Top Albums of 1999





Rank All Time Rank Artist Album Genres
1
110
The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
2
231
Sigur Rós Agætis byrjun Post-Rock
3
238
The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs Indie Pop
4
334
Bonnie "Prince" Billy I See a Darkness Alt-Country, Americana, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
5
340
Moby Play Downtempo
6
361
Eminem The Slim Shady LP Hardcore Hip Hop
7
554
Wilco Summerteeth Indie Rock, Pop Rock
8
634
The Roots Things Fall Apart Conscious Hip Hop
9
680
Basement Jaxx Remedy Dance-Pop, Funky House
10
732
Mos Def Black on Both Sides Conscious Hip Hop
11
743
Blur 13 Art Rock, Indie Rock
12
815
Tom Waits Mule Variations Blues Rock, Singer/Songwriter
13
827
Beck Midnite Vultures Alternative Rock, Funk Rock
14
844
The Dismemberment Plan Emergency & I Indie Rock
15
1009
Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles Rap Metal
16
1031
Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
17
1072
Built to Spill Keep It Like a Secret Indie Rock
18
1160
Fiona Apple When the Pawn... Piano Rock, Singer/Songwriter
19
1191
dEUS The Ideal Crash Alternative Rock, Art Rock
20
1257
Dr. Dre 2001 Gangsta Rap
21
1424
Nine Inch Nails The Fragile Alternative Rock, Industrial Rock
22
1543
Travis The Man Who Britpop
23
1648
The Chemical Brothers Surrender Big Beat
24
1662
Le Tigre Le Tigre Dance-Punk, Indietronica, Riot Grrrl
25
1684
Blink-182 Enema of the State Pop Punk
26
1707
Death in Vegas The Contino Sessions Psychedelic Rock, Trip Hop
27
1710
Shelby Lynne I Am Shelby Lynne Country Pop
28
1711
Mogwai Come On Die Young Post-Rock
29
1739
XTC Apple Venus Volume 1 Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Pop Rock
30
1837
Blumfeld Old Nobody Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
31
1852
Beth Orton Central Reservation Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter
32
1993
Jim O'Rourke Eureka Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Jazz Pop
33
2172
Slipknot Slipknot Nu Metal
34
2224
Low Secret Name Slowcore
35
2346
Pavement Terror Twilight Indie Rock
36
2407
MF Doom Operation: Doomsday Abstract Hip Hop
37
2526
Sleater-Kinney The Hot Rock Indie Rock
38
2543
Underworld Beaucoup Fish Progressive House, Techno
39
2556
Destiny's Child The Writing's on the Wall Contemporary R&B
40
2631
Boredoms Vision Creation Newsun Experimental Rock, Psychedelic Rock
41
2663
Super Furry Animals Guerrilla Neo-Psychedelia
42
2689
Macy Gray On How Life Is Contemporary R&B, Neo-Soul
43
2699
Smog Knock Knock Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Singer/Songwriter
44
2892
Shack H.M.S. Fable Britpop
45
2923
Mary J. Blige Mary Contemporary R&B, Neo-Soul
46
2968
Handsome Boy Modeling School So... How's Your Girl? Hip Hop

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Kelis Kaleidoscope Contemporary R&B
Ol' Dirty Bastard N***a Please Hip Hop
TLC Fanmail Contemporary R&B
Prince Paul A Prince Among Thieves Boom Bap
Santana Supernatural Pop Rock
Supergrass Supergrass Britpop, Power Pop
Toumani Diabaté with Ballake Sissoko New Ancient Strings Mande Music
The Dillinger Escape Plan Calculating Infinity Mathcore
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Madonna Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore
Randy Newman Bad Love Singer/Songwriter
Gomez Liquid Skin Indie Rock
Steve Earle The Mountain Americana, Progressive Bluegrass
Nitin Sawhney Beyond Skin Downtempo
Stereophonics Performance and Cocktails Alternative Rock
Missy Elliott Da Real World Pop Rap
Leftfield Rhythm and Stealth Breakbeat, Progressive House
Add N to (X) Avant Hard Indietronica
Black Heart Procession 2 Indie Rock
Tindersticks Simple Pleasure Chamber Pop
The Beta Band The Beta Band Neo-Psychedelia
Café Tacvba Revés/Yo soy Art Rock, Experimental Rock
The Olivia Tremor Control Black Foliage Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Blackalicious Nia Conscious Hip Hop
Corey Harris Greens from the Garden Blues
Orbital The Middle of Nowhere Techno
Fountains of Wayne Utopia Parkway Indie Pop, Power Pop
Baaba Maal Live at the Royal Festival Hall Mbalax
The Charlatans Us and Us Only Neo-Psychedelia
Guided by Voices Do the Collapse Indie Rock
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Spanish Dance Troupe Folk Rock, Indie Folk, Indie Pop, Psychedelic Folk
Roots Manuva Brand New Second Hand UK Hip Hop