From: Douglas Wolk <dbcloud-NOSPAM@panix.com>
To: Doug Orleans <dougo@ccs.neu.edu>
Subject: Re: POLL REMINDER: your favorite records of 1998
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 15:49:44 -0500


Hi. Here's my top 20 list, in an order I keep revising:

Boredoms _Super ae_ CD (Birdman)
Chris Watson _Outside The Circle Of Fire_ CD (Touch (UK))
Various Artists _James Brown's Original Funky Divas_ CD (Polydor Chronicles)
Primal Scream with My Bloody Valentine Arkestra "If They Move Kill 'Em"
CD-single (EMI (U.K.))
Swirlies _Strictly East Coast Sneaky Flute Music_ CD (Taang!)
Quasi _Featuring "Birds"_ CD (Up)
Pelt _For Michael Hannas_ CD-R (VHF)
In/Humanity _The History Behind The Mystery: Music To Kill Yourself By_ LP
(Prank)
Various Artists _Ethiopiques 3_ CD (Buda Musique (France))
Elliott Smith _XO_ CD (Dreamworks)
Simon Joyner _Yesterday Tomorrow And In Between_ CD (Sing, Eunuchs!)
Daktaris _Soul Explosion!_ LP (Desco)
The Handsome Family _Through The Trees_ CD (Carrot Top)
Sharon Jones "You Better Think Twice" 7" (Desco)
Belle and Sebastian "This Is Just A Modern Rock Song" CD-single(Jeepster)
His Name Is Alive "Can't Always Be Loved"/"Wish I Had A Wishing Ring"
CD-single (4AD)
Bedhead "Lepidoptera"/"Leper" 10" (Trance Syndicate)
hollAnd "Beep, Kiss" CD-single (Audio Information Phenomena)
Adventures In Stereo "Down In The Traffic" CD-single (Creeping Bent)
Flin Flon "Swift Current" 7" (Teenbeat)

Thanks.

Douglas Wolk
dbcloud-NOSPAM@panix.com