Metafile: 2013 New Records

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Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba: Jama Ko (Out Here) {47}: MC(92/8), BBC:80, Ex:90, G:80, I:100, IS:80, L:80, M:80, MO:90(49), ReC:80, U:90(51); CM(16), DB, DW(6), JG:**(19), MR:A-(14), RC:A(8), MT:A(6), TH:A-(45); V:97-77-9
  2. Bombino: Nomad (Nonesuch) {45}: MC(79/10), AM:90, bg:70, CT(14), du:50, g:60, I:80, IS:80, l:60, M:80, MO:80, NYT:80, ob:60, RS:80(29), St:80; CM(45), JG(31), MR(65), RC:A-(81), MT:A-(37), TH:***; V:46-180-20
  3. Omar Souleyman: Wenu Wenu (Ribbon Music) {44}: MC(80/11), AM:80, bg:70, DIY:80, DS:80, ex:70, f:79, Fa:90, Fly:80, g:60, lbf:75, M:80, MO:90(20), NME:80, ob:60, pf:72, Q:80, Qs(97), ra:60, rs:70, S:80(16), TO:80(27), U:80, ur:60; DW, JG:**(15), MR(34), RC(59), MT:A-(27), TH:A-(67); V:264-29-3
  4. Rokia Traore: Beautiful Africa (Nonesuch) {42}: MC(88/6), AM:80, BG, CT(19), G:100, L:80, M:80, MO:90(30), Ob:100, Pf:81, TO:80, U:80(54); DB, JG:*, MR(36), RC:B+, MT:A(26), TH:***; V:187-40-5
  5. Juana Molina: Wed 21 (Crammed Discs) {26}: MC(85/9), AM:80, ds:70, F:87(12), I:100, IS:80, L:80, Mg:80, Mix:80, NR:80, pf:73, PM:80, U:80, ur:65, W(42); TH:**; V:286-26-2
  6. Rachid Taha: Zoom (Wrasse) {26}: G:80; CM(27), DW(3), JG:**(1), MR:A(4), RC:A(13), MT:A(2), TH:A-(7); V:87-85-8
  7. Tal National: Kaani (Fat Cat) {26}: MC(84/4), AM:80, Bl:80, ex:70, G:80, MO:80, NYT, pm:70, Qs(68); MR(74), MT:A-(46), RC(76), TH:A-(137); V:133-56-6
  8. Tamikrest: Chatma (Glitterbeat) {26}: MC(83/8), da:70, G:80, IS:80, l:60, M:80, MO:80, Qs:80(51), TO:80, U:80; RC(44), MT:A-(38), TH:A-(109)
  9. Buika: La Noche Mas Larga (Warner Music Latina) {15}: AM:90, g:60; DB, TH:*; V:247-30-3
  10. Monoswezi: The Village (Riverboat) {11}: MC(80/5), AM:80, G:80, IS:80, Ob:80, PM:80, u:70; MT:**, TH:**
  11. Mulatu Astatke: Sketches of Ethiopia (Jazz Village) {10}: G:80, mo:70; TH:A-(124)
  12. Chicha Libre: Cuatro Tigres (Barbes, EP) {9}: MR(51), RC:A-(85), MT:A-(47), TH:*
  13. Kobo Town: Jumbie in the Jukebox (Cumbancha) {9}: Bl:100, ex:60, G:80, PM()
  14. Samba Toure: Albala (Glitterbeat) {9}: MC(78/6), g:60, IS:80, M:80, MO:80, PM(), Qs:80, ReC:80; TH:**
  15. Owiny Sigoma Band: Power Punch!!! (Brownswood) {8}: MC(77/6), G:80, IS:80, Ob:80, pm:60, Q:80, Qs:90
  16. Jupiter and Okwess International: Hotel Univers (Out Here) {7}: G:80, l:60
  17. Stara Rzeka: Cien Chmury Nad Ukrytym Polem (Instant Classic) {7}: Qs(12), TMT:90(28); V:476-15-1
  18. Sidi Toure: Alafia (Thrill Jockey) {7}: AM:80, PM:80; DB, RC(57)
  19. Vieux Farka Toure: Mon Pays (Six Degrees) {7}: BG, G:80, mo, Pf:80, pm:70, rs:70
  20. Marc Anthony: 3.0 (Sony Music Latin) {6}: am:70, NYT; V:633-10-1
  21. The Garifuna Collective: Ayo (Cumbancha) {6}: G:80, Mg; DB, TH:*
  22. Femi Kuti: No Place for My Dream (Wrasse) {6}: MC(76/4), AM:80, Ex:80, g:60, M:80, MO:80, pm:70
  23. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu: Nanda Collection (Warner Japan) {6}: pf:66, TMT:80; V:339-22-2
  24. La Santa Cecilia: Treinta Dias (Universal) {6}: AM:80; V:633-10-1
  25. Spoek Mathambo: Escape From '85 (mixtape) {6}: MR(67), RC:B+; V:1160-8-1
  26. Ana Moura: Desfado () {6}: BG, g:60
  27. Ballake Sissoko: At Peace (Six Degrees) {6}: Ex:90; V:633-10-1
  28. Alsarah Debruit: Aljawal (Soundway) {5}: AM:80; th:b
  29. Bomba Estereo: Elegancia Tropical (Soundway) {5}: g:60, PM:80; JG:**, TH:A-(49)
  30. Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers: Nothing Can Stop Us (Strut) {5}: MC(75/4), AM:80, m:60, PM:80, u:70; TH:**
  31. The Creole Choir of Cuba: Santiman (Real World) {5}: AM:80, l:60; TH:*
  32. Dub Club: Foundation Come Again (Stones Throw) {5}: AM:80; JG:*, TH:**
  33. Mark Ernestus Presents Jeri-Jeri: 800% Ndagga (Ndagga) {5}: Ex:100, L:80; TH:**
  34. Bachar Mar-Khalife: Who's Gonna Get the Ball From Behind the Wall of the Garden Today? (Infine) {5}: Ex:80
  35. Os Mutantes: Fool Metal Jack (Krian Music Group) {5}: MC(51/5), ac:30, AM:80, bg:60, cmj:60, cs:40, nme:70, pm:60, rs
  36. Red Baraat: Shruggy Ji (Sinj) {5}: AM:80, pm:60
  37. Silk Road Ensemble and Yo-Yo Ma: A Playlist Without Borders (Masterworks) {5}: AM:80; V:613-11-1
  38. Jyotsna Srikanth: Call of Bangalore (Riverboat) {5}: G:80, PM:80(); db, TH:*
  39. Cigdem Aslan: Mortissa (Asphalt Tango) {4}: g:60
  40. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: Pizzica Indiavolata (Ponderosa) {4}: G:80, PM:80()
  41. Manu Chao: Siberie M'Etait Contege (Because Music) {4}: T:80; V:633-10-1
  42. Mark Ernestus Presents Jeri-Jeri: Ndagga Versions (Ndagga) {4}: Ex:100; TH:**
  43. Jaipur Kawa Brass Band: Dance of the Cobra (Riverboat) {4}: ex:70, g:60; DB, TH:*; V:633-10-1
  44. The Lions: This Generation (Stones Throw) {4}: MC(80/4), AM:80, M:80, pm:70, rr:75
  45. Vusi Mahlasela: Sing to the People (ATO/Maple Music) {4}: AM:80; JG:*
  46. Prince Royce: Soy el Mismo (Sony Music Latin) {4}: AM:80
  47. Draco Rosa: Vida (Sony Music Latin) {4}: AM:90
  48. Anoushka Shankar: Traces of You (Decca) {4}: AM:80
  49. SimakDialog: The 6th Story (MoonJune) {4}: AM:90
  50. Mario Adnet: Um Olhar Sobre Villa-Lobos (Boranda) {3}: Ex:80
  51. Alaturka: Yalniz (Tzigane) {3}: DB
  52. Debashish Battacharaya and Friends: Beyond the Ragasphere (Riverboat) {3}: G:80, pm:50; DB
  53. Baudouin de Jaer: Compositions for Geomungo and Gayageum (Sub Rosa) {3}: PM:80()
  54. David Bisbal: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Universal Latino) {3}: AM:80
  55. Brushy One-String: Destiny (RiseUp) {3}: PM:80()
  56. Regulo Caro: Especialista (Del/Sony Music Latin) {3}: AM:80, pm:70
  57. Joy Dunlop: Faileasan [Reflections] (Sradag) {3}: AM:90
  58. Elements of Life: Eclipse (Fania) {3}: AM:90
  59. Mimmo Epifani: Pe'i Ndo (CNI) {3}: PM()
  60. Etran Finatawa: The Sahara Sessions (Riverboat) {3}: pf:71
  61. The Green: Hawai'i '13 (Easy Star) {3}: AM:80, ex:70
  62. Juan Luis Guerra y 440: 4:40 Asondeguerra Tour (EMI Latin) {3}: AM:80
  63. Vicente Hernandez: Hoy (Sony Music Latin) {3}: AM:80
  64. Salif Keita: Tale (Emarcy) {3}: MC(62/5), bbc:60, g:60, IS:80, m:40, st:40, u:70
  65. Los Inquietos del Norte: Los Psychos del Corrido Los Psicopatas (Siente Music) {3}: AM:80
  66. Antonio Loureiro: So (Boranda Music) {3}: PM()
  67. Freddie McGregor: Di Captain (VP) {3}: AM:80
  68. More Like Trees: Roots Shoots and Leaves (BBE) {3}: AM:80
  69. Orquesta el Macabeo: Salsa Bestial (Vampi Soul) {3}: AM:80
  70. Saffron: Dawning (Palmetto) {3}: Ex:80
  71. Joan Sebastian: 13 Celebrando el 13 (Fonovisa) {3}: AM:80
  72. Sizzla: The Messiah (VP) {3}: AM:80
  73. Carmen Souza: Kachupada (Galileo) {3}: ex:70
  74. Third World All Stars: Rebel Rock (Pressure Sounds) {3}: AM:80
  75. Trono de Mexico: Irremplazable (Fonovisa) {3}: AM:80
  76. Julieta Venegas: Los Momentos (Sony Music Latin) {3}: ac:67; V:633-10-1
  77. Van-Anh Vanessa Vo: Three Mountain Pass (Innova) {3}: PM()
  78. Yandel: De Lider a Leyenda (Sony Music Latin) {3}: AM:80
  79. Abduvali Abdurashidov: Tajikistan Classical Music and Songs () {2}: W
  80. Roysten Abel: The Manganiyar Seduction (Amarass) {2}: DB
  81. Maucha Adnet/Helio Alves: Milagre (Zoho) {2}: DB
  82. Mario Adnet: Amazonia: On the Forest Trail (Adventure Music) {2}: TH:*
  83. Ballyhoo!: Pineapple Grenade!! () {2}:
  84. Balqees: Majnoun (Rotana) {2}: TH:***
  85. Banda Magda: Amour, T'es La? () {2}:
  86. Barmer Boys: At Home (Amarass) {2}: DB
  87. Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet: From Bamako to Carencro (Compass) {2}: DB
  88. Boogaloo Assassins: Old Love Dies Hard () {2}:
  89. Boogat: El Dorado Sunset (Maisonnette) {2}: Ex:80
  90. Cristina Braga: Samba, Jazz and Love (Enja) {2}: TH:**
  91. Brushy One-String: Destiny (Rise Up) {2}: Mg
  92. Gaspar Claus: Jo Ha Kyu (Important) {2}: TMT:80; fj
  93. Hamilton De Holanda and Andre Mehmari: Gismonti Pascoal: The Music of Egberto and Hermeto (Adventure Music) {2}: TH:**
  94. Dub Colossus: Dub Me Tender Vol 1 + 2 (Real World) {2}: am:70; TH:**
  95. Etana: Better Tomorrow (VP) {2}: AM:80
  96. Katayoun Goudarzi and Shujaat Husain Khan: Spring (self-released) {2}: Ex:80
  97. Francoise Hardy: L'Amour Fou () {2}: G:80
  98. Kakujo Iwasa: Kakuryu Saito: Japan: Satsuma Biwa () {2}: W
  99. Jeconte and the Mali Allstars: Mali Blues (Soulnow) {2}: Ex:90
  100. Joe: Punters Step Out (Club Sacred) {2}:
  101. Nuru Kane: Exile (Riverboat) {2}: pm:70; MT:**
  102. Kassin: Sonhando Devagar () {2}:
  103. Habib Koite/Eric Bibb: Brothers in Bamako (Stony Plain -2012) {2}: Mg
  104. Le Vent Du Nord: Tromper Le Temps (Borealis) {2}: Mg
  105. Ivan Lins: Cornucopia (Sunnyside) {2}: g:60; TH:**
  106. Boban and Marko Markovic Orchestra: Gipsy Manifesto (Piranha) {2}: ex:60, g:40; TH:***
  107. Boban I Marko Markovic Orkestar: Golden Horns (Piranha) {2}: Mg
  108. Ziggy Marley: In Concert (Tuff Gong) {2}: am:70
  109. Maria Marquez: Tonada (Adventure Music) {2}: TH:*
  110. Minor Empire: Second Nature (World Trip) {2}: Mg
  111. Morgan Heritage: Here Come the Kings (VP) {2}: am:70
  112. Musiq Soulchild/Syleena Johnson: 9ine (Shanachie) {2}: am:70
  113. Gary Nunez y Plena Libre: Corazon (Plena Libre) {2}: Mg
  114. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou: The Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk (Analog Africa) {2}: L:80
  115. Lee Scratch Perry and the Upsetters: Chapter One Dub () {2}:
  116. Gappy Ranks: Shining Hope (HCM) {2}: am:70
  117. Riverrun: Unravel (InSound) {2}: Ex:80
  118. Sly and Robbie: Steeper Takes the Taxi (Taxi) {2}: am:70
  119. Tev Stevig: Jeni Jol: Music of the Balkans, Greece, and Turkey (self-released) {2}: Ex:80
  120. Systema Solar: La Revancha del Burro (self-released) {2}: Ex:80
  121. Khat Thaleth: Third Line: Initiative for the Elevation of Public Awareness (Stronghold Sound) {2}: JG:*
  122. Tribecastan: New Songs From the Old Country (Evergreene) {2}: Ex:90
  123. UB40: Getting Over the Storm (Universal Music) {2}: MC(59/6), am:70, ex:60, is:60, mo:60, q:40, u:60
  124. Very Be Careful: Remember Me From the Party? (Downtown Pijao) {2}: Mg
  125. Zansa: Djansa (self-released) {2}: TH:***
  126. Natacha Atlas: Expressions: Live in Toulouse () {1}: g:60
  127. Cafe Tacuba: Objeto Antes Llamado Disco (Universal Music Latino) {1}: ac:78
  128. Bruce Cassidy: My American Heart (Fikile) {1}: ex:70
  129. Celtic Thunder: Mythology (Celtic Thunder/Verve) {1}: am:50
  130. Cesaria Evora: Mae Carinhosa (Lusafrica) {1}: ex:70
  131. Gypsy Kings: Savor Flamenco (Knitting Factory) {1}: am:70
  132. Joji Hirota: Japanese Folk Songs Volume II (Arc) {1}: ex:70
  133. Koby Israelite: Blues From Elsewhere (Asphalt Tango) {1}: th:b
  134. The Courtney John Project: Future (Fiwi) {1}: ex:70
  135. Kae Sun: Afriyie (self-released) {1}: ex:70
  136. Wouter Kellerman: Mzansi (self-released) {1}: th:b
  137. Angelique Kidjo: Spirit Rising (Wrasse) {1}: mo:60
  138. Lullaby North: Speak in Tongues (self-released) {1}: ex:70
  139. Tania Maria: Canto (Naxos/Naive) {1}: ex:70, pm:70
  140. Oliver Mtukudzi: Sarawoga (self-released) {1}: ex:70, pm:50
  141. Orchid Ensemble: Life Death Tears Dream (self-released) {1}: ex:70
  142. Oum: Soul of Morocco () {1}:
  143. Sensato: We Ain't Even Supposed 2 B Here (Sony) {1}:
  144. Shinee: Dream Girl: The Misconceptions of You (SM Entertainment) {1}:
  145. The Skatalites: Walk With Me (Wrasse) {1}: pm:70
  146. Todo Mundo: Conexion (self-released) {1}: ex:70
  147. Tradesman and Parly B ft Adam Prescott: Duplicate Fashion (Reggae Roast) {1}: pm:70
  148. Wayo: Trance Percussion Masters of South Sudan (Riverboat) {1}: pm:70
  149. Willi Williams: Reggae Can't Done (Drum Street) {1}: ex:70
  150. Yellowman: Young, Gifted and Yellow (VP) {1}: pf:78

Notes

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