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The Best Alternative Rock Albums of 1998 by User Score

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1.

Motorpsycho - Trust Us
March 4th, 1998
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
86
13 ratings
Amazon

2.

SUPERCAR - Three Out Change
April 1st, 1998
J-Rock, Alternative Rock, Power Pop
USER SCORE
85
27 ratings
Amazon

3.

the pillows - Little Busters
February 21st, 1998
Power Pop, Alternative Rock, J-Rock
USER SCORE
85
28 ratings
Amazon

4.

Sunny Day Real Estate - How It Feels to Be Something On
September 8th, 1998
Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Midwest Emo
USER SCORE
84
252 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

5.

Nakaido 'Chabo' Reichi - Serial Experiments Lain Sound Track
August 26th, 1998
Alternative Rock, Dark Ambient, Experimental Rock, Trip Hop, Noise Rock, Folk Rock
USER SCORE
84
16 ratings
Amazon

6.

VAST - Visual Audio Sensory Theater
April 28th, 1998
Alternative Rock, Industrial Rock
USER SCORE
84
12 ratings
Amazon
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7.

PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
September 29th, 1998
Alternative Rock, Trip Hop, Downtempo, Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
83
385 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

8.

Hum - Downward Is Heavenward
January 27th, 1998
Alternative Rock, Post-Hardcore, Shoegaze, Space Rock
USER SCORE
83
108 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

9.

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - ACME
October 20th, 1998
Alternative Rock, Blues Rock
USER SCORE
83
15 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

10.

Powderfinger - Internationalist
September 7th, 1998
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
83
12 ratings
Amazon
Spotify

11.

Lucybell - Lucybell
November 0th, 1998
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
82
12 ratings
Amazon

12.

UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
September 29th, 1998
Trip Hop, Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
81
251 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

13.

bôa - The Race of a Thousand Camels
July 1st, 1998
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
80
34 ratings
Amazon

14.

Soulwax - Much Against Everyone's Advice
January 1st, 1998
Alternative Rock, Indie Rock
USER SCORE
80
16 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

15.

Garbage - Version 2.0
May 11th, 1998
Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
USER SCORE
80
146 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Local H - Pack Up the Cats
September 1st, 1998
Hard Rock, Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
80
15 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Radiohead - Airbag / How Am I Driving?
April 21st, 1998
Alternative Rock, Art Rock
USER SCORE
80
85 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Sloan - Navy Blues
May 26th, 1998
Power Pop, Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
80
10 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Katatonia - Discouraged Ones
April 27th, 1998
Gothic Metal, Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
80
39 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
October 20th, 1998
Pop Rock, Alternative Rock, Piano Rock, Power Pop
USER SCORE
80
94 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
November 3rd, 1998
Pop Rock, Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge
USER SCORE
80
140 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
June 2nd, 1998
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
79
390 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Beck - Mutations
November 3rd, 1998
Folk Rock, Alternative Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
USER SCORE
79
253 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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24.

Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
October 12th, 1998
Alternative Rock, Noise Pop
USER SCORE
79
265 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music

25.

Anathema - Alternative 4
June 22nd, 1998
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
78
41 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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