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:
In between their 1997 Top 40 success and their 2002 comeback came a couple of minor hits and this was one of those. Not a bad record, quite upbeat and I can bop along to it but doesn't quite have enough about it to make it a truly great record.
Verdict - OK
Mauro Picotto was one of those Italian producers who had songwriting credits along with several other Italian producers on a few Top 40 hits. This was his first Top 40 hit as artist and included on the songwriting credits was Gianfranco Bortolotti, a man behind pretty much every Italian dance record of the 90s. It's one of the big trance classics and I like it.
Verdict - Good
This was the follow up to the chart topping Blondie comeback single "Maria". Once again it was Jimmy Destri on songwriting duties. This doesn't hit the same heights as its predecessor, not as catchy I suppose. Not a bad record at the same time though.
Verdict - OK
This was the 4th Top 40 hit for Feeder and their highest charting to this point. The early days for Feeder were pretty low key from a Top 40 perspective at least. I've always said that Feeder had one good record in "Just A Day" and the rest are dreary. However this one is more similar to "Just A Day" rather than their other hits and as a result it's not bad.
Verdict - OK
If we give the records which were good 1 point each and those which were OK half a point, the final score is 14.5/30, or 48%. That ever familiar just below 50% score.
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