| ...and Oceans |
| The Dynamic Gallery Of Thoughts | Black metal atmosphérique | 1998 - Season Of Mist | 7.5/10 | 7.5/10 | 7.2/10 |
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| A Canorous Quintet |
| The Only Pure Hate | Death mélodique | 1998 - No Fashion Records | 7/10 | 7.5/10 | 7.12/10 |
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| Ablaze My Sorrow |
| The Plague | Death mélodique | 1998 - No Fashion Records | 6/10 | 7/10 | 6.54/10 |
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| Agathodaimon |
| Blacken The Angel | Black metal symphonique | 1998 - Nuclear Blast Records | 7.5/10 | -/10 | 7.35/10 |
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| All Out War |
| For Those Who Were Crucified | Hardcore | 1998 - Victory Records | 8.5/10 | 9/10 | 8.5/10 |
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| Anal Cunt |
| Picnic Of Love | Fucked-up Love Songs | 1998 - Off The Records | -/10 | 4.33/10 | 7.5/10 |
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| Anata |
| The Infernal Depths Of Hatred | Anata's Death métal | 1998 - Season Of Mist | 10/10 | 8.52/10 | 8.38/10 |
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| Anathema |
| Alternative 4 | Rock/doom | 1998 - Peaceville Records | 9/10 | 8.64/10 | 8.56/10 |
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| Angra |
| Fireworks | Heavy metal | 1998 - SPV | 8/10 | 6/10 | 7.63/10 |
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| Anthrax |
| Volume 8 | Heavy Rock | 1998 - Ignition Records | 6/10 | 5.25/10 | 5.38/10 |
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| Arch Enemy |
| Stigmata | Death mélodique | 1998 - Century Media Records | 7/10 | 7.32/10 | 8.31/10 |
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| Aria |
| Generator of Evil | Heavy Metal | 1998 - Moroz Records | 6/10 | -/10 | 4/10 |
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| Astrofaes |
| Dying Emotions Domain | Black Metal | 1998 - Autoproduction | 8/10 | -/10 | 5.09/10 |
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| Avrigus |
| The Final Wish (MCD) | Doom épique atmosphérique | 1998 - Warhead Records | 3.5/5 | -/5 | 3.75/5 |
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| Behemoth |
| Pandemonic Incantations | Black Metal | 1998 - Solistitium Records | 8/10 | 7.5/10 | 7.18/10 |
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| Bethlehem |
| Sardonischer Untergang Im Zeichen Irr... | Dark Metal | 1998 - Red Stream | 8/10 | 7.9/10 | 5/10 |
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| Bethzaida |
| LXXVIII | Black Death Metal | 1998 - Season Of Mist | 9/10 | 5.83/10 | 6.82/10 |
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| Bloodlet |
| The Seraphim Fall | Hardcore | 1998 - Victory Records | 9/10 | 9.5/10 | -/10 |
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| Bodychoke |
| Cold River Songs | Industrial Noise Rock / Post Punk | 1998 - Relapse Records / Purity | 8.5/10 | 9.33/10 | 8.92/10 |
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| Bolt Thrower |
| Who Dares Win (Compil.) | Death Metal | 1998 - Earache Records | 4/5 | 4/5 | 3.63/5 |
| Mercenary | Death Metal | 1998 - Metal Blade Records | 9/10 | 8.57/10 | 7.73/10 |
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| Borknagar |
| The Archaic Course | Black Metal | 1998 - Century Media Records | 7/10 | 7.86/10 | 8.23/10 |
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| Botch |
| American Nervoso | Hardcore | 1998 - Hydra Head Records | 10/10 | 8.5/10 | 8.67/10 |
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| Bruce Dickinson |
| The Chemical Wedding | Heavy metal | 1998 - Sanctuary Records | 9/10 | 7.5/10 | 8.99/10 |
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| Cannibal Corpse |
| Gallery Of Suicide | Death Métal | 1998 - Metal Blade Records | 7.5/10 | 7.59/10 | 7.54/10 |
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| Catamenia |
| Halls Of Frozen North | Black Metal mélodique | 1998 - Massacre Records | 7/10 | 7.5/10 | 6.04/10 |
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| Cathedral |
| Caravan Beyond Redemption | Doom Metal | 1998 - Earache Records | 8/10 | 8/10 | 7.17/10 |
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| Cave In |
| Beyond Hypothermia (Compil.) | Hardcore | 1998 - Hydra Head Records | 4/5 | 4.5/5 | 5/5 |
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| Children Of Bodom |
| Something Wild | Heavy/speed extrême | 1998 - Nuclear Blast Records | 7.5/10 | 8.17/10 | 8.32/10 |
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| Covenant |
| Nexus Polaris | Metal avant-gardiste | 1998 - Nuclear Blast Records | 8/10 | 8.7/10 | 7.65/10 |
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| Cradle Of Filth |
| Cruelty And The Beast | Black Metal Gothique | 1998 - Music For Nations | 7/10 | 8.66/10 | 8.32/10 |
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| Crowbar |
| Odd Fellows Rest | Sludge | 1998 - Spitfire Records / Mayhem Records | 9/10 | 8.1/10 | 9.67/10 |
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| Cryptopsy |
| Whisper Supremacy | Brutal Death Technique | 1998 - Century Media Records | 7.5/10 | 8.39/10 | 8.44/10 |
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| Cybele |
| Brightly Blackhearted | Metal gothique 100% féminin | 1998 - Head Not Found | 4/10 | -/10 | -/10 |
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| Dan Swanö |
| Moontower | Death mélodique progressif | 1998 - Black Mark Productions | 8.5/10 | 8.25/10 | -/10 |
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| Dargaard |
| Eternity Rites | Dark Ambient/Néoclassique | 1998 - Draenor Productions | 9/10 | 9/10 | 8.23/10 |
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| Death |
| The Sound Of Perseverance | Sommet de l'évolution | 1998 - Nuclear Blast Records | 10/10 | 9.14/10 | 8.76/10 |
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| Deftones |
| My Own Summer (Shove It) (EP) | Nu Metal | 1998 - Maverick Records | 3.25/5 | 2.5/5 | -/5 |
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| Deicide |
| When Satan Lives (Live) | Death-Metal | 1998 - Roadrunner Records | 4.25/5 | 3.94/5 | 3.35/5 |
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| Devilyn |
| Reborn In Pain | Death metal | 1998 - Listenable Records | 4/10 | 7/10 | 6.5/10 |
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| Devin Townsend |
| Infinity | Out of this World Metal | 1998 - HevyDevy Records | 10/10 | 9.03/10 | 8.64/10 |
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| Diabolical Masquerade |
| Nightwork | Heavy/Black Metal atmosphérique et avant-gardiste | 1998 - Avantgarde Music | 9/10 | 8.54/10 | 8.17/10 |
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| Dying Fetus |
| Killing On Adrenaline | Brutal Death Metal | 1998 - Relapse Records | 9/10 | 8.61/10 | 7.69/10 |
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| Dødheimsgard (DHG) |
| Satanic Art (EP) | Black Metal | 1998 - Peaceville Records | 5/5 | 4.5/5 | -/5 |
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| Eldritch |
| El Niño | Metal progressif | 1998 - InsideOut Music | 8.5/10 | 9/10 | -/10 |
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| Elend |
| The Umbersun | Ambient / gothique sombre | 1998 - Music For Nations | 9.5/10 | 8.7/10 | 8.21/10 |
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| Entombed |
| Same Difference | Stoner / Rock | 1998 - Threeman Recordings | 7/10 | 7.3/10 | 6.58/10 |
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| Estatic Fear |
| Somnium Obmutum | Doom folk symphonique | 1998 - CCP Records | 8.5/10 | -/10 | 8.75/10 |
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| Evergrey |
| The Dark Discovery | Heavy/Dark Mélodique | 1998 - InsideOut Music | 7/10 | 7.5/10 | 7.59/10 |
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| Evoken |
| Embrace The Emptiness | Funeral Death / Doom | 1998 - Elegy Records | 9/10 | -/10 | 6.79/10 |
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| Exhumation |
| Dance Across The Past | Thrash/Death mélodique | 1998 - Holy Records | 7.5/10 | 8/10 | -/10 |
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| Flowing Tears & Withered Flowers |
| Joy Parade | Metal gothique | 1998 - Seven Art Music | 6.5/10 | -/10 | 7.14/10 |
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| Gates Of Ishtar |
| At Dusk And Forever | Death Metal Mélodique | 1998 - Invasion Records | 8/10 | 8.25/10 | 7.24/10 |
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| Gore Beyond Necropsy |
| Noise-a-Go Go!!! | Goregrind Noisecore | 1998 - Relapse Records | 8/10 | 10/10 | -/10 |
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| Gorgasm |
| Stabwound Intercourse (EP) | Brutal Death | 1998 - Pulverizer Records | 4/5 | 4.44/5 | 3.75/5 |
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| Gorgoroth |
| Destroyer | Raw Black Metal | 1998 - Nuclear Blast Records | 7.5/10 | 7.04/10 | 7.85/10 |
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| Gorguts |
| Obscura | Post-Death Metal | 1998 - Olympic Recordings | 9.5/10 | 8.64/10 | 8.9/10 |
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| Grief |
| Torso | Sludge | 1998 - Pessimiser Records | 9.5/10 | 8.83/10 | 7.42/10 |
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| Grief Of Emerald |
| Nightspawn | Black/Death | 1998 - Listenable Records | 7.5/10 | -/10 | 8.26/10 |
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| Helloween |
| Better Than Raw | Heavy Metal | 1998 - Raw Power | 9.5/10 | 8.21/10 | 8.28/10 |
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| Hypocrisy |
| Hypocrisy Destroys Wacken (Live) | Death métal culte en live | 1998 - Nuclear Blast Records | 4.25/5 | 4.13/5 | 3.85/5 |
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| Infernal Torment |
| Birthrate Zero | Death Metal | 1998 - Progress Records | 7.5/10 | 6.5/10 | 7.16/10 |
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| Jerry Cantrell |
| Boggy Depot | Grunge | 1998 - Columbia Records | 7/10 | -/10 | 5.5/10 |
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| Katatonia |
| Discouraged Ones | Rock dépressif | 1998 - Avantgarde Music | 7/10 | 7.88/10 | 8.42/10 |
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| Krabathor |
| Orthodox | Death Metal | 1998 - Morbid Records | 7/10 | 7.5/10 | 8.42/10 |
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| Liquid Tension Experiment |
| Liquid Tension Experiment | Metal progressif instrumental | 1998 - Magna Carta Records | 8/10 | -/10 | 8/10 |
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| Lothlorien |
| The Primal Event | Death mélodique | 1998 - Black Mark Productions | 8/10 | 8/10 | 9.06/10 |
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| Loudblast |
| Fragments | Power-Thrash | 1998 - XIII Bis Records | 7.5/10 | 7.33/10 | 7.27/10 |
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| Madball |
| Look My Way | Hardcore | 1998 - Roadrunner Records | 7.5/10 | 7.75/10 | 8.75/10 |
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| Marilyn Manson |
| Mechanical Animals | Industrial Rock / Metal | 1998 - Interscope Records | 9/10 | 8.3/10 | 8.7/10 |
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| Meshuggah |
| Chaosphere | Metal extrême technique | 1998 - Nuclear Blast Records | 9/10 | 9/10 | 8.73/10 |
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| Misanthrope |
| Libertine Humiliations | Metal extrême avant-gardiste et inclassable | 1998 - Holy Records | 8.5/10 | 8.43/10 | 7.82/10 |
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| Morbid Angel |
| Formulas Fatal To The Flesh | Death Metal | 1998 - Earache Records | 8.5/10 | 8.33/10 | 7.98/10 |
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| Morning Again |
| As Tradition Dies Slowly | Hardcore / Metal | 1998 - Revelation Records | 7/10 | -/10 | 7.71/10 |
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| Motörhead |
| Snake Bite Love | Hard - Rock N'Roll | 1998 - SPV | 7/10 | 7.3/10 | -/10 |
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| Mythic |
| Anthology (Compil.) | Death / Doom | 1998 - Autoproduction | 3.5/5 | -/5 | -/5 |
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| Napalm Death |
| Words From The Exit Wound | Death / Grind | 1998 - Earache Records | 8.5/10 | 7.69/10 | 6.98/10 |
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| Night In Gales |
| Thunderbeast | Death mélodique | 1998 - Nuclear Blast Records | 6.5/10 | 9.5/10 | 7.9/10 |
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| Nightwish |
| Oceanborn | Metal Symphonique | 1998 - Spinefarm Records | 8/10 | 8.38/10 | 9.01/10 |
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| Nile |
| Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka | Brutal Death des catacombes | 1998 - Relapse Records | 8/10 | 8.56/10 | 8.58/10 |
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| Obituary |
| Dead (Live) | Death Metal | 1998 - Roadrunner Records | 3.5/5 | 4.13/5 | 3.78/5 |
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| Obtained Enslavement |
| Soulblight | Black Metal symphonique | 1998 - Napalm Records | 9.5/10 | 8.8/10 | 8.63/10 |
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| Ocean Machine / Devin Townsend |
| Biomech | Out of this World Metal | 1998 - HevyDevy Records | 9.5/10 | 9.22/10 | 10/10 |
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| Opeth |
| My Arms, Your Hearse | Death metal progressif | 1998 - Candlelight Records | 8.5/10 | 8.73/10 | 8.19/10 |
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| Pearl Jam |
| Yield | Grunge | 1998 - Epic Records | 8.5/10 | 6.75/10 | 7/10 |
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| Phobia |
| Means Of Existence | Grindcore | 1998 - Slap A Ham Records | 8/10 | -/10 | -/10 |
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| Prophanity |
| Stronger Than Steel | Black/Death mélodique | 1998 - Blackend Records | 8/10 | 8/10 | 7.24/10 |
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| Prophecy |
| Foretold...Foreseen | Brutal Death Metal | 1998 - Corpse Gristle Records | 8.5/10 | 8.5/10 | -/10 |
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| Queens Of The Stone Age |
| Queens Of The Stone Age | Stoner Rock | 1998 - Roadrunner Records | 9/10 | 8.5/10 | 7.9/10 |
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| Raise Hell |
| Holy Target | Black/Death | 1998 - Nuclear Blast Records | 8/10 | 8/10 | 7.35/10 |
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| Rhapsody |
| Symphony Of Enchanted Lands | Metal Symphonique | 1998 - Nothing To Say | 8/10 | 8.44/10 | 8.66/10 |
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| Samael |
| Exodus (MCD) | Metal avant-gardiste | 1998 - Century Media Records | 3.75/5 | 3.75/5 | 3.64/5 |
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| Satariel |
| Lady Lust Lilith | Death Mélodique | 1998 - Pulverised Records | 8/10 | -/10 | 7/10 |
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| Scattered Remnants |
| Destined To Fail | Brutal Death Metal | 1998 - Repulse Records | 8/10 | -/10 | -/10 |
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| Sentenced |
| Frozen | Metal Mélancolique | 1998 - Century Media Records | 8/10 | 7.83/10 | 7.62/10 |
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| Septicflesh |
| A Fallen Temple | Death Metal Mélodique / Athmosphérique | 1998 - Holy Records | 7.5/10 | 7.95/10 | 7.5/10 |
| The Eldest Cosmonaut (EP) | Death Metal Mélodique / Athmosphérique | 1998 - Holy Records | 2/5 | -/5 | 3.75/5 |
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| Seth |
| Les Blessures de l'Âme | Black metal mélodique | 1998 - Season Of Mist | 8.5/10 | 9.04/10 | 7.73/10 |
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| Shadows Fall |
| Somber Eyes To The Sky | Swedecore | 1998 - Lifeless Records | 8/10 | -/10 | 6.67/10 |
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| Slayer |
| Diabolus In Musica | Thrash | 1998 - American Recordings | 8.5/10 | 7.09/10 | 6.13/10 |
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