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:
Another week another German trance record in the Top 40. This was the only Top 40 hit for Liquid Child who were Tobias Menguser and Jurgen Herbath. This was one of the trance records that I particularly liked at the time.
Verdict - Good
This seemed a bit of an odd collaboration. It was the 2nd time Bono appeared in the Top 40 without U2 having previously collaborated with Clannad in the 80s. It's not a bad record but it's nothing special.
Verdict - OK
This record uses the same sample as "Son of a Gun" by JX. Dance music was moving so quickly in the 90s though it made sense to have a 99 style record using that sample given how big the JX record was at the time. It was the first of 2 Top 40 hits for Big Time Charlie.
Verdict - Good
This record features vocals by Bernard Sumner. It's one of those records you need to listen to the whole way through to really appreciate, there's a lot going on in it and takes a complete change in direction at one point. A solid effort.
Verdict - Good
If we give the records which were good 1 point each and those which were OK half a point, the final score is 11/30, or 37%. Heading in the right direction.
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