Top 100 Music Albums of 1998
by Johnnyo 
The rules; I have to own it. No best of's / greatest hits are allowed.
- Chart updated: 05/01/2025 08:45
- (Created: 06/22/2012 22:12).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2012]
Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
2,324
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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2012]
Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
9,629
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[First added to this chart: 08/27/2012]
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[First added to this chart: 08/27/2012]
Year of Release:
1998
Appears in:
Rank Score:
783
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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2012]
Year of Release:
1998
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,753
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Fleetwood Mac | 2 | 2% | |
| Hazeldine | 2 | 2% | |
| Pearl Jam | 2 | 2% | |
| Buffalo Tom | 1 | 1% | |
| Jerry Cantrell | 1 | 1% | |
| Beck | 1 | 1% | |
| Lucinda Williams | 1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 37 from 78th to 41st Mark Hollis by Mark Hollis |
| Up 18 from 58th to 40th Scraps At Midnight by Mark Lanegan |
| Up 12 from 16th to 4th Digging You Up by Hazeldine |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 6 from 3rd to 9th The Three E.P.'s by The Beta Band |
| Down 6 from 80th to 86th Turnstiles by Bellwether |
| Down 6 from 81st to 87th Adore by The Smashing Pumpkins |
| New entries |
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| Live At Leeds by The Groundhogs |
| Orphans by Hazeldine |
| All The Pain Money Can Buy by Fastball |
| The Last Dog And Pony Show by Bob Mould |
| Spyboy by Emmylou Harris |
| Leavers |
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| 100 Year Thing by Chris Stills |
| Sweet Life by Varnaline |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 07/07/2019 09:16 |  bertrandu | 110 | 88/100 |
| ! | 11/04/2016 11:51 | ecwashere | 157 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2012 12:39 |  ffudnebbuh | 654 | 91/100 |
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From ecwashere 11/04/2016 11:51 | #177961
Great chart!
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craola 05/23/2014 06:47 | #112725
I saw that you were the only other person to include Remy Zero's Villa Elaine in your greatest albums chart, so I had to check this list out myself. You've got some great music here and quite a few acts I'm unfamiliar with and look forward to digging deeper into.
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