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:
Cast had a pretty remarkable chart record in 1996/1997 after they scored 6 Top 10 hits in a row. One of the big successes of Britpop. By 1999 though the Britpop era was over and the wheels had fallen off the Top 40 career of Cast with this being their final Top 40 hit to date. I never really thought much of them to be honest.
Verdict - Rubbish
This was the final Top 40 hit to date for Culture Club. They'd left a bit of a gap between their comeback single "I Just Wanna Be Loved" and this which would have meant the hype around their comeback would have died down. Personally speaking I wanted to be hearing Boy George DJing in 1999 rather than reuniting with Culture Club.
Verdict - Rubbish
The penultimate Top 40 hit of the 90s which came before his final chart topper to date at the end of the year. Have no recollection of this and will hopefully never hear it again.
Verdict - Rubbish
Missy Elliott wrote this record for TLC for their "Fanmail" album but TLC rejected it. Instead it was passed on to fellow female R&B group 702 which was their Top 40 debut. I don't blame TLC for rejected it, very cringeworthy.
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 12/30, or 40%. Think we're going to hover round here for some time.
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