Pazz & Jop 1999: Dean's List

Albums

1. The Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs (Merge) 16
2. Moby: Play (V2) 16
3. Le Tigre: Le Tigre (Mr. Lady) 13
4. John Prine: In Spite of Ourselves (Oh Boy) 12
5. Holy Modal Rounders: Too Much Fun (Rounder) 9
6. Latin Playboys: Dose (Atlantic) 9
7. Sleater-Kinney: The Hot Rock (Kill Rock Stars) 8
8. Handsome Boy Modeling School: So . . . How's Your Girl? (Tommy Boy) 7
9. Willie Nelson: Night and Day (Pedernales/Freefalls) 5
10. Prince Paul: Prince Paul Presents A Prince Among Thieves (Tommy Boy) 5

11. The Coup: Steal This Album (Dogday '98)
12. Q-Tip: Amplified (Arista)
13. Jay-Z: Vol 3 . . . Life and Times of S. Carter (Roc-A-Fella)
14. Old 97's: Fight Songs (Elektra)
15. Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band: The Mountain (E Squared)
16. Goodie Mob: World Party (LaFace)
17. Los Van Van: La Colección Cubana (Music Club '98)
18. Papa Wemba: M'zée Fula-Ngenge (Sonodisc import)
19. Randy Newman: Bad Love (Dreamworks)
20. Eminem: The Slim Shady LP (Aftermath/Interscope)
21. Mandy Barnett: I've Got a Right to Cry (Sire)
22. Imperial Teen: What Is Not to Love (London)
23. Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate: Kulanjan (Hannibal)
24. Mary J. Blige: Mary (MCA)
25. Tom Waits: Mule Variations (Epitaph)
26. Trailer Bride: Whine de Lune (Bloodshot)
27. Pretenders: Viva El Amor (Warner Bros.)
28. Blink 182: Enema of the State (MCA)
29. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Atlantic)
30. Kid Rock: Devil Without a Cause (Atlantic/Lava '98)
31. Spring Heel Jack: Treader (Tugboat import)
32. Totally Hits (Arista)
33. Pet Shop Boys: Nightlife (Parlophone/Sire)
34. Drive-by Truckers: Pizza Deliverance (Soul Dump)
35. Salif Keita: Papa (Metro Blue)
36. Pavement: Terror Twilight (Matador)
37. Cesaria Evora: Café Atlantico (Lusafrica/RCA Victor/BMG Classics)
38. Dr. Dooom: First Come, First Served (Funky Ass)
39. Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Shanachie)
40. Ali Farka Toure: Niafunké (Hannibal)
41. Baby Gramps: Same Ol' Timeously (Grampophone)
42. Sebadoh: The Sebadoh (Sub Pop/Sire)
43. Slick Rick: The Art of Storytelling (Def Jam)
44. Blondie: No Exit (Beyond)
45. Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan: In Session (Stax)
46. Ani DiFranco: Up Up Up Up Up Up (Righteous Babe)
47. Chris Smither: Drive You Home Again (Hightone)
48. Waco Brothers: WacoWorld (Bloodshot)
49. Mark Isham: Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project (Columbia)
50. Estrellas de Arieto: Los Heroes (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
51. Genaside II: Ad Finite (Durban Poison)
52. Baaba Maal: Live at the Royal Festival Hall (Palm Pictures)
53. Cape Verde (Putumayo World Music)
54. Liquid Todd: Action (Ultra)
55. The Andy Statman Quartet: The Hidden Light (Sony Classical '98)
56. Mos Def: Black on Both Sides (Rawkus)
57. Rawkus Presents Soundbombing II (Rawkus)
58. South African Rhythm Riot: The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Volume 6 (Stern's/Earthworks)
59. Black Box Recorder: England Made Me (Jetset)
60. They Might Be Giants: Long Tall Weekend (www.emusic.com)
61. Arto Lindsay: Prize (Righteous Babe)
62. Paul McCartney: Run Devil Run (Capitol)
63. Streets of Dakar: Generation Boul Falé (Stern's Africa)
64. Natacha Atlas: Gedida (Beggars Banquet)
65. Baobab: N'Wolof (Dakar Sound import)
66. Casa de la Trova (Detour)
67. The Donnas: Get Skintight (Lookout!)
68. Continental Drifters: Vermilion (Razor & Tie)
69. Frank Sinatra: Sinatra '57--In Concert (DCC)
70. Kelis: Kaleidoscope (Virgin)
71. Pere Ubu: Apocalypse Now (Thirsty Ear)
72. Roots Rock Guitar Party: Zimbabwe Frontline 3 (Stern's/Earthworks)
73. Fiona Apple: When the Pawn . . . (Clean Slate/Epic)
74. Mekons: I Have Been to Heaven and Back: Hen's Teeth and Other Fragments of Unpopular Culture Vol. 1 (Quarterstick)
75. Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons (Almo Sounds)
76. Tricky with DJ Muggs and Grease: Juxtapose (Island)
77. Lightning Over the River (Music Club)
78. Marshall Crenshaw: Number 447 (Razor & Tie)
79. Source Direct: Exorcise the Demons (Astralwerks)
80. Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live From Central Park (A&M)
81. The Comedian Harmonists: The Comedian Harmonists (Hannibal)
82. Don White: Brown Eyes Shine (Lumperboy)

Singles

1. Backstreet Boys: "I Want It That Way" (Jive)
2. John Prine: "In Spite of Ourselves" (Oh Boy)
3. Eminem: "My Name Is" (Aftermath/Interscope)
4. Cher: "Believe" (Warner Bros.)
5. Backstreet Boys: "Larger Than Life" (Jive)
6. Faith Hill: "The Secret of Life" (Warner Bros.)
7. LFO: "Summer Girls" (Arista)
8. Britney Spears: "You Drive Me Crazy" (Jive)
9. Blink 182: "What's My Age Again" (MCA)
10. Eminem: "Any Man" (Rawkus)
11. TLC: "Unpretty" (LaFace)
12. Kid Rock: "Bawitdaba" (Atlantic/Lava)
13. Pharoahe Monch: "Mayor" (Rawkus)
14. Madonna: "Beautiful Stranger" (Maverick)
15. Foxy Brown: "Hot Spot" (Violator/Def Jam)
16. Jennifer Lopez: "Let's Get Loud" (Work)
17. Blink 182: "All the Small Things" (MCA)
18. Sugar Ray: "Every Morning" (Lava/Atlantic)
19. The Breakestra: "Getcho Soul Together" (Loosegroove/No Mayo)
20. Blur: "Tender" (EMI)

Reissues

1. Louis Armstrong: An American Icon (Hip-o '98)
2. Bing Crosby: The Best of Bing Crosby: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection (MCA)
3. A Tribe Called Quest: Anthology (Jive)
4. Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers: Deluxe Edition (Alligator)
5. The Holy Modal Rounders: 1 & 2 (Fantasy)
6. MTV: The First Thousand Years: R&B(Rhino)
7. Miles Davis: Love Songs (Columbia)
8. African Ambience (Shanachie)
9. Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band: Acoustic Swing & Jug (Vanguard '98)
10. Shalamar: Greatest Hits (The Right Stuff/Solar)

Village Voice, Feb. 22, 2000

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