The complete list of albums we own released in 1998 .....
| Artist | Album Name | Label |
| Aerial M | October | Drag City |
| Afghan Whigs | 1965 | Columbia |
| Bonnie Prince Billy | Blue Lotus Feet | Domino |
| Bragg, Billy & Wilco | Mermaid Avenue | Elektra |
| Calexico | The Black Light | Quarterstick |
| CaP'n Jazz | Analphabetapolothology Disc 2 | Jade Tree |
| CaP'n Jazz | Analphabetapolothology Disc 1 | Jade Tree |
| Chicago Underground Duo | 12 Degrees of Freedom | Thrill Jockey |
| Clem Snide | You Were A Diamond | Tractor Beam |
| collections of colonies of bees | collections of colonies of bees | rosewood union |
| Creeper Lagoon | I Become Small and Go | NickelBag |
| Euphone | Breaking Parole | Hefty |
| Fig. 4 | Fig. 4 | Luna |
| Gastr Del Sol | Camoufleur | Drag City |
| Gelb, Howe | Hisser | V2 |
| Gerbils | Are you Sleepy | Aha |
| Grubbs, David | The Thicket | Drag City |
| Hope Blister | smile's ok | 4AD |
| illium | Plexiglas cube | Hefty |
| James | The Best Of | Fontana/Mercury |
| Jets to Brazil | Orange Rhyming Dictionary | Jade Tree |
| Joan of Arc | how memory works | Jade Tree |
| Jude | No One's Really Beautiful | Warner Music |
| June of 44 | Four Great Points | Quarterstick |
| Karate | The Bed is in the Ocean | Southern |
| Loftus | Loftus | Perishable |
| Logan, Jack | Little Private Angel | Parasol |
| Mars Accelerator | Frankfurt telephonics: (color coding and directional signals) | Rx Remedy |
| Mekons | Me | Quarterstick |
| Minor Forest | in independence | Thrill Jockey |
| Moonshine Willy | Bastard Child | Bloodshot |
| Mould, Bob | The Last Dog and Pony Show | Rykodisc |
| Neutral Milk Hotel | in the aeroplane over the sea | Merge |
| Newman, Paul | Only Love Can Break Your Heart | Trance Syndicate |
| Oldham, Will | Western Music | Ovni Records |
| Oldham, Will | Little Joya | Drag City |
| Oldham, Will | Black/Rich Music | Drag City |
| Pedro the Lion | it's hard to find a friend | Made in Mexico |
| Pele | Teaching the History of Teaching Geography | Star Star Stereo |
| Pele | People Living With Animals; Animals Kill People | Star Star Stereo |
| Pinetop Seven | Rigging the Toplights | Atavistic |
| Pinetop Seven | No Breath in the Bellows | Atavistic |
| Plush | More You Becomes You | Drag City |
| Pullman | Turnstyles & Junkpiles | Thrill Jockey |
| Rykodisc | 15 anniversary sampler | Rykodisc |
| Silver Jews | American Water | Drag City |
| Smith, Elliott | XO | DreamWorks |
| Songs: Ohia | Our Golden Ratio | Acuarela |
| Songs: Ohia | Impala | Happy Go Lucky |
| Songs: Ohia | Helca & Griiper | Secretly Canadian |
| Sonna | These Windows are pistons | temporary residence limited |
| Split Lip Rayfield | Split Lip Rayfield | Bloodshot |
| Tortoise | TNT | Thrill Jockey |
| Two Dollar Guitar | Train Songs | Smells Like Records |
| Wicklows | Heart of Irland | Laserlight |
| Zum Audio Volume 2 | Zum Audio Volume 3 | Zum |