BRENT'S TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 1999:

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1. Wilco, Summer Teeth
2. Beth Orton, Central Reservation
3. Moby, Play
4. The Dust Brothers, Fight Club
5. Santana, Supernatural
6. Afro Celt Sound System, Vol. 2, Release
7. Fiona Apple, When the Pawn...
8. Beck, Midnite Vultures
9. Various Artists, Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons
10. Tori Amos, To Venus and Back
11. Rage Against the Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles
12. David Bowie, Hours...
13. Widespread Panic, 'Til the Medicine Takes
14. Zap Mama, A Ma Zone
15. Chris Cornell, Euphoria Morning
16. Everything But the Girl, Temperamental
17. Lo-Fidelity All-Stars, How to Operate with a Blown Mind
18. Frank Black and the Catholics, Pistolero
19. Ron Sexsmith, Whereabouts
20. The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin

OTHER LISTS:

THE CONSENSUS: TOP 20 OF ALL THE LISTS COMBINED

1. Moby, Play
2. Nine Inch Nails, The Fragile
3. Fiona Apple, When the Pawn...
4. Beck, Midnite Vultures
5. Rage Against the Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles
6. The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin
7. The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs
8. Fountains of Wayne, Utopia Parkway
9. Chemical Brothers, Surrender
10. 'Ol Dirty Bastard, N***a Please
11. Pavement, Terror Twilight
12. Tom Waits, Mule Variations
13. Built to Spill, Keep It Like A Secret
14. Beth Orton, Central Reservation
15. The Roots, Things Fall Apart
16. Everything But the Girl, Temperamental
17. Gomez, Liquid Skin
18. Prince Paul, A Prince Among Thieves
19. Macy Gray, On How Life Is
20. Various Artists, Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons

AMAZON.COM'S BEST OF '99: TOP 20 EDITORS' PICKS

1. Beth Orton, Central Reservation
2. Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band, Mountain
3. Freakwater, End Time
4. Moby, Play
5. Everything But the Girl, Temperamental
6. Radar Bros., The Singing Hatchet
7. Sam Rivers, Rivebea All-Star..., Inspiration
8. Richard Thompson, Mock Tudor
9. Macy Gray, On How Life Is
10. Various Artists, Sacred Steel Live!
11. XTC, Apple Venus Volume One
12. Jim O'Rourke, Eureka
13. The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs
14. Lilys, The 3-Way
15. The Aluminum Group, Pedals
16. Roscoe Mitchell and Note Factory, Nine to Get Ready
17. Le Grand Macabre/Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra, et al, Gyorgy Ligeti Edition, Vol. 8
18. Latin Playboys, Dose
19. Brad Mehldau, The Art of the Trio, Vol. 4
20. Blur, 13

AMAZON.COM'S BEST OF '99: TOP 20 CUSTOMERS' PICKS

1. Santana, Supernatural
2. Sarah McLachlan, Mirrorball
3. Andrea Bocelli, Sogno
4. Ry Cooder, et al, Buena Vista Social Club
5. Backstreet Boys, Millennium
6. Ricky Martin, Ricky Martin
7. Charlotte Church, Voice of an Angel
8. Andrea Bocelli, et al, Sacred Arias
9. Counting Crows, This Desert Life
10. Dolly Parton, et al, Trio II
11. Dixie Chicks, Wide Open Spaces
12. Cher, Believe
13. Dave Matthews, Tim Reynolds, Live at Luther College
14. Sarah McLachlan, Surfacing
15. Van Morrison, Back on Top
16. Britney Spears, ...Baby One More Time
17. Dave Matthews Band, Listener Supported (Box Set)
18. John Williams, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
19. Sting, Brand New Day
20. Dixie Chicks, Fly

 AMAZON.COM'S TOP 20 MILLENNIUM POLE RESULTS

1. The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. The Beatles, The Beatles (The White Album)
3. Backstreet Boys, Millennium
4. Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
5. The Beatles, Abbey Road
6. Michael Jackson, Thriller
7. U2, The Joshua Tree
8. Pink Floyd, The Wall
9. Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
10. Nirvana, Nevermind
11. Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven: Symphonies # 3 & 9, etc.
12. The Beatles, Revolver
13. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours
14. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV
15. Pearl Jam, Ten
16. Paul Simon, Graceland
17. Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run
18. Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
19. Madonna, Ray of Light
20. Radiohead, OK Computer

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SPIN'S 90 GREATEST ALBUMS OF THE '90s:

1. Nirvana, Nevermind
2. Public Enemy, Fear of a Black Planet
3. PJ Harvey, To Bring You My Love
4. Beck, Odelay
5. Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted
6. Hole, Live Through This
7. Bjork, Post
8. Dr. Dre, The Chronic
9. Radiohead, OK Computer
10. The Chemical Brothers, Dig Your Own Hole
11. Nine Inch Nails, The Downward Spiral
12. Beastie Boys, Check Your Head
13. Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville
14. Tricky, Maxinquaye
15. DJ Shadow, Endtroducing...
16. My Bloody Valentine, Loveless
17. Fugees, The Score
18. Nirvana, In Utero
19. U2, Achtung Baby
20. Moby, Play
21. Sleater-Kinney, Dig Me Out
22. Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
23. Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream
24. Massive Attack, Blue Lines
25. Various Artists, Return of the DJ, Vols. 1 & 2
26. Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine
27. The Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die
28. Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
29. Bob Dylan, Time Out of Mind
30. Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, The Supreme Collection, Volume 1
31. Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes
32. A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory
33. Pearl Jam, Ten
34. Cornershop, When I Was Born for the 7th Time
35. Outkast, Aquemini
36. Fugazi, Repeater
37. PJ Harvey, Rid of Me
38. Roni Size/Reprazent, New Forms
39. The Breeders, Last Splash
40. R.E.M., Automatic for the People
41. Sebadoh, Sebadoh III
42. Portishead, Dummy
43. Pulp, Different Class
44. Sinead O'Connor, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
45. Basement Jaxx, Remedy
46. Stereolab, Emperor Tomato Ketchup
47. L.L. Cool J, Mama Said Knock You Out
48. Sublime, Sublime
49. Maldita Vencindad Y Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio, El Circo
50. Air, Moon Safari
51. TLC, Crazysexycool
52. Metallica, Metallica
53. Green Day, Dookie
54. Bikini Kill, Bikini Kill EP
55. Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Ragged Glory
56. Aphex Twin, Selected Ambient Works 85-92 and Selected Ambient Works, Vol II
57. Cypress Hill, Cypress Hill
58. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bloodsugarsexmagik
59. Sonny Sharrock, Ask the Ages
60. The Prodigy, Music for the Jilted Generation
61. Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
62. Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
63. Uncle Tupelo, No Depression
64. Built to Spill, There's Nothing Wrong with Love
65. Basehead, Play with Toys
66. Missy Elliott, Supa Dupa Fly
67. Tortoise, Millions Now Living Will Never Die
68. Fatboy Slim, You've Come A Long Way, Baby
69. Slint, Spiderland
70. Soundgarden, Superunknown
71. Buena Vista Social Club, Buena Vista Social Club
72. Mary J. Blige, My Life
73. Elliott Smith, Either/Or
74. De La Soul, De La Soul is Dead
75. Steve Earle, I Feel Alright
76. Daft Punk, Homework
77. Boredoms, Super Are
78. Yo La Tengo, I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
79. Oasis, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
80. Ice Cube, Amerikkka's Most Wanted
81. Kristin Hersh, Hips and Makers
82. The Orb, The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
83. Raekwon, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
84. Lisa Germano, Geek the Girl
85. Various Artists, Macro Dub Infection Volume I
86. Dr. Octagon, Dr. Octagon
87. Everything But the Girl, Walking Wounded
88. Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
89. Prince Paul, A Prince Among Thieves
90. Cibo Matto, Viva! La Woman

ROLLING STONE'S 1999 CRITICS PICKS: BEST ALBUMS

1. Rage Against the Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles
2. Beck, Midnite Vultures
3. Eminem, The Slim Shady LP
4. Nine Inch Nails, The Fragile
5. Moby, Play
6. Prince Paul, A Prince Among Thieves
7. Randy Newman, Bad Love
8. Mary J. Blige, Mary
9. The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs
10. Fiona Apple, When the Pawn...

ALAN LIGHT"S (SPIN) TOP 20 OF 1999

1. Fiona Apple, When the Pawn...
2. Rage Against the Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles
3. Beck, Midnite Vultures
4. Nine Inch Nails, The Fragile
5. Mary J. Blige, Mary
6. Various Artists, Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons
7. Moby, Play
8. TLC, Fan Mail
9. Method Man/Redman, Blackout
10. 'Ol Dirty Bastard, N***a Please
11. Kelly Willis, What I Deserve
12. Dewey Redman/Cecil Taylor/Elvin Jones, Momentum Space
13. Prince Paul, A Prince Among Thieves
14. Tori Amos, To Venus and Back
15. Wilco, Summer Teeth
16. Various Artists, The Funky Precedent
17. Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin
18. Basement Jaxx, Remedy
19. Mike Errico, Pictures of the Big Vacation
20. Keith Jarrett, The Melody at Night, with You

SIA MICHEL'S (SPIN) TOP 20 OF 1999

1. Moby, Play
2. Rage Against the Machine, Battle of Los Angeles
3. Basement Jaxx, Remedy
4. Prince Paul, A Prince Among Thieves
5. Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin
6. Handsome Boy Modeling School, So How's Your Girl
7. Beck, Midnite Vultures
8. Fiona Apple, When the Pawn...
9. Os Mutantes, Everything is Possible, the Best of Os Mutantes
10. Various Artists, The Funky Precedent
11. 'Ol Dirty Bastard, Nigga Please
12. To Rococo Rot, The Amateur View
13. Chemical Brothers, Surrender
14. Gang Starr, Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr
15. Geology: A Subjective History of Planet
16. Ibrahim Ferrer, Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer
17. Goodie Mob, World Party
18. Pole, CD1/CD2
19. Pavement, Terror Twilight
20. Caetano Veloso, Livro

WILL HERMES' (SPIN) TOP 20 OF 1999

1. Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs
2. Moby, Play
3. Various Artists, The Funky Precedent
4. Built to Spill, Keep it Like a Secret
5. Ibrahim Ferrer, Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer
6. Basement Jaxx, Remedy
7. Everything But the Girl, Temperamental
8. Old 97s, Fight Songs
9. Crust Brothers, Marquee Mark
10. Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin
11. Rainer Maria, Look Now Look Again
12. Sleater-Kinney, The Hot Rock
13. Kruder & Dorfmeister, K&D Sessions
14. Bonnie Prince Billie, I See a Darkness
15. Rage Against the Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles
16. Nine Inch Nails, The Fragile
17. Solex, Pick Up
18. Kelly Willis, What I Deserve
19. Ethiopiques Vol. 1-7
20. Godspeed You Black Emperor, Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada

TRACEY PEPPER'S (SPIN) TOP 20 OF 1999

1. Basement Jaxx, Remedy
2. Robbie Williams, The Ego Has Landed
3. TLC, Fanmail
4. Gomez, Liquid Skin
5. Moby, Play
6. Fountains of Wayne, Utopia Parkway
7. Chemical Brothers, Surrender
8. Foo Fighters, There is Nothing Left to Lose
9. Jungle Brothers, V.I.P.
10. Handsome Boy Modeling School, So...How's Your Girl?
11. Lo-Fidelity All-Stars, On the Floor at the Boutique
12. Stereophonics, Performance and Cocktails
13. Beck, Midnite Vultures
14. Fiona Apple, When the Pawn...
15. Ben Folds Five, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
16. Q-Tip, Amplified
17. Death in Vegas, The Contino Sessions
18. Wheat, Hope and Adams
19. Scritti Politti, Anomie & Bonhomie
20. Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Bitter

JASON ROTH'S (SPIN) TOP 20 OF 1999

1. Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin
2. Luna, The Days of Our Nights
3. Naked Raygun reissues:
           All Rise
           Basement Screams
           Jettison
           Raygun...Naked Raygun
           Throb Throb
           Understand
4. Robert Pollard, Kid Marine
5. The Negro Problem, Joys and Concerns
6. Apples in Stereo, Her Wallpaper Reverie
7. Red Stars Theory, Life in a Bubble Can Be Beautiful
8. Built to Spill, Keep It Like a Secret
9. Deadsy, Commencement
10. Beulah, When Your Heartstrings Break
11. Add N to (X), Avant Hard
12. Bill Rieflin, Birth of a Giant
13. Fugazi, Instrument Soundtrack
14. Wilco, Summer Teeth
15. Chemical Brothers, Surrender
16. Cheap Trick, Music for Hangovers
17. Sloan, Between the Bridges
18. Rage Against the Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles
19. The Gravel Pit, Silver Gorilla
20. Basement Jaxx, Remedy

JESSICA LETKEMANN'S (SPIN) TOP 15 OF 1999

1. Handsome Boy Modeling School, So How's Your Girl?
2. Fugazi, Instrument
3. Rage Against the Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles
4. Ani DiFranco, To the Teeth
5. Hefner, The Fidelity Wars
6. Gomez, Liquid Skin
7. Chemical Brothers, Surrender
8. The Sonics, Sonics Boom and Here Are the Sonics (reissues)
9. Various Artists, Rushmore Soundtrack
10. Lothar and the Handpeople, Presenting...Lothar and the Hand People (reissue)
11. Deus, The Ideal Crash
12. Wellwater Conspiracy, Brotherhood of Electric
13. Pavement, Terror Twilight
14. Beta Band, The Three EP's
15. Pearl Jam, Live on Two Legs

BETH WAWERNA'S (SPIN) TOP 20 OF 1999

1. Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs
2. Belle & Sebastian, Tigermilk
3. Built to Spill, Keep It Like a Secret
4. Pavement, Terror Twilight
5. Dot Allison, Afterglow
6. Jucifer, Calling All Cars on the Vegas Strip
7. Moby, Play
8. The Lucksmiths, Happy Secret
9. Mogwai, Come On Die Young
10. Looper, Up A Tree
11. Japancakes, If I Could See Dallas
12. Le Tigre, Le Tigre
13. Handsome Boy Modeling School, So...How's Your Girl?
14. Folk Implosion, One Part Lullaby
15. Beck, Midnite Vultures
16. Luna, Days of Our Nights
17. Transona Five, Going Away EP
18. The Essex Green, Everything is Green
19. Suede, Head Music
20. Hefner, The Fidelity Wars

ANDY GREENWALD'S (SPIN) TOP 10 OF 1999

1. Everything But the Girl, Temperamental
2. The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs
3. Hefner, The Fidelity Wars
4. Idlewild, Hope is Important
5. Fountains of Wayne, Utopia Parkway
6. Basement Jaxx, Remedy
7. The Roots, Things Fall Apart
8. Wheat, Hope and Adams
9. Astrid, Strange Weather Lately
10. Mojave 3, Out of Tune

WILLIAM VAN METER'S (SPIN) TOP 14 OF 1999

1. Pavement, Terror Twilight
2. Moby, Play
3. Death in Vegas, The Contino Sessions
4. Mogwai, Come On Die Young
5. Handsome Boy Modeling School, So...How's Your Girl?
6. Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs
7. 'Ol Dirty Bastard, Nigga Please
8. Cat Power, Dear Siri (reissue)
9. Suede, Head Music
10. Cakelike, Goodbye, So What
11. Chemical Brothers, Surrender
12. DeeJay Punk-Roc, Anarchy in the USA
13. Lamb, Fear of Fours
14. Ganger, Canopy

WILLIAM VAN METER'S (SPIN) TOP 10 OF THE '90s

1. Bjork, Homogenic
2. Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted
3. Stereolab, Random Transient Noise Bursts with Announcements
4. Cat Power, What Would the Community Think and "Headlights"/"Darling SaSir" (single)
5. DJ DB, Jungle Junkie and Purity of Jungle (mixed tapes)
6. Various Artists, Relief Records Compilation
7. Sleater-Kinney, Call the Doctor and ST
8. My Bloody Valentine, Loveless
9. Dee-Lite, World Clique and Dewdrops in the Garden
10. Felix Da Housecat, "In the Dark We Live"

RON RICHARDSON'S (SPIN.COM) NINE FOR '99

1. Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin
2. Fountains of Wayne, Utopia Parkway
3. Supersuckers, The Evil Powers of Rock and Roll
4. Nine Inch Nails, The Fragile
5. The Promise Ring, Very Emergency
6. 'Ol Dirty Bastard, N*** Please
7. Mike Ness, Under the Infuences
8. Sloan, Between the Bridges
9. Chemical Brothers, Surrender

And Best Albums You Didn't Hear

1. The Neckbones, The Lights Are Getting Dim
2. Sixteen Deluxe, The Moonman is Blue EP

DAN O'CONOR'S (SPIN.COM) TOP 21 ALBUMS OF 1999

1. Ben Harper, Burn to Shine
2. Various Artists, Return of the Grievous Angel: Tribute to Gram Parsons
3. Corey Harris, Greens from the Garden Alligator
4. John Prine, In Spite of Ourselves
5. Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band, The Moutain
6. Gomez, Liquid Skin
7. Pavement, Terror Twilight
8. Ben Lee, Breathing Tornados
9. Guided By Voices, Do the Collapse
10. The Gravel Pit, Silver Gorilla
11. Macha, See It Another Way
12. The Living End, The Living End
13. Looper, Up a Tree
14. 'Ol Dirty Bastard, Nigga Please
15. Man or Astroman, Eeviac
16. Nebula, To the Center
17. David Olney, Through a Glass Darkley
18. Brilliantine, My Life and the Beautiful Game
19. Mogwai, Come On Die Young
20. Beulah, When Your Heartstrings Break
21. Wilco, Summerteeth

ANDY GENSLER'S (SPIN.COM) TOP 21 ALBUMS OF 1999

1. To Rococo Rot, Amateur View
2. Various Artists, Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons
3. Various Artists, Old School Vs. New School
4. Apples in Stereo, Her Wallpaper Reverie
5. Le Tigre, Le Tigre
6. Japancakes, If I Could See Dallas
7. Dot Alison, Afterglow
8. The Clash, Live From Here to Eternity
9. Sloan, Between the Bridges
10. Mos Def, Black on Both Sides
11. 'Ol Dirty Bastard, Nigga Please
12. Os Mutantes, Everything is Possible, the Best of Os Mutantes
13. Beck, Midnite Vultures
14. DJ Rolando, The Aztec Mystic
15. Guided By Voices, Do the Collapse
16. Everything But the Girl, Temperamental
17. Built to Spill, Keep It Like a Secret
18. Fountains of Wayne, Utopia Parkway
19. Wheat, Hope and Adams
20. Alexander "Skip" Spence, Oar (reissue)/Various Artists, More Oar: Tribute
21. Bonnie Prince Billie, I See a Darkness

MARK SPITZ' (SPIN.COM) TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 1999

1. Rage Against the Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles
2. Fountains of Wayne, Utopia Parkway
3. Fiona Apple, When the Pawn...
4. South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut Soundtrack
5. Beck, Midnite Vultures
6. Nine Inch Nails, The Fragile
7. Moby, Play
8. 'Ol Dirty Bastard, N***a Please
9. Blur, 13
10. Chemical Brothers, Surrender
11. Buck Cherry, Buck Cherry
12. The Donna's, Get Skintight
13. Guns 'N Roses, Live Era '87-'93
14. Dr. Dre, 2001
15. Pavement, Terror Twilight
16. TLC, Fan Mail
17. Prince Paul, A Prince Among Thieves
18. Len, You Can't Stop the Bum Rush
19. Cheap Trick, Music For Hangovers
20. Stone Temple Pilots, No. 4

JULIE PIETANGELO'S (SPIN.COM) TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 1999

1. Nine Inch Nails, The Fragile
2. Fiona Apple, When the Pawn...
3. Beck, Midnite Vultures
4. Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
5. Rage Against the Machine, Battle of Los Angeles
6. Le Tigre, Le Tigre
7. Bauhaus, Gotham
8. Pet Shop Boys
9. Tori Amos, To Venus and Back
10. Robbie Williams, The Ego Has Landed
11. Filter, Title of Record
12. Muse, Showbiz
13. Death in Vegas, The Contino Sessions
14. Ben Harper, Burn to Shine
15. Handsome Boy Modeling School, So, How's Your Girl?
16. 'Old Dirty Bastard, Nigga Please
17. Rich Creamy Paint, Rich Creamy Paint
18. Gay Dad, Leisure Noise
19. Guns n' Roses, Live Era 1987-93
20. Korn, Issues

ULTRAGRRRL'S--aka SARAH LEWITINN'S--(SPIN.COM) TOP 21 ALBUMS OF 1999

1. Muse, Showbiz
2. Fiona Apple, When the Pawn...
3. Idlewild, Hope is Important
4. Feeder, Yesterday Went Too Soon
5. Kula Shaker, Peasants Pigs and Astronauts
6. The Sheila Divine, New Parade
7. Cay, Nature Creates Freaks
8. Rage Against the Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles
9. Kid Silver, Dead City Sunbeams
10. Len, You Can't Stop the Bum Rush
11. Beck, Midnite Vultures
12. Pet Shop Boys, Nightlife
13. Blur, 13
14. Filter, Title of Record
15. The Flaming Lips, Soft Bulletin
16. Guided By Voices, Do the Collapse
17. David Bowie, Hours...
18. Stone Temple Pilots, No. 4
19. Suede, Head Music
20. Robbie Williams, The Ego Has Landed
21. Gay Dad, Leisure Noise

RON HART'S (SPIN.COM) TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 1999

1. Mr. Bungle, California
2. Mos Def, Black on Both Sides
3. Tom Waits, Mule Variations
4. The Roots, Things Fall Apart
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Californication
6. The Melvins, The Maggot/The Bootlicker
7. Prince Paul, A Prince Among Thieves
8. Beta Band, The Three EP's/Beta Band
9. Fountains of Wayne, Utopia Parkway
10. No Neck Blues Band, The No Neck Blues Band Meets the Mystery Gypped Ken's Electric Lake

AMY SCIARETTO'S (SPIN.COM) TOP 21 ALBUMS OF 1999

1. Chevelle, Point #1
2. Slipknot, Slipknot
3. Jonah's Onelinedrawing, Sketchy EP #1
4. Turmoil, The Process Of
5. Grade, Under the Radar
6. Unida, Coping with the Urban Coyote
7. Will Haven, Whvn
8. Nine Inch Nails, The Fragile
9. Korn, Issues
10. Botch, We are the Romans
11. Mr. Bungle, California
12. Incubus, Make Yourself
13. Static-X, Wisconsin Death Trip
14. Dillinger Escape Plan, Calculating Infinity
15. Rage Against the Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles
16. At the Drive In, Vaya
17. Indecision, Release the Cure
18. Danzig, 6:66 Satan's Child
19. Creed, Human Clay
20. Limp Bizkit, Significant Other

TOM KIELTY'S (SPIN.COM) 20 FAVORITE RECORDS OF 1999

1. Wilco, Summerteeth
2. Built to Spill, Keep It Like a Secret
3. Olivia Tremor Control, Black Foliage
4. The Bottle Rockets, Brand New Year
5. Various Artists, Poor Little Knitter On the Road: A Tribute to the Knitters
6. The Banjo Spiders, The Banjo Spiders
7. The Roots, Things Fall Apart
8. Gomez, Liquid Skin
9. Sleater-Kinney, Hot Rock
10. Stever Earle & The Del McCoury Band, The Mountain
11. Beulah, When Your Heartstrings Break
12. Super Furry Animals, Guerilla
13. Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Burn to Shine
14. Macha, See It Another Way
15. Distortion Felix, I'm An Athlete
16. The Promise Ring, Very Emergency
17. Neil Young, Solo Tour Compilation (bootleg)
18. The Sheila Divine, New Parade
19. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Californication
20. Mike Ness, Cheating at Solitaire

EVERLAST'S TOP 5 OF 1999

1. Tom Waits, Mule Variations
2. The Roots, Things Fall Apart
3. Macy Gray, On How Life Is
4. Santana, Supernatural
5. Nine Inch Nails, The Fragile

SHIRLEY MANSON'S TOP 5 OF 1999

1. Deus, The Ideal Crash
2. Moby, Play
3. The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin
4. Chemical Brothers, Surrender
5. Tom Waits, Mule Variations

MADONNA'S TOP 5 OF 1999

1. Beth Orton, Central Reservation
2. Kid Loco, Prelude to a Grand Love Story
3. Groove Armada, Vertigo
4. Mandalay, Empathy
5. Sneaker Pimps, Becoming Remixed

DAVID BROWNE'S (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY) TOP 10 OF 1999

1. Robbie Williams, The Ego Has Landed
2. Fiona Apple, When the Pawn...
3. Back Street Boys, "I Want it that Way"
4. Moby, Play
5. TLC, "No Scrubs"
6. Underworld, Beaucoup Fish
7. Luscious Jackson, "Lady Fingers"
8. Beth Orton, Central Reservation
9. Mos Def, Black on Both Sides
10. The Beta Band, The Three EP's

CHRIS WILLMAN'S (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY) TOP 10 OF 1999

1. Fountains of Wayne, Utopia Parkway
2. Various Artists, Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of 50's Rock
3. Beck, Midnite Vultures
4. Randy Newman, Bad Love
5. Dixie Chicks, Fly
6. Fiona Apple, When the Pawn...
7. Macy Gray, On How Life Is
8. Tom Waits, Mule Variations
9. Paul McCartney, Run Devil Run
10. Aimee Mann, Music from the Motion Picture Magnolia

CD CONSUMER'S TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 1999

1. Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs
2. The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin
3. Sparklehorse: Good Morning Spider
4. Super Furry Animals: Radiator
5. Shack: H.M.S. Fable
6. Beulah: When Your Heartstrings Break
7. Macy Gray: On How Life Is
8. Momus: Stars Forever
9. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci: Spanish Dance Troupe
10. Luna: The Days of Our Nights
11. Mojave 3: Out of Tune
12. Ben Lee: Breathing Tornados
13. Orbital: The Middle of Nowhere
14. Lo-Fidelity All-stars: How to Operate with a Blown Mind
15.Super Furry Animals: Guerrilla
16. Frank Black and the Catholics: Pistolero
17. Idlewild: Hope is Important
18. Gay Dad: Leisure Noise
19. The Chemical Brothers: Surrender
20. The Prodigy Present the Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One

DOUG GILLARD'S (GUIDED BY VOICES) FAVORITE RECORDS OF THE CENTURY

1. Pretenders, Pretenders
2. Antonio Carlos, Jobim Wave
3. Wire, Chairs Missing
4. T. Rex, Electric Warrior
5. The Who, Tommy
6. XTC. Drums and Wires
7. The Damned, Machine Gun Etiquette
8. The Godfathers, Hit by Hit
9. The Groundhogs, Split

91.3 FM WYEP: TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 1999

1. Beth Orton, Central Reservation
2. Van Morrison, Back On Top
3. Martin Sexton, The American
4. Kim Richey, Glimmer
5. Richard Thompson, Mock Tudor
6. Moby, Play
7. Me'Shell Ndegeocello
8. Bruce Cockburn, Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu
9. Alison Krauss, Forget About it
10. Various Artists, Return of the Grievous Angel: Tribute to Gram Parsons
11. Sheryl Crow, The Globe Sessions
12. Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Burn to Shine
13. Beck, Mutations
14. Indigo Girls, Come On Now Social
15. Tom Waits, Mule Variations
16. Sting, Brand New Day
17. Paul Westerberg, Suicane Gratification
18. Melissa Etheridge, Breakdown
19. Peter Himmelman, Levethinkethnoevil
20. The Pretenders, Viva El Amor!

Any suggestions? E-mail me. Be nice, now.