1998 Top 10 List

 

Daniel Blumin (WNYU The New Afternoon Show - Co-producer and host)

 

• CAT POWER -Moon Pix -Matador
• ARNOLD DREYBLATT -The Sound of One String -Table of Elements
• AUTECHRE -LP5 -Warp
• BARBARA MANNING -In New Zealand -Communion
• CHARLIE FEATHERS -Get With It: Essential Recordings -Revenant
• DOCK BOGGS -Country Blues -Revenant
• DUMP -A Plea For Tenderness -Brinkman
• EDITH FROST -Telescopic -Drag City
• HANK WILLIAMS -Complete H.W. -Mercury
• JOHN FAHEY -Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes -Takoma
• JOHN LEE HOOKER -Chess Recordings-
• JOY DIVISION -Heart and Soul -London (late '97)
• MARK HOLLIS -S/T -Polydor
• MATMOS -Quasi Objects -Vague Terrain
• NUNO CANAVARRO -Plux Quba -Moikai
• PAN AMERICAN -S/T -Kranky
• RHYTHM & SOUND W/ TIKIMAN -Showcase -Burial Mix
• SIMON JOYNER -Yesterday Tomorrow And In Between -Sing, Eunuchs!
• SIMON JOYNER -One For The Catholic Girls 7" -Wurlitzer Jukebox
• SYNDICATE) -ON U Sound Reissues-
• TARWATER -Silur -Kitty Yo
• THE NOTWIST -Shrink -Zero Hour
• THE ROCK*A*TEENS -Baby, A Little Rain Must Fall -Merge
• TONES ON TAIL -Everything! (reissue) -Beggars Banquet
• TOWER RECORDINGS -Furniture Music for Evening Shuttles -Siltbreeze
• VILLAGE OF SAVOONGA -Score -Communion
• V/A -Deutscher Funk -Caipirinha
• V/A-Nuggets box set (reissue) -Rhino
• V/A -Dry Acid -Trojan
• V/A-(African Head Charge, The Missing Brazilians, Dub-
• V/A -Anthology of American Folk Music -Sony (late '97)

 

For honorable mentions: the Forward the Bass comp, the Riding the Roots Chariot comp, Pram, France Gall, etc., see: the Top 89.1 of 98 list!!!