PLAYLIST: The Best Of 1998

1998 was the year that we officially entered the "post-Britpop" era. The music became darker and less optimistic, but also more interesting and sonically inviting. Hearing this compilation takes me back to my teenage years, and the evenings spent in my bedroom with the music that offered me an escape and a sense of hope. Now, they remind me that I made it, and that over the years songs like these got me through testing times, and led me to where I am now. They remind me that anything is possible, and nowadays they soundtrack the sort of wonderful life that I always dreamed of having.

This playlist features the 100 best tracks from the year, compiled into an epic compilation for your listening pleasure.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.
You can stream the whole thing via YouTube below (plays automatically). A comprehensive list of playlists of music from 1998 can be found further down this page.

1.     The Boo Radleys - Blue Room In Archway
2.     Pulp - The Fear
3.    Manic Street Preachers - The Everlasting
4.    Mansun - Six (album version)
5.     The Bluetones - Solomon Bites The Worm
6.    Babybird - Bad Old Man
7.    The Jesus And Mary Chain - Cracking Up
8.     Ian Brown - My Star
9.    Embrace - Come Back To What You Know
10.     Ash - Jesus Says
11.     The Cardigans - My Favourite Game
12.    Gomez - Get Myself Arrested
13.    Garbage - Push It
14.     Beastie Boys - The Move
15.     Skinny - Failure
16.     Kula Shaker - Sound Of Drums 
17.    Belle and Sebastian - A Summer Wasting
18.    Massive Attack - Teardrop
19.    theaudience - Pessimist Is Never Disappointed
20.     Pulp - This Is Hardcore
21.    Placebo - Pure Morning
22.    Hole - Celebrity Skin
23.    The Dandy Warhols - Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
24.    Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
25.     Elliot Smith - Waltz #2 (XO)
26.     Manic Street Preachers - Ready for Drowning
27.     Babybird - I Was Never Here
28.     Eels - My Descent Into Madness
29.     Hurricane #1 - Only the strongest will survive
30.    Lodger I'm Leaving
31.    Babybird - If You'll Be Mine
32.    GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI - SWEET JOHNNY
33.     Spearmint - a trip into space
34.    MOVER FEAT. RUBY TURNER - We Got It Going On
35.     Carrie - California Screamin
36.    Puressence-This Feeling
37.    UltraSound - Stay Young
38.    Unbelievable Truth - Solved
39.    Gomez - Whippin' Piccadilly
40.    The Supernaturals I Wasn't Built To Get Up
41.    Idlewild - Everyone Says You're So Fragile
42.    Asian Dub Foundation - black white
43.     Lo Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag (feat. Pigeonhed)
44.     UNKLE ft Richard Ashcroft - Lonely Soul
45.    The Jesus And Mary Chain - I Love Rock 'N' Roll
46.     The Boo Radleys - Kingsize
47.    Manic Street Preachers - You're Tender and You're Tired
48.    theaudience - I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)
49.    The Divine Comedy - Generation Sex
50.    James - Destiny Calling
51.     Levellers - Shadow On The Sun
52.     Bernard Butler - Not Alone
53.    SHED 7 - HEROES
54.     The Dandy Warhols - Boys Better
55.    Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid
56.     Beastie Boys - Putting Shame In Your Game
57.     Asian Dub Foundation - Buzzin'
58.     Hurricane #1 - Rising Sign
59.     Mercury Rev - Holes
60.    Delakota - The Rock
61.    Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Let's Get Together (In Our Minds)
62.    Eels - Last Stop: This Town
63.     Ash - Wild Surf
64.    SHED 7 - DEVIL IN YOUR SHOES
65.     Rialto - Summer's Over
66.     Gomez - 78 Stone Wobble
67.     Paul Weller - Brand New Start
68.     Embrace - That's All Changed Forever
69.    Manic Street Preachers - Be Natural
70.    PURESSENCE - IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE
71.    Mercury Rev - Goddess on a Highway
72.    Dark Star - Graceadelica
73.    Stroke - Internal Call
74.     The Clint Boon Experience - White No Sugar
75.    Helen Love - Long Live The UK Music Scene
76.    The High Fidelity - Luv Dup
77.    Astral - Come And Go 
78.    Symposium - Impossible (Extended Version) (Audio)
79.     Astronaut - What You Gonna Do?
80.    The Delgados - Pull The Wires From The Wall 
81.     Astrid - Distance
82.     Arab Strap - (Afternoon) Soaps
83.     The Divine Comedy - The Certainty Of Chance
84.     Stony Sleep - Lady Lazarus
85.    R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful
86.    Theaudience - If You Can't Do It When You're Young; When Can You Do It?
87.    Booth and The Bad Angel - Fall In Love With Me
88.     Bernard Butler - Stay
89.    The Bluetones - "If..." (Official Video) HD
90.    Super Furry Animals - Ice Hockey Hair (full length)
91.     Pulp - I'm A Man
92.     The Boo Radleys - Comb Your Hair
93.    Belle and Sebastian - Dirty Dream #2
94.     Eels - Climbing To The Moon
95.     Lo Fidelity Allstars - Vision Incision
96.     UNKLE ft Thom Yorke - Rabbit In Your Headlights
97.    Manic Street Preachers - Black Dog On My Shoulder (Audio)
98.     Ash - I'm Gonna Fall
99.     Embrace - The Good Will Out
100.    Whistler - If I Give You A Smile

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