Best Album of 1998

**jebus** · 21/08/2008, 10:19 AM

Here's the picks for this year, videos will go up tomorrow

Albums that just missed the cut include Pulp, Garbage, Outkast, Marilyn Manson, Mercury Rev, Elliott Smith and Godspeed You Black Emperor.

A solid, if not spectacular, year for music I feel. For me it's beween Smashing Pumpkins and Air, I may need some time to choose between those two to be fair

**jebus** · 21/08/2008, 10:28 AM

Eep! forgot to put an Other choice in, so just include it in your message and it will be counted at the end

**stann** · 21/08/2008, 10:32 AM

Would be between Air and Mercury Rev for me, with Massive Attack in close attendance. Also, as I've waffled on about elsewhere, Eels, Asian Dub Foundation and Transglobal Underground chipped in with outstanding efforts. And I'd forgot about the Fatboy Slim one, a cracking album too.
Pish and tish on this average talk, a great year for albums, but Air to win, no question!

**The Good Son** · 21/08/2008, 10:38 AM

Do compilations count? If so, then my vote goes to 'Other', The Beta Band- The Three E.P.'s.

**jebus** · 21/08/2008, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by The Good Son

Do compilations count? If so, then my vote goes to 'Other', The Beta Band- The Three E.P.'s.

Judgement call - Beta Band always counts

Shamefully I completely forgot that that album was released in 1998

**noby** · 21/08/2008, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by jebus

Eep! forgot to put an Other choice in

No need for Other this time round.

**Pauro 76** · 21/08/2008, 10:58 AM

Voted Mezzanine by Massive Attack, a dark masterpiece but with some wonderful moments. And I forgot there were some amazing albums bubbling under. Average year for music? I take it back now. For the silver and bronze, Smashing Pumpkins - Adore, an amazingly beautiful album, and surprisingly Mansun - Six. Took me a good while to get into and even wrote it off on the first few listens. but an under-rated classic. Placebo - Without You Im Nothing in the running too. Mechanical Animals forgot about too.

**holidaysong** · 21/08/2008, 11:21 AM

It's an other for me:

Hole - Celebrity Skin.

**Dodge** · 21/08/2008, 11:24 AM

Some good choices. Voted for Air, but special mention for Lauren Hill with one of the last great Hip Hop/R'n'B albums

**Bluebeard** · 21/08/2008, 11:26 AM

Between Air and Belle & Sebastian for me this time around: plumbed for Air and discovered that teh Waterford Limerick Musical Love-in is on again

And joined now by Dodge

Do you have a parent or grandparent with a Munster accent Dodge?

**noby** · 21/08/2008, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by Bluebeard

plumbed for Air and discovered that teh Waterford Limerick Musical Love-in is on again

Love-in me hole. I'm off to sulk in the corner.

Air were a close second alright. And I don't care how that first sentence reads; it's staying.

**Macy** · 21/08/2008, 12:14 PM

Other: 3 EPs - The Beta Band.

Brilliant brilliant band, and a brilliant, brilliant Album. If it's a compilation, who cares, still the best of the year - they didn't appear on any other album, so I reckon it's in.

**Wolfie** · 21/08/2008, 12:31 PM

Other: "Bring it On" by Gomez.

**GuisaSaigon** · 21/08/2008, 1:55 PM

Air- Moon safari
Closely followed by Gomez - Bring it on

**monzo** · 21/08/2008, 2:35 PM

As good as Pearl Jam's Yield is, I'm going for The Beta Band- The Three E.P.'s.

I probably should get Mezzanine considering the fact I really like 100th Window and Collected.

**centre mid** · 21/08/2008, 2:38 PM

Fairly underwhelming year for music, Brittany Spears, Christina Aquelira etc, Fat Boy Slim just shades it for me.

**noby** · 21/08/2008, 2:42 PM

Yet another poll over as soon as it begins, me thinks.

**holidaysong** · 21/08/2008, 3:06 PM

Originally Posted by monzo

As good as Pearl Jam's Yield is, I'm going for The Beta Band- The Three E.P.'s.

I forgot Yield was 1998 - I'm going to change my vote. I listened to that album for 6 months straight when I got it. Still my favourite Pearl Jam album.