Randall Roberts's Chugchanga-L Poll 1999 Entry
- Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs (Merge)
- Pilote Antenna (Certificates 18 UK)
- Beck Midnite Vultures (DGC)
- Various Artists Electro Boogie, Vol. 2: Depth Charge (Studio K7)
- Moby Play (V2)
- Various Artists Osmosis (Leaf UK)
- 310 The Dirty Rope (Leaf)
- Plaid Rust Proof Clockwork (Warp / Nothing)
- TLC Fanmail (LaFace)
- Kruder & Dorfmeister K&D Sessions (Studio K7)
- The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin (Warner Brothers)
- Takemura, Nobukazu Scope (Thrill Jockey)
- Gunn, Russell Ethnomusicology, Vol. 1 (Atlantic)
- Cafe Tacuba Reves / Yosoy (Warner Brothers)
- The Modernist Explosion (Popular Organization)
- Various Artists Remixes, etc. (Fat Cat UK)
- Comedian Harmonists Comedian Harmonists (Hannibal / Carthage)
- 808 State Newbuild (Rephlex UK)
- Meat Puppets Up on the Sun (Rykodisc)
- Meat Puppets II (Rykodisc)
Honorable mentions/Runners-up
[1-16 are albums, 17-20 and the first two runners up are reissues, the rest are singles/EPs --dougo]
Discovery of the Year: David Shea' phenomenal Satyricon.