20 YEARS AGO: The Best Of December 1998 PLAYLIST + ROUND-UP

Listen to a selection of the best tracks from December 1998, which also includes some of the year's best album tracks and a few rare and underrated indie gems that didn't make the singles charts.
Every month I revisit the music that we were listening to 20 years ago, and compile them into a YouTube playlist for your viewing and listening pleasure. Ideal for nostalgic journeys and reliving your youth, or maybe you're discovering these tracks for the first time.
You can stream the playlist in full below, and read about each individual track by clicking on each title. If you enjoy any of the songs featured here, we encourage you to support the artists by purchasing their music from your local record shop, or through online retailers.
The December 1998 edition features music from R.E.M, Babybird, Six By Seven, Pulp, Mercury Rev, Manic Street Preachers, The Boo Radleys, Eels, Ash, Belle and Sebastian, Dark Star, Delakota, Astronaut, Stroke, UNKLE, Symposium, the Beastie Boys, Lo Fidelity Allstars, and Whistler.

R.E.M. - LotusBabybird - I Was Never Here Six by Seven -Candlelight Pulp - The Fear Mercury Rev -EndlesslyManic Street Preachers - Ready for Drowning The Boo Radleys -She Is Everywhere Eels - My DescentInto Madness Ash - Folk Song Belle and Sebastian- Is It Wicked Not to Care? Pulp - I'm A Man Babybird - First ManOn the Sun Delakota - 555 Beastie Boys - The Move Lo Fidelity Allstars- Kool Roc Bass Manic StreetPreachers - You're Tender and You're TiredThe Boo Radleys -The Old Newsstand at Hamilton Square Pulp - Seductive BarryDark Star -GraceadelicaBabybird - Take MeBack Symposium -ImpossibleBeastie Boys -Putting Shame In Your Game UNKLE ft Thom Yorke- Rabbit In Your Headlights Stroke - Internal Call Astronaut - What You Gonna Do? Belle and Sebastian- Dirty Dream #2 The Boo Radleys -Comb Your Hair Eels - Climbing To The Moon Manic Street Preachers - Black Dog On My Shoulder Ash - I'm Gonna FallWhistler - If I Give You A Smile

BONUS TRACKSdark star - graceadelica (remix)
Dark Star - Graceadelica - live at T in the Park