1998
| 1 | ( 1) | Brave | Marillion | 5 |
| 2 | (21) | Subterranea | IQ | 2 |
| 3 | ( 4) | The Sentinel | Pallas | 11 |
| 4 | ( 5) | Script for a Jester's Tear | Marillion | 11 |
| 5 | ( 3) | The Wake | IQ | 11 |
| 6 | ( 2) | Moonshine | Collage | 3 |
| 7 | ( 6) | Misplaced Childhood | Marillion | 11 |
| 8 | ( 8) | Images and Words | Dream Theater | 4 |
| 9 | ( 9) | Seasons End | Marillion | 10 |
| 10 | (20) | Beyond These Shores | Iona | 4 |
| 11 | (18) | Stationary Traveller | Camel | 11 |
| 12 | (11) | The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway | Genesis | 9 |
| 13 | ( 7) | Awake | Dream Theater | 4 |
| 14 | (17) | Moving Pictures | Rush | 8 |
| 15 | (19) | Clutching at Straws | Marillion | 10 |
| 16 | (13) | Dust and Dreams | Camel | 7 |
| 17 | (10) | Seconds Out | Genesis | 11 |
| 18 | (24) | Fugazi | Marillion | 8 |
| 19 | (––) | Rage for Order | Queensrÿche | 8 |
| 20 | (23) | Operation: Mindcrime | Queensrÿche | 8 |
| 21 | (12) | Going for the One | Yes | 8 |
| 22 | (15) | Close to the Edge | Yes | 5 |
| 23 | (14) | Journey into the Morn | Iona | 3 |
| 24 | (––) | Relayer | Yes | 3 |
| 25 | (––) | Sounds of Passion | Coda | 7 |