Top 30 in 1999 Reviewed: Week 26

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:

24. Blank And Jones - Cream

Yet another German trance record in the Top 40. One may think that Jones is said persons surname and Blank is just a nickname, but it's the opposite. Blank and Jones were Jan Blank & Rene Runge. I have to say though I do like the 1999 trance sound.

Verdict - Good

23. Marilyn Manson - Rock Is Dead

You can't really argue with Marilyn Manson here, rock really was pretty much dead around this time. It was an era one was more likely to buy turntables than a guitar. It didn't stop Marilyn Manson from having hits with what seemed like the same record every time.

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 16/30, or 53%. We're back above 50%.