Editing 1998 in music (section)

===October–December===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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| rowspan="80" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"| '''O<br>C<br>T<br />O<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|5
| ''[[Hits (Phil Collins album)|Hits]]'' || [[Phil Collins]] || Compilation +1 new track
|-
| ''[[Northern Sulphuric Soul]]'' || [[Rae & Christian]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nu-Clear Sounds]]'' || [[Ash (band)|Ash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Symphony of Enchanted Lands]]'' || [[Rhapsody of Fire|Rhapsody]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[Against (album)|Against]]'' || [[Sepultura]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert|The Bootleg Series Vol. 4]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Christmas Caravan]]'' || [[Squirrel Nut Zippers]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Clandestino]]'' || [[Manu Chao]] ||-
|-
| ''[[IV (Cypress Hill album)|IV]]'' || [[Cypress Hill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Guilty 'til Proven Innocent]]'' || [[Prime Suspects]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heaven'z Movie]]'' || [[Bizzy Bone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hello Rockview]]'' || [[Less Than Jake]] ||-
|-
| ''[[John Mellencamp (album)|John Mellencamp]]'' || [[John Mellencamp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Prolonging the Magic]]'' || [[Cake (band)|Cake]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Recipe (album)|The Recipe]]'' || [[Mack 10]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sewn Mouth Secrets]]'' || [[Soilent Green]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Transcendental Highway]]'' || [[Colin Hay]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Waste of Mind]]'' || [[Zebrahead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[What This Country Needs]]'' || [[Aaron Tippin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[Without You I'm Nothing (Placebo album)|Without You I'm Nothing]]'' || [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[30: Very Best of Deep Purple]]'' || [[Deep Purple]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[B*Witched (album)|B*Witched]]'' || [[B*Witched]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Blind in Paradise]]'' || [[Takara (band)|Takara]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Labour of Love III]]'' || [[UB40]] || Covers
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Christmastime (Michael W. Smith album)|Christmastime]]'' || [[Michael W. Smith]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Civil War Fantasy]]'' || [[Altamont (band)|Altamont]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It's a Beautiful Thing (album)|It's a Beautiful Thing]]'' || [[Keith Murray (rapper)|Keith Murray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[December (Kenny Loggins album)|December]]'' || [[Kenny Loggins]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Goddamnit]]'' || [[Alkaline Trio]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Magnum Force (album)|Magnum Force]]'' || [[Heltah Skeltah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No More Looking over My Shoulder]]'' || [[Travis Tritt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slam (soundtrack)|Slam: The Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Spirit Trail]]'' || [[Bruce Hornsby]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Weird Tales (album)|Weird Tales]]'' || [[Golden Smog]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[Reunion (Black Sabbath album)|Reunion]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] || Live+ 2 new tracks
|-
| ''[[You've Come a Long Way, Baby]]'' || [[Fatboy Slim]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Out in the Fields – The Very Best of Gary Moore]]'' || [[Gary Moore]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Honey to the B]]'' || [[Billie Piper|Billie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hope Is Important]]'' || [[Idlewild (band)|Idlewild]] ||-
|-
| ''[[VH1 Storytellers (Ringo Starr album)|VH1 Storytellers]]'' || [[Ringo Starr]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Gran Turismo (album)|Gran Turismo]]'' || [[The Cardigans]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[98 Degrees and Rising|98° and Rising]]'' || [[98 Degrees|98°]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Aluminum Tunes]]'' || [[Stereolab]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[American Water (album)|American Water]]'' || [[Silver Jews]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everything's Gonna Be Alright (album)|Everything's Gonna Be Alright]]'' || [[Deana Carter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hard to Swallow]]'' || [[Vanilla Ice]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Good Side, Bad Side (Crucial Conflict album)|Good Side, Bad Side]]'' || [[Crucial Conflict]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In My Life (George Martin album)|In My Life]]'' || [[George Martin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas]]'' || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] || Live
|-
| ''[[A Little South of Sanity]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Live from the Middle East]]'' || [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too]]'' || [[New Radicals]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Starters Alternators]]'' || [[The Ex (band)|The Ex]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tape Head]]'' || [[King's X]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wander This World (Jonny Lang album)|Wander This World]]'' || [[Jonny Lang]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Why Do They Rock So Hard?]]'' || [[Reel Big Fish]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|22
| ''[[Under the Running Board]]'' || [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|26
| ''[[I've Been Expecting You]]'' || [[Robbie Williams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Believe (Cher album)|Believe]]'' || [[Cher]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Words from the Exit Wound]]'' || [[Napalm Death]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Modernism: A New Decade]]'' || [[The Style Council]] || Recorded in 1989
|-
| rowspan="17" style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Ghetto Superstar]]'' || [[Pras]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Up (R.E.M. album)|Up]]'' || [[R.E.M.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (1998 Mötley Crüe album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Mötley Crüe]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[1965 (The Afghan Whigs album)|1965]]'' || [[The Afghan Whigs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Enter the Dru]]'' || [[Dru Hill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fairy Tales (Divine album)|Fairy Tales]]'' || [[Divine (group)|Divine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Holiday Songs and Lullabies]]'' || [[Shawn Colvin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Keep the Faith (Faith Evans album)|Keep the Faith]]'' || [[Faith Evans]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kima, Keisha, and Pam]]'' || [[Total (girl group)|Total]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life]]'' || [[Cyndi Lauper]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[No Place That Far]]'' || [[Sara Evans]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Now That's What I Call Music! (original U.S. album)|Now That's What I Call Music!]]'' (U.S. series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[On a Day Like Today (album)|On a Day Like Today]]'' || [[Bryan Adams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Once in a LIVEtime]]'' || [[Dream Theater]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Shape of Punk to Come]]'' || [[Refused]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Story of the Ghost]]'' || [[Phish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Walking Distance (album)|Walking Distance]]'' || [[Robert Earl Keen]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[These Are Special Times]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] || Christmas
|-
| rowspan="75" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;" | '''N<br />O<br />V<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[The Best of 1980–1990]]'' || [[U2]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Masterplan (album)|The Masterplan]]'' || [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] || B-Sides Compilation
|-
| ''[[No Security]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] || Live
|-
| ''[[John Lennon Anthology]]'' || [[John Lennon]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[The Very Best of Meat Loaf]]'' || [[Meat Loaf]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Roseland NYC Live]]'' || [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Letting Off the Happiness]]'' || [[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hot Show]]'' || [[Prozzäk]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[400 Degreez]]'' || [[Juvenile (rapper)|Juvenile]] ||-
|-
| ''[[BBC Sessions (The Specials)|BBC Sessions]]'' || [[The Specials]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Greatest (Duran Duran album)|Greatest]]'' || [[Duran Duran]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[It's Hard to Find a Friend]]'' || [[Pedro the Lion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live (311 album)|Live]]'' || [[311 (band)|311]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Live from Albertane]]'' || [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Milkman (Phranc album)|Milkman]]'' || [[Phranc]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mutations (Beck album)|Mutations]]'' || [[Beck]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rafi's Revenge]]'' || [[Asian Dub Foundation]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie]]''|| [[Alanis Morissette]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael]]'' || [[George Michael]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Eden (Sarah Brightman album)|Eden]]'' || [[Sarah Brightman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[How to Measure a Planet?]]'' || [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Voice of an Angel]]'' || [[Charlotte Church]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="17" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Awesome God: A Tribute to Rich Mullins]]'' || Various Artists || [[Rich Mullins]] Tribute
|-
| ''Believe'' || Cher || US
|-
| ''[[Different Stages (Rush album)|Different Stages]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Chaosphere]]'' || [[Meshuggah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hits (Spice 1 album)|Hits]]'' || [[Spice 1]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Home for Christmas (NSYNC album)|Home for Christmas]]'' || [[NSYNC]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Let It Happen (MxPx album)|Let It Happen]]'' || [[MxPx]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Look Forward to Failure]]'' || [[The Ataris]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Manilow Sings Sinatra]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Mercenary (album)|Mercenary]]'' || [[Bolt Thrower]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Nerve Agents (EP)|The Nerve Agents]]'' || [[The Nerve Agents]] || EP
|-
| ''[[R. (R. Kelly album)|R.]]'' || [[R. Kelly]] || 2x CD
|-
| ''[[Rhythm-al-ism]]'' || [[DJ Quik]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Salesman and Bernadette]]'' || [[Vic Chestnutt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Steal This Album]]'' || [[The Coup]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tie One On]]'' || [[The Bouncing Souls]] || Live EP
|-
| ''[[Tracks (Bruce Springsteen album)|Tracks]]'' || [[Bruce Springsteen]] || Box Set
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[The Sound of '70s]]'' || [[Yoshinori Sunahara]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[Byzantium (album)|Byzantium]]'' || [[Deep Blue Something]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''One Time For Your Mind'' || [[1TYM]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Human Being (album)|Human Being]]'' || [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ludwig's Law]]'' || [[Dieter Moebius|Moebius]] [[Conny Plank|Plank]] [[Mayo Thompson|Thompson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Resurrection (East 17 album)|Resurrection]]'' || [[East 17|E-17]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Winter Album (NSYNC album)|The Winter Album]]'' || [[NSYNC]] || Christmas
|-
| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[100% Colombian]]'' || [[Fun Lovin' Criminals]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Americana (The Offspring album)|Americana]]'' || [[The Offspring]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Double Live (Garth Brooks album)|Double Live]]'' || [[Garth Brooks]] || 2x CD; Live
|-
| ''[[Da Good da Bad & da Ugly]]'' || [[Geto Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Love Is Your Love]]'' || [[Whitney Houston]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Number 1's (Mariah Carey album)|#1's]]'' || [[Mariah Carey]] || Compilation +4 new songs
|-
| ''[[The Prince of Egypt (soundtrack)|The Prince of Egypt: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Six the Hard Way]]'' || [[Suicidal Tendencies]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Spirit (Jewel album)|Spirit]]'' || [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends]]'' || [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tical 2000: Judgement Day]]'' || [[Method Man]] ||-
|-
| ''[[War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)]]'' || [[Ice Cube]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Believe (Savatage album)|Believe]]'' || [[Savatage]] || Compilation
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[The Question (The Slackers album)|The Question]]'' || [[The Slackers]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Ja, Zoo]]'' || [[Hide (musician)|hide with Spread Beaver]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 41'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[Bobby Digital in Stereo]]'' || [[RZA]] || Solo debut
|-
| ''[[Chef Aid: The South Park Album]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[The Collection Volume One]]'' || [[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Doc's da Name 2000]]'' || [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[El Chupacabra (EP)|El Chupacabra]]'' || [[Soil (American band)|Soil]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Garage Inc.]]'' || [[Metallica]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (2Pac album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[2Pac]] || 2xCD; Compilation + unreleased tracks
|-
| ''[[Let's Talk About Feelings]]'' || [[Lagwagon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live on Two Legs]]'' || [[Pearl Jam]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment]]'' || [[Timbaland]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Faith No More]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Hey! Album]]'' || [[Marvelous 3]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[Intimate and Live (album)|Intimate and Live]]'' || [[Kylie Minogue]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;" |'''D<br />E<br />C<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[As Friends Rust / Discount]]'' || [[As Friends Rust]] / [[Discount (band)|Discount]] || EP
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[Oceanborn]]'' || [[Nightwish]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front|E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front]]'' || [[Busta Rhymes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ghetto Fabulous (album)|Ghetto Fabulous]]'' || [[Mystikal]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Professional (album)|The Professional]]'' || [[DJ Clue]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[The Legend of Zelda The Ocarina of Time Original Soundtrack]]'' || [[Koji Kondo]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| ''[[Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood]]'' || [[DMX]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Truth (Talisman album)|Truth]]'' || [[Talisman (band)|Talisman]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[The Remix Album (All Saints album)|The Remix Album]]'' || [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]] || Remix
|-
| ''Evanescence'' || [[Evanescence]] || Debut/EP
|}