Editing 1998 in music (section)

===January–March===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="29" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"| '''J<br>A<br>N<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|5
| ''[[Aquarius (EP)|Aquarius]]'' || [[Boards of Canada]] || EP
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[Great Expectations (1998 film)|Great Expectations]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[All Fall Down (Against All Authority album)|All Fall Down]]'' || [[Against All Authority]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Backbone (Backbone album)|Backbone]]'' || Backbone || Featuring [[Bill Kreutzmann]]
|-
| ''[[Challenge for a Civilized Society]]'' || [[Unwound]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Money, Power & Respect]]'' || [[The Lox]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Naked Baby Photos]]'' || [[Ben Folds Five]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Preemptive Strike (album)|Preemptive Strike]]'' || [[DJ Shadow]] || Singles compilation
|-
| ''[[The Troubleshooters (album)|The Troubleshooters]]'' || [[Funkdoobiest]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Yodel the Cowboy Way]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[Vain Glory Opera]]'' || [[Edguy]] || Germany
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Moon Safari]]'' || [[Air (French band)|Air]] || France
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[The Blue Cafe]]'' || [[Chris Rea]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Caught in a Trap and I Can't Back Out 'Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby]]'' || [[Mark Eitzel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Loaded Deck]]'' || [[Ace Frehley]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[My Secret Passion: The Arias]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Springtime (Freakwater album)|Springtime]]'' || [[Freakwater]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Viva la Ska Revolution]]'' || [[Bad Manners]] || Compilation
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Ce que je sais]]'' || [[Johnny Hallyday]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|26
|''[[Time Machines]]'' || [[Coil (band)|Coil]] ||-
|-
|''[[Dig My Mood]]'' || [[Nick Lowe]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine]]'' || [[The Donnas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Do or Die (Dropkick Murphys album)|Do or Die]]'' || [[Dropkick Murphys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Downward Is Heavenward]]'' || [[Hum (band)|Hum]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Got No Shadow]]'' || [[Mary Lou Lord]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Saturnz Return]]'' || [[Goldie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Skull Orchard]]'' || [[Jon Langford]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wide Open Spaces (album)|Wide Open Spaces]]'' || [[The Chicks]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[Crystal Ball (box set)|Crystal Ball]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || Box set
|-
| rowspan="44" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;"| '''F<br />E<br />B<br />R<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[Blues Brothers 2000 (soundtrack)|Blues Brothers 2000]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Ready for the World (INOJ album)|Ready for the World]]'' || [[INOJ]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strange Angels (Kristin Hersh album)|Strange Angels]]'' || [[Kristin Hersh]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Yield (album)|Yield]]'' || [[Pearl Jam]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[Conforming to Abnormality]]'' || [[Cephalic Carnage]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Facing the Animal]]'' || [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In the Aeroplane Over the Sea]]'' || [[Neutral Milk Hotel]] || US
|-
| ''[[Let It Come Down (James Iha album)|Let It Come Down]]'' || [[James Iha]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Once Sent from the Golden Hall]]'' || [[Amon Amarth]] || Debut
|-
| ''One Night'' || [[J.C. Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ray Lynch: Best Of, Volume One]]'' || [[Ray Lynch]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Tank Top City]]'' || [[Sugarsmack]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Terraform (Shellac album)|Terraform]]'' || [[Shellac (band)|Shellac]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vuelve (album)|Vuelve]]'' || [[Ricky Martin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Come Clean (Curve album)|Come Clean]]'' || [[Curve (band)|Curve]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Attack of The Planet Smashers]]'' || [[The Planet Smashers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Big Knockover]]'' || [[No Fun at All]] || US
|-
| ''[[Charge It 2 da Game]]'' || [[Silkk the Shocker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Deconstructing Beck]]'' || Anonymous || Released on [[Illegal Art]]
|-
| ''[[Destiny's Child (album)|Destiny's Child]]'' || [[Destiny's Child]] || US
|-
| ''[[In the World: From Natchez to New York]]'' || [[Olu Dara]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Little Plastic Castle]]'' || [[Ani DiFranco]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Str8 Outta Northcote]]'' || [[Blood Duster]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Success (The Posies album)|Success]]'' || [[The Posies]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="18" style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[Ain't It the Truth]]'' || [[Daryle Singletary]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Americana Deluxe]]'' || [[Big Bad Voodoo Daddy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dose (Gov't Mule album)|Dose]]'' || [[Gov't Mule]] ||-
|-
| ''[[For a Lifetime]]'' || [[Jonathan Cain]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Formulas Fatal to the Flesh]]'' || [[Morbid Angel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Headfirst Into Everything]]'' || [[Mystery Machine (band)|Mystery Machine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heavy Mental]]'' || [[Killah Priest]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Inferno – Last in Live]]'' || [[Dio (band)|Dio]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Legends (Above the Law album)|Legends]]'' || [[Above the Law (group)|Above the Law]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let Them Eat Pussy]]'' || [[Nashville Pussy]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[My Homies]]'' || [[Scarface (rapper)|Scarface]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stoners Reeking Havoc]]'' || [[Kottonmouth Kings]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Stratosphere (Duster album)|Stratosphere]]'' || [[Duster (band)|Duster]] ||-
|-
| ''[[SYR3: Invito Al Ĉielo]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] || EP
|-
| ''[[This Strange Place]]'' || [[Wolfstone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Til My Casket Drops]]'' || [[C-Bo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Train (album)|Train]]'' || [[Train (band)|Train]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Union (Union album)|Union]]'' || [[Union (band)|Union]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Bustin' + Dronin']]'' || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] || Remix & Live Album
|-
| ''[[Heart (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)|Heart]]'' || [[L'Arc-en-Ciel]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="59" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;"|'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H'''
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[Pandemonic Incantations]]'' || [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[Ray of Light]]'' || [[Madonna]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Crystal Planet]]'' || [[Joe Satriani]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Elmopalooza! (soundtrack)|Elmopalooza!]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[Pilgrim (Eric Clapton album)|Pilgrim]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[117°]]'' || [[Izzy Stradlin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Return to the Last Chance Saloon]]'' || [[The Bluetones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tin Planet]]'' || [[Space (English band)|Space]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="14" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[19th Street LBC Compilation]]'' || [[LBC Crew|Various Artists]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[All the Pain Money Can Buy]]'' || [[Fastball (band)|Fastball]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Becoming Remixed]]'' || [[Sneaker Pimps]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[The Chinese Album]]'' || [[Spacehog]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Collection (Bad Manners album)|The Collection]]'' || [[Bad Manners]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Contact from the Underworld of Redboy]]'' || [[Robbie Robertson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jimmy Ray (album)|Jimmy Ray]]'' || [[Jimmy Ray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Liquid Tension Experiment (album)|Liquid Tension Experiment]]'' || [[Liquid Tension Experiment]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Living Space (album)|Living Space]]'' || [[John Coltrane]] ||-
|- 
| ''[[Pure Frosting]]'' || [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Snake Bite Love]]'' || [[Motörhead]] ||-
|-
| ''The Surveillance'' || [[Trans Am (band)|Trans Am]] ||-
|-
| ''[[TNT (Tortoise album)|TNT]]'' || [[Tortoise (band)|Tortoise]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Voyeurs (album)|Voyeurs]]'' || [[2wo]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T]]'' || [[The Hives]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Big Calm]]'' || [[Morcheeba]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Néapolis (album)|Néapolis]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kansas (Jennifer Knapp album)|Kansas]]'' || [[Jennifer Knapp]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Hazleton (EP)|Hazleton]]'' || [[Fuel (band)|Fuel]] || EP
|-
| ''[[I'm Alright (Jo Dee Messina album)|I'm Alright]]'' || [[Jo Dee Messina]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Life or Death (C-Murder album)|Life or Death]]'' || [[C-Murder]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Players Club (soundtrack)|The Players Club: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back]]'' || [[Daz Dillinger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Van Halen III]]'' || [[Van Halen]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Virtual XI]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Twilight in Olympus]]'' || [[Symphony X]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Rose Is Still a Rose]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[XIII (Rage album)|XIII]]'' || [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[Colma (album)|Colma]]'' || [[Buckethead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Devil You Know (Econoline Crush album)|The Devil You Know]]'' || [[Econoline Crush]] || US
|-
| ''[[Feeling Strangely Fine]]'' || [[Semisonic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits Live (Journey album)|Greatest Hits Live]]'' || [[Journey (band)|Journey]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Guilty 'til Proved Innocent!]]'' || [[The Specials]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Happy? (Jann Arden album)|Happy?]]'' || [[Jann Arden]] || US; released in Canada in '97
|-
| ''[[Head Trip in Every Key]]'' || [[Superdrag]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Keasbey Nights]]'' || [[Catch 22 (band)|Catch 22]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Media (album)|Media]]'' || [[The Faint]] ||-
|-
| ''[[NSYNC (album)|NSYNC]]'' || [[NSYNC]] || US
|-
| ''[[The Pillage]]'' || [[Cappadonna]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Space Heater]]'' || [[The Reverend Horton Heat]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[This Is Hardcore]]'' || [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|31
| ''[[Boggy Depot]]'' || [[Jerry Cantrell]] || LP
|-
| ''[[In the Line of Fire (Hussein Fatal album)|In the Line of Fire]]'' || [[Hussein Fatal]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let's Ride (album)|Let's Ride]]'' || [[Montell Jordan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Moment of Truth (Gang Starr album)|Moment of Truth]]'' || [[Gang Starr]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Ponzi Scheme]]'' || [[Firewater (band)|Firewater]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran]]'' || [[Duran Duran]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Sunburn (Fuel album)|Sunburn]]'' || [[Fuel (band)|Fuel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[12 Bar Blues (album)|12 Bar Blues]]'' || [[Scott Weiland]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wishpool]]'' || [[Brother Cane]] ||-
|-
| ''[[City of Angels (soundtrack)|City of Angels]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|}