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Recensioni del 1998Seleziona la prima lettera del gruppo o del musicista (nome di battesimo, non cognome); seleziona il titolo dell'album per vedere la recensione del disco, il nome del musicista per vedere la scheda del musicista. Oppure guarda soltanto la classifica dei migliori. |
Reviews of 1998 albumsClick on the first letter of the first name of the artist or name of the band; click on the title of the album to view the review; click on the name of the band to view a profile of the band. Or view just the list of the best albums of the year. |
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| Artist | Album Title | (Label) | Genre | Rat. | © |
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| A Handful Of Dust | Jerusalem Street Of Graves | (Corpus Hermeticum) | noise | 6/10 | |
| 5uu's | Crisis In Clay | (ReR) | Genre | 6/10 | R |
| 60 Ft Dolls | Joya Magica | (Indolent) | mod-rock | 4/10 | |
| '68 Comeback | A Bridge Too Fuckin' Far | (Sympathy) | garage-blues | 6/10 | |
| A Minor Forest | Inindependence | (Thrill Jockey) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| A Small Good Thing | Block | (Leaf) | ambient | 6/10 | |
| Acetone | Acetone | (Vapor) | psychedelic | 6/10 | |
| DJ? Acucrack | Mutants Of Sound | (Lost In Bass) | techno | 7/10 | |
| Alabama Thunderpussy | Rise Again | (Man's Ruin) | stoner | 5/10 | |
| Barry Adamson | As Above So Below | (Mute) | instrumental | 6/10 | |
| Add N To (X) | On the Wires of Our Nerves | (Mute) | electronica | 8/10 | |
| Adventures In Stereo | Alternative Stereo Sounds | (Creeping Bent) | Brit-pop | 6/10 | |
| Afghan Wigs | 1965 | (Columbia) | soul-rock | 5/10 | |
| Agnostic Front | Something's Gotta Give | (Epitaph) | hardcore | 6/10 | |
| Air | Moon Safari | (Source/Caroline) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Alan Licht | Hoffman Estates | (Drag City) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Alastair Galbraith | Mirrorwork | (Trance Syndicate) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Alboth | Amor Fati | (Submission) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Alexi | The Mystery | (Alexi) | Genre | /10 | |
| All | album Mass Nerder | (Epitaph) | punk-pop | 4/10 | |
| Alloy Orchestra | Silents | (Accurate) | instrumental | 6/10 | |
| Alpha Stone | Elasticated Waveband | (Bomp) | shoegaze/dance | 4/10 | |
| Amnesia | Lingus | (Island) | progressive | 6/10 | |
| Amon Tobin | Permutation | (Ninjatune) | dub-hop | 6/10 | |
| Amp | Passe`-Present | (Enraptured) | ambient | 7/10 | |
| Amp | Stenorette | (Kranky) | ambient | 7/10 | |
| AMP Studio | Syzygy | (Ochre) | ambient | 6/10 | |
| Anathema | Alternative 4 | (Peaceville) | doom-metal | 4/10 | |
| Bruce Anderson and Dale Sophiea | Strict | (Quadruped) | new wave | 6/10 | |
| Appleseed Cast | The End of The Ring Wars | (Deep Elm) | emocore | 6/10 | |
| Apoptygma Bezerk | The Apopcalyptic Manifesto | (Tatra) | techno | 5/10 | |
| Arab Strap | Philophobia | (Matador) | folk-pop | 6/10 | |
| Arcana | Cantar De Procella | (Cold Meat Industry) | gothic | 6/10 | |
| Arcana (Laswell) | Arc Of Testimony | (Island) | ambient dub | 5/10 | |
| Archers of Loaf | White Trash Heroes | (Alias) | alt-rock | 5/10 | |
| Artie Traum | Meeting With Remarkable Friends | (Narada) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Arto Lindsay | Noon Chill | (Rykodisc) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Ash | Nu-Clear Sounds | (Infectious) | brit-pop | 5/10 | |
| Asha Vida | Nature's Clumsy Hand | (Burnt Hair) | psych-rock | 6/10 | |
| At The Drive-in | In Casino Out | (Fearless) | funk-rock | 6/10 | |
| Atom Heart | Dropshadow Disease | (Rather Interesting) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Aube | Deglaze | (Old Europa Cafe) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Aube | Evocation | (Auf Abwegen) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Aube | Flare | (reLIGHT) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Aube | Flush | (reLIGHT) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Aube | Howling Obsession | (Newsonic) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Aube | Mort Aux Vaches/Still Contemplation | (Staalplaat) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Aube | Pages from The Book | (E+J Recordings) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Aube | Sigh In Depressive Blue | (Praxis Dr. Bearmann) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Aube | Sink/Assign | (Manifold) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Aube | Substructural Penetration 91-95 | (Iris Light) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Aube | Vas In Euthymic Violet | (Praxis Dr. Bearmann) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Autechre | LP5 | (Nothing) | electronica | 6/10 | |
| Azalia Snail | Breaker Mortar | (Dark Beloved Cloud) | psychedelic | 6/10 | |
| Azusa Plane | America Is Dreaming Of Universal String Theory | (Colorful Clouds for Acoustics) | ambient | 6/10 | |
| Cake | Prolonging the Magic | (Capricorn) | roots-rock | 7/10 | |
| Caleb Sampson | Fast Cheap & Out Of Control | (Accurate) | instrumental | 6/10 | |
| Calexico | The Black Light | (Touch And Go) | Genre | 8/10 | |
| Califone | Califone | (Flydaddy) | alt-rock | 7/10 | |
| Calvin Krime | You're Feeling So Attractive | (Amphetamine Reptile) | hardcore | 7/10 | |
| Candlebox | Happy Pills | (Maverick) | grunge | 4/10 | |
| Candyskins | Death Of A Minor TV Celebrity | (DGC) | Brit-pop | 4/10 | |
| Jerry Cantrell: | Boggy Depot | (Columbia) | songwriter | 5/10 | |
| Capercaille | Glenfinna | (Survival) | celtic | 5/10 | |
| Capercaille | Beautiful Wasteland | (Rykodisc) | celtic | 5/10 | |
| Cardigans | Gran Turismo | (Mercury) | trip-pop | 5/10 | |
| Kim Cascone | Blue Cube | (Noton) | industrial | 6/10 | |
| Cash Money | Halos Of Smoke And Fire | (Touch And Go) | Genre | 6/10 | R |
| Cassiber & Ground Zero | Live In Tokyo | (ReR) | Genre | /10 | |
| Cat Power | Moon Pix | (Matador) | songwriter | 7/10 | |
| Catatonia | International Velvet | (Blanco Y Negro) | Brit-pop | 6/10 | |
| Cathedral | Caravan Beyond Redemption | (Earache) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Cathode Bob | Envy the Numb | (One Mad Son) | alt-rock | 5/10 | |
| Caustic Resin | The Medicine Is All Gone | (Alias) | psychedelic | 6/10 | |
| Cevin Key | Music For Cats | (Metropolis) | industrial | 7/10 | |
| Cevin Key | Involution | (Tone Casualties) | industrial | 6/10 | |
| Chakmakian | Ceremonies | (TruArt) | Genre | /10 | |
| Charming Hostess | Eat | (Vaccination) | avant-pop | 5/10 | |
| Chemical Brothers | Brothers Gonna Work It Out | (Astralwerks) | techno | 4/10 | |
| Guigou Chenevier | Rumours Of The City | (Cuneiform) | Genre | /10 | |
| Vic Chestnutt | The Salesman & Bernadette | (Polygram) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Chocolate Weasel | Spaghettification | (Ninja) | jungle | 6/10 | |
| Chokebore | Black Black | (Boomba) | hardcore | 6/10 | |
| Chris And Carla | Swinger 500 | (Glitterhouse) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Christian Marclay | More Encores | (ReR) | Genre | /10 | |
| Chrome | Tidal Forces | (Man's Ruin) | psychedelic | 5/10 | |
| Cinerama | Va Va Voom | (Cooking Vinyl) | Brit-pop | 5/10 | |
| CIV | Thirteen Day Gateway | (Atlantic) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Claire Voyant | Time and the Maiden | (Precipice) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Nels Cline Trio | Sad | (Little Brother) | instrumental | 6/10 | |
| Cleen | Designed Memories | (Zoth Ommog) | Industrial | 5/10 | |
| Coalesce | Give Them Rope | (Edison) | hardcore | 7/10 | |
| Coil | Time Machines | (World Serpent) | industrial | 6/10 | |
| Cold | self-titled | (Flip) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Gerald Collier | Gerald Collier | (Revolution) | songwriter | 7/10 | |
| Colossamite | Economy Of Motion | (Skin Graft) | math-rock | 6/10 | |
| Combustible Edison | The Impossible World | (SubPop) | instrumental | 7/10 | |
| Come | Gently Down The Stream | (Matador) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Continental Drifters | Vermilion | (Blue Rose) | folk-pop | 7/10 | |
| Jesse Cook | Vertigo | (Narada) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Elvis Costello | Painted From Memory | (Warner Brothers) | Genre | 4/10 | |
| Covenant | Europa | (Subspace Communications) | industrial | 6/10 | |
| Cowboy Junkies | Miles From Our Home | (Geffen) | country | 5/10 | |
| Cows | Sorry In Pig Minor | (Amphetamine Reptile) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Cracker | Gentleman's Blues | (Virgin) | roots-rock | 5/10 | |
| Cradle Of Filth | Cruelty and the Beast | (Music For Nations) | black metal | 5/10 | |
| Crawlspace | Et II Bluto? | (Lotus Sound) | Genre | 7/10 | R |
| Helios Creed | Activated Condition | (Man's Ruin) | psychedelic | 6/10 | |
| Creeper Lagoon | I Become Small And Go | (Nickelbag) | lo-fi pop | 5/10 | |
| Cruel Cruel Moon | Still Life | (Moonbase) | Genre | /10 | |
| Cubanate | Interference | (Wax Trax) | aggro | 5/10 | |
| Cure | Galore - The Singles 1987-1997 | (Elektra) | Genre | /10 | |
| Current 93 | Soft Black Stars | (Durtro) | industrial folk | 6/10 | |
| Cybertec | Darker | (Wax Trax) | industrial | 5/10 | |
| Tim Easton | Special 20 | (Heathen) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Echobelly | Lustra | (Epic) | Brit-pop | 4/10 | |
| Echolyn | Always Almost | (Pleasant Green) | prog-rock | 4/10 | |
| EC8OR | World Beaters | (Digital Hardcore) | industrial | 6/10 | |
| Ed Pias | Ancestor's Halo | (Extreme) | Genre | /10 | |
| Edith Frost | Telescopic | (Drag City) | Genre | 8/10 | |
| Eels | Electro-Shock Blues | (Dreamworks) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Mark Eitzel | Caught In A Trap | (Warner) | 6/10 | | |
| Ekstasis | Wake Up And Dream | (CyberOctave) | instrumental | 6/10 | |
| Eleventh Dream Day | Eight | (Thrill Jockey) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Elliott | U.S. Songs | (Revelation) | emocore | 6/10 | |
| Embrace | The Good Will Out | (Virgin) | pop | 6/10 | |
| Alec Empire | The Curse of the Golden Vampire | (DHR) | techno | 7/10 | |
| Ensemble Nimbus | Scapegoat | (Record Heaven) | prog-rock | 6/10 | |
| Enslaved | Blodhemn | (Osmose) | black metal | 5/10 | |
| Entombed | Same Difference | (Music For Nations) | hard-rock | 6/10 | |
| Roky Erickson | Never Say Goodbye | (Touch & Go) | Genre | /10 | |
| Ether | Hush | (Charnel) | Genre | /10 | |
| Ex | Starters Alternators | (Touch & Go) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Experimental Audio Research | Data Rape | (Spaceage) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Experimental Audio Research | Millennium Music | (Atavistic) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Experimental Pop Band | Discgrotesque | (Swarf Finger) | pop | 5/10 | |
| I Am Spoonbender | Sender/ Receiver | (Gold Standard Labs) | avant-rock | 7/10 | |
| Ice | Bad Blood | (Morpheus) | progressive | 6/10 | |
| Iceburn Collective | Power Of The Lion | (Iceburn) | prog-rock | 6/10 | |
| James Iha | Let It Come Down | (Virgin) | Alt-rock | 5/10 | |
| Ryoji Ikeda | 0 C | (Touch) | electronica | 7/10 | |
| Illusion Of Safety | Of & The | (Staalplaat) | industrial | 6/10 | |
| Immortal | At The Heart Of Winter | (Osmose) | dark metal | 6.5/10 | |
| Imperial Teen | What Is Not To Love | (Slash) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| In The Nursery | Lingua | (ITN) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| In The Summer Of The Mushroom Honey | self-titled | (Aether) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Index | Faith In Motion | (COP) | industrial | 5/10 | |
| Infiniti | Skynet | (Tresor) | techno | 6/10 | |
| Tetsu Inoue | Psycho Acoustic | (Tzadik) | ambient | 5/10 | |
| Irresistible Force | It's Tomorrow Already | (Ninja Tune) | dance | 5/10 | |
| Chris Isaak | Speak Of The Devil | (Reprise) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Isotope 217 | The Unstable Molecule | (Thrill Jockey) | post-jazz | 6/10 | |
| Istvan Martha | The Wind Rises | (Rer) | Genre | /10 | |
| Ivoux | Frozen | (COP) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Paul K | A Wilderness of Mirrors | (Alias) | alt-blues | 6/10 | |
| K&D | The K&D Sessions | (K7) | trip-hop | 5/10 | |
| Brenda Kahn | Hunger | (Rocket 99) | songwriter | 5/10 | |
| Kaia Wilson | Ladyman | (Mr Lady) | Genre | 4/10 | |
| Karamasov | On Arrival | (Satellite) | post-rock | 6/10 | |
| Karate | The Bed is in the Ocean | (Southern) | post-rock | 5/10 | |
| Katatonia | Discouraged Ones | (Avantgarde) | doom | 7/10 | |
| Tommy Keene | Isolation Party | (Matador) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Tim Keegan | Long Distance Information | (Flydaddy) | folk-rock | 5/10 | |
| Kent 3 | Peasant Musik | (Super Electro) | garage-pop | 5/10 | |
| Kevorkian Death Cycle | Dark Skies | (Metropolis) | industrial | 5/10 | |
| Kid Rock | Devil Without A Cause | (Atlantic) | rap-metal | 7/10 | |
| Kid 606 | Don't Sweat The Technics | (Vinyl Communications) | electronica | 6/10 | |
| Kiln | Holo | (Roomtone) | instrumental | 7/10 | |
| King Missile | Failure | (Atlantic) | Genre | 4/10 | |
| King Sound Quartet | The Getdown Imperative | (In The Red) | garage-rock | 6/10 | |
| Klute | Casual Bodies | (Certificate) | drum'n'bass | 6/10 | |
| Knapsack | This Conversation | (Alias) | 5/10 | | |
| Cheri Knight | The Northeast Kingdom | (E-Squared) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Knitting By Twilight | Heavy Hearts And Safety Nets | (It's Twilight Time) | Genre | /10 | |
| Komeda | What Makes It Go | (Minty Fresh) | pop | 6/10 | |
| Thomas Koner | Kaamos | (Mille Plateaux) | ambient | 5/10 | |
| Korn | Follow The Leader | (Epic) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Kraftwelt | Refroish | (Cleopatra) | electronica | 6/10 | |
| Kramer | Let Me Explain Something | (Tzadik) | songwriter | 4/10 | |
| Kramer | Songs From The Pink Death | (Kitting Factory) | songwriter | 5/10 | |
| Lenny Kravitz | 5 | (Virgin) | soul-rock | 4/10 | |
| Kreidler | Appearance And The Park | (Kiff) | post-rock | 5/10 | |
| David Kristian | Cricklewood | (Alien8) | electronica | 6/10 | |
| DJ Krush | Ki-Oku | (Apollo) | trip-hop | 6/10 | |
| DJ Krush | Kakusei | (Sony) | trip-hop | 6/10 | |
| Ed Kuepper | The Blue House | (Hot) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Kurup | Kuruption | (A&M) | Genre | /10 | |
| La Esperanza | Self-titled | (Higher Octave) | Genre | /10 | |
| Labradford | Mi Media Naranja | (Kranky) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Lagwagon | Let's Talk About Feelings | (Fat Wreck) | popcore | 5/10 | |
| Lambchop | What Another Man Spills | (Merge) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| John Langford | Skull Orchard | (Sugar Free) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Lapse | Betrayal | (Gern Blandsten) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| Lara & Reyes | Riverwalk | (Higher Octave) | Genre | /10 | |
| Latin Playboys | Dose | (Atlantic) | roots-rock | 6/10 | |
| Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of | (Columbia) | soul | 7/10 | |
| Lee Johnson | Trail Of Tears | (Intersound) | Genre | /10 | |
| Lenola | The Swerving Corpse | (Tappersize) | psychedelic | 7/10 | |
| Les Thugs | Nineteen Something | (SubPop) | Genre | /10 | |
| Jackie Leven | Night Lilies | (Cooking Vinyl) | songwriter | 5/10 | |
| Lida Husik | Faith In Space | (Alias) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Lilys | The 3-Way | (Sire) | garage-rock | 6/10 | |
| Linus Pauling Quartet | Killing You With Rock | (September Girls) | psychedelic | 7/10 | |
| Lisa Germano | Slide | (4AD) | Genre | 8/10 | |
| Lisa Gerrard | Duality | (4AD) | gothic | 7/10 | |
| Lisa Germano | Slush | (Thirsty Ear) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Lithops | Didot | (Eat Raw) | instrumental | 6/10 | |
| Liz Phair | Whitechocolatespaceegg | (Capitol) | Genre | 8/10 | |
| Liz Story | 17 Seconds To Anywhere | (Windham Hill) | Genre | /10 | |
| Lo-Fidelity Allstars | How To Operate With A Blown Mind | (Skint) | dance | 6/10 | |
| Annea Lockwood & Ruth Anderson | Sinopah | (Experimental Intermedia) | Genre | /10 | |
| Jack Logan | Little Private Angel | (Parasol) | songwriter | 5/10 | |
| Logos Duo | Logos Works | (Experimental Intermedia) | Genre | /10 | |
| Lonesome Organist | Collector Of Cactus Echo Bag | (Thrill Jockey) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Lotion | Telephone Album | (Spinart) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Loud Family | Days For Days | (Alias) | pop | 6/10 | |
| Lounge Lizards | Queen Of All Ears | (Strange & Beautiful) | prog-rock | 6/10 | |
| Love And Rockets | Lift | (Red Ant) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Love As Laughter | #1 USA | (K) | Alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| Love Spirals Downwards | Flux | (Projekt) | Genre | 6/10 | R |
| Lucia Hwong | Goddess vol.1- Awakening | (M32) | Genre | /10 | |
| Lucia Hwong | Goddess vol.2 - Celestial Realms | (M32) | Genre | /10 | |
| Lucia Hwong | Goddess vol.3 - Mystical Vision | (M32) | Genre | /10 | |
| Lull | Moments | (Release) | Genre | 4/10 | |
| Luxt | Razing Eden | (21st Circuitry) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Lycia | Estrella | (Projekt) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Lydia Lunch | Matrikamantra | (Figurehead) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Lungfish | Artificial Horizon | (Dischord) | hardcore | 6/10 | |
| John Lurie | Fishing With John | (Strange & Beautiful) | prog-rock | 5/10 | |
| Obliterati | Havy Baubaus Inflience | (Whirlybird) | Genre | 7/10 | B |
| Offspring | Americana | (Epitaph) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Ogre & Martin Atkins | Bedside Toxicology | (Invisible) | industrial | 6/10 | |
| Ooioo | Ooioo | (Shock City) | noise | 7/10 | |
| Will Oldham | I See A Darkness | (Palace) | folk | 5/10 | |
| Will Oldham | Black Rich Music | (Drag City) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Oneida | A Place Called El Shaddai's | (Turnbuckle) | garage-rock | 5/10 | |
| Orange Humble Band | Assorted Creams | (Half A Cow) | power-pop | 6/10 | |
| Oranger | Doorway To Norway | (Amazing Grease) | pop | 5/10 | |
| Ordo Equilibrio | Conquest, Love & Self Perseverance | (Cold Meat) | gothic | 6/10 | |
| Orgy | Candyass | (Warner) | metal | 6/10 | |
| Orso | oRSo | (Perishable) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Ossatura & Tim Hodgkinson | self-titled | (Cuneiform) | Genre | /10 | |
| Out Of Worship | Out Of Worship | (Perishable) | post-rock | 6/10 | |
| Outhouse | Process Of Elimination | (Unit Circle Rekkids) | free-punk | 6/10 | |
| Ovarian Trolley | Ciao Meow | (Candy Ass) | foxcore | 5/10 | |
| Dino Pacifici | Acquiescent Resonance | (Dance Plant) | Genre | /10 | |
| Pale Nudes | Soul Come Home | (RedRec) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Pan American | self-titled | (Kranky) | Genre | 6/10 | B |
| Panacea | Twisted Designz | (Position Chrome) | steptech | 6/10 | |
| Pansy Division | Absurd Pop Song Romance | (Lookout) | power-pop | 5/10 | |
| Parc Boys | Two Weeks To Live | (Will) | power-pop | 4/10 | |
| Patty Griffin | Flamingo Red | (A&M) | Genre | /10 | |
| Paul Newman | Only Love Can Break Your Heart | (Trance Syndicate) | instrumental | 6/10 | |
| Pearl Jam | Yield | (Epic) | grunge | 6/10 | |
| Pedro The Lion | It's Hard To Find A Friend | (Made In Mexico) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Pee Shy | Don't Get Too Comfortable | (Mercury) | pop | 6/10 | |
| Pelt | Techeod | (VHF) | psychedelic | 6/10 | |
| Pere Ubu | Pennsylvania | (Cooking Vinyl) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Pernice Brothers | Overcome By Happiness 6/10 | (Subpop) | folk | 6/10 | |
| Peter Case | Full Service No Waiting | (Vanguard) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Peter Jefferies | Substatic | (Trance Syndicate) | Genre | 8/10 | |
| Peter Zummo | Experimenting With Household Chemicals | (Experimental Intermedia) | Genre | /10 | |
| Phantom Surfers | Skaterhater | (Lookout) | garage-surf | 5/10 | |
| Joe Phelps | The Downer Trio:3 | (Pacifico) | roots-rock | 6/10 | |
| Phish | The Story of the Ghost | (Elektra) | Genre | 7/10 | R |
| Photek | Form And Function | (Astralwerks) | jungle | 5/10 | |
| Photon Band | All Young In The Soul | (Darla) | Genre | 7/10 | B |
| Phylr | Contra La Puerta | (Invisible) | industrial | 7/10 | |
| Pieces | I Need Five Minutes Alone | (Avant) | instrumental | 6/10 | |
| Pinehurst Kids | Minnesota Hotel | (Four Alarm) | noise-pop | 5/10 | |
| Pinetop Seven | Rigging The Toplights | (Truckstop) | alt-country | 6/10 | |
| Pizzicato Five | The International Playboy And Playgirl Record | (Columbia) | pop | 5/10 | |
| Placebo | Without You I'm Nothing | (Hut) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Plastikman | Consumed | (NovaMute) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Plastikman | Artifakts | (NovaMute) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Plush | More You Becomes You | (Drag City) | songwriter | 5/10 | |
| Pluto | The Field Recordings | (Ecstatic Yod) | experimental | 6/10 | |
| Polara | Formless/ Functional | (Interscope) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Pole | CD 1 | (Kiff) | dub | 6/10 | |
| Robert Pollard | Waved Out | (Matador) | alt rock | 6/10 | |
| Robert Pollard | Kid Marine | (Rockathon) | alt rock | 5/10 | |
| Posies | Success | (Popllama) | Genre | 4/10 | B |
| Conrad Praetzel | Receive | (Paleo) | Genre | /10 | |
| Pram | North Pole Radio Station | (Wurlitzer Jukebox) | prog-rock | 6/10 | |
| Praxis | Mold | (Yikes) | ambient dub | 5/10 | |
| Present | Certitudes | (Cuneiform) | Genre | 6/10 | M |
| Primordial Undermind | You And Me And The Continuum | (Camera Obscura) | psychedelic | 6/10 | |
| Prolapse | The Italian Flag | (Jetset) | noise-rock | 6/10 | |
| Propeller | Oro | (Scratch) | Genre | /10 | |
| Propeller | Oro | (Scratch) | industrial | 6/10 | |
| Propellerheads | Decksandrumsandrockandroll | (Wall Of Sound) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Pullman | Turnstyles & Junkpiles | (Thrill Jockey) | Genre | 6/10 | B |
| Pulp | This Is Hardcore | (Island) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Pure Joy | Getz The Worm | (Great Utopia) | psychedelic | 5/10 | |
| Purple Ivy Shadows | No Less The Trees Than The Stars | (Slow River) | country | 5/10 | |
| Push Kings | Far Places | (Sealed Fate) | pop | 4/10 | |
| Quasi | Featuring Birds | (Up) | pop | 6/10 | |
| Queens Of The Stone Age | Queens Of The Stone Age | (Roadrunner) | stoner-rock | 7/10 | |
| Queers | Punk Rock Confidential | (Hopeless) | punk-pop | 4/10 | |
| Quintron | Satan Is Dead | (Bulb) | avant-rock | 7/10 | |
| Eliane Radigue | Trilogie De La Mort | (Experimental Intermedia) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Rainer Maria | Past Worn Searching | (Polyvinyl) | alt-rock | 7/10 | |
| Raison d'Etre | Lost Fragments | (Yantra) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Raison d'Etre | In Sadness Silence And Solitude | (Cold Meat Industry) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Rake | Fighting 2 Quarters and A Nickle | (VHF) | Progressive | 6/10 | |
| Rake | Resume The Cosmos | (Camera Obscura) | Progressive | 6/10 | |
| Rancid | Life Won't Wait | (Epitaph) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Rapoon | Just Say The Faith | (Soleilmoon) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Rapoon | The Fires Of The Borderlands | (Release) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Rasputina | How We Quit The Forest | (Columbia) | chamber rock | 6/10 | |
| Red Crayola | Live 1967 | (Drag City) | Genre | /10 | |
| Red Snapper | Making Bones | (Warp) | trip-hop | 6/10 | |
| P.W.Long Reelfoot | Push Me Again | (Touch & Go) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Refrigerator | Refrigerator | (Shrimper) | alt-rock | 5/10 | |
| R.E.M. | Up | (Warner Bros) | Genre | 4/10 | |
| Rembrandts | Spin This | (East West) | power-pop | 5/10 | |
| Remy Zero | Villa Elaine | (Geffen) | alt-rock | 4/10 | |
| Replikants | This Is Our Message | (5RC) | noise-rock | 6/10 | |
| Residents | Wormwood | (Ralph) | new wave | 5/10 | |
| Reverend Horton Heat | Space Heater | (Interscope) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Rhband | First Tone | (Drunken Fish) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Marc Ribot | Los Cubanos Postizos | (Atlantic) | progressive | 5/10 | |
| Robert Rich | Seven Veils | (Hearts Of Space) | Genre | 7/10 | B |
| Ridel High | Emotional Rollercoaster | (A&M) | punk-pop | 3/10 | |
| Rob Levit | Silence | (Whirlybird) | Genre | /10 | |
| Roadsaw | Nationwide | (Curve Of The Earth) | stoner | 4/10 | |
| Dean Roberts | Moth Park | (Formacentric) | avant-rock | 6/10 | |
| Robbie Robertson | Contact From The Underworld Of Red Boy | (Capitol) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Robyn Miller | Myst | (Virgin) | Genre | /10 | |
| Rock'A'Teens | Baby A Little Rain Must Fall | (Merge) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Rock'A'Teens | Baby A Little Rain Must Fall | (Merge) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Rocket From The Crypt | RFTC | (Interscope) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Kim Rosen & Cathie Malach | Naked Waters | (Earth Sea) | Genre | /10 | |
| Josh Rouse | Dressed Up Like Nebraska | (Slow River) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Royal Trux | Accelerator | (Drag City) | Genre | 6/10 | R |
| Royal Trux | Singles Live Unreleased | (Drag City) | alt rock | 6/10 | |
| Ruins | Refusal Fossil | (Skin Graft) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| R.U.O.K. | R.U.O.L. | (Quantum Loop) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | Discord | (Sony) | Genre | 7/10 | M |
| Saint Etienne | Good Humour | (SubPop) | Genre | 5/10 | B |
| Saints | Howling | (Triple X) | punk-rock | 5/10 | |
| Salamander | Red Ampersand | (Camera Obscura) | psychedelic | 7/10 | |
| Sandoz | Chant To Jah | (Touch) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Saturnine | Mid The Green Fields | (VictoriaLand) | folk-pop | 6/10 | |
| Scala | To You in Alpha | (Too Pure) | synth-pop | 6/10 | |
| Scar Tissue | Rebuild | (21st Circuitry) | industrial | 5/10 | |
| Scarnella | Scarnella | (Smells Like Records) | noise-rock | 6/10 | |
| Scott 4 | Recorded In State LP | (Folk Archive) | roots-rock | 6/10 | |
| Scott Thomas Band | California | (Elektra) | Genre | /10 | |
| Scott Weiland | 12 Bar Blues | (Atlantic) | songwriter | 7/10 | |
| Scrawl | Nature Film | (Elektra) | Genre | 7/10 | R |
| Screeching Weasel | Television City Dream | (Fat Wreck) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Seam | The Pace is Glacial | (Touch & Go) | Genre | 7/10 | B |
| Sean Lennon | Into The Sun | (Grand Royal) | Genre | /10 | |
| Season To Risk | Men Are Monkeys Robots Win | (Thick) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Secret Stars | Genealogies | (Shrimper) | post-rock | 5/10 | |
| Semisonic | Feeling Strangely Fine | (MCA) | Genre | 6/10 | B |
| Senser | Asylum | (Ultimate) | rap-metal | 5/10 | |
| Sepultura | Against | (Roadrunner) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Seven Mary Three | Orange Ave | (Atlantic) | grunge | 4/10 | |
| 7Seconds | Good To Go | (Side One Dummy) | punk-pop | 4/10 | |
| Shahin & Sepehr | World Cafe | (Higher Octave) | Genre | /10 | |
| Shark Quest | Battle Of The Loons | (Merge) | Genre | 8/10 | R |
| Shed Seven | Let It Ride | (Polydor) | Brit-pop | 5/10 | |
| Duncan Sheik | Humming | (Atlantic) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Shellac | Terraform | (Touch & Go) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Joanne Shenandoah | Orenda | (Silver Wave) | Genre | /10 | |
| Sheryl Crow | The Globe Sessions | (A&M) | Genre | 4/10 | |
| Shonen Knife | Happy Hour | (Big Deal) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Should | Feed Like Fishes | (Words On Music) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Shudder To Think | High Art | (Velvel/Bottom Line) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Shudder To Think | First Love Last Rites | (Epic) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Shunt | Profane Groove | (21st Circuitry) | industrial | 6/10 | |
| Silkworm | Even A Blind Chicken Finds A Kernel | (Matador) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Silkworm | Blueblood | (Touch & Go) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Silver Apples | Decatur | (Whirlybird) | Genre | 6/10 | R |
| Silver Apples | The Garden | (Whirlybird) | Genre | /10 | |
| Silver Apples | Remixed Beacon | (Whirlybird) | Genre | /10 | |
| Silver Jews | American Water | (Drag City) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| Silverchair | Neon Ballroom (Epic, 1998) | (Epic) | 4/10 | | |
| Simon Raymonde | Blame Someone Else | (Bella Union) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Simple Minds | Neapolis | (Chrysalis) | pop | 4/10 | |
| Talvin Singh | OK | (Island) | transglobal | 7/10 | |
| Sinister Six | Sinisteria | (Get Hip) | garage-rock | 7/10 | |
| Sir Richard Bishop | Salvador Kali | (Revenant) | instrumental | 6/10 | |
| Six By Seven | The Things We Make | (Interscope) | psychedelic | 7/10 | |
| Six Finger Satellite | Law Of Ruins | (SubPop) | Genre | 6/10 | R |
| Sixteen Deluxe | Emit Showers Of Sparks | (Warner Bros) | noise-pop | 5/10 | |
| Slayer | Diabolus De La Musica | (American) | speedmetal | 6/10 | |
| Sleep | Jerusalem | (Dopesmoker) | stoner | 7/10 | |
| Slicker | Confidence In Duber | (Hefty) | post-rock | 6/10 | |
| Sloan | Navy Blues | (Murderrecords) | pop | 5/10 | |
| Smart Went Crazy | Con Art | (Dischord) | hardcore | 6/10 | |
| Smashing Pumpkins | Adore | (Virgin) | Alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| Smile | Girl Crushes Boy | (Cargo) | power-pop | 4/10 | |
| Elliott Smith | Xo | (Dreamworks) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| SMP | Ultimatum | (Catastrophe) | industrial | 6/10 | |
| Snog | Buy Me | (IMCC, 1997)(Metropolis) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Snowpony | Slow Motion World | (Radioactive) | prog-rock | 6/10 | |
| Soft Machine | Virtually | (Cuneiform) | Genre | 6/10 | R |
| Soil | Throttle Junkies | (MIA) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Soilent Green | Sewn Mouth Secrets | (Relapse) | Genre | 6/10 | R |
| Solarus | Crystallized | (Release) | electronica | 5/10 | |
| Solarus | Empty Nature | (Release) | electronica | 6/10 | |
| Solex | Solex Vs The Hitmeister | (Matador) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Son Of Eve | Dollar Shots | (DV8) | Genre | /10 | |
| Son Volt | Wide Swing Tremolo | (Warner Bros) | country | 5/10 | |
| Songs: Ohia | Impala | (Happy Go Lucky) | folk | 5/10 | |
| Sonic Youth | Invito Al Cielo | (SYR) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Sonic Youth | A Thousand Leaves | (Geffen) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Sonichrome | Breathe The Daylight | (Capitol) | power-pop | 5/10 | |
| Sophia | The Infinite Circle | (Flower Shop) | songwriter | 5/10 | |
| Soul Asylum | Candy From A Stranger | (Columbia) | pop | 4/10 | |
| Soul Coughing | El Oso | (Slash) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Soul Fly | Soul Fly | (Roadrunner) | heavy metal | 6/10 | |
| Soul Whirling Somewhere | Hope Was | (Project) | gothic | 5/10 | |
| Southerning | Templates Made Or Found | (Drunken Fish) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Soylent Green | Sewn Mouth Secrets | (Relapse) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Space | Tin Planet | (Gut) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Spacehog | The Chinese Album | (Sire) | Brit-pop | 4/10 | |
| Spaceship Eyes | Truth in the Eyes of a Spaceship | (Hypnotic) | drum'n'bass | 6/10 | |
| Sparklehorse | Good Morning Spider | (Capitol) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Spatula | Despina By Land | (Squealer) | prog-rock | 6/10 | |
| Specials | Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent | (MCA) | Genre | /10 | |
| Species Being | Yonilicious | (Grauspace) | progressive | 7/10 | |
| Spinanes | Arches And Aisles | (Subpop) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| Spiny Anteaters | Last Supper | (Ba Da Bing) | Genre | 6/10 | R |
| Spleen | Little Scratches | (Swarf Finger) | prog-rock | 7/10 | |
| Split Lip Rayfield | Split Lip Rayfield | (Bloodshot) | alt-country | 6/10 | |
| Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky | Viral Sonata | (Asphodel) | electronica | 7/10 | |
| Spoon | A Series Of Sneaks | (Elektra) | pop | 6/10 | |
| Sportsguitar | Happy Already | (Matador) | lo-fi pop | 6/10 | |
| Squarepusher | Music Is Rotted One Note | (Warp) | jungle | 6/10 | |
| Squirrel Nut Zippers | Perennial Favorites | (Mammoth) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Stabbing Westward | Darkest Days | (Columbia) | industrial | 5/10 | |
| Stanford Prison Experiment | Wrecreation | (Island) | post-hardcore | 5/10 | |
| Stars Of The Lid & Jon McCafferty | Per Aspera Ad Astra | (Kranky) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Steppes | Gods Men And Ghost | (Delerium) | psychedelic | 5/10 | |
| Stereo Total | Stereo Total | (Bungalow) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Stereo Total | Juke-Box-Alarm | (Bungalow) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Stereolab | Aluminum Tunes | (Warp) | Alternative rock | 6/10 | |
| Steve Roach | & Roger King Dust To Dust | (Projekt) | Genre | 7/10 | M |
| Steven Halpern, Fabien Maman | The Sacred Chorde | (SoundRx) | Genre | /10 | |
| Steven Smith | Autumn Is The End | (Darla) | instrumental | 6/10 | |
| Stratvm Terror | ma Pain Implantations | (Malignant) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| ST 37 | Secret Society | (Lost) | psychedelic | 5/10 | |
| ST 37 | Spaceage | (Black Widow) | psychedelic | 6/10 | |
| Jim Steinman | Tanz der Vampire | (Polydor) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Izzy Stradlin | 117 | (Geffen) | heavy metal | 5/10 | |
| Kenneth Stringfellow | This Sounds Like Goodbye | (Hidden Agenda) | lo-fi pop | 4/10 | |
| Styrenes | We Care So You Don't Have To | (Scat) | Genre | 7/10 | B |
| Styrenes | All The Wrong People Are Dying | (Overground) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Subarachnoid Space | Endless Renovation | (Release) | Genre | 8/10 | R |
| Sublime | Stand by Your Van | (MCA) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Sue Garner | To Run More Smoothly | (Thrill Jockey) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Sugarsmack | Tank Top City | (Sire) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Suicide Machines | Battle Hymns | (Sony) | ska-punk | 5/10 | |
| Sulfur | Delirium Tremens | (Goldenfly) | Genre | 7/10 | R |
| Andy Summers | The Last Dance Of Mr X | (RCA) | Genre | 5/10 | R |
| Sun City Girls | Dulce | (Abduction) | psychedelic | 5/10 | |
| Sunday Munich | Pneuma | (Kyat) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Sunny Day Real Estate | How It Feels To Be Something On | (SubPop) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Super Furry Animals | Out Spaced | (Creation) | Brit-pop | 4/10 | |
| Superdrag | Head Trip In Every Key | (Elektra) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Supernova | Rox | (Amphetamine Reptile) | power-pop | 5/10 | |
| Svasti-ayanam | Sanklesa | (Crowd Control Activities) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Swell | For All The Beautiful People | (Beggars Banquet) | folk-pop | 5/10 | |
| Swervedriver | 99th Dream | (Zero Hour) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| System Of A Down | System of a Down | (Sony) | metal | 6/10 | |
| Ui | Lifelife | (Southern) | post-rock | 6/10 | |
| Ultra Bide' | Super Milk | (Alternative Tentacles) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Ultra Bide | Super Milk | (Alternative Tentacles) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Ultramarine | A User's Guide | (New Electronica) | ambient house | 6/10 | |
| Ulver | Themes From William Blake | (Jester) | prog-metal | 7/10 | |
| Unbelievable Truth | Almost Here | (Virgin) | pop | 4/10 | |
| Underworld | Beaucoup Fish | (V2) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| UnFolkUs | UnFolkUs | (Unit Circle Rekkids) | instrumental | 6/10 | |
| U.N.K.L.E. | Psyence Fiction | (Mo Wax) | illbient | 5/10 | |
| Unsane | Occupational Hazard | (Relapse) | Genre | 7/10 | R |
| Unwound | Challenge For A Civilized Society | (Kill Rock Stars) | noise-rock | 7/10 | |
| Usurei Yatsura | Slain By | (Che) | lo-fi pop | 5/10 | |
| Uzeda | Different Section Wires | (Touch And Go) | Genre | /10 | |
| Mika Vainio | Onko | (Touch) | electronica | 6/10 | |
| Vajra | Sravaka | (PSF) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Vandalias | Buzzbomb | (Big Deal) | power-pop | 5/10 | |
| Vandermark 5 | Target Dr Flag | (Atavistic) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Varnaline | Sweet Life | (Zero Hour) | country-pop | 6/10 | |
| Vas | Offerings | (Narada) | Genre | /10 | |
| Vas Deferens Organization | Queas And Art | (Eerie Materials) | psychedelic | 7/10 | |
| Sven Vath | Fusion | (Ultra) | techno | 6/10 | |
| Vega, Vaisanen, Vainio | Endless | (Blast First) | electronica | 6/10 | |
| Versus | Two Cents Plus Tax | (Caroline) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| VAST | Visual Audio Sensory Theatre | (Elektra) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Vidna Obmana | Crossing The Trail | (Projekt) | Genre | 7/10 | M |
| Village Of Savoonga | Score | (Hausmusik) | post-rock | 7/10 | |
| Vocokesh | Paradise Revisited | (Drag City) | Genre | 7/10 | R |
| Christian Vogel | All Music Has Come To An End | (Tresor) | techno | 6/10 | |
| Voice Of Eye | Live | (Anomalous) | ambient | 6/10 | |
| Voices Of Kwahn | Operation Dismantled Sun | (Swarffinger) | electronica | 6/10 | |
| Voluptuous Horror | Black Date | (Cleopatra) | noise-rock | 5/10 | |
| Voltaire | The Devil's Bris | (Projekt) | Genre | 6.5/10 | |
| Chris Von Sneidern | Wood And Wire | (Mod Lang) | pop | 6/10 | |
| Voodoo Glow Skulls | Band Geek Mafia | (Epitaph) | ska-core | 7/10 | |
| Vox | Divine Rites | (Hearts Of Space) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| VVV | Endless | (Blast First) | electro-billy | 6/10 | |
| Wagon Christ | Tally Ho! | (Astralwerks) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Rufus Wainwright | Rufus Wainwright | (Dreamworks) | songwriter | 7/10 | |
| We | Square Root Of Negative One | (Asphodel) | drum'n'bass | 4/10 | |
| Whale | All Disco Dance Must End In Broken Bones | (Virgin) | dance | 6/10 | |
| White Winged Moth | Ribbon Arcade | (Formacentric) | avant-rock | 6/10 | |
| Chris Whitley | Dirt Floor | (Messenger) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Willard Grant Conspiracy | Flying Low | (Rykodisc) | alt-country | 5/10 | |
| Will Ackerman | Sound Of Wind Driven Rain | (Windham Hill) | Genre | /10 | |
| Lucinda Williams | Car Wheels On A Gravel Road | (Mercury) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Robbie Williams | I've Been Expecting You | (Chrysalis) | pop | 5/10 | |
| Victoria Williams | Musings Of A Creekdipper | (Atlantic) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Windy And Carl | Depths | (Kranky) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Jah Wobble | Light Programme | (30hertz) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Jah Wobble | Umbra Sumus | (30hertz) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Wod | No Peace Without The Beat | (21st Circuitry) | industrial | 6/10 | |
| Wondermints | Bali | (EMI) | pop | 6/10 | |
| William Kantner Woods | Doctor's Dilemma | (Fat Note) | Genre | /10 | |
| Trisha Yearwood | Where Your Road Leads | (MCA) | Genre | 4/10 | |
| Susumu Yokota | Magic Thread | (Skintone) | ambient | 6/10 | |
| Otomo Yoshihide | Vinyl Tranquilizer | (Noise Asia) | noise | 4/10 | |
| You Fantastic | Homesickness | (Skin Graft) | instrumental | 6/10 | |
| Young Composers Collective | Young Composers Collective | (Unlabeled) | prog-rock | 6/10 | |
| Richard Youngs | Sapphie | (label) | post-rock | 6/10 | |
| Yume Bitsu | Giant Surface Music Falling | (Ba Da Bing) | psych-rock | 7/10 | |
| Zeke | Kicked In The Teeth | (Epitaph) | Genre | 7/10 | R |
| Zena Sheck | Good Luck Suckers | (Skin Graft) | noise-pop | 5/10 | |
| Zen Guerrilla | Positronic Raygun | (Alternative Tentacles) | Genre | 7/10 | |
| Zoviet France | Mort Aux Vaches | (Staalplaat) | industrial | 5/10 | |
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| M = Mjuzik
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