| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL | |
| 1 | Bjork | Post | Elektra |
| 2 | The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group | Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? | Minty Fresh |
| 3 | Cibo Matto | "Birthday Cake" | El Diablo |
| 4 | Flaming Lips | Clouds Taste Metallic | Warner |
| 5 | Elastica | Elastica | DGC |
| 6 | PJ Harvey | To Bring You My Love | Island |
| 7 | various artists | Free to Fight! an interactive Self Defense Project | Candy Ass |
| 8 | Son Volt | Trace | Warner |
| 9 | Soul Coughing | Ruby Vroom! | Warner/Slash |
| 10 | Polara | Polara | Clean |
| 11 | The Blue Up? | Spool Forka Dish | Columbia |
| 12 | Ben Folds Five | Ben Folds Five | Passenger/Caroline |
| 13 | The Jaywawks | Tomorrow the Green Grass | American |
| 14 | Dambuilders | Ruby Red | EastWest |
| 15 | Air Miami | me, me, me | 4AD/Teenbeat |
| 16 | Babes in Toyland | Nemesisters | Warner |
| 17 | Luna | Penthouse | Elektra |
| 18 | Ben Lee | Grandpaw Would | Grand Royal |
| 19 | The 6ths | Wasps' Nest | London Records |
| 20 | Squirrel Nut Zippers | The Inevitable Sound of the Squirrel Nut Zippers | Mammoth |
| 21 | Wesley Willis | Greatest Hits | Alternative Tentacles |
| 22 | Southern Culture on the Skids | Dirt Track Date | DGC/Geffen |
| 23 | Helium | The Dirt of Luck | Matador |
| 24 | The Honeydogs | The Honeydogs | October |
| 25 | Slant 6 | Inzombia | Dischord |
| 26 | Mike Watt | Ball Hog or Tugboat? | Columbia |
| 27 | That Dog | Totally Crushed Out | DGC |
| 28 | Terence Trent D'Arby | Vibrator | Epic/Work |
| 29 | Magnetic Fields | Get Lost | Merge |
| 30 | various artists | Kids Motion Picture Soundtrack | London |
| 31 | Boss Hog | Boss Hog | DGC |
| 32 | Chris Mars | Tenderhooks | Bar None |
| 33 | Pavement | Wowee Zowee | Matador |
| 34 | Superchunk | Here's Where the Strings Come | Merge |
| 35 | Low | Long Division | Vernon Yard |
| 36 | Ash | Trailer | Reprise |
| 37 | Chemical Brothers | Exit Planet Dust | Astralwerks |
| 38 | Moby | Everything is Wrong | Elektra |
| 39 | PM Dawn | Jesus Wept | Gee Street |
| 40 | Smattering | Sissy Bar | Generator |
| 41 | Sonic Youth | Washing Machine | DGC |
| 42 | Yo La Tengo | Electro-pur-a | Matador |
| 43 | Rex Daisy | "Brand New Friend" | Ginger |
| 44 | The Rentals | Return of the Rentals | Maverick |
| 45 | Rhea Valentine | Shrug | Loaded Lick Records |
| 46 | Ben Harper | Fight for Your Mind | Virgin |
| 47 | Papas Fritas | Papas Fritas | Minty Fresh |
| 48 | Prince | The Gold Experience | Warner/NPG Records |
| 49 | Evil Stig | Evil Stig | Warner |
| 50 | The Grifters | Eureka EP | Shangri La Records |
| 51 | Dream Warriors | Subliminal Simulation | Pentulum/EMI |
| 52 | Handsome Family | Odessa | Carrot Top |
| 53 | Guided By Voices | Alien Lanes | Matador |
| 54 | Spooky Ruben | Modes of Transportation, vol 1 | TVT Records |
| 55 | Balloon Guy | Sound Bull | Generator |
| 56 | Blur | The Great Escape | Virgin |
| 57 | suddenly, tammy! | We Get There When We Do | Warner |
| 58 | Spare Snare | Live at Home | Chute |
| 59 | Ani DiFranco | Not a Pretty Girl | Righteous Babe |
| 60 | Verve | A Northern Soul | Vernon Yard |
| 61 | Shatterproof | Slip it Under the Door | MCA/Fort Apache |
| 62 | Morphine | Yes | Rykodisc |
| 63 | Towa Tei | Future Listening! | Elektra |
| 64 | Jennifer Trynin | Cockamamie | Squint |
| 65 | Whale | We Care | Virgin |
| 66 | Dis N Dat | Bumpin' | Epic-Street |
| 67 | The Vandalias | Mach V | Big Deal |
| 68 | Semisonic | Pleasure EP | Cherry Disc |
| 69 | Cafe Tacuba | Re | WEA Latina |
| 70 | Tricky | Maxinquaye | Island |
| 71 | Cornershop | Woman's Gotta Have it | Luaka Bop/Warner |
| 72 | Juicy | For the Ladies | Slow River |
| 73 | February | "Into Red" | Ultra-Modern |
| 74 | Drugstore | Drugstore | London |
| 75 | Shampoo | We Are Shampoo | IRS |
| 76 | Phull Surkle with Casino Royale | Demo | Self-Released |
| 77 | Lois | Bet the Sky | K |
