Top 72 Music Albums of 1998
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- Chart updated: 11/07/2025 02:45
- (Created: 04/11/2012 18:48).
- Chart size: 72 albums.
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1998 – MATADOR
Produced By JASON CHASKO, SCOTT LITT, LIZ PHAIR & BRAD WOOD
1. White Chocolate Space Egg
2. Big Tall Man
3. Perfect World
4. Johnny Feelgood
5. Polyester Bride
6. Love Is Nothing
7. Baby Got Going
8. Uncle Alvarez
9. Only Son
10. Go On Ahead
11. Headache
12. Ride
13. What Makes You Happy
14. Fantasize
15. Shitloads Of Money
16. Girls’ Room
On the journey Liz Phair took from being the coolest indie female singer on the planet on her magnificent Exile In Guyville to her career crippling reinvention as a pop singer on her 2005 self-titled album (which one critic called Exile In Avril-Ville), she made a notable stop here with whitechocolatespaceegg. Moving away from the themes of sex and relationships that had dominated Exile and her second album, Whip-Smart, Phair’s third album was a much more mature affair. She had turned 30, had married and was now a mother, which are the main themes of this record. Good for you, Liz. Unfortunately, that doesn’t translate to a great album for the rest of us. Liz Phair was once that dangerous hot girl you wanted to lay, but you were afraid she might burn your house down in the process…
…But now, she’d marry you, have your kids, and be pretty predictable. The thing about Exile era Liz Phair was that she could snarl pieces like “Fuck And Run” and “Divorce Song” with such glee and energy that you only wanted to hear more. On Whip-Smart, she started to lose the songwriting…and on this album it was the energy that was fading to black. There’s just enough here to keep it from falling apart…”What Makes You Happy”, for example…but for the most part, this is not much more than the continuation of the descent of Liz Phair into the “she was once so cool” file. And after this album, it was further downhill. Still, there is enough worthy material on whitechocolatespageegg to keep it from being a complete failure, but this is, only two albums later, a far cry from the heights that she once travelled. [First added to this chart: 05/07/2018]
Produced By JASON CHASKO, SCOTT LITT, LIZ PHAIR & BRAD WOOD
1. White Chocolate Space Egg
2. Big Tall Man
3. Perfect World
4. Johnny Feelgood
5. Polyester Bride
6. Love Is Nothing
7. Baby Got Going
8. Uncle Alvarez
9. Only Son
10. Go On Ahead
11. Headache
12. Ride
13. What Makes You Happy
14. Fantasize
15. Shitloads Of Money
16. Girls’ Room
On the journey Liz Phair took from being the coolest indie female singer on the planet on her magnificent Exile In Guyville to her career crippling reinvention as a pop singer on her 2005 self-titled album (which one critic called Exile In Avril-Ville), she made a notable stop here with whitechocolatespaceegg. Moving away from the themes of sex and relationships that had dominated Exile and her second album, Whip-Smart, Phair’s third album was a much more mature affair. She had turned 30, had married and was now a mother, which are the main themes of this record. Good for you, Liz. Unfortunately, that doesn’t translate to a great album for the rest of us. Liz Phair was once that dangerous hot girl you wanted to lay, but you were afraid she might burn your house down in the process…
…But now, she’d marry you, have your kids, and be pretty predictable. The thing about Exile era Liz Phair was that she could snarl pieces like “Fuck And Run” and “Divorce Song” with such glee and energy that you only wanted to hear more. On Whip-Smart, she started to lose the songwriting…and on this album it was the energy that was fading to black. There’s just enough here to keep it from falling apart…”What Makes You Happy”, for example…but for the most part, this is not much more than the continuation of the descent of Liz Phair into the “she was once so cool” file. And after this album, it was further downhill. Still, there is enough worthy material on whitechocolatespageegg to keep it from being a complete failure, but this is, only two albums later, a far cry from the heights that she once travelled. [First added to this chart: 05/07/2018]
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Top 72 Music Albums of 1998 composition
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| Drive-By Truckers | 1 | 1% | |
| The Floodplain Gang | 1 | 1% | |
| Air | 1 | 1% | |
| Marilyn Manson | 1 | 1% | |
| Alabama | 1 | 1% | |
| Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | 1 | 1% | |
| Marty Robbins | 1 | 1% | |
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49 | 68% | |
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11 | 15% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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2 | 3% | |
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2 | 3% | |
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| 95/100 | 08/09/2020 01:28 |  zwiebel | | 86/100 |
| 100/100 | 10/31/2019 02:34 | DJENNY | | 100/100 |
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From Johnnyo 01/14/2013 19:16
NIce choices
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From guigs13 01/10/2013 01:35
Great selections!
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From davidhuret 12/20/2012 08:50
Including "The Masterplan" is a good idea.
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