Year 2005 Releases

Rap

• 2Pac: Live My Life (K-Town) [11-01:1]
• 50 Cent: The Massacre (Shady/Aftermath/G Unit) [03-03:3]
• Aesop Rock: Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives (Definitive Jux) [02-22:5]
• Airborn Audio: Good Fortune (Ninja Tune) [02-22:1]
• Baby Bash: Super Saucey (Universal) [03-15:1]
• Baby: Fast Money (Cash Money/Universal) [06-21:1]
• David Banner: Certified (Universal) [09-20:1]
• Benzino: Arch Nemesis (ZNO) [02-22:1]
• Big Boi Presents: Got Purp?, Vol. 2 (Virgin) [11-22:1]
• Birdman: Fast Money (Universal) [06-21:1]
• Bizarre: Hannicap Circus (Sanctuary) [06-28:1]
• Blackalicious: Craft (Anti) [09-27:2]
• Black Eyed Peas: Monkey Business (A&M) [06-07:1]
• Black Rob: Black Rob Report (Bad Boy) [10-18:1]
• Blueprint: 1988 (Rhymesayers) [03-29:5]
• Bow Wow: Wanted (Sony Urban) [07-12:1]
• Boyz N Da Hood: Boyz N Da Hood (Bad Boy) [06-21:2]
• Buck 65: This Right Here Is Buck 65 (V2) [01-25:5]
• Joe Budden: The Growth (Def Jam) [00-00:1]
• Bun B: Trill (Rap-A-Lot) [10-18:1]
• Busdriver: Fear of a Black Tangent (Mush) [02-22:1]
• Bushwick Bill: Gutta Mixx (Lightyear) [03-29:1]
• Cage: Hell's Winter (Definitive Jux) [09-20:1]
• Cassidy: I'm a Hustla (J-Records) [06-28:2]
• John Cena & Tha Trademarc: You Can't See Me (Sony) [05-10:1]
• Chamillionaire: Sound of Revenge (Universal) [11-22:1]
• Common: Be (Geffen) [05-24:1]
• Czar*nok: That One Way (Capitol) [08-30:1]
• : Absence (Ipecac) [02-08:1]
• Danger Doom: Mouse and the Mask (Epitaph/Ada) [10-11:5]
• Dirty: The Hood Stories (Rap-A-Lot) [08-16:1]
• DJ Crunk Mix: Crunk: Da Mix Tape, Vol. 2 (Ichiban/Ryko) [02-01:1]
• DMX: Here We Go Again (Ruff Ryders/Def Jam) [06-28:1]
• Do or Die: D.O.D. (Atlantic) [02-01:1]
• Jermaine Dupri: Presents . . . Young, Fly & Flashy, Vol. 1 (Virgin) [07-19:1]
• Missy Elliott: The Cookbook (Atlantic) [07-05:3]
• Fannypack: See Your Next Tuesday (Tommy Boy) [05-10:3]
• Fat Joe: All or Nothing (Atlantic) [06-14:1]
• Fatlip: Loneliest Punk (The Lab) [10-25:1]
• Flipsyde: We the People (Interscope) [07-12:1]
• Sage Francis: Healthy Distrust (Epitaph) [02-08:1]
• The Game: Documentary (Aftermath) [01-18:2]
• Geto Boys: War & Peace (Hypnotize Minds) [01-25:1]
• Goldie Lookin' Chain: Straight Outta Newport (Record Collection) [05-10:1]
• Goodie Mob Presents the Lumberjacks: Livin' Life Like Lumberjacks (Koch) [01-25:1]
• Gorillaz: Demon Days (Virgin) [05-24:1]
• Warren G: In the Mid-Nite Hour (Lightyear) [10-11:1]
• Hip Hop Hoodios: Agua Pa' La Gente (Jazzheads) [03-01:1]
• Hollertronix: T5 Soul Sessions, Volume 2 (Triple S Soul) [00-00:1]
• Hush: Bulletproof (Geffen) [08-23:1]
• J-Live: Hear After (Penalty) [08-30:1]
• Mike Jones: Who Is Mike Jones (Warner Brothers) [04-19:1]
• Killer Mike: Ghetto Extraordinary (Purple Ribbon) [08-30:1]
• Krayzie Bone: Gemini: Good vs. Evil (Artist Direct BMG) [02-08:1]
• Talib Kweli: Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mix CD (Koch) [11-22:1]
• Lil' Kim: Naked Truth (Atlantic) [09-27:1]
• Lil Rob: Twelve Eighteen, Pt. 1 (Upstairs) [07-26:1]
• Little Brother: Minstrel Show (Atlantic) [09-13:1]
• Lyrics Born: Same !@#$ Different Day (Quannum Projects) [04-26:5]
• Mack 10: Hustla's Handbook (Capitol) [09-27:1]
• : (Roc-A-Fella) [08-02:1]
• Master P: Ghetto Bill (Koch) [06-21:1]
• Memphis Bleek: 534 (Roc-A-Fella) [05-17:1]
• Metal Fingers: Special Herbs, Vol. 9-10 (Shaman Works) [07-12:1]
• MF Doom: Live From Planet X (Nature Sounds) [03-22:2]
• Murs 3:16: Walk Like a Man (Legendary Music) [07-26:2]
• Nelly: Sweatsuit (Universal) [11-22:1]
• Nitty: Player's Paradise (Universal) [03-08:1]
• P$C: 25 to Life (Atlantic) [09-20:1]
• The Perceptionists: Black Dialogue (Definitive Jux) [03-22:5]
• Pitbull: Money Is Still a Major Issue (TVT) [11-15:1]
• Pras: Win Lose or Draw (Universal) [08-16:1]
• Princess Superstar: My Machine (K7) [09-13:1]
• Proof: Searching for Jerry Garcia (Iron Fist) [08-09:1]
• Public Enemy: New Whirl Odor (SlamJamz) [10-11:5]
• Quasimoto: Further Adventures of Lord Quasimoto (Stones Throw) [05-03:1]
• Rihanna: Music of the Sun (Def Jam) [08-30:1]
• Roots Manuva: Awfully Deep (Big Dada) [04-19:1]
• The Roots: Present (Image) [02-01:1]
• Ruff Ryders: Redemption, Vol. 4 (Artemis) [07-26:1]
• Juelz Santana: What the Game's Been Missing (Def Jam) [11-22:1]
• Beanie Sigel: B.Coming (Def Jam) [03-29:1]
• Slim Thug: Already Platinum (Geffen) [07-12:1]
• Slum Village: Slum Village (Barak) [10-25:1]
• Will Smith: Lost and Found (Interscope) [03-29:1]
• Speech: Vagabond (Bluhammock) [11-01:1]
• Twista: Day After (Atlantic) [10-04:1]
• Twiztid: Man's Myth, Vol. 1 (Psychopathic) [06-28:1]
• Brooke Valentine: Chain Letter (Virgin) [03-15:1]
• Virus Syndicate: Work Related Illness (Planet Mu) [06-28:2]
• Paul Wall: Peoples Champ (Atlantic/WEA) [09-13:1]
• Kanye West: Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella) [08-30:2]
• Tony Yayo: Thoughts of a Predicate Felon (Interscope) [08-30:1]
• Ying Yang Twins: USA (United State of Atlanta) (TVT) [06-28:1]
• Young Gunz: Brothers from Another (Roc-A-Fella) [05-24:1]
• Young Jeezy: Come Shop Wit' Me (BCD Music Group) [07-19:1]
• Young Jeezy: Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (Def Jam) [07-26:1]
• Zion I: True and Livin' (Live Up) [04-19:1]
• Z-Trip: Shifting Gears (Hollywood) [04-19:1]

R&B (Soul, Funk)

• 112: Pleasure and Pain (Def Soul) [03-29:1]
• Amerie: Touch (Sony Urban/Columbia) [04-26:1]
• B5: B5 (Bad Boy) [07-19:1]
• Babyface: Grown & Sexy (Arista) [07-26:1]
• Eric Benet: Hurricane (Warner Brothers) [06-21:1]
• Toni Braxton: Libra (Blackground) [09-27:1]
• Chris Brown: Chris Brown (Jive) [11-29:1]
• James Brown: Gettin' Down to It (1968-69, Polydor) [09-20:1]
• Kaci Brown: NSTIG8R (Interscope) [08-09:1]
• Solomon Burke: Make Do With What You Got (Shout! Factory) [03-01:1]
• Mariah Carey: The Emancipation of Mimi (Island) [04-12:2]
• Ray Charles: More Music from Ray (Rhino) [02-01:1]
• Chocolate Genius: Black Yankee Rock (Commotion) [10-11:1]
• Otis Clay: Respect Yourself (Blind Pig) [03-15:1]
• George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars: How Late Do U Have 2 B B 4 U R Absent? (The C Kunspyruhzy) [09-06:1]
• Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is (A&M) [06-21:1]
• Sarah Connor: Naughty But Nice (Sony International) [08-02:1]
• Nikka Costa: Can'tneverdidnothin' (Virgin) [05-24:1]
• Raheem DeVaughn: The Love Experience (Jive) [06-28:1]
• Diplomats of Solid Sound: Destination . . . Get Down! (Estrus) [04-12:1]
• Will Downing: Soul Symphony (GRP) [10-04:1]
• Dwele: Some Kinda (Virgin) [10-04:1]
• Earth, Wind & Fire: Illumination (Sanctuary) [09-20:1]
• Faith Evans: First Lady (Capitol) [04-05:1]
• Fatty Koo: House of Fatty Koo (Sony Urban/DAS/Columbia) [07-12:1]
• Floetry: Flo' Ology (DreamWorks) [11-08:1]
• Frankie J.: One (Sony) [03-22:1]
• Ginuwine: Back II da Basics (Sony) [11-15:1]
• Macy Gray: Live in Las Vegas (Nutech Digital) [08-30:1]
• Reverend Al Green: Everything's OK (Blue Note) [03-15:5]
• Vivian Green: Vivian (Sony) [06-28:1]
• Anthony Hamilton: Soulife (Rhino) [06-28:1]
• Howard Hewett: Intimate: Greatest Hits Live (Shout! Factory) [05-03:1]
• Marques Houston: Naked (Universal) [05-24:1]
• Leela James: Change Is Gonna Come (Warner Brothers) [06-21:1]
• R. Kelly: TP.3 Reloaded (Jive) [07-05:2]
• Kem: Album II (Motown) [05-17:4]
• Alicia Keys: Unplugged (J-Records) [10-11:1]
• Bettye LaVette: I've Got My Own Hell to Raise (Anti) [09-27:1]
• Latoya London: Love and Life (Peak) [09-20:1]
• Jennifer Lopez: Rebirth (Sony) [03-01:1]
• Brian McKnight: Gemini (Motown) [02-08:1]
• N2U: Issues (Virgin) [03-29:1]
• Natalie: Natalie (Universal) [05-17:1]
• Omarion: O (Sony Urban/Epic) [02-22:1]
• Rev Run: Distortion (Def Jam) [10-18:1]
• Rupee: 1 on 1 (Atlantic) [07-12:1]
• Sam & The Soul Machine: Po'k Bones and Rice (Funky DeLicacie) [02-01:1]
• Chuck Simmons: Hustler's Strut (Funky DeLicacie) [02-01:1]
• Trey Songz: I Gotta Make It (Atlantic) [07-26:1]
• Tweet: It's Me Again (Elektra) [03-22:1]
• Bobby Valentino: Bobby Valentino (Def Jam) [04-26:1]
• Stevie Wonder: A Time to Love (Motown) [10-18:5]
• Jaguar Wright: Divorcing Neo 2 Marry Soul (Artemis) [07-12:1]

Rock (Unclassified)

• Acetate: This Band Makes Me Feel (Sanctuary) [03-22:1]
• All American Rejects: Move Along (Interscope) [08-16:1]
• Art Brut: Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Banana/Fierce Panda) [00-00:2]
• Austin City Limits Festival: 2004 (Rhino) [08-30:1]
• Bad Manners: Feel Like Jumping! (Sanctuary/Trojan) [02-08:1]
• Beequeen: Bodyshop (Important) [01-04:5]
• The Bravery: The Bravery (Island) [03-29:1]
• Brazilian Girls: Brazilian Girls (Verve Forecast) [02-01:1]
• Emma Bunton: Free Me (19.) [01-25:1]
• Caesars: Paper Tigers (Astralwerks) [04-26:1]
• Eric Clapton: Back Home (Warner Bros.) [08-30:1]
• Cream: Royal Albert Hall: London May 2, 3, 5 & 6, 2005 (Reprise) [10-04:1]
• The Decemberists: Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars) [03-22:1]
• Diamond Nights: Once We Were Diamonds (Kemado) [03-29:1]
• Diamond Nights: Popsicle (Kemado) [09-13:1]
• Rob Dickinson: Fresh Wine for the Horses (Sanctuary) [09-13:1]
• Doves: Some Cities (Capitol) [03-08:1]
• Electrelane: Axes (Too Pure) [05-10:1]
• Funeral for a Friend: Hours (Atlantic) [06-14:1]
• Inara George: All Rise (Everloving) [01-25:1]
• Hal: Hal (Rough Trade) [05-10:1]
• Holy Ghost: Welcome to Ignore Us (Clearly) [00-00:1]
• Hootie & the Blowfish: Looking for Lucky (Vanguard) [08-09:1]
• Ivy: In the Clear (Nettwerk) [03-01:1]
• Jesu: Jesu (Hydra Head) [01-25:1]
• Juliet: Random Order (Virgin) [08-30:1]
• Kaiser Chiefs: Employment (Universal) [03-15:1]
• Kiki & Herb: Will Die for You (Evolver) [02-08:1]
• Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Ka (Saddle Creek) [10-25:1]
• Lifehouse: Lifehouse (Geffen) [03-22:1]
• Love Tractor: Black Hole (Fundamental) [03-22:1]
• Marjorie Fair: Self Help Serenade (Capitol) [07-19:1]
• Dave Matthews Band: Stand Up (RCA) [05-10:1]
• Dave Matthews Band: Weekend on the Rocks (RCA) [11-29:1]
• The Misfits: Fiend Club Lounge (Rykodisc) [06-28:1]
• The National: Alligator (Beggars Banquet) [04-12:1]
• Jamie Oldaker: Mad Dogs & Okies (Concord) [08-09:5]
• Oneida: Wedding (Jagjaguwar) [05-03:1]
• Out Hud: Let Us Never Speak of It Again (Kranky) [03-22:1]
• Peanut Butter Conspiracy: Spreading from the Ashes (Big Beat UK) [06-21:1]
• Pelican: Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw (Hydra Head) [07-26:1]
• Radar Bros.: Fallen Leaf Pages (Merge) [03-22:1]
• Johnathan Rice: Trouble Is Real (Warner Brothers) [04-26:1]
• Robbers on High Street: Tree City (Scratchie/New Line) [02-22:1]
• The Samples: Rehearsing for Life (Apache) [11-29:1]
• The Schoolyard Heroes: Fantastic Wounds (The Control Group) [06-21:1]
• Screaming Trees: Ocean of Confusion: Songs of Screaming Trees 1989- (Sony) [05-24:5]
• Secret Machines: The Road Leads Where It's Led (Warner Brothers, EP) [06-07:1]
• Edie Sedgwick: Her Love Is Real . . . But She Is Not (DeSoto) [03-22:1]
• The Sights: The Sights (New Line/Scratchie) [04-12:1]
• The Soundtrack of Our Lives: Origin 1 (Republic) [03-15:1]
• Stars: Set Yourself on Fire (Arts & Crafts) [03-08:1]
• A Static Lullaby: Faso Latido (Columbia) [04-05:1]
• Stellastarr*: Harmonies for the Haunted (RCA) [09-13:1]
• String Cheese Incident: One Step Closer (Sci Fidelity) [06-28:1]
• Texas Tornados: Live from Austin, TX (New West) [11-01:1]
• Theory of a Deadman: Gasoline (Roadrunner) [03-29:1]
• Thor: Thor Against the World (Morphius) [08-02:1]
• Thrice: If We Could Only See Us Now (Island) [03-29:1]
• Tight Phantomz: Crazy When Wet (Southern) [04-19:1]
• Vendetta Red: Sisters of the Red Death (Sony) [08-30:1]

Rock: Alt/Indie

• 30 Seconds to Mars: Beautiful Lie (Virgin) [08-30:1]
• 50 Foot Wave: Golden Ocean (Artist Direct BMG) [03-08:1]
• Abandoned Pools: Armed to the Teeth (Universal) [09-27:1]
• American Hi-Fi: Hearts on Parade (Maverick) [04-12:1]
• American Minor: American Minor (Red Ink) [08-16:1]
• . . . And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead: Worlds Apart (Interscope) [01-25:1]
• Animal Collective: Feels (Fat Cat) [10-18:2]
• The Arcade Fire: The Arcade Fire (Merge) [07-12:1]
• Athlete: Tourist (Astralwerks) [05-10:1]
• The Bats: At the National Grid (Magic Marker) [09-20:1]
• Bettie Serveert: Attagirl (Minty Fresh) [01-25:2]
• Scott H. Biram: Dirty Old One Man Band (Bloodshot) [03-22:1]
• The Blackouts: Living in Blue (Lucid) [03-08:1]
• Blue Rodeo: Are You Ready (Rounder) [09-13:1]
• Boredoms: Seadrum/House of Sun (Atlantic) [05-10:1]
• Breaking Point: Beautiful Disorder (Wind-up) [05-17:1]
• British Sea Power: Open Season (Rough Trade) [04-05:1]
• Broken Social Scene: Broken Social Scene (Arts & Crafts) [10-04:1]
• Castanets: First Light's Freeze (Asthmatic Kitty) [10-11:1]
• Celebration: Celebration (4AD/Ada) [10-11:1]
• The Chemistry: Chemistry (Razor & Tie) [04-19:1]
• The Church: Momento Descuidado (Liberation Blue) [01-25:1]
• Clem Snide: End of Love (SpinArt) [02-22:1]
• The Constantines: Tournament of Hearts (Sub Pop) [10-11:1]
• Cowboy Junkies: Early 21st Century Blues (Zoe) [08-16:1]
• Cowboy Junkies: Open Road (Zoe) [02-01:1]
• Criteria: En Garde (Saddle Creek) [09-27:1]
• Criteria: When We Break (Saddle Creek) [08-23:1]
• Crooked Fingers: Dignity and Shame (Merge) [02-22:1]
• Ana Da Silva: Lighthouse (Chicks on Speed) [02-08:1]
• Death from Above 1979: Romance Bloody Romance (Vice) [11-22:1]
• Deathray Davies: Kick and the Snare (Glurp) [05-17:1]
• The Detroit Cobras: Baby (Rough Trade) [01-18:1]
• Dios Malos: Dios Malos (Star Time) [10-11:1]
• Dramarama: Everybody Dies (33rd Street) [10-25:1]
• Earlies: These Were the Earlies (Secretly Canadian) [10-25:1]
• Eisley: Room Noises (Warner Brothers) [02-08:1]
• Feist: Let It Die (Interscope) [04-26:1]
• The Fiery Furnaces: EP (Sanctuary) [01-11:1]
• The Fiery Furnaces: Rehearsing My Choir (Rough Trade Us) [10-25:1]
• The Fleshtones: Beachhead (Yep Roc) [08-09:1]
• Foo Fighters: In Your Honor (RCA) [06-14:1]
• Fountains of Wayne: Out-Of-State Plates (Virgin) [06-28:1]
• The Frames: Burn the Maps (Anti-) [02-08:1]
• Franz Ferdinand: You Could Have It So Much Better (Sony) [10-04:1]
• Friends of Dean Martinez: Live at Club 2 (Aero) [08-23:1]
• Galaxie 500: Peel Sessions (20/20/20) [11-15:1]
• Jerry Garcia: Ladder to the Stars: Garcia Plays Dylan (Rhino) [10-25:1]
• The Go! Team: Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Sony) [10-04:1]
• Grandaddy: Excerpts From the Diary of Todd Zila EP (V2) [11-01:1]
• Gravenhurst: Fires in Distant Buildings (Warp) [10-25:1]
• The Great Lakes Myth Society: The Great Lakes Myth Society () [04-19:1]
• Great Lake Swimmers: Bodies and Minds (Misra) [10-11:1]
• Great Lake Swimmers: Great Lake Swimmers (Misra) [04-05:1]
• Green Day: Live at Milton Keynes (Reprise) [11-15:1]
• The Gris Gris: For the Season (Birdman) [11-08:1]
• Harvey Danger: Cream and Bastards Rise [EP] (Kill Rock Stars) [11-08:1]
• Headlights: Enemies (Polyvinyl) [11-08:1]
• Heartless Bastards: Stairs and Elevators (Fat Possum) [02-22:1]
• Hockey Night: Keep Guessin' (Lookout) [10-18:1]
• Holopaw: Quit +/or Fight (Sub Pop) [08-09:1]
• Hot Chip: Coming on Strong (Astralwerks) [11-29:1]
• Howling Hex: You Can't Beat Tomorrow (Drag City) [11-15:1]
• Interpol: Interpol Remix (Matador, EP) [11-08:1]
• INXS: Switch (Sony) [11-29:1]
• The Joggers: With a Cape and a Cane (Star Time) [09-27:1]
• Lambchop/Hands Off Cuba: Colab (Merge) [10-11:1]
• The Living Things: Ahead of the Lions (Jive) [10-04:2]
• Longwave: There's a Fire (Red Ink) [06-28:1]
• Los Super Seven: Heard It on the X (Telarc) [03-22:1]
• Low: The Great Destroyer (Sub Pop) [01-25:2]
• The Magic Numbers: The Magic Numbers (Capitol) [10-04:1]
• Magnolia Electric Co: Hard to Love a Man (Secretly Canadian) [10-11:1]
• Magnolia Electric Co: Trials & Errors (Secretly Canadian) [01-18:1]
• Magnolia Electric Co: What Comes After the Blues (Secretly Canadian) [04-05:1]
• Marah: If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry (Yep Roc) [10-18:1]
• Maximo Park: Certain Trigger (Warp) [05-31:1]
• Minus Story: Heaven and Hell (Jagjaguwar) [03-01:1]
• Moggs: The White Belt Is Not Enough (Absolutely Kosher) [08-09:1]
• Mother & the Addicts: Take the Lovers Home Tonight (Chemikal Underground) [10-18:1]
• My Morning Jacket: Z (ATO) [10-04:1]
• The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema (Matador) [08-23:2]
• O.A.R.: Stories of a Stranger (Lava) [10-04:1]
• Of Montreal: Sunlandic Twins (Polyvinyl) [04-12:1]
• OK Go: Oh No (Capitol) [08-30:1]
• Okkervil River: Black Sheep Boy (Jagjaguwar) [04-05:1]
• Old 97's: Alive and Wired (New West) [09-20:1]
• Old Haunts: Fallow Field (Kill Rock Stars) [04-12:1]
• Oranger: New Comes and Goes (Eenie Meenie) [09-20:1]
• Our Lady Peace: Healthy in Paranoid Times (Sony) [08-30:1]
• Outrageous Cherry: Our Love Will Change the World (Rainbow Quartz) [02-08:1]
• The Pernice Brothers: Discover a Lovelier You (Ashmont) [06-14:3]
• The Pernice Brothers: Nobody's Watching/Nobody's Listening (Ashmont) [01-25:1]
• The Ponys: Celebration Castle (In the Red) [05-03:3]
• Portastatic: Bright Ideas (Merge) [08-23:1]
• The Prom Kings: The Prom Kings (Geffen) [08-02:1]
• Quintron/Miss Pussycat: Swamp Tech (Tigerbeat6) [11-08:1]
• The Raveonettes: Pretty in Black (Columbia) [05-03:1]
• The Redwalls: De Nova (Capitol) [06-21:1]
• Rogue Wave: Descended Like Vultures (Sub Pop) [10-25:1]
• Shivaree: Who's Got Trouble? (Zoe) [01-11:1]
• Shrimp Boat: Speckly (1989, Aum Fidelity) [04-05:5]
• The Silver Jews: Tanglewood Numbers (Drag City) [10-18:1]
• The Skygreen Leopards: Life & Love in Sparrow's Meadow (Jagjaguwar) [02-01:1]
• Sons and Daughters: Dance Me In (Domino, EP) [08-09:1]
• Sons and Daughters: Repulsion Box (Domino) [08-09:1]
• Son Volt: Okemah and the Melody of Riot (Transmit Sound/Legacy) [07-12:1]
• Spoon: Gimme Fiction (Merge) [05-10:2]
• Scott Stapp: Great Divide (Wind-up) [11-22:1]
• Stars: Set Yourself on Fire (Arts and Crafts) [03-08:1]
• Supersuckers: Devil's Food (Mid Fi Recordings) [04-05:1]
• Tenement Halls: Knitting Needles and Bicycle Bells (Merge) [08-23:1]
• The Clientele: Strange Geometry (Merge) [10-11:1]
• The Coral: Invisible Invasion (Sony) [08-30:1]
• The Lost Patrol Band: Lost Patrol Band (Burning Heart) [08-23:1]
• Tindersticks: Working for the Man: Greatest Hits (Koch) [05-10:1]
• John Vanderslice: Pixel Revolt (Barsuk) [08-23:1]
• Tom Vek: We Have Sound (Star Time) [10-25:1]
• The Waco Brothers: Freedom and Weep (Bloodshot) [08-16:5]
• The Wallflowers: Rebel, Sweetheart (Interscope) [05-24:1]
• We Could Live in Hope: A Tribute to Low (Fractured Discs) [05-17:1]
• Craig Wedren: Lapland (Team Love) [10-25:1]
• Weezer: Make Believe (Geffen) [05-10:1]
• Weird War: Illuminated by the Light (Drag City) [04-19:1]
• Wheatus: Too Soon Monsoon (MRI Associated) [10-18:1]
• The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan (Third Man/V2) [06-07:2]
• Wide Right: Sleeping on the Couch (Pop Top) [00-00:5]
• Wilco: Kicking Television: Live in Chicago (Nonesuch) [11-15:1]
• The Willowz: Talk in Circles (Sympathy for the Record Industry) [05-24:3]
• Winechuggers: Grand Rapids (Arena Rock Recording) [11-29:1]
• Young Dubliners: Real World (Higher Octave) [02-15:1]

Rock: Experimental

• A-Frames: Black Forest (Sub Pop) [03-22:3]
• Afrirampo: Kore Ga Mayaku Da (Tzadik) [06-21:1]
• Animal Collective: Prospect Hummer (Fat Cat) [05-31:1]
• The Art Bears: Hopes & Fears (1978, ReR) [02-08:1]
• August Born: August Born (Drag City) [08-23:1]
• Bloc Party: Silent Alarm Remixed () [09-13:1]
• The Books: Lost and Safe (Tomlab) [04-05:3]
• Calla: Collisions (Beggars Banquet) [09-27:1]
• Can: Future Days (Mute) [06-28:1]
• Can: Landed (Mute) [06-28:1]
• Can: Soon Over Babaluma (Mute) [06-28:1]
• Can: Unlimited Edition (Mute) [06-28:1]
• Deerhoof: Runners Four (Kill Rock Stars) [10-11:1]
• Dirty Three: Cinder (Touch & Go) [10-11:1]
• Djam Karet: Recollection Harvest (Cuneiform) [09-20:1]
• Drums & Tuba: (Righteous Babe) [09-06:1]
• Dungen: Stadsvandringar (Astralwerks) [10-04:1]
• Dungen: Ta Det Lugnt (Kemado) [08-02:1]
• Brian Eno: Another Day on Earth (Hannibal) [06-14:2]
• Forever Einstein: Racket Science (Cuneiform) [01-25:1]
• Half-Handed Cloud: Thy Is a Word and Feet Need Lamps (Asthmatic Kitty) [03-01:1]
• Hood: Outside Closer (Domino) [02-08:1]
• Horse the Band: Mechanical Hand (Koch) [09-20:1]
• Kinski: Alpine Static (Sub Pop) [07-12:1]
• KTU: 8 Armed Monkey (Thirsty Ear) [09-27:5]
• Larsen: Play (Important) [01-04:5]
• Lightning Bolt: Hypermagic Mountain (Load) [10-18:1]
• Machine & the Synergetic Nuts: Leaf Second Neutral (Cuneiform) [01-25:1]
• The Mae Shi: Heartbeeps (5 Rue Christine) [06-07:1]
• Phil Manzanera: 6pm (Hannibal) [06-14:1]
• The Mars Volta: Scab Dates (Universal) [11-08:1]
• Miriodor: Parade/Live at NEARFest 2002 (Cuneiform, 2CD) [05-05:1]
• Mobius Band: Loving Sounds of Static (Ghostly International) [08-09:1]
• Mogwai: Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996-2004 (Matador) [02-22:1]
• NDIO: Airback (Cuneiform) [09-20:1]
• No-Neck Blues Band: Qvaris (5 Rue Christine) [11-08:1]
• John Parish: Once Upon a Little Time (Thrill Jockey) [09-13:1]
• Piano Magic: Disaffected (Darla) [04-19:1]
• Pit Er Pat: Shakey (Thrill Jockey) [03-08:1]
• Present: A Great Inhumane Adventure (Cuneiform) [05-05:1]
• Radio Massacre International: Emissaries (Cuneiform, 2CD) [05-05:1]
• Alec K. Redfearn & the Eyesores: Quiet Room (Cuneiform) [01-25:1]
• The Residents: Animal Lover (Mute U.S.) [04-05:1]
• Joe Satriani/Steve Vai/John Petrucci: G3: Live in Tokyo (Sony) [10-25:1]
• Screaming Headless Torsos: 2005 (Fuzelicious) [04-19:1]
• : Takk (Geffen) [09-13:1]
• The Standard: Albatross (Yep Roc) [10-04:1]
• Supersystem: Always Never Again (Touch & Go) [04-12:1]
• Synapse: Raw (Tzadik) [03-22:1]
• Windsor for the Derby: Giving Up the Ghost (Secretly Canadian) [08-16:1]
• Robert Wyatt: His Greatest Misses (Hannibal) [05-10:1]
• Robert Wyatt: Theatre Royal Drury Lane (1974, Hannibal) [10-11:1]
• Xiu Xiu: Foret (5 Rue Christine) [07-12:1]
• Richard Youngs: Naive Shaman (Jagjaguwar) [09-06:1]

Rock: Metal

• 10 Years: Autumn Effect (Republic) [08-16:1]
• 311: Don't Tread on Me (Volcano) [08-16:1]
• 3 Doors Down: Seventeen Days (Universal) [02-08:1]
• Anthrax: Alive 2: The Music (Sanctuary) [09-20:1]
• As I Lay Dying: Shadows Are Security (Metal Blade) [06-14:1]
• The Atomic Bitchwax: Atomic Bitchwax III (Meteor City) [06-07:1]
• Audioslave: Out of Exile (Interscope) [05-24:1]
• Avenged Sevenfold: City of Evil (Warner Brothers) [06-07:1]
• Biohazard: Means to an End (SPV) [08-30:1]
• Black Mountain: Black Mountain (Jagjaguwar) [01-18:2]
• Bloodsimple: Cruel World (Warner Brothers) [03-29:1]
• Bon Jovi: Have a Nice Day (Island) [09-20:1]
• Burn the Priest: Burn the Priest (Sony) [03-22:1]
• CKY: Answer Can Be Found (Island) [06-28:1]
• C.O.C.: In the Arms of God (Sanctuary) [04-05:1]
• Coheed & Cambria: Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (Sony) [09-20:1]
• Alice Cooper: Dirty Diamonds (New West) [08-02:1]
• Crowbar: Lifesblood for the Downtrodden (Candlelight) [02-08:1]
• The Darkness: One Way Ticket to Hell . . . and Back (Atlantic) [11-29:1]
• Death by Stereo: Death for Life (Epitaph) [06-07:1]
• Disturbed: Ten Thousand Fists (Warner Bros.) [09-20:1]
• Dream Theater: Octavarium (Atlantic) [06-07:1]
• Dredg: Catch Without Arms (Interscope) [06-21:1]
• Early Man: Closing In (Matador) [10-11:1]
• Earth: Living in the Gleam of an Unsheathed Sword (Troubleman Unlimited) [02-08:1]
• El Pus (Hoodlum Rock) [Virgin:03-01] [1]
• Evemaster: MMIV Lacrimae Mundi (Crash Music) [05-31:1]
• Falconer: Grime vs. Grandeur (Metal Blade) [05-03:1]
• : Suspended Animation (Ipecac) [04-05:1]
• Fishbone: Fishbone Live in Amsterdam (High Times) [05-31:1]
• Gamma Ray: Majestic (Sanctuary) [10-11:1]
• Insane Clown Posse: Calm (Psychopathic) [05-17:1]
• Institute: Distort Yourself (Interscope) [09-13:1]
• Iron Maiden: Death on the Road (Sony) [10-04:1]
• Danko Jones: We Sweat Blood [Bonus Track] (Razor & Tie) [04-19:1]
• Judas Priest: Angel of Retribution (Epic) [03-01:1]
• Kottonmouth Kings: Kottonmouth Kings (Suburban Noize) [05-31:1]
• Tommy Lee: Tommyland: The Ride (Rocket Science) [08-09:1]
• Limp Bizkit: Unquestionable Truth, Pt. 1 (Geffen) [05-03:1]
• Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force: Unleash the Fury (Spitfire) [07-26:1]
• Ministry: Rantology (Sanctuary) [09-27:1]
• Mudvayne: Lost and Found (Sony) [04-12:1]
• Nickelback: All the Right Reasons (Roadrunner) [10-04:1]
• Nine Inch Nails: With Teeth (Interscope) [05-03:1]
• Norma Jean: O God, The Aftermath (Tooth & Nail) [03-01:1]
• Obituary: Frozen in Time (Roadrunner) [07-19:1]
• Opeth: Ghost Reveries (Roadrunner) [08-30:1]
• Ozzy Osbourne: Under Cover (Sony) [11-01:1]
• Queens of the Stone Age: Lullabies to Paralyze (Interscope) [03-22:1]
• Queens of the Stone Age: Over the Years and Through the Woods (Interscope) [11-22:1]
• Seether: Karma and Effect (Wind-up) [05-24:1]
• Sevendust: Next (Winedark) [10-11:1]
• Slipknot: 9.0: Live (Roadrunner) [11-01:1]
• Billy Squier: Absolute Hits (Capitol) [03-29:1]
• Staind: Chapter V (Elektra) [08-09:1]
• Story of the Year: In the Wake of Determination (Maverick) [10-11:1]
• Styx: Big Bang Theory (New Door) [05-10:1]
• System of a Down: Hypnotize (Sony) [11-22:1]
• System of a Down: Mezmerize (Sony) [05-17:1]
• Taproot: Blue Sky Research (Atlantic) [08-16:1]
• The Bloodhound Gang: Hefty Fine (Geffen) [09-27:1]
• Thrice: Vheissu (Island) [10-18:1]
• Trapt: Someone in Control (Warner Bros.) [09-13:1]
• Robin Trower: Another Days Blues (V-12) [11-29:1]
• Trust Company: True Parallels (Geffen) [03-22:1]

Rock: New Wave

• Dead Can Dance: Momento: The Very Best of Dead Can Dance (Rhino) [10-18:5]
• Depeche Mode: Playing the Angel (Reprise) [10-18:1]
• Die Warzau: Convenience (Pulseblack) [05-17:1]
• Eurythmics: The Ultimate Collection (Arista) [11-08:1]
• Gang of Four: Return the Gift (V2) [10-11:2]
• Kid Creole & the Coconuts: Conquest of You (Rainman) [05-17:1]
• Madness: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection (Hip-O) [05-24:1]
• Madness: The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 (V2) [08-16:1]
• Mumps: How I Saved the World (Sympathy for the Record Industry) [07-12:1]
• New Order: Waiting for the Sirens' Call (Warner Brothers) [04-26:5]
• Ric Ocasek: Nexterday (Sanctuary) [09-27:1]
• Sonic Youth: Goo [Deluxe Edition] (Geffen) [09-13:1]

Rock: Pop

• 22-20s: 22-20s (Astralwerks) [04-19:1]
• The All-American Rejects: Move Along (Interscope) [07-12:1]
• The American Analog Set: Set Free (Arts & Crafts) [09-20:1]
• American Idol Season 4 (RCA) [05-17:1]
• An Angle: We Can Breathe Under Alcohol (Sanctuary) [05-17:1]
• Antony and the Johnsons: I Am a Bird Now (Secretly Canadian) [02-01:1]
• Architecture in Helsinki: In Case We Die (Bar/None) [04-12:1]
• Aslyn: Lemon Love (Capitol) [03-29:1]
• The Audition: Controversy Loves Company (Victory) [09-20:1]
• Augustana: All the Stars and Boulevards (Epic) [09-06:1]
• Burt Bacharach: At This Time (Columbia) [11-01:1]
• Backstreet Boys: Never Gone (Jive) [06-14:1]
• A Band of Bees: Free the Bees (Astralwerks) [06-28:1]
• Caroleen Beatty: You're Only as Pretty as You Feel (Black Beauty) [08-23:1]
• Better Than Ezra: Before the Robots (Artemis) [05-31:1]
• Big Star: In Space (Rykodisc) [09-27:1]
• : Drawing Restraint 9 (One Little Indian) [08-23:1]
• Black 47: Elvis Murphy's Green Suede Shoes (Gadfly) [03-01:1]
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Howl (Red Ink) [08-23:1]
• Blue Merle: Burning in the Sun (Island) [02-15:1]
• Michael Bolton: Til the End of Forever (Passion Group) [09-13:1]
• Bratz: Rock Angelz (Hip-O) [07-26:1]
• Bunky: Born to Be a Motorcycle (Asthmatic Kitty) [03-01:1]
• Cardinal: Cardinal (Empyrean) [06-07:1]
• The Click Five: Greetings from Imrie House (Lava) [08-16:1]
• CocoRosie: Noah's Ark (Touch & Go) [09-13:1]
• Coldplay: X&Y (Capitol) [06-07:2]
• The Concretes: Lay Your Battle Axe Down (Astralwerks) [07-26:1]
• Stewart Copeland: Orchestralli (Ponderosa) [06-14:1]
• Crazy Frog: Presents Crazy Hits (Universal) [08-23:1]
• The Dandy Warhols: Odditorium or Warlords of Mars (Capitol) [09-13:1]
• Godfrey Daniel: Take a Sad Song . . . (Atlantic) [03-29:1]
• Deadman: Our Eternal Ghosts (One Little Indian) [08-02:1]
• Death Cab for Cutie: Plans (Atlantic) [08-30:1]
• Doves: Some Cities (Capitol) [03-01:1]
• Dr. Dog: Easy Beat (Future Farmer) [03-15:1]
• Hilary Duff: Most Wanted (Hollywood) [08-16:08-16] [1]
• Echo & The Bunnymen: Siberia (Cooking Vinyl) [09-20:1]
• Eels: Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (Vagrant, 2CD) [04-26:1]
• Electric Light Orchestra: All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Ligh (Epic/Legacy) [08-02:5]
• Elkland: Golden (Sony) [04-19:1]
• Epic Soundtracks: Good Things (DBK Works) [05-24:1]
• Erasure: Nightbird (Mute U.S.) [01-25:1]
• Esthero: Wikked Lil' Grrrls (Warner Brothers) [06-28:1]
• Fall Out Boy: From Under the Cork Tree (Island) [05-03:4]
• The Flaming Lips: Late Night Tales (Cool Pool) [04-19:1]
• Ben Folds: Songs for Silverman [CD & DVD] (Epic) [04-26:1]
• The Free Design: There is a Song () [03-29:1]
• Fruit Bats: Spelled in Bones (Sub Pop) [07-26:1]
• Peter Gallagher: 7 Days in Memphis (Sony) [11-08:1]
• Garbage: Bleed Like Me (Geffen) [04-12:1]
• Gomez: Out West (Ato) [06-07:1]
• Petra Haden: Who Sell Out (Bar/None) [02-22:1]
• Ed Harcourt: Strangers (Astralwerks) [02-01:1]
• Head of Femur: Hysterical Stars (Spin Art) [05-24:1]
• Her Space Holiday: Past Presents the Future (Wichita) [09-27:1]
• Hot Hot Heat: Elevator (Sire) [04-05:2]
• William Hung: Miracles: Hung in the Sun (Koch) [07-12:1]
• Husky Rescue: Country Falls (Minty Fresh) [04-12:1]
• Ida: Heart Like a River (Polyvinyl) [02-22:1]
• The Impossible Shapes: Horus (Secretly Canadian) [02-01:1]
• Jack's Mannequin: Everything in Transit (Maverick) [08-23:1]
• Jennifer Gentle: Valende (Sub Pop) [01-25:1]
• Jimmy Eat World: Stay on My Side Tonight (Interscope) [10-04:1]
• Howard Jones: Revolution of the Heart (Koch) [09-06:1]
• Kasabian: Kasabian (RCA) [03-08:1]
• Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (Hollywood) [08-09:1]
• Kings of Leon: Aha Shake Heartbreak (RCA) [02-22:1]
• Jens Lekman: Oh You're So Silent Jens (Secretly Canadian) [11-22:1]
• The Levellers: Truth and Lies (Eagle) [05-31:1]
• Huey Lewis & the News: Live at 25 (Rhino) [05-17:1]
• The Like: Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking? (Geffen) [09-13:1]
• Loggins & Messina: The Best: Loggins and Messina - Sittin' in Again (Columbia/Legacy) [05-24:5]
• Love as Laughter: Laughter's Fifth (Sub Pop) [04-26:1]
• Magnapop: Mouthfeel (Daemon) [01-25:1]
• Maroon 5: Live at the Santa Barbara Bowl (Octone) [09-20:1]
• The Mars Volta: Frances the Mute (GSL/Strummer/Universal) [03-01:2]
• Matt Pond PA: Several Arrows Later (Altitude) [10-11:1]
• Sarah McLachlan: Bloom: Remix 2 (Arista) [09-06:1]
• The Mendoza Line: Full of Light and Full of Fire (Misra) [11-22:1]
• Mercury Rev: Secret Migration (V2) [05-17:1]
• Meshuggah: Catch Thirty-Three (Nuclear Blast America) [05-31:1]
• MoZella: MoZella (Maverick) [07-26:1]
• Nada Surf: Weight Is a Gift (Barsuk) [09-13:1]
• Nagisa Ni Te: Dream Sounds (Jagjaguwar) [03-01:1]
• Oasis: Don't Believe the Truth (Epic) [05-31:1]
• Orange Peels: Circling the Sun (Parasol) [06-14:1]
• Joan Osborne: One of Us (Artemis) [09-20:1]
• Kelly Osbourne: Sleeping in the Nothing (Sanctuary) [06-07:1]
• Hope Partlow: Who We Are (Virgin) [09-06:1]
• The Plimsouls: One Night in America (Oglio) [08-09:1]
• The Posies: Every Kind of Light (Rykodisc) [06-28:1]
• The Power Station: Power Station (Capitol) [04-26:1]
• Lisa Marie Presley: Now What (Capitol) [04-05:1]
• Tristan Prettyman: Twentythree (Virgin) [08-02:1]
• The Proclaimers: Restless Soul (Persevere) [09-06:1]
• Pussycat Dolls: PCD (A&M) [09-13:1]
• Queen/Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions (Hollywood) [09-13:1]
• Santana: All That I Am (Arista) [11-01:1]
• Shout Out Louds: Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (Capitol) [05-24:1]
• Simply Red: Simplified (Verve Forecast) [10-18:5]
• Smashing Orange: 1991 (Elephant Stone) [05-31:1]
• Sparrow: Early Years (Absolutely Kosher) [05-24:1]
• Spin Doctors: Nice Talking to Me (Ruffnation) [09-13:1]
• Chris Stamey: Question of Temperature (Yep Roc) [01-25:1]
• Ringo Starr: Choose Love (Koch) [06-07:1]
• Stereophonics: Language. Sex. Violence. Other? (V2) [03-22:1]
• Stereo Total: Do the Bambi (Kill Rock Stars) [01-25:1]
• John Stevens: Red (Maverick) [06-28:1]
• Super Furry Animals: Love Kraft (XL) [09-13:1]
• Supergrass: Road to Rouen (Capitol) [09-27:1]
• Switchfoot: Nothing Is Sound (Sony) [09-13:1]
• Teenage Fanclub: Man-Made (Merge) [06-07:1]
• They Might Be Giants: They Got Lost (Zoe) [10-25:1]
• This Bird Has Flown: 40th Anniversary Tribute to Rubber Soul (Razor & Tie) [10-25:1]
• Totally Hits 2005 (Rhino) [05-17:1]
• Tullycraft: Disenchanted Hearts Unite (Magic Marker) [05-03:1]
• Turin Brakes: Jackinabox (Astralwerks) [06-07:1]
• Waltham: Waltham (Rykodisc) [07-19:1]
• Whatever: The '90s Pop and Culture Box (Rhino) [07-26:1]
• The Wonder Stuff: Escape From Rubbish Island (Artist Direct BMG) [03-22:1]
• Youth Group: Skeleton Jar (Epitaph) [05-24:1]

Rock: Progressive/Art

• Spock's Beard: Octane (Inside Out Music) [02-01:1]

Rock: Punk

• The Adolescents: O.C. Confidential (Finger) [07-12:1]
• The Alkaline Trio: Crimson (Vagrant) [05-24:1]
• The Aquabats: Charge!! (NIT) [06-07:1]
• Bloc Party: Silent Alarm (Atlantic) [03-22:1]
• Bowling for Soup: Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies (Jive) [11-15:1]
• Bowling for Soup: Rock On Honorable Ones!!! (Jive) [05-03:1]
• The Cherry Valence: TCV3 (Bifocal Media) [07-26:1]
• Dead 60's#: The Dead 60's (Epic) [05-31:1]
• The Deadly Snakes: Porcella (In The Red) [10-04:1]
• Dressy Bessy: Electrified (Transdreamer) [06-14:1]
• Fenix TX: Purple Reign in Blood (Adrenaline) [11-08:1]
• The Fire Engines: Codex Teenage Premonition (Domino) [11-15:1]
• Goldfinger: Disconnection Notice (Maverick) [02-15:1]
• The Greenhornes: East Grand Blues (V2) [08-02:1]
• Heavy Trash: Heavy Trash (Yep Roc) [04-19:1]
• Horrorpops: Bring It On! (Hellcat) [09-13:1]
• Idlewild: Warnings/Promises (Capitol) [09-06:1]
• Billy Idol: Devil's Playground (Sanctuary) [03-22:1]
• The (International) Noise Conspiracy: Armed Love (Reprise) [10-04:1]
• Juliette & the Licks: You're Speaking My Language (Fiddler) [05-17:1]
• The Kills: No Wow (Rough Trade/RCA) [03-08:1]
• Latterman: No Matter Where We Go (Deep Elm) [08-09:1]
• The Libertines: What Became of the Likely Lads [EP] (Rough Trade) [02-22:1]
• Lost City Angels: Broken World (Universal) [04-05:1]
• Louis XIV: Best Little Secrets Are Kept (Atlantic) [03-22:1]
• Made in Mexico: Zodiac Zoo (Skin Graft) [10-04:1]
• Mest: Photographs (Maverick) [10-18:1]
• Motion City Soundtrack: Commit This to Memory (Epitaph) [06-07:1]
• New Model Army: Carnival (Attack Attack) [09-06:1]
• No Use for a Name: Keep Them Confused (Fat Wreck Chords) [06-14:1]
• Pennywise: Fuse (Epitaph) [08-09:1]
• The Planet The: You Absorb My Vision (5 Rue Christine) [06-07:1]
• Iggy Pop: A Million in Prizes: The Anthology (Virgin) [07-19:2]
• The Rakes: Retreat (Dim Mak) [10-11:1]
• Reel Big Fish: We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy (Mojo/Jive) [04-05:1]
• Ringworm: Justice Replaced by Revenge (Victory) [10-18:1]
• Simple Plan: Live from the Hard Rock (Lava) [10-04:1]
• Sleater-Kinney: Woods (Sub Pop) [05-24:2]
• The Soviettes: III (Fat Wreck Chords) [06-28:1]
• The Starting Line: Based on a True Story (Drive-Thru) [05-10:1]
• The Suicide Machines: War Profiteering Is Killing Us All (USA Side 1 Dummy) [08-09:1]
• Transplants: Haunted Cities (Atlantic) [06-21:2]
• Tsar: Band-Girls-Money (TVT) [06-28:1]
• Unwritten Law: Here's to the Mourning (Lava) [02-01:1]
• X: Live in Los Angeles (Shout Factory) [05-10:5]

Rock: Roots/Americana

• Beth Hart: Live at Paradiso (Koch) [09-06:1]
• The Knitters: The Modern Sounds of the Knitters () [07-12:1]
• Kim Lenz: Up to My Old Tricks Again (Hightone) [08-30:1]
• Los Lobos: Live at the Fillmore (Mammoth) [03-15:1]
• James McMurtry: Childish Things (Compadre) [09-06:1]
• North Mississippi Allstars: Electric Blue Watermelon (ATO) [09-06:1]
• Bonnie Raitt: Souls Alike (Capitol) [09-13:1]

Rock: Singer-Songwriter

• Bryan Adams: Room Service (Mercury Nashville) [05-10:1]
• Ryan Adams & the Cardinals: Cold Roses (Lost Highway) [05-03:1]
• Ryan Adams & the Cardinals: Jacksonville City Nights (Lost Highway) [09-27:1]
• Tori Amos: Beekeeper (Sony) [02-22:1]
• Trey Anastasio: Shine (Sony) [11-01:1]
• Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine (Sony) [10-04:1]
• Daniel Ash: Come Alive (Psychobaby) [10-25:1]
• Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow (XL) [09-13:1]
• Carl Barat: Under the Influence (Under the Influence) [09-13:1]
• Lou Barlow: Emoh (Merge) [01-25:1]
• Beck: Guero (Geffen) [03-29:2]
• Adrian Belew: Side Two (Sanctuary) [07-12:1]
• Brendan Benson: Alternative to Love (V2) [03-22:2]
• Andrew Bird: The Mysterious Production of Eggs (Righteous Babe) [02-08:1]
• Frank Black: Honeycomb (Back Porch) [07-19:1]
• James Blunt: Back to Bedlam (Atlantic) [10-04:1]
• Tracy Bonham: Blink the Brightest (Zoe) [06-21:1]
• Bonnie "Prince" Billy/Matthew Sweeney: Superwolf (Drag City) [01-25:1]
• Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Summer in the Southeast (Sea Note) [11-15:1]
• Bright Eyes: Digital Ash in a Digital Urn (Saddle Creek) [01-25:1]
• Bright Eyes: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (Saddle Creek) [01-25:2]
• Jackson Browne: Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 (Inside) [10-11:1]
• Stephen Bruton: From the Five (New West) [07-26:1]
• Kate Bush: Aerial (Columbia) [11-08:1]
• The John Butler Trio: Sunrise Over Sea (Lava) [03-15:1]
• Ryan Cabrera: You Stand Watching (Atlantic) [09-20:1]
• Brandi Carlile: Brandi Carlile (Red Ink) [07-12:1]
• Tracy Chapman: Where You Live (Elektra) [09-13:1]
• Vic Chesnutt: Ghetto Bells (New West) [03-22:1]
• Bruce Cockburn: Speechless (Rounder) [09-27:1]
• Bobby Conn/The Glass Gypsies: Live Classics, Vol. 1 (Thrill Jockey) [05-10:1]
• Ry Cooder: Chavez Ravine (Nonesuch) [06-14:1]
• Billy Corgan: The Future Embrace (Warner Brothers) [06-21:1]
• Elvis Costello: King of America (Rhino) [04-26:1]
• Susan Cowsill: Just Believe It (Blue Corn Music) [10-11:1]
• Sheryl Crow: Wildflower (A&M) [09-27:1]
• Ray Davies: Thanksgiving Day (V2) [11-22:1]
• Devin Davis: Lonely People of the World, Unite! (Animal World) [03-15:1]
• Neil Diamond: 12 Songs (Sony) [11-08:1]
• Ani DiFranco: Knuckle Down (Righteous Babe) [01-25:1]
• Neva Dinova: Hate Yourself Change (Sidecho) [02-08:1]
• Celine Dion: On Ne Change Pas (Sony) [10-04:1]
• John Doe: Forever Hasn't Happened Yet (Yep Roc) [03-22:1]
• Mike Doughty: Haughty Melodic (ATO) [05-03:2]
• Drowsy: Growing Green (Fat Cat) [05-31:1]
• Kate Earl: Fate Is the Hunter (Warner Brothers) [05-10:1]
• Marianne Faithfull: Before the Poison (Anti) [01-25:3]
• Orenda Fink: Invisible Ones (Saddle Creek) [08-23:1]
• Edith Frost: It's a Game (Drag City) [11-15:1]
• Mark Gardener: These Beautiful Ghosts (United Opportunity) [10-11:1]
• The Go-Betweens: Oceans Apart (Yep Roc) [05-03:5]
• David Gray: Life in Slow Motion (ATO) [09-13:1]
• Adam Green: Gemstones (Rough Trade) [02-22:1]
• Mick Harvey: One Man's Treasure (Mute) [10-18:1]
• Juliana Hatfield: Made in China (Ye Olde) [08-09:1]
• Richard Hawley: Cole's Corner (Mute) [09-06:1]
• Annie Hayden: The Enemy of Love (Merge) [09-13:1]
• John Hiatt: Master of Disaster (New West) [06-21:1]
• Johnny Hickman: Palmhenge (Campstove) [04-19:1]
• Louise Hoffsten: From Linkoping to Memphis (Memphis Int'l) [09-20:5]
• The Hold Steady: Separation Sunday (French Kiss) [05-03:5]
• Iron & Wine/Calexico: In the Reins (Overcoat) [09-13:1]
• Iron & Wine: Woman King (Sub Pop) [02-22:1]
• Chris Isaak: Christmas (Mailboat) [10-04:1]
• Courtney Jaye: Traveling Light (Island) [06-07:1]
• Jack Johnson: In Between Dreams (Brushfire/Universal) [03-01:1]
• Damien Jurado: On My Way to Absence (Secretly Canadian) [04-05:1]
• Josh Kelley: Almost Honest (Hollywood) [08-23:1]
• Carole King: The Living Room Tour (Rockingale/Concord, 2CD) [07-12:1]
• Jess Klein: Strawberry Lover (Rykodisc) [02-01:1]
• Al Kooper: Black Coffee (Favored Nations) [07-12:1]
• Daniel Lanois: Belladonna (Anti) [07-12:1]
• Cyndi Lauper: The Body Acoustic (Sony) [11-08:1]
• Amos Lee: Amos Lee (Blue Note) [03-01:1]
• John Lennon: Sometime in New York City/Live Jam (Capitol) [11-22:1]
• John Lennon: Walls and Bridges (Capitol) [11-22:1]
• Jack Logan/Monday Night Recorders: Nature's Assembly Line (Orange Twin) [02-01:1]
• Loggins and Messina: Live: Sittin' in Again at Santa Barbara Bowl (Rhino) [11-15:1]
• Stephen Malkmus: Face the Truth (Matador) [05-24:1]
• Barry Manilow: The Essential Barry Manilow (Arista/Legacy) [04-26:1]
• Aimee Mann: Forgotten Arm (Superego) [05-03:1]
• John Mayer Trio: John Mayer Trio Live (Sony) [11-22:1]
• Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (Capitol) [09-13:1]
• Maria McKee: Peddlin' Dreams (Eleven Thirty) [04-19:1]
• Shannon McNally: Geronimo (Back Porch) [06-28:1]
• Malcolm Middleton: Into the Woods (Chemikal Underground) [08-16:1]
• Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill: Acoustic (Maverick) [07-26:1]
• Van Morrison: Magic Time (Geffen) [05-17:2]
• Morrissey: Live at Earl's Court (Sanctuary) [03-29:1]
• Bob Mosley: Bob Mosley (1972, Wounded Bird) [07-12:1]
• Bob Mould: Body of Song (Yep Roc) [07-26:1]
• The Mountain Goats: Sunset Tree (4AD) [04-26:5]
• Jason Mraz: Mr. A-Z (Atlantic) [07-26:1]
• Bif Naked: Superbeautifulmonster () [09-20:1]
• Jon Nicholson: Lil Sump'm Sump'm (Warner Bros.) [09-27:1]
• : Throw Down Your Arms (Rocket Science) [10-04:1]
• Pajo: Pajo (Drag City) [06-28:1]
• Graham Parker: Songs of No Consequence (Bloodshot) [06-07:1]
• Michael Penn: Mr. Hollywood, Jr. 1947 (Spin Art) [08-02:1]
• Liz Phair: Somebody's Miracle (Capitol) [10-04:1]
• Glen Phillips: Winter Pays for Summer (Lost Highway) [03-29:1]
• Robert Plant & the Strange Sensation: Mighty Rearranger (Sanctuary) [05-10:1]
• Archer Prewitt: Wilderness (Thrill Jockey) [01-25:1]
• Leon Redbone: Live - December 26, 1992: The Olympia Theater, Paris France (Rounder) [08-23:1]
• Amy Rigby: Little Fugitive (Signature Sound) [08-23:5]
• Josh Rouse: Nashville (Rykodisc) [02-22:1]
• Ron Sexsmith/Don Kerr: Destination Unknown (Emergent/92e) [09-06:1]
• Charlie Sexton: Cruel and Gentle Things (Back Porch) [09-13:1]
• Maia Sharp: Fine Upstanding Citizen (Koch) [03-22:1]
• Carly Simon: Moonlight Serenade (Sony) [07-19:1]
• Smog: A River Ain't Too Much to Love (Drag City) [05-31:1]
• Todd Snider: That Was Me: The Best of Todd Snider (1994-98, Hip-O) [1:]
• Rick Springfield: Written in Rock: The Rick Springfield Anthology (RCA/Legacy) [04-26:4]
• Bruce Springsteen: Devils & Dust (Columbia) [04-26:2]
• Sufjan Stevens: Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty) [07-05:2]
• Al Stewart: Beach Full of Shells (Appleseed) [06-21:1]
• Rod Stewart: Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook, Vol. 4 (J-Records) [10-18:1]
• Susie Suh: Susie Suh (Sony) [04-05:1]
• Richard Swift: The Novelist/Walking Without Effort (Secretly Canadian) [09-06:1]
• Chip Taylor/Carrie Rodriguez: Red Dog Tracks (Back Porch) [05-24:1]
• Maria Taylor: 11:11 (Saddle Creek) [05-24:1]
• Rob Thomas: Something to Be (Atlantic) [04-19:1]
• Richard Thompson: Front Parlour Ballads (Cooking Vinyl) [08-09:4]
• Mary Timony: Ex Hex (Lookout) [04-19:1]
• William Topley: Sea Fever (Warner Brothers) [06-21:1]
• Emiliana Torrini: Fisherman's Woman (Rough Trade) [04-26:1]
• Dwight Twilley: 47 Moons (DMI) [05-10:1]
• Chad Vangaalen: Infiniheart (Sub Pop) [08-23:1]
• Laura Veirs: Years of Meteors (Nonesuch) [08-23:1]
• Martha Wainwright: Martha Wainwright (Zoe) [04-12:1]
• M. Ward: Transistor Radio (Merge) [02-22:1]
• Ricky Warwick: Love Many, Trust Few (Sanctuary) [05-17:1]
• Jimmy Webb: Twilight of the Renegades (Sanctuary) [08-16:5]
• Paul Weller: As Is Now (Yep Roc) [10-11:1]
• Chris Whitley: Soft Dangerous Shores (Messenger) [07-26:1]
• Neil Young: Prairie Wind (Reprise) [09-27:1]

Rock: Teen-Pop

• Hanson: Best of Hanson Live and Electric (Three Car Garage) [10-11:1]
• Brie Larson: Finally Out of P.E. (Casablanca) [10-18:1]
• Jesse McCartney: Live: The Beautiful Soul Tour (Hollywood) [11-15:1]
• Ashlee Simpson: I Am Me (Geffen) [10-18:1]
• Britney Spears: Britney Spears Remixed (Jive) [11-08:1]

Rock: Traditional

• Aerosmith: Rockin' the Joint (Sony) [10-25:1]
• Blues Traveler: Bastardos (Vanguard) [09-13:1]
• Donovan: Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan (Sony) [09-13:5]
• The Dovells: Best of 1961-1965 (Abkco) [10-18:1]
• The Everly Brothers: Too Good to Be True (Varese) [06-14:1]
• Jack Nitzsche Story: Hearing Is Believing (Ace) [05-10:1]
• Les Paul & His Trio: Crazy Rhythm (Varese) [08-23:1]
• Reverend Horton Heat: We Three Kings (Yep Roc) [10-04:1]
• The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang (Virgin) [09-06:5]
• Brian Setzer: Rockabilly Riot, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Sun Records (Surf Dog) [07-26:1]
• Gene Vincent: The Road Is Rocky: Complete Studio Masters 1956-1971 (Bear Family) [03-08:1]
• Bill Wyman: Just for a Thrill (Fuel 2000) [03-01:1]