From: Joy Fisher <71511.16-NOSPAM@compuserve.com>
To: Doug Orleans <dougo@ccs.neu.edu>
Subject: POLL: your favorite records of 1998
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 23:25:03 -0500

Hey Doug,

Thanks for doing the top records again this year. Here's my 2 cents worth
in no particular order:
all of these are CDS!

1) Calexico_The Black Light_  (Quarterstick/Our Soil, Our Strength)
2) Seam_The Pace is Glacial_ (Touch and Go)
3) Sportsguitar_Happy Already_ (Matador)
4) Mary Lou Lord_Got No Shadow_ (Work)
5) Mercury Rev_Deserter's Songs_ (V2)
6) Neutral Milk Hotel_In the Aeroplane Over the Sea_ (Merge)
7) Quasi_Featuring "Birds"_ (Up)
8) 764-Hero_Get Here and Stay_ (Up)
9) The Notwist_Shrink_ (Zero Hour)
10) Nothing Painted Blue_The Monte Carlo Method_ (Scat)
11) Dump_A Plea for Tenderness_ (Brinkman)
12) Rose Melberg_Portola_ (Double Agent)
13) Elliott Smith_XO_ (Bong Load Vinyl)
14) Mojave 3_Out of Tune_ (4ad)
15) Elf Power_When the Red King Comes_ (Arena Rock/Elephant Six)
16) The Spinanes_Arches and Aisles_ (Sub Pop)
17) Poundsign_Wave Length_ (Fantastic)
18) Aisler's Set_Terrible Things Happen_ (Slumberland)
19) Saint Etienne_Good Humor_ (Sub Pop)
20) Various Artists_All Done with Mirrors - A Le Grand Magistery
Compilation_ (Le Grand Magistery)

Well those are my top 20. Without all of these Cds, I really don't think
this past year would have been as survivable or enjoyable.

Amalea