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Hi Everyone,
The top ten albums of 1998 according to you, the critics, have been tabulated.
We had an overwhelming number of participants for which we thank you all. We
know our chart is very different from any other and your choices for the top
artists will probably be quite different from the Grammys. Please feel free to
reprint the chart in your outlets.
The Critical List for 1998.
1. Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Mercury
2. Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Ruffhouse/Columbia
3. Billy Bragg and Wilco Mermaid Avenue Elektra
4. Bob Dylan The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966 (The Royal
Albert Hall Concert) Columbia/Legacy
5. Rufus Wainwright Rufus Wainwright DreamWorks
6. Garbage Version 2.0 Almo
7. R.E.M. Up Warner Bros
8. Elliott Smith XO DreamWorks
9. Madonna Ray of Light Warner Bros
10. Hole Celebrity Skin Geffen
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We will tabulate the results according to genre in the next week, so please
stay tuned for the critics choice for top jazz, indie and country albums.
Look for regular voting to begin anew next week. Again, thank you all.
