Best Albums of 1999

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Listed below are the best albums of 1999 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 54,000 greatest album charts.

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1999 year summaryThe best artists of 1999 were Sigur Rós, The Flaming Lips, Red Hot Chili Peppers, フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans], Blur, The Dismemberment Plan, Wilco, Built To Spill, Fiona Apple and The Magnetic Fields.

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61.

Something To Write Home About

The Get Up Kids

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

321

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

746

Overall Rank:

4,382

Average Rating:

74 (58 votes)

Comments:

62.

Liquid Skin

Gomez

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

315

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

761

Overall Rank:

4,456

Average Rating:

73 (75 votes)

Comments:

63.

The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner

Ben Folds Five

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

310

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

772

Overall Rank:

4,520

Average Rating:

73 (104 votes)

Comments:

64.

Pinback

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

301

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

790

Overall Rank:

4,613

Average Rating:

74 (35 votes)

Comments:

65.

The Hot Rock

Sleater-Kinney

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

301

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

794

Overall Rank:

4,623

Average Rating:

78 (104 votes)

Comments:

66.

Chaos Is Me

Orchid (Screamo)

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

298

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

805

Overall Rank:

4,669

Average Rating:

75 (39 votes)

Comments:

67.

The Good Life

Kashmir

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

291

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

817

Overall Rank:

4,767

Average Rating:

73 (42 votes)

Comments:

68.

The Gay Parade

of Montreal

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

285

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

827

Overall Rank:

4,846

Average Rating:

75 (73 votes)

Comments:

69.

Hagnesta Hill

Kent (SE)

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

275

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

845

Overall Rank:

4,967

Average Rating:

74 (55 votes)

Comments:

70.

S&M
Live

Metallica & San Francisco Symphony

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

268

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

862

Overall Rank:

5,078

Average Rating:

65 (248 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of 1999 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	10	1%
Elvis Presley	3	0%
The Make-Up	2	0%
Low	2	0%
Mike Oldfield	2	0%
Mogwai	2	0%
Rammstein	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	451	45%
	204	20%
	38	4%
	35	4%
	30	3%
	29	3%
	23	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	922	92%
Yes	78	8%

Live?	Albums	%
No	963	96%
Yes	37	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	977	98%
Yes	23	2%

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