Top 30 in 1999 Reviewed: Week 50

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:

28. Leftfield/Roots Manuva - Dusted

This was the final Top 40 hit to date for Leftfield and the first Top 40 hit for Roots Manuva. I guess you could call this the 20th century handing over to the 21st century. Not a bad record but it's nothing special.

Verdict - OK

22. Salt-N-Pepa - The Brick Track Versus Gitty Up

Salt-N-Pepa finished the 20th century as the rap act with the most Top 40 hits with 14. However this would be their final Top 40 hit to date and quite a number of rap acts have since overtaken them. Like the other 13 Salt-N-Pepa hits this is shit.

Verdict - Rubbish

21. A*Teens - Super Trouper

This was the 2nd Top 40 hit for Swedish group A*Teens and their 2nd Abba cover. I do recall Abba being celebrated a lot around this time and we also had the 90s version of Abba in Steps clocking up the hits. This is the last thing we needed.

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 8.5/30, or 28%. It's not likely to get much better.