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Village Voice Pazz & Jop (USA)

1. Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Mercury)
2. Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
3. Bob Dylan: Live 1966 (Columbia/Legacy)
4. Billy Bragg & Wilco: Mermaid Avenue (Elektra)
5. Elliott Smith: XO (DreamWorks)
6. OutKast: Aquemini (LaFace)
7. PJ Harvey: Is This Desire? (Island)
8. Air: Moon Safari (Carolinie)
9. Beastie Boys: Hello Nasty (Grand Royal)
10. Rufus Wainwright: Rufus Wainwright (DreamWorks)
11. Beck: Mutations (DGC)
12. R.E.M.: Up (Warner Bros.)
13. Belle and Sebastian: The Boy with the Arab Strap (Matador)
14. Hole: Celebrity Skin (DGC)
15. Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Merge)
16. Massive Attack: Mezzanine (Virgin)
17. Liz Phair: Whitechocolatespaceegg (Matador/Capitol)
18. Elvis Costello with Burt Bachrach: Painted from Memory (Mercury)
19. Garbage: Version 2.0 (Almo Sounds)
20. Mercury Rev: Deserter's Songs (V2)
21. Madonna: Ray of Light (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
22. Pulp: This Is Hardcore (Island)
23. Cat Power: Moon Pix (Matador)
24. Black Star: Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star (Rawkus)
25. Quasi: Featuring "Birds" (Up)
26. Jay-Z: Vol. 2 . . . Hard Knock Life (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam)
27. Vic Chesnutt: The Salesman and Bernadette (Capricorn)
28. Bruce Springsteen: Tracks (Columbia)
29. Gang Starr: Moment of Truth (Noo Trybe)
30. Eels: Electro-Shock Blues (DreamWorks)
31. Ozomatli: Ozomatli (Almo Sounds)
32. Robert Wyatt: Shleep (Thirsty Ear)
33. Gillian Welch: Hell Among the Yearlings (Almo Sounds)
34. Monster Magnet: Powertrip (A&M)
35. Sheryl Crow: The Globe Sessions (A&M)
36. Rancid: Life Won't Wait (Epitaph)
37. Cornelius: Fantasma (Matador)
38. Pernice Brothers: Overcome by Happiness (Sub Pop)
39. Olu Dara: In the World: From Natchez to New York (Atlantic)
40. Marilyn Manson: Mechanical Animals (Nothing/Interscope)



OOR (The Netherlands)

1. Massive attack - Mezzanine
2. Elliott Smith - XO
3. Air - Moon safari
4. Lauryn Hill - The miseducation of
5. Beastie boys - Hello nasty
6. Madonna - Ray of light
7. Calexico - The black light
8. UNKLE - Psyenche fiction
9. Manic street preachers - This is my truth, tell me yours
10. Beck - Mutations
11. Postmen - Documents
12. Johnny Dowd - Wrong side of Memphis
Sparklehorse - Good morning spider
14. Caesar - No rest for the alonely
15. Placebo - Without you I'm nothing
16. Lucinda Williams - Car wheels on a gravel road
17. Soulwax - Much against everybody's advice
18. Marilyn Manson - Mechanical animals
19. Fatboy Slim - You've come a long way
20. Belle and Sebastian - The boy with the Arab strap
21. Mercury Rev - Deserter's song
22. Gorki - Ik ben aanwezig
23. Talvin Singh - OK
24. Extince - Binnenlandse funk
25. Smashing pumpkins - Adore
26. Ex - Starters alternators
27. Zita Swoon - I paint pictures on a wedding dress
28. Monster Magnet - Powertrip
29. # - The freestylers files 2
K's choice - Cocoon crash
31. Alanis Morissette - Supposed former infatuation junkie
Rhapsody - Symphony of enchanted lands
33. R.E.M. - Up
34. Ayreon - Into the electric castle (a space opera)
Motorpsycho - Trust us
36. Grooverider - Mysteries of funk
Nilsson - Nilsson
38. 4 hero - Two pages
Pulp - This is hardcore
Jon Spencer blues explosion - Acme
41. PJ Harvey - Is this desire?
Jonny L - Magnetic
43. Solex - Solex vs. the Hitmeister
44. Nick Lowe - Dig my mood
45. Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach - Painted from memory
46. Cornelius - Fantasma
47. Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
Ice Cube - War & peace, vol. 1
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Walking into Clarksdale
50. Fun lovin' criminals - 100% Colombian



NME (UK)

1. Mercury Rev – Deserters Songs
2. Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty
3. Beck – Mutations
4. Air – Moon Safari
5. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
6. Elliott Smith – Either Or
7. Pulp – This Is Hardcore
8. Royal Trux – Accelerator
9. Jurassic 5 – Jurassic 5
10. Leila – Like Weather
11. Sparklehorse – Good Morning Spider
12. Embrace – The Good Will Out
13. Six By Seven – The Things We Make
14. Babybird – There’s Something Going On
15. Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap
16. Boards Of Canada – Music Has The Right To Children
17. Arab Strap – Philophobia
18. Quasi – Featuring Birds
19. The Afghan Whigs – 1965
20. Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come A Long Way Baby
21. Lo-Fidelity Allstars – How To Operate With A Blown Mind
22. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
23. Idlewild – Hope Is Important
24. Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
25. Placebo – Without You I’m Nothing
26. R.E.M. – Up
27. Madonna – Ray Of Light
28. Spritualized - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
29. Bob Dylan – Live 1966:The Royal Albert Hall Concert
30. Catatonia – International Velvet
31. Black Box Recorder – England Made Me
32. Elliott Smith – Xo
33. Quickspace – Precious Falling
34. Jeff Buckley – Sketches (For My Sweetheart The Drunk)
35. Hole – Celebrity Skin
36. Kid Loco – A Grand Love Story
37. The Third Eye Foundation – You Guys Kill Me
38. UNKLE – Psyence Fiction
39. The Boo Radleys – Kingsize
40. Sonic Youth – A Thousand Leaves
41. Tarwater – Silur
42. Ash – Nu-Clear Sounds
43. MKD – Open Transport
44. Goodspeed You Black Emperor – F#A#00
45. Garbage – Version 2
46. Fugazi – End Hits
47. Hefner – Breaking Gods Heart
48. Gomez – Bring It On
49. Mansun – Six
50. Robbie Williams – I’ve Been Expecting You



Rolling Stone (USA)

1. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
2. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
3. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
4. Beck - Mutations
5. Jay-Z - Vol. 2. .... Hard Knock Life



Hot Press (Ireland)

1. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
2. R.E.M. - Up
3. Manic street Preachers - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
4. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
5. Sparklehorse - Good Morning Spider



Kerrang (UK)

1. Monster Magnet - Powertrip
2. Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
3. System Of A Down - System Of A Down
4. Soulfly - Soulfly
5. Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age
6. Mark Lanegan - Scraps At Midnight
7. Garbage - Version 2.0
8. Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
9. Cold - Cold
10. Idlewild - Hope Is Important
11. Ash - Nu-Clear Sounds
12. Backyard Babies - Total 13
13. Nashville Pussy - Let Them Eat Pussy
14. Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
15. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
16. Therapy? - Semi-Detached
17. Clutch - The Elephant Riders
18. Sepultura - Against
19. Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
20. Pearl Jam - Yield



Melody Maker (UK)

1. Catatonia – International Velvet
2. Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty
3. Mercury Rev – Deserters Songs
4. Pulp – This Is Hardcore
5. Air Moon Safari
6. Beck – Mutations
7. Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap
8. Ash – Nu-Clear Sounds
9. Fun Lovin’ Criminals – 100% Colombian
10. Sparkelehorse –Good Morning Spider
11. Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come A Long Way Baby
12. Morcheeba – Big Calm
13. Gomez – Bring It On
14. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
15. Embrace – The Good Will Out
16. Low Fidelity Allstars – How To Operate With A Blown Mind
17. Money Mark – Push The Button
18. Asian Dub Foundation – Rafi’s Revenge
19. Jurassic 5 – Jurassic 5
20. Propellerheads – Deckanddrumsandrockandroll
21. Idlewild – Hope Is Important
22. R.E.M. – Up
23. Mansun – Six
24. Placebo – Without You I’m Nothing
25. Unkle – Psyence Fiction
26. Boo Radleys – Kingsize
27. The Divine Comedy – Fin De Siecle
28. Kenickie – Get In!
29. Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
30. Garbage – Version 2.0
31. The Bluetones – Return To The Last Chance Saloon
32. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
33. The Cardigans – Gran Turismo
34. Pj Harvey – Is This Desire
35. The Audience – The Audience
36. Elliott Smith – Xo
37. Black Box Recorder – England Made Me
38. The Dandy Warhols – Come Down
39. Rialto – Rialto
40. Scott 4 – Recorded In State LP
41. Royal Trux – Accelerator
42. Space – Tin Planet
43. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Acme
44. Smashing Pumpkins – Adore
45. Freak*On*Ice – Girls Against Boys
46. Fugazi – End Hits
47. Eels – Electro Shock Blues
48. Wheat - Medeiros
49. Freestylers – We Rock Hard
50. Kent – Isola



The Face (UK)

1) Air ~ Moon Safari
2) Gomez ~ Bring It On
3) Lauryn Hill ~ The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
4) Mercury Rev ~ Deserter's Songs
5) Money Mark ~ Push The Button
6) Jurassic 5 ~ Jurassic 5
7) Black Box Recorder ~ England Made Me
8) Massive Attack ~ Mezzanine
9) Danny Tenaglia ~ Tourism
10) The Beta Band ~ The Three Eps
11) Beastie Boys ~ Hello Nasty
12) Manic Street Preachers ~ This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
13) Pulp ~ This Is Hardcore
14) Embrace ~ The Good Will Out
15) Sparkte ~ Be Careful
15) Terry Callier ~ Timepeace
17) Roe And Christian ~ Northern Sulphuric Soul
18) Beck ~ Mutations
19) UNKLE ~ Psyence Fiction
20) Smashing Pumpkins ~ Adore



Spex (Germany)

1. Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth
2. Jurassic 5 - Dito
3. A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement
4. 4 Hero - 2 Pages
5. Air - Moon Safari
6. Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman - Showcase
7. Saint Etienne - Good Humor
8. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
9. Theo Parrish - First Floor
10. Bobby Conn - Rise Up
11. Forever Sweet - Geben & Nehmen
12. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
13. Aceyalone - A Book Of Human Language
14. Madonna - Ray Of Light
15. Wunder - Dito
16. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of ...
17. The Notwist - Shrink
18. Doctor L - Exploring The Inside World
19. Plastikman - Consumed
20. Hollis - Dito
21. Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are ...
22. Gas - Zauberberg
23. Sensorama - Love
24. Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap
25. Herbert With Dani Siciliano - Around The House
26. X-Executioneers - X-Pression
27. Costello/Bacharach - Painted From Memory
28. Pole - CD 1
29. Add N To X - On The Wires Of Our Nerves
30. High Llamas - Cold And Bouncy
31. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
32. Tortoise - TNT
33. Moodyman - Mahagony Brown
34. Ian Pooley - Meridian
35. Absolute Beginner - Bambule
36. Tommy Guerrero - Loose Grooves & Bastard Blues
37. Concept - 96:CD
38. DJ Assault - Straight Up Detroit Shit Vol. 5
39. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
40. Royal Trux - Accelerator
41. Godspeed - You Black Empereor!: f#a#.
42. Beck - Mutations
43. DJ Hell - Munich Machine
44. RZA As Bobby Digital - In Stereo
45. 5 Sterne Deluxe - Sillium
46. Autechre - Dito
47. C-Rock - Track & Feel
48. Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way Baby
49. Joni Mitchell - Taming The Tiger
50. Cat Power - Moon Pix



HUMO (Belgium)

01. R.E.M. - Up
02. Soulwax - Much against everyone's advice
03. Fun Lovin' Criminals - 100% Colombian
04. Portishead - Roseland NYC live
05. Pearl Jam - Yield
06. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
07. Mercury Rev - Deserter's song
08. Jeff Buckley - Sketches for my sweetheart, the drunk
09. Madonna - Ray of light
10. Lauryn Hill - The miseducation of Lauryn Hill
11. The Artist - New power soul
12. Pearl Jam - Live on two legs
13. Joni Mitchell - Taming the tiger
14. Beck - Mutations
15. Bob Dylan - Live 1966 : The Royal Albert Hall Concert



Q (UK)

No ranking, just in alphabetical order.

• Air – Moon Safari
• Tori Amos – From The Choirgirl Hotel
• Ash – Nu-Clear Sounds
• Buju Banton – Inna Heights
• Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty
• The Beautiful South – Quench
• Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap
• Belly Bragg & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue
• Michael Brecker Quartet – Two Blocks From The Edge
• Jeff Buckley – Sketches For (My Sweetheart The Drunk)
• Bernard Butler – People Move On
• Canibus – Can-I-Bus
• Catatonia – International Velvet
• The Corrs – Talk On Corners
• Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach – Painted From Memory
• Sheryl Crow – The Globe Sessions
• Embrace – The Good Will Out
• Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come A Long Way Baby
• Neil Finn – Try Whistling This
• Garbage – Version 2.0
• Philip Glass – Kundun
• Gomez – Bring It On
• Lauryn Hill – The Miseducaction Of Lauryn Hill
• Hole – Celebrity Skin
• Ifang Bondi – Gis Gis
• Madonna – Ray Of Light
• Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours
• Marilyn Manson – Mechanical Animals
• Massive Attack – Mezzanine
• Maxwell – Embrya
• Mercury Rev – Deserters Songs
• Alanis Morissette – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
• Willie Nelson – Teatro
• Page And Plant – Walking Into Clarksdale
• Placebo – Without You I’m Nothing
• Propellerheads – Decksanddrumsandrockandroll
• Pulp – This Is Hardcore
• Rae & Christian – Northern Sulphuric Soul
• R.E.M. – Up
• Semisonic – Feeling Strangely Fine
• Smashing Pumpkins – Adore
• Elliot Smith – Xo
• Space – Tin Planet
• Usher – My Way
• Robbie Williams – I’ve Been Expecting You

Reissues
• The Beta Band – The 3 EP’s
• Bob Dylan – Bootleg Series Vol. 4 & 5 – The Royal Albert Hall Concert
• Derrick May – Innovator



Rock de Lux (Spain)

1 Manu Chao: Clandestino
2 Mercury Rev: Deserter's Songs
3 Leila: Like Weather
4 Royal Trux: Accelerator
5 R.E.M: Up
6 Pulp: This Is Hardcore
7 Pascal Comelade: L'argot du bruit
8 Gorky's Zygotic Mynci: Gorky 5
9 The Flaming Lips: Zaireeka
10 Arab Strap: Philophobia
11 The Third Eye Foundation: You Guys Kill Me
12 Rhythm & Sound with Tikiman: Showcase
13 Freestylers: We Rock Hard
14 D J Spooky: Riddim Warfare
15 Billy Bragg & Wilco: Mermaid Avenue
16 Company Flow: Funcrusher Plus
17 The Afghan Whigs: 1965
18 Pole: CD1
19 Deep Dish: Junk Science
20 Plush: More You Becomes You



Musikexpress (Germany)

1. Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way, Baby
2. Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
3. Air - Moon Safari
4. Jewel - Spirit
5. Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap
6. Unkle - Psyence Fiction
7. Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth
8. 4 Hero - Two Pages
9. Beck - Mutations
10. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
11. The Notwist - Shrink
12. Propellerheads - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll
13. DJ Hell - Munich Machine
14. Madonna - Ray Of Light
15. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Acme
16. R.E.M. - Up
17. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
18. Tortoise - TNT
19. Lambchop - What Another Man Spills
20. Goldie - Saturnz Return
21. Garbage - Version 2.0
22. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
23. High Llamas - Cold & Bouncy
24. The Dandy Warhols - Come Down
25. Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
26. Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
27. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
28. A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement
29. Whirlpool Prod. - ???
30. Fünf Sterne Deluxe - Sillium
31. The Cardigans - Gran Turismo
32. Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
33. Fishmob - Power
34. Faithless - Sunday 8 pm
35. Moloko - I'm Not A Doctor
36. Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground
37. Scott Weiland - 12 Bar Blues
38. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
39. Die Aeronauten - Honolulu
40. Lucinda Williams - Wheels On A Gravel Road
41. Talvin Singh - O.K.
42. Embrace - The Good Will Out
43. Bran Van 3000 - Glee
44. Korn - Follow The Leader
45. Robbie Williams - I've Been Expecting You
46. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
47. Herbert Grönemeyer - Bleibt alles anders
48. Elliott Smith - XO
49. Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot
50. Fun Lovin' Criminals - 100% Colombian



Dagsavisen (Norway)

Album of the year: Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs



Select (UK)

1. Air – Moon Safari
2. Pulp – This Is Hardcore
3. Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap
4. Gomez – Bring It On
5. Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come A Long Way Baby
6. Catatonia – International Velvet
7. Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours
8. The Beta Band – The 3 EP’s
9. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
10. Black Box Recorder – England Made Me
11. Michael Head – The Magical World Of The Strands
12. Elliot Smith – Either/Or
13. The Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty
14. Placebo – Without You I’m Nothing
15. Money Mark – Push The Button
16. Ash – Nu-Clear Sounds
17. The Delgados – Pelaton
18. Madonna – Ray Of Light
19. Fun Lovin’ Criminals – 100% Colombian
20. Jurassic 5 – Jurassic 5
21. Mercury Rev – Deserters Songs
22. Garbage – Version 2
23. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
24. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Acme
25. Canibus – Can-I-Bus
26. The Divine Comedy – Fin De Siecle
27. Moodymann – Mahogany Brown
28. Dario G – Sunmachine
29. Earl Brutus – Tonight You Are The Special One
30. Royal Trux – Accelerator



SPIN (USA)

1. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
2. Elliott Smith - XO
3. Outkast - Aquemini
4. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
5. Air - Moon Safari
6. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
7. Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
8. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
9. Garbage - Version 2.0
10. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
11. Hole - Celebrity Skin
12. Quasi - Featuring "Birds"
13. Tori Amos - From The Choirgirl Hotel
14. Plastikman - Consumed
15. R.E.M. - Up
16. Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
17. Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright
18. Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way Baby
19. Unkle - Psyence Fiction
20. Local H - Pack Up The Cats



Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll (Canada)

1. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
2. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
3. Elliott Smith - XO
4. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
5. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
6. PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
7. Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
8. Air - Moon Safari
9. Sloan - Navy Blues
10. Hole - Celebrity Skin
11. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
12. Afghan Whigs - 1965
13. Madonna - Ray of Light
14. Talvin Singh - OK
15. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
16. Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright
17. Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
18. Golden Smog - Weird Tales
19. Boards of Canada - Music Has a Right to Children
20. R.E.M. - Up



Pop (Sweden)

1. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
2. Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
3. The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers - The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers
4. Arab Strap - Philophobia
5. A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement
6. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
7. Red Rat - Oh No... It's Red Rat
8. Lambchop - What Another Man Spills
9. Cornelius - Fantasma
10. Silver Jews - American Water
11. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
12. Belle and Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
13. Moodyman - Mahogany Brown
14. Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5
15. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - ACME
16. R Kelly - R.
17. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
18. Bob Hund - Jag rear ut min själ! Allt ska bort!!!
19. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
20. Elloitt Smith - XO
21. Jephte Guillaume - Voyage of Dreams
22. Nick Lowe - Dig My Mood
23. Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach - Painted from Memory
24. Faith Evans - Keep the Faith
25. Money Mark - Push the Button
26. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
27. Gomez - Bring It On
28. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
29. Victoria Williams - Musings of a Creek Dipper
30. RZA as Bobby Digital - RZA as Bobby Digital in Stereo



The Wire (UK)

1. Sonic Youth * A Thousand Leaves (Geffen)
2. Pole * CD 1 (Kiff SM)
3. Gastr Del Sol * Camoufleur (Domino)
4. Godspeed You Black Emperor! * f#a# (Kranky)
5. Tortoise * TNT (City Slang)
6. Arto Lindsay * Noon Chill (Rykodisc)
7. Cornelius * Fantasma (Matador)
8. PhonosycographDISK * Ancient Termites (Bomp Hip-Hop)
9. Plastikman * Consumed (NovaMute)
10. Mark Hollis (Polydor)
11. PJ Harvey * Is This Desire? (Island)
12. Royal Trux * Accelerator (Domino)
13. Mercury Rev * Deserter's Songs (V2)
14. Pluramon * Render Bandits (Mille Plateaux)
15. Tony Conrad * Early Minimalism Vol. 1 (Table of the Elements)
16. Davis S. Ware * Go See The World (Columbia)
17. Chris Watson * Outside The Circle (Touch)
18. Third Eye Foundation * You Guys Kill Me (Domino)
19. Diamanda Galas * Malediction And Prayer (Mute)
20. Rhythm & Sound with Tikiman * Showcaase (Burial Mix)
21. Derek Bailey & Min Xiao-Fen * Viper (Avant)
22. Massive Attack * Mezzanine (Virgin)
23. Boredoms * Super ae (WEA Japan)
24. Fushitsusha * Withdrawe, This SableDisclosure Ere Devot'd (Victo)
25. Gas * Zauberberg (Mille Plateaux)
26. Two Dollar Guitar * Train Songs (Smells Like Records)
27. Black Star * Mos Def Talib Kweli Are Black Star (Rawkus)
28. Add N To X * On The Wires Of Our Nerves (Satellite)
29. Bang On A Can * Music For Airports (Point)
30. David Tudor * Rainforest (Mode)
31. Alan Licht & Loren MazzaCane Connors * Hoffman Estates (Drag City)
32. Ryuichi Sakamoto * Love Is The Devil OST (Asphodel)
33. Kreidler * Appearance And The Park (Kiff SM)
34. Pere Ubu * Pennsylvania (Cooking Vinyl)
35. Pulp * This Is Hardcore (Island)
36. Coil * Time Machiens (Eskaton)
37. Various Artists * Decay Product (Chain Reaction)
38. Chicago Underground Duo * 12" Of Freedom (Thrill Jockey)
39. Mix Master Mike * Anti-Theft Device (Asphodel)
40. Die Like A Dog Quartet * Little Birds Have Fast Hearts (FMP)
41. Terre Thaemlitz * Means From An End (Mille Plateaux)
42. Req * Frequency Jams (Skint)
43. Acid Mothers Temple And The Melting Paraiso UFO (PSF)
44. Money Mark * Push The Button (Mo' Wax)
45. David Grubbs * The Thicket (Drag City)
46. Arnold Dreyblatt * The Sound Of One String (Table Of The Elements)
47. Vega Vainio Vaisanen * Endless (Blast First)
48. Slapp Happy * Ca Va (V2)
49. Ester Brinkmann * 8+1 (Suppose)
50. Martin Klapper & Roger Turner * Recent Croaks (Acta)



Les Inrockuptibles (France)

1. Mercury Rev : Deserter's songs
2. Rufus Wainwright : Rufus Wainwright
3. Beck : Mutations
4. Massive Attack : Mezzanine
5. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion : Acme
6. Leila : Like weather
7. R.E.M. : Up
8. Manu Chao : Clandestino
9. Elliot Smith : XO
10. Placebo : Without you I'm nothing
11. Mark Hollis : Mark Hollis
12. The Third Eye Foundation : You guys kill me
13. Portishead : Live Roseland NYC
14. Black Box Recorder : England made me
15. Jurassic 5 : J5
16. Tue-Loup : La bancale
17. Roudoudou : Tout l'univers ( listerner's digest )
18. Cornelius : Fantasma
19. Alain Bashung : Fantaisie Militaire
20. P.J. Harvey : Is this desire ?
21. Stephen Duffy : I love my friends
22. Morcheeba : Big calm
23. Sparklehorse : Good morning spider
24. Sunhouse : Crazy on the week end
25. Kruder & Dorfmeister : The K & D sessions
26. Garbage : Version 2.0
27. Bran Van 3000 : Glee
28. The Smashing Pumpkins : Adore
29. Air : Moon safari
30. Boo Radleys : Kingsize
31. Cat Power : Moon pix
32. Perry Blake : Perry Blake
33. Tarwater : Silur
34. Freestylers : We rock hard
35. Lo-Fidelity Allstars : How to operate with a blown mind
36. Pulp : This is hardcore
37. Tortoise : TNT
38. Calexico : The black light
39. Jeff Buckley : Sketches for my sweetheart the drunk
40. The Beta Band : 3 ep's
41. The Dandy Wharhols : Come down
42. Drugstore : White magic for lovers
43. Miossec : A prendre
44. Beastie Boys : Hello nasty
45. Johnny Dowd : West of Memphis
46. U.N.K.L.E : Psyence fiction
47. Talvin Singh : OK
48. Rae & Christian : Northers sulphuric soul
49. The Little Rabbits : Yeah !
50. Cosmo Vitelli : Vidéo

Rocksound (France)

1. Korn : Follow the leader
2. Marilyn Manson : Mechanical animals
3. Placebo : Without you, I'm nothing
4. Jeff Buckley : Sketches ( for my sweatheart, the drunk )
5. Fear Factory : Obsolete
6. Pearl Jam : Yield
7. Smashing Pumpkins : Adore
8. Hole : Celebrity skin
9. System of a down : system of a down
10. Afghan Whigs : 1965
11. Refused : The shape of punk to come
12. Garbage : Version 2.0
13. Monster Magnet : Powertrip
14. R.E.M. : Up
15. Nada Surf : The proximity effect
16. Manu Chao : Clandestino
17. Beastie Boys : Hello nasty
18. Rancid : Life don't wait
19. Pearl Jam : Live
20. Harvey Danger : Where have all the merrymakers gones ?
21. Elliot Smith : XO
22. Nashville Pussy : Let them eat pussy
23. Beck : Mutations
24. Cradle of Filth : Cruekty and the beast
25. Eels : Elektro shock blues
26. Faith no More : Who cares a lot ?
27. Soulfy : The song remains insane
28. U.N.K.L.E : Psyencefiction
29. Orgy : Candyass
30. Dandy Wharols : Come down
31. Heather Nova : Siren
32. The Gathering : How to measure planet ?
33. Unbelievable truth : Almost here
34. Massive Attack : Mezzanine
35. The Goo Goo Dolls : Dizzy up the girl
36. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion : Acme
37. Vision of Disorder : Imprint
38. Everclear : So much for the afterglow
39. Slayer : Diabolus in musica
40. Far :Water & solutions
41. Alanis Morissette : Supposed formerinfatuation junkie
42. Girls against Boys : Freak-on-Ica
43. SIN : Noisy pipes lovely noises
44. Rocket from the Crypt : RFTC
45. Depeche Mode : Best of
46. Burning Heads : Be one with the flames
47. Sonic Youth : A thousand leaves
48. Peace Love & Pitbulls : 3
49. Manic Street Preachers : This is my truth...
50. PJ Harvey : Is this desire ?
51. Metallica : Garage inc



Magnet (USA)

(No ranking)

Archers of Loaf- White Trash Heroes
Beck- Mutations
Blonde Redhead - In An Expression of the Inexpressible
Calexico - The Black Light
Caustic Resin- The Medicine is All Gone
Richard Davies - Telegraph
Dirty Three - Ocean Songs
Godspeed You Black Emperor! -f#a#�
Jack Drag - Dopebox
Mercury Rev - Deserter’s Songs
Roy Montgomery - And Now the Ran Sounds Like Life is Falling Down Through It
Pernice Brothers - Overcome By Happiness
Robert Pollard- Waved Out
Quasi - Featuring "Birds"
Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves
Spinanes - Arches and Aisles
Sunny Day Real Estate - How it Feels To Be Something On
Tortoise - TNT
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces
Unkle - Psyence Fiction



Mojo (UK)

1. Beck ~ Mutations
2. Gomez ~ Bring It On
3. Air ~ Moon Safari
4. Massive Attack ~ Mezzanine
5. Money Mark ~ Push The Button
6. Mercury Rev ~ Deserter’s Songs
7. Lucinda Williams ~ Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
8. Bob Dylan ~ Live 1966
9. Nick Lowe ~ Dig My Mood
10. Elliott Smith ~ Xo
11. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Mr. Love Pants
12. Spritualized ~ Live At The Albert Hall
13. The Beta Band ~ The 3 EP’s
14. R.E.M. ~ Up
15. Sunhouse ~ Crazy On The Weekend
16. Rufus Wainwright ~ Rufus Wainwright
17. Jeff Buckley ~ Sketches (For My Sweetheart The Drunk)
18. Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach ~ Painted From Memory
19. Garbage ~ Version 2
20. Superstar ~ Palm Tree
21. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion ~ Acme
22. Sheryl Crow ~ The Globe Sessions
23. Pulp ~ This Is Hardcore
24. Lambchop ~ What Another Man Spills
25. Eric Matthews ~ Lateness Of The Hour
26. Gillian Welch ~ Hell Among The Yearlings
27. Vic Chesnutt ~ The Salesman And The Bernadette
28. Smashing Pumpkins ~ Adore
29. Victoria Williams ~ Musings Of A Creekdipper
30. Eels ~ Electro Shock Blues
31. Sparklehorse ~ Good Morning Spider
32. Manic Street Preachers ~ This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours
33. Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci ~ V
34. Grant Lee Buffalo ~ Jubilee
35. Beastie Boys ~ Hello Nasty
36. Ash ~ Nu-Clear Sounds
37. Madonna ~ Ray Of Light
38. Lyle Lovette ~ Step Inside This House
39. Page & Plant ~ Walking Into Clarkside
40. Belle & Sebastian ~ The Boy With The Arab Strap



Muzik (UK)

1. Air: Moon Safari
2. Beastie Boys: Hello Nasty
3. The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
4. Jurassic 5 EP
5. Deep Dish: Junk Science
6. Leila: Like Weather
7. Fatboy Slim: You've Come A Long Way, Baby
8. Danny Tengalia: Tourism
9. Propellorheads: Decksanddrumsandrockandroll
10. Maxwell: Embrya
11. Beta Band: Three EPs
12. Rae & Christian: Northen Sulphuric Soul
13. Black Eyed Peas: Behind The Front
14. Faithless: Sunday 8 PM
15. Sizzla: Black Woman & Child
16. Vegas Soul: Pure
17. Groove Armada: Northern Star
18. Herbert: Around The House
19. Boards Of Canada: Music Has The Right To Children
20. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
21. Freestylers: We Rock Hard
22. Massive Attack: Mezzanine
23. Red Snapper: Making Bones
24. Morcheeba: Dead Calm
25. House Of 909: The Children We Were
26. Unkle: Psyence Fiction
27. Swayzak: Snowboarding In Argentina
28. Grooverider: Mysteries Of Funk
29. Lo Fidelity Allstars: How To Operate With A Blown Mind
30. Ed Rush & Optical: Wormhole
31. Asian Dub Foundation: Rafi's Revenge
32. Beck: Mutations
33. A Man Called Adam: Duende
34. 4 Hero: Two Pages
35. Envoy: Where There's Life
36. Fila Brazilla: Power Clown
37. John B: Visions
38. Rza Starring As Bobby Digital
39. Monkey Mafia: Shoot The Boss
40. Ian Pooley: Meridian
41. The Aloof: Seeking Pleasure
42. Total: Kima Keisha & Pam
43. Method Man: Tical 2000: Judgment Day
44. Justice: Viewpoints
45. Skinny: Weekend
46. 16b: Sounds From Another Room
47. Jeff Mills: Purpose Maker Compilation
48. Wamdue Project: Program Yourself
49. Thievery Corporation: Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi
50. Waiwan: Distraction
51. Common Ground
52. Mercury Rev: Deserter's Songs
53. E Dancer: Heavenly
54. Derrick May: Innovator
55. Terry Callier: Timepiece
56. Lionrock: City Delirious
57. Money Mark: Push The Button
58. Tortoise: Tnt
59. King Britt/Sylk 130: When The Funk Hits The Fan
60. The Wiseguys: The Antidote
61. Plantastik: Wak'd
62. Black Jazz Chronicles: Future Ju Ju
63. Deejay Punk-Roc: Chicken Eye
64. R. Kelly: R
65. Gang Starr: Moment Of Truth
66. Jephte Guillaume: Voyage Of Dreams
67. Terry Callier: First Light
68. James Ruskin: Further Design
69. Donna Dee: Spellbound
70. Plastikman: Artifacts B.C.
71. Jori Hulkonnen: The Spirits Inside Me
72. Beverly Knight: Prodigal Sista
73. Madonna: Ray Of Light
74. Baby Mammoth: Another Day At The Orifice
75. Klute: Casual Bodies



Magic (France)

1. Unkle : Psyence fiction
2. Massive Attack : Mezzanine
3. Mercury Rev : Deserter's song
4. Elliot Smith : XO
5. Air : Moon Safari
6. Rae & Christian : Northern Sulphuric Soul
7. Mark Hollis : Mark Hollis
8. Arab Strab : Philophobia
9. Pulp : This is hardcore
10. Plastikman : Consumed
11. Beastie Boys : Hello Nasty
12. Tortoise : TNT
13. Jurassic 5 : J5
14. Lo-Fidelity Allstars : How to operate with a blown mind
15. Leila : Like weather
16. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion : Acme
17. The Boo Radleys : Kingsize
18. Black Box Recorder : England made me
19. Miossec : A prendre
20. Boards of Canada : Music has the right to children
21. Beck : Mutations
22. Perry Blake : Perry Blake
23. Sparklehorse : Good morning spider
24. Placebo : Without you I'm nothing
25. Doctor L : Exploring the inside world
26. Pan American : Pan American
27. Pole : CD 1
28. Baby Bird : There's something going on
29. Garbage : Version 2.0
30. Belle & Sebastian : The boys with the Arab strap
31. Autechre : 5
32. Goldie : Saturnz return
33. Manic Street Preachers : This is my truth tell me yours
34. Herbert : Around the house
35. Spring : The last goodbye
36. Smashing Pumpkins : Adore
37. Freestylers : We rock hard
38. Fugazi : End hits
39. Alain Bashung : Fantaisie militaire
40. Money Mark : Push the button
41. Nada Surf : The proximity effect
42. The Aloof : Seeking Pleasure
43. David Grubbs : The thicket
44. Lewis Parker : Masquerades & silhouettes
45. Tarwater : Silur
46. Madrid : Night clubber
47. Rufus Wainwright : Rufus Wainwright
48. The Notwist : Shrink
49. Six by Seven : The thing we make
50. Yann Tiersen : Le phare



Mixmag (UK)

1. Air – Moon Safari
2. Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come A Long Way Baby
3. Deep Dish – Junk Science
4. Danny Tenaglia – Tourism
5. Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty
6. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
7. Lo-Fidelity Allstars – How To Operate With A Blown Mind
8. Rae & Christian – Northern Sulphuric Soul
9. UNKLE – Psyence Fiction
10. Faithless – Sunday 8pm



Blow Up (Italy)

1) David Grubbs – The Thicket
2) You Fantastic! – Homesickness
3) Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
4) Calexico - The Black Light
5) 16B - Sounds from Another Room
6) Blonde Redhead - In an Expression of the Inexpressible
7) Gastr Del Sol – Camoufleur
8) June of ’44 – Four Great Points
9) Beck – Mutations
10) Vic Chesnutt – The Salesman and Bernadette



Metal Hammer (UK)

1. Monster Magnet - Powertrip
2. Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
3. Pitch Shifter - www.pitchshifter.com
4. Pulkas - Greed
5. Slayer - Diabolus In Musica
6. Fear Factory - Obsolete
7. Soulfly - Soulfly
8. Pearl Jam - Yield
9. Backyard Babies - Total 13
10. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
11. Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
12. Entombed - Same Difference
13. Sepultura - Against
14. Anthrax - Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
15. Dropkick Murphys - Do Or Die
16. Therapy? - Semi-Detached
17. Metallica - Garage Inc.
18. Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
19. Ocean Machine - Biomech
20. Rancid - Life Won’t Wait



Terroriser (UK)

1. The Haunted - The Haunted
2. Anathema - Alternative 4
3. Iron Monkey - Our Problem
4. Monster Magnet - Powertrip
5. Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal To The Flesh
6. Slayer - Diabolus In Musica
7. Vision Of Disorder - Imprint
8. Witchery - Restless And Dead
9. Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age
10. Swans - Swans Are Dead
11. Fear Factory - Obsolete
12. Nile - Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka
13. Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come
14. Sepultura - Against
15. Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
16. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
17. Cryptopsy - Whisper Supremacy
18. Soilent Green - Sewn Mouth Secrets
19. Diamanda Galas - Malediction And Prayer
20. System Of A Down - System Of A Down
21. Anthrax - Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
22. Meshuggah - Chaosphere
23. Kill II This - Deviate
24. Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast
25. Converge - When Forever Comes Crashing
26. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
27. Katatonia - Discouraged Ones
28. Borknagar - The Archaic Curse
29. Beyond Dawn - Revelry
30. The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet?
31. My Dying Bride - 34.788%... Complete
32. Hammerfall - Legacy Of Kings
33. Dillinger Escape Plan - Under The Running Board
34. Mindrot - Soul
35. Enslaved - Blodhemn
36. Earth Crisis - Breed The Killers
37. Avail - Over The James
38. Medulla Nocte - A Conversation Alone
39. Deicide - When Satan Lives
40. Angel Corpse - Exterminate



Rolling Stone (Germany)

1. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On The Gravel Road
2. Bob Dylan - Live 1966
3. Elliot Smith - Either/Or
4. The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
5. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
6. Costello with Bacharach - Painted From Memory
7. Beck - Mutations
8. Calexico - The Black Light
9. Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap
10. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue



Addicted to Noise (Worldwide poll)

1. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill Columbia
2. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Lucinda Williams Mercury
3. Mermaid Avenue, Billy Bragg & Wilco Elektra
4. Bob Dylan 1966, Live at the Royal Albert Hall Columbia
5. Hello Nasty, Beastie Boys Grand Royal
6. XO, Elliott Smith Dreamworks
7. Mutations, Beck Geffen
8. Aquemini, Outkast LaFace
9. Mezzanine, Massive Attack Virgin
10. Up, R.E.M. Warner Bros.
11. Celebrity Skin, Hole Geffen
12. Whitechocolatespaceegg, Liz Phair Matador
13. Version 2.0, Garbage Mushroom/BMG
14. Is This Desire, P.J. Harvey Island
15. Moon Safari, Air Caroline
16. Rufus Wainwright Geffen
17. Deserter's Songs, Mercury Rev V2
18. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel SpinArt
19. The Boy With the Arab Strap, Belle & Sebastian Matador
20. Painted From Memory, Elvis Costello/Burt Bacharach Mercury
20. This is Hardcore, Pulp Virgin
22. Yield, Pearl Jam Epic
23. Tracks, Bruce Springsteen Columbia
24. Ray of Light, Madonna Maverick
25. You've Come A Long Way, Baby, Fat Boy Slim Astralwerks
25. Mechanical Animals, Marilyn Manson Nothing/Interscope
27. Moment of Truth, Gang Starr Noo Trybe/Virgin
28. Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star, Black Star Rawkus
29. Nuggets, Various Artists Rhino
30. Powertrip, Monster Magnet A&M
31. Psyence Fiction, UNKLE Mo Wax
32. Electroshock Blues, The Eels Geffen
32. The Globe Sessions, Sheryl Crow A&M
34. Bring It On, Gomez Hut
34. Hell Among the Yearlings, Gillian Welch Almo
36. From the Choirgirl Hotel Tori Amos
36. Ozomotli Almo Sounds
38. Complete Bitches Brew Recordings, Miles Davis Sony Legacy
39. Teatro, Willie Nelson Island
39. Feeling Strangely Fine, Semisonic MCA
39. "Featuring Birds," Quasi Up
42. Dig My Mood, Nick Lowe Upstart
42. decksandrumsandrockandroll, Propellerheads Dreamworks
42. Rafi's Revenge, Asian Dub Foundation London
42. Still Standing, Goodie Mob LaFace/Arista
42. Fantasma, Cornelius Matador
47. Little Plastic Castles, Ani DiFranco Righteous Babe
47. Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life, Jay-Z Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam
47. Moon Pix, Catpower Matador
47. Pack Up the Cats, Local H Virgin



Uncut (UK)

1. Mercury Rev – Deserters Songs
2. Whiskeytown – Strangers Almanac
3. Air – Moon Safari
4. Gomez – Bring It On
5. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
6. Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 & 5: The Albert Hall Concert
7. Eels – Electro Shock Blues
8. Beck – Mutations
9. Manson – Six
10. Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach – Painted From Memory
11. The Afghan Whigs – 1965
12. Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty
13. Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On Gravel Road
14. Jack – The Jazz Age
15. Lambchop – What Another Man Spills
16. Plush – More Becomes You
17. Sunhouse – Crazy On The Weekend
18. Billy Bragg & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue
19. Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come A Long Way Baby
20. Sparkehorse – Good Morning Spider
21. Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap
22. Calexico – The Black Light
23. Asian Dub Foundation – Rafi’s Revenge
24. The High Llamas – Cold And Bouncy
25. Jeff Buckley – Sketches (For My Sweetheart The Drunk)
26. Jurassic 5 – Jurassic 5
27. Superstar – Palm Tree
28. Pearl Jam – Yield
29. The Beta Band – The 3 EP’s
30. R.E.M. – Up
31. Catatonia – International Velvet
32. Elliot Smith – Either/Or
33. David Mcalmont – A Little Communication
34. PM Dawn – Dearest Christian
35. UNKLE – Psyence Fiction
36. Pulp – This Is Hard Core
37. Saint Etienne – Good Humour
38. Fun Lovin' Criminals
39. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
40. Michael Head & The Strands – The Magical World Of The Strands



Nöjesguiden (Sweden)

1. Belle & Sebastian :The Boy With The Arab Strap
2. Lauryn Hill : The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
3. Pulp : This Is Hardcore
4. Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach : Painted From Memory
5. Beastie Boys : Hello Nasty
6. Terry Callier : TimePeace
7. Elliott Smith : XO
8. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion : Acme
9. Gang Starr : Moment Of Truth
10. Mercury Rev : Deserter´s Songs
11. Jurassic 5 : Jurassic 5
12. Nick Lowe : Dig My Mood
13. Lucinda Williams : Car Wheels On a Gravel Road
14. Jahmali : El Shaddai
15. Beck : Mutations
16. Sizzla : Freedom Cry
17. Money Mark : Push The Button
18. Sonic Youth : A Thousand Leaves
19. Air : Moon Safari
20. Shellac : Terraform
21. Tarwater : Silur
22. The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers : The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers
23. Madonna : Ray of Light
24. Jeff Buckley : Sketches For My Sweetheart the Drunk
25. The Beta Band : The 3 EPs



Mofo (Belgium)

1. Massive Attack : Mezzanine
2. Mercury Rev : Deserter's song
3. P.J. Harvey : Is this desire ?
4. Pulp : This is hardcore
5. Elliot Smith : Neither/Or
6. Smashing Pumpkins : Adore
7. Gomez : Bring it down
8. Mark Hollis : Mark Hollis
9. Miam Monster Miam : Cum at the liquid fancy fair
10. Sophia : The infinite circle



Rumba (Finland)

1. Garbage - Version 2.0
2. Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
3. Madonna - Ray of Light
4. PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
5. Propellerheads - Decksandrumsandrockandroll
6. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
7. Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
8. R.E.M. - Up
9. Elliott Smith - XO
10. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
11. Air - Moon Safari
12. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - ACME
13. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
14. Money Mark - Push the Button
15. Catatonia - International Velvet
16. Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
17. The Afghan Whigs - 1965
18. The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
19. Hole - Celebrity Skin
20. Metallica - Garage Inc.



Rockerilla (Italy)

1. MERCURY REV : Deserter's Song
2. GOMEZ : Bring It On
3. BELLE & SEBASTIAN : The Boy With The Arab Strap
4. SPARKLEHORSE : Good Morning Spider
5. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE : Q.O.T.S.A.



Tip (Germany)

1. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
2. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
3. Tarwater - Silur
4. Air - Moon Safari
5. Elliott Smith - either/or
6. Propellerheads - Deckandrumsandrockandroll
7. Beck - Mutations
8. Calexico - The Black Light
9. Richard Davies - Telegraph
10. Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves
11. Madonna - Ray Of Light
12. Solex - Solex vs. The Hitmeister
13. Joni Mitchell - Taming The Tiger



People (USA)

Lucinda Williams - CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD
Liz Phair - WHITECHOCOLATESPACEEGG
Garbage - VERSION 2.0
Billy Bragg & Wilco - MERMAID AVENUE
Shirley Horne - I REMEMBER MILES
Pussum Dixon - NEW SHEETS
Dixie Chicks - WIDE OPEN SPACES
Public Enemy - HE GOT GAME (soundtrack)
Dwight Yoakam - A LONG WAY HOME
Muryam Mursal - THE JOURNEY



Aftonbladet (Sweden)

1. Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach: Painted from memory
2. Madonna: Ray of light
3. Lauryn Hill: The miseducation of Lauryn Hill
4. Gang Starr: Moment of truth
5. Belle and Sebastian: The boy with the arab strap
6. R.E.M.: Up
7. Golden smog: Weird tales
8. Pulp: This is hardcore
9. Massive attack: Mezzanine
10. Bob hund: Jag rear ut min själ! Allt ska bort!
11. PJ Harvey: Is this desire?
12. Mercury Rev: Deserter’s songs
13. R Kelly: R
14. Beastie Boys: Hello nasty
15. Jurassic 5:
16. Monster Magnet: Powertrip
17. Fastball: All the pain money can buy
18. Lucinda Williams: Car wheels on a gravel road
19. Bernard Butler: People move on
20. Olle Ljungström: Det stora kalaset
21. Sheryl Crow: The globe session
22. Elliott Smith: XO
23. Fatboy Slim: You’ve come a long way baby
24. Billy Bragg & Wilco: Mermaid avenue
25. Manic Street Preachers: This is my truth tell me yours
26. Air: Moon safari
27. The Jesus & Mary Chain: Munki
28 Petter: Mitt sjätte sinne
29. Jennifer Brown: Vera
30. Mary Lou Lord Got no shadow
31. Original Harmony Ridge Creep Dippers
32. Caesar’s Palace: Youth is wasted on the young
33. Sunhouse: Crazy on the weekend
34. A Tribe Called Quest: The love movement
35. Victoria Williams: Musings of a creekdipper
36. Lambchop: What another man spills
37. Bear Quartet: Personality crisis
38. Bo Kaspers orkester: I centrum
39. Nick Lowe: Dig my mood
40. Money Mark: Push the button
41. Cardigans: Gran Turismo
42. Black Star: Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star
43. Div. artister Acid Flash 8
44. Leila: Like Weather
45. Smashing Pumpkins: Adore
46. Fear Factory: Obsolete
47. Sonic Youth: A thousand leaves
48. Unkle: Psyence fiction
49. Dr John: Anutha zone
50. Rod Stewart: When we were the new boys
51. Johnny Adams: Man of my word
52. Neal Casal: The sun rises here
53. Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers:
Pacific coast rambler
54. Orup: Teddy
55. Jewel: Spirit
56. Alanis Morissette: Supposed former infatuation junkie
57. Tricky: Angels with dirty faces
58. Jeff Buckley: Sketches for my sweet - heart the drunk
59. Backyard Babies: Total 13
60. Mokummania
61. Hole: Celebrity skin
62. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Acme
63. Grand Tone Music
64. Mojave 3: Out of tune
65. Paul Kelly: Words & music
66. Boo Radleys: Kingsize
67. Lyricist Lounge
68. Bruce Dickinson: Chemical wedding
69. Johnny Dowd: Wrong side of Memphis
70. Kylie Minogue
71. Diverse artister: Attack III
72. Emmylou Harris: Spyboy
73. Faithless: Sunday 8pm
74. Willie Nelson: Teatro
75. Uno Svenningsson: Möss & människor
76. Deadbolt: Zulu death mask
77. 16 B: Sounds from another room
78. Lords of Svek: Vol 3
79. Staffan Hellstrand: Underland
80. Will Smith: Big Willie Stylee
81. Rae & Christian: Northern sulphuric soul
82. Pete Rock: Soul survivor
83. Jackie Leven: Night Iillies
84. Ministry: Presenters New Brit House
85. Wilmer X: Primitiv
86. Magnus Johansson: Simplistico
87. Terry Callier: Time peace
88. Entombed: Same difference
89. The Haunted
90. Ian Dury: My love pants
91. The Beta Band: The three EP's
92. Marilyn Manson: Mechanical animals
93. Buffalo Tom: Smitten
94. Vic Chesnutt: The salesman and Bernadette
95. Ulf Lundell: Slugger
96. Royal Trux: Accelerator
97. Semisonic: Feeling strangely fine
98. Diverse artister: Acid Flash 7
99. Turbonegro: Apocalypse dude
100. Paus: Leia



Szene (Germany)

1. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
2. Bobby Conn -Rise Up
3. A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement
4. The Notwist - Shrink
5. Bacharach/Costello - Painted From Memory
6. Herbert/Dani Siciliano - Around The House
7. Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth
8. Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
9. Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5
10. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
11. The X-ecutioners - X-pressions
12. Calexico - The Black Light
13. Elliott Smith - XO
14. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of ...
15. Rhythm & Sound/Tikiman - Showcase
16. Flying Luttenbachers - Gods Of Chaos
17. Silver Jews - American Water
18. Cubanismo - Reencarnación
19. Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright
20. Beck - Mutations
21. PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
22. Squarepusher - Music Is Rotted One Note
23. High Llamas - Cold And Bouncy
24. Aceyalone - Book Of Human Language
25. Air - Moon Safari



Mondo Sonoro (Spain)

1 Massive Attack: Mezzanine
2 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Acme
3 Asian Dub Foundation: Rafi's Revenge
4 Manu Chao: Clandestino
5 Propeellerheads: Decksandrumsdandrockandroll
6 P J Harvey: Is This Desire?
7 Mercury Rev: Deserter's Songs
8 Belle And Sebsatian: The Boy With The Arab Strap
9 R.E.M: Up
10 Beastie Boys: Hello Nasty
11 Eels: Electro-Shock Blues
12 Fun Lovin' Criminals: 100% Colombian
13 Korn: Follow The Leader
14 Sunny Day Real Estate: How It Feels To Be Something On
15 Placebo: Without You I'm Nothing
16 Fatboy Slim: You've Come A Long Way Baby
17 Gang Starr: Moment Of Truth
18 Pulp: This Is Hardcore
19 Pearl Jam: Yield
20 Cracker: Gentleman's Blues
21 Royal Crown Revue: The Contender
22 4 Hero: Two Pages
23 Jack: The Jazz Age
24 Monster Magnet: Powertrip
25 Refused: The Shape Of Punk To Come
26 The Afghan Whigs: 1965
27 Slayer: Diabolus In Musica
28 Mark Lanegan: Scaps At Midnight
29 Gluecifer: Soaring With Eagles
30 Boards Of Canada: Music Has The Right To Children
31 Golden Smog: Weird Tales
32 Jeff Buckley: (Sketches For) My Sweetheart The Drunk
33 Fugazi: End Hits
34 Tortoise: TNT
35 Air: Moon Safari
36 Come: Gently Down The Stream
37 The Divine Comedy: Fin De Siecle
38 Freestylers: We Rock Hard
39 Tricky: Angels With Dirty Faces
40 The Posies: Success



Technikart (France)

1. Beck : Mutations
2. Beastie Boys : Hello Nasty
3. Doctor L : Exploring the inside world
4. Goldie : Saturnzreturn
5. Herbert : Around the house
6. Leila : Like Weather
7. Air : Moon Safari
8. Money Mark : Push The Button
9. Rythm & Sound : Showcase
10. Grooverider : Mysteries of funk
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College Music Journal (USA)

1) Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
2) Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
3) Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
4) Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright
5) Elliott Smith - XO
6) Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
7) Unkle - Psyence Fiction
8) Nashville Pussy - Let Them Eat Pussy
9) Beck - Mutations
10) Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
11) Sunny Day Real Estate - How It Feels To Be Something On
12) Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way Baby
13) Eels - Electro-Schock Blues
14) Amon Tobin - Permutation
15) Donnas - American Teenage Rock'n'Roll Machine
16) Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
17) Olu Dara - In the World, From Natchez to New-York
18) Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
19) Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star
20) Massive Attack - Mezzanine
21) Ernest Ranglin - In Search of the Lost Riddim
22) P.W. Long with Reelfoot - Push me Again
23) David S. Ware - Go See the World
24) Various Artists - Deeper Concentration
25) Cornelius - Fantasma
26) Monster Magnet - Power Trip
27) Cubanate - Interference
28) Pulp - This is Hardcore
29) Cat Power - Moon Pix
30) Elmo Williams & Hezekiah Early - Takes One to Know One
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Grammy Award (USA)

Winner
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Nominees
Shania Twain - Come on Over
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions
Madonna - Ray of Light
Garbage - Version 2.0



Downbeat (USA)

Jazz Album of the Year: Bill Frisell, Nashville (Nonesuch)
Blues Album of the Year: Pinetop Perkins, Born In The Delta (Telarc)
Beyond Album of the Year: Buena Vista Social Club, Buena Vista Social Club (World Circuit/Nonesuch)



fRoots (UK)

Album Of The Year
ELIZA CARTHY Red Rice
Runners Up
MARTIN CARTHY Signs Of Life
LUCINDA WILLIAMS Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
ERNEST RANGLIN In Search Of The Lost Riddim



LA Times (USA)

1. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
2. PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
3. Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
4. Elliott Smith - XO
5. Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright
6. Beck - Mutations
7. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
8. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
9. Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
9. Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby



Mercury Prize (UK)

• Asian Dub Foundation - Rafi's revenge
• The Verve - Urban hymns
• Cornershop - When I was born for the 7th time
• 4-Hero - 2 pages
• John Surman - Proverbs and songs
• Robbie Williams - Life through a lens
• Eliza Carthy - Red rice
• Catatonia - International velvet
• Massive Attack - Mezzanine
• Gomez - Bring it on (Winner)
• Pulp - This is hardcore
• Propellerheads - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll



Jahrespreise der deutschen Schallplattenkritik

Telemann: Orpheus – René Jacobs (harmonia mundi)
Schumann: Symphonien – John Eliot Gardiner (DG Archiv)
Hindemith: Streichquartette – Juilliard String Quartet (Wergo)
K.A. Hartmann: Symphonien – Ingo Metzmacher (EMI)
Ligeti: Ligeti-Edition Vol. 1-7 – Diverse (Sony)
Nils Petter Molvaer: Khmer (ECM)
Ornette Coleman, Joachim Kühn: Colours (Verve)
Ry Cooder: Buena Vista Social Club (World Circuit)
Bob Dylan: Time Out Of Mind (Columbia)
The Music of Islam (Celestial Harmonies)



Music Colony Bi-Weekly (Hong Kong)

1. AIR - MOON SAFARI
2. BELLE & SEBASTIAN - THE BOY WITH ARAB STRAP
3. JUNE OF 44 - FOUR GREAT POINTS
4. MERCURY REV - DESERTER'S SONGS
5. DJ SPOOKY - RIDDIM WARFARE
6. FATBOY SLIM - YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY
7. PULP - THIS IS HARDCORE
8. TALVIN SINGH - OK
9. BEASTIE BOYS - HELLO NASTY
10. ARTO LINDSAY - NOON CHILL



Wall of Sound (USA)

1. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
2. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
3. Money Mark - Push the Button
4.
5. Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
6. Air - Moon Safari
7. Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
8.
9.
10. Gomez - Bring It on
11. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
12. Elliott Smith - XO
13. Billy Bragg - Mermaid Avenue
14.
15. Hole - Celebrity Skin
16. Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright
17. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
18. Bob Dylan - Live 1966 - The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert
19.
20. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty

If anyone can find the missing albums, that would be awesome!



OAZA (Yugoslavia)

1. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
2. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
3. Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours
4. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
5. Catatonia - International Velvet
6. Air - Moon Safari
7. Belle and Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
8. Madonna - Ray of Light
9. The Afghan Whigs - 1965
10. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
11.
12.
13. Beck - Mutations
14. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
15.
16.
17. Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby
18. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
19.
20. Billy Bragg - Mermaid Avenue
21. Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
22. Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel
23. Jeff Buckley - Sketches (For My Sweetheart the Drunk)
24.
25. Hole - Celebrity Skin
26. R.E.M. - Up
27.
28. Gomez - Bring It on
29.
30. Garbage - Version 2.0

If anyone can find the missing albums, that would be awesome!



Babylon (Greece)

1. Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
2. PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
3.
4.
5. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
6. Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves
7.
8. Monster Magnet - Powertrip
9. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - ACME
10.
11. R.E.M. - Up
12. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
13. Belle and Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
14. Fun Lovin' Criminals - 100% Colombian
15. Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing

If anyone can find the missing albums, that would be awesome. However, I found the 1999 list here , without being able to find the 1998 list!???



Big O (Singapore)

1. Arab Strap - Philophobia
2.
3. Belle and Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
4. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Elliott Smith - XO
10. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
11.
12. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
13.
14. Tortoise - TNT
15.
16.
17. R.E.M. - Up
18. Propellerheads - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll
19.
20. PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
21. Elvis Costello - Painted from Memory
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28. Money Mark - Push the Button
29.
30.
31. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
32. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
33. Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
34.
35.
36.
37.
38. Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
39.
40. Massive Attack - Mezzanine

If anyone can find the full list, that would be awesome!
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I've made the EOY spreadsheet for 1998.
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Cool, thanks!
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Many thanks, Holden!
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