Mono: Formica Blues (released 10 February 1998)

01 Life in Mono (3:34)
02 Silicone (4:14)
03 Slimcea Girl (3:50)
04 The Outsider (5:08)
05 Disney Town (4:09)
06 The Blind Man (5:22)
07 High Life (4:10)
08 Playboys (6:40)
09 Penguin Freud (6:18)
10 Hello Cleveland (6:33)

Formica Blues is the only album by English trip hop duo Mono, which consisted of duo Martin Virgo (who wrote all the songs) and singer Siobhan de Mare. Melody Maker summarizes the "basic formula" of the album as to wallow in the sound of television and film theme tunes of the Sixties and Seventies, but both to embellish and underpin it with jazzy breakbeats and Massive Attack synthy atmospheres. The intent was also to unearth the dark, female-oppressive atmosphere of the times and the television portrayal of happy housewives kept in their place by society (see Disney Town for a clear example of this theme). The use of harpsichord melody mirrors John Barry's film scores of the 1960s by design (and by sampling), though it has also been compared to themes for 1970s action adventure television shows such as The Protectors and The Zoo Gang.

"Slimcea Girl" took its title from Slimcea, a low-calorie bread sold in the UK during the 1960s and 70s; the "girl" was one featured in the Slimcea TV ads, which featured a jingle inviting the viewer to be a "Slimcea girl". Another inspiration was Julie Christie's character in the film version of Billy Liar, whom Virgo described as a "liberated 'it' girl", saying found it a powerful image". The song has been called "a cynical stare at the dreams and fantasies of those people who live behind the blinds of Suburbia; musically, it has been described as reminiscent of Burt Bacharach, gospel music (in its use of backing vocals arranged like a choir, and a "Tamla torch song".

"The Outsider" is noted for a hammered dulcimer part, which Virgo had written on a synthesizer, imagined with a dulcimer sound; he subsequently called a dulcimer player (Geoff Smith) to play the part.

"High Life" has been compared to the music of 1960s girl groups like The Ronettes, whose production by Phil Spector is cited by Virgo as a style he wanted to incorporate and update.

"Hello Cleveland!", a complex instrumental, was titled after a line from This is Spinal Tap. Virgo used the title ironically; taken from a stereotypical rock and roll context, it was then placed on a song that "wasn't very rock and roll". It is also the most musically esoteric song on the album.

Babble: Ether (released 27 February 1996)

01 The Circle (5:41)
02 Just Like You (5:41)
03 Sun (6:47)
04 Love Has No Name (5:35)
05 Dark (0:53)
06 Tower (6:18)
07 Come Down (5:32)
08 Hold the Sky (4:57)
09 Into Ether (6:45)
10 Dreamfield (2:02)

Babble was a British-New Zealand electronic dance music group active in the 1990s. It was formed by Tom Bailey and Alannah Curie, formerly of the Thompson Twins. Babble was established in 1992 when Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie decided to drop the Thompson Twins name and begin recording new music under the name Babble. The decision to adopt a new name stemmed from the duo's aspirations of exploring different musical ideas and recording more experimental music. During the spring of 1992, the duo approached their long-time engineer Keith Fernley and he joined Babble as a full time member. The trio then spent five weeks in India to collect sound and sample recordings for future recording use. Babble's debut album The Stone was released in March of 1994. Bailey and Currie began working on the new material themselves before Fernley arrived in New Zealand in early 1995. Ether was released on 27 February 1996. The album's only single, "Love Has No Name", which features vocals by New Zealand singer Teremoana Rapley, reached number 10 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart. New Zealand singer Taisha Kuhtze provided vocals on "Sun" and "Tower".

Babble began recording demos for a third album, but Warner Brothers decided to drop the band from their roster and Babble then ceased further activities.

Madonna: Ray of Light (released 22 February 1998)

01 Drowned World/Substitute for Love (5:09)
02 Swim (5:01)
03 Ray of Light (5:21)
04 Candy Perfume Girl (4:37)
05 Skin (6:22)
06 Nothing Really Matters (4:27)
07 Sky Fits Heaven (4:48)
08 Shanti/Ashtangi (4:29)
09 Frozen (6:13)
10 The Power of Good-Bye (4:12)
11 To Have and Not to Hold (5:23)
12 Little Star (5:18)
13 Mer Girl (5:32)

Radiohead: OK Computer (released 21 May 1997)

01 Airbag (4:44)
02 Paranoid Android (6:24)
03 Subterranean Homesick Alien (4:28)
04 Exit Music (For a Film) 4:25
05 Let Down (4:59)
06 Karma Police (4:22)
07 Fitter Happier (1:57)
08 Electioneering (3:51)
09 Climbing Up the Walls (4:45)
10 No Surprises (3:49)
11 Lucky (4:20)
12 The Tourist (5:25)