EOY List Aggregate: 2019 Old Music: Other (Mostly Pop/Rock, or Unknown)

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Sonic Youth: Battery Park, NYC, July 4th 2008 (Matador) {17}: DW:46, PO:+, Rx:8; jy:1 -- RC:A, TH:A-
  2. Alex Chilton: From Memphis to New Orleans (Bar/None) {16}: Rx:28, YW_r:11; aqd:+ -- RC:A-, MT:A-, TH:A-
  3. The Replacements: Dead Man's Pop (1988, Rhino/Warner Bros) {14}: AS:+, CS:+, Mc:+, Mj:+, Pf:+, PM_r:5, PO:+; am_o:+, aqd:+, mg_o:10, npr_re:+
  4. The Beatles: Abbey Road [50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition] (Capitol) {13}: Mc:+, Mj:+, PM:+, PM_r:6, Q:+, RS:+, T:+; aaj:+, am:+, am_o:+, sp:+
  5. Bob Dylan: The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings (Legacy) {10}: Mc:+, Mj:+, PM_r:7, Q:+; aaj:+, am_o:+, aqd:+, jrw:+
  6. Bob Dylan: Travelin' Thru, 1967-1969: The Bootleg Series Vol 15 (Columbia/Legacy) {9}: Mj:+, RS:+; aqd:+, ih:+, jrw:+, mg_o:2, npr_re:+, vti:6
  7. Big Star: Live on WLIR (1974, Omnivore) {8}: -- RC:B+, MT:B+, TH:**
  8. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Live at Woodstock (1969, Craft) {8}: Mj:+, PO:+; aaj:+, npr_re:+, v_ab:8 -- TH:***
  9. The Social Power of Music (Smithsonian Folkways) {7}: PM_r:1; aaj:+, aqd:+
  10. Endless Boogie: Vol I, II (2005, No Quarter -2CD) {6}: aqd:+, ygb:+ -- TH:A-
  11. Arthur Russell: Iowa Dream (Audika) {6}: G:+, Pf:+; am_o:+, aqd:+, wil:+ -- PJ:62-105-9
  12. Duster: Capsule Losing Contact (Numero Group) {5}: am:+, am_o:+, aqd:+, bc_r:+, npr_re:+
  13. The Go-Betweens: G Stands for Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology Volume 2 (Domino) {5}: Ex:+, Mj:+, Q:+, U:+; npr_re:+
  14. L7: Pretend We're Dead: Best of L7 (Warner Music Group) {5}: -- TH:A
  15. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Souvenir [40th Anniversary Box Set] (Virgin EMI) {5}: PM:+, PM_r:4
  16. REM: Monster [25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] (Craft) {5}: PM_r:3; mg_o:9
  17. The Seeds: Pushin' Too Hard [Original Soundtrack] (GNP Crescendo/Big Beat) {5}: Rx:64 -- RC:A-
  18. The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2 [Original Soundtrack] (Lakeshore) {5}: Mx:5; tg:+
  19. Spoon: Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon (Matador) {4}: Mc:+ -- MT:B+
  20. Neil Young & the Stray Gators: Tuscaloosa (Reprise) {4}: PO:+; am_o:+, aqd:+, gl:+ -- TH:B-
  21. All the Young Droogs: 60 Juvenile Delinquent Wrecks (Cherry Red -3CD) {4}: Mj:+, PO:+; am:+, am_o:+
  22. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (FNM) {4}: Up_sh:4
  23. Big Stick: Some of the Best of Big Stick (Drag Racing Underground -EP) {3}: PO:+ -- TH:**
  24. Human Switchboard: Who's Landing in My Hangar (Fat Possum) {3}: YW_r:7
  25. Indian Summer: Giving Birth to Thunder (The Numero Group) {3}: Pf:+; am:+, am_o:+
  26. Ronnie Lane: Just for a Moment: Music 1973-1997 (UMC -6CD) {3}: am:+, am_o:+, xmb:7
  27. Mercury Rev: All Is Dream [Deluxe Edition] (Cherry Red -4CD) {3}: aaj:+, am:+, am_o:+
  28. Pamela Polland: Pamela Polland/Have You Heard the One About the Gas Station Attendant? (1972, BGO -2CD) {3}: PM_r:14; aaj:+
  29. John Prine: Chicago '70 (Hobo) {3}: -- TH:***
  30. The Springfields: Singles 1986-1991 (Slumberland) {3}: GTV:+, YW_r:30; am:+
  31. Stereolab: Emperor Tomato Ketchup [Expanded] (1996, Warp -2CD) {3}: am:+, am_o:+, aqd:+
  32. Team Dresch: Choices Chances Changes: Singles & Comptracks 1994-2000 (Jealous Butcher) {3}: Bc:+, DW:76 -- TH:*
  33. 1977: The Year Punk Broke (Cherry Red -3CD) {3}: Q:+, YW_r:15
  34. The Apollo [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (UMe) {3}: YW_r:6
  35. Woodstock: Back to the Garden: 50th Anniversary Experience (Rhino) {3}: aaj:+, am:+, am_o:+
  36. The 39 Clocks: Next Dimension Transfer (Tapete -5CD) {2}: am:+, am_o:+
  37. Buzzcocks: A Different Kind of Tension (Domino) {2}: mg_p:5 -- TH:[B+]
  38. Buzzcocks: Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1977, Domino) {2}: mg_p:5 -- TH:[B+]
  39. Buzzcocks: Love Bites (1978, Domino) {2}: mg_p:5 -- TH:[A-]
  40. Buzzcocks: Singles Going Steady (1979, Domino) {2}: mg_p:5 -- TH:[A]
  41. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Trout Mask Replica (1969, Third Man/Bizarre) {2}: JC_r:+; jml:+
  42. Stephen Duffy: I Love My Friends [Expanded Edition] (Needle Mythology) {2}: am:+, am_o:+
  43. Friends Again: Trapped & Unwrapped [Expanded Edition] (Cherry Red) {2}: am:+, am_o:+
  44. Generation X: Generation X [Deluxe Edition] (1978, Chrysalis) {2}: mg_p:3
  45. Lee Hazlewood: 400 Miles From LA: 1955-56 (Light in the Attic) {2}: mg_o:5
  46. Jimmy Hendrix: Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts (1969-70, Legacy -5CD) {2}: JC_r:+; jjha:+npr_re:+
  47. Joe Meek: I Hear a New World: An Outer Space Music Fantasy (El -3CD) {2}: am:+, am_o:+
  48. Pink Floyd: The Later Years 1987-2019 (1986-2019, Pink Floyd/Legacy -16CD) {2}: mg_o:7, npr_re:+
  49. The Pop Group: Y [Definitive Edition] (Mute -3CD) {2}: am:+, am_o:+
  50. Prefab Sprout [Paddy McAloon]: I Trawl the Megahertz (2003, Legacy) {2}: aqd:+, dc:+
  51. Elvis Presley: Live 1969 (RCA/Legacy -11CD) {2}: am_o:+, npr_re:+
  52. Roger C Reale & the Rue Morgue: The Collection (Rave On) {2}: am:+, am_o:+
  53. John Renbourn: Unpentangled: The Sixties Albums (Cherry Tree -6CD) {2}: am:+, am_o:+
  54. Fred Rogers: It's Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers (Omnivore) {2}: am:+, am_o:+
  55. Sparks: Past Tense: The Best of Sparks (BMG) {2}: mg_o:4
  56. Jim Sullivan: Jim Sullivan (1972, Light in the Attic) {2}: aqd:+ -- TH:*
  57. James Taylor: The Warner Bros Albums 1970-1976 (Rhino/Warners) {2}: PM_r:19
  58. Team Dresch: Personal Best (1994, Jealous Butcher) {2}: bc_r:+ -- TH:*
  59. Television Personalities: Some Kind of Happening: Singles 1978-1989 (Fire) {2}: am:+, am_o:+
  60. Yummy Fur: Piggy Wings (Rock Action) {2}: am:+, am_o:+
  61. Frank Zappa: Zappa in New York [40th Anniversary] (Zappa/WEA -5CD) {2}: JC_r:+; jsa:+
  62. Beneath the Tide: A Collection of Concertos (Navona) {2}: tx_r:3
  63. Big Gold Dreams: A Story of Scottish Independent Music 1977-1989 (Cherry Red) {2}: am:+, am_o:+
  64. Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits (Dualtone) {2}: -- RC:**
  65. For the Peace of Cities (Ravello) {2}: tx_r:5
  66. Optimism/Reject: Punk and Post Punk Meets D-I-Y Aesthetic (Cherry Red) {2}: am:+, am_o:+
  67. Rocketman [Music From the Motion Picture] (Virgin EMI/Interscope) {2}: mu:2
  68. Strangers in the Room: A Journey Through the British Folk-Rock Scene 1967-1973 (Grapefruit -3CD) {2}: am:+, am_o:+
  69. Ten Years Gone: A Tribute to Jack Rose (Tompkins Square) {2}: tx_r:2
  70. Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit's the Midnight Organ Fight (Atlantic) {2}: Bq:+, Q:+
  71. The Band: The Band [50th Anniversary Edition] (Capitol) {1}: am:+
  72. Beat Circus: These Wicked Things (Innova) {1}: aaj:+
  73. Beat Happening: We Are Beat Happening (Domino) {1}: am:+
  74. Kath Bloom & Loren Connors: Moonlight (1984, Chapter Music) {1}: aqd:+
  75. Kath Bloom & Loren Connors: Sand in My Shoe (1983, Chapter Music) {1}: aqd:+
  76. David Bowie: Spying Through a Keyhole (Rhino) {1}: Mj:+
  77. Anne Briggs: Anne Briggs (Topic Treasures) {1}: W -- jrw:+
  78. Joanna Brouk: The Space Between (1981, Numero Group) {1}: aqd:+
  79. Jackson Browne: Running on Empty [2019 Remaster] (Inside) {1}: aaj:+
  80. Jack Bruce: Live at Rockpalast 1980, 1983 and 1990 (MIG -7CD) {1}: aaj:+
  81. Roy Budd: Get Carter (Cherry Red -3CD) {1}: aaj:+
  82. Alex Chilton: Ocean Club '77 (Norton -15) {1}: Rx:74 -- RC:[A-], TH:[A-]
  83. Mike Cooper: Oh Really!?/Do I Know You?/Trout Steel/Places I Know/The Machine Gun Co With Mike Cooper (BGO -3CD) {1}: aaj:+
  84. CUP: Spinning Creature (Northern Spy) {1}: am:+
  85. DOA: 1978 (Sudden Death) {1}: mg_p:7
  86. Dolly Mixture: Demonstration Tapes (Spa Green) {1}: YW_r:27
  87. Elkhorn: Elkhorn (2016, Debacle -18) {1}: aqd:+
  88. The Gerbils: Are You Sleepy? (1998, Elephant 6) {1}: aqd:+
  89. Trey Gruber: Herculean House of Cards (Numero Group) {1}: aqd:+
  90. His Name Is Alive: All the Mirrors in the House (Home Recordings 1979-1986) (Disciples) {1}: am_o:+
  91. Shin Joong Hyun: Beautiful Rivers and Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound of South Korea's Shin Joong Hyun 1958-74 (Light in the Attic) {1}: mg_o:8
  92. Peter Ivers: Becoming Peter Ivers (RVNG Intl) {1}: aqd:+
  93. Kid Creole & the Coconuts: Live in Paris 1985 (Rainman) {1}: -- TH:*
  94. King Crimson: Heaven & Earth: Live and in the Studio 1997-2008 (Panegyric -24CD') {1}: aaj:+
  95. King Crimson: Live in Newcastle: December 8, 1972 (DGM) {1}: aaj:+
  96. Willie Lane: Guitar Army of One (2012, Feeding Tube) {1}: yjs:+
  97. Van Morrison: The Healing Game [Deluxe Edition] (1997, Legacy) {1}: aaj:+
  98. Notorische Reflexe: Notorische Reflexe (1985, Bureau B) {1}: YW_r:29
  99. Michael O'Shea: Michael O'Shea (1982, Allchival) {1}: pta:+
  100. Papernut Cambridge: Nutlets II (1978-2001) (Gare Du Nord) {1}: FB:56
  101. Phish: The Baker's Dozen: Live at Madison Square Garden (self-released) {1}: aaj:+
  102. Primal Scream: Maximum Rock 'n' Roll: The Singles (Sony) {1}: PO:+
  103. Radiohead: Minidiscs [Hacked] (1995-97, self-released) {1}: Q:+
  104. Rema-Rema: Fond Reflections (4AD) {1}: am_o:+
  105. Remember Sports: Sunchokes [Deluxe Edition] (Father/Daughter) {1}: YW_r:24
  106. Keith Richards: Talk Is Cheap [30th Anniversary] (1987, BMG -2CD) {1}: Q:+
  107. Ryuichi Sakamoto: BTTB [20th Anniversary Edition] (Milan) {1}: YW_r:32
  108. The Scientists: Not for Sale: Live 1978-79 (Grown Up Wrong) {1}: PO:+
  109. Screaming Females: Singles Too (Don Giovanni) {1}: PO:+
  110. Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Smithsonian Folkways) {1}: aaj:+
  111. Spearmint: A You From the Future? (HitBack) {1}: GTV:+
  112. Stereolab: Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night [Expanded] (1999, Warp -2CD) {1}: aqd:+
  113. Stereolab: Dots and Loops [Expanded] (1997, Warp -2CD) {1}: aqd:+
  114. Stereolab: Margarine Eclipse [Expanded] (2004, Warp -2CD) {1}: aqd:+
  115. Stereolab: Mars Audiac Quintet [Expanded] (1994, Warp -2CD) {1}: aqd:+
  116. Stereolab: Sound-Dust [Expanded] (2001, Warp -2CD) {1}: aqd:+
  117. Stereolab: Transient Random Noise-Bursts With Announcements [Expanded] (1993, Warp -2CD) {1}: aqd:+
  118. Jim Sullivan: If the Evening Were Dawn (Light in the Attic) {1}: aqd:+
  119. Taking Back Sunday: Tell All Your Friends (Craft) {1}: Ex:+
  120. Norma Tanega: Walkin' My Cat Named Dog (1966, Real Gone Music) {1}: aqd:+
  121. The Unthanks: Lines: Parts One, Two & Three (Rabblerouser) {1}: Mj:+
  122. Upsilon Acrux: Volucris Avis Dirae-Arum (Cuneiform) {1}: YW_r:26
  123. Igor Wakhevitch: Kshatrya (The Eye of the Bird) (Transversales Disques) {1}: YW_r:43
  124. The Wedding Present: Tommy 30 (Scopitones) {1}: YW_r:35
  125. X: Los Angeles (1980, Fat Possum) {1}: mg_p:9 -- TH:[B]
  126. X: More Fun in the New World (1983, Fat Possum) {1}: mg_p:9 -- TH:[B+]
  127. X: Under the Big Black Sun (1982, Fat Possum) {1}: mg_p:9 -- TH:[B+]
  128. X: Wild Gift (1981, Fat Possum) {1}: mg_p:9 -- TH:[B+]
  129. Akiko Yano: Japanese Girl (1976, Wewantsounds) {1}: aqd:+
  130. Mikey Young: You Feelin' Me? (Castle Face) {1}: YW_r:37
  131. Arctic Dub Vol 5 (Arctic Dub) {1}: tx_r:6
  132. Benefit of Mr Kitesurfer (Sharawaji) {1}: tg:+
  133. Birth of a Nation: Inevitable Records: An Independent Liverpool, 1979-1986 (Cherry Red -3CD) {1}: PM:+
  134. Bob Stanley/Pete Wiggs Present: Three Day Week: When the Lights Went Out 1972-1975 (Ace) {1}: am_o:+
  135. Brainfeeder X (Brainfeeder -18) {1}: JC_r:+
  136. From These Shores: Otherworldly Music and Far Out Sounds From Hawaii (Aloha Got Soul) {1}: aqd:+
  137. Further Perspectives & Distortion: An Encyclopedia of British Experimental and Avant Garde Music 1976-84 (Cherry Red) {1}: jrw:+
  138. Jon Savage's 1969-1971 Rock Dreams on 45 (Ace) {1}: am_o:+
  139. Killing Eve: Season 1 & 2 Original Series Soundtrack (Heavenly) {1}: LBF:+
  140. Live at Raul's (1979, Steady Boy) {1}: -- TH:*
  141. Losing Touch With My Mind: Psychedelia in Britain 1985-1990 (Cherry Red -3CD) {1}: am_o:+
  142. Merry Luxmas: It's Christmas in Crampsville! (Season's Gratings From the Cramps Vinyl Basement) (Righteous) {1}: YW_r:21
  143. None of the Above (None60) {1}: tx_r:8
  144. Patterns (Navona) {1}: tx_r:9
  145. Poppies: Assorted Finery From the First Psychedelic Age (Craft) {1}: am_o:+
  146. Queen & Slim [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Motown) {1}: gcn:7
  147. Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack (Motown) {1}: PO:+
  148. Songs That Saved My Life Vol 2 (Hopeless) {1}: do:+
  149. The Lost Words: Spell Songs (Quercus) {1}: sol:10
  150. The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2 [Original Score] (Lakeshore) {1}: Mx:38
  151. The Nature Vol 1 (Tokyo Dawn) {1}: tx_r:7
  152. This Is Frafra Power (Makkum) {1}: YW:126
  153. Tokyo Flashback: Psychedelic Speed Freaks (Black Editions) {1}: aqd:+
  154. Top Boy [A Selection of Music Inspired by the Series] (OVO Sound) {1}: cmp:12
  155. Total Solidarity: Benefit Compilation for Grassroot LGBTQIA+ Organizations in Poland (Oramics) {1}: PO:+
  156. Typical Girls Three (Emotional Response -18) {1}: PO:+
  157. Yesterday Has Gone: The Songs of Teddy Randazzo (Ace) {1}: jrw:+