Hugh's Favorite 1999 Albums

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Brian McKnight — Back At One
Produced by Brian McKnight and Rodney & Fred Jerkins

With his previous album, the wonderful Anytime, Brian McKnight firmly established himself as the premier R 'n B artist of the moment. Back At One is a great follow up effort. The title track will probably be a the wedding song of choice for many years to come with McKnight reciting his five-step program to heavenly bliss. Ballads are certainly his strong point as he shows again on the excellent Stay and the country inspired 6 8 12.

Superstar producer Rodney Jerkins (who has worked with Whitney Houston and Joe) contributes with a good change of tempo with Played Yourself and Stay Or Let It Go. My favorite track is the very touching gospel number Home.

If you appreciate sweet love songs, Back At One is right up your alley.

More 1999 Albums:

Sting — Brand New Day Produced by Sting & Kipper Sting shows off amazing diversity in his most upbeat album yet. A great cast of guest musicians includes Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Branford Marsalis and Cheb Mami (Arabic vocals on the wonderful Desert Rose).	Christina Aguilera *Various Producers* After hearing the smash hit Genie In A Bottle, you might dismiss Aguilera as another teeny-bopper. Don't, 'cause this girl can sing! The maturity of her voice is incredible considering how young she is. Most of the material she's working with is fairly average but her talent still comes through especially on Reflection and Obvious.	Patti Austin — Street Of Dreams *Various Producers* Like her best album, The Real Me, Patti Austin covers the classics including I Only Have Eyes For You and Someone To Watch Over Me. This time she also includes some newer compositions like the title track and Rain, Rain, Rain.
Life: Music Inspired By The Motion Picture Produced by R. Kelly and Wyclef Jean & Jerry Duplessis This soundtrack album includes some good R. Kelly productions of Brian McKnight (Discovery), Maxwell (Fortunate) and K-Ci and Jojo (Life).	Lisa Stansfield — Swing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Produced by Ian Devaney Taking a break from the funky dance songs that have made her a star, Lisa Stansfield returns with a soundtrack album of mostly classic big band numbers - proving she has the chops to handle any material. Includes Our Love Is Here To Stay and Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens.	Philip Bailey - Dreams Various Producers After delivering pop and gospel albums, Philip Bailey has decided to try jazz. The results are mostly pleasant although it's telling that my favorite track is the remake of Sail Away (from EWF's Faces).
James Ingram — Forever More Various Producers A welcome return by this great artist with his first album in six years. Unfortunately, most of the songs are old tracks or covers of earlier work.	Kevon Edmonds — 24/7 Various Producers The former After 7 singer and Babyface's older brother has an amazing voice. However, other than the title track, this album doesn't do him justice.