TOP 100 SONGS OF 1998

1.  Scarred For Life - SLAPP HAPPY Ca Va (V2)
2.  Doo Wop (That Thing) - LAURYN HILL The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill      
 (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
3.  Waltz #2 (XO) -  ELLIOT SMITH XO (DreamWorks)
4.  Drinking In L.A. - BRAN VAN 3000 Glee (Audiogram/Capitol)
5.  April Fools - RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Rufus Wainwright (DreamWorks)
6.  Cracking Up - THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN Munki (Creation/Sub Pop)
7.  Road Rage - CATATONIA International Velvet (Blanco Y Negro/Vapor)
8.  Be Careful - SPARKLE FEATURING R. KELLY Sparkle 
	  (Rock Land/Interscope)
9.  It Ain't Easy Being Me - CHRIS KNIGHT Chris Knight (Decca)
10. Malibu - HOLE Celebrity Skin (DGC)
11. Frenzy - THE EX Starters Alternators (Ex/Touch And Go)
12. Stars Burn Out - THE BEVIS FROND North Circular (Flydaddy)
13. Summer Here Kids - GRANDADDY Under The Western Freeway (Will)
14. My Favourite Game - THE CARDIGANS Gran Turismo (Stockholm/Mercury)
15. New Birds - ARAB STRAP Philophobia (Chemikal Underground/Matador)
16. Maniac - CINERAMA Va Va Voom (Cooking Vinyl/spinArt)
17. Colors And The Kids - CAT POWER Moon Pix (Matador)
18. Letter Never Sent - TREMBLING BLUE STARS Lips That Taste Of Tears       
(Shinkansen import)
19. Second Round K.O. - CANIBUS Can-I-Bus (Universal)
20. Stall - SARGE The Glass Intact (Mud)
21. Some Catch Flies - KRISTIN HERSH Strange Angels
  	  (Throwing Music/Rykodisc)
22. Super Disco Breakin' - BEASTIE BOYS Hello Nasty
	  (Grand Royal/Capitol)
23. Cantina - RICHARD DAVIES Telegraph (Flydaddy/V2)
24. Tonite It Shows - MERCURY REV Deserter's Songs (V2)
25. The First Night - MONICA The Boy Is Mine (Arista)
26. Clear Spot - PERNICE BROTHERS Overcome By Happiness (Sub Pop)
27. Your One Wish - CADALLACA Introducing Cadallaca (K)
28. The Rockafeller Skank - FATBOY SLIM You've Come A Long Way, Baby       
(Skint/Astralwerks)
29. California Stars - BILLY BRAGG & WILCO Mermaid Avenue (Elektra)
30. Sylvie - SAINT ETIENNE Good Humor (Creation/Sub Pop)
31. Child Psychology - BLACK BOX RECORDER England Made Me
	  (Chrysalis import)
32. Part Of The Process - MORCHEEBA Big Calm (China/Sire)
33. Baby Britain - ELLIOT SMITH XO (DreamWorks)
34. Respiration - BLACK STAR Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star 	     
  (Rawkus)
35. Dirty Dream Number Two - BELLE & SEBASTIAN The Boy With The Arab       
Strap (Jeepster/Matador)
36. Youth - SPORTSGUITAR Happy Already (Matador)
37. Let's Kill Saturday Night - ROBBIE FULKS Let's Kill Saturday Night      
 (Geffen)
38. Sick Of Goodbyes - SPARKLEHORSE Good Morning Spider
 	  (Parlophone import)
39. Dishes - PULP This Is Hardcore (Island)
40. Tomorrow Will Be Like Today - MONEY MARK Push The Button 
      (Mo Wax/London)
41. Bad Old Man - BABYBIRD There's Something Going On (Echo import)
42. History Repeating - PROPELLERHEADS FEATURING SHIRLEY BASSEY
	  Decksandrumsandrockandroll (Wall Of Sound/DreamWorks)
43. Ex-Factor - LAURYN HILL The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
	  (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
44. White Trash Heros - ARCHERS OF LOAF White Trash Heros (Alias)
45. Wonderful Love - CREEPER LAGOON I Become Small And Go (NickleBag)
46. Free Satpal Ram - ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION Rafi's Revenge       
(Slash/London)
47. The King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. One - NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL	In The      
 Aeroplane Over The Sea (Merge)
48. Revver Gene - FOIL Spread It All Around (13th Hour/Mute)
49. Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) - JAY Z	Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life   
    (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
50. Without You I'm Nothing - PLACEBO Without You I'm Nothing 	       
(Hut/Virgin)
51. Deanshanger - PROLAPSE The Italian Flag (Jetset)
52. Walk On The Fire - EDITH FROST Telescopic (Drag City)
53. Half As Far - SARGE The Glass Intact (Mud)
54. Spark - TORI AMOS From The Choirgirl Hotel (Atlantic)
55. Everyday - JOHNNY SOCIETY Wood (Messenger)
56. Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) - THE OFFSPRING Americana (Columbia)
57. Along The Way - BOB MOULD The Last Dog And Pony Show (Rykodisc)
58. Imaginary Love - RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Rufus Wainwright (DreamWorks)
59. A Perfect Day Elise - PJ HARVEY Is This Desire? (Island)
60. Ghetto Supastar - PRAS Bulworth The Soundtrack (Interscope)
61. It's Hard To Turn Me On - QUASI Featuring "Birds" (Up)
62. Celebrity Skin - HOLE Celebrity Skin (DGC)
63. Replenished - VIC CHESNUTT The Salesman And Bernadette (Capricorn) 64. 
Needles In My Eyes - THE BETA BAND Los Amigos Del Beta Bandidos EP       
(Regal import)
65. Right In Time - LUCINDA WILLIAMS Car Wheels On A Gravel Road 	      
 (Mercury)
66. My Mom - CHOCOLATE GENIUS Black Music (V2)
67. Mulder And Scully - CATATONIA International Velvet 
      (Blanco Y Negro/Vapor)
68. Sexy Boy - AIR Moon Safari (Source/Caroline)
69. A Rose Is Still A Rose - ARETHA FRANKLIN A Rose Is Still A Rose       
(Arista)
70. Teardrop - MASSIVE ATTACK Mezzanine (Circa/Virgin)
71. Everything Beautiful Is Far Away - GRANDADDY Under The Western       
Freeway (Will)
72. Canceling The Game - JENNY MAE Don't Wait Up For Me (Anyway)
73. Walt Whitman's Niece - BILLY BRAGG & WILCO - Mermaid Avenue
	  (Elektra)
74. Run - CAPPADONNA The Pillage (Razor Sharp/Epic)
75. This Is Just A Modern Rock Song - BELLE & SEBASTIAN This Is	Just A  
     Modern Rock Song EP (Jeepster import)
76. Goodbye - MARK EITZEL Caught In A Trap And I Can't Back Out 'Cause      
 I Love You Too Much, Baby (Matador)
77. Bring Down Goliath - SIMON JOYNER Yesterday Tomorrow And In	       
Between (Sing! Eunuchs)
78. 6 Minutes - TRICKY Angels With Dirty Faces (Island)
79. She Weaves A Tender Trap - SWERVEDRIVER 99th Dream (Zero Hour)
80. Empty Channel - THE CANNANES Arty Barbeque (Ajax)
81. Clarity - DUMP A Plea For Tenderness (Brinkman)
82. Generation Sex - THE DIVINE COMEDY Fin De Siecle (Setanta import)
83. Chanson Sans Issue (Ne Vois-Tu Pas) - AUTOUR DE LUCIE Immobile 
      (Le Village Vert/Nettwerk)
84. Painters Paint - THE HIGH LLAMAS Cold And Bouncy (Alpaca/V2)
85. Lotus - R.E.M. Up (Warner)
86. Lei Lei - MARYAM MURSAL The Journey (Real World)
87. Hoover Street - RANCID Life Won't Wait (Epitaph)
88. Long Walk Back To San Antone - JUNIOR BROWN Long Walk Back (Curb)
89. Raise Your Voice - BAD RELIGION No Substance (Atlantic)
90. Subspace Biographies - ROBERT POLLARD Waved Out (Matador)
91. Look What I Found In My Beer - THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH Quench
 	  (Go! Discs/Mercury import)
92. Adieu Clo Clo - THE BOO RADLEYS Kingsize (Creation import)
93. Friend Of Mine - KELLY PRICE Soul Of A Woman (Island)
94. Heaps Of Sheeps - ROBERT WYATT Shleep (Hannibal '97/Thirsty Ear)
95. I Don't Believe You - THE MAGNETIC FIELDS (Merge) 7" single
96. Penny Arcades - JON LANGFORD Skull Orchard (Sugar Free '97)
97. Only In The Desert - IDAHO Alas (Buzz)
98. Believer - RICHARD BUCKNER Since (MCA)
99. His Lamest Flame - MARY LOU LORD Got No Shadow (Work)
100.Panda Bear - OF MONTREAL The Bedside Drama A Petite Tragedy
	  (Kindercore)

TOP 5 EPs
1.  BELLE & SEBASTIAN This Is Just A Modern Rock Song
	  (Jeepster import)
2.  THE BETA BAND Los Amigos Del Beta Bandidos (Regal import)
3.  THE BETA BAND The Patty Patty Sound (Regal import)
4.  TOBIN SPROUT - Waxnails (Recordhead/Wigwam)
5.  RADIOHEAD - Airbag/How Am I Driving? (Capitol)