THE TOP 100 SONGS OF 1999
		per David Rawson

1.  Deceptacon - LE TIGRE Le Tigre (Mr. Lady)
2.  River Guard - SMOG Knock Knock (Drag City)
3.  Starfire - LOW Secret Name (Kranky)
4.  Teenage FBI - GUIDED BY VOICES Do The Collapse (TVT)
5.  Bodyrock - MOBY Play (V2)
6.  Will My Feet Still Carry Me Home - ELF POWER A Dream In Sound (Arena 
Rock/Elephant Six)
7.  Love Leaves Its Abusers - SONGS: OHIA Axxess & Ace (Secretly Canadian)
8.  Race For The Prize - THE FLAMING LIPS The Soft Bulletin (Warner)
9.  My Name Is - EMINEM The Slim Shady LP (Web/Aftermath/Interscope)
10. Stolen Car - BETH ORTON Central Reservation 
(Heavenly/Deconstruction/Arista)
11. Black Market Baby - TOM WAITS Mule Variations (Anti/Epitaph)
12. You Were Right - BUILT TO SPILL Keep It Like A Secret (Warner)
13. Cherubs - ARAB STRAP Elephant Shoe (Go Beat import)
14. Jagged - OLD 97'S Fight Songs (Elektra)
15. I Try - MACY GRAY On How Life Is (Epic)
16. The Death Of Ferdinand De Saussure - THE MAGNETIC FIELDS 69 Love Songs 
(Merge)
17. No Regrets - ROBBIE WILLIAMS The Ego Has Landed (Chrysalis UK '98/Capitol)
18. Pull The Wires From The Wall - THE DELGADOS Peloton (Chemikal 
Underground/Mantra/Beggars Banquet)
19. Can We Start Again? - TINDERSTICKS Simple Pleasure 
(Quicksilver/Universal-Island import)
20. Tourist - COBRA VERDE Nightlife (Motel)
21. If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - MANIC STREET PREACHERS 
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (Sony UK '98/Virgin)
22. Miccia - GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR! Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada E.P. 
(Kranky)
23. No More Rain (In This Cloud) - ANGIE STONE Black Diamond (Arista)
24. Costa Rica - KRISTIN HERSH Sky Motel (4AD)
25. Score From Augusta - BEULAH When Your Heartstrings Break (Sugar Free)
26. Magic Star - DEERHOOF Holdypaws (Kill Rock Stars)
27. A Sleepy Company - THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL Black Foliage Volume One 
(Flydaddy)
28. Nothing Left To Say - TRAM Heavy Black Frame (Piao!/Jetset)
29. Dead City Sunbeams - KID SILVER Dead City Sunbeams (Jetset)
30. Can't Stand It - WILCO Summerteeth (Reprise)
31. You'll Never Walk Again - GENE Revelations (Polydor import)
32. Nineteen - OLD 97'S Fight Songs (Elektra)
33. My Country - RANDY NEWMAN Bad Love (Dreamworks)
34. Mrs. Bean - THE ESSEX GREEN Everything Is Green (Kindercore)
35. Cold Blooded Old Times - SMOG Knock Knock (Drag City)
36. Reborn - VELOCETTE Fourfold Remedy (Wiiija/Beggars Banquet)
37. The Men In Blue - PRINCE PAUL FEATURING EVERLAST Prince Paul Presents A 
Prince Among Thieves (Tommy Boy)
38. Hell Is An Open Door - EAST RIVER PIPE The Gasoline Age (Merge)
39. Plenty Times - THE FRANK AND WALTERS Beauty Becomes More Than Life 
(Setanta/Red Ink)
40. Guerrilla Radio - RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE The Battle Of Los Angeles (Epic)
41. It's Not Too Beautiful - THE BETA BAND The Beta Band (Regal/Astralwerks)
42. Sweet-Lovin' Man - THE MAGNETIC FIELDS 69 Love Songs (Merge)
43. Keep It All Hid - MOJAVE 3 Out Of Tune (4AD/Sire)
44. Fast As You Can - FIONA APPLE When The Pawn (Clean Slate/Epic)
45. Get Up - SLEATER-KINNEY The Hot Rock (Kill Rock Stars)
46. Mayor - PHAROAHE MONCH Rawkus Presents Soundbombing II (Rawkus)
47. Debra - BECK Midnite Vultures (DGC)
48. Major Leagues - PAVEMENT Terror Twilight (Matador)
49. It Might Be Bad - THE GO Whatcha Doin' (Sub Pop)
50. Vivrant Thing - Q-TIP Amplified (Arista)
51. Dead From The Waist Down - CATATONIA Equally Cursed And Blessed (Blanco Y 
Negro import)
52. National Drag - THE BEVIS FROND Vavona Burr (Flydaddy)
53. Bills, Bills, Bills - DESTINY'S CHILD The Writing's On The Wall (Columbia)
54. Maid To Order - TOBIN SPROUT Let's Welcome The Circus People 
(Recordhead/Wigwam)
55. The Words Get Stuck In My Throat - DUMP Women In Rock EP (Shrimper)
56. Spanish Dance Troupe - GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI Spanish Dance Troupe 
(Mantra/Beggars Banquet)
57. You Got Me - THE ROOTS FEATURING ERYKAH BADU Things Fall Apart (MCA)
58. Run On - MOBY Play (V2)
59. For Real - TRICKY WITH DJ MUGGS AND GREASE Juxtapose (Island)
60. Tinseltown To The Boogiedown - SCRITTI POLITTI Anomie & Bonhomie (Virgin 
import)
61. You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk - PET SHOP BOYS Nightlife 
(Parlophone/Sire)
62. Held - SMOG Knock Knock (Drag City)
63. Want Too Much - JOE HENRY Fuse (Mammoth)
64. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold- PRINCE Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic 
(NPG/Arista)
65. Oppenheimer - OLD 97'S Fight Songs (Elektra)
66. Skintight - THE DONNAS The Donnas Get Skintight (Lookout!)
67. Unpretty - TLC Fanmail (LaFace)
68. Underwater Life - FREEDY JOHNSTON Blue Days, Black Nights (Elektra)
69. Parallel Horizontal - MARINE RESEARCH Sounds From The Gulf  Stream (K)
70. In Spite Of Ourselves - JOHN PRINE In Spite Of Ourselves (Oh Boy)
71. Faithful - MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO Bitter (Maverick)
72. The Only Man In Town - MOOSE Baby It's Over EP (Saltwater) 
73. Love Is Stronger - SEBADOH The Sebadoh (Sub Pop/Sire)
74. Human - PRETENDERS Viva El Amor (Warner)
75. Rock & Roll - HANDSOME BOY MODELING SCHOOL - So...How's Your Girl? (Tommy 
Boy)
76. Record Collection - COMET GAIN Tigertown Pictures (Kill Rock Stars)
77. Ms. Fat Booty - MOS DEF Black On Both Sides (Rawkus)
78. Untidy Towns - THE LUCKSMITHS Happy Secret (Candle/Drive-In)
79. Natalie's Party - SHACK H.M.S. Fable (London)
80. The Free Design - STEREOLAB Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The 
Milky Night (Elektra)
81. Free To Go - THE FOLK IMPLOSION One Part Lullaby (Interscope)
82. She's In Fashion - SUEDE Head Music (Nude/Columbia)
83. Halfway To A Threeway - JIM O'ROURKE Halfway To A Threeway EP (Drag City)
84. Soul On A Rock - BUZZCOCKS Modern (Go-Kart)
85. Rockets On The Battlefield - KOOL KEITH Black Elvis/Lost In Space 
(Ruffhouse/Columbia)
86. What I Deserve - KELLY WILLIS What I Deserve (Rykodisc)
87. Mexican God - ROBYN HITCHCOCK Jewels For Sophia (Warner)
88. Coffee & TV - BLUR 13 (Food/Parlophone/Virgin)
89. The Rubettes - THE AUTEURS How I Learned To Love The Bootboys (Hut/Virgin 
import)
90. Gotta Man - EVE Let There Be...Eve-Ruff Ryders' First Lady (Ruff Ryders)
91. I'd Like That- XTC Apple Venus Volume I (Idea/TVT)
92. Ruby - THE APPLES IN STEREO Her Wallpaper Reverie (Spinart)
93. Superfreaky Memories - LUNA The Days Of Our Nights (Beggars Banquet/Sire)
94. Out Of Control - THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS Surrender (Freestyle 
Dust/Astralwerks/Virgin)
95. Meadowport Arch - THE LADYBUG TRANSISTOR The Albemarle Sound (Merge)
96. Asphalt Yards - CARL HANCOCK RUX Rux Revue (550 Music)
97. All The Same - QUASI Field Studies (Up)
98. Sadie's Anniversary - SAINT ETIENNE Places To Visit EP (Sub Pop)
99. MGM Grand - GRANDADDY Signal To Snow Ratio EP (V2)
100.The Devil Stole The Beat From The Lord - THE HELLACOPTERS Grande Rock 
(Psychout/Sub Pop)