1998 – my year in music
What could be more ridiculous than trying to rank the thousands of singles and albums you’ve bought and heard over a lifetime? Here we go …
I ranked these albums and singles in December 2024 as I didn’t do it at the time.
| Top albums of 1998 | ||
| 1 | Catatonia | International Velvet |
| 2 | Divine Comedy | Fin de Siècle |
| 3 | Pulp | This Is Hardcore |
| 4 | Melys | Rumours and Curses |
| 5 | Earl Brutus | Tonight You Are The Special One |
| 6 | Cardigans | Gran Turismo |
| 7 | Kenickie | Get In |
| 8 | Theaudience | Theaudience |
| 9 | Air | Moon Safari |
| 10 | Garbage | Version 2.0 |
| 11 | Bikini Beach Band | Leave Home |
| 12 | Republica | Speed Ballads |
| 13 | Catch | Catch |
| 14 | Space | Tin Planet |
| 15 | Delakota | One Love |
| 16 | Bellatrix | G |
| 17 | Shed Seven | Let It Ride |
| 18 | Kynd | Shakedown |
| 19 | Marillion | Radiation |
The albums I played to death:
| These aren’t necessarily the same as my favourite albums now, but the ones I remember buying on release and playing over and over and over again. | ||
| 16/01/98 | Air | Moon Safari |
| 02/02/98 | Catatonia | International Velvet |
| 30/03/98 | Pulp | This Is Hardcore |
| 31/08/98 | Divine Comedy | Fin de Siècle |
| Top tracks of 1998 | ||
| 1 | Tiger | Friends |
| 2 | Earl Brutus | Come Taste My Mind |
| 3 | Melys | Diwifr |
| 4 | Pulp | This Is Hardcore |
| 5 | Catatonia | I Am The Mob |
| 6 | Pelvis | The Change |
| 7 | Garbage | Dumb |
| 8 | Divine Comedy | Eric The Gardener |
| 9 | Super Furry Animals | Ice Hockey Hair |
| 10 | Silver Sun | I'll See You Around |
| 11 | Pulp | Dishes |
| 12 | Earl Brutus | Midland Red |
| 13 | Republica | From Rush Hour With Love |
| 14 | Candyskins | Feed It |
| 15 | Garbage | I Think I'm Paranoid |
| 16 | Saint Etienne | Sylvie |
| 17 | Mercury Rev | Goddess On A Hiway |
| 18 | Fat Les | Vin-Da-Loo |
| 19 | Kenickie | I Would Fix You |
| 20 | Pelvis | I Am The Supergrass |
| 21 | Manic Street Preachers | If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next |
| 22 | Montrose Avenue | Start Again |
| 23 | Divine Comedy | Sweden |
| 24 | Mansun | Being a Girl (Part One) |
| 25 | Cardigans | Hanging Around |
| 26 | P J Harvey | A Perfect Day Elise |
| 27 | Pulp | Help The Aged |
| 28 | Carter USM | The Undertaker And The Hippy Protest Singer |
| 29 | Catatonia | Mulder And Scully |
| 30 | Hole | Celebrity Skin |
| 31 | Coldplay | Bigger Stronger |
| 32 | Garbage | Push It |
| 33 | Audioweb | Test The Theory |
| 34 | Theaudience | A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed |
| 35 | Ash | A Life Less Ordinary |
| 36 | Fuzz Townshend | Smash It |
| 37 | Gorky's Zygotic Mynci | Sweet Johnny |
| 38 | Audioweb | Policeman Skank |
| 39 | Cardigans | Erase/Rewind |
| 40 | Divine Comedy | Generation Sex |
| 41 | Dandy Warhols | Every Day Should Be A Holiday |
| 42 | Melys | Acid Queen |
| 43 | Gomez | Get Myself Arrested |
| 44 | Ash | Jesus Says |
| 45 | Delakota | The Rock |
| 46 | Lodger | I'm Leaving |
| 47 | Tiger | Wensleydale |
| 48 | Delakota | 555 |
| 49 | Pulp | The Fear |
| 50 | Dandys | Wintery Gate |
| 51 | Melys | Ambulance Chaser |
| 52 | Super Furry Animals | Smokin' |
| 53 | Supernaturals | Sheffield Song (I Love Her More Than I Love You) |
| 54 | Audioweb | Get Out of Here |
| 55 | Bryan Adams & Mel C | When You're Gone |
| 56 | Cardigans | My Favourite Game |
| 57 | Divine Comedy | Thrillseeker |
| 58 | Shed Seven | She Left Me On Friday |
| 59 | Snug | Beatnik Girl |
| 60 | Theaudience | I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough) |
| 61 | Catatonia | Road Rage |
| 62 | Dandy Warhols | Boys Better |
| 63 | All Seeing I | Walk Like A Panther |
| 64 | Hole | Malibu |
| 65 | Theaudience | Penis Size And Cars |
| 66 | Beastie Boys | Intergalactic |
| 67 | Lodger | Always Round There |
| 68 | Barenaked Ladies | It's All Been Done |
| 69 | Kenickie | Magnatron |
| 70 | Divine Comedy | National Express |
| 71 | Lionrock | Rude Boy Rock |
| 72 | Young Offenders | That's Why We Lose Control |
| 73 | Cable | Hexagon Eye |
| 74 | Supernaturals | I Wasn't Built To Get Up |
| 75 | Tiger | Bottle Of Juice |
| 76 | Edwyn Collins | Ding A Dong |
| 77 | Placebo | Pure Morning |
| 78 | Bikini Beach Band | Motorcade |
| 79 | Samurai Seven | Xeroxy Music |
| 80 | Electrasy | Morning Afterglow |
| 81 | Graham Coxon | I Wish |
| 82 | Idlewild | When I Argue I See Shapes |
| 83 | Curve | Chinese Burn |
| 84 | Ten Benson | Mystery Man |
| 85 | Busta Rhymes | Turn it Up /Fire it Up (clean version) |
| 86 | Goo Goo Dolls | Iris |
| 87 | Transister | Look Who's Perfect Now |
| 88 | Air | Kelly Watch The Stars |
| 89 | James | Runaground |
| 90 | Ultrasound | Stay Young |
| 91 | Theaudience | If You Can't Do It When You're Young, When Can You Do It? |
| 92 | Electrasy | Best Friend's Girl |
| 93 | Air | Sexy Boy |
| 94 | Saint Etienne | The Bad Photographer |
| 95 | Fastball | The Way |
| 96 | James | Destiny Calling |
| 97 | Montrose Avenue | Shine |
| 98 | Wubble-U | A Bit Like You |
| 99 | Garbage | When I Grow Up |
| 100 | Paradise Motel | Derwent River Star |
| 101 | Bernard Butler | Stay |
| 102 | A | Owner Of A Lonely Heart |
| 103 | Kynd | Egotripper |
| 104 | Offspring | Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) |
| 105 | Barenaked Ladies | One Week |
| 106 | Drugstore feat Thom Yorke | El President |
| 107 | Fatboy Slim | The Rockafeller Skank |
| My favourite cover versions of 1998 | ||
| 1 | Edwyn Collins | Ding A Dong |
| 2 | Bikini Beach Band | Motorcade |
| 3 | Theaudience | Penis Size And Cars |
| 4 | A | Owner Of A Lonely Heart |
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