We made it to 1999. This will be the last of these posts unless some overwhelming majority want me to continue. It's been a blast. Thanks to everyone who replied to the threads! As usual, anything recorded between Jan 1 and Dec 31 1999 is eligible. Choose as many or as few as you wish. Have fun! My favorite albums from 1999 in alphabetical order by artist: Beck - Midnight Vultures Counting Crows - This Desert Life The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin Guided By Voices - Do The Collapse Hefner - The Fidelity Wars Le Tigre - Le Tigre Moby - Play Pavement - Terror Twilight John Prine - In Spite Of Ourselves Matthew Sweet - In Reverse Richard Thompson - Mock Tudor Wilco - Summerteeth XTC - Apple Venus Volume 1
I always remember 1999 as being a strong year. Perhaps it was the singles but couldn't find too many absolute classic albums. I'd be in favour of going on one more year to 2000 a very, very strong year for albums. The Beta Band The Beta Band (they weren't too happy with the album but it was pretty darn good) Supergrass Supergrass {Mary is a great song} Magic Hour Cast (this is probably the last good album they did) Pickled Eggs and Sherbet All seeing i (I enjoyed this a lot at the time) Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts Kula Shaker (Another album I enjoyed a lot at the time but perhaps I wouldn't go back to)
rage against the machine - the battle of los angeles magnetic fields - 69 love songs eminem - slim shady lp wilco - summerteeth nin - the fragile tom waits - mule variations blur - 13 fiona apple - when the pawn dream theater - metropolis muse - showbiz incubus - make yourself porcupine tree - stupid dream dido - no angel ben folds five - reinhold messner gomez - liquid skin tori amos - to venus and back silverchair - neon ballroom skunk anansie - post orgasmic chill shihad - general electric something for kate - beautiful sharks sarah mclaghlan - mirrorball tea party - triptych bright eyes - every day and every night steve vai - the ultra zone beastie boys - sounds of science alex lloyd - black the sun
Tori Amos To Venus and Back Blink-182 Enema of the State Blur 13 Ben Folds Five The Unauthorised Biography of Reinhold Messner Fountains of Wayne Utopia Parkway Guided By Voices Do the Collapse Randy Newman Bad Love Porcupine Tree Stupid Dream Savoy Mountains of Time Sigur Rós Ágætis Byrjun Sting Brand New Day Matthew Sweet In Reverse Tom Waits Mule Variations Wheat Hope and Adams Wilco Summerteeth "Weird Al" Yankovic Running with Scissors
Another absolutely fantastic year for music Top 10: The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin Sigur Ros - Aegitis Byrjun Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... Wilco - Summerteeth The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I Blur - 13 Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile The Roots - Things Fall Apart Bluebottle Kiss - Patient Beth Orton - Central Reservation
You should continue with the 2000s! And Blur - 13 Paul McCartney - Run Devil Run The White Stripes - S/T
Tori Amos To Venus and Back David Bowie 'hours ...' Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Looking Forward Ben Folds Five The Unauthorised Biography of Reinhold Messner Fountains of Wayne Utopia Parkway Paul McCartney Run Devil Run Randy Newman Bad Love Richard Thompson Mock Tudor Tom Waits Mule Variations Yes The Ladder Even this 1999 list is 70% comprised of acts who initially emerged outside the beginning of that decade. Moving on to the noughties, very little new acts would appear on my lists.
1 The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs 2 The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin 3 Tom Waits - Mule Variations 4 Royal Trux - Veterans of Disorder 5 Stereolab - Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night 6 Arab Strap - Elephant Shoe 7 The Beta Band - The Beta Band 8 Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun 9 Smog - Knock Knock 10 The Fall - The Marshall Suite 11 Tindersticks - Simple Pleasure 12 Bardo Pond - Set and Setting 13 Radar Bros. - The Singing Hatchet 14 Dr. Dre - 2001 15 Rowland S. Howard - Teenage Snuff Film 16 Basement Jaxx - Remedy 17 MF Doom - Operation : Doomsday 18 Plone - For Beginner Piano
At the time, I thought 1999 was a terrible year for music. Mainly on account of the blandness that reigned in British rock and pop. Also, rock was beginning to be displaced by dance and r&b as the music of the youth here, a development which I was not too fond of. Looking back though, there was some great stuff all around like: - SFA: Guerilla - Blur: 13 - NIN: The Fragile (I actually think this album is a noble failure. But a very noble one). - The Roots: Things Fall Apart - Beck: Midnite Vultures - Artist Formerly Known As Prince: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (Hmmm. Most of this album is actually forgettable. There are 4 or 5 great songs though. And a little bit of vintage Prin... erm, AFKAP is more than enough)
Old 97’s: Fight Songs Sleater-Kinney: The Hot Rock Moby: Play Le Tigre Eminem: The Slim Shady LP I’ve tried getting into The Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs—no luck.
Here we go with 0le 99 Alison Krauss - Forget About It Bill Frisell - The Sweetest Punch: Songs Of Elvis Costello And Burt Bacharach Cassandra Wilson - Traveling Miles Charlie Hunter • Leon Parker - Duo Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - American Music, Texas Style Joshua Bell, Edgar Meyer, Mike Marshall, Sam Bush - Short Trip Home
2000 LB OF BLUES - LIVIN' LARGE MAX BANGWELL - KING OF THE HILL BARRELHOUSE CHUCK - SALUTE TO SUNNYLAND SLIM JOHNNIE BASSETT & THE BLUES INSURGENTS - PARTY MY BLUES AWAY BB & THE BLUES SHACKS - STRAIGHT BLUES BIG SWING - THE BLUES EDITION BB & THE BLUES SHACKS - STRAIGHT BLUES BIG SWING - THE SWING EDITION BLUEBIRDS - OH BABY BLUES DOWN TOWN - EVIL CHASER BROOKS / HUNTER / WALKER - LONE STAR SHOOTOUT MOJO BUFORD - CHAMPAGE & REEFER MARK DUFRESNE - THERE'S A SONG IN THERE MARK DUFRESNE - HAVE ANOTHER ROUND BILLY FLYNN - THE SMOKEDADDY BAND STEVE FREUND - C FOR CHICAGO ANSON FUNDERBURGH & THE ROCKETS - CHANGE IN MY POCKET HASH BROWN - TEXAS BLUES REVUE MARK HUMMEL - HARMONICA PARTY LONG JOHN HUNTER - OOH WEE PRETTY BABY HUNTER / BROOKS / WALKER - LONE STAR SHOOTOUT PAUL LAMB & THE KING SNAKES - THE BLUE ALBUM LYNWOOD SLIM - WORLD WIDE WOOD LYNWOOD SLIM - BIG RHYTHM COMBO - TOO SMALL TO DANCE MANNIE & THE SWINGIN HIPSHAKERS - OFF THE WALL JIVE STEADY ROLLIN' BOB MARGOLIN - HOLD ME TO IT RJ MISCHO - WEST WIND BLOWING MIKE MORGAN & THE CRAWL - I LIKE THE WAY YOU WORK IT ROD PIAZZA - HERE & NOW BILLY PRICE - CAN I CHANGE MY MIND SNOOKY PRYOR - SHAKE MY HAND SNOOKY PRYOR - CAN'T STOP BLOWING SNOOKY PRYOR & MEL BROWN - DOUBLE SHOT KID RAMOS - KID RAMOS DMITRI RESNIK - IT AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE DUKE ROBILLARD - CONVERSATIONS IN SWING GUITAR DUKE ROBILLARD - NEW BLUES FOR MODERN MAN HOLLAND K SMITH - WALKING HEART ATTACK SOUL DRIVERS (ANDY SANTANA) - TIGHT WHITE DRESS BILL STUVE - SAY MAN SUPERHARPS - SUPERHARPS NICK TRILL - JUGGLING THE BLUES TWISTERS - FULLA HOT AIR TWO BONES & A PICK - JUICY SVEN ZETTERBERG - BLUES FROM WITHIN BIG SANDY & HIS FLY-RITE BOYS - RADIO FAVORITES BILL & AUDREY - LOOKING BACK TO SEE BUDDY BLUE - DIPSOMANIA TOY CALDWELL - SON OF THE SOUTH RIP CARSON - & THE TWILIGHT TRIO RIP CARSON - SAVAGE AMERICAN ROCK KASEY CHAMBERS - THE CAPTAIN GUY CLARK - COLD DOG SOUP DEKE DICKERSON & THE ECHO-FONICS - MORE MILLION SELLERS JOHNNY DILKS - ACRES OF HEARTACHE FRED EAGLESMITH - 50 ODD DOLLARS STEVE EARLE - THE MOUNTAIN RORY GALLAGHER - BBC SESSIONS GOV'T MULE - WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS WAYNE HANCOCK - WILD FREE & RECKLESS EMMYLOU HARRIS & LINDA RONSTADT - WESTERN WALL CORNELL HURD BAND - AT LARGE BUDDY MILLER - CRUEL MOON JULIE MILLER - BROKEN THINGS MOGG-WAY - CHOCOLATE BOX VAN MORRISON - BACK ON TOP PALADINS - RE 'JIVE' INATED PALADINS - SLIPPIN' IN JOHN PRINE - IN SPITE OF OURSELVES CHUCK PROPHET - THE HURTING BUSINESS RED RADIO FLYER - GETTING SOMEWHERE RED RIVERS - LOW DOWN TWANG RICE RICE HILLMAN & PEDERSEN - RICE RICE HILLMAN & PEDERSEN ROCKIN' HIGHLINERS - OH MY
My top ten of 99 at the moment. Kind of in order, but could change depending on the day 10. Matthew Sweet - In Reverse 9. Mike Ness - Cheating At Solitaire 8. Blondie - No Exit 7. Steve Wynn - My Midnight 6. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication 5. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile 4. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Rock Art and the XRay Style 3. David Bowie - Hours 2. Echo & The Bunnymen - What Are Your Going To Do With Your Life? 1. James - Millionaires
The sheer volume & diversity in artists that are being presented on these posts begs taht you to continue if not only to show the forum's multitued of stuck in the 60's naysayers that they need to get listening to the great sounds that are still around. Something for everybody willing enough to do a bit of digging.
Yes, I think there's a case to made to continue into the 2000s. It's always interesting to see what albums people like from more recent years, even if some selections are from long-established acts. There has been a good mix here.
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory The Flower Kings - Flower Power Opeth - Still Life Liquid Tension Experiment - Volume 2 Neal Morse - Neal Morse The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin Wilco - Summerteeth XTC - Apple Venus, Volume 1 Pet Shop Boys - Nightlife Jeff Beck - Who Else!
The Black Crowes - By Your Side The White Stripes - s/t Widespread Panic - 'Til The Medecine Takes Prince - The Vault: Old Friends For Sale, Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic The Clash - From Here To Eternity: Live Jimi Hendrix - Live At Woodstock
The Cranberries - Bury the Hatchet Def Leppard - Euphoria Jason Falkner - Can You Still Feel? The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin Gigolo Aunts - Minor Chords and Major Themes Magnolia Soundtrack Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2 The Merrymakers - Bubblegun Matthew Sweet - In Reverse Wilco - Summerteeth
White Stripes s/t Blur 13 Beck Midnite Vultures Built To Spill Keep It Like A Secret Tom Waits Mule Variations Sonic Youth Goodbye 20th Century Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication Foo Fighters There'sNothing Left To Lose Jim O Rourke Eureka Mogwai Come On Die Young
Front Line Assembly-Implode Pet Shop Boys-Nightlife James-Millionaires Collective Soul-Dosage Birmingham 6-Resurrection Anything Box-Elektrodelica Moby-Play De/Vision-Void Echo & The Bunnymen-What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? Type O Negative-World Coming Down Cocteau Twins-BBC Electronic-Twisted Tenderness The Other Two-Superhighways Mark King-One Man Cause & Effect-Innermost Station XTC-Easter Theatre (Single) Mesh-Not Prepared (Single) Delerium-Silence (Single) In Strict Confidence-Industrial Love/Prediction EP Enigma-Gravity of Love (Single) Iris-Saving Time (Single) Goo Goo Dolls-Black Balloon (US Pro single) The Lightning Seeds-Tilt An excellent demo titled Everyday and Everynight can be found on the Life's To Short CD1 single
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Rock Art and the X-Ray Style The Pretty Things - Rage Before Beauty XTC - Apple Venus Vol. 1 Sleater Kinney - The Hot Rock Paul Westerberg - Suicaine Gratification Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada Blur - 13 Frank Black and the Catholics - Pistolero Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream Echo & the Bunnymen - What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? The Cranberries - Bury the Hatchet Tom Waits - Mule Variations Front Line Assembly - Implode Moby - Play The White Stripes - s/t Robyn Hitchcock - Jewels for Sophia Richard Thompson - Mock Tudor Bruce Cockburn - Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu The Smithereens - God Save the Smithereens Supergrass - s/t Tony Bennett - Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool David Bowie - Hours The Clash - From Here to Eternity: Live Cocteau Twins - BBC Sessions The Fall - The Marshall Suite Bryan Ferry - As Time Goes By Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles Beck - Midnight Vultures Violent Femmes - Viva Wisconsin (Live)
