The
Best Recordings of 1999 in alphabetical order |
astroPuppees: Pet [HighTone HCD 8105]"Ouch.
I ache for you Kelley."
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Bruce Cockburn, Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu [Rykodisc RCD/RAC
10407]"Arguably Cockburn’s finest release
since his 1980 masterpiece Humans."
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Davell Crawford: Love Like Yours and Mine [Bullseye Blues & Jazz 1161-9606-2] "...when the back of the CD speaks of his 'prodigal
talent' and refers to his 'astonishing virtuosity,' I have no choice
but to nod my head in total agreement."
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Ani DiFranco, UP UP UP UP UP UP [Righteous Babe Music RBR013-D] "A poetic collection of folk songs from the punk-folk queen of
western New York." |
Marc-Andre Hamelin: Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated [Hyperion
CDA67077] "Devotees of great piano writing (and
great playing) should investigate without delay."
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The Jacques Loussier Trio: 40th Anniversary Album [Telarc CD 83474] "It’s rare for superior sonics, performance and musical
interest to come together as elegantly as they do here." |
Moby: Play [Rave New World V2 63881-27049-2] "…dead
solid perfect."
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Geoff Muldaur: The Secret Handshake [HighTone HCD 8097] "If the songs from this album don’t remain in your head for a long
time, then the blues just ain’t for you."
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Me’Shell Ndegeocello: Bitter [Maverick 9 47439-2] "…a spare, clear-eyed reflection on the pain of love gone astray,
love rejected, and love unrequited."
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Utah Phillips and Ani Difranco: Fellow Workers [Righteous Babe Music RBR015-D] "An oral history and a reminder that the original movement was
as much about human dignity as economic." |
Tom Russell, The Man From God Knows Where [HighTone HCD 8099] "…a collection that walks the line between a song cycle
and a sort of folk opera so deftly that it ends up being a work both epic in scope and
acutely observed."
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Frank Sinatra, Sinatra 57 In Concert [DCC/Artanis Entertainment Group ARZ-101-2] "…a pick of the month, a year’s best and one for the
ages all rolled into one."
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| Best Reissue 
Squeeze, East Side Story [Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDCD 739]
"…like the many posh remastered movies on DVD,
Mobile Fidelity’s East Side Story is for the connoisseur as well as the
fan."
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Best Audiophile Recording 
Roy Gaines, I Got the T-Bone Walker Blues [Groove Note GRV1002-2]
"…might be the best CD I’ve ever heard, and
it’ll make your system sound like it cost a bundle."
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