Top 10 1999/National

Top 10 1999/National


Greg Beets

1. Beck, Midnite Vultures (DGC)

2. The Make Up, I Want Some (K)

3. Handsome Boy Modeling School, So-- How's Your Girl? (Tommy Boy)

4. The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin (Warner Bros.)

5. Moby, Play (V2/BMG)

6. Kitty Craft, Beats and Breaks From the Flower Patch (Kindercore)

7. The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs, Live on KXLU (Triple X)

8. Lil' Troy, Sittin' Fat Down South (Short Stop/Universal)

9. Various Artists, Day Dreaming With an Empty Station Wagon (Dizzy)

Top 10 1999/National

10. The Simpsons, Go Simpsonic With the Simpsons (Fox Music/Rhino)


Christopher Gray

1. Britney Spears, -- Baby One More Time (Jive)

2. Black Crowes, By Your Side (Columbia)

3. Ol' Dirty Bastard, N***a Please (Elektra)

4. Beck, Midnite Vultures (DGC)

5. Lil' Troy, Sittin' Fat Down South (Short Stop/Universal)

6. Wilco, Summerteeth (Reprise)

7. Redman, Doc's da Name 2000 (Def Jam)

8. Verbena, Into the Pink (Capitol)

9. Metallica, S&M (Elektra)

10. Juvenile, "Back That Azz Up" (Cash Money)


Top 10 1999/National

Raul Hernandez

1. Wilco, Summerteeth (Warner Bros.)

2. Eliades Ochoa, Sublime Ilusion (Higher Octave)

3. Abbey Lincoln, Wholly Earth (Verve)

4. Meshell Ndegeocello, Bitter (Maverick)

5. Tom Waits, Mule Variations (Epitaph)

6. Moby, Play (V2)

7. AIR, Premiers Symptomes (Astralwerks)

8. Dave Douglas, Songs for Wandering Souls (Winter & Winter)

9. Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley, I Feel Like Singing Today (Rebel)

10. Joe Henry, Fuse (Mammoth)


Christopher Hess

1. Built to Spill, Keep It Like a Secret (Warner Bros.)
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2. Wilco, Summerteeth (Reprise)

3. Bill Frisell, Good Dog Happy Man (Nonesuch)

4. Beth Orton, Central Reservation (Arista)

5. Songs:OHIA, Axxess & Ace (Secretly Canadian)

6. Don Byron, Romance With the Unseen (Blue Note)

7. Vic Chesnutt, The Salesman and Bernadette (Capricorn)

8. Chicago Underground Trio, Possible Cube (Delmark)

9. Poster Children, New World Record (SpinArt)

10. Sam Prekop, Sam Prekop (Thrill Jockey)


Andy Langer

1. Prince Paul, A Prince Among Theives (Tommy Boy)

2. Beck, Midnite Vultures (DGC)

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3. Meshell Ndegeocello, Bitter (Maverick)

4. Handsome Boy Modeling School, So-- How's Your Girl? (Tommy Boy)

5. Dr. Doom, First Come, First Served (Nu Gruv/Funky Ass)

6. Matthew Sweet, In Reverse (Volcano)

7. Carl Hancock Rux, Rux Revue (Sony 550)

8. Chris Cornell, Euphoria Morning (A&M)

9. Stereophonics, Performance and Cocktails (V2)

10. Black Crowes, By Your Side (Columbia)


David Lynch

1. Hamza El Din, A Wish (Sounds True)

2. Alpha Yaya Diallo, The Message (Wicklow)

3. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Sampradaya (Real World)

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4. Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate, Kulanjan (Hannibal)

5. Philip Glass, Dracula, performed by Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)

6. Jeff Beck, Who Else? (Epic)

7. Russell Gunn, Ethnomusicology Volume 1 (Atlantic)

8. Rage Against the Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles (Epic)

9. Built to Spill, Keep It Like a Secret (Warner Bros.)

10. Johnny Dowd, Pictures From Life's Other Side (Koch)


Margaret Moser

1. Loreena McKennitt, Live in Toronto (Quinlan Road/Warner Bros.)

2. Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley: I Feel Like Singing Today (Rebel)

3. Tom Waits, Mule Variations (Epitaph)

4. Blondie, No Exit (BMG)

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5. Beck, Midnite Vultures (DGC)

6. Pretenders, Viva L'Amor (Warner Bros.)

7. David Bowie, Hours (Virgin)

8. Ricky Martin (Columbia)

9. Santana, Supernatural (Universal)

10. Iggy Pop, Avenue B (Virgin)


Jerry Renshaw

1. Bare Jr., Boo-tay (Immortal/Epic)

2. Radney Foster, See What You Want to See (Arista)

3. Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band, The Mountain (E-Squared)

3. John Prine, In Spite of Ourselves (Oh Boy)

4. Guided by Voices, Do the Collapse (TVT)

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5. Ben Harper, Burn to Shine (Virgin)

6. The Sonics, The Sonics Boom (reissue)

7. ZZ Top, XXX (BMG)

8. Hank Thompson, Hank World (Bloodshot/Soundies)

9. Flatt & Scruggs, 'Tis Nice to Be Remembered (Columbia/Legacy)

10. Bottle Rockets, Brand New Year (Doolittle)


Jay Trachtenberg

1. Monty Alexander, Stir It Up (Telarc Jazz)

2. Ruth Brown, A Good Day for the Blues (Bullseye Blues & Jazz)

3. Dave Douglas, Songs for Wandering Souls (Winter & Winter)

4. Dub Funk Association, Sounds of the Heavyweight (Tanty)

5. Russell Gunn, Ethnomusicology (Atlantic)

6. Linton Kwesi Johnson, More Time (LKJ)

7. Bob Marley, Chant Down Babylon (Tuff Gong)

8. The Other Side of Ellington, Duke's Motivation (Palmetto)

9. Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls, Propaganda (Naim)

10. Andy Summers, Green Chimneys (RCA)

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