ARCHIVE REVIEWS FOR JANUARY THROUGH JULY 1999 During the first half of 1999, the Universal Music Group mergers slowed the tide of new releases, as Geffen, Mercury, and A&M disappeared. Independent releases stepped in to fill the gap, with solid efforts from June Carter Cash, Colin Hay (ex-Men at Work), and Eleni Mandell. And our review of Emilia (from Sweden) drew strong support. Read on . . .

Reviews for June 25, 1999 Shack and Shambles Crash Test Dummies, Give Yourself a Hand Cesar Rosas, Soul Disguise Latin Playboys, Dose Century of Country: The Country Music Encyclopedia

Reviews for June 18, 1999 Magic Carpet Ride Tara Nevins, Mule to Ride Tina Arena, In Deep Steppenwolf, Best of: Millennium Collection Kim Carnes, The Mistaken Identity Collection

Reviews for June 11, 1999 Meet the King Bee Kory & The Fireflies, Radiate Tom Russell, The Man From God Knows Where Cheryl Wheeler, Sylvia Hotel

Reviews for June 4, 1999 Help at Ground Zero The Help, The Help Sam Phillips, Zero Zero Zero Collective Soul, Dosage Mandy Barnett, I've Got a Right to Cry

Reviews for May 28, 1999 Do I Hear an Echo? Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Echo Dionne Warwick, The Definitive Collection Colin Hay, Transcendental Highway

Reviews for May 21, 1999 Salvation or Salivation? Terry Allen, Salivation Claudia Church, Claudia Church Lynn Miles, Night in a Strange Town Toni Price, Low Down and Up

Reviews for May 14, 1999 What is the Matrix? June Carter Cash, Press On Soundtrack to the Matrix Excello Records (4-CD set)

Music Reviews for May 7, 1999 Back with the Master Paul McCartney & Wings, Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition Van Morrison, Back on Top The Mama's and the Papa's, If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears

Music Reviews for April 30, 1999 Ridin' on the Wabash Cannonball Kelly Willis, What I Deserve Snooky Pryor, Shake My Hand Doc Watson, Mac, Doc & Del The Groovegrass Boyz, Groovegrass 101

Music Reviews for April 23, 1999 Still Guilty After All These Years Randy Newman, Guilty: 30 Years Tommy McCook and the Super Sonic, Top Secret Soundtrack to the 60s

Music Reviews for April 16, 1999 Little Big Voice Music from the film, Little Voice Ashley Cleveland, You are There Mike Henderson & The Bluebloods, Thicker Than Water

Music Reviews for April 2, 1999 Light Your Fuse Linda McCartney, Wide Prairie David Wilcox, Underneath Joe Henry, Fuse

Music Reviews for March 26, 1999 Testing the Waters in the Think Tank Mark Chesnutt, I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Henry Rollins, Think Tank Cowboy Mouth, Mercyland Israel Vibration, Pay the Piper

Music Reviews for March 19, 1999 Back to School with Bill Murray Music from the film Rushmore Bruce Hornsby, Spirit Trail Peter Murphy, Recall

Music Reviews for March 12, 1999 Soar with the Spirit Jewel, Spirit Steely Dan, Can't Buy a Thrill (reissue) Energipsy, Tamborea

New! Music Reviews for March 5, 1999 The New Master Sons of the San Joaquin, Horses, Cattle and Coyotes Various Artists, Lucky 13 Prince and the Revolution, 1999

Music Reviews for February 26, 1999 Pop the Champagne Blue Collar Band, Champagne Various Artists, Hempilation 2 Tony Orlando & Dawn, The Definitive Collection

Music Reviews for February 12, 1999 Smokey Traces of the European Cabaret Eleni Mandell, Wishbone Very Best of Meat Loaf Beach Boys, Endless Harmony Soundtrack

Music Reviews for February 5, 1999 Britpop and Glam Rock Candyskins, Death of a Minor T.V. Celebrity Peter Wolf, Fool's Parade Music from the motion picture, Velvet Goldmine

Music Reviews for January 29, 1999 Pearl Jam is for Real Pearl Jam, Live on Two Legs Chris Thomas King, Red Mud The Murmurs, Blender

Music Reviews for January 22, 1999 Swedish Pop in the Big World Emilia, Big, Big World Laura Love, Shum Ticky Tom Freund, North American Long Weekend Steve Vai, Flex-able Leftovers

Music Reviews for January 15, 1999 Do You Know the Way to San Jose? Burt Bacharach, One Amazing Night Robert Schimmel, If You Buy This CD, I Can Get This Car Corky Siegel, Chamber Blues: Complimentary Colors Don Williams, I Turn the Page

Music Reviews for January 8, 1999 Bring the Brass Vic Chesnutt, The Salesman and Bernadette George Martin, In My Life Canadian Brass, All You Need Is Love

Music Reviews for January 1, 1999 I Want Some Hospital Food Eels, Electro-Shock Blues Flat Duo Jets, Lucky Eye Blue Flannel, XL

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