KGSR.com KGSR Cool Brittania
KGSR.com
1999 KGSR Music Polls:
PREVIOUS MUSIC POLLS: 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997

  These are a few of our favorite things from 1999:  

TOP 107 SONGS OF 1999
* An asterisk indicates placement in the previous year's poll

1 Santana Smooth
2 Radney Foster & Abra Moore I'm In
3 Robert Earl Keen Feelin' Good Again*
4 Kelly Willis Heaven Bound
5 Toni Price Comes Love
6 John Prine & Iris Dement In Spite of Ourselves
7 Damnations TX Unholy Train
8 Bruce Robison Angry All the Time
* 9 Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
* 10 Ray Wylie Hubbard Conversation with the Devil
11 Radney Foster I've Got a Picture
12 Jimmy LaFave How It Must Remain
13 Kelly Willis Not Forgotten You
14 Tom Waits Hold On
15 Paul McCartney No Other Baby
16 Bruce Cockburn Last Night of the World
17 Lyle Lovett You Can’t Resist It
18 Patty Griffin Change
* 19 Shawn Mullins Shimmer
20 Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris For A Dancer
21 Sting Brand New Day
22 Los Lobos This Time
23 Toni Price Out the Front Door
24 Patty Griffin Blue Sky
25 Robert Earl Keen Down That Dusty Trail
* 26 Beth Orton Stolen Car
27 Kim Richey Come Around
28 Santana & Dave Matthews Love of My Life
29 Kelly Willis What I Deserve
30 Sheryl Crow My Favorite Mistake
31 Lucinda Williams Can't Let Go
* 32 Beth Orton Central Reservation
33 R. L. Burnside It's Bad You Know
34 Van Morrison Back On Top
35 XTC Greenman
36 Tom Petty Room at the Top
37 The Gourds Gangsta Lean
38 Ben Harper Burn to Shine
39 Susan Tedeschi Rock Me Right
40 The Mavericks Dance the Night Away
41 Chris Isaak Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing
42 Kelly Willis Wrapped
43 Van Morrison Precious Time
44 Sheryl Crow The Difficult Kind
45 The Derailers The Right Place
46 Old 97's Murder (or a Heart Attack) 47 Lenny Kravitz Fly Away
48 Kelly Willis Take Me Down
49 Indigo Girls Peace Tonight
50 Susan Tedeschi It Hurts So Bad*
51 REM The Great Beyond
52 Van Morrison When the Leaves Come Falling Down

53 Trish Murphy Outsider
54 New Radicals You Get What You Give 55 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Looking Forward
56 Sheryl Crow There Goes the Neighborhood
* 57 Tom Petty Free Girl Now
58 Pretenders Human
59 Wood Stay You
60 Sarah McLachlan Angel
61 Lyle Lovett Bears
* 62 Sixpence None the Richer Kiss Me
* 63 Slo Leak When the Clock Strikes 12
64 Kevin Welch Beneath My Wheels
65 Red Hot Chili Peppers Scar Tissue
66 Buena Vista Social Club Chan Chan*
67 Lyle Lovett That's Right, You're Not From Texas
68 Jesse Winchester Sweet Little Shoe
69 Widespread Panic Bear’s Gone Fishin’
70 Lucinda Williams Right In Time
*71 Susan Tedeschi You Need To Be With Me
72 Wilco I Can't Stand It
73 Doug Sahm Get A Life
* 74 Mavericks Things I Cannot Change
75 Collective Soul Run
76 Indigenous Things We Do
77 Jon Dee Graham Big Sweet Life
78 Fiona Apple Fast As You Can
79 Taj Mahal & Leftover Salmon Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes
80 Mishka Give You All the Love
81 Shannon Curfman I Don't Make Promises
82 Keb' Mo' & Lyle Lovett Till It Shines
83 Damnations TX No Sign of Water
84 Joe Henry Skin and Teeth
85 Wes Cunningham So It Goes
* 86 Chris Cornell Can't Change Me
87 Martin Sexton Love Keep Us Together
88 Texas Tornados Adios Mexico
89 David Garza Slave
90 Train Meet Virginia
91 Robert Cray 24-7 Man
92 8 1/2 Souvenirs Sharp Dressed Man 93 Chris Isaak Please 94 Wilco Nothingsevergonnastandinmyway(again) 95 Julian Lennon Day After Day
96 Cowboy Junkies Ooh Las Vegas
97 Mandy Barnett I've Got a Right to Cry
98 Tom Petty Swingin'
99 Charlie Robison My Hometown
100 New Radicals Someday We'll Know
101 The Gourds Grievin' & Smokin'
102 Sinead Lohan No Mermaid*
103 Cindy Bullens Better Thank I've Ever Been
104 Dwight Yoakam Crazy Little Thing Called Love
105 Julian Lennon I Don’t Wanna Know
106 Ziggy Marley Beautiful Day
107 John Mellencamp Your Life Is Now*

TOP 107 CDs OF 1999
* An asterisk indicates placement in the previous year's poll

1 Kelly Willis What I Deserve
2 Santana Supernatural
3 Lyle Lovett and his Large Band Live in Texas
4 Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
* 5 Toni Price Low Down and Up
6 Various Broadcasts Vol. 7
7 Patty Griffin Flaming Red
* 8 Damnations TX Half Mad Moon
9 Sheryl Crow Globe Sessions
* 10 Radney Foster See What You Want To See
11 Robert Earl Keen Walking Distance*
12 Van Morrison Back On Top
13 Wilco Summerteeth
14 Susan Tedeschi Just Won't Burn
* 15 Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt Western Wall/Tuscon Sessions
16 Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club
* 17 Beth Orton Central Reservation
18 Sting Brand New Day
19 Trish Murphy Rubies on the Lawn
20 Willie Nelson Teatro
* 21 Paul McCartney Run Devil Run
22 Tom Petty Echo
23 Tom Waits Mule Variations
24 Various Return of the Grievous Angel
25 XTC Apple Venus Volume II
26 John Prine In Spite of Ourselves
27 Los Lobos This Time
28 Indigo Girls Come On Now Social
29 Lyle Lovett Step Inside This House
*30 Sarah McLachlan Mirrorball
31 Steve Earle & Del McCoury Band Steve Earle & Del McCoury Band
32 Old '97's Fight Songs
33 Mavericks Super Colossal Smash Hits...
34 Tori Amos To Venus and Back
35 Asleep At The Wheel Ride With Bob
36 Beck Midnight Vultures
37 Derailers Full Western Dress
38 Bruce Cockburn Dinner in New Orleans, Breakfast in Timbuktu
39 Ray Wylie Hubbard Crusades of the Restless Knights
40 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Looking Forward
41 Bruce Robison Long Way Home from Anywhere
42 Chris Isaak Speak of the Devil
*43 Jimmy LaFave Trail
44 Widespread Panic Till the Medicine Takes
45 Jesse Winchester Gentleman of Leisure
46 REM Up
| * 47 Gourds Ghosts of Hallelujah
48 Fiona Apple When the Pawn...
49 Jon Dee Graham Summerland
50 Dave Matthews Band Listener Supported
51 Counting Crows This Desert Life

52 Texas Tornados Live from the Limo 53 Dixie Chicks Fly
54 Lenny Kravitz 5
* 55 Kim Richey Glimmer
56 Ben Harper Burn to Shine
57 Natalie Merchant Live
58 Jeff Beck Who Else
59 William Topley Spanish Wells
60 RL Burnside Come On In
61 Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of...
62 Pretenders Viva El Amor
63 BB King Blues on the Bayou
* 64 Beatles Yellow Submarine Songtrack
65 Stevie Ray Vaughan Greatest Hits Vol. II
66 Mandy Barnett I've Got A Right
67 Leftover Salmon The Nashville Sessions
68 Guy Clark Cold Dog Soup
69 Indigenous Things We Do
70 Townes Van Zandt A Far Cry from Dead
71 Bonnie Raitt Fundamental
* 72 Dwight Yoakam Last Chance for a Thousand Years
73 Loudon Wainwright III Social Studies
74 Shawn Mullins Soul's Core
* 75 Alison Krauss Forget About It
76 Sinead Lohan No Mermaid
* 77 Richard Thompson Mock Tudor
78 Harris,Ronstadt,Parton Trio II
79 Alejandro Escovedo Bourbonitis Blues
80 Eric Clapton Pilgrim
* 81 Moby Play
82 Jonny Lang Wander This World
* 83 Meshell Ndegeocello Bitter
84 Wood Songs from Stamford Hill
85 David Garza This Euphoria
* 86 Randy Newman Bad Love
87 Elliot Smith XO
* 88 8 1/2 Souvenirs Twisted Desire
89 Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication
90 Martin Sexton The American
91 Ian Moore Got the Green Grass
* 92 Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Ave.
93 Cibo Matto Stereo Type A
94 Joni Mitchell Taming the Tiger
* 95 Liz Phair Whitechocolatespaceegg
* 96 Delbert McClinton One of the Fortunate Few
* 97 Julian Lennon Photograph Smile
98 Shannon Curfman Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions
99 Train Train
100 Kevin Welch Beneath My Wheels
101 Ron Sexsmith Whereabouts
102 Collective Soul Dosage
103 Joe Henry Fuse
104 Cesar Rosas Soul Disguises
105 Willie Nelson Night and Day
106 Ziggy Marley Spirit of Music
107 New Radicals Maybe You've Been Brainwashed, Too*

TOP CONCERTS OF 1999
1 Bob Dylan & Paul Simon @ the Frank Erwin Center
2 Lyle Lovett & his Large Band @ the Backyard
3 Antone’s Blues Festival at Waterloo Park
4 Tom Petty @ the FEC (tie)
4 Chris Isaak @ the Backyard (tie)
5 Indigo Girls @ the Backyard(tie)
5 Arc Angels Reunion @ La Zona Rosa (tie)
5 Neil Young Solo @ the Bass Concert Hall (tie)
5 Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris@ Bass Concert Hall (tie)
6 Gipsy Kings @ the Backyard
7 Los Lobos @ La Zona Rosa (tie)
7 Tom Waits @ the Paramount (tie)
KGSR Blackboard

ADVERTISEMENT
Maker Faire
AQIQ