For quite some time, 1998 has been my favorite year of music in the last 50 years.  Using my album formula, here are my favorite albums from 1998.

1.  Neutral Milk Hotel’s In The Aeroplane Over the Sea (Merge) – 9.856

2. Pele’s Teaching The History of Teaching Geography (Star Star Stereo) – 9.786

3.  Pedro the Lion’s It’s Hard to Find a Friend (Made in Mexico) – 9.683

4.  Clem Snide’s You Were a Diamond (Tractor Beam) – 9.651

5.  Gastr Del Sol’s Camoufleur (Drag City) – 9.467

6.  Songs: Ohia’s Impala (Secretly Canadian) – 9.427

7.   Jet’s to Brazil’s Orange Rhyming Dictionary (Jade Tree) – 9.349

8.  Silver Jews’ American Water (Drag City) – 9.300

9.  Split Lip Rayfield’s Self Titled (Bloodshot) – 9.138

10.  Bonnie Prince Billie’s Blue Lotus Feet (Domino) – 8.465