Best Albums of 1999

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Listed below are the best albums of 1999 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 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, Built To Spill, Wilco, The Magnetic Fields and Fiona Apple.

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11.

American Football

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

366 charts

Rank Score:

3,834

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

471

Average Rating:

80 (474 votes)

Comments:

12.

Play

Moby

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

559 charts

Rank Score:

3,474

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

523

Average Rating:

77 (802 votes)

Comments:

13.

Enema Of The State

Blink-182

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

340 charts

Rank Score:

2,581

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

120

Overall Rank:

702

Average Rating:

71 (565 votes)

Comments:

14.

The Fragile

Nine Inch Nails

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

330 charts

Rank Score:

2,433

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

129

Overall Rank:

733

Average Rating:

79 (509 votes)

Comments:

15.

Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

Dream Theater

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

279 charts

Rank Score:

2,348

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

135

Overall Rank:

761

Average Rating:

78 (438 votes)

Comments:

16.

Slow Riot For New Zerø Kanada

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

263 charts

Rank Score:

2,330

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

138

Overall Rank:

769

Average Rating:

84 (416 votes)

Comments:

17.

The Battle Of Los Angeles

Rage Against The Machine

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

384 charts

Rank Score:

2,170

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

149

Overall Rank:

820

Average Rating:

77 (710 votes)

Comments:

18.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

401 charts

Rank Score:

2,092

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

157

Overall Rank:

854

Average Rating:

77 (745 votes)

Comments:

19.

Mule Variations

Tom Waits

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

340 charts

Rank Score:

2,067

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

161

Overall Rank:

865

Average Rating:

79 (390 votes)

Comments:

20.

Showbiz

Muse

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

342 charts

Rank Score:

2,010

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

167

Overall Rank:

893

Average Rating:

73 (729 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of 1999 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	11	1%
Elvis Presley	3	0%
Ani DiFranco	2	0%
Mike Ness	2	0%
Fish	2	0%
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	2	0%
Sloan	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	451	45%
	204	20%
	38	4%
	35	3%
	31	3%
	31	3%
	23	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	921	92%
Yes	80	8%

Live?	Albums	%
No	962	96%
Yes	39	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	978	98%
Yes	23	2%

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Best Albums of the 2000s
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2. In Rainbows by Radiohead
3. Funeral by Arcade Fire
4. Is This It by The Strokes
5. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
6. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
7. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
8. Madvillainy by Madvillain
9. Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol
10. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
11. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
12. A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay
13. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
14. Elephant by The White Stripes
15. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
16. Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
17. Amnesiac by Radiohead
18. Demon Days by Gorillaz
19. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
20. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective