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Music Year 2003
This is my year-end list file for records released in 2003. A copy of
this file as of Jan. 16, 2004 is frozen
here. The freeze date represents the
completion of several year-end pieces: my
Pazz & Jop Comments and two pieces
for Static:
Top Ten (Plus Plus),
2003: Wrap It Up and Bag It.
Note that post-freeze ratings are marked in
this color.
For rated records, * indicates an advance copy, ** a borrowed copy.
This file is officially frozen as of 2005-01-01. I may at some point
update the grades, but will not add any newly obtained albums.
New Records
- Buck 65: Talkin' Honky Blues (WEA Canada)
- William Parker Violin Trio: Scrapbook (Thirsty Ear)
- Kelis: Tasty (Star Trak/Arista)
- Lyrics Born: Later That Day . . . (Quannum Projects)
- Matthew Shipp: Equilibrium (Thirsty Ear)
- Amy Rigby: Til the Wheels Fall Off (Signature Sounds)
- Akrobatik: Balance (Coup D'Etat)
- Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark: Dual Pleasure (Smalltown Supersound)
- Warren Zevon: The Wind (Artemis)
- Gilad Atzmon & the Orient House Ensemble: Exile (Enja/Justin Time)
- The Bad Plus: These Are the Vistas (Columbia)
- Miroslav Vitous: Universal Syncopations (ECM)
- Drive-By Truckers: Decoration Day (New West)
- NOFX: War on Errorism (Fat Wreck)
- Al Green: I Can't Stop (Blue Note)
- Chris Knight: The Jealous Kind (Dualtone)
- Lifesavas: Spirit in Stone (Quannum Projects)
- Roy Haynes: Love Letters (Eighty-Eights/Columbia)
- Abdoulaye N'Diaye: Taoué (Justin Time)
- Bettye Lavette: A Woman Like Me (Blues Express)
- Jean Grae: The Bootleg of the Bootleg EP (Babygrande)
- DJ Wally: Nothing Stays the Same (Thirsty Ear)
- Electric Six: Fire (XL)
- Ludacris: Chicken-N-Beer (Def Jam South)
- Timbaland & Magoo: Under Construction Part II (Blackground/Universal)
- Kimya Dawson: My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess (Important)
- Brother Ali: Shadows on the Sun (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
- Lucinda Williams: World Without Tears (Lost Highway)
- James Blood Ulmer: No Escape From the Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions (Hyena)
- The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop)
- Rancid: Indestructible (Hellcat)
- Raoul Björkenheim/Lukas Ligeti: Shadowglow (TUM)
- June Carter Cash: Wildwood Flower (Dualtone)
- Panjabi MC: Beware (Sequence)
- Todd Snider: Live: Near Truths and Hotel Rooms (Oh Boy)
- Fannypack: So Stylistic (Tommy Boy)
- Four Tet: Rounds (Domino)
- McEnroe: Disenfranchised (Peanuts & Corn)
- The Bug: Pressure (Rephlex)
- Yo La Tengo: Summer Sun (Matador)
- Marty Ehrlich: Line on Love (Palmetto)
- Kid Koala: Some of My Best Friends Are DJ's (Ninja Tune)
- Dino Saluzzi: Responsorium (ECM)
- David Murray Latin Big Band: Now Is Another Time (Justin Time)
- Vandermark 5: Airports for Light (Atavistic)
- Juhani Aaltonen Trio: Mother Tongue (TUM)
- Willie Nelson & Ray Price: Run That By Me One More Time (Lost Highway)
- Missy Elliott: This Is Not a Test (Gold Mind/Elektra)
- Lyambiko: Shades of Delight (Nagel-Heyer)
- Michiko Ogawa Trio: It's All About Love! (Arbors)
- Joe Ely: Streets of Sin (Rounder)
- Borbély Mihály/Quartet B: Crystal Mountain (Fono)
- Andrew Barker, Matthew Shipp, Charles Waters: Apostolic Polyphony (Drimala)
- Johnny Cash: American IV: The Man Comes Around (American)
- Ramiro Musotto: Sudaka (Fast Horse)
- Brigitte DeMeyer: Nothing Comes Free (BDM)
- Cooper-Moore, Tom Abbs, Chad Taylor: Triptych Myth (Hopscotch)
- The Klezmatics: Rise Up! Shteyt Oyf! (Rounder)
- Murs: . . . The End of the Beginning (Definitive Jux)
- Pink: Try This (La Face)
- Black Eyed Peas: Elephunk (A&M)
- Clark Terry & Max Roach: Friendship (Eighty-Eights/Columbia)
- Merle Haggard: Like Never Before (Hag)
- Aceyalone: Love & Hate (Project Blowed)
- Steinski's Burning Out of Control: The Sugarhill Mix (Antidote)
- OutKast: Speakerboxx/The Love Below (Arista, 2CD)
- Bebo & Cigala: Lágrimas Negras (Calle 54) **
- Boban Markovic Orkestar: Boban I Marko (Pirahna)
- Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra: Monk's Moods (Water Baby)
- Sir Roland Hanna: Tributaries: Reflections on Tommy Flanagan (IPO)
- Mamani Keita & Marc Minelli: Electro Bamako (Palm)
- Sheila Jordan: Little Song (High Note)
- Dominic Duval, Mark Whitecage: Rules of Engagement, Vol. 1 (Drimala)
- Fred Anderson: Back at the Velvet Lounge (Delmark)
- Mr. Lif: Sleepyheads (Thought Wizard)
- The Blueprint Project (Creative Nation Music)
- The Bottle Rockets: Blue Sky (Sanctuary) **
- Rosanne Cash: Rules of Travel (Capitol)
- Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks: Pig Lib (Matador)
- Ian Hendrickson-Smith: Up in Smoke (Sharp Nine)
- EG Kight: Southern Comfort (Blue South)
- Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers (S-Curve/Virgin) **
- The Postal Service: Give Up (Sub Pop)
- Carla Bley: Looking for America (ECM) **
- Daughter: Skin (Aum Fidelity)
- FAB: Fonda-Altschul-Bang: Transforming the Space (CIMP)
- Pet Shop Boys: Disco 3 (Sanctuary)
Pending:
Records in hand, but which haven't yet been graded.
- Aesop Rock: Bazooka Tooth (Definitive Jux)
- Atmosphere: Seven's Travels (Rhymesayers/Epitaph)
- Shesus: Loves You . . . Loves You Not (Narnack)
- Suhkan Uhka: Suhka (TUM)
- Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico: Terra Nostra (ECM)
- Yerba Buena: President Alien (Razor & Tie)
Missed:
Records in hand, graded B+ or below, in roughly declining order:
Hyped:
These are records that I have some reason to think might be worth hearing.
- Ryan Adams: Rock N Roll (Lost Highway)
- A.F.I.: Sing the Sorrow (DreamWorks)
- Rahim AlHaj: Iraqi Music in a Time of War (Voxlox)
- Amy Allison: No Frills Friend (Diesel Only)
- Anti-Flag: The Terror State (Fat Wreck Chords)
- Audio Bullys: Ego War (Astralwerks)
- The Bangles: Doll Revolution (Koch)
- David Banner: Mississippi: The Album (Universal)
- Bettie Serveert: Log 22 (Palomine)
- Mary J. Blige: Love & Life (Geffen)
- Black Box Recorder: Passionoia (One Little Indian)
- Blink-182 (Geffen)
- Blur: Think Tank (Virgin)
- Brand New: Deja Entendu (Razor & Tie)
- Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It in People (Arts & Crafts)
- Joe Budden (Def Jam)
- Cat Power: You Are Free (Matador)
- Clem Snide: Soft Spot (SpinArt)
- Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán: Mambo Sinuendo (Nonesuch)
- Marshall Crenshaw: What's in the Bag? (Razor & Tie)
- Rodney Crowell: Fate's Right Hand (DMX/Epic)
- The Darkness: Permission to Land (Atlantic)
- Dashboard Confessional: A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar (Vagrant/Interscope)
- Death Cab for Cutie: Transatlanticism (Barsuk)
- The Distillers: Coral Fang (Sire)
- Kathleen Edwards: Failer (Zoë)
- Erase Errata: At Crystal Palace (Troubleman)
- Everclear: Slow Motion Daydream (Capitol)
- Ibrahim Ferrer: Buenos Hermanos (Nonesuch)
- Festival in the Desert (World Village)
- The Fever: Pink on Pink (Kemado)
- Fiery Furnaces: Gallowsbird's Bark (Sanctuary)
- Fog: Ether Teeth (Ninja Tune)
- Aretha Franklin: So Damn Happy (Arista)
- Nelly Furtado: Folklore (DreamWorks)
- Gotan Project: La Revancha del Tango (XL/Beggars Banquet)
- Grandaddy: Sumday (V2)
- Groove Armada: Lovebox (Zomba)
- Slide Hampton: Spirit of the Horn (MCG Jazz)
- Handsome Family: Singing Bones (Carrot Top)
- Stefon Harris: The Grand Unification Theory (Blue Note)
- Fred Hersch: Live at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto)
- Dave Holland Quintet: Live at Birdland (ECM, 2CD)
- Abdullah Ibrahim: African Magic (Enja)
- Vijay Iyer: Blood Sutra (Artists House)
- Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd: In What Language? (Pi)
- D.D. Jackson: Suite for New York (Justin Time)
- Keith Jarrett: Up for It: Live in Juan-Les-Pins (ECM)
- The Jayhawks: Rainy Day Music (American/Lost Highway)
- Jay-Z: The Black Album (Roc-A-Fella)
- Wyclef Jean: The Preacher's Son (Clef/J)
- Jedi Mind Tricks: Visions of Gandhi (Babygrande)
- Kekele: Congo Life (Stern's Africa)
- R. Kelly: Chocolate Factory (Jive)
- Alicia Keys: Diary of Alicia Keys (J)
- Kid Rock (Atlantic)
- Kings of Leon: Youth and Young Manhood (RCA)
- Ladytron: Softcore Jukebox (Emperor Norton)
- Ted Leo/Pharmacists: Hearts of Oak (Lookout)
- Lightning Bolt: Wonderful Rainbow (Load)
- Linkin Park: Meteora (Warner Bros.)
- Little Annie & the Legally Jammin' (Italic)
- Branford Marsalis: Romare Bearden Revealed (Marsalis Music)
- The Mars Volta: De-Loused in the Comatorium (Gold Standard)
- Christian McBride: Vertical Vision (Warner Bros.)
- My Morning Jacket: It Still Moves (ATO/RCA)
- The Naysayer: Pure Beauty (Carrot Top)
- Meshell Ndegeocello: Comfort Woman (Maverick)
- New Pornographers: Electric Version (Matador)
- Notwist: Neon Golden (City Slang/Virgin)
- Erlend Oye: Unrest (Astralwerks)
- Peaches: Fatherfucker (XL/Beggars)
- Pernice Brothers: Yours, Mine & Ours (Ashmont)
- Pretty Girls Make Graves: The New Romance (Matador)
- Radiohead: Hail to the Thief (Capitol)
- Robert Randolph & the Family Band: Unclassified (Warner Bros.)
- Damien Rice: O (Vector)
- Richard X: Presents His X-Factor, Vol. 1 (Astralwerks)
- Kurt Rosenwinkel: Heartcore (Verve)
- RZA: Birth of a Prince (Sanctuary)
- Wayne Shorter: Alegria (Verve)
- The Sleepy Jackson: Lovers (Astralwerks)
- Tammy Faye Starlite & the Angels of Mercy: Used Country Female (Diesel Only)
- Steely Dan: Everything Must Go (Warner Bros.)
- The Stills: Logic Will Break Your Heart (Atlantic)
- Sun Kil Moon: Ghosts of the Great Highway (Jetset)
- Thursday: War All the Time (Island)
- Rufus Wainwright: Want One (DreamWorks)
- Wide Right: Wide Right (Poptop)
- Cassandra Wilson: Glamoured (Blue Note)
- Robert Wyatt: Cuckooland (Hannibal)
Compilations/Vault Music:
- Duke Ellington: The Bubber Miley Era: 1924-1929 (Jazz Legends)
- Cedric Im Brooks & the Light of Saba (1974-76, Honest Jons)
- King Sunny Ade: The Best of the Classic Years (1967-74, Shanachie)
- When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 6: Poor Man's Heaven (1928-40, Bluebird)
- Gene Ammons: Fine and Mellow (1972, Prestige)
- The Guitar and Gun: Highlife Music From Ghana (1981-84, Stern's/Earthworks)
- The Incomparable Mildred Bailey (1933-42, Columbia/Legacy)
- Kings of Highlife: The Vibrant Music of West Africa (Wrasse)
- Rhythm Love and Soul: The Sexiest Songs of R&B (1958-81, Shout!, 3CD)
- Sam Cooke: Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 (Abkco)
- The Essential Dave Brubeck (1949-2002, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
- Bill Monroe: Anthology (1950-81, MCA Nashville/Decca, 2CD)
- Mildred Bailey: Mrs. Swing (1929-42, Proper, 4CD)
- Johnny Hodges: The Jeep Is Jumpin' (1937-52, Proper, 4CD)
- High Explosion: DJ Sounds From 1970 to 1976 (Sanctuary/Trojan, 2CD)
- New Order: Retro (1981-2002, London, 4CD)
- B.B. King: Blues Kingpins (1952-64, Virgin/The Right Stuff)
- Count Basie: America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years (1936-50, Columbia/Legacy, 3CD)
- The Best There Ever Was: The Legendary Early Blues Performers (Yazoo)
- Art Tatum: The Best of the Complete Pablo Group Masterpieces (1954-56, Pablo)
- Down in the Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s (1926-37, Old Hat)
- Cabaret Voltaire: The Original Sound of Sheffield '83/'87: The Best of the Virgin/EMI Years (Superfecta)
- The Essential Willie Nelson (1961-2003, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis Again (1957, Verve, 2CD)
- Art Tatum: The Best of the Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces (1953-55, Pablo)
- Flowers in the Wildwood: Women in Early Country Music (1923-39, Trikont)
- Blues Story (1920-84, Shout, 2CD)
- The Essential Sly & the Family Stone (Epic/Legacy)
- Merle Travis: Hot Pickin' (1943-52, Proper, 2CD)
- The Big Horn (1942-52, Proper, 4CD)
- James Brown: Motherlode (1967-76, Polydor)
- Miles Davis: The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (1970, Columbia/Legacy, 5CD)
- Roger Miller: All Time Greatest Hits (1964-85, Mercury/Chronicles)
- Anders Gahnold: Flowers for Johnny (1983-85, Ayler, 2CD)
- Lou Reed: NYC Man: The Collection (1967-2002, RCA/BMG Heritage, 2CD)
- Slim Gaillard: Laughing in Rhythm (1937-52, Proper, 4CD)
- The Rough Guide to Highlife (World Music Network)
- Arabesque Tlata 3 (React)
- Globalista: Import-Export (Trikont '02)
- Stan Getz: Bossas and Ballads: The Lost Sessions (1989, Verve)
- Trojan Box Set: Nyahbinghi (1968-75, Sanctuary/Trojan, 3CD)
- King Sunny Ade: Synchro Series (1982-83, IndigeDisc)
- Russendisko: Hits (Trikont)
- Soul Eyes: The Mal Waldron Memorial Album (1955-62, Prestige)
- Humphrey Lyttelton: Snag It! (1948-52, ASV)
- Junior Byles: Beat Down Babylon: The Upsetter Years (1971-74, Sanctuary/Trojan)
- Dexter Gordon: Classic Blue Note Recordings (Blue Note, 2CD)
- Bud Powell: Parisian Thoroughfares (1957-61, Pablo)
- The Essential Byrds (1965-71, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
- Ultimate Reggae: 20 Classic Reggae Riddims! (UTV)
- Black & Proud: The Soul of the Black Panther Era, Vol. 1 (Trikont)
- Thelonious Monk: Monk in Paris: Live at the Olympia (1965, Hyena)
- First Steps: First Recordings From the Creators of Modern Jazz (1944-53, Savoy Jazz)
- The Incomparable Ethel Waters (1925-40, Columbia/Legacy)
- Memphis Minnie: Me and My Chauffeur (1929-44, Proper, 2CD)
- Flatt & Scruggs: The Complete Mercury Recordings (Mercury)
- The Jaki Byard Quartet With Joe Farrell: The Last From Lennie's (1965, Prestige)
- Mutant Disco: A Subtle Dislocation of the Norm (1978-82, ZE, 2CD)
- Best of Koffi Olomide (Next Music, 2CD)
- Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk and Fusion in the 70's (1966-77, Soundway)
- Cabaret Voltaire: Conform to Deform '82 / '90. Archive; (1982-90, Virgin, 3CD)
- John Lee Hooker: Blues Kingpins (1949-55, Virgin/The Right Stuff)
- Michael Jackson: Number Ones (1979-2001, Epic)
- Flying Groove (1963-75, Bluebird)
- Reverend Charlie Jackson: God's Got It: The Legendary Booker and Jackson Singles (1970-78, CaseQuarter)
- Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues Kingpins (1946-54, Virgin/The Right Stuff)
- Jimi Hendrix: Live at Berkeley (1970, Experience Hendrix)
- Bill Evans: Getting Sentimental (1978, Milestone)
- Teddy Pendergrass: Anthology (1977-82, Philadelphia International/The Right Stuff, 2CD)
- Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot (1897-1925, Archeophone)
- Dillinger: The Ultimate Collection (1974-80, Hip-O/Island)
- Stuff Smith: Time and Again (1936-45, Proper, 2CD)
- The Stanley Brothers: The Complete Mercury Recordings (1953-58, Mercury/Chronicles, 2CD)
- Elmore James: Blues Kingpins (1952-55, Virgin/The Right Stuff)
- Dr. John: All By Hisself: Live at the Lonestar (1986, Hyena)
- Sam Cooke: Sam Cooke at the Copa (1964, Abkco)
- Max Romeo: Ultimate Collection (1970-77, Hip-O/Island)
- Willie Nelson: Broken Promises (1960-66, Proper, 2CD)
- The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer (UTV/Mercury, 2CD)
- Andrew Hill: Passing Ships (1969, Blue Note)
- Watch How the People Dancing: Unity Sounds From the London Dancehall, 1986-1989 (Honest Jons)
- The Blue Series Sampler: The Shape of Jazz to Come (2002-03, Thirsty Ear)
- Nina Simone: Anthology (1957-93, RCA/BMG Heritage, 2CD)
- The Vulgar Boatmen: Wide Awake (1989-95, No Nostalgia)
- Jimmy Lyons: The Box Set (1972-85, Ayler, 4CD)
- The Essential Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years (1944-52, Columbia/Legacy)
- Tom Jones: Reloaded: Greatest Hits (1965-2003, Decca/UTV)
- Television: Live at the Old Waldorf (Rhino Handmade)
- Hot Women: Women Singers From the Torrid Regions (1927-50, Kein & Aber)
- Dave Brubeck: For All Time (1959-65 [2003], Columbia/Legacy, 5CD)
- The Essential Thelonious Monk (1962-68, Columbia/Legacy)
- The Essential Ricky Skaggs (1979-88, Epic/Legacy)
- Mott the Hoople: Greatest Hits (1972-75, Columbia/Legacy)
Pending:
- The Essential Dan Fogelberg (1973-90, Epic/Legacy)
- The Essential Eddie Money (1977-91, Columbia/Legacy)
- Putumayo Presents Christmas Around the World (Putumayo World Music)
Missed:
Hyped:
- Aphex Twin: 26 Mixes for Cash (Warp, 2CD)
- Bix Beiderbecke Story (Proper, 4CD)
- Björk: Live Box (1993-2002, One Little Indian, 5CD)
- Kurtis Blow: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection (Mercury)
- Dennis Brown: The Promised Land (1977-79, Blood & Fire)
- James Chance: Irresistible Impulse (Tiger Style, 4CD)
- The Eagles: The Very Best Of (Warner Bros.)
- Clancy Eccles: Fatty Fatty: 1967-1970 (Sanctuary/Trojan)
- Everything Crash: The Best of the Ethiopians (Sanctuary/Trojan)
- Bennie Green: Mosaic Select (Mosaic, 3CD)
- The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (Matador)
- Definitive Hoosier Hotshots (Collectors' Choice, 2CD)
- Wyclef Jean: Greatest Hits (Columbia)
- The Essential Janis Joplin (Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
- Louis Jordan: Jumpin' and Jivin' at Jubilee (1943-44, Collectors' Choice)
- Led Zeppelin: How the West Was Won (Atlantic, 3CD)
- Mali Lolo: Stars of Mali (Smithsonian/Folkways)
- Jackie Mittoo: Champion in the Arena (1976-77, Blood & Fire)
- The Moles: On the Street (Wishing Tree)
- No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion (Rhino, 4CD)
- Lee Scratch Perry: Chapter 2 of "Words" (1972-73, Sanctuary/Trojan)
- In Time: The Best of R.E.M. (1988-2003, Warner Bros.)
- The Rough Guide to the Music of Egypt (World Music Network)
- The Rough Guide to the Music of Venezuela (World Music Network)
- The Rough Guide to Salsa Colombia (World Music Network)
- The Rough Guide to Salsa de Puerto Rico (World Music Network)
- The Rough Guide to South African Gospel (World Music Network)
- Raymond Scott: Kodachrome: Compositions for Orchestra (Basta)
- 600% Dynamite (Soul Jazz)
- Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime (Rhino, 3CD)
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Gospel of the Blues (1938-48, MCA/Decca)
- Lennie Tristano: Intuition (Proper, 4CD)
- Tulear Never Sleeps (Stern's Africa)
- The Best of Caetano Veloso (Nonesuch)
- ZZ Top: Chrome, Smoke & BBQ (Warner Bros., 4CD)
Reissues
This year I'm separating out the reissues, both straight and slightly
crooked reissues (hopped up with bonus cuts, sometimes a whole extra
disc). The main reason is that these feel more like a random selection
from the catalogue rather than progress.
- James Brown: In the Jungle Groove (1969-72, Polydor)
- Duke Ellington's Far East Suite (1966, Bluebird)
- Al Green: I'm Still in Love With You (1972, Right Stuff/Hi)
- Duke Ellington: Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band (1940-42, Bluebird, 3CD)
- Al Green: Let's Stay Together (1972, Right Stuff/Hi)
- Sam Rivers: Fuschia Swing Song (1964, Blue Note)
- Bill Withers: Still Bill (1972, Columbia/Legacy)
- Ben Webster: Soulville (1957, Verve)
- Al Green: Gets Next to You (1970, Right Stuff/Hi)
- Jimmy Cliff in The Harder They Come (Deluxe Edition) (1968-72, Hip-O/Island, 2CD)
- Parliament: Mothership Connection (1976, Mercury/Chronicles)
- Lee Konitz: Motion (1961, Verve)
- Television: Marquee Moon (1977, Rhino/Elektra)
- Donna Summer: Bad Girls (Deluxe Edition) (1977-80, Mercury/Chronicles, 2CD)
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Reactor (1981, Reprise)
- Black Uhuru: Red (1981, Island/Chronicles)
- Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan: Two of a Mind (1962, Bluebird)
- Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music (Water)
- Thelonious Monk: It's Monk's Time (1964, Columbia/Legacy)
- Neil Young: On the Beach (1974, Reprise)
- Augustus Pablo: Rockers Meets King Tubbys in a Fire House (1980, Shanachie)
- Burning Spear: Social Living (1978-80, Island)
- Toots & the Maytals: Funky Kingston / In the Dark (Island)
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Organisation (1980, Virgin)
- Neil Young: Hawks and Doves (1980, Reprise)
- Earl Hines: Once Upon a Time (1966, Impulse/Verve)
- Gato Barbieri: Bolivia (1971-73, Bluebird)
- Neil Young: American Stars and Bars (1977, Reprise)
- The Amazing Bud Powell: The Scene Changes (1958, Blue Note)
- The Isley Brothers: 3 + 3 (1973, Epic/Legacy)
- Lefty Frizzell: Country Favorites / Saginaw Michigan (Collectables)
- Eddie Gale: Black Rhythm Happening (Water)
- Thelonious Monk: Criss-Cross (1962-63, Columbia/Legacy)
- Television: Adventure (1978, Rhino/Elektra)
- Archie Shepp: Attica Blues (1972, Impulse)
- Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (1959, Verve)
- Pee Wee Russell: Ask Me Now! (1965, Impulse)
- Bob Dylan: Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964, Columbia)
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980, Virgin)
- The Best of Donna Summer (20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection) (1975-83, Mercury)
- Junior Murvin: Police and Thieves (Island)
Pending:
- David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise (1993, Virgin, 2CD)
- Muslimgauze: Uzbekistani Bizzare and Souk (1995-96, Important)
- Uncle Tupelo: Anodyne (1993, Rhino/Sire)
Missed:
- Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes: Wake Up Everybody (1975, Epic/Legacy)
- Parliament: Chocolate City (1975, Mercury/Chronicles)
- Lizzy Mercier Descloux: Press Color (1979, ZE)
- Parliament: Up for the Down Stroke (1974, Mercury/Chronicles)
- Bob Dylan: Slow Train Coming (1979, Columbia)
- Larry Young: Mother Ship (1969, Blue Note)
- Alexander Von Schlippenbach: Pakistani Pomade (Atavistic)
- Archie Shepp: I Know About the Life (1981, Hatology)
- Albert Ayler: Music Is the Healing Force of the Unvierse (1969, Impulse)
- Holy Modal Rounders: Good Taste Is Timeless (1971, Sundazed)
- Burning Spear: Man in the Hills / Dry and Heavy (1976-77, Island/Chronicles)
- Hugh Masekela: Grrr (1966, Verve)
- Charlie Rouse: Bossa Nova Bacchanal (1962-65, Blue Note)
- Sonic Youth: Dirty (Deluxe Edition) (1992, Geffen/Chronicles, 2 CD)
- Black Uhuru: Sinsemilla (1980, Island/Chronicles)
- Bob Dylan: Oh Mercy (1989, Columbia)
- Jack Teagarden: Mis'ry and the Blues (1961, Verve)
- Al Green: Green Is Blues (1970, Right Stuff/Hi)
- Lee Morgan: Sonic Boom (1967-69, Blue Note)
- Thelonious Monk: Solo Monk (1964, Columbia/Legacy)
- Uncle Tupelo: No Depression (1990, Columbia/Legacy)
- The Beatles: Let It Be . . . Naked (1970, Apple/Capitol)
- David Bowie: Aladdin Sane: 30th Anniversary Edition (1973, Capitol, 2CD) *
- Was (Not Was): (The Woodwork) Squeaks (ZE) *
- Hank Mobley: The Flip (1969, Blue Note)
- The Jimmy Giuffre 3: The Easy Way (1959, Verve)
- Was (Not Was): Out Comes the Freaks (1981-83, ZE) *
- Thelonious Monk: Underground (1967-68, Columbia/Legacy)
- Lizzy Mercier Descloux: Mambo Nassau (1981, ZE)
- Utah Phillips: I've Got to Know (1991, AK Press)
- The Ebonys (1973, Epic/Legacy)
- The O'Jays: Ship Ahoy (1973, Epic/Legacy)
- Alan Price: Between Today and Yesterday (1974, Sanctuary/Castle)
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Architecture and Morality (1981, Virgin)
- Baby Dodds: Talking and Drum Solos (1946-54, Atavistic)
- Peter Brötzmann: FMP 130 (1973, Atavistic)
- Al Grey / Billy Mitchell: Snap Your Fingers (1962, Verve)
- Bill Withers: Menagerie (1977, Columbia/Legacy)
- Jerry Portnoy: Home Run Hitter (1995, Sanctuary/Castle)
- Black Uhuru: The Dub Factor (1983, Island/Chronicles)
- J.J. Johnson: J.J.'s Broadway (1963, Verve)
Hyped:
- Peter Brötzmann Group: More Nipples (Atavistic)
- Jackie DeShannon: Jackie (1972, Rhino Handmade)
- The Go-Betweens: Spring Hill Fair (1984, Beggars Banquet, 2CD)
- Cecil Taylor: Student Studies (1966, Fuel 2000)
- The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (Deluxe Edition) (MCA, 2CD)
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