Bob McCarthy's Chugchanga-L Poll 1999 Entry

1. Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs (Merge)
2. The Delgados Peloton (Mantra / Beggars Banquet)
3. The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin (Warner Brothers)
4. Beck Midnite Vultures (DGC)
5. Fountains of Wayne Utopia Parkway (Atlantic)
6. Belle & Sebastian Tigermilk (Jeepster / Matador)
7. Folk Implosion One Part Lullaby (Interscope)
8. Built To Spill Keep It Like A Secret (Up / Warner Brothers)
9. Imperial Teen What Is Not To Love (Slash)
10. The Minders Cul-De-Sacs & Dead Ends (spinART / Elephant 6)
11. Danielson Famile Tri-Danielson!!! (Omega) (Tooth & Nail)
12. The Donnas Get Skintight (Lookout!)
13. Sebadoh The Sebadoh (Sub Pop)
14. Pavement Terror Twilight (Matador)
15. Wilco Summer Teeth (Reprise)
16. The Apples In Stereo Her Wallpaper Reverie (spinART)
17. Godspeed You Black Emperor! Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada (Kranky / Constellation)
18. Moby Play (V2)
19. The Roots Things Fall Apart (MCA)
20. Sleater-Kinney The Hot Rock (Kill Rock Stars)

At the top: The Magnetic Fields is probably my favorite album of the decade, if anyone cares. I never knew I was such a sucker for show tunes. It ain't easy, you try it.

On the Bottom: The Sleater-Kinney is either brilliant or slight. I'll let you know the first time I make it through the lyric sheet.

Babies that Got Away: Beta Band, Cake Like, Gentle Waves, GBV, Freedy Johnston, Muffs, Old 97's, Virginia Dare, Tom Waits, XTC

I was supposed to pick you guys up at the store but I spaced: Quasi, Tobin Sprout, Beth Orton, Beulah, Royal Trux, Prince Paul, Bob Pollard&Doug Gillard