Walter Everett, Making Sense of Rock's Tonal Rhythms

Table 4. Thirty Selected 1999-2000 Albums [Their Year of Popularity and Chart Peak], Their Songs and (Voice-Leading/Harmony Values)
 

  1. Backstreet Boys: Millennium [1999; #1 for 10 wks] (avg. score: 45.3/47.8)
    Larger than Life (33/33); I Want It That Way (38/50); Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely (43/43); It's Gotta Be You (43/50); I Need You Tonight (56/50); Don't Want You Back (43/49); Don't Wanna Lose You Now (41/43); The One (43/55); Back to Your Heart (56/49); Spanish Eyes (49/55); No One Else Comes Close (48/46); The Perfect Fan (50/50)
     
  2. Beck: Midnite Vultures [1999; #34] (avg score: 25.5/25.5)
    Sexx Laws (46/55); Nicotine & Gravy (27/24); Mixed Bizness (28/25); Get Real Paid (22/15); Hollywood Freaks (6/9); Peaches & Cream (12/18); Broken Train (33/33); Milk & Honey (28/26); Beautiful Way (41/48); Pressure Zone (41/27); Debra (22/26)
     
  3. Counting Crows: This Desert Life [1999; #8] (avg score: 51.6/48.9)
    Hanginaround (51/51); Mrs. Potter's Lullaby(53/60); Amy Hit the Atmosphere (49/52); Four Days (57/43); All My Friends (52/56); High Life (51/44); Colorblind (55/45); I Wish I Was a Girl (55/59); Speedway (46/40); St. Robinson in His Cadillac Dream (47/39)
     
  4. Creed: Human Clay [1999; #1 for 2 wks] (avg. score: 19.6/23.6)
    Are You Ready (20/16); What If (24/36); Beautiful (21/21); Say I (18/10); Wrong Way (12/10); Faceless Man (21/19); Never Die (14/9); With Arms Wide Open (19/27); Higher (20/46); Wash Away Those Years (28/35); Inside Us All (19/31)
     
  5. Dixie Chicks: Fly [1999; #1 for 2 wks] (avg score: 43.3/58.8)
    Ready to Run(47/56); If I Fall You're Going Down With Me (43/60); Cowboy Take Me Away(51/60); Cold Day in July (47/60); Goodbye Earl(37/60); Hello Mr. Heartache (41/59); Don't Waste Your Heart (47/60); Sin Wagon (40/54); Without You(48/60); Some Days You Gotta Dance (43/58); Hole in My Head (27/58); Heartbreak Town (46/59); Let Him Fly (46/60)
     
  6. Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP [2000; #1 for 8 wks] (avg score: 23.8/33.6)
    PSA 2000(0/0); Kill You(45/52); Stan(41/43); Paul (Skit) (0/0); Who Knew(20/36); Steve Berman (Skit)(5/10); The Way I Am (38/60); The Real Slim Shady (38/60); Remember Me (13/6); I'm Back (32/33); Marshall Mathers (34/54); Ken Kaniff (Skit) (7/8); Drug Ballad (42/37); Amityville (20/57); Bitch Please II (23/20); Kim (20/37); Under the Influence (23/54); Criminal (27/37)
     
  7. Foo Fighters: There Is Nothing Left to Lose [1999; #10] (avg score: 32.4/36.5)
    Stacked Actors (17/20); Breakout (20/19); Learn to Fly (27/24); Gimme Stitches (39/39); Generator (39/51); Aurora (37/42); Live-in Skin (27/22); Next Year (42/60); Headwires (38/22); Ain't It the Life (37/49); M.I.A. (33/53)
     
  8. Macy Gray: On How Life Is [1999; #4] (avg score: 32.6/36.1)
    Why Didn't You Call Me (35/34); Do Something (32/34); Caligula (26/24); I Try (35/49); Sex-o-Matic Venus Freak (27/23); I Can't Wait to Meetchu (29/30); Still (33/57); I've Committed Murder (37/27); A Moment to Myself (31/27); The Letter (41/56)
     
  9. Jay-Z: Volume 3: The Life and Times of S Carter [2000; #1 for 1 wk] (avg score: 20.1/33.2)
    Hova Song (Intro)(35/45); So Ghetto (10/51); Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up)(13/34); Dope Man (28/56); Things That U Do (38/32); It's Hot (Some Like It Hot) (14/26); Snoopy Track (19/45); S. Carter (29/32); Pop 4 Roc(22/19); Watch Me (15/17); Big Pimpin' (13/58); There's Been a Murder (6/2); Come and Get Me (12/8); NYMP (13/28); Hova Song (Outro) (35/45)
     
  10. B. B. King and Eric Clapton: Riding with the King [2000; #3] (avg score: 30.4/40.8)
    Riding with the King (32/30); Ten Long Years (28/42); Key to the Highway (29/43); Marry You (28/41); Three O'Clock Blues (31/42); Help the Poor (28/46); I Wanna Be (28/24); Worried Life Blues (27/44); Days of Old (32/41); When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer (27/43); Hold On I'm Coming (29/43); Come Rain or Come Shine (46/51)
     
  11. KoRn: Issues [1999; #1 for 1 wk] (avg score: 14.1/11.0)
    Dead (25/40); Falling Away from Me (14/11); Trash (11/7); 4 U (40/50); Beg for Me (20/6); Make Me Bad (9/3); It's Gonna Go Away (14/21); Wake Up (14/4); Am I Going Crazy (7/3); Hey Daddy (10/3); Somebody Someone (10/3); No Way (3/3); Let's Get this Party Started (19/6); Wish You Could Be Me (5/3); Counting (2/2); Dirty (23/11)
     
  12. k. d. lang: Invincible Summer [2000; #58] (avg. score: 38.3/41)
    The Consequences of Falling (35/28); Summerfling (37/42); Suddenly (40/38); It's Happening with You (42/51); Extraordinary Thing (39/42); Love's Great Ocean (30/30); Simple (57/54); What Better Said (42/51); When We Collide (32/25); Curiosity (36/52); Only Love (31/38)
     
  13. Paul McCartney: Run Devil Run [1999; #27] (avg score: 29.3/47.8)
    Blue Jean Bop (31/42); She Said Yeah (36/50); All Shook Up (26/52); Run Devil Run (21/33); No Other Baby (19/42); Lonesome Town (40/60); Try Not to Cry (27/41); Movie Magg (37/40); Brown Eyed Handsome Man (24/40); What It Is (26/57); Coquette (27/60); I Got Stung (30/53); Honey Hush (31/40); Shake a Hand (36/49); Party (28/58)
     
  14. N'Sync: No Strings Attached [2000: #1 for 8 wks] (avg score: 39.7/48.1)
    Bye Bye Bye(34/52); It's Gonna Be Me (46/56); Space Cowboy (Yippie-Yi-Yay) (27/33); Just Got Paid (34/42); It Makes Me Ill(30/41); This I Promise You (52/50); No Strings Attached (43/48); Digital Get Down (35/56); Bringin' da Noise (42/46); That's When I'll Stop Loving You (50/58); I'll Be Good For You (33/35); I Thought She Knew (50/60)
     
  15. Nelly: Country Grammar [2000; #1 for 5 wks] (avg score: 17.4/14.9)
    Intro (0/0); St. Louis (29/37); Greed, Hate, Envy (29/22); Country Grammar (Hot . . .) (28/24); Steal the Show(5/16); Interlude (0/0); Ride Wit Me - City Spud (44/34); E. I. (20/10); Thicky Thick Girl (32/12); For My (8/10); Utha Side (17/23); Tho Dem Wrappas (14/13); Wrap Sumden (15/11); Batter Up (13/11); Never Let 'Em C U Sweat (6/10); Luven Me (36/20); Outro (0/0)
     
  16. Notorious B.I.G.: Born Again [1999; #1 for 1 wk] (avg score: 8.2/11.4)
    Born Again (Intro) (22/35); Notorious B.I.G. (12/16); Dead Wrong (3/1); Hope You Niggas Sleep (3/1); Dangerous MC's (4/1); Biggie(12/35); Niggas (12/20); Big Booty Hoes (13/13); Would You Die For Me (5/5); Come On (10/18); Rap Phenomenon (2/3); Let Me Get Down (1/13); Tonight (7/10); If I Should Die Before I Wake (7/6); Who Shot Ya (4/7); Can I Get Witcha (6/17); I Really Want to Show You (21/3); Ms. Wallace (Outro) (3/2)
     
  17. Oasis: Standing on the Shoulder of Giants [2000; #24] (avg score: 26.2/31.4)
    Fuckin' in the Bushes (21/22); Go Let It Out (28/16); Who Feels Love? (38/15); Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is (18/18); Little James (28/20); Gas Panic! (21/43); Where Did It All Go Wrong? (24/46); Sunday Morning Call (29/39); I Can See a Liar (29/40); Roll It Over (24/37); Let's All Make Believe (28/49)
     
  18. Pearl Jam: Binaural [2000; #2] (avg score: 17.1/21.5)
    Breakerfall (15/18); Gods' Dice (20/16); Evacuation (10/13); Light Years (17/37); Nothing as it Seems (18/22); Thin Air (27/22); Insignificance (17/40); Of the Girl (15/14); Grievance (12/13); Rival (9/19); Sleight of Hand (9/2); Soon Forget (27/49); Parting Ways (26/15)
     
  19. Phish: Farmhouse [2000; #12] (avg score: 33.4/31.7)
    Farmhouse (47/52); Twist (29/43); Bug (32/26); Back on the Train (38/31); Heavy Things (41/60); Gotta Jibboo (26/20); Dirt (37/30); Piper (31/12); Sleep (29/26); The Inlaw Josie Wales (34/33); Sand (25/16); First Tube (32/31)
     
  20. Radiohead: Kid A [2000; #1 for 1 wk] (avg score: 34.8/20.6)
    Everything in Its Right Place(44/17); Kid A (35/27); The National Anthem (34/17); How to Disappear Completely (36/26); Treefinger (9/10); Optimistic (34/21); In Limbo (28/6); Idioteque (37/13); Morning Bell(50/40); Motion Picture Soundtrack (41/29)
     
  21. Rage Against the Machine: The Battle of Los Angeles [1999; #1 for 1 wk] (avg score: 7.2/10.8)
    Testify (15/15); Guerrila Radio(7/13); Calm Like a Bomb(4/10); Mic Check (5/8); Sleep Now in the Fire (4/13); Born of a Broken Man(11/11); Born as Ghosts (10/10); Maria (2/12); Voice of the Voiceless (8/5); New Millennium Homes (5/11); Ashes in the Fall (6/10); War Within a Breath (9/12)
     
  22. Santana: Supernatural [1999; #1 for 12 wks] (avg score: 29.3/37.5)
    (Da Le) Yaleo (24/34); Love of My Life (36/46); Put Your Lights On (30/51); Africa Bamba (41/48); Smooth (33/53); Do You Like the Way (15/10); Maria Maria (31/40); Migra (23/17); Corazon Espinado (31/47); Wishing it Was (17/25); El Farol (46/60); Primavera (32/44); The Calling (22/12)
     
  23. Sleater-Kinney: All Hands on the Bad One [2000; #177] (avg score: 14.7/15.2)
    The Ballad of a Ladyman (24/23); Ironclad (14/11); All Hands on the Bad One (10/15); Youth Decay (10/8); You're No Rock n' Roll Fun (24/30); #1 Must Have (12/8); The Professional (9/7); Was It a Lie? (10/8); Male Model (3/6); Leave You Behind (30/54); Milkshake n' Honey (11/10); Pompeii (8/5); The Swimmer (26/12)
     
  24. Britney Spears: Oops! I Did It Again [2000; #1 for 1 wk] (avg score: 40.1/45.9)
    Oops! I Did It Again (49/56); Stronger (32/57); Don't Go Knockin' on My Door (39/51); (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (26/11); Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know (42/45); What U See (Is What U Get) (38/53); Lucky (38/45); One Kiss From You (52/53); Where Are You Now (46/41); Can't Make You Love Me (43/40); When Your Eyes Say It (34/39); Dear Diary (42/60)
     
  25. Steely Dan: Two Against Nature [2000; #6] (avg score: 38.4/22.2)
    Gaslighting Abbie (50/27); What a Shame About Me (49/32); Two Against Nature (20/12); Janie Runaway (29/13); Almost Gothic (43/7); Jack of Speed (40/34); Cousin Dupree (29/45); Negative Girl (36/16); West of Hollywood (50/14)
     
  26. TLC: Fanmail [1999; #1 for 5 wks] (avg score: 21.9/29.3)
    Fanmail(18/12); The Vice-E Interpretation (Interlude)(0/0); Silly Ho (10/12); Whispering Playa (Interlude) (0/0); No Scrubs (25/60); I'm Good at Being Bad (30/28); If They Knew (34/50); I Miss You So Much (53/52); Unpretty (34/60); My Life (34/43); Shout (19/45); Come On Down (32/14); Dear Lie (36/58); Communicate (Interlude) (0/0); Lovesick (10/9); Automatic (14/6); Don't Pull Out on Me Yet (24/49)


  27. Vertical Horizon: Everything You Want [1999; #40] (avg score: 30.2/39.5)
    We Are (30/19); You're a God (28/31); Everything You Want (27/23); Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning) (39/52); You Say (29/50); Finding Me (29/45); Miracle (30/47); Send It Up (35/59); Give You Back (36/58); All of You (29/28); Shackled (20/23)
     
  28. Veruca Salt: Resolver [2000; #171] (avg score: 29.7/33.0)
    The Same Person (32/28); Born Entertainer (26/30); Best You Can Get (29/38); Wet Suit (28/45); Yeah Man (31/40); Imperfectly (40/48); Officially Dead (35/22); Only You Know (32/22); Disconnected (26/48); All Dressed Up (39/45); Used to Know Her (22/18); Pretty Boys (30/21); Hellraiser (16/24)
     
  29. XTC: Homespun / Apple Venus Volume One [1999; #106] (avg score: 43.3/42.2)
    River of Orchids (39/29); I'd Like That (58/55); Easter Theatre (44/45); Knights in Shining Karma (42/41); Frivolous Tonight (35/40); Greenman (33/31); Your Dictionary (52/57); Fruit Nut (44/50); I Can't Own Her (47/49); Harvest Festival (45/35); The Last Balloon (37/32)
     
  30. XTC: Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) [2000; #108] (avg score: 43.5/48)
    Playground (48/47); Stupidly Happy (25/39); In Another Life (40/49); My Brown Guitar (50/43); Boarded Up (26/22); I'm the Man Who Murdered Love (46/59); We're all Light (40/60); Standing in for Joe (50/49); Wounded Horse (55/60); You and the Clouds will Still be Beautiful (52/45); Church of Women (32/45); The Wheel and the Maypole (58/58 [Wheel portion 26/23 as unstable intro to Maypole])