And the winners are ...
| 1 | Luna - Superfreaky
Memories A fabulous return to form for Dean Wareham, pity the album wasn't as good |
| 2 | dEUS - Instant Street Banjos, melodies and it rocks - Belgian brilliance |
| 3 | Dark Star - I Am The Sun A claustrophobic rocker which fair fizzes with intent |
| 4 | Mercury Rev - Goddess On A
Hiway No 1 last year, and only denied top spot again because it's a re-release (the live version of 'Car Wash Hair' on this was great too!) |
| 5 | The Flaming Lips - Waitin' For A
Superman A fragile, multilayered moment of genius from 'The Soft Bulletin' |
| 6 | Kristin Hersh - Echo The first sign of a return to form for KH - classic Muses pop |
| 7 | R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful Gorgeous ballad from 'Up' which went some way to restoring REM's commercial reputation |
| 8 | Sebadoh - Flame In which Lou Barlow sounds like Gary Numan - another lo-fi pop gem |
| 9 | Pavement - Major Leagues Pavement pretty? Weird but it works |
| 10 | Mercury Rev - Delta Sun
Bottleneck Stom Not quite 'Goddess' but the song that took the Rev into the charts was sublime all the same |