%
Ringo Starr	2	0%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	2	0%
Unwound	2	0%
Guillermo Gregorio	2	0%
Santana	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	435	44%
	210	21%
	48	5%
	33	3%
	31	3%
	31	3%
	25	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	914	91%
Yes	86	9%

Live?	Albums	%
No	957	96%
Yes	43	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	985	99%
Yes	15	2%

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