In September I would have described my main music taste as being dance music but here we see the origins of me getting into R&B. I was really into garage at this point in time and one of my favourites from my garage tapes was "Tell Me It's Real" by K-Ci & Jojo which this the best record this month. I would later find out this started life as an R&B record and was by the same people who did "All My Life" a couple of years earlier. If I had to pick a favourite R&B act then they would probably be it.
All the UK garage this month was good. Happy hardcore DJ's Sy & Unknown started doing garage under the name Trick or Treat and did a garage remix of "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" by Baby D. There was also the best version of "Freak Like Me" which came from Tru Faith & Dub Conspiracy.
House music was pretty good this month too. We had the excellent "Scorchio" by Sasha and Darren Emerson. The latter was a member of Underworld when they did "Cowgirl" which was originally made in 1994 but wasn't a Top 40 hit until this month. The only house record I don't like this month is "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" by Modjo.
There were 2 techno new entries this month, "Kernkraft 400" by Zombie Nation and "Ubik" by Timo Maas & Martin Bettinghaus and again both are decent records.
It's the trance music that's letting down the dance genre this month generally speaking. The decent ones are "Hudson Street" by Agnelli & Nelson and "Bullet In The Gun 2000" by Planet Perfecto whilst "On The Level" by Yomanda is OK. The rest are either vocal rubbish e.g. "Ordinary World" by Aurora & Naimee Coleman or lazy e.g. "Big Brother UK TV Theme" by Element Four.
The R&B tunes were generally solid this month. We had "Wifey" by Next and "Unleash the Dragon" by Sisqo which are both good and "Whatever" by Ideal US & Lil Mo which is OK. The only one letting the genre down is "Most Girls" by Pink.
Rap wise it's those mixing with rock music that are good. They are the double a-side "Can't Get The Best Of Me / Highlife" by Cypress Hill and the excellent "American Bad Ass" by Kid Rock. I have the feeling I owned "The Marshall Mathers LP" album by Eminem because I remember seeing Richard Blackwood on Top of the Pops and identifying it as the sort of rap music that I don't like.
I was really into Green Day at the time who had seemed to disappear some point in the 90s but this month they were back with the single "Minority". I like it but found the album to be very disappointing.
I also hadn't heard anything from the Foo Fighters since the 90s but they were back with "Breakout" this month which is possibly the best thing they've ever done.
Onto the worst record then which comes from Vanessa Amorosi. Who's that? I hear you say. She's one of those short lived pop acts from around this time where I seem to be the only one to remember them. Her one and only Top 40 hit was "Absolutely Everybody" and I'm jealous of all those people who have forgot it.
Here's a list of the records with the best on top, worst at the bottom and the good ones in green, OK ones in amber and rubbish ones in red (and in no particular order):
Score: 44%
Here's a look at the chart:
The best month so far and it certainly is feeling more like the good old days.
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