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1998 Pop Album Releases
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Mar 3
Madonna
Ray of Light
79
critic score
(10)
87
user score
(1,483)
Sep 29
Shakira
¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?
83
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(400)
Sep 8
Hole
Celebrity Skin
75
critic score
(9)
78
user score
(326)
May 5
Tori Amos
From the Choirgirl Hotel
75
critic score
(9)
85
user score
(305)
Jan 21
Richard Jacques
Sonic R
88
user score
(190)
May 11
Garbage
Version 2.0
75
critic score
(7)
80
user score
(182)
Aug 21
平沢進 [Susumu Hirasawa]
救済の技法 [Technique Of Relief]
86
user score
(171)
Nov 3
Alanis Morissette
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
63
critic score
(10)
79
user score
(165)
Oct 5
Björk
Hunter
94
user score
(144)
Sep 22
Goo Goo Dolls
Dizzy Up the Girl
57
critic score
(6)
72
user score
(138)
Oct 22
Cher
Believe
52
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(123)
Sep 28
Britney Spears
...Baby One More Time
67
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(123)
Oct 20
New Radicals
Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
69
critic score
(9)
81
user score
(116)
Oct 1
The Cardigans
Gran Turismo
64
critic score
(8)
76
user score
(107)
May 6
Madonna
Ray of Light
100
critic score
(1)
94
user score
(93)
Feb 23
Madonna
Frozen
94
user score
(91)
Nov 30
Björk
Alarm Call
90
user score
(89)
Apr 7
Goo Goo Dolls
Iris
92
user score
(79)
Nov 10
New Radicals
You Get What You Give
93
user score
(70)
Jan 27
Dixie Chicks
Wide Open Spaces
100
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(69)
Nov 27
David Gray
White Ladder
73
critic score
(5)
75
user score
(68)
Jul 7
Barenaked Ladies
Stunt
45
critic score
(4)
65
user score
(63)
Mar 24
*NSYNC
*NSYNC
50
critic score
(2)
61
user score
(60)
Aug 24
Madonna
Drowned World/Substitute for Love
96
user score
(57)
Oct 13
Fiona Apple
Across The Universe
92
user score
(54)
Oct 19
Cher
Believe
100
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(52)
Sep 22
Madonna
The Power Of Good-Bye
93
user score
(52)
May 12
Lenny Kravitz
5
45
critic score
(7)
73
user score
(51)
Apr 28
Dave Matthews Band
Before These Crowded Streets
62
critic score
(6)
74
user score
(49)
Sep 29
Joni Mitchell
Taming the Tiger
68
critic score
(4)
69
user score
(47)
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Jul 19
Alice Deejay
Better Off Alone
75
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(47)
Aug 31
Aerosmith
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
56
user score
(40)
Oct 26
Robbie Williams
I've Been Expecting You
80
critic score
(2)
62
user score
(38)
Apr 21
Mariah Carey
My All
83
critic score
(1)
90
user score
(33)
Aug 11
Sixpence None the Richer
Kiss Me
90
user score
(33)
Jan 29
Prince
Crystal Ball
71
critic score
(3)
66
user score
(31)
Sep 28
Depeche Mode
The Singles 86>98
72
critic score
(5)
87
user score
(30)
Mar 20
Mariah Carey
The Roof (Back in Time)
95
user score
(29)
May 19
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
78
critic score
(5)
77
user score
(26)
Aug 31
The Divine Comedy
Fin De Siècle
60
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(25)
Dec 15
Shania Twain
That Don't Impress Me Much
84
user score
(23)
Sep 7
Céline Dion
S'il suffisait d'aimer
60
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(22)
Oct 20
Stereolab
Aluminum Tunes (Switched On Volume 3)
87
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(20)
Dec 26
Charly García
El Aguante
47
user score
(20)
Feb 24
Train
Train
60
critic score
(1)
60
user score
(19)
Nov 2
Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston
When You Believe
43
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(19)
Sep 29
Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello
Painted from Memory
81
critic score
(8)
65
user score
(19)
Nov 16
Seal
Human Being
56
critic score
(4)
70
user score
(19)
Nov 27
S.E.S.
S.E.S. 2: Sea & Eugene & Shoo
55
user score
(17)
1998
Adriana Calcanhotto
Maritmo
40
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(16)
Sep 29
Sheryl Crow
The Globe Sessions
70
critic score
(6)
73
user score
(16)
Jun 16
Ringo Starr
Vertical Man
60
critic score
(1)
57
user score
(15)
Mar 10
Eric Clapton
Pilgrim
49
critic score
(4)
59
user score
(14)
Nov 10
*NSYNC
Home for Christmas
50
critic score
(2)
55
user score
(14)
Nov 17
Mariah Carey
#1's
56
critic score
(3)
72
user score
(14)
Nov 17
Jewel
Spirit
50
critic score
(6)
66
user score
(14)
May 19
Natalie Merchant
Ophelia
62
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(13)
Oct 25
KIRINJI
Paper Driver's Music
79
user score
(12)
Sep 17
Goo Goo Dolls
Slide
84
user score
(11)
Feb
The Beach Boys
Salute NASCAR
9
user score
(11)
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