Metacritic Aggregate: 2023 Old Music: Other (Mostly Pop/Rock, or Unknown)
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Ranking
- The Replacements: Tim [all editions] (Rhino) {22}: DW:55, EWi:+, PM_r:+, PO_r:3, TN:+; am_z:+, aqd:+, bv_r:+, tl_r:2, tr_r:+, vew:+, xmr:1, ynn:8, yvms:1
- Sonic Youth: Live in Brooklyn 2011 (Silver Current) {17}: DW:64, Mc:+, PO_r:16, Rf:19; am_z:+, aqd:+, ay_ar:2, sl:+, tr_r:+, ycs:4 -- TH:***
- Taylor Swift: 1989 (Taylor's Verison) (Republic) {16}: EWi:+, GQ:+, Mc:7, Why:6; am_p:+, ay_p:6, mc_u:8, yjb:2 -- TH:***
- Neil Young: Chrome Dreams (1974-77, Reprise) {13}: Mc:+, Mx:14, ; am_z:+, ay_c:8, ay_f:18, ayu_c:4, tr_r:+, yjb:6 -- TH:***
- Les Rallizes Denudes: Citta' '93 (Temporal Drift) {9}: PO_r:5, ycs:5 -- TH:***
- Nastyfacts: Drive My Car + 2 (1981, Left for Dead -EP -22) {9}: PO:152 -- RC:A-, TH:A-
- Taylor Swift: Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (Republic) {9}: ay_c:12, ayu_c:8, yjb:1 -- TH:A-
- Arthur Russell: Picture of Bunny Rabbit (1985-86, Audika) {8}: am_z:+, aqd:+, ay_f:4 -- TH:**
- Todd Snider: Crank It, We're Doomed (2007, Aimless) {8}: XCI:48 -- RC:B+, TH:A-
- Pet Shop Boys: Smash: The Singles 1985-2020 (Parlophone -3CD) {7}: am_z:+, ay_p:2 -- TH:A-
- Kirsty MacColl: See That Girl: 1979-2000 (Universal) {6}: am_z:+, bv_r:+, cw:3, sl:++
- Joni Mitchell: Archives Vol 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) (Rhino) {6}: JC_r:+, Mc:+, PM_r:+; am_z:+, jje:+, jmju:+
- Big Star: #1 Record (1972, Ardent) {5}: YW_r:1
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Los Angeles Forum April 26, 1969 (Legacy/Experience Hendrix -22) {5}: DB:+++, JC_r:+; jpl:+
- Jeffrey Lewis: Asides & B-Sides (2014-2018) (self-released) {5}: Rx:58; ymr:15 -- TH:***
- The Moldy Peaches: Origin Story: 1994-1999 (Org Music -22) {5}: Rx:46 -- RC:A-
- Bie Records Meets Shika Shika (Shika Shika Collective) {5}: CE:10, EWi:+; vce:6
- (Yo! Boombox: Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro and Disco Rap, 1979-83 (Soul Jazz) {5}: YW_r:17 -- TH:***
- Thomas Anderson: The Debris Field: Lo-Fi Flotsam and Ragged Recriminations, 2000-2021 (Out There) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Elvis Costello/Burt Bacharach: The Songs of Bacharach & Costello [Super Deluxe] (UMe) {4}: ay_p:16, yjb:1
- Drive-By Truckers: The Complete Dirty South (New West) {4}: Mc:+, PM_r:+; am_z:+, tr_r:+
- Bob Dylan: Fragments: Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997) [The Bootleg Series Vol 17] (Columbia/Legacy -4CD) {4}: Mc:+, TSG:+; aqd:+, jmju:+
- Kashmere Stage Band: Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974 (Now-Again -2CD) {4}: PO_r:2 -- TH:[***]
- Neko Case: Wild Creatures (Anti-) {3}: YW_r:13; am_z:+
- Marshall Crenshaw: Field Day [40th Anniversary Expanded Edition] (Yep Roc) {3}: YW_r:8
- Jon Hassell: Further Fictions (Ndeya) {3}: YW_r:10
- Neutral Milk Hotel: The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel (Merge) {3}: PM_r:+, YW_r:44; am_z:+
- Superchunk: Misfits & Mistakes: Singles, B-Sides & Strays 2002-2023 () {3}: DW:59, YW_r:36; am_z:+
- Frank Zappa: Funky Nothingness (1970, Zappa -3CD) {3}: JC_r:+; jgk:+, jlg:+
- Frank Zappa: Waka Wazoo (1971, Zappa/UMG, 5CD -22) {3}: JC_r:+; vrg:10, vrg_j:+
- Disco Not Disco: Leftfield Disco Classics From the New York Underground [Compiled by Joey Negro and Sean P] (Strut) {3}: YW_r:6
- She's Got the Power! Female Power Pop, Punk & Garage (Ace) {3}: tl_r:1
- Soul'd Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection (1972, Craft) {3}: PM_r:+; am_z:+, tl_r:9
- Acetone: I'm Still Waiting (New West) {2}: aqd:+, bv_r:+
- Airiel: Winks & Kisses [20th Anniversary Edition] (Feeltrip) {2}: PM_r:+; am_z:+
- Marshall Crenshaw: Marshall Crenshaw (Yep Roc) {2}: YW_r:14
- The Dream Syndicate: History Kinda Pales When It and You Are Aligned: The Days of Wine and Roses [Expanded Edition] () {2}: aqd:+, bv_r:+
- Dr John: The Montreux Years (1986-2012, BMG) {2}: TN:+; jdln:+
- The Ducks: High Flyin' () {2}: am_z:+, aqd:+
- Bob Dylan: The Complete Budokan 1978 () {2}: LAT:12
- The Frustrated Bachelors: In the End It Wasn't Enough: All the Good Ones 2003-2006 (Money for Guns) {2}: -- TH:**
- King Geedorah: Take Me to Your Leader (Big Dada) {2}: YW_r:16
- Les Rallizes Denudes: Baus '93 (Temporal Drift) {2}: PO_r:19
- New Order: Low-Life [Definitive Edition] (Rhino) {2}: PM_r:+; bv_r:+
- New Order: Substance 1987 [Definitive Edition] (Warner) {2}: PM_r:+; bv_r:+
- Nirvana: In Utero [30th Anniversary Super Deluxe] (DGC) {2}: PM_r:+; am_z:+
- Pale Saints: In Ribbons [Expanded 30th Anniversary Reissue] (4AD) {2}: am_z:+, bv_r:+
- The Replacements: Pleased to Meet Me [Ed Stasium Mix] (Rhino) {2}: xej:4
- Shizuka: Heavenly Persona (Black Editions) {2}: PO_r:37; aqd:+
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: The Darkness Tour 1978 () {2}: TN:+, YW_r:28
- Dionne Warwick: The Complete Scepter Singles 1962-1973 (Real Gone -3CD) {2}: am_z:+, xco:+
- Walter Wegmuller/Cosmic Jokers: Tarot (Die Kosmische Kuriere) {2}: YW_r:20
- The Who: Who's Next/Lifehouse [Super Deluxe Edition] () {2}: TN:+; am_z:+
- Hiroshi Yoshimura: Surround (Temporal Drift) {2}: PO_r:14
- Burn on the Bayou: A Heavy Underground Tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival (Ripple Music) {2}: CE:116; ahw_dn:+
- Coco María Presents Club Coco (¡Ahora! The Latin Sound of Now) {2}: -- CE:17
- Guerrilla Girls! She-Punks & Beyond 1975-2016 (Ace) {2}: YW_r:45; tl_r:7
- Jon Savage's 1980-1982: The Art of Things to Come (Ace) {2}: tl_r:6, xco:+
- Looking for Magic: American Pop in the Seventies (Cherry Red) {2}: tl_r:4
- Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985 () {2}: aqd:+, bc_r:+
- Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (Stax) {2}: aqd:+, jmju:+
- $uiideboy$: Yinyang Tapes: Spring Season 1989-1990 () {1}: TSG:+
- 2ManyDJs: As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt 2 () {1}: am_z:+
- The Air Music International: Pass the Santa-Lucia Gate in Manila () {1}: aqd:+
- Ihsan Al-Munzer: Belly Dance (BBE) {1}: PO_r:25
- Phil Alvin: Un "Sung Stories" (Liberation Hall) {1}: YW_r:31
- Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes: The B-Sides () {1}: am_z:+
- Anadol: Hatiralar () {1}: am_z:+
- The Auteurs: People 'Round Here Don't Like to Talk About It: The Complete EMI Recordings (Cherry Red) {1}: PM_r:+
- Arthur Baker: Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: Arthur Baker: The Classic Dance Remixes () {1}: am_z:+
- William Basinski: The Clocktower at the Beach () {1}: TSG:+
- The Beatles: 1962-1966 [2023 Edition] (Capitol -2CD) {1}: TN:+
- The Beatles: 1967-1970 [2023 Edition] (Capitol -2CD) {1}: TN:+
- Professor James Benson: The Gow-Dow Experience (Jazzman) {1}: PO_r:49
- Bettie Serveert: Palomine [30th Anniversary Edition] (Matador) {1}: PM_r:+
- Biosphere: N-Plants [Expanded] (2011, Biophon) {1}: Mix:+
- The Black Crowes: The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion [Super Deluxe] (1993, American) {1}: TN:+
- Black Ivory: Black Ivory (BBE) {1}: YW_r:62
- Kath Bloom: Finally () {1}: bc_r:+
- Blueboy: Singles 1991-1998 () {1}: am_z:+
- Booker T & the MGs: Green Onions [60th Anniversary Edition] (Rhino) {1}: PM_r:+
- The Boo Radleys: Giant Steps [30th Anniversary Edition] (Two Piers) {1}: bv_r:+
- Brainiac: Predator Nominate () {1}: am_z:+
- The Breeders: Last Splash [30th Anniversary Edition] (4AD) {1}: PM_r:+
- Julius Brockington: Sophisticated Funk (BBE) {1}: YW_r:40
- Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It in People [20th Anniversary Edition] (Arts & Crafts) {1}: PM_r:+
- Harold Budd: White Arcades (All Saints) {1}: YW_r:63
- William S Burroughs: Break Through in the Grey Room (DIAS) {1}: YW_r:49
- William S Burroughs: Nothing Here Now but the Recordings (1980, Dais) {1}: PO_r:29
- Theo Burt: Automatics Group Remixes () {1}: bc_at:+
- Candy Claws: Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time [10th Anniversary Edition] () {1}: am_z:+
- Mariah Carey: Music Box [30th Anniversary Edition] (Columbia) {1}: PM_r:+
- Dorothy Carter: Waillee Waillee (Palo Alto) {1}: PO_r:39
- C-Clamp: Dream Backwards () {1}: am_z:+
- Sheila Chandra: Weaving My Ancestors' Voices/Zen Kiss/ABoneCroneDrone (Real World) {1}: PM_r:+
- Cluster: Cluster II (Superior Viaduct) {1}: YW_r:60
- Comet Gain: The Misfit Jukebox () {1}: am_z:+
- Alice Cooper: School's Out [Deluxe Edition] () {1}: am_z:+
- Mike Cooper: Life and Death in Paradise (1974, Paradise of Bachelors) {1}: aqd:+
- Cotton Jones Basket Ride: The River Strumming () {1}: aqd:+
- The Counts: What's Up Front That Counts (Westbound) {1}: YW_r:50
- The Cranberries: To the Faithful Departed [Deluxe Edition] () {1}: am_z:+
- Randy Crawford: You Might Need Somebody: The Warner Bros Recordings 1976-1993 () {1}: am_z:+
- Daft Punk: Random Access Memories [Drumless Edition] () {1}: am_z:+
- The Darkness: Permission to Land . . . Again [20th Anniversary Box] (Atlantic) {1}: bv_r:+
- The Darling Buds: Killing for Love: Albums, Singles, Rarities, Unreleased 1987-2017 () {1}: am_z:+
- Fred Davis: Cleveland Blues () {1}: TSG:+
- Kirk Degiorgio: Modal Forces/Percussive Forces (BBE) {1}: pm_l:12
- Rick Deitrick: The Unguitarist: Complete Works 1969-2022 () {1}: am_z:+
- Devo: 50 Years of De-Evolution 1973-2023 () {1}: am_z:+
- DeYarmond Edison: Epoch (Jagjaguwar) {1}: PM_r:+
- Eddie & Ernie: Time Waits for No One (Mississippi) {1}: PO_r:30
- Hamza El Din: Al Oud (Real Gone) {1}: PM_r:+
- Emeralds: Does It Look Like I'm Here? [Expanded Remaster] (Ghostly International) {1}: tr_r:+
- Ettab: Ettab (Elmir) {1}: ymm:+
- Evanescence: Fallen [20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] () {1}: am_z:+
- Everybody Asked About You: Paper Airplanes, Paper Hearts () {1}: bc_r:+
- Felt: Bubblegum Perfume () {1}: bv_r:+
- Felt: Gold Mine Trash () {1}: bv_r:+
- Horace Ferguson: Sensi Addict (Death Is Not the End) {1}: YW_r:53
- The Kevin Fingier Collective: El Sonido De Fingier Records (Fingier) {1}: YW_r:34
- The Folk Implosion: Music From KIDS (Domino) {1}: PM_r:+
- Dredd Foole and the Din: Songs in Heat 1982 (Corbett vs Dempsey) {1}: -- TH:*
- Dredd Foole & the Din: See God 1985-1986 (Corbett vs Dempsey) {1}: PO_r:26
- Freestyle Fellowship: To Whom It May Concern (Key Systems) {1}: YW_r:22
- Fun Boy Three: The Complete Fun Boy Three (Chrysalis) {1}: -- bv_r:+
- Jerry Garcia and David Grisman: So What () {1}: aqd:+
- Mort Garson: Journey to the Moon and Beyond () {1}: bc_r:+
- Grain: We'll Hide Away: Complete Recordings 1993-1995 () {1}: bc_r:+
- Grandaddy: Sumday Twunny () {1}: bc_r:+
- Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks Volume One (Real Gone Music) {1}: aqd:+
- Grateful Dead: Here Comes Sunshine 1973 (Rhino -17CD) {1}: ahw_dn:+
- Grateful Dead: RFK Stadium, Washington, DC 6/10/1973 (Rhino -4CD) {1}: TN:+
- Green Day: Dookie [30th Anniversary Edition] () {1}: am_z:+
- Fabien Guiraud: La Prise Electronique (Histoire Inconnue du Disque) {1}: pm_l:9
- Haircut One Hundred: Pelican West 40 () {1}: am_z:+
- Hella: Hold Your Horse Is [Deluxe Reissue] (Kill Rock Stars) {1}: YW_r:54
- Hiatus Kaiyote: Choose Your Weapon [Deluxe] (2015, Flying Buddha/Sony Masterworks -22) {1}: PO_r:21
- Jacqueline Humbert & David Rosenboom: Daytime Viewing (Unseen Worlds) {1}: PO_r:38
- Syl Johnson: Diamond in the Rough (Fat Possum) {1}: YW_r:42
- Kiwiro Boys: Vijana Wa Kazi (We Are Busy Bodies) {1}: YW_r:41
- Gregory Kramer: Veils of Transformation 1972-1980 () {1}: am_z:+
- Lady Lamb: In the Mammoth Nothing of the Night (Ba Da Bing!) {1}: YW_r:32
- Laraaji: Segue to Infinity () {1}: aqd:+
- The Lemonheads: Come On Feel the Lemonheads [30th Anniversary Edition] (1993, Atlantic) {1}: bv_r:+
- Les Rallizes Denudes: '77 Live (Temporal Drift -22) {1}: PO_r:46
- Lieutenant Pigeon: Decca Years () {1}: am_z:+
- Linkin Park: Meteora [20th Anniversary Edition] () {1}: am_z:+
- Little Bob and the Lollipops: Nobody but You (Mississippi) {1}: PO_r:50
- Los Invasores: Demo 1987 (Esos Malditos Punks) {1}: ymm:+
- John Luongo: Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: John Luongo: The Classic Dance Remixes () {1}: am_z:+
- Lush: Spooky [2023 Remaster] (4AD) {1}: PM_r:+
- Man . . . or Astro-Man?: Peel Sessions 1993 (Chunklet Industries) {1}: YW_r:4 8
- Dannii Minogue: Neon Nights [20th Anniversary Edition] (London) {1}: PM_r:+
- Matt Monro: Complete EMI Recordings 1971-1984 () {1}: am_z:+
- Nervous Gender: Music From Hell (1981) {1}: am_z:+
- New Musik: From A to B: The Sony Years () {1}: am_z:+
- Jessye Norman: The Unreleased Masters () {1}: TSG:+
- Alhaji Waziri Oshomah: Vol 1-5 (1978-1984) () {1}: xrt:9
- Robert Palmer: The Island Records Years () {1}: am_z:+
- The Particles: 1980s Bubblegum () {1}: am_z:+
- Pernice Brothers: Overcome by Happiness [30th Anniversary Edition] (New West) {1}: bv_r:+
- Phew: Our Likeness (1992) {1}: -- am_z:+
- Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon: Live at Wembley 1974 () {1}: am_z:+
- Plastic People of the Universe: Passion Play Live 1978 () {1}: jy:9
- Sandy Posey: Born a Woman: The Complete MGM Recordings () {1}: am_z:+
- Primal Scream: Reverbertrations (Travelling in Time): BBC Radio Sessions & Creation Singles 1985-86 () {1}: am_z:+
- Tony Rivers: Move in a Little Closer: The Complete Recordings 1963-1970 () {1}: am_z:+
- Tom Robinson Band: The Albums 1978-79 (Cherry Red) {1}: YW_r:47
- The Runaways: Neon Angels on the Road to Ruin 1976-1978 () {1}: am_z:+
- Brinsley Schwarz: Thinking Back: The Anthology 1970-1975 (-7CD) {1}: am_z:+
- Del Shannon: Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium () {1}: am_z:+
- Nancy Sinatra: Keep Walkin': Singles, Demos & Rarities 1965-1978 (Light in the Attic) {1}: PM_r:+
- Slapp Happy: Sort Of (Week-End) {1}: YW_r:43
- Slum Village: Fan-Tas-Tic Vol 2 [2023 Remaster] (Ne'Astra Music) {1}: PM_r:+
- The Spinners: The Complete Atlantic Singles: The Thom Bell Productions 1972-1979 () {1}: am_z:+
- Steely Dan: Aja [Ultra High Quality Recording] (Analogue Productions) {1}: PM_r:+
- Stephen Stills: Live at Berkeley 1971 (Omnivore) {1}: ahw_dn:+
- The Strokes: The Singles: Volume 01 (Legacy) {1}: TN:+
- Pauline Anna Strom: Echoes, Spaces, Lines () {1}: aqd:+
- Laurie Styvers: Gemini Girl: The Complete Hush Recordings () {1}: am_z:+
- Suede: Suede [30th Anniversary Edition] () {1}: am_z:+
- Swayzak: Snowboarding in Argentina [25th Anniversary Edition] (Lapsus) {1}: PM_r:+
- Sylvester: Private Recordings: August 1970 () {1}: aqd:+
- Takeshi Terauchi: Eleki Bushi 1966-1974 () {1}: aqd:+
- The Tornados: Love & Fury: The Holloway Road Sessions 1962-1966 () {1}: am_z:+
- T Rex: 1973: Whatever Happened to the Teenage Dream (Edsel -4CD) {1}: am_z:+
- Luke Una: Luke Una Presents E Soul Cultura Vol 2 () {1}: am_z:+
- Lori Vambe: Spacetime Dreamtime () {1}: aqd:+
- The Veldt: Illuminated 1989 () {1}: am_z:+
- Eddie Ware: In Session: A Pretty Wild Guy 1951-1953 (Jasmine -22) {1}: xco:+
- Watt: Recorded in Miami 1989-1991 () {1}: yjs:10
- Bob Weir: Ace [50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] () {1}: TSG:+
- Woo: Into the Heart of Love () {1}: aqd:+
- Neil Young: Official Release Series [Volume 5] Discs 22, 23+, 24 & 25 (Reprise) {1}: PM_r:+
- 10 (Music From Memory) {1}: PO:232
- A Collection of Songs in the Traditional and Sea-Nos Style () {1}: g_f:8
- ATA Records: The Library Archive Vol 3 (ATA) {1}: pm_l:11
- Blacklips Bar: Androgyns and Deviants/Industrial Romance for Bruised and Battered Angels 1992-1995 (Anthology) {1}: PO_r:40
- Blank Generation: A Story of US/Canadian Punk & Its Aftershocks 1975-1981 (Cherry Red) {1}: YW_r:49
- Bolinus Brandaris: Flamenco From the Bay of Cadiz () {1}: am_z:+
- Bose x NME: C23 (NME) {1}: YW:48
- Canto a Lo Divino () {1}: aqd:+
- Cherry Stars Collide: Dream Pop, Shoegaze & Ethereal Rock 1986-1995 (Cherry Red -4CD) {1}: am_z:+
- Crack Mix 500: Gideon (Crack) {1}: YW:56
- Dance Craze: The Best of British Ska . . . Live! (Chrysalis) {1}: YW_r:24
- Disco Discharge Prsents Box of Sin () {1}: am_z:+
- Dollar Bill Y'All: Spring Records and the First Decade of Hip Hop (BGP) {1}: YW_r:23
- Earfulofwavs2 (Earful of Wax) {1}: Mix:+
- Eccentric Northern Soul (Numero Group) {1}: YW_r:38
- Fader & Friends: Volume 1 () {1}: Yb:23
- Home Town Skiffle: Matchbox Bluesmaster Series: Set 10 (Saydisc) {1}: xco:+
- In the Light of Time: UK Post-Rock & Leftfield Pop 1992-1998 () {1}: am_z:+
- Jem Records Celebrates Ray Davies () {1}: xmr:9
- Jesus People Music Vol 2: The Reckoning () {1}: aqd:+
- Keeping Control: Independent Music From Manchester 1977-1981 () {1}: am_z:+
- Maloca Vol 2 (Maloca) {1}: CE:22
- March of the Flower Children: The American ?Sounds of 1967 (Grapefruit -3CD) {1}: xco:+
- Musik Music Musique 3.0: 1982 Synth Pop on the Air () {1}: am_z:+
- New Orleans Senior Prom (Tuff City) {1}: YW_r:64
- Night Slugs Classix Remixed (Night Slugs) {1}: Mix:+
- Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 () {1}: am_z:+
- Purple Haze From East Volume 1 (VW Sorcerer Productions) {1}: PO_r:31
- Purple Haze From East Volume 2 (VW Sorcerer Productions) {1}: PO_r:32
- Re:Conceive 2 (Re:Conceive) {1}: Mix:+
- Searchlight Moonbeam () {1}: aqd:+
- Silberland Vol 2: The Driving Side of Kosmische Musik 1974-1984 () {1}: am_z:+
- Sonhos Secretos: Brazilian Private Press & Independent MPB 1980-1985 () {1}: aqd:+
- Space Echo: The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Revealed! (Analog Africa) {1}: PO_r:43
- Stop MVP (War Hen) {1}: vjk:+
- Synergy (BAD) {1}: Mix:+
- The Best of Revelation Records 1959-1962 (NarroWay) {1}: PO_r:36
- The "Mojo" Man Presents: Rhythm & Western Volume 7: Jambalaya (Koko-Mojo) {1}: C -- xco:+
- Turkish-Syrian Earthquake Relief (Canary) {1}: YW_r:61
- Waves of Distortion: The Best of Shoegaze 1990-2022 () {1}: am_z:+
- What a Groovy Day: The British Sunshine Pop Sound 1967-1972 () {1}: am_z:+
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