| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Child Pornography | Homosexual Cookies | Nightpass |
| 2 | Broker/Dealer | Initial Public Offering | Asphodel |
| 3 | Young People | Young People | Hand Held Heart |
| 4 | Husbands | Introducing the Husbands | Swami |
| 5 | Fred Neil | Do You Ever Think of Me? | Rev-Ola |
| 6 | Icebreaker Int. and Manual | Into Forever | Morr Recordings |
| 7 | Parts & Labor | Parts & Labor 7" | JMZ |
| 8 | Bardo Pond | On the Ellipse | All Tomorrow's Parties |
| 9 | Hangman Come Quickly | Hangman Come Quickly | Hangman Come Quickly |
| 10 | Growing | The Sky's Run into the Sea | Kranky |
| 11 | Various | Ask Yourself | Nillacat |
| 12 | Djam Karet | Night for Baku | Cuneiform |
| 13 | Spirit World | Velcro is the New Black | Self-Released |
| 14 | Monobox | Molecule | Logistic |
| 15 | Sweet Trip | Velocity: Design: Comfort | Darla |
| 16 | Rah Bras | 7" | Luncast |
| 17 | Manifolds | III | Shamen |
| 18 | Esmerine | If Only a Sweet Surrender | Ninja Tune |
| 19 | Omega Cinco | 7" | GSL |
| 20 | Cerberus Shoal | Chaiming the Knoblessone | North East Indie |
| 21 | Pest | Necessary Measures | Ninja Tune |
| 22 | Ruins | March-October 1997 12" | Enterruption |
| 23 | Dennis Driscoll | Mysterious Mysterium | Yo Yo |
| 24 | Nudge | Elaborate Devices for Filtering | Tigerbeat 6 |
| 25 | Ugly Duckling | Taste the Secret | Emperor Norton |
| 26 | Catfive | American Military Operations 7" | Self-Released |
| 27 | Senor Coconut | Fiesta Songs | Emperor Norton |
| 28 | Landing | Passages Through | K |
| 29 | Tussle | 12" | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 30 | John Thill | The E'Tudes | Nigthpass |
| 31 | Various | My Malady | Mental Monkey |
| 32 | Nick Forte | Pasted Lakes | Schematic |
| 33 | Remake Remodel | 12345 Accelerate EP | Self-Released |
| 34 | Tujiko Noriko | From Tokyo to Naiagara | Tomlab |
| 35 | South Filthy | 7" | Wrecked Em |