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100 Greatest Albums of 1999

Criteria: These music albums from the year 1999 were chosen for their immediate and lasting popularity, impact, influence, and acclaim from critics and musicians. This list does not include 'Greatest Hits' albums.
Top 100 Albums by Year
Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'.
Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
  1. The Slim Shady LP - Eminem
  2. Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  3. Supernatural - Santana
  4. Play - Moby
  5. 2001 - Dr. Dre
  6. The Battle of Los Angeles - Rage Against the Machine
  7. Black on Both Sides - Mos Def
  8. Things Fall Apart - Roots
  9. The Soft Bulletin - Flaming Lips
10. The Writing's on the Wall - Destiny's Child
11. Enema of the State - Blink 182
12. The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails
13. The Man Who - Travis
14. Fanmail - TLC
15. Ágætis byrjun - Sigur Rós
16. ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
17. Human Clay - Creed
18. Mule Variations - Tom Waits
19. Summerteeth - Wilco
20. On How Life Is - Macy Gray
21. Midnite Vultures - Beck
22. Slipknot - Slipknot
23. When the Pawn... - Fiona Apple
24. No Angel - Dido
25. Operation: Doomsday - MF Doom
26. 69 Love Songs - Magnetic Fields
27. 13 - Blur
28. Mary - Mary J. Blige
29. Millenium - Backstreet Boys
30. Blackout! - Method Man & Redman
31. Surrender - Chemical Brothers
32. Remedy - Basement Jaxx
33. ...And Then There Was X - DMX
34. Make Yourself - Incubus
35. Significant Other - Limp Bizkit
36. Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera
37. Kaleidoscope - Kelis
38. Issues - Korn
39. So... How's Your Girl - Handsome Boy Modeling School
40. Keep It Like a Secret - Built to Spill
41. There Is Nothing Left to Lose - Foo Fighters
42. I See a Darkness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
43. I Am... - Nas
44. Emergency & I - Dismemberment Plan
45. N***a Please - Ol' Dirty Bastard
46. Showbiz - Muse
47. Le Tigre - Le Tigre
48. Nia - Blackalicious
49. American Football - American Football
50. Rainbow - Mariah Carey
51. Clarity - Jimmy Eat World
52. Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin
53. Magnolia [Soundtrack] - Aimee Mann
54. Back at One - Brian McKnight
55. Central Reservation - Beth Orton
56. Astro Lounge - Smash Mouth
57. Internal Affairs - Pharoahe Monch
58. Performance and Cocktails - Stereophonics
59. A Prince Among Thieves - Prince Paul
60. S&M - Metallica
61. Unleash the Dragon - Sisqo
62. Come on Die Young - Mogwai
63. Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory - Dream Theater
64. 100% Ginuwine - Ginuwine
65. On the 6 - Jennifer Lopez
66. The Contino Sessions - Death in Vegas
67. Amplified - Q-Tip
68. Live at Luther College - Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
69. Hurray for Boobies - Bloodhound Gang
70. Still Life - Opeth
71. California - Mr. Bungle
72. 14:59 - Sugar Ray
73. Vol. 3: Life & Times of S. Carter - Jay-Z
74. Neon Ballroom - Silverchair
75. Soundpieces: Da Antidote! - Lootpack
76. Where I Wanna Be - Donell Jones
77. Terror Twilight - Pavement
78. Beaucoup Fish - Underworld
79. Murda Muzik - Mobb Deep
80. This Desert Life - Counting Crows
81. Brand New Day - Sting
82. Blue - Third Eye Blind
83. Da Real World - Missy Misdemeanor Elliott
84. Affirmation - Savage Garden
85. Born Again - The Notorious B.I.G.
86. Apple Venus Volume 1 - XTC
87. Brand New Second Hand - Roots Manuva
88. Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon
89. The Ideal Crash - dEUS
90. Burn to Shine - Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
91. Title of Record - Filter
92. The Art of Storytelling - Slick Rick
93. Calculating Infinity - Dillinger Escape Plan
94. Bitter - Meshell Ndegéocello
95. Supergrass - Supergrass
96. Black Diamond - Angie Stone
97. Temperamental - Everything but the Girl
98. Knock Knock - Smog
99. Tarzan [Soundtrack] - Phil Collins and Mark Mancina
100. Carboot Soul - Nightmares on Wax
The Slim Shady LP album cover
Californication album cover
Supernatural album cover
Play album cover
2001 album cover
The Battle of Los Angeles album cover
Black on Both Sides album cover
Things Fall Apart album cover
 DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 1999
An unheralded great album from 1999
  Brian's choice:
 •  Utopia Parkway - Fountains of Wayne
  Ryan's choice:
 •  Bocanada - Gustavo Cerati
  Lew's choice:
 •  The Boystown Tapes - Tony Carey




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