Berger Time Presents

The BEST Albums of the Year.

* albums may include tributes, live records, EPs, soundtracks & other 'various artists' collections

1998

Eric's Picks

1. Mary Lou Lord - Got No Shadow

2. Liz Phair - whitechocolatespaceegg

3. Brian Setzer Orchestra - The Dirty Boogie

4. Storyville - Dog Years

5. W.C. Clark - Lover's Plea

6. Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore

7. Eve 6

8. Juliana Hatfield - Bed

9. Keb Mo - Slow Down

10. Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine

11. Squirrel Nut Zippers - Perennial Favorites

12. Taj Mahal & the Hula Blues Band - Sacred Island

13. James Iha - Let It Come Down

14. Buddy Guy - Heavy Love

15. Dave Mathews Band - Before these Crowded Streets

1997

Eric's picks

1. Various Artists - Paint It Blue - The Songs of the Rolling Stones

2. Foo Fighters - The Colour and The Shape

3. Radiohead - OK Computer

4. Everclear - So Much for the Afterglow

5. Green Day - nimrod.

6. Blues Traveler - Straight on Til Morning

7. Juliana Hatfield - Please Do Not Disturb

8. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live at Carnegie Hall

9. Taj Mahal - Senor Blues

10. Matthew Sweet - Blue Sky on Mars

11. Kenny Wayne Sheperd - Trouble Is . . .

12. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

13. Luther Allison - Reckless

14. Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hot

15. Robert Cray - Sweet Potato Pie

16. The Simpsons - Songs in the Key of Springfield

17. Various Artists - Blues Down Deep - The Songs of Janis Joplin

18. Smashmouth - Fush Yu Mang

19. Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen

20. John Mooney - Dealin' with the Devil

1996

Eric's picks

1. Smashing Pumkpins - The Aeroplane Flies High

2. Storyville - A Piece of Your Soul

3. REM - New Adventures in Hifi

4. Taj Mahal - Phantom Blues

5. The Black Crowes - Three Snakes and One Charm

6. Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music: Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop

7. Soundgarden - Down on the Upside

8. Catherine - Hot Sake and Bedtime Stories

9. Dave Mathews Band - Crash

10. Tom Petty - She's the One

11. NerfHerder

12.Semisonic - The Great Divide

13. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Long Way Home

14. B.B. King - Live Performances 1964-1994

15. Keb Mo - Just Like You

16. Junior Wells - Come on in This House

17. Lemonheads - Car Button Cloth

18. Buddy Guy - Live! The Real Deal

19. Various Artists - Songs in the Key of X (from and inspired by the X-Files)

20. Weezer - Pinkerton

1995

Eric's Picks:

1. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie + The Infinite Sadness

2. Juliana Hatfield - Only Everything

3. Sonny Landreth - South of I-10

4. Radiohead - The Bends

5. Catherine - Sorry

6. Green Day - Insomniac

7. Foo Fighters

8. Ben Folds Five

9. Various Artists - Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits.

10. Everclear - Sparkle and Fade

11. Wynton Marsalis - Joe Cool's Blues

12. Dr. John - Afterglow

13. Fig Dish

14. Elastica

15. Luther Allison - Blue Streak

16. Matthew Sweet - 100% Fun

17. Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute

18. The Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass

19. Clarence "Gatemouth" - The Man

20. Snooks Eaglin - Soul's Edge

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