1. Pavement – Brighten The Corners
2. OP8 – Slush
3. Supergrass – We’re In It For The Money
4. Whiskeytown – Stranger’s Almanac
5. Prefab Sprout – Andromeda Heights
6. Portishead – Portishead
7. Smog – Red Apple Falls
8. Elliott Smith – Either/Or
9. Sixteen Horsepower – Low Estate
10. Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
11. Björk – Homogenic
12. Radiohead – OK Computer
13. Chuck Prophet – Homemade Blood
14. Neko Case & Her Boyfriends – The Virginian
15. The Rolling Stones – Bridges To Babylon
16. Blur – Blur
17. Tindersticks – Curtains
18. Ben Folds Five – Whatever And Ever Amen
19. The Jayhawks – Sound Of Lies
20. Ron Sexsmith – Other Songs
21. Lambchop – Thriller
22. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Year of the Horse
23. Jim White – The Mysterious Tale Of How I Shouted Wrong-Eyed Jesus!
24. Grandaddy – Under The Western Freeway
25. Morphine – Like Swimming
26. David Bowie – Earthling
27. Pat MacDonald – Sleeps With His Guitar
28. Richard Buckner – Devotion + Doubt
29. Faith No More – Album Of The Year
30. Steve Wynn – Sweetness And Light
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