Top 100 Music Albums of 1998
by Moondance 
~comments to be updated~
age 42
A year that had some redeeming features with 2 albums that feature in my top 100 greatest chart - Living End and Placebo, plus one of my all time favourite songs New Radicals - You Can't Always Get What You Want.
In terms of overall ranking, 1998 would come in at #TBA of the 63 years between 1960 - 2023.
- Chart updated: 11/08/2025 04:15
- (Created: 12/03/2020 03:36).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
1,124
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Year of Release:
1998
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,008
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Year of Release:
1998
Appears in:
Rank Score:
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Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
3
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 composition
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| Bob Dylan | 1 | 1% | |
| Eels | 1 | 1% | |
| Scott B. Sympathy | 1 | 1% | |
| The Band | 1 | 1% | |
| Vigilantes Of Love | 1 | 1% | |
| Storyville | 1 | 1% | |
| Far Out Corporation | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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32 | 32% | |
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27 | 27% | |
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18 | 18% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 71st to 72nd Almost Here by Unbelievable Truth |
| Down 1 from 72nd to 73rd Eleventh Avenue by Ammonia |
| Down 1 from 73rd to 74th Orange Rhyming Dictionary by Jets To Brazil |
| New entries |
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| No Mermaid by Sinéad Lohan |
| Leavers |
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| Gaslight by Thirty Odd Foot Of Grunts |
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