The Release crew wrote down the best albums (max 10), songs (max 5), live artists (max 3), newcomers (max 3) and artists (max 3) of 1999. This year we mixed Swedish and foreign.
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Best of 98 also contains the Swedish Electronic Music Awards and the readers' foreign poll.
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Albums Paradise Lost: “Host” Mesh: “The Point at Which It Falls Apart” Lustans Lakejer: “Åkersberga” Stroke: ”First in Last out” Kent: “Hagnesta Hill” Nine Inch Nails: “The Fragile” The Northern Territories: “Satellite People” KMFDM: “Adios” Madder Rose: “Hello June Fool” Evereve: “Regret” Songs Lustans Lakejer: “Cynisk" Covenant: ”Tour de Force” Elasmo: “Speed of Light” Kent: “En himmelsk drog” Mesh: “Not Prepared” Live artists Das Ich Front 242 Lustans Lakejer Newcomers Stroke Ned Octoberland Artists Nine Inch Nails Rational Youth Kent
Albums Lustans Lakejer: ”Åkersberga” Kent: ”Hagnesta Hill” Rational Youth: “To the Goddess Electricity” Nine Inch Nails: "The Fragile" Yvonne: “True Love” Mesh: “The Point at Which It Falls Apart” VNV Nation: “Empires” KMFDM: “Adios” Tori Amos: “To Venus and Back” Madder Rose: “Hello June Fool” Songs Lustans Lakejer: ”Vackra djur” Paradise Lost: “So Much Is Lost” Covenant: ”Tour de Force” Eurythmics: “I Saved the World Today” Kent: “En himmelsk drog” Live artists Lustans Lakejer Covenant Das Ich Newcomers Lorelei de Lux Artists Lustans Lakejer Das Ich
Albums Pig: "Genuine American Monster" Nine Inch Nails: "The Fragile" Death in Vegas: "The Contino Sessions" Royal Trux: "Veterans of Disorder" Atari Teenage Riot: "60 Second Wipe Out" Tom Waits: "Mule Variations" TLC: "Fan Mail" Guitar Wolf: "Jet Generation" Thåström: "Det är ni som e dom konstiga det är jag som e normal" Meg Lee Chin: "Piece and Love" Songs Aphex Twin: "Window Licker" Whitney Houston: "My Love Is Your Love" Primal Scream: "Swastika Eyes" Einstürzende Neubauten: "Sonnenbarke" Public Enemy: "Do You Wanna Go Our Way???" Live artists Royal Trux Mogwai Atari Teenage Riot Newcomers Tin Foil Star Meg Lee Chin Artists Alec Empire Trent Reznor Raymond Watts
Mattias HussAlbums The Olivia Tremor Control: ”Black Foliage” Brendan Perry: ”Eye of the Hunter” Current 93: ”Soft Black Stars” Pepe Deluxe: ”Super Sound” Kent: ”Hagnesta Hill” Kool Keith: ”Black Elvis/Lost in Space” Beth Orton: ”Central Reservation” Tom Waits: ”Mule Variations” Adolphson & Falk ”454” Christian Falk ”Quel Bordel” Songs Kent: ”Revolt III” Tricky: ”For Real” Nine Inch Nails: ”The Great Below” Raz Ohara: ”Gone to the Moon” Primal Scream: ”Swastika Eyes” Live artists - Newcomers Rico Brendan Perry Artists Kool Keith/Black Elvis/Dr. Dooom Christian Falk Bill Laswell |
Albums Mesh: “The Point at Which It Falls Apart” The Northern Territories: “Satellite People” Kent: “Hagnesta Hill” VNV Nation: “Empires” Yvonne: “True Love” Beborn Beton: “Fake” Astral Projection: “Another World” Rational Youth: “To the Goddess Electricity” Pet Shop Boys: “Nightlife” Condition One: “Mirror of Liberation” Songs Mesh: “It Scares Me” Apoptygma Berzerk: “Eclipse” Ravenous: “Silver Ray” The Northern Territories: “Something Vicious & Dark” VNV Nation: ”Kingdom” Live artists Rational Youth Mesh Newcomers Backlash Neuroticfish Artists VNV Nation Mesh Pet Shop Boys
Albums Nine Inch Nails: "The Fragile" Mouse on Mars: "Niun Niggung" Death in Vegas: "The Contino Sessions" Funkstörung: "Additional Productions" Trans Am: "Futureworld" Cinematic Orchestra: "Motion" Nightmares on Wax: "Carboot Soul" Underworld: "Beaucoup Fish" The Beta Band: "The Beta Band" Autechre: "EP 7" Songs Nine Inch Nails: "The Great Below" Death in Vegas featuring Iggy Pop: "Aisha" Aphex Twin: "Windowlicker" Ministry: "Eureka Pile" Public Enemy: "Do You Wanna Go Our Way???" Live artists Nine Inch Nails Low Public Enemy Newcomers Funkstörung Andrea Parker Panda Bear Artists Trent Reznor Jello Biafra Alec Empire Johan Astemark Albums Autumn: "Return to the Breath" Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows: "Dead Lovers' Sarabande" Anathema: "Judgement" Diorama: "Pale" Velvet Acid Christ: "Fun with Knives" Hocico: "Sangte Hirviente" Diary of Dreams: "Moments of Bloom" Girls under Glass: "Equilibrium" The Charlatans: "Us and Us Only" This Ascension: "Sever" Songs Autumn: "All My Lovers" Dreadful Shadows: "Twist in My Sobriety (Version)" Neuroactive: "Timemachine (Neurotransmitter Remix)" Anathema: "One Last Goodbye" Wumpscut: "Ich Will Dich (:W: Slut Remix)“ Live artists The Last Dance The Creatures The Charlatans Newcomers Temple of Rain Gossamer Spiritual Reality Artists Autumn The Last Dance Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows
Albums Nine Inch Nails: "The Fragile" Pluxus: "Fas 2" Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows: "Dead Lovers' Sarabande" Deine Lakaien: "Kasmodiah" Autechre: "EP7" KMFDM: "Adios" Tindersticks: "Simple Pleasure" Mesh: "The Point at Which It All Falls Apart" Songs Aphex Twin: "Windowlicker" KMFDM: "Full Worm Garden" Nine Inch Nails: "We're in This Together" Moby: "Why Does My Heart Feel so Bad" Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows: "The Sleeper" Live artists Legendary Pink Dots Das Ich Newcomer Pluxus Artists Nine Inch Nails Deine Lakaien |
