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. I also won't repeat the reviews from the Top 20 in 1999 Reviewed posts.
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:
The wheels were now falling off for Cleopatra. After reaching the Top 5 with their first 3 hits they only managed number 24 with this one. It seems like bad timing with this one, it's more suitable for Christmas/winter time rather than spring. That said maybe the record buying public were just sick of them by now.
Verdict - Rubbish
After reaching number 19 with "There Goes The Neighborhood" Sheryl Crow does the same again with her next single "Anything But Down". I would say this one was more memorable that it's predecessor, but it's not my cup of tea.
Verdict - Rubbish
Kula Shaker failed to reach the Top 10 with this record having previously scored 5 Top 10 hits in a row. It was the beginning of the end for them and they split up later on in the year. I can understand why this didn't succeed, it's not very catchy and sounds a bit of a mess.
Verdict - Rubbish
This was Elton Johns final Top 40 hit of the 20th century and his 58th Top 40 hit overall. Very few artists have reached that milestone to this very day. No Bernie Taupin on this one, the lyrics are instead written by Tim Rice. A male/female duet with Tim Rice involved can only mean one thing, it's from a musical. That inevitably means it's crap.
Verdict - Rubbish
The only Top 40 hit for Shawn Mullins. It sounds like it should be from a film, but it doesn't appear to be. I also lump this record together with "She's So High" by Tal Bachman which came out later on in the year. I find it a bit cringeworthy to be honest.
Verdict - Rubbish
This wasn't a double a-side, the "/" is in the title. The Cardigans are a band who haven't aged well in my opinion. I didn't mind this at the time, but listening now I'm finding there's very little to like about this record.
Verdict - Rubbish
Before I knew the title for this record I thought he was singing "I'm just working". Around this time lots of people seemed to be into the Stereophonics. I remember knowing someone who would always wear a Stereophonics hat. I never got why, I've always found them very boring.
Verdict - Rubbish
If we give the records which were good 1 point each and those which were OK half a point, the final score is 12.5/30, or 42%. With all that rubbish the score was always going to drop.
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