Best Albums of 1998

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)

Mezzanine

Massive Attack (1998)

Aquemini

Outkast (1998)

Music Has the Right to Children

Boards of Canada (1998)

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill (1998)

Stratosphere

Duster (1998)

XO

Elliott Smith (1998)

Moment of Truth

Gang Starr (1998)

The Sound of Perseverance (Reissue)

Death (1998)

Kyuusai No Gihou

Susumu Hirasawa (2009)

Obscura

Gorguts (1998)

Music for 18 Musicians

Steve Reich Ensemble (1998)

Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

Black Star (1998)

The Nutcracker

Pyotr Tchaikovsky / Mariinsky Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (2009)

American Water

Silver Jews (1998)

The Shape of Punk to Come

Refused (1998)

Diabolical Conquest

Incantation (1998)

Is This Desire?

PJ Harvey (1997)

Bach: Messe en Si Mineur (Mass in B Minor)

Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe (1998)

Ray of Light

Madonna (1998)

My Arms, Your Hearse

Opeth (1998)

Trilogie de la Mort

Eliane Radigue (1997)

Koyaanisqatsi (Original Soundtrack)

Philip Glass (1983)

System Of A Down

System Of A Down (1998)

Lp5

Autechre (1998)

Symphonie no. 4

Johannes Brahms / Wiener Philharmoniker / Carlos Kleiber (1998)

How It Feels to Be Something On

Sunny Day Real Estate (1998)

Saetia

Saetia (1997)

merveilles

MALICE MIZER (2005)

Downward Is Heavenward

Hum (1996)

The Complete Works

Edgard Varèse / Chou Wen-chung 周文中 (1998)

From the Choir Girl Hotel

Tori Amos (1998)

TNT

Tortoise (1998)

Destined to Fail

Scattered Remnants (2026)

Moon Safari

Air (1998)

Breath from Another

Esthero (1998)

Mark Hollis

Mark Hollis (1997)

Prophecies Foretold

Dehumanized (2010)

Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) [Reissue 2014]

Dawn (1997)

Capital Punishment

Big Punisher (1998)

Crushed (Remastered)

Rotting (2026)

The Music of Islam, Vol. 13: Music of Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan

Ustad Bary Fateh Ali Khan (1997)

Odd Fellows Rest

Crowbar (1998)

Split Personalities

12 Rods (1998)

Nightfall in Middle Earth (Remastered 2007)

Blind Guardian (1998)

Deathcult for Eternity:The Triumph

The Chasm (1998)

Aquel Que Había Muerto

Vico C (1998)

Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974

Miles Davis (1998)

The Chemical Wedding

Bruce Dickinson (1998)