THE TOP 40 ALBUMS OF 1999
		per David Rawson

1.  SMOG - Knock Knock (Drag City)
2.  OLD 97'S - Fight Songs (Elektra)
3.  PRINCE PAUL - Prince Paul Presents A Prince Among Thieves (Tommy Boy)
4.  THE FLAMING LIPS - The Soft Bulletin (Warner)
5.  THE DELGADOS - Peloton (Chemikal Underground/Mantra/Beggars Banquet)
6.  THE MAGNETIC FIELDS - 69 Love Songs (Merge)
7.  COBRA VERDE - Nightlife (Motel)
8.  ARAB STRAP - Elephant Shoe (Go Beat import)
9.  MOBY - Play (V2)
10. WILCO - Summerteeth (Reprise)
11. GUIDED BY VOICES - Do The Collapse (TVT)
12. LOW - Secret Name (Kranky)
13. TOM WAITS - Mule Variations (Anti/Epitaph)
14. SONGS: OHIA - Axxess & Ace (Secretly Canadian)
15. LE TIGRE - Le Tigre (Mr. Lady)
16. PRINCE - Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (NPG/Arista)
17. BETH ORTON - Central Reservation (Heavenly/Deconstruction/Arista)
18. VARIOUS ARTISTS - Rawkus Presents Soundbombing II (Rawkus)
19. RANDY NEWMAN - Bad Love (Dreamworks)
20. GENE - Revelations (Polydor import)
21. HANDSOME BOY MODELING SCHOOL - So...How's Your Girl? (Tommy Boy)
22. BUILT TO SPILL - Keep It Like A Secret (Warner)
23. FIONA APPLE - When The Pawn (Clean Slate/Epic)
24. MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO - Bitter (Maverick)
25. PAVEMENT - Terror Twilight (Matador)
26. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - The Battle Of Los Angeles (Epic)
27. EMINEM - The Slim Shady LP (Web/Aftermath/Interscope)
28. THE GO - Whatcha Doin' (Sub Pop)
29. MOJAVE 3 - Out Of Tune (4AD/Sire)
30. BEULAH - When Your Heartstrings Break (Sugar Free)
31. KOOL KEITH - Black Elvis/Lost In Space (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
32. KRISTIN HERSH - Sky Motel (4AD)
33. ELF POWER - A Dream In Sound (Arena Rock/Elephant Six)
34. SLEATER-KINNEY - The Hot Rock (Kill Rock Stars)
35. TOBIN SPROUT - Let's Welcome The Circus People (Recordhead/Wigwam)
36. KID SILVER - Dead City Sunbeams (Jetset)
37. MOS DEF - Black On Both Sides (Rawkus)
38. VELOCETTE - Fourfold Remedy (Wiiija/Beggars Banquet)
39. THE BETA BAND - The Beta Band (Regal/Astralwerks)
40. TRAM - Heavy Black Frame (Piao!/Jetset)

	TOP 10 EPs of 1999
		per David Rawson

1.  GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR! Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada (Kranky)
2.  MOOSE - Baby It's Over (Saltwater)
3.  THE LUCKSMITHS - Happy Secret (Candle/Drive-In)
4.  SAINT ETIENNE - Places To Visit (Sub Pop)
5.  JIM O'ROURKE - Halfway To A Threeway (Drag City)
6.  DUMP - Women In Rock (Schimper)
7.  THE APPLES IN STEREO - Her Wallpaper Reverie (Spinart)
8.  GRANDADDY - Signal To Snow Ratio (V2)
9.  ELASTICA - 6 Track EP (Deceptive import)
10. THE SPELLS - The Age Of Backwards E.P. (K)