1998 Top 10 List

 

Sasha Frere Jones (of Ui)

• Alan Licht/Loren Mazzacane-Connors Hoffman Estates (Drag City)
• Art Ensemble of Chicago Coming Home Jamaica (Atlantic)
• Beneath the Surface (Beneath the Surface)
• Billy Bragg and Wilco Mermaid Avenue (Elektra)
• Black Star Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star (Rawkus)
• Carlinhos Brown Omelette Man (EMI Brazil)
• DJ Faust Man or Myth? (The Bomb)
• Lithops Didot (Eat Raw)
• Lucinda Williams Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (Mercury)
• Mark Hollis (Polydor UK)
• Mix Master Mike Anti-Theft Device (Asphodel)
• Outkast Aquemini (Laface)
• Plastikman Consumed (Mute)
• Rasco Time Waits For No Man (Stones Throw)
• Rhythm and Sound with Tikiman Showcase (BMD)
• Rufus Wainwright (Dreamworks)
• Tom Ze Fabrication Defect (Luaka Bop)
• Various Ethiopiques Volume 3 (Buda Musique)