Josh Spencer

• The Autumns - Winter in a Silver Box EP
• Ballydowse - The Land, the Bread, & the People
• Days of the New II
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
• Zao - Liberate te ex Inferis

Michial Farmer

• Wilco - Summerteeth
• Luxury - s/t
• Vigilantes of Love - Audible Sigh
• Lost Dogs - Gift Horse
• Starflyer 59 - Everyone Makes Mistakes

Shari Lloyd

• Bruce Cockburn - Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu
• Ballydowse - The Land, the Bread, & the People
• Creed Human Clay
• Iona Woven Cords
• Lost Dogs - Gift Horse

Alex Klages

• Adam Again- WW Favorites
• Havalina Rail - America
• Tri-danielson  - Omega
• Five O'clock People - The Nothing Venture
• Luxury - Luxury

Steve White

• Moby: Play
• Vigilantes of Love: Audible Sigh
• Fleming & John: The Way We Are
• Joy Electric: CHRISTIANsongs
• Vigilantes of Love: 'Cross the Big Pond

Trish Patterson

• This Train - The Emperor's New Band
• Beki Hemingway - Too Much Plenty
• Fleming & John - The Way We Are
• Vigilantes of Love - Audible Sigh
• Pegtop - Live

Israel Kloss

• Seventy Sevens - EP
• Stickman Jones - Blinding Bright
• Pegtop - Live
• Starflyer 59 - Everybody Makes Mistakes
• Havalina Rail Co - America

Josh Marihugh

• Creed - Human Clay which is by far and away the best thing I've heard this year.
• Stavesacre - Speakeasy
• Any Given Day - Passionate Worship for the Soul
• Supertones - Chase the Sun
• Sonicflood - s/t

Aaron Bell

• Innocence Mission - Birds of My Neighborhood
• Collective Soul - Dosage
• Five O'Clock People - The Nothing Venture
• Jars of Clay - If I Left the Zoo
• Creed - Human Clay

• Julie Miller - Broken Things (definitely the best cd I bought all year!)
• Buddy Miller - Cruel Moon
• Iona - Woven Chord
• Vigilantes of Love - Audible Sigh
• This Train - The Emperor's New Band

 

 

Honorable mentions go to The Return of The Greivous Angel (various) and VoL's 'Cross The Big Pond.  (5 is just never enough!)

Justin Jones

• Zao - Liberate te ex infernis
• twothirtyeight - Even Matter Has It's Breaking Point
• Spitfire - Dead Next Door
• Pedro the Lion - The only reason I feel Secure
• Joy Electric- Christiansongs

Eric Daams

• All Star United - International Anthems
• Beanbag - Free Signal
• Simeon with Ivan Smith - Into the Mirror
• Paul Colman Trio - Serious Fun
• My Friend Stephanie - One of Those Days

Jeffrey Overstreet

• The Innocence Mission - Birds of my Neighborhood
• Tom Waits - Mule Variations
• David Bowie - Hours
• Bruce Cockburn - Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu
• Over the Rhine - Amateur Shortwave Radio


runners-up:  I just started listening to Moby's "Play".  Wow.  Brilliantly fun stuff.  Wasn't Pedro the Lion's "It's Hard to Find a Friend" a '99 release?  It's pretty great as well.

Steve Stockman

• Vigilantes of Love - Audible Sigh
• Bruce Cockburn - Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu
• Tonio K - Yugoslavia
• Tom Waits - Mule Variations
• Kate Campbell - Rosaryville 

Brett I MacAlpine 

• Wilco - Summerteeth
• Julie Miller - Broken Things
• Old 97s: Fight Songs
• Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles
• Waterdeep - Everyone's Beautiful

• Starflyer 59 - Everybody Makes Mistakes
• Luxury - Luxury
• Charlie Peacock - Kingdom Come
• Poole - Among Whom We Shine
• Switchfoot - New Way to Be Human

Jim Laverty

• U2 - The B-Sides & The Best of 1980-1990
• Sam Phillips - Zero Zero Zero
• Vigilantes of Love - Audible Sigh
• Various -  The Awakening Compilation, Vol. 2
• Mike Scott - Still Burning
• Wilco - Summerteeth
• Havalina Rail Co. - America
• Pegtop - Live
• Seventy Sevens - EP
• Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
• The Latin Playboys - Dose
• Bruce Cockburn - Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu (I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet but I know it will be good!)
• Billy Lamont - Into the 21st Century

Tommy Jolly

• Moby - Play
• Tom Waits - Mule Variations
• Havalina Rail Co. - America
• Cassandra Wilson - Traveling Miles
• Chasing Furies - With Abandon

Steve S Baldwin

• Bruce Cockburn - Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu
• Vigilantes of Love - Audible Sigh & Cross the Big Pond
• Wilco - Summerteeth
• Fleming & John - The Way We Are
• Innocence Mission - Birds of My Neighborhood

• Havalina Rail Co - America 
• Los Lobos - This Time
• Cesar Rosas - Soul Disguise
• This Train - Emperor's New Band
• XTC - Apple Venus Volume One 

Glenn Harper

• Wilco - Summerteeth
• Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory
• Vigilantes of Love - Audible Sigh
• Opeth - Still Life
• Amorphis - Tuonela (tie) In Flames - Colony

honorable mentions: Luxury - s/t, Katatonia - Tonight's Decision, Old 97's - Fight Songs
best live album: Metallica - S&M

• Tom Waits - Mule Variations
• Old 97's  - Fight Songs
• Vigilantes of Love - Audible Sigh
• Wilco - Summer Teeth
• This Train - The Emperor's New Band

Aaron Pierce

• Vigilantes of Love - Audible Sigh
• Vigilantes of Love - 'Cross the Big Pond
• Buddy Miller - Cruel Moon
• Julie Miller - Broken Things
• Tom Petty - Echo

James Stewart

• Bruce Cockburn - Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu
• Vigilantes of Love - Audible Sigh
• Iona - Woven Cord
• Julie Lee - Stones
• Fleming and John - The Way We Are

Todd Ballard

• Mr. Bungle - California
• Two Thirty Eight - Matter Has a Breaking Point
• Fugazi - Instrument
• Beck - Midnite Vultures
• Zao - Save Yourself from Hell 

Mattias G. Hembruch

• 1) Mattie Grove - ??? (I forget the title)
• DA - Our Personal Favourite World Famous Hits
• Miranda Stone - 1 2 ... Trash a Few ... 99 100 (pullin' for the local band)
• Vigilantes of Love - Audible Sigh
• Barnabas - Hear the Light/Find Your Heart a HomeYes, I know these came out in 1979/81 (I think), but the CD re-release shipped about December 29th, 1999, and I got mine yesterday. I love it! Can't wait for Approaching Light Speed and Feel the Fire!

Carolyn Arends - This Much I Understand 
Chasing Furies - With Abandon
Iona - Woven Cord
Tonio K - Yugoslavia
Lost Dogs - Gift Horse
Mack the Coffee Man - Light Pours Through
Julie Miller - Broken Things
REZ - Hostage CD re-release
Third Day - Time