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:
Pavement are one of those bands who appear to be big in America but not really having much impact in the UK. From a Top 40 perspective they had just 2 hits, and this one was the biggest one at number 27. I can see why Americans would take to this song more than the UK, but I think it's pretty good.
Verdict - Good
Happy Mondays were one of the big Madchester bands of the early 90s but then they broke up and then reformed at the end of the 90s with this being their comeback single. It's a cover of the Thin Lizzy record with a few expletives added to it. It's a bit of a questionable comeback single, but it's not too bad. The original is miles better though.
Verdict - OK
1000 Clowns were a rap group saying they weren't the greatest rapper. It was their only UK Top 40 hit. They are right that they aren't the greatest rappers, but you don't have to be to make a good record. Unfortunately they didn't achieve that either.
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 13.5/30, or 45%. Now we're slipping.
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