Joe's 25 Favorite Albums of 1998
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Joe notoriously despises 1998. Did a deep dive of the year help to unearth any hidden gems or was it torture?
Let us know what you think of Joes list and maybe a few of your own favorite 1998 albums down in the comments. Thanks for watching!
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Well I am glad you made it through this torturous exercise. Made for some pretty hilarious commentary. I do love to see Hole and The Chicks make the list. Those albums are very dear to my heart since they came out (The Chicks just missed my 25 - wasn't sure if nostalgia coloured my feelings a bit). That Sheryl Crow album is good but I like her self-titled from 96 even better. Also my fourth favourite Tori album but still 5 stars and the first one I ever heard so still lots of love for it from me. We had 6 matches which is probably the lowest ever that's just the curse of 98 I guess lol.
Wow!!! Death made it to TLM!?! Joe might indeed be the man of the people! Yes, this was also the album that made me finally give Death Metal a chance and their whole discography is killer. There are other cool bands too but to me, so far, Death is a clear standout of the genre. Chuck is just an awesome songwriter and that makes a difference. Anyone can be technical but they had that extra sauce. Check out their other 90s albums like Human, Symbolic and Individual Thought Patterns, they are all bangers.
Love Death. Particularly their technical death metal phase. Chuck was really on to something with the later albums. Control Denied was another solid project. He was headed towards prog metal, we lost him too soon.
Symbolic is generally regarded as their masterpiece (I agree), but it’s a more chaotic album than TSOP.
Now if we can just get a Bolt Thrower discography, the world will be right.
I once saw Deicide .. They were awesome 👌 ! Once Upon The Cross ✝️ 🎸
My favorite Death albums are Human and Individual Thought Patterns.
Nice inclusion of Mark Hollis 👍 ! Once again Mark slipped in a reference to his favorite album Forever Changes by Love by including a track named The Daily Planet ..the last Talk Talk album being named Laughing Stock .. both tracks from Forever Changes.
Ohhh I did not know that. - Joe
I loved seeing Joe include that album as well! Him falling for Talk Talk and Cocteau Twins has been a Tastes Like Music highlight for me. Having that Death album in there is a bonus as well.
Yes indeed for the ‘Apocalypse Dudes’⚡️Joe somehow almost always seems to get stuff even if it’s just by chance, also for the Q.O.T.S.A. if for no other reason than ‘Mexicola’ and ‘Regular John’ which are two of the strongest tracks Homme ever laid down
Mezzanine is an incredible album , so full of atmosphere , I would have it top ten.
classic cranky Joe, enjoying these a lot! here's my list of matches and my full list
Matches -
Kramzer - 9 (Afghan Whigs, Neutral Milk Hotel, Mercury Rev, Pulp, PJ Harvey, Massive Attack, Elliott Smith, Smashing Pumpkins, Air)
Jason - 6 (Smashing Pumpkins, Superdrag, Afghan Whigs, Lambchop, Elliott Smith, Sparklehorse)
Joe - 6 (Massive Attack, Lucinda Williams, At the Drive-In, Pulp, Tori Amos, Elliott Smith)
1. Elliott Smith - XO
2. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
3. Air - Moon Safari
4. Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel
5. Ms. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
6. OutKast - Aquemini
7. The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
8. Afghan Whigs - 1965
9. Gomez - Bring It On
10. Superdrag - Head Trip in Every Key
11. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
12. PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
13. Starflyer 59 - The Fashion Focus
14. Silver Jews - American Water
15. Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
16. At the Drive-In - In/Casino/Out
17. Lambchop - What Another Man Spills
18. Pernice Brothers - Overcome By Happiness
19. The Cardigans - Gran Turismo
20. Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview
21. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
22. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
23. Sparklehorse - Good Morning Spider
24. Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
25. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Good list. Pretty good list. Cardigans, Eels, Black Star nearly made my list. - Joe
MY TOP 25 STUDIO ALBUMS, 1998:
1. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road -Lucinda Williams
2. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill -Lauryn Hill
3. XO -Elliott Smith
4. Deserter's Songs -Mercury Rev
5. Bring It On -Gomez
6. Moon Safari -Air
7. Queens of the Stone Age (s/t)
8. Version 2.0 -Garbage
9. Yield -Pearl Jam
10. The Boy With the Arab Strap -Belle & Sebastian
11. Mermaid Avenue -Billy Bragg & Wilco
12. Whitechocolatespaceegg -Liz Phair
13. Without You I'm Nothing -Placebo
14. Ophelia -Natalie Merchant
15. Mezzanine -Massive Attack
16. Aquemini -Outkast
17. Mutations -Beck
18. Electro-Shock Blues -Eels
19. American Water -Silver Jews
20. How It Feels to Be Something On -Sunny Day Real Estate
21. Big Calm -Morcheeba
22. Dose -Government Mule
23. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea -Neutral Milk Hotel
24. TNT -Tortoise
25. Up -R.E.M.
MY TOP 3 LIVE ALBUMS, 1998:
1. Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966, Royal Albert Hall Concert -Bob Dylan
2. BBC Sessions -The Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. Swans are Dead -Swans
MY BAND OF THE YEAR: Mercury Rev
MY SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Lucinda Williams
I think '98 is great, but I wouldn't say it's an all-time great year.
Finally some love from Joe for Car Wheels although a bit of a backhanded nod.
strong list!
I love how Joe follows and keeps to his own path. And also a very big thank you to him for putting me onto No Other. This is now one of my favorite albums, and makes many of these so-called classic albums pale in comparison.
Yep we all love Joe. His ranking of REM and U2 mostly lines up with mine.
Thank you for including Mark Hollis’ solo album, Joe! One of the most intimate records ever made. :)
Great list - very interesting choices - THANK YOU
Thanks for the Mark Hollis nod. Nothing in 1998 pulls me into its world like that one…
Look out! The Man of the People is back!! Joe has mentioned my two fave redheads - Tori Amos & Shirley Manson; the super-sheen, power-pop/rock of Courtney and her compatriots; and the Maiden-esque metallic mayhem of The Air Raid Siren, the Dickensian Bruce Dickinson!!! When he brought up the Bruce Juice in his top five, my puny mind was blown… 🤯
At any rate, Joe brought up four of my top ten for 1998, which I thought was very cool. Working in record stores from the mid 80s through the mid 2010s, l often made a top ten list to hang up in the store. I definitely remember that Dickinson was my number one in 1998, and Hole was number two.
Looking forward to more of these funky fresh shows.
Cheese and cheers from Noo Yawk, ova heyah.
Rock Out & Prog On!
Frog 🐸 On!
~ Chauncey Marwood Oglethorpe III
Nice list, Joe. Glad to see Bruce in the top 5. Also, Death.🤘
Kudos for taking on such a lacklustre year. Is this the year the '90's decided to slow down for a minute, take a deep breath, and consider what's next? You decide. Looking at my own library, I discovered that after 25 years of The Never Ending Cull (TM), only 18 titles remain in my library in physical form. I basically ordered them in terms of how often I return to them and continue to enjoy them. I fleshed out my list with seven additional albums that I have enjoyed in the past, which I recommend for streaming. Cheers!
1) Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
2) Elliott Smith - XO
3) Beck - Mutations
4) Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach - Painted from Memory
5) Air - Moon Safari
6) The Tragically Hip - Phantom Power
7) Michael Manring - The Book of Flame
8) Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
9) Bass Extremes (Steve Bailey & Victor Wooten) - Cookbook
10) Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle (A Space Opera)
11) Gary Willis - Bent
12) Nightwish - Oceanborn
13) Sloan - Navy Blues
14) Cowboy Junkies - Miles from Our Home
15) Pearl Jam - Yield
16) Devin Townsend - Infinity
17) Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
18) Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright
19) Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves
20) Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
21) Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions
22) Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
23) Gomez - Bring It On
24) Massive Attack - Mezzanine
25) David Gray White Ladder
A pretty eclectic mix.
Been waiting all year to hear JoE's top 25 favs of 98!!!!!
Joe had mentioned a few times in videos liking "over the top" music. And I always wondered if any of the TLM boys knew or liked The Divine Comedy. The album that made your list was the last one I paid attention to and thought they fell off a bit. Definitely check out their first 4 albums.
The last album Office Politics is good
@@chrisf7189yeah office politics is a real slow burner but quite possibly one of their best!
Album Matches with Joe = 8
*1. From the Choirgirl Hotel - Tori Amos (4.5)*
*2. XO - Elliott Smith (4.5)*
3. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (4)
*4. Yield - Pearl Jam (4)*
5. Mutations - Beck (4)
6. Aquemini - OutKast (4)
*7. This Is Hardcore - Pulp (4)*
8. The Boy with the Arab Strap - Belle and Sebastian (4)
9. Adore - The Smashing Pumpkins (4)
10. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (4)
11. Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright (4)
12. 1965 - The Afghan Whigs (3.5)
13. Up - R.E.M. (3.5)
14. Good Morning Spider - Sparklehorse (3.5)
15. Global - The Cowsills (3.5)
*16. Celebrity Skin - Hole (3.5)*
*17. Version 2.0 - Garbage (3.5)*
18. Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg & Wilco (3.5)
*19. Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (3.5)*
20. Phantom Power - The Tragically Hip (3.5)
21. The Chinese Album - Spacehog (3.5)
22. Ray of Light - Madonna (3.5)
23. Cowboy Bebop - Seatbelts (3.5)
*24. System of a Down - System of a Down (3.5)*
25. American Water - Silver Jews (3.5)
Fairly similar to mine.
(My 1998 list, which I posted in Kramzer’s video that kicked off the week, has 75 albums, so I have few matches overall.)
Kramzer (7): Elliott Smith; Massive Attack; Boards of Canada; Belle and Sebastian; Cat Power; PJ Harvey; Sonic Youth
Joe (5; best list, despite having fewer matches): Death; Turbon3gr0; Lucinda Williams; Elliott Smith; Massive Attack
Jason (3): Elliott Smith; Sparklehorse; Frank Black
Everyone seems to like that Elliott Smith album. It’s an agreeable pick.
Great list!
@@aortavalve Thank you!
And now for the definitive 1998 list!
I have decided it would be the most entertaining video in the world for Joe to rank Bob Dylan. Make him participate in ranking the bootleg series!
Takeaways from this deep dive into the Abyss that was 1998:
My memory of this year was fairly reliable. Many of the albums and songs that I loved back then still felt right at home on my lists. Some thrilling new discoveries rounded everything out. Thanks to everyone who suggested albums. I found deep resonance with a few hidden gems. It was actually a bigger smorgasbord of music than I first thought possible. My glass is always half full when it comes to connecting my musical past with my present, so cheers to you all! 🎶 “Every You Every Me”🎵 ❤️💙💜
You guys should ABSOLUTELY cover Death's discography!
lol
If they ever cover another metal band, it will surely be Metallica.
@@echosmyron1278 They already did a Metallica listography a couple years ago. They haven't done Deep Purple or Blue Oyster Cult yet, if you consider them metal.
@@AbbeyRoadkill1 jason did purple alone , but i would love a purple remake 💜
I'm not a big fan or an expert on them but I do think that Deep Purple seem like an obvious choice for the 3 of them to do some day.
Tori amos is my favorite artist of all-time so I was incredibly hopeful she would be on Joe’s list. Glad Kramzer also had a song in his top 25. It is my 4th favorite so I completely understand the hate for 98 too.
Mark Hollis would probably be my top pick for '98. Then, The Sound of Perseverence by Death would probably very high on my list. Joe dug deep in a year he doesn't particularly like and came up with two brilliant records, Mark Hollis and Death, that are such a distance from each other musically. Perfect.
Other albums I would include:
Starters Alternators : The Ex
Ocean Songs : The Dirty Three
The Black Light : Calexico
Deserter's Songs : Mercury Rev
Pennsylvania : Pere Ubu
Mutations : Beck
Music Has the Right to Children : Boards of Canada
Celebrity Skin : Hole
XO : Elliott Smith
Diabolical Conquest : Incantation
Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka : Nile
Obscura : Gorguts
Philophobia : Arab Strap
Well, 1998 was a bit of a rough year. I have listened to around 100 releases and have about that many more pulled from my collection that I hope to get through. I have a current top 25. I do not love them all, probably no more than 10 I would say I really like, then the best of the rest. With that said, here we go,,
1. Highways & Honky Tonks - Heather Myles
2. A Long Way Home - Dwight Yoakam
3. Wander This World - Jonny Lang
4. Powertrip - Monster Magnet
5. 5 - Lenny Kravitz
6. Old Dogs - Old Dogs (Jennings, Tillis, Bare and Reed)
7. American Teenage Rock 'N' Roll Machine - The Donnas
8. A Man Of My Word - Johnny Adams
9. By Your Side - The Black Crowes
10. Golddigger - Ronnie Baker Brooks
11. Aquemini - Outkast
12. Devil Without A Cause - Kid Rock
13. Spacey And Shakin - Pete Droge
14. Trampoline - The Mavericks
15. Greycourt Lightning - Bill Perry
16. Grand Union - Otis Grand, Debbie Davies, Anson Funderburgh
17. Black Tornado - Magic Slim & The Teardrops
18. Gangstabilly - Drive By Truckers
19. Wishing You Well From The Pink Hotel - Cisco
20. Life, Love & The Blues - Etta James
21. Artists & Whores - The Revenants
22. Wrapped - Bruce Robison
23. Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg & Wilco
24. 1965 - The Afghan Whigs
25. Let Them Eat Pussy - Nashville Pussy
1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea - 5 stars (10)
2. Cake - Prolonging Magic- 5 stars (10)
3. Eels - Electro Shock Blues - 5 stars (10)
4. Afghan Whigs - 1965 5 stars (9.8)
5. Tori Amos -From the Choir Girl Hotel - 5 stars (9.7)
6. At the Drive In - In/Casino/Out 4.5 stars (9.5)
7. Dwight Yoakum - A Long Way Home 4.5 stars (9.3)
8. Elliott Smith -XO - 4.5 stars (9)
9. Outkast - Aquemini- 4.5 stars (9)
10. Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age - 4.5 stars (8.9)
11. Lambchop - What Another Man Spills - 4.5 stars (8.9)
12. System of a Down - System of a Down - 4.5 stars (8.9)
13. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearth - 4.5 stars (8.8)
14. Son Volt - Wide Swing Tremelo -4.5 stars (8.8)
15. Beck - Mutations 4.5 stars (8.8)
16. Liz Phair - whitechocolatespaceegg 4.5 stars (8.8)
17. The Chicks - Wide Open Spaces - 4.5 stars (8.7)
18. Sunny Day Real Estate - How It Feels To Be Something On 4 stars (8.6)
19. TNT - Tortoise- 4 stars (8.5)
20. Pulp- This Is Hardcore - 4 stars (8.4)
21. Lagwagon - Let’s Talk About Feelings 4 stars (8.4)
22. Catch 22 - Kaesbey Nights 4 stars (8.4)
23. New Radicals - Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too 4 stars (8.2)
24. Smashing Pumpkins - Adore 4 stars (8.2)
25. Placebo -Without You I’m Nothing 4 stars (8.1)
Take away that number 1 and it’s a great list. - Joe
Opeth was a five star for me.
Great list!
Nice list, Clay. We have 3 in common - Liz, Afghan, Tori. Later.
It’s weird looking back at 98. ATDI was huge for me during that time. Probably my fav album from your list. Nice to hear people talk about music.
in '98 and subsequent years I was into: 1 Mutations (Beck) 2 Frank Black & The Catholics, 3 Last Dog & Pony Show (Mould), 4 Mermaid Ave (Bragg/Wilco), 5 Deserters Songs (Mercury Rev), 6 Waved Out (Robert Pollard), 7 Teatro (Willie Nelson), 8 Hello Nasty (Beastie), 9 Moon Pix (CatPower), 10 Up (REM). Since then I've dug Death, Napalm Death, Tori Amos but I guess not much from '98
Very surprised to see The Sound Of Perseverance on here. I’m impressed by you, Joe. Almost if not every album by that band is a masterpiece.
Nice profile pic. Love "The Mantle"
@@MegaDave8520 thanks!
Love that Death's Sound of Perseverance is on here.
Others have suggested a listography and I wouldn't be opposed to that lol. If Joe found the harsh vocals a bit much to take over the course of one album, though, I don't know how a discography would fare. Some killer riffs and drumming to be found on their earlier albums as well though.
Or, perhaps a System of a Down listography to meet us halfway.
Joe has the most interesting list. He has my bottom albums: #104 (Mark Hollis), #98 (Car Wheels On A Gravel Road), #95 (In/Casino/Out), & #94(System Of A Down). He has my middle albums: #66(Celebrity Skin) & #55(Wide Open Spaces). He has albums that just missed out( #29 Version 2.0 & #26 Before These Crowded Streets). We do share six albums on our list(Mezzanine, XO, From The Choirgirl Hotel, Yield, Queens Of The Stone Age, and Globe Sessions). Joe has an assortment of musical tastes.
Is this the first time The Divine Comedy have been mentioned on TLM? I'm delighted to see them/him get their dues - so many great albums including their self consciously "indie" Nigel Godrich produced follow-up to Fin De Siecle. Hopefully you'll get round to their discography one day.
I saw The Divine Comedy live in 98 touring this LP then later saw them in a London HMV signing around the Regeneration LP time and I got all of their autographs.
Couldn't agree more!
Though not as strong as '72 or '82, I still enjoyed this deep dive. It was a chance to both take a trip down memory lane and discover a few new great albums! My list:
1. Belle and Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap - 5 (Kramzer)
2. Boris - Amplifier Worship - 5
3. Boredoms - Super AE - 4.5
4. At the Drive-in - in casino/out - 4.5 (Joe)
5. Alkaline Trio - Goddamit - 4.5
6. Silver Jews - American Water - 4.5
7. Queens of the Stone Age - s/t - 4.5 (Joe)
8. Mercury Rev - Deserter’s Songs - 4.5 (Kramzer)
9. Make-Up - In Mass Mind - 4.5
10. Calexico - The Black Light - 4.5
11. Willie Nelson - Teatro - 4.5 (Jason)
12. Offspring - Americana - 4
13. Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star - 4
14. Halo Benders - The Rebels Not In - 4
15. Beck - Mutations - 4 (Jason)
16. PJ Harvey - Is this Desire? - 4 (Kramzer)
17. Fatboy Slim - You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby - 4
18. Mad Caddies - Duck and Cover - 4
19. Garbage - Version 2.0 - 4 (Joe)
20. Outkast - Aquemini - 4
21. Strung Out - Twisted By Design - 4
22. Pram - North Pole Radio Station - 4
23. Snowpony- The slow motion world of snowpony- 4
24. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Acme - 4
25. Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview - 4
Ahh. Found yer list. Good one. A few unfamiliar here such as Boris, Alkaline Trio, Make Up, Halo Benders . . . . Mercury Rev just missed my top 25
@@NaughtyVampireGod Thx! I think you'd dig The Make-Up: former Nation of Ulysses that's almost a cross between punk and soul.
@@aortavalve Will check 'em out Thx
Glad to see Hole on both Jasons and Joes list. I can't say I like Courtney Love one bit from what I know about her as a personality but the singles from that album is quite good.
Surprised there wasn't any hiphop on this list... Outkast? Jay-Z? Beastie Boys? A Tribe Called Quest?
That Jay-Z album is pretty weak. Beastie Boys almost made it. ATCQ didn’t do anything for me. As much as I like Outkast, Aquemini just feels like a slog. - Joe
"Adrian Murray" was a funny slipup 😅. That Bruce album is really great though, glad it made the list this high up.
Yep, noticed the Adrian Murray as well.
Darkside of Aquarius from Accident of Birth has always been one of my favorite tracks sung by Bruce Bruce.
I'm shocked Joe had lucinda on his list and Jason didn't. Bravo Joe, you were the only one to list the best album of the year. I have no problem with the production issues,the songs are phenomenal
I always thought the production was impeccable, she spent a huge amount of time in the studio to make it perfect, maybe it’s too perfect for some. I’m stunned sometimes anyway what is praised as great production on this channel, for example the terrible sounding Heartbeat City by The Cars.
Car Wheels is lp of the year.
@@beetlebum7760 The Cars are worthless to me after their first two albums
It sounds inorganic to me. Maybe I’m just being picky but there a bunch of unheralded mainstream country albums from the same year that sound better. - Joe
It's a long way from my favourite year but still plenty to like...
01... Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours..
02... Pulp - This Is Hardcore ... ...
03... Catatonia - International Velvet…
04... Neil Finn - Try Whistling This ...
05... Beck - Mutations …
06... Rialto - Rialto …
07... Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue …
08… Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap…
09... Roddy Frame - North Star …
10... Beautiful South - Quench ...
11… The Divine Comedy - Fin De Siecle…
12… Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea…
13… Robbie Williams - I've Been Expecting You …
14… Elliott Smith - XO …
15… Silver Jews - American Water …
16… Chris Isaak - Speak Of The Devil ...
17… REM - Up …
18… Space - Tin Planet …
19… Sparklehorse - Good Moring Spider…
20… Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road…
21… Air - Moon Safari…
22... The Chicks - Wide Open Spaces …
23… Moon Pix - Cat Power…
24… Plant & Page - Walking into Clarksdale…
25… Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg…
Robbie Williams. Was not expecting him. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic Take That is definitely not my kind of music but RW's first couple of albums took a direction that I never expected, he would steadily slip musically into what I initially expected... Shame, he did show some real promise... Nice pun though.. 🙂🙂🙂
Wow finally someone who appreciates that brilliant manics album🥰
🤠 Divine Comedy. Hell yeah. Just work backwards from there in his discography, and you'll hear the golden years; Songs of Love...Your Daddy's Car ...sigh. Some of the most romantic songs to emerge from the decade.
Finally, right? Although later albums like regeneration, absent friends and victory for the comic muse are also brilliant albums imo
@@amugsgame9936 👍👍 ...and then there's The Duckworth - Lewis Method!
I don't know we all judge but just the amount of albums included that are from genres you're not into (Death, Massive Attack, Hollis) or artists you thought you won't like (Hole, I also hate Courtney, Sheryl...) as a sign of open mindedness, definitely more than me, all of you to some degree, that's why we watch you, you never know what y'all get ... Got five in common this time
It is 98 so take it with a grain of salt… - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic haha obviously
System of a Down, Death, Elliott Smith, Tori Amos, Garbage, At the Drive In, all 4.5 stars for me. No Shelter is either 3rd or 4th on my greatest songs of all time list.
Heck ya.
I’m very happy to see Apocalyse Dudes make it onto a list (I truly wasn’t expecting it). It would have been nice to see Strung Out’s Twisted by Design make it as well, but I can’t complain. This is the only list to contain actual rock/metal albums (I consider Celebrity Skin to be a pop album with guitars), so it definitely is my pick out of the three. It’s also the only list that felt like a real deep-dive.
Other observations:
-Elliott Smith’s XO would appear to be the consensus winner in terms of its placement on all 3 lists. I think it’s his best album, but I only have it in 11th place on my 1998 list, as he’s never been among my absolute favorite singer-songwriters.
-No hip hop at all. No OutKast, Gang Starr, Lauryn Hill, or Black Star. Wow. I’m not the biggest hip hop fan, but I like all of those acts way more than stuff like Kanye or Kendrick Lamar.
-I think that Susumu Hirasawa’s Kyusai no Giho (“Technique of Relief” in English) is a bold psych-pop album that would have done well with Joe and maybe Kramzer, but I doubt that they gave it a shot. It’s a great album that anyone who likes progressive pop music should check out.
Apocalypse dudes🥰. Brilliant album.
Well, I entered a preliminary top 25 months ago after listening to over 100 albums from 1998. After buying way too much music over the years, I decided to use the deep dive to listen to all of the '98 discs I have, many of which I had never heard. So, after 800+ albums from 1998 (a dubious achievement to be sure), here is my top 25 with 25 as overflow.
1. Heather Myles - Highways & Honky Tonks
2. Dwight Yoakam - A Long Way Home
3. Jonny Lang - Wander This World
4. Monster Magnet - Powertrip
5. Lenny Kravitz - 5
6. Johnny Rivers - The Memphis Sun Recordings
7. Old Dogs - Old Dogs
8. Paul Kelly - Words And Music
9. Lazy Lester - All Over You
10. Johnny Adams - Man Of My Word
11. The Black Crowes - By Your Side
12. James Armstrong - Dark Night
13. Chris Knight - Chris Knight
14. Bap Kennedy - Domestic Blues
15. Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause
16. Gotohells - Burning Bridges
17. Magic Slim & The Teardrops - Black Tornado
18. Little Mike And The Tornadoes - Hot Shot
19. Various Artists - KISS Tribute In Japan
20. Hadacol - "Better Than This"
21. Todd Snider - Viva Satellite
22. Blue Oyster Cult - Heaven Forbid
23. James Solberg - L.A. Blues
24. The Hellacopters - Disappointment Blues EP
25. The Makers - Psychopathia Sexualis
26. Gary Allan - It Would Be You
27. Bernard Allison - Times Are Changing
28. Clutch - The Elephant Riders
29. A.J. Croce - Fit To Serve
30. Red Meat - 13
31. Big In Iowa - Twisted
32. Roots Rock Action Figures - Calling Dr. Strong
33. Allison Moorer - Alabama Song
34. The Humpers - Euphoria, Confusion, Anger And Remorse
35. Guitar Shorty - Roll Over, Baby
36. B.B. King - Blues On The Bayou
37. Fortune & Maltese And The Phabulous Pallbearers - Fortune & Maltese And The Phabulous Pallbearers
38. The Mavericks - Trampoline
39. Big Sugar - Heated
40. Junior Brown - Long Walk Back
41. The Donnas - American Teenage Rock 'N' Roll Machine
42. Bangs - Tiger Beat
43. Don Griffin - Standing Alone
44. Tommy Womack - Positively Na Na
45. Outkast - Aquemini
46. Cafe R&B - Black And White
47. Cheeky Monkey - Four Arms To Hold You
48. Ralph Stanley & Friends - Clinch Mountain Country
49. Pete Droge - Spacey And Shakin
50. Swamp Boogie Queen - Ill Gotten Booty
You had 5 that I acclaim for a '98 list. *BeforeTheseCrowedStreets* was one of the first 7 Cds I ever bought which started in 1998 ,amid that I get your animosity of that year, the boy groups in particular were predated already in their outdated'ness back then.
Digging around the only 1998 pop Lp's that seem to be very well, or universally, respected are:
Hill's - MisEducation,
Air's - Moon Safari,
Outcast's - Aquemini
and the Hollis.
Joe did have one of these! I quite liked the Manic Street Preachers effort, but it only had a couple of tasty tracks from memory.
You guys need to do more ranking of artists discographies. That's the bread and butter of this channel. I'm not seeing it much anymore and it's disappointing.
They used to do discography ranking every week. Now it is every other week (twice a month). They do FULL discographies - which you do not see everywhere. It's a time-consuming process. This is the best music channel and the guys are very involved with the community here.
We’re running out of good artists. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic No you're not. A few suggestions: Funkadelic, or Parliament (well, tryng to sort that out can be problematic), Love, Television, Neko Case, Curtis Mayfield, Garland Jeffreys, The Minutemen, Sleater-Kinney, Los Lobos, Os Mutantes, The Yardbirds, Judee Sill, Uncle Tupelo, XTC, Doug Sahm (also a problematic discography), NRBQ, Fairport Covention (also Sandy Denny or Richard Thompson)... That being said, I do enjoy the new format; it adds more variety and I'm sure listening to every album by one artists can get wearying, even if it's someone you love.
I remember seeing Robbie Williams in concert in the DC area at The 930 Club (1200 capacity) somewhere around this time. In England, he was selling out Wembley Stadium (90,000 capacity)!!!
Fuck yeah, Godzilla: The Album. Never has an album better exemplified what it means to be Godzilla.
1998, an odd year to do a deep dive into (the shallow end of the music pool?).
For me, 1998 was somewhat of a lost year for new music. I became a father in 1997 (and then again in 2000), so for the late 90's and early 2000's I really didn't listen to any new music (that wasn't kid-related). So I had a hard time just coming up with 10 albums I really liked from that year, and most of those I discovered much later. Was hoping to hear about some great albums I didn't know about from you guys here, and there were a few that sound cool that I will probably go back and check out. For me, the best and most entertaining was the the Golden Smog album. And it's hard to believe that Joe was the only one that had this album on his list (kudos for highlighting it), and Jason did NOT ( and Jason didn't even have anything at all to say about Joe picking it or what he thought of it). I only discovered Golden Smog a few years ago, but love their albums and the loose, cool vibe they have, and I would put this one, as well as their 2006 Another Fine Day album being as good or better than most Wilco albums.
10. All the Pain that Money Can Buy - Fastball
9. Globe sessions - Sheryl Crow
8. Up - REM
7. Yield - Pearl Jam
6. Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg and Wilco
5. Before These Crowded Streets - Dave Matthews Band
4. XO - Elliott Smith
3. The Kindness of Strangers - Spock's Beard
2. Stunt - Barenaked Ladies
1. Weird Tales - Golden Smog
Did any of you listen to Bob Mould’s “Last Dog And Pony Show?” It’s not as good as “Workbook” but it’s a hell of a lot better than a lot of the records mentioned in these 3 videos.
It’s probably not. But I can’t judge cuz I didn’t listen to it. - Joe
After Husker Du week Bob was pretty low on my list of priorities. Knowing a half dozen or so of his solo albums, I can’t imagine him cracking a top 25. -Jason
"It was testing my will to live" "Anti-Jason-core". 9 matches. 10 if count our opinion of 2020- which did manage to have not bad albums by Lucinda Williams and Pearl Jam and didn't have XO but did have not bad album XOXO by Gary Louris' Jayhawks.
My list has 5 albums each in common with Joe and Jason and 9 with Kramzer, including everybody's top 2 and Kramzer's top 4. I wasn't expecting Joe to be the only one with Car Wheels or for Mezzanine to make his list at all; I was less surprised that he made it sound as though the latter wouldn't make his top 1 billion in almost any other year.
I agree about 2014. There's Run the Jewels 2, and Conflict by Owen Pallett, both of which are among my favourite albums ever, but the drop off starts only a few albums after that and it's brutal.
Love 2014. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic 2020! I don't know why I thought you said 2014. 2020 was mediocre for me.
I agree that this was not a good quality year but good calls for Lucinda Williams, Garbage, Dixie Chicks. All good albums.
I’m stunned at the lack of love for Car Wheels
It’s good. - Joe
Haven't yet heard them but the Turbonegro entry is top 25 all-time Wikipedia entry for me. Renaissance people!
Turbonegro , Hellacopters and Gluecifer were literally keeping the rock flame alive during these years … all from up that way .
The only match I had with Joe was Bruce Dickinson's The Chemical Wedding album. It is probably the only album from 1998 that I own. 🎶
hi dear , im not sure how many i own from the year either , but i do know that im glad your here!!!💜💜
@@bengalgangster I am glad you told me about this channel. I am about to start watching stuff from their playlist. 🎶🎶💜💜
25. Without You I'm Nothing - Placebo
24. A Go Go - John Scofield
23. The Globe Sessions - Sheryl Crow
22. Alankomaat - Nits
21. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
20. Tyranny - Shadow Gallery
19. Wormwood - The Residents
18. Hologram Of Baal - The Church
17. Cause And Effect - Steve Smith, Tom Coster & Larry Coryell
16. The Last Wave Of Summer - Cold Chisel
15. Up - R.E.M.
14. Moon Safari - Air
13. Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright
12. XO - Elliott Smith
11. Mutations - Beck
10. The McGarrigle Hour - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
9. The Visitor - Arena
8. Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age
7. Queen Of All Ears - The Lounge Lizards
6. Whitechocolatespaceegg - Liz Phair
5. This Is My Truth Tell My Yours - Manic Street Preachers
4. Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams [4.5]
3. The Boy With The Arab Strap - Belle And Sebastian
2. Good Moring Spider - Sparklehorse
1. Little Plastic Castle - Ani DiFranco
I’m sad none of the three had Placebo on their lists
@@sammo2560 Me too, Without You I’m Nothing is my #1 album of the year. It’s slick, dirty, loud, soft, raw, blasphemous, reverent, sincere, cheeky, and polished.
Take a look at my list if you want to (posted herein - today). As I believe I already mentioned, the only Ani album I love is Dilate - but it is a hell of an album. So raw and amazing. Glass House made my song list which I will post when Joe does his songs video. Glad we both like Liz. Also got B& S on my list.
Here are even more of my favourite albums from 1998. They may not all be favourites necessarily, but I believe that they do deserve a listen or two.
Mechanical Animals by Marilyn Manson is interesting because of his switch in image to a more glam figure and yet, he still would give us songs which provoke us to react.
Garage Inc. by Metallica is a great covers album, for the new songs and the ones which were left over, as B-sides and for me, finally having their version of Stone Cold Crazy by Queen and a ultra-heavily profanity laden song called So What, made it all worth it, along with everything else. As for So What?, I had heard about it on the radio in 1992, or 1993 as it was a B-side to one of the singles off of the Metallica album and because there was so much bad language on it, made it even more of a want to hear, in my teenage and nearly 20-year-old mind. I still love this track.
Candyass by Orgy is here, simply because of some of the electronic elements which sound like Nine Inch Nails at times and I guess, their cover of Blue Monday too.
I'm including Diabolus In Musica by Slayer because it is still Slayer, even with any nu metal influences.
Since I had mentioned Slayer, I may as well add the debut album by System Of A Down, as it is raw, aggressive and weird.
Strictly Diesel by Spineshank deserves a listen, as it is imperfect in many ways and far from what we would get in 2000, with The Height of Callousness.
Finally, how can I not include Reunion by Black Sabbath? When Psycho Man came out as the first single for radio I believe that a lot of people were really stoked about what was to come, both on CD and live.
Kudos to Joe for including some metal on his list. Cryptopsy - Whisper Supremacy is the best death metal album of 1998 in my opinion. I am however surprised that neither of you included Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine, and Harvey Danger - Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? Those two albums are easily the two best alternative pop rock albums of 1998.
Closing time kills it for me. Where have all the merrymakers I was putting in 97. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic Joe, did you check out the Fear of Pop album from '98 ? Ben Folds related. Wasn't really my thing
I agree that 1998 isn't very deep, but it does have two albums that are in my top 25: "Mezzanine" and "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill". I'm surprised the latter wasn't even mentioned. It's an incredible album.
Too much filler for me. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic There is no way that you just said that one the most thematically rich, well-performed, well-written records of the 90s has too much filler. You literally put an album with two horrible covers in your top 10. Joe we beg for consistency 🙏 🙏
Car Wheels IS as good as everyone says, Joe. It just is.
Too 98 to be great. - Joe
I'm sorta sympathetic to the argument that Car Wheels doesn't have any bona fide all-time classics on it, but I still think it's a perfect album. I love every song. The ones that get criticized as cookie-cutter are still beautifully written songs, who cares if they use traditional country forms.
@@TastesLikeMusic I read that to the tune of MC Hammer's "Too Legit to Quit."
Thanks for putting the Divine Comedy album in your list Joe.
You’re welcome. - Joe
I shared 3. We had the same number one. I had Massive Attack at 21 and Lucinda at 26, but after my top 20 my list is pretty arbitrary. I should give Mark Hollis a listen as I have only recently come around to Talk Talk. Hole, Golden Smog and Pulp are ok and might even rise with further listenings.
we need a tori week please!!
Been pushin for a Tori week in the patron section. It will happen.
Joe, had you heard from the choirgirl hotel yet during 1998 albums of the year? I checked the old video and you didn't do any honorable mentions. I'm just so happy to see it rocket so high on your list!
Also happy to see Sheryl Crow and to hear Joe say such nice things about it. That kind of music rarely gets a real critical look-in but it's a great record in its genre. As for the other picks and as always with all three TLMers, I strongly agree sometimes and strongly disagree other times. That's the fun of it. - Shannon :)
I don’t think I had heard Choirgirl in time for 98 originally. Don’t think I was aware she had one in 98. - Joe
I Can’t argue with your take on Elliott, though. As a Portlander, I was lucky to see him live on several occasions, both solo and with Heatmiser.
I saw Elliott once at The Breakroom, a little club in Seattle's Central District. If Im remembering correctly it was shortly after the release of Figure 8. He was excellent, although it was clear he'd been drinking. He slurred a few words here & there.
"Well Dixie banjo my Yokum." What could be better...? That's right, bands that have a famous lineage or 'rough' association to past glories.
In honor of Joe picking Death, I decided to reshuffle a few pix. No Death, just a couple of tweaks...
1. Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies - Big Wheel
2. Gov't Mule - Dose
3. Virgin Steele - Invictus
4. King Diamond - Voodoo
5. Deep Purple - Abandon
6. Grave Digger - Knights of the Cross
7. Mercyful Fate - Dead Again
8. Monster Magnet - Powertrip
9. Blue Oyster Cult - Heaven Forbid
10. Nightwish - Oceanborn
11. Jerry Cantrell - Boggy Depot
12. Izzy Stradlin - 117*
13. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
14. Running Wild - The Rivalry
15. Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
16. Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
17. Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands
18. Backyard Babies - Total 13
19. Eric Clapton - Pilgrim
20. Queens of the Stone Age
21. Iron Maiden - Virtual XI
22. Kiss - Psycho Circus
23. Solitude Aeternus - Adagio
24. Sleep - Dopesmoker
25. Slayer - Diabolus in Musica
Ah, now this looks like a list I'm looking for. Dose is one of my favorites Southern rock albums, I dig the debut QOTSA quite a bit, and Lucinda Williams' Wheels Car Wheels On a Gravel Road is one of the best alt country albums out there. My listening list for 1998 is limited but those are my 3 best.
10. David gray - white ladder 9 Pulp - this is hardcore 8 Aquemini - outkast 7 deserters songs - mercury rev 6 tori amos - from the choirgirl hotel 5 massive attack- mezzanine 4 Elliot smith- XO 3. Air - Moon safari 2 Lauryn Hill- miseducation 1 the divine comedy - fin di siecle!
It's a shame that you guys weren't able to pull together a Patrons favorite.
Here are my Top 10:
#1 Bring It On - Gomez
#2 From The Choirgirl Hotel - Tori Amos
#3 Mutations - Beck
#4 Fin De Siècle - Divine Comedy
#5 Whitechocolatespaceegg - Liz Phair
#6 Mezzanine - Massive Attack
#7 Yield - Pearl Jam
#8 Big Calm - Morcheeba
#9 Deserter’s Songs - Mercury Rev
#10 Moon Safari - Air
Risingson wrestles with Inertia Creeps as my fave track on Mezzanine on any given day. So deliciously insidious.
My two least favorite 😝- Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic Seems about right 😂
Good series of shows overall. I didn't listen to much in 1998, but my runaway favorite by a landslide was Dose by Gov't Mule. One of the best post- 70's/80's Southern rock albums i.m.o. I did dig the debut Queens of the Stone Age and Lucinda Williams Car Wheels On a Gravel Road.
All made my top 5!
Joe have you heard the album “People Move On” by Bernard Butler? He was the guitarist in Suede, and I think it was his only solo album. But it’s great, full of some very George Harrison-ish songs. Maybe a bit too long, like a lot of 90’s stuff…but the song “When You Grow” is just perfect. Huge production, great tasteful guitar solo, McCarrtney style bass. A stone cold late BritPop (even though I HATE that term) classic.
I liked the Butler but I didn’t love it. He actually had an album with another artist from 2022 I liked more. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic Jessie Buckley is the other artist. Phenomenal actress; check her out in Beast, I'm Thinking Of Ending Things, Chernobyl, The Lost Daughter. She plays an Irish woman who wants to be a country singer in Wild Rose; her only film, I think, where she gets to show off her vocal chops.
@@TastesLikeMusicHe re-recorded all the vocal tracks for the 98 album in 2021…now he sounds kinda like The Boss. Rather strange.
Dave Matthews makes me want to go permanently deaf. ATDI was a good pic.
I think both Angels and Come Undone were big hits in America - both deservedly so. Other than those and Millennium, you're right - Robbie Williams had limited success in the States. But man is he huge in the UK and Europe.
He was particularly massive at the end of the 1990s and early 2000s. I think a couple of years ago he overtook Elvis as the solo artist with the most UK number 1 albums.
I agree '98 was a poor year overall for Rock/Pop music releases. I liked Joe's album list the best by a country mile. Kudos for including THE GLOBE SESSIONS, CHOIRGIRL HOTEL, and especially CPR. The CPR album is some of the best music of Crosby's entire career and without a doubt my #1 album of 1998. My list would also include FUNDAMENTAL by Bonnie Raitt (probably my least favorite of all her albums but still good enough to make the top 25 of this year) and WE RAN from Linda Ronstadt, a return to her classic 70's type material and her final solo album of pop/rock/americana material. Did any of you check out SPIRIT TRAIL by Bruce Hornsby? An excellent and wide ranging double album!
Did not hear that Spirit Trail. Was disappointed by the Bonnie Raitt album. - Joe
Probably closest to Kramzer overall but agree with you all 98 a really bad year, think Mezzanine tracks Angel, Teardrop and Bitter Sweet Symphony are best songs. Deserters Songs and QOTSA for me are best albums which might put me closer to Joe, again Jason's choices are a bit too left field for me. Good thing is that I listened more to Elliot Smith XO due to the amount of dross that was available that year.
Great channel y'all. I'm geekier about music than most people, so it's fun to hear 3 fellow nerds of younger (I'm 50) ages. In '98 I was really into indie rock. Or college rock. But "modern" rock radio was awful, and same with hip-hop/RnB.. I'm gonna try making a list now because I'm a nerd
You should check out 'Six' by Mansun, released in 1998. They're a post-Brit Pop band, and this sophomore album is basically a mash of that with prog. One of my favorites ever. But don't listen on Spotify - it's the American track listing which is totally out of order and has radio edits and shit
Can't argue with Elliott Smith at #1! He was one of the best. I like the Hole album -- but it falls into the category of a guilty pleasure.
P.S. 98 still rules!!
You know, other than her first album, I don't think I have ever listened to an entire Sheryl Crow record, and she has quite a few, one of these days I gotta go through her stuff and see how it is.
Cool, This is Hardcore at 4.
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Dis-Missed by all 3: Clandestino - Manu Chao, Hologram of Baal - The Church (another solid release from them)
Finally qotsa and turbonegro ❤
I would really like to know what Jason thinks about the Dixie Chicks?
I gotta give Crystal Ball a shot now. I’m a huge Prince fan but I kind of haven’t given anything after the Gold Experience a solid listen (aside from Musicology) (and I maybe heard Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic once? but I barely remember it)
My favorite is "Hello Nasty", by far.. good list tho, Joe
Here's my top 25 albums of 1998 . . . finally:
1. Garbage - Verson 2.0
2. Eve 6 - s/t
3. Shakira - Donde Estan los Ladrones?
4. Velvet Goldmine Soundtrack
5. Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel
6. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Munki
7. Supercar - Three Out Change
8. Imperial Teen - What Is Not to Love
9. Spacehog - The Chinese Album
10. Liz Phair - whitechocolatespaceegg
11. Madonna - Ray of Light
12. Belle and Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
13. Tripping Daisy - Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb
14. Nada Surf - The Proximity Effect
15. Chris Isaak - Speak of the Devil
16. Hole - Celebrity Skin
17. Space - Tin Planet
18. Lou Reed - Perfect Night: Live in London
19. Dropkick Murphys - Do or Die
20. Mark Lanegan - Scraps at Midnight
21. Rancid - Life Can’t Wait
22. Superdrag - Head Trip in Every Key
23. The Cardigans - Gran Turismo
24. The Afghan Whigs - 1965
25. PJ Harvey - Is this Desire?
Ratings:
1-3: 5 stars
4-7: 4.5 stars
8-19: 4 stars
20-25: 3.5 stars
Thank you. 😎
Hi Naughty, Nice list! We have 3 matches in PJ Harvey, Mark Lanegan and Tori Amos.
@@michelewiese48 Hey Michele: Yeah. Thanks. Just finishing up my song list now and will then check out some album lists. 😀
hey naughty we have 5 in common garbage,tori, hole,mark lanegan, jesus and mary chain
and i love tripping daisy , they have made my SOTY lists a couple of times
and inside out made my song list
🐯 and the velvet goldmine soundtrack is great
@@bengalgangster Hey 🐯 - Not sure if I saw yer song . . Might have forgotten . . Where did you post? Nice we have 5 sames. that's a lot really. Tripping Diasy made my top 10 song list which I will post when Joe's list appears. Glad you got Eve 6 there . . a totally underappreciated band imo.
@@NaughtyVampireGod i posted songs and albums for 98 under kramnzs videos🐯
Turbonegro were great fun!
Man of the people!
25. Wide Open Spaces - The Chicks
24. Whitechocolatespaceegg - Liz Phair
23. Navy Blues - Sloan
22. Celebrity Skin - Hole
21. The Salesman and Bernadette - Vic Chesnutt
20. Steal This Album - The Coup
19. System of a Down - System of a Down
18. You've Come a Long Way, Baby - Fatboy Slim
17. How It Feels to Be Something On - Sunny Day Real Estate
16. The Rebels Not In - The Halo Benders
15. Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright
14. Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg & Wilco
13. Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star - Black Star
12. Mutations - Beck
11. American Water - Silver Jews
10. Shape of Punk To Come - Refused
9. XO - Elliot Smith
8. Is This Desire? - PJ Harvey
7. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams
6. Hello Nasty - Beastie Boys
5. In The Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
4. Aquemini - OutKast
3. Mezzanine - Massive Attack
2. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
1. Electro-Shock Blues - Eels
Surprised Joe did not include Outkast's Aquemini on his list
For whatever reason I just can’t get into Aquemini. - Joe
I like Prince very much and I know all his records but I could not remember Animal Kingdom, so I was curious and I listened to it again. I can say you're 100% correct, it's truly awful.
It’s probably his worst song. - Joe
Animal Kingdom is one of Prince’s biggest missteps, I agree. Have you guys done a Prince listography?
Not yet. Hopefully soon. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic there are so many amazing songs in his catalog-I hope so too!
my albums ranking of 1998 (for me, one of the best years ever!)
1. Silver Jews - American Water
2. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
3. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
4. Elliott Smith - XO
5. Boredoms - Super ae
6. Belle and Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
7. OutKast - Aquemini
8. Cat Power - Moon Pix
9. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
10. Air - Moon Safari
11. Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
12. Mouse on Mars - Glam
13. Tortoise - TNT
14. Beck - Mutations
15. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
16. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
17. Royal Trux - Accelerator
18. DMX - It's Dark and Hell It's Hot
19. Spoon - A Series of Sneaks
20. Gastr Del Sol - Camofleur
21. Duster - Stratosphere
22. Herbert - Around the House
23. Sparklehorse - Good Morning Spider
24. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
25. Theo Parrish - First Floor
Well your top 3 are reason 1 why I don’t like this year… - Joe
Wow! 1000 likes for the Death pick!
Everyone missed Scott Weilands Solo Album 12 Bar Blues. So diverse and underrated. And the Oasis compilation album The Masterplan that had a ton of great stuff on it that could have been singles.
My #64. -Jason
@@TastesLikeMusic Lol
not expecting the ATDI pick, great album though
Sheryl's version of "Mississippi" actually pre-date's Dylan's by a few years.
You never know with Dylan. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic I'm not sure what the actual story with that song is -- I don't know if it was something he had lying around and let her record it, then decided to do his own version later. Those pre-covers are always interesting.
1. Elliott Smith-XO 2. Cheri Knight-Northeast Kingdom. I guess you could say it's in the same vein as Lucinda's Car Wheels, also produced by Steve Earle and featuring a few of the same players, including Emmy Lou. As much as I like Car Wheels, I love this more. 3. Jon Langford-Skull Orchard 4. John Zorn-Circle Maker. 5. The Ex-Starters/Alternators 6. Tom Zé- Com Defeito de Fabricação. I saw that tour, and I was surprised that Tortoise could back up the Tropicalia legend so well. 7. Stone Breath-A Silver Threat To Weave The Seasons. Pagan folk, industrial. 8. Cat Power-Moon Pix 9. Tall Dwarfs-Fifty Flavors Of Glue. Guest starring members of The Clean, Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power, among others. 10. The Renderers- A Dream Of The Sea 11. Kristen Hersh-Strange Angels 12. Sparklehorse-Good Morning, Spider 13. Scrawl-Nature Film 14. Michael Hurley- The Bellemeade Sessions 15. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci-Gorky 5 16. Amy Rigby-Middlescence 17. Silver Jews-American Water 18. Andre Williams-Silky 19. Richard Buckner-Since 20. Calexico-Black Light
21. Massive Attack-Mezzanine 22. Dirty Three-Ocean Songs 23. Third Eye Foundation-You Guys Kill Me 24. Detroit Cobras-Mink, Rat Or Rabbit 25 Songs:Ohia-Impala
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26. Lucinda Williams-Car Wheels On a Gravel Road 27. Come- Gently Down The Stream 28. Sonic Youth-A Thousand Leaves 29. Pere Ubu-Pennsylvania 30. Cinerama-Va Va Voom 31. Varnaline-Sweet Life 32. Neutral Milk Hotel-In The Aeroplane, Over The Sea 33. Freakwater-Spring Time 34. The Handsome Family- Through The Trees 35. Scarnella-S/T 36. The Sadies-Precious Moments 37. Sir Richard Bishop-Salvador Kali 38. Belle and Sebastion-Boy With The Arab Strap 39. Tower Recordings-Furniture Music For Evening Shuttles 40. Clem Snide-You Were A Diamond 41. Two Dollar Guitar-Train Songs 42. Mercury Rev-Deserter's Songs 43. Billy Bragg/Wilco-Mermaid Avenue. I overplayed this when it came out that I haven't listened to it in years. Kramzer's mention of California Stars hit me with a momentary lapse of nostalgia. 44. Notwist-Shrink 45. Alastair Galbraith-Mirrorwork
Great list. Forgot just how good Elliott Smith was. 1998 was indeed a shite year.
Adding to the list of good artists releasing nowhere near their best work: Hello nasty by the Beastie Boys. However, Lauryn Hill had her best album released in 1998.