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Chugchanga-L Members' Favorite Records of 1998

Quick summary of the rules: subscribers were asked to send me lists of up to 20 of their favorite records released in 1998 (or late 1997), of any length and in any format. Compilations and box sets were allowed, but reissues and bootlegs were not. Special exceptions were made for Bob Dylan's Royal Albert Hall, which was a reissue of a bootleg, and Sleep's Jerusalem, which was given an official release in early 1999 on The Music Cartel (it got 4 votes).

Here's the top 24:

1. Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Merge) - 16 votes
2. Gastr Del Sol, Camoufleur (Drag City/Domino) - 15 votes
3. Belle And Sebastian, The Boy With The Arab Strap (Matador) - 11 votes
3. Bob Dylan, Live 1966: Bootleg Series Vol. 4, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert 2xCD (Columbia) - 11 votes
5. Cat Power, Moon Pix (Matador) - 10 votes
6. Beck, Mutations (Geffen) - 9 votes
6. Elliott Smith, XO (Dreamworks/Bong Load Vinyl) - 9 votes
6. Ex, the, Starters Alternators (Touch and Go) - 9 votes
6. Godspeed You Black Emperor, f#a#infinity (Kranky) - 9 votes
6. Sonic Youth, A Thousand Leaves (DGC) - 9 votes
11. Billy Bragg and Wilco, Mermaid Avenue (Elektra) - 8 votes
11. Don Caballero, What Burns Never Returns (Touch & Go) - 8 votes
11. Quasi, Featuring "Birds" (Up) - 8 votes
11. Shellac, Terraform (Touch and Go) - 8 votes
15. Sir Richard Bishop, Salvador Kali (Revenant) - 7 votes
16. Alastair Galbraith, Mirrorwork (Emperor Jones) - 6 votes
16. Beastie Boys, Hello Nasty (Grand Royal) - 6 votes
16. Bedhead, Transaction de Novo (Trance Syndicate) - 6 votes
16. Boredoms, Super AE (Birdman) - 6 votes
16. Fugazi, End Hits (Dischord) - 6 votes
16. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Acme (Matador/Capitol) - 6 votes
16. Massive Attack, Mezzanine (Virgin) - 6 votes
16. Pelt, For Michael Hannas CD-R (VHF) - 6 votes
16. Silkworm, Blueblood (Touch and Go) - 6 votes

You can also see the full results:

• by number of votes
• by voter
• by artist

• Number of voters: 64
• Total number of records mentioned: 667
• Number of records receiving exactly one vote: 515