The Best Rock Albums of 1999

Today's post in 50 Years of Music, a section of my blog devoted to the best rock albums of the past fifty years, will include the best albums of 1999. I have covered 33 years of music in other posts (1965-98), which can be found by typing the year into the search bar at the top of my blog. Each post in 50 Years of Music is updated frequently, with new albums recommended by readers added to the posts. What's your favorite?

• Red Hot Chili Peppers- Californication
• Foo Fighters- There Is Nothing Left to Lose
• Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- Echo
• Rage Against the Machine- The Battle of Los Angeles
• Buckcherry- Buckcherry
• The Flaming Lips- The Soft Bulletin
• Santana- Supernatural
• Creed- Human Clay
• Blink-182- Enema of the State
• Nine Inch Nails- The Fragile
• Muse- Showbiz
• Jimmy Eat World- Clarity
• Incubus- Make Yourself
• Paul McCartney- Run Devil Run 
• Eminem- The Slim Shady LP (Rap Album)
• Lil Wayne- The Block Is Hot (Rap Album)

Limp Bizkit- Significant Other (1999)

Significant Other is the second album by American nu-metal band Limp Bizkit released on June 22, 1999. The album reached #1 on both the U.S. Billboard 200 Chart and the Canadian Albums Chart, remaining at #83 on the U.S. Billboard 200 at the end of the year. The album has sold 9 million copies to date in the United States and 14 million internationally.

Significant Other includes four singles-- "Nookie," "Re-Arranged," "Break Stuff," and "N 2 Gether Now." The first three singles were commercial successes in the United States, with all three charting in the top 20 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart-- "Nookie" reached #6, "Re-Arranged" charted at #8, and "Break Stuff" climbed to #19. 

Notable of the album is that it combines a unique blend of Rap and Hip-Hop inspired lyrics and vocals with heavy-metal instrumental accompaniment, otherwise known as the genre "nu-metal." Limp Bizkit were pioneers in influencing the genre of nu-metal in the late 1990s and early 2000s, along with bands such as: Korn, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, System Of a Down, and more.

Also notable of Significant Other is that Limp Bizkit gained much popularity during their performance of the song "Break Stuff" at Woodstock 1999, where violence and chaos erupted in the crowd-- one giant 'mosh-pit' if you will. However, the controversy did not stop Significant Other from becoming successful and the album was even given positive reviews by critics, who praised its unique sound and the band's performance when compared to their debut studio album from 1997, titled Three Dollar Bill Yall.

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