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:
I would classify this record as not aged very well. I like a lot of 90s R&B music but when I take off my rose tinted specs I can see there was a lot of rubbish too. There was too much of it that sounded like this and sounds like it was made to sell to the masses rather than be decent musically.
Verdict - Rubbish
This was the Top 40 debut for Groove Armada and it was a pretty well known record, but was quickly overshadowed by the follow up record "At the River". Groove Armada have had some pretty good tunes over the years and this was one of them.
Verdict - Good
Korn are one of those bands who have had more Top 40 hits than you might think. They've had a total of 11 which have mostly charted in the lower reaches of the Top 40. This is perhaps their best known hit though, it's the one I think of when I hear the name Korn. Not my cup of tea though.
Verdict - Rubbish
Boney M had a pretty successful Top 40 career in the late 70s. Since then their chart hits have mostly been remakes of their big hits. In the case of this record it's a Sash! remix of their 1977 number 2 hit. Doesn't really do anything for me.
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 17/30, or 57%. Slight drop over last week.
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