From: Sundrive <Sundrive AT aol.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 12:41:09 EST

my favorite records of '97 (in no particular order, except for the first one,
which is tops with me)

Papas Fritas    Helioself    Minty Fresh
Flaming Lips    Zaireeka    Warner Bros.
Sloan    One Chord To Another    The Enclave
Belle and Sebastian    If You're Feeling Sinister    The Enclave
Oblivians    Play 9 Songs With Mr. Quintron    Crypt
Radiohead    OK Computer    Capitol
Richard Buckner    Devotion + Doubt    MCA
Broadcast    Work and Non-Work    Drag City
Bob Dylan    Time Out of Mind    Columbia
John Fahey    City of Refuge    Tim/Kerr
Jim O'Rourke    Bad Timing    Drag City
Cobra Verde    Egomania (Love Songs)    Scat
Lambchop    Thriller    Merge
Laika    Sounds of the Satellites    Sire
Bryan Maclean    ifyoubelievein    Sundazed
Cosmic Invention    Help Your Satori Mind    Now Sound
Stanley Brothers    Earliest Recordings    Rich-R-Tone/Revenant
Various Artists    Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36)    Revenant
  
Favorite Record of '98 (already, without question)

Neutral Milk Hotel    In the Aeroplane Over The Sea    Merge


-matt hanks