Top Ten 1998 – The Post Tracks Years
A year of searching for music that speaks to my "demographic"...too old for what passes as rock n roll on mtv but still looking for for the perfect beat.

Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

Emmylou Harris- Spyboy

Bruce Springsteen- Tracks / Off the Tracks

Billy Bragg & Wilco- Mermaid Avenue

Alejandro Escovedo- More Miles than Money: Live 1994-96
Gillian Welch- Hell Among the Yearlings
REM- Up
Cheri Knight- The Northeast Kingdom
Son Volt- Wide Swing Tremolo
Willie Nelson- Teatro

The Close but not quite section:
  1. Tori Amos- From the Choirgirl Hotel
  2. Pearl Jam- Yield
  3. Chris Knight- Chris Knight
  4. John Mellencamp- Mellencamp
  5. Bonnie Raitt- Fundamental
  6. Sheryl Crow- The Globe Sessions
  7. Natalie Merchant- Ophelia
  8. Robbie Robertson- Contact From the Underworld of Redboy
  9. Dave Alvin- Blackjack David
  10. Nanci Griffith- Other Voices, Too
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Reissues:
Jimi Hendrix- BBC Sessions
Van Morrison- the Philosopher’s Stone
John Lennon- Anthology
Whiskeytown- Faithless Street
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Live CD:
Bob Dylan- Live 1966
Lou Reed- Perfect Night Live in London
Elvis Presley- Tigerman
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Blues:
Otis Rush- Any Place I’m Going
BB King- Blues on the Bayou
Rod Piazza- Vintage Live 1975
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Associate Music Critics Top 10 for 1998--Brad Fackler's Best of the Year List
You'll be glad you did..Brad knows his rock n roll!!
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