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Music Year 2004
This is my year-end list file for records released in 2004. A copy of
this file as of Jan. 10, 2005 is frozen
here. The freeze date represents the
completion of several year-end pieces, including my
Pazz & Jop Comments. Post-freeze
changes are marked in this color (except for re-orderings).
As of Dec. 31, 2005, no additional records will be added to this list.
For records in hand, * identifies an advance copy, ** something borrowed.
New Records
- Sonic Liberation Front: Ashé a Go-Go (High Two)
- Le Tigre: This Island (Strummer/Universal)
- Triage: American Mythology (Okka Disk)
- Matthew Shipp: Harmony and Abyss (Thirsty Ear)
- Rilo Kiley: More Adventurous (Brute/Beaute)
- The Vandermark Five: Elements of Style . . . Exercises in Surprise (Atavistic)
- Brian Wilson: Presents Smile (Nonesuch)
- David Murray & the Gwo-Ka Masters: Gwotet (Justin Time)
- Zu & Spaceways Inc.: Radiale (Atavistic)
- Pipi Skid: Funny Farm (Peanuts & Corn)
- Todd Snider: East Nashville Skyline (Oh Boy)
- Capital D: Insomnia (All Natural)
- Jon Langford: All the Fame of Lofty Deeds (Bloodshot)
- Charlie Haden: Land of the Sun (Verve)
- Living Things: Black Skies in Broad Daylight (Loog/DreamWorks)
- The Ex: Turn (Touch and Go)
- Anthony Braxton: 23 Standards (Quartet) 2003 (Leo, 4CD)
- The Drive-By Truckers: The Dirty South (New West)
- Jewels & Binoculars: Play the Music of Bob Dylan: Floater (Ramboy)
- Youssou N'Dour: Egypt (Nonesuch)
- A Brief History of Rhyme: MC Hawking's Greatest Hits (Brash Music)
- The Mountain Goats: We Shall All Be Healed (4AD)
- The Beastie Boys: To the 5 Boroughs (Capitol)
- Satoko Fujii Quartet: Zephyros (NatSat)
- Kanye West: The College Dropout (Roc-A-Fella)
- Septeto Rodriguez: Baila! Gitano Baila! (Tzadik)
- The Bad Plus: Give (Columbia)
- Sonic Youth: Sonic Nurse (Geffen)
- Don Byron: Ivey-Divey (Blue Note)
- Automato (Coup de Grâce)
- Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls: Breeding Resistance (Delmark)
- Arto Lindsay: Salt (Righteous Babe)
- McEnroe and Birdapres: Nothing Is Cool (Peanuts and Corn)
- Peter Stampfel & the Bottlecaps: The Jig Is Up (1984-99, Blue Navigator)
- Buddy Miller: Universal United House of Prayer (New West)
- Steven Bernstein: Diaspora Hollywood (Tzadik)
- The Roots: The Tipping Point (Geffen)
- Steve Earle: The Revolution Starts . . . Now (E-Squared/Artemis)
- Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats (Essay) *
- Mylab (Terminus)
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Paseo (Blue Note)
- Bennie Wallace: The Nearness of You (Enja/Justin Time)
- Marilyn Crispell Trio: Storyteller (ECM)
- Cursor Miner: Plays God (Lo) *
- Charles Lloyd/Billy Higgins: Which Way Is East (ECM, 2CD)
- Yohimbe Brothers: The Tao of Yo (Thirsty Ear)
- Madvillain: Madvillainy (Stones Throw)
- Denis Colin Trio: Something in Common (Sunnyside)
- Jerry Gonzalez y los Piratas del Flamenco (Sunnyside)
- Tripleplay: Gambit (Clean Feed)
- Jenny Scheinman: Shalagaster (Tzadik)
- Nas: Street's Disciple (Columbia)
- Douglas/Sclavis/Lee/Van Der Schyff: Bow River Falls (Premonition)
- Tomasz Stanko: Suspended Night (ECM)
- Houston Person: To Etta With Love (HighNote)
- Ozomatli: Street Signs (Concord) **
- Dizzee Rascal: Boy in Da Corner (Matador)
- Northern State: All City (Columbia)
- Juhani Aaltonen, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille: Reflections (TUM)
- James Carter: Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge (Warner Brothers)
- Fred Anderson/Hamid Drake: Back Together Again (Thrill Jockey)
- Iris DeMent: Lifeline (Flariella)
- Prince: Musicology (Columbia)
- FME: Underground (Okka Disk)
- Von Freeman: The Great Divide (Premonition/Koch)
- Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad News (Epic)
- Chicago Underground Trio: Slon (Thrill Jockey)
- Nelly: Sweat (Universal)
- Chris Potter Quartet: Lift: Live at the Village Vanguard (Sunnyside)
- El-P/The Blue Series Continuum: High Water (Thirsty Ear)
- Eminem: Encore (Aftermath)
- Courtney Love: America's Sweetheart (Virgin)
- Geri Allen/Dave Holland/Jack DeJohnette: The Life of a Song (Telarc)
- Introducing Shiyani Ngcobo (World Music Network)
- Z-Man: Dope or Dog Food (Red Urban)
- The Revolutionary Ensemble: And Now . . . (Pi)
- Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra: Dancing Cheek to Cheek (Stunt)
- Mos Def: The New Danger (Geffen)
- Caetano Veloso: A Foreign Sound (Nonesuch)
- Tony Malaby: Adobe (Sunnyside)
- Raphé Malik: Last Set: Live at the 1369 Jazz Club (1984, Boxholder)
- Rokia Traoré: Bowmboï (Nonesuch)
- The Hold Steady: Almost Killed Me (Frenchkiss)
- Willie Nelson: Nagadoches (Pedernales)
- Per Henrik Wallin/Johnny Dyani/Erik Dahlbäck: Burning in Stockholm (1981, Atavistic)
- The Frank and Joe Show: 33 1/3 (Hyena)
- Big Satan: Souls Saved Hear (Thirsty Ear)
- Dennis Gonzalez Inspiration Band: Nile River Suite (Daagnim)
- Triot With John Tchicai: Sudden Happiness (TUM)
- Eddie Palmieri: Ritmo Caliente (Concord)
- Rabih Abou-Khalil: Morton's Foot (Enja/Justin Time)
- Brötzmann/Friis Nielsen/Uuskyla: Medicina (Atavistic)
- Fela Kuti (Mixed by Chief Xcel): The Underground Spiritual Game (Quannum Projects)
- The Deacons: Brooklyn Towne (Brooklyn Towne)
- Antibalas: Who Is This America? (Ropeadope) **
- Percy Heath: A Love Song (Daddy Jazz)
- Lisa Sokolov: Presence (Laughing Horse)
- United State of Electronica (Sonic Boom)
- Eric Alexander: Dead Center (HighNote)
- The Nels Cline Singers: The Giant Pin (Cryptogramophone)
- Malik · McPhee · Robinson: Sympathy (Boxholder)
- Konono No. 1: Lubuaku (Terp)
- Loretta Lynn: Van Lear Rose (Interscope)
- Russ Lossing: Phrase 6 (Fresh Sound)
- Ari Hoenig: The Painter (Smalls)
- Patti Smith: Trampin' (Columbia)
- Ann Zimmerman: Blue Wild Indigo (A-Z Music)
- Warren Vaché: Dream Dancing (Arbors)
- Frank Hewitt: We Loved You (Smalls)
- Jim Hall: Magic Meeting (ArtistShare)
- John Hagen: Segments (Cadence)
- M.I.A./Diplo: Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 1 (no label)
- Kate Campbell: The Portable Kate Campbell (Compadre)
- Gian Tornatore: Sink or Swim (Fresh Sound)
- Cee-Lo: Cee-Lo Green Is the Soul Machine (Arista)
- The Silos: When the Telephone Rings (Dualtone)
- Mekons: Punk Rock (Quarterstick)
- Claudia Quintet: I, Claudia (Cuneiform)
- Lou Reed: Animal Serenade (Sire/Reprise, 2CD)
Pending:
Records in hand, but which haven't yet been graded. * indicates that I
only have an advance.
- Absolut Null Punkt (Important) *
- Antietam: Victory Park (Carrot Top)
- Maggie Brown (Riverwide Music)
- Jack Dangers: Loudness Clarifies/Electronic Music From Tapelab (Important)
- Joel Futterman/Alvin Fielder/Ike Levin Trio: Resolving Doors (Charles Lester Music)
- Motohiro Nakashima: And I Went to Sleep (Lo) *
- Natsuki Tamura Quartet: Exit (Libra)
- Francis Wong: Legends & Legacies (1997, Asian Improv)
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 --
usually, other folks' recommendations.
- !!!: Louden Up Now (Touch and Go)
- Ada: Blondie (Aureal)
- Air: Talkie Walkie (Astralwerks)
- Ambulance LTD (TVT)
- Animal Collective: Sung Tongs (Fatcat)
- Issa Bagayogo: Tassoumakan (Six Degrees)
- Devendra Banhart: Rejoicing in the Hands (Young God)
- Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster (Emergent)
- The Beautiful South: Golddiggas, Headnodders & Pholk Songs (Sony UK)
- Björk: Medúlla (Elektra/Atlantic)
- The Black Keys: Rubber Factory (Fat Possum/Epitaph)
- The Butchies: Make Yr Life (Yep Roc)
- J.J. Cale: To Tulsa and Back (Sanctuary)
- Cam'ron: Purple Haze (Diplomats/Roc-a-Fella)
- Neko Case: The Tigers Have Spoken (Anti-/Epitaph)
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (Anti-)
- Kasey Chambers: Wayward Angel (Warner Bros.)
- Chicks on Speed: 99 Cents (Chicks on Speed)
- Leonard Cohen: Dear Heather (Columbia)
- The Comas: Conductor (Yep Roc)
- Elvis Costello and the Imposters: The Delivery Man (Lost Highway)
- The Crystal Method: Legion of Boom (V2)
- Guy Davis: Legacy (Red House)
- Kimya Dawson: Hidden Vagenda (K)
- Dead Prez: RBG: Revolutionary but Gangsta (Sony Urban Music/Columbia)
- Matthew Dear: Backstroke (Spectral Sound)
- The Dears: No Cities Left (SpinArt)
- Mercan Dede: Sufi Traveler (Mi5)
- De La Soul: The Grind Date (Sanctuary)
- Delays: Faded Seaside Glamour (Rough Trade)
- Devin the Dude: To Tha X-Treme (Rap-a-Lot)
- Dizzee Rascal: Showtime (XL)
- Dave Douglas: Strange Liberation (Bluebird)
- Dungen: Ta Det Lungt (Subliminal)
- Eyedea and Abilities: E&A (Rhymesayers/Epitaph)
- The Fall: The Real New Fall LP (Narnack)
- The Fever: Red Bedroom (Kemado)
- The Fiery Furnaces: Blueberry Boat (Rough Trade)
- Jason Forrest: The Unrelenting Songs of the 1979 Post Disco Crash (Sonig)
- Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
- The Futureheads (Sire)
- Ghost: Hypnotic Underworld (Drag City)
- Bebel Gilberto (Six Degrees)
- Green Day: American Idiot (Reprise)
- Haiku D'Etat: Coup de Theatre (Red Urban)
- Handsome Boy Modeling School: White People (Elektra)
- Ben Harper With the Blind Boys of Alabama: There Will Be a Light (Virgin)
- Van Hunt (Capitol)
- Interpol: Antics (Matador)
- Iron & Wine: Our Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop)
- IQU: Sun Q (Sonic Boom)
- Isis: Panopticon (Ipecac)
- Alan Jackson: What I Do (Arista Nashville)
- Janet Jackson: Damita Jo (Virgin)
- Jadakiss: Kiss of Death (Ruff Ryders/Interscope)
- Jaojoby: Malagasy (World Village)
- Wyclef Jean: Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101 (Koch)
- Freedy Johnston: The Way I Were (Bar/None)
- Junior Boys: Last Exit (Domino)
- Mory Kante: Sabou (Riverboat)
- The Killers: Hot Fuss (Island/Def Jam)
- The Kings of Convenience: Riot on an Empty Street (Astralwerks)
- Kompakt 100 (Kompakt)
- Mark Lanegan Band: Bubblegum (Beggars Banquet)
- Avril Lavigne: Under My Skin (RCA)
- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: Shake the Sheets (Lookout)
- Sondre Lerche: Two Way Monologue (Astralwerks)
- The Libertines (Rough Trade)
- Local H: Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles? (Studio E)
- Los Lobos: The Ride (Hollywood/Mammoth)
- Luna: Rendezvous (Jetset)
- Lydia Lunch: Smoke in the Shadows (Atavistic)
- Jesse Malin: The Heat (Artemis)
- Teena Marie: La Dona (Cash Money Classics/Universal)
- Masta Ace: A Long Hot Summer (M3)
- The Meat Purveyors: Pain By Numbers (Bloodshot)
- MF Doom: MM . . Food (Rhymesayers)
- Miss Kittin: I Com (Astralwerks)
- Travis Morrison: Travistan (Barsuk)
- Murs: Murs 3:16 (Definitive Jux)
- N.E.R.D.: Fly or Die (Virgin)
- A.C. Newman: The Slow Wonder (Matador)
- Joanna Newsom: Milk Eyed Mender (Drag City)
- Sam Phillips: Boot and a Shoe (Nonesuch)
- Vernon Reid & Masque: Known Unknown (Favored Nations)
- R.E.M.: Around the Sun (Warner Bros.)
- RJD2: Since We Last Spoke (Definitive Jux)
- The Rogers Sisters: Three Fingers (Troubleman Unlimited)
- Jill Scott: Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 (Hidden Beach/Epic)
- The Secret Machines: Now Here Is Nowhere (Reprise)
- Joss Stone: Mind, Body & Soul (S-Curve)
- Silkworm: It'll Be Cool (Touch and Go)
- Simple Kid: 1 (Warner Bros.)
- Elliott Smith: From a Basement on the Hill (Epitaph)
- Sondre Lerche: Two Way Monologue (Astralwerks)
- Spektrum: Enter the . . . Spektrum (Playhouse)
- Squarepusher: Ultravisitor (Warp)
- Sufjan Stevens: Seven Swans (Sounds Familyre)
- Rachid Taha: Tekitoi (Wrasse)
- Thelonious Monster: California Clam Chowder (Lakeshore)
- Thievery Corporation: The Outernational Sound (ESL Sound)
- Tinariwen: Amassakoul (World Village)
- Martina Topley-Bird: Anything (Palm)
- TV on the Radio: Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes (Touch and Go)
- 213: The Hard Way (TVT)
- Usher: Confessions (Laface)
- UTD: Manifest Destiny (Illson Media)
- U2: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Interscope)
- Velvet Revolver: Contraband (RCA)
- The Von Bondies: Pawn Shoppe Heart (Sire)
- Tom Waits: Real Gone (Anti-)
- The Walkmen: Bows and Arrows (Record Collection)
- Wilco: A Ghost Is Born (Nonesuch)
- Saul Williams (Fader)
- The Willowz (Dionysus)
Compilations/Vault Music:
- Don Pullen: Mosaic Select (1986-90, Mosaic, 3CD)
- The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll: 1946-1954 (Hip-O, 3CD)
- Papa Wemba: 1977-1997 (Stern's Africa, 2CD)
- The Best of Talking Heads (1977-88, Sire/Warner Bros./Rhino)
- Annette Peacock: Mama Never Taught Me How to Cook: The Aura Years (1978-82, Castle)
- A Proper Introduction to Maddox Brothers & Rose: That'll Learn Ya Durn Ya (1948-53, Proper)
- From Small Things: The Best of Dave Edmunds (Columbia/Legacy)
- Back to the Crossroads: The Roots of Robert Johnson (1926-37, Yazoo)
- The Essential Louis Armstrong (1925-67, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
- Oumou Sangare: Oumou (1989-2003, Nonesuch, 2CD)
- The Abyssinians & Friends: Tree of Satta (Blood & Fire)
- Patsy Cline: The Definitive Collection (MCA Nashville)
- Candi Staton (1969-73, Honest Jons)
- Black Power: Music of a Revolution (1968-79, Shout Factory, 2CD)
- Dino: The Essential Dean Martin (1949-69, Capitol)
- 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong: The Very Best of the Fall 1978-2003 (Beggars Banquet, 2CD)
- Whiskey Is My Habit, Cool Women Is All I Crave: The Best of Leroy Carr (1928-35, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
- The Hip Hop Box (1979-2003, Hip-O, 4CD)
- The Best of Thelonious Monk (1955-60, Riverside)
- The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years (1981-87, Epic/Legacy)
- The Animals: Retrospective (1964-70, Abkco)
- King Cole Trio: Hit That Jive (1936-46, Jazz Legends)
- James Chance: Sax Education (1978-88, Tiger Style, 2CD)
- The Best of Art Pepper (1957-80, Contemporary)
- Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963-1964 (Columbia/Legacy, 7CD)
- Lenny Bruce: Let the Buyer Beware (1948-66, Shout Factory, 6CD)
- The Best of Jackie McLean (1956-57, Prestige)
- John Fahey: The Best of John Fahey, Vol. 2: 1964-1983 (Takoma)
- The Essential Earl Scruggs (1947-84, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
- Shave 'Em Dry: The Best of Lucille Bogan (1933-35, Columbia/Legacy)
- The Third Unheard: Connecticut Hip Hop 1979-1983 (Stones Throw)
- Don Williams: The Definitive Collection (1973-86, MCA Nashville/Chronicles)
- The Rolling Stones: Singles 1963-1965 (Abkco, 12CD)
- Hound Dog Taylor: Release the Hound (Alligator) *
- Chicago Soul (1963-69, Soul Jazz)
- The Essential Isley Brothers (1959-66, Epic/Legacy, 2CD)
- A Proper Introduction to Julia Lee: That's What I Like (1944-52, Proper)
- Arild Andersen: Rarum XIX: Selected Recordings (1975-99, ECM)
- Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top (1970-92, Warner Bros., 2CD)
- Shrimp Boat: Something Grand (1985-93, Aum Fidelity, 3CD)
- Mystikal: Prince of the South . . . The Hits (Jive/Zomba)
- Global Hip Hop (1998-2003, Manteca)
- Johnny Cash: Life (1958-77, Columbia/Legacy)
- Herman's Hermits: Retrospective (1964-69, Abkco)
- Tomasz Stanko: Rarum XVII: Selected Recordings (1975-98, ECM)
- Notekillers (1977-81, Ecstatic Peace)
- Shalamar: Anthology (1977-87, The Right Stuff/Solar, 2CD)
- Unclassics: Obscure Electronic Funk & Disco 1978-1985 (Environ) *
- Honky Tonk: The Very Best of Bill Doggett (1954-59, Collectables)
- Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970 (1946-69, CMF/Lost Highway, 2CD)
- Studio One Classics (1964-81, Soul Jazz)
- The Best of Sonny Rollins (1951-56, Prestige)
- Gary Bartz Ntu Troop: Harlem Bush Music (1970-71, Milestone)
- Trouble Funk: Live / Early Singles (2.13.61)
- Pure Brazil: Feijoada (1963-2000, Universal Latino)
- Jimmy Smith: Retrospective (1956-86, Blue Note, 4CD)
- The Best of Bobby Vinton (1962-72, Epic/Legacy)
- Dexter Gordon: Mosaic Select (1978-79, Mosaic, 3CD)
- The Best of Coleman Hawkins (1958-62, Prestige)
- The Best of Eric Dolphy (1960-61, Prestige)
- Moacir Santos: Ouro Negro (1965-92, Adventure Music, 2CD)
- Tarika: 10: Beats, Ghosts and Dancing With History (Triloka/Artemis)
- The Best of Shelly Manne (1953-61, Contemporary)
- The Best of Blind Willie McTell (1927-35, Yazoo)
- The Essential Roy Acuff (1938-49, Columbia/Legacy)
- Legend of the Wu-Tang: Wu-Tang Clan's Greatest Hits (1993-2001, BMG Heritage)
- The Best of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (1958-62, Prestige)
- African Underground Vol. 1: Hip-Hop Senegal (Nomadic Wax)
- The Rolling Stones: Singles 1965-1967 (Abkco, 11CD)
Pending:
- Can't You Hear Me Callin' Bluegrass: 50 Years of American Music (Columbia/Legacy, 4CD) *
- The Faces: Five Guys Walk Into a Bar . . . (1970-75, Rhino, 4CD)
- A Brief History of Rhyme: MC Hawking's Greatest Hits (Brash Music)
- Putumayo Kids Presents Sing Along With Putumayo (Putumayo World Music)
- The World of Arthur Russell (Soul Jazz) *
Missed:
Hyped:
- Roy Acuff: King of Country Music (Proper Box)
- Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost (1962-70, Revenant, 9CD)
- The Beatles: The Capitol Albums, Vol. 1 (Capitol, 4CD)
- Bunny Berigan: Key Sessions (1931-37, JSP, 5CD)
- Big Bill Broonzy: All the Classic Sides (1928-37, JSP, 5CD)
- Best of Capone-N-Noreaga: Thugged da F*** Out (Rhino)
- Benny Carter: Music Master (Proper Box)
- The Carter Family: RCA Country Legends (RCA)
- Couch Flambeau: I Did a Power Slide in the Taco Stand: Anthology 1982-2001
- Crunk Classics (TVT)
- The Cure: Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities, 1978-2001 (Elektra)
- The Best of Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: The Elektra Years (Rhino)
- The Rough Guide to Manu Dibango (World Music Network)
- The Best of Eric Dolphy (Prestige)
- Nick Drake: Made to Love Magic (Island/Universal)
- Roy Eldridge: Little Jazz: Trumpet Giant (Proper Box, 4CD)
- Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music: The Platinum Collection (Virgin/EMI, 2CD)
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore: Don't Look for a Heartache (Hightone)
- Grateful Dead: Rockin' the Rhein With the Grateful Dead (Rhino)
- The Very Best of Macy Gray (Epic)
- Hits and Misses: Muhammad Ali and the Ultimate Sound of Fistfighting (Trikont)
- The Homosexuals: Astral Glamour (Messthetics, 3CD)
- Shamrocks and Shenanigans: The Best of House of Pain and Everlast (Rhino)
- Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection (Columbia/Legacy)
- Best of Salif Keita: The Golden Voice (Wrasse)
- Best of KMD (Nature Sounds)
- Konk: The Sound of Konk (Soul Jazz)
- Left of the Dial: Dispatches From the '80s (Rhino)
- Low: A Lifetime of Temporary Relief (Chairkickers' Music, 3CD)
- Jimmy Martin: Don't Cry to Me (Thrill Jockey)
- Mento Madness: Motta's Jamaican Mento, 1951-56 (V2)
- Midwest Funk: Funk 45's From Tornado Alley (Now Again)
- Buddy and Julie Miller: Love Snuck Up (HighTone)
- Joni Mitchell: The Beginning of Survival (Geffen)
- Nirvana: With the Lights Out (Geffen, 3CD)
- Tom Dissevelt, Kid Baltan, Henk Badings and Dick Raaijmakers: Popular Electronics (1956-63, Basta, 4CD)
- Elvis Presley: Elvis at Sun (BMG Heritage)
- Pure Brazil: Samba Soul Groove (Universal Brazil)
- The Red Krayola: Singles 1969-2002 (Drag City)
- Kim Richey: The Collection (Lost Highway)
- The Rough Guide to African Rap (World Music Network)
- The Rough Guide to Bollywood Legends: Mohammed Rafi (World Music Network)
- The Rough Guide to Bollywood Legends: Lata Mangeshkar (World Music Network)
- The Rough Guide to Gypsy Swing (World Music Network)
- The Rough Guide to Italia Nova (World Music Network)
- The Rough Guide to the Music of Argentina (World Music Network)
- The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia (World Music Network)
- The Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya (World Music Network)
- The Rough Guide to the Music of Morocco (World Music Network)
- Arthur Russell: Calling Out of Context (Audika)
- Ravi Shankar: The Rough Guide to Ravi Shankar (World Music Network)
- The Sons of the Pioneers: RCA Country Legends (RCA)
- Gary Stewart: RCA Country Legends (RCA)
- Supergrass Is 10: Best Of 1994-2004 (Island)
- Super Mama Djombo (1979, Cobiana)
- Bettye Swann (Honest Jon's)
- Ultimate Aaron Tippin (RCA Nashville/BMG Heritage)
- The Very Best of Randy Travis (Rhino)
- Fats Waller: The Centennial Collection (Bluebird)
- Legend of the Wu-Tang Clan: Wu-Tang Clan's Greatest Hits (BMG Heritage)
- The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam (Rhino/Reprise)
- Neil Young: Greatest Hits (Warner Bros.)
- X: The Best: Make the Music Go Bang (Rhino/Elektra, 2CD)
Reissues
Reissues are new releases of old records: records that have been previously
released under the same name (although we're also on the lookout for trivial
rename jobs). They may have extra bonus cuts, maybe even a whole extra disc
of cuts.
- Al Green: Call Me (1973, The Right Stuff/Hi)
- James Brown: Soul on Top (1969, Verve)
- Augustus Pablo: King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (1976, Shanachie)
- Duke Ellington: Ellington Uptown (1947-52, Columbia/Legacy)
- Duke Ellington: Blues in Orbit (1958-59, Columbia/Legacy)
- Benny Carter: Sax a la Carter (1960, Capitol)
- Duke Ellington: Masterpieces by Ellington (1950-51, Columbia/Legacy)
- Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: L.A.'s Desert Origins (1993-94, Matador, 2CD)
- Larry Young: Of Love and Peace (1966, Blue Note)
- Jackie McLean: Action (1964, Blue Note)
- Dudek/Niebergall/Vesala: Open (1977, Atavistic)
- Steve Reid: Rhythmatism (1976, Universal Sound)
- The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1977-81, Sire/Rhino, 2CD)
- The Complete Norman Granz Jam Sessions (1952-54, Verve, 5CD)
- Peggy Lee: Black Coffee (1953-56, Verve)
- Muddy Waters: King Bee (1981, Epic/Legacy)
- Rockpile: Seconds of Pleasure (1980, Columbia/Legacy)
- Andrew Hill: Dance With Death (1968, Blue Note)
- Freddie Hubbard: Ready for Freddie (1961, Blue Note)
- Duke Ellington: Festival Session (1959, Columbia/Legacy)
- Al Green: Explores Your Mind (1974, The Right Stuff/Hi)
- Freddie Hubbard: Blue Spirits (1965, Blue Note)
- Chet Baker: Sings and Plays (1955, Pacific Jazz)
- Tony Scott (1967, Verve)
Pending:
- Jeff Buckley: Grace (Legacy Edition) (1994, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
- James Chance & the Contortions: Buy (1979, ZE) *
- James Chance & the Contortions: Paris 1980 (1980, ZE) *
- Cristina: Doll in the Box (1980, ZE) *
- Cristina: Sleep It Off (1984, ZE) *
- Jethro Tull: Live: Bursting Out (1978, Chrysalis, 2CD)
- Jethro Tull: Stormwatch (1979, Chrysalis)
- Jethro Tull: A + Slipstream (1980, Chrysalis)
- James White and the Blacks: Off White (1979, ZE) *
- James White's Flaming Demonics (1983, ZE) *
Missed:
- Porky's Revenge (1985, Columbia/Legacy)
- Brötzmann Clarinet Project: Berlin Djungle (1984, Atavistic)
- Freddie Hubbard: Breaking Point (1964, Blue Note)
- Duke Ellington: Piano in the Foreground (1957-61, Columbia/Legacy)
- Kate Campbell: Songs From the Levee (1995, Compadre)
- Mario Schiano: On the Waiting List (1973, Atavistic)
- Blue Mitchell: The Thing to Do (1964, Blue Note)
- Kenneth Rexroth/Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Poetry Readings in the Cellar (1957, Fantasy)
- Johnny Griffin (1956, Verve)
- Dexter Gordon: Dexter Calling . . . (1961, Blue Note)
- Johnny Griffin/Eddie Lockjaw Davis Quintet: Tough Tenors (1960, Jazzland OJC)
- Stanley Turrentine: Don't Mess With Mister T. (1973, CTI/Epic/Legacy)
- Folk and Pop Sounds of Sumatra Vol. 2 (Sublime Frequencies)
- Sam Rivers: Contours (1965, Blue Note)
- Lee Morgan: The Sixth Sense (1967-68, Blue Note)
- Illinois Jacquet: Desert Winds (1964, Verve)
- Christy Doran: Corporate Art (1991, Winter & Winter)
- Marcus Belgrave: Gemini (1974, Universal Sound)
- Duke Ellington: Piano in the Background (1960-61, Columbia/Legacy)
- Muddy Waters: I'm Ready (1978, Epic/Legacy)
- Willie Nelson: The Troublemaker (1976, Columbia/Legacy)
- Keith Hazevoet Quartet: Pleasure (1970, Atavistic)
- Johnny Cash: My Mother's Hymn Book (American/Lost Highway)
- Stuff Smith: Cat on a Hot Fiddle (1959, Verve)
- Earth, Wind & Fire: I Am (1979, Columbia/Legacy)
- Jimmy Smith: Home Cookin' (1959, Blue Note)
- Hank Jones: The Talented Touch/Porgy and Bess (Okra-Tone)
- Count Basie: The Count Basie Story (1957-60, Roulette, 2CD)
- Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: The Jaywalker (1966-67, Storyville)
- Herbie Hancock: V.S.O.P.: Live Under the Sky (1979, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
- Pharoah's Daughter: Out of the Reeds (2000, Tzadik)
- Horace Silver: The United States of Mind (1970-72, Blue Note, 2CD)
- Chet Baker: Ensemble (1953, Pacific Jazz)
- Grant Green: Goin' West (1962, Blue Note)
- Candido Camero: Candido Featuring Al Cohn (1956, Verve)
- Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy (1969, Light in the Attic)
- Duke Pearson: Sweet Honey Bee (1966, Blue Note)
- Johnny Winter (1969, Columbia/Legacy)
- Bush Taxi Mali: Field Recordings From Mali (Sublime Frequencies)
- Count Basie & Friends: 100th Birthday Bash (1957-62, Roulette, 2CD)
- Idris Muhammad: House of the Rising Sun (1976, CTI/Epic/Legacy)
- Anita O'Day and Billy May: Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960, Verve)
- Radio Sumatra: The Indonesian FM Experience (Sublime Frequencies)
- Moraz/Bruford: Music for Piano and Drums (1983, Winterfold)
- Jack Wilson: Easterly Winds (1967, Blue Note)
- Herbie Hancock: The Piano (1978, Columbia/Legacy)
- Chet Baker: Big Band (1956, Pacific Jazz)
- McCoy Tyner: Tender Moments (1967, Blue Note)
- Dexter Gordon: One Flight Up (1964, Blue Note)
- Guitar Moods by Mundell Lowe (1956, Riverside/OJC)
- Freddie Hubbard: The Night of the Cookers (1965, Blue Note, 2CD)
- The Isley Brothers: Live It Up (1974, Epic/Legacy)
- Globe Unity Orchestra & the Choir of the NDR-Broadcast: Hamburg '74 (1974, Atavistic)
- Chet Baker: Sextet (1954-57, Pacific Jazz)
- Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: 'S Make It (1964, Verve)
- Archie Shepp: The Cry of My People (1972, Impulse)
- The Clash: London Calling: 25th Anniversary Legacy Edition (1979, Epic/Legacy, 2CD+DVD)
- The Wizards From Kansas (1970, Radioactive)
- P.J. Perry Quintet (1993, Unity Jazz/Page Music)
- Santana (Legacy Edition) (1969, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
- Dave Pike and His Orchestra: Manhattan Latin (1964, Verve)
- Machito and His Afro-Cuban Orchestra: Vacation at the Concord (1958, Verve)
- Moraz/Bruford: Flags (1985, Winterfold)
- Johnny Winter: Second Winter (Legacy Edition) (1969-70, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
- Shelly Manne: Steps to the Desert (1962, Contemporary)
- Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (1972, Epic/Legacy)
- Bobby Hutcherson: Now! (1978, Blue Note)
- Paul Simon: One Trick Pony (1980, Warner Bros.) **
- The Ramsey Lewis Trio: Sound of Christmas (1961, Verve)
Hyped:
- The Flesh Eaters: No Questions Asked (1980, Atavistic)
- John Kongos (1971, Collectors Choice)
- Ennio Morricone: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Soundtrack (Capitol/EMI)
- The Notorious B.I.G.: Ready to Die (Bad Boy/Universal)
- Swell Maps: A Trip to Marineville (1979, Secretly Canadian)
- Swell Maps: Jane From Occupied Europe (1980, Secretly Canadian)
- Ultramagnetic MC's: Critical Beatdown (1988, Roadrunner)
- The Velvet Underground: Live at Max's Kansas City (Rhino/Atlantic, 2CD)
Songs
I never do songs lists, but this one is dedicated to George W. Bush.
- Le Tigre, "New Kicks" (This Island)
- Todd Snider, "Conservative Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight, White American Males" (East Nashville Skyline)
- Antibalas, "Indictment" (Who Is This America?)
- Lateef and the Chief Present Maroons, "If" (Ambush)
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