WXYC
Top 121 November 18-December 1 >> 1998
  1. V/A -- Ethiopiques Vols. 1, 3, and 4 (BUDA)
  2. Stereolab -- Aluminum Tunes (DRAG CITY)
  3. Creation -- Making Time/Biff Bang Pow (RETROACTIVE)
  4. V/A -- Boss Soul: The Genius of Barry White (DEL-FI)
  5. Badawi -- Final Warning (ASPHODEL)
  6. Zeena Parkins -- No Way Back (ATAVISTIC)
  7. Loren Mazzacane Connors -- The Bridge (MEGALON);Evangeline (ROAD CONE) 
  8. Melt Banana -- Charlie (AZAP/REVOLVER)
  9. Squarepusher -- Music is Rotted One Note (NOTHING/INTERSCOPE)
 10. Ex -- Starters Alternators (TOUCH AND GO)
 11. Ninety Nine -- 767 (ENDEARING)
 12. Hazel Dickens -- Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People (ROUNDER)
 13. Hive -- "A Chain of Prophecies" 12-inch (PHASE 4/LONDON)
 14. Daktaris -- Soul Explosion (DESCO)
 15. Butchies -- Are We Not Femme? (MR. LADY)
 16. Snuffy Jenkins -- Pioneer of the Bluegrass Banjo (ARHOOLIE)
 17. V/A -- Talking Trash/Lookey Dookey (RHYTHM & BLOOZ)
 18. V/A -- Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (CAIPIRINHA)
 19. Makigami Koichi/Anton Bruhin -- Electric Eel (TZADIK)
 20. Rondelles -- Fiction Romance, Fast Machines (SMELLS LIKE)
 21. Mouse on Mars -- Glam (THRILL JOCKEY)
 22. Sulukule -- Rom Music of Istanbul (TRADITIONAL CROSSROADS)
 23. Afterhours/Dynamics -- split 7-inch (self-released)
 24. Barbara Manning -- In New Zealand (COMMUNION)
 25. Betty Hutton -- The Best of the RCA Years (ONE WAY)
 26. Boards of Canada -- Music Has the Right to Children (MATADOR)
 27. Bonnie Prince Billie -- "Black Dissimulation" 7-inch (ALL CITY NOMAD) 
 28. Cat Power -- Moon Pix (MATADOR)
 29. V/A -- Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 3 (ROUNDER)
 30. April March -- Lessons of April March (IDEAL)
 31. Charline Arthur -- Welcome to the Club (BEAR FAMILY)
 32. Dock Boggs -- His Folkways Years 1963-1968 (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
 33. Gianni Gebbia -- H Portraits (RASTASCAN)
 34. Jimmie R. Vestal -- "That's All Right" 7-inch (self-released)
 35. Doc and Merle Watson -- Home Sweet Home (SHANACHIE)
 36. Frumpies -- Frumpie One-Piece (KILL ROCK STARS)
 37. Linton Kwesi Johnson -- Independant Intavenshan: The Island Anthology (ISLAND) 
 38. Massacre -- Funny Valentine (TZADIK)
 39. Rob Swift -- "The Ablist" 12-inch (ASPHODEL)
 40. Autechre -- self-titled (WARP/NOTHING)
 41. Ghazal -- As Night Falls on the Silk Road (SHANACHIE)
 42. Gladiators -- Bongo Red (HEARTBEAT)
 43. Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo -- Strange But True (MATADOR)
 44. Lounge Lizards -- Queen of All Ears (STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL)
 45. V/A -- Train 45: Railroad Songs of the Early 1900s (ROUNDER)
 46. Accordion Tribe -- self-titled (INTUITION)
 47. David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness! -- Klezmer, NY (TZADIK)
 48. Godzuki -- Your Future (MARCH)
 49. Tom Ze -- Fabrication Defect (LUAKA BOP)
 50. Two Star Tabernacle -- "Ramblin' Man" 7-inch (BLOODSHOT)
 51. V/A/Andrea Parker -- DJ Kicks (K7)
 52. Arnold Dreyblatt -- The Sound of One String (TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS); Nodal Excitation (DEXTER'S CIGAR)
 53. Earl Hooker -- The Moon is Rising (ARHOOLIE)
 54. El Son Entero -- Cuba (PLAYASOUND)
 55. Pish Posh -- Up Jumps the Boogie (RAW.KUTS/RAWKUS)
 56. V/A -- Doowop: To Be Loved Forever (DEL-FI)
 57. V/A -- Studio One Dancehall Selection (HEARTBEAT)
 58. Whiskeytown/Neko Case & the Sadies -- split 7-inch (BLOODSHOT)
 59. Badar Ali Khan -- Lost in Qawwali II (TRILOKA)
 60. Busta Rhymes -- "Tear the Roof Off" 12-inch (ELEKTRA)
 61. Compay Segundo -- Lo Mejor De La Vida (NONESUCH)
 62. Flowchart vs. GFS/Her Space Holiday -- split 7-inch (AUDIOINFORMATION PHENOMENA)
 63. James "Son" Thomas -- Beefsteak Blues (EVIDENCE)
 64. Kruder Dorfmeister -- K&D Sessions (K7)
 65. Lewis Parker -- Masquerades and Silhouettes (MELANKOLIC)
 66. Low Res -- Approximate Love Boat (PLUG RESEARCH)
 67. Girls of Angeli -- The New Voice of North (FINLANDIA)
 68. High Llamas -- Lollo Rosso (V2)
 69. Jets to Brazil -- Orange Rhyming Dictionary (JADE TREE)
 70. Outkast -- Aquemini (LAFACE)
 71. Roots -- "Adrenaline" CD single (MCA)
 72. Stars of the Lid/Jon McCafferty -- Per Aspera Ad Astra (KRANKY)
 73. David Honeyboy Edwards -- The World Don't Owe Me Nothing (EARWIG)
 74. Do Make Say Think -- self-titled (CONSTELLATION)
 75. icu -- Chotto Matte A Moment! (K)
 76. John Lurie -- Fishing With John; African Swim and Manny & Lo (STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL)
 77. Klezmatics & Chava Alberstein -- The Well (XENOPHILE)
 78. Mile Marker -- Non Plus Ultra (PARALOGY)
 79. Naftule's Dream -- Smash, Clap! (TZADIK)
 80. Pascal Comelade -- d'Argot du Bruit (LES DISQUES DU SOLEIL...)
 81. Red Scare -- "Jetset" 7-inch (PARALOGY)
 82. Third Eye Foundation -- You Guys Kill Me (MERGE)
 83. V/A -- Nordic Roots: A Northside Collection (NORTHSIDE)
 84. Varttina -- Vihma (WICKLOW)
 85. Blonde Redhead -- In an Expression of the Inexpressible (TOUCH AND GO) 
 86. Cephas & Wiggins -- Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad (EVIDENCE)
 87. Cursive/Silver Scooter -- split 10-inch (CRANK!)
 88. Elton Dean -- Just Us (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
 89. Flipmode Squad -- The Imperial (ELEKTRA)
 90. Guv'ner -- Spectral Worship (MERGE)
 91. Hal el Shedad -- Textures of Tomorrow (TROUBLEMAN UNLIMITED)
 92. hollAnd & Mark Borthwick -- Synthetic Voices soundtrack ()
 93. Junior Byles and Friends -- 129 Beat Street: Ja-Man Special 75-78 (BLOOD AND FIRE) 
 94. Retsin -- Sweet Luck of Amaryllis (CARROT TOP)
 95. rhBand -- First Tone (DRUNKEN FISH)
 96. Udi Yorgo Bacanos -- self-titled (TRADITIONAL CROSSROADS)
 97. V/A -- Cuban Gold 5: The 80s (QBADISC)
 98. Amps for Christ -- Songs From Mt. Ion (self-released)
 99. Asteroid #4 -- Introducing... (LOUNGE)
100. Boxhead Ensemble -- The Last Place To Go (ATAVISTIC)
101. Chicago Underground Duo -- 12 Degrees of Freedom (THRILL JOCKEY)
102. Deux Filles -- Silence & Wisdom (HUMBUG)
103. Flossie and the Unicorns -- LMNOP (SKIN GRAFT)
104. Heltah Skeltah -- "Brownsville II Long Beach" 12-inch (DUCKDOWN/PRIORITY) 
105. Hi-Fives -- Get Down! (LOOKOUT!)
106. Ida -- Losing Truth (BINGO)
107. Jaz Klash -- Thru the Haze (WORLD DOMINATION)
108. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -- Acme (MATADOR)
109. Mercury Rev -- Deserter's Songs (V2)
110. Nothing Painted Blue -- The Monte Carlo Method (SCAT)
111. OOIOO -- self-titled (KILL ROCK STARS)
112. Residents -- Wormwood (EAST SIDE DIGITAL)
113. Seam -- The Pace is Glacial (TOUCH AND GO)
114. Slaves -- "Chemical Priest" 12-inch (LOVELETTER)
115. Starpoint -- "Chains" 7-inch (self-released)
116. V/A -- Self Portrait compilation 7-inch (PERMAFROST)
117. 60 Channels -- Tuned in Turned On (WORLD DOMINATION)
118. Brand Nubian -- "Back Up Off the Wall" 12-inch (ARISTA)
119. Eugene Chadbourne -- Jungle Cookies (OLD GOLD); Volume 2: Solo Acoustic Guitar (RASTASCAN) 
120. Ganger -- Hammock Style (MERGE)
121. Hovercraft -- Experiment Below (MUTE)
 
Also, here are some other releases that we just added that aren't 
reflected on this week's chart:

Elliott Sharp: Tectonics -- Field & Stream (KNITTING FACTORY)
Elliott Sharp -- ARC 3: Cyberpunk and the Virtual Stance 1984-88 (ATAVISTIC)
V/A -- Various 500 Lock-Grooves by 500 Artists (RRR)
Cyryus -- The Lyricist (QUEERCORPS)
Julie Ruin -- self-titled (KILL ROCK STARS/5 RUE CHRISTINE)
V/A -- S.F. Unscrubbed: Live from the Laundromat II (TOY GUN MURDER)
Chessie -- Signal Series (DROP BEAT)
Sabir Mateen Trio -- Divine Mad Love (EREMITE)
V/A -- Multi-Vitamin Comp (PUNK IN MY VITAMINS)
Lucksmiths -- "Untidy Towns" 7-inch (DRIVE-IN/MATINEE)
V/A -- Laugh Hard, It's a Long Way to the Bank. (RESEARCH AND DESTROY)
Nmperign -- 44'38"/5 (TWISTED VILLAGE)
Ida Retsin Family -- Volume One (MUSS MY HAIR)