From: Jeff Wright <jaw-NOSPAM@apk.net>
To: Doug Orleans <dougo@ccs.neu.edu>
cc: Jeff Wright <jaw-NOSPAM@apk.net>
Subject: Re: POLL: your favorite records of 1998
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 15:50:14 -0500 (EST)

Doug, here (finally) is my poll entry.

'98 RELEASES -- listed roughly in the order of release.

All twenty albums listed receive votes.  The last four albums listed are a
notch below the first sixteen, but are generally solid efforts that I felt
didn't get their fair share of recognition.

_Mark Hollis_ (UK Polydor)
Autohaze, _Counter Clockwise_ (Summershine)
Bernard Butler, _People Move On_ (Creation/Columbia)
_Chris Knight_ (Decca)
Massive Attack, _Mezzanine_ (Virgin)
Sloan, _Navy Blues_ (CAN Murder)
Knack, _Zoom_ (Rhino)
Lucinda Williams, _Car Wheels on a Gravel Road_ (Mercury)
Gillian Welch, _Hell Among the Yearlings_ (Almo)
Gomez, _Bring It On_ (Virgin)
Mercury Rev, _Deserter's Songs_ (V2)
Bob Dylan, _The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4:  Live 1966_ (Sony/Legacy)
Mojave 3, _Out of Tune_ (UK 4AD)
Beta Band, _The Three EPs_ (UK Regal)
Scott 4, _Recorded in State LP_ (V2)
Green Pajamas, _All Clues Lead to Meagan's Bed_ (AUS Camera Obscura)

Chris Von Sneidern, _Wood and Wire_ (Mod Lang)
Cordelia's Dad, _Spine_ (Appleseed)
Silos, _Heater_ (Checkered Past)
Sunhouse, _Crazy on the Weekend_ (UK Independiente)

REISSUES

Santana, _Santana_/_Abraxas_/_III_ (Columbia/Legacy)
Cheap Trick, _Cheap Trick_/_In Color_/_Heaven Tonight_ (Epic/Legacy)
Fred Neil, _Bleecker and MacDougal_ (JPN Elektra)
_The Many Sides of Fred Neil_ (Collector's Choice)
Tommy Keene, _Songs from the Film_ (Geffen)
various, _Nuggets: Original Artyfacts. . ._ (Rhino)
Whiskeytown, _Faithless Street_ (Outpost)
Gene Clark, _Flying High_ (UK A&M)
Creation, _Making Time_/_Biff Bang Pow!_ (Retroactive)
Field Mice, _Where'd You Learn to Kiss That Way_ (UK Shinkansen)

Thanks again for all your work putting the poll together.

Jeff Wright *** jaw-NOSPAM@apk.net