Here's my weekly look at the Top 30 from 26 years ago. The plan is for these posts to go out at 17:30 on a Sunday.
Here is the Top 40 in full.
I've decided against repetition from previous weeks moving forward so will only feature the records I'm reviewing for the first time.
Once again my opinions are inevitably going to differ from other people, but I'm not trying to convince anyone something is good or rubbish, I'm simply giving my opinion.
So this is the records new to the top 30 from this week in 1999 with my verdict on each record:
I remember thinking the chart position of 29 was rather low given how big this record appeared to be at the time. The wheels were now starting to fall off for Alisha's Attic but there wasn't a better song from their "Illumina" album that they could have used as the 2nd single from it. Not bad, but not the best either.
Verdict - OK
The Top 40 debut for female R&B group Fierce. It was a low key start for them and they actually reached their commercial peak at the end of their Top 40 career. It's not a very strong record to start their career with, a bit of a non-entity really.
Verdict - Rubbish
The Lighthouse Family formula was getting a bit tired by this record. This was their 9th Top 40 hit and it sounds like a poundland version of their Top 40 debut "Ocean Drive" and they had really reached the end of their shelf life.
Verdict - Rubbish
This record made the Top 40 twice in the 80s but given it's title it made perfect sense for this return to the charts in 1999. In reality it was the record label cashing in, I remember hearing that Prince himself had nothing to do with this re-issue. His Top 40 career was already finished in terms of original releases.
Verdict - Good
If we give the records which were good 1 point each and those which were OK half a point, the final score is 7/30, or 23%. A slight improvement.
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