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Albums
1. L.L. Cool J: Mama Said Knock You Out
2. Heavy on the Highlife!
3. Red Hot & Blue
4. Bob Dylan: Under the Red Sky
5. Madonna: I'm Breathless
6. Sonic Youth: Goo
7. Pixies: Bossanova
8. Rosanne Cash: Interiors
9. Beats International: Let Them Eat Bingo
10. Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet
11. Nick Lowe: Party of One
12. Ladysmith Black Mambazo: CLassic Tracks
13. Chills: Submarine Bells
14. Macka-B: Natural Suntan
15. Ministry: In Case You DIdn't Feel Like Showing Up (Live)
16. Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Two Worlds One Heart
17. Beautiful South: Welcome to the Beautiful South
18. Deighton Family: Mama Was Right
19. The Civil War
20. Living Colour: Time's Up
21. Samba Mapengala & Orchestre Virunga: Virunga Volcano
22. Evan Lurie: Selling Water by the Side of the River
23. Cumbia Cumbia
24. Jewel Ackah: Me Dear
25. Snap!: World Power
26. Ousmane Kouyato Band: Domba
27. Ska Beats 2
28. Pretenders: Packed!
29. Gregory Isaacs: My Number One
30. Pepe Kalle
31. Monie Love: Down to Earth
32. Brand Nubian: One for All
33. Carlos Parades: Guitarra Portugesa
34. The Go Betweens: 1978-90
35. Cuban Dance Party: Routes of Rhythm Vol. 2
36. Pooh Sticks: Formula One Generation
37. Jali Musa Jawara: Yasimika
38. Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Ragged Glory
39. Pylon: Chain
40. The Perfect Disaster: Up
41. Steve Coleman & Five Elements: Rhythm People (the Resurrection of
Creative Black Civilization)
42. Fugazi: Repeater
43. Lou Reed/John Cale: Songs for Drella
44. Sonny Boy Williamson: Keep It to Ourselves
45. Loketo: Soukous Trouble
46. The Clean: Vehicle
47. Brazil Classics 4: the Best of Tom Ze
48. Was (Not Was): Are You Okay?
49. Flatlanders: More a Legend Than a Band
50. Yalla: Hitlist Egypt
51. Guy: The Future
52. Eyuphiro: Mama Mosambiki
53. Ali Farka Toure: The River
54. Soul II Soul: Vol. II--1990: a New Decade
55. Macka-B: Looks are Deceiving
56. Lisa Stansfield: Affection
57. Spirit of the Eagle: Zimbabwe Frontline (Vol. 2)
58. Abed Azrie: Aromates
59. Shazzy: Attitude: a Hiphop Rapsody
60. Blake Babies: Sunburn
61. Guo Brothers & Shung Tian: Yuan
62. Salt-n-Pepa: Blacks Magic
63. Fela: Black Man's Cry
64. KT Oslin: Love in a Small Town
65. Thomas Anderson: "Alright It Was Frank...and He's Risen from the Dead
and Gone Off with His Truck"
66. Youssou N'dour: Set
Singles:
1. Boogie Down Productions: "Love's Gonna Get'cha
(Material Love)"
2. Quincy Jones: "Back on the Block"
3. M.C. Hammer: "U Can't Touch This"
4. B-52's: "Roam"
5. Shazzy: "Giggahoe"
6. Poor Righteous Teachers: "Can I Start This"
7. Power Jam featuring Chill Rob G: "The Power"
8. Snap: "The Power"
9. Rebel MC: "Music is the Key"
10. Black Box: "Everybody Everybody"
11. Digital Underground: "The Humpty Dance"
12. Kaoma: "Lambada"
13. 2 Black 2 Strong: "Burn Baby Burn"
14. Madonna: "Justify My Love"
15. Snap: "Oops Up"
16. A Tribe Called Quest: "Bonita Applebum"
17. DNA featuring Suzanne Vega: "Tom's Diner"
18. Tony! Toni! Tone!: "Feels Good"
19. BWP: "Two Minute Brother"
20. Bette Midler: "From a Distance"
EPs:
1. Ice Cube: Kill at Will
2. Mekons: F.U.N. 90
3. My Bloody Valentine: Glider
4. Pavement: (Slay Tracks 1933-1969)
Reissues:
1. Bo Diddley: The Chess Box
2. Beach Boys: Smiley Smile/Wild Honey
3. The Best of Merle Travis
4. My Blue Heaven: the Best of Fats Domino
5. Groove 'n Grind: '50s & '60s Dance Hits
6. Jerry Lee Lewis: Rare Tracks
7. The Best of Delaney & Bonnie
8. The Disco Years Vol. 1: Turn the Beat Around 1974-1978
9. Flamin Groovies: Supersnazz
10. Guitar Player Presents Legends of Guitar--Electric Blues Vol. 1
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Albums
1. Guitar Paradise of East Africa
2. Linton Kwesi Johnson: Tings an' Times
3. P.M. Dawn: Of the Heart of the Soul & of the Cross: the Utopian
Experience
4. Public Enemy: Apocalypse 91...the Enemy Strikes Black
5. Loketo: Extra Ball
6. Sonny Sharrock Band: Highlife
7. R.E.M.: Out of Time
8. Bonnie Raitt: Luck of the Draw
9. The Feelies: Time for a Witness
10. Ice-T: O.G. Original Gangster
11. Pulnoc: City of Hysteria
12. Tshala Muana: Soukous Siren
13. Nirvana: Nevermind
14. The Kings & Queens of TOwnship Jive: Modern ROots of the
Indestructible Beat of Soweto
15. John Prine: The MIssing Years
16. Mekons: The Curse of the Mekons
17. DOrothy Makusa: Pata Pata
18. Slick Rick: The Ruler's Back
19. My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
20. Matthew Sweet: Girlfriend
21. Pixies: Trompe le Monde
22. The Fugs: Songs from a Portable Forest
23. Michael Jackson: Dangerous
24. Jimmie Dale Gilmre: After Awhile
25. The Pooh Sticks: THe Great White Wonder
26. Cypress Hill
27. Eleventh Dream Day: Lived to Tell
28. Yo-Yo: Make Way for the Motherlode
29. Motorhead: 1916
30. Jit--the Movie
31. The Fall: 458489 A-Sides
32. The Only Ones: The Peel Sessions
33. John Lee Hooker: Mr. Lucky
34. Tabu Ley Rochereau: Man from Kinshasa
35. Barbara Manning: One Perfect Green Blanket
36. Pulnoc
37. Linda Gail Lewis: INternational Affair
38. GW McLennan: Watershed
39. Kenya Dance Mania
40. Freedom Fire--the Indestructible BEat of Soweto Vol. 3
41. Lee "Scratch" Perry: Lord God Musick
42. Too Much Joy: Cereal Killers
43. Boubacar Tarore: Mariama
44. Downtown Science
45. SPirit of the Eagle: Zimbabwe Frontline Vol. 2
46. Simon Shaheen: The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab
47. Hi-Jivin'
48. Charlie FEathers
49. New Jack City
50. The La's
51. Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Weld
52. Chris Smither: ANother Way to Find You
53. Lou Ann Barton, Angela Strehli & Marcia Ball: Dreams Come True
54. Wir: The FIrst LEtter
55. Garth Brooks: ROpin' the Wind
56. King Missile: The Way to Salvation
57. Robert Ward & the Black Top All-STars: Fear No Evil
58. The KLF: The White Room
59. Oumou Sangare: Moussolou
60. Kid Creole & the Coconuts: You Shoulda Told Me You Were...
61. Meet Beat Manifesto: 99%
62. I.K. Dairo M.B.E. & His Blue Spots: I Remember
Singles
1. L.L. Cool J: "Around the Way Girl"
2. Geto Boys: "Mind Playing Tricks on Me"
3. Negativland: "U2"
4. R.E.M.: "Losing My Religion"
5. Color Me Badd: "I Wanna Sex You Up"
6. G.W. McLennan: "Haven't I Been a Fool"
7. C + C Music Factory: "THings That Make You Go Hmmmm..."
8. Tim Dog: "Fuck COmpton"
9. Michael Jackson: "Black or White"
10. Londonbeat: "I've Been THinking About You"
11. Crystal Waters: "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)"
12. Color Me Badd: "All 4 Love"
13. Abdullah Roueshid: "Alla Homma la Ertarag"
14. Bonnie Raitt: "Something to Talk About"
15. Ministry: "Jesus Built My Hotrod"
16. "Give Peace a Chance"
17. Queen Latifah: "Fly Girl"
18. The KLF: "The White Room"
19. Geraldo: "Rico Suave"
20. C + C Music Factory: "Here We Go"
EPs
1. Digital Underground: This is an EP Release
2. The Go-Betweens: The Peel Sessions
3. The Leaving Trains: Loser Illusion Pt. 0
4. Pavement: Perfect Sound Forever
5. Lifers Group
6. My Bloody Valentine: Tremolo
Reissues
1. James Brown: Star Time
2. THe Best of Lefty Frizzell
3. Ray Charles: The Birth of Soul
4. Risque Rhythm: Nasty '50s R&B
5. The Golden Gate Quartet: Swing Down Chariot
6. Kitty Wells: Country Music Hall of Fame Series
7. Willie Nelson: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-71)
8. Loretta Lynn: Country Music Hall of Fame Series
9. "Let's Cut It": the Very Best of Elmore James
10. Bob Wilis & His Texas Playboys: Anthology 1935-73 (Disc 2)
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Albums
1. Mzwakhe Mbuli - Resistance Is Defense
2. David Murray - Shakill's Warrior
3. Y Ntesa Dalienst & Le Maquisard - Belalo
4. L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
5. Madonna - Erotica
6. Lucinda Williams - Sweet Old World
7. Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted
8. The Goats - Tricks Of The Shade
9. Sonic Youth - Dirty
10. The Roches - A Dove
11. Freedy Johnston - Can You Fly
12. Utah Saints - Utah Saints
13. Tom Ze' - Brazil 5: The Return Of Tom Ze': The Hips Of Tradition
14. The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
15. E.T. Mensah - Day By Day
16. Giant Sand - Ramp
17. Orchestra Baobab - On Verra Ca
18. Thelonious Monster - Beautiful Mess
19. The Robert Cray Band - I Was Warned
20. T.P O.K Jazz - Somo!
21. Prince And The New Power Generation - Prince XV
22. Body Count - Body Count
23. Stacy Dean Campbell - Lonesome Wins Again
24. The Vaselines - The Way Of The Vaselines: A Complete History
25. Pete Johnson - King Of Boogie
26. Ministry - Psalm 69: The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs
27. Asia Classics 1: The South Indian Film Music Of Vijaya Anand: Dance
Raja Dance
28. Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique
29. Luna - Lunapark
30. Kris Kross - Totally Krossed Out
31. Only For The Headstrong: The Ultimate Rave Compilation
32. Joe Houston - Cornbread And Cabbage Greens
33. Nirvana - Incesticide
34. Sugar - Copper Blue
35. John Trudell - AKA Graffiti Man
36. A World Out Of Time
37. Chris Bell - I Am The Cosmos
38. PJ Harvey - Dry
39. Yo Yo - Black Pearl
40. Guys And Dolls
41. Joe Ely - Love And Danger
42. Orchestra Marrabenta Star De Mocambique - Independance
43. George Jones - Walls Can Fall
44. Morrissey - "Your Arsenal"
45. Leonard Cohen - The Future
46. Sweet Talks: Hollywood Highlife Party + A.B. Crentsil-Moses
47. FU-Schnickens - F.U. - Don't Take It Personal
48. Steely & Clevie - Steely & Clevie Play Studio One Vintage
49. Ride - Going Blank Again
50. Gilberto Gil/Jorge Ben - Gil e Jorge
51. Dennis Robbins - Man With A Plan
52. They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18
53. The Beautiful South - 0898 Beautiful South
54. Champion Jack Dupree - Forever And Ever
55. Diblo Dibala & Matchatcha - Laissez Passer
56. Azagas And Archibogs
57. Ramones - Mondo Bizarro
58. Rosie Flores - After The Farm
59. Boogie Down Productions - Sex And Violence
Singles
1. Kris Kross - "Jump"
2. Naughty By Nature - "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
3. Rare Essence - "Work The Walls"
4. Kris Kross - "Warm It Up"
5. P.M. Dawn - "I'd Die Without You"
6. Technotronic - "Move This"
7. A Tribe Called Quest - "Scenario"
8. Lisa Stansfield - "All Woman"
9. Freestyle Fellowship - "Ummm..."
10. The Almighty RSO - "One In The Chamba"
11. The KLF - "Justified And Ancient"
12. Estrellas Ubou - "Jalagua Guero"/"Moudibey Cielo"
13. Arrested Development - "Tennessee"
14. Bratmobile - "No You Don't"/"Queenie"/"Kiss And Ride"
15. Skatenigs - "Chemical Imbalance"
EP's
1. L7 - Smell The Magic
2. Bikini Kill - Bikini Kill
3. Nirvana - Hormoaning
4. Foamola - May I Take A Bath
5. Alex Chilton - Blacklist
Reissues
1. The Coasters - 50 Coastin' Classics
2. Louis Jordan - Five Guys Named Moe: Original Decca Recordings
3. Wild About My Lovin': Beale Street Blues 1928-1930
4. Chic - The Best of Chic Volume 2
5. Taj Mahal - Taj's Blues
6. Johnny Cash - The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1985
7. Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice
8. Gregory Isaacs - Best of Volumes One And Two
9. Hoosier Hot Shots - Rural Rhythm 1935-1942
10. Miles Davis - A Tribute To Jack Johnson
Videos
1. Lisa Stansfield - "All Woman"
2. Neil Young - "Harvest Moon"
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Albums
1. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
2. Liliput - LiLiPUT
3. Etoile de Dakar - Volume 1 - Absa Gueye
4. Nirvana - In Utero
5. De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
6. Loudon Wainwright III - Career Moves
7. Pet Shop Boys - Very
8. Coupe' Cloue' - Maximum Compas From Haiti
9. PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
10. Digable Planets - Reachin' (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)
11. Before Benga Vol. 2: The Nairobi Sound
12. P.M. Dawn - The Bliss Album...?
13. Popinjays - Flying Down To Mono Valley
14. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Spinning Around The Sun
15. Dramarama - Hi-Fi Sci-Fi
16. Shante' - The Bitch Is Back
17. Calypso Carnival 1936-1941
18. The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
19. Digital Underground - The Body-Hat Syndrome
20. Huun-Huur-Tu - 60 Horses In My Herd-Old Songs And Tunes Of The Tuva
21. Suede - Suede
22. Guns N' Roses - "The Spaghetti Incident?"
23. MTV Party To Go Vol. 4
24. The Auteurs - New Wave
25. Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - Flashback
26. Pablo Lubadika - Okominiokolo
27. Bobbie Cryner - Bobbie Cryner
28. Les Ambassadeurs Internationales Featuring Salif Keita
29. Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It?
30. Van Morrison - Too Long In Exile
31. Biz Markie - All Samples Cleared
32. KRS-One - Return Of The Boom Bap
33. Janet Jackson - janet.
34. Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
35. The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
36. Technosonic Volume 3
37. Jive Soweto: The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto Vol. 4
38. Mick Jagger - Wandering Spirit
39. Butthole Surfers - Independent Worm Saloon
40. Saint Etienne - So Tough
41. The Killer Shrews - The Killer Shrews
42. Orchestra Baobab - Bamba
43. Living Colour - Stain
44. Born To Choose
45. Big Star - Columbia: Live At Missouri University 4/25/93
46. Grateful Dead - Two From The Vault
47. Judgment Night
48. Mahlathini - King Of The Groaners
49. Garth Brooks - In Pieces
50. Pavement - Westing (By Musket And Sextant)
51. Willis Jackson - Call Of The Gators
52. Kanda Bongo Man - Soukous In Central Park
53. MC Lyte - Ain't No Other
54. George Clinton - Hey Man...Smell My Finger
55. Justin Warfield - My Field Trip To Planet 9
56. Sue Foley - Without A Warning
57. The Breeders - Last Splash
58. Masters Of Reality - Sunrise On The Sufferbus
59. Tarika Sammy - Fanafody
60. His Name Is Alive - Mouth By Mouth
61. Journeys By DJ: Billy Nasty Mix
62. Zap Mama - Adventures In Afropea 1
63. Thomas Anderson - Blues For The Flying Dutchman
64. Aerosmith - Get A Grip
Singles
1. Jaydee - "Plastic Dreams"
2. MC Lyte - "Ruffneck"
3. Salt-N-Pepa - "Shoop"
4. R.E.M. - "Man On The Moon"
5. Ice Cube - "It Was A Good Day"
6. Madonna - "Deeper And Deeper"
7. Run-DMC - "Down With The King"
8. Nirvana - "Heart-Shaped Box"
9. Ice-T - "Gotta Lotta Love"
10. Digital Underground - "Return Of The Crazy One"
11. Salt-N-Pepa Featuring En Vogue - "Whatta Man"
12. Cypress Hill - "Insane In The Brain"
13. Tony! Toni! Tone'! - "Anniversary"
14. The Breeders - "Cannonball"
EP's
1. Moby - Move
2. The Shams - Sedusia
3. The Breeders - Safari
4. En Vogue - Runaway Love
5. Heavenly - P.U.N.K. Girl
6. Pavement - Watery, Domestic
7. Luna - Slide
8. PJ Harvey - Man-Size
9. Sugar - Beaster
10. Bongwater - The Peel Sessions
Reissues
1. Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying
2. Mighty Sparrow - Volume One
3. Mbuki Mvuki
4. Janis Joplin - Janis
5. Tougher Than Tough: The Story of Jamican Music
6. Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - The Anthology 1961-1977
7. Sonny Boy Williamson - The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson
8. Mott The Hoople - The Ballad Of Mott: A Retrospective
9. Roy Acuff - The Essential Roy Acuff 1936-1949
10. Wilson Pickett - A Man And A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett
Videos
1. MC Lyte - "Ruffneck"
2. R.E.M. - "Everybody Hurts"
3. Snoop Doggy Dogg - "Who Am I?" (What's My Name?)"
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Albums
1. Latin Playboys - Latin Playboys
2. Beck - Mellow Gold
3. Sonic Youth - Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star
4. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged
5. Iris Dement - My Life
6. Hole - Live Through This
7. M People - Elegant Slumming
8. Sugar - File Under: Easy Listening
9. Sebadoh - Bakesale
10. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
11. Archers Of Loaf - Icky Mettle
12. L7 - Hungry For Stink
13. Neil Young And Crazy Horse - Sleeps With Angels
14. Khaled - N'ssi N'ssi
15. Soundgarden - Superunknown
16. Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog
17. Moe Tucker - I Spent A Week There The Other Night
18. Public Enemy - Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age
19. R.E.M. - Monster
20. Cachao - Master Sessions Volume 1
21. Jon Hassell And Bluescreen - Dressing For Pleasure
22. Green Day - Dookie
23. Kwanzaa Music
24. Jimi Hendrix - Woodstock
25. Warren G. - Regulate...G Funk Era
26. Veruca Salt - American Thighs
27. Cumbia Cumbia 2
28. Caetano Veloso e Gilberto Gil - Tropicalia 2
29. FU-Schnickens - Nervous Breakdown
30. El Debarge - Heart, Mind, And Soul
31. Fellow Travellers - Things And Time
32. Dark City Sisters And Flying Jazz Queens
33. Dave Alvin - King Of California
34. Ass Ponys - Electric Rock Music
35. Kickin' Mental Detergent
36. Michael Hall - Adequate Desire
37. Victoria Williams - Loose
38. Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom
39. George Gershwin - Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls
40. David Byrne - David Byrne
41. Oujda-Casablanca Introspections Vol. 1
42. House Of Pain - Same As It Ever Was
43. Husker Du - The Living End
44. Jimi Hendrix - Blues
45. Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw Live...My Truck Is My Home
46. Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
47. Dancehall Stylee: The Best Of Reggae Dancehall Music Vol. 4
48. Joseph Spence And The Pinder Family - The Spring Of Sixty-Five
49. Sam Mangwana - Rumba Music
50. Dance Hits U.K.
51. Nico Saquito - Good-bye Mr Cat
52. Backbeat
53. Etta James - Mystery Lady: Songs Of Billie Holiday
54. Henri Bowane - Double Take-Tala Kaka
55. Beat The Retreat: Songs By Richard Thompson
56. Ahmad - Ahmad
57. The David Johansen Group - The David Johansen Group Live
58. Skip James - She Lyin'
59. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
60. Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Singles
1. Beck - "Loser"
2. Craig Mack - "Flava In Ya Ear"
3. FU-Schnickens - "Sum Dum Monkey"
4. Dawn Penn - "You Don't Love Me (No No No)"
5. Shaquille O'Neal - "Biological Didn't Bother"
6. Scarface - "I Seen A Man Die"
7. Yo La Tengo - "From A Motel 6"
8. Morel's Grooves, Pt 6 - "This Is My Party, Bitch Get Out"
9. Bruce Springsteen - "Streets Of Philadelphia"
10. Worl-A-Girl - "No Gunshot (Put Dow The Gun)"
11. The BC-52's - "(Meet) The Flintstones"
12. All-4-One - "I Swear"
EP's
1. Archers Of Loaf - Archers Of Loaf Vs. The Greatest Of
All Time
2. Elastica - Stutter
3. Sugar - Your Favorite Thing
4. Matthew Sweet - Son Of Altered Beast
5. HWA: Hoez With Attitude - Az Much Ass Azz U Want
6. Heavenly - The Decline And Fall Of Heavenly
7. Beck - Loser
8. Sonny Sharrock - Space Ghost: Coast To Coast
9. The Raincoats - Extended Play
10. Mold - Sonic Youth At Disney World
Videos
1. The Raincoats - "Fairytale In The Supermarket"
2. Green Day - "Basket Case"
3. Coolio - "Fantastic Voyage"
Reissues
1. The Shirelles - The Very Best of The Shirelles
2. Louis Armstrong - Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man: 1923-1934
3. Louis Armstrong - 16 Most Requested Songs
4. Slim Gaillard - Laughing In Rhythm: The Best of The Verve Years
5. A Taste Of The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto
6. The Jazz Age: New York In The Twenties
7. Fred Astaire - Top Hat: Hits From Hollywood
8. The "5" Royales - Monkey Hips And Rice: The "5" Royales Anthology
9. White Country Blues: 1926-1938 A Lighter Shade Of Blue
10. Bootsy Collins - Back In The Day: The Best Of Bootsy
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Albums
1. Tricky - Maxinquaye
2. Archers Of Loaf - Vee Vee
3. Oruj Guvenc & Tumata - Ocean Of Remembrance
4. Peter Stampfel - You Must Remember This...
5. Randy Newman's Faust
6. Pavement - Wowee Zowee
7. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
8. Luna - Penthouse
9. James Carter - The Real Quietstorm
10. [File Under Prince] - The Gold Experience
11. John Prine - Lost Dogs And Mixed Blessings
12. Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura
13. Ornette Coleman - Tone Dialing
14. The Bottle Rockets - The Brooklyn Side
15. Handraizer
16. Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
17. Yoko Ono/IMA - Rising
18. Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
19. Heavens to Betsy - Calculated
20. Godwin Kabaka Opara's Oriental Brothers International - Do Better If
You Can/Onye Ikekweve Mekeya
21. Whale - We Care
22. Jive Nation: The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto Vol. 5
23. Barry Black - Barry Black
24. Jo Carol Pierce - Bad Girls Upset By The Truth
25. Everclear - Sparkle And Fade
26. Elastica - Elastica
27. Alison Krauss - Now That I've Found You: A Collection
28. Shane MacGowan And The Popes - The Snake
29. Buju Banton - 'Til Shiloh
30. The Highwaymen - The Road Goes On Forever
31. Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments - Bait And Switch
32. The Klezmatics - Jews With Horns
33. Stevie Wonder - Conversation Peace
34. Super Sweet Talks International - The Lord's Prayer
35. Heart Of The Forest
36. Ramones - It's Alive
37. Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves
38. The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
39. Naughty By Nature - Poverty's Paradise
40. Little Charlie And The Nightcats - Straight Up!
41. NOFX - Punk In Drublic
42. Grant McLennan - Horsebreaker Star
43. Rolling Stones - Stripped
44. Moby - Everything Is Wrong
45. brute. - Nine High A Pallet
46. Roaring Lion - Sacred 78's
47. R. Kelly - R. Kelly
48. Soul Asylum - Let Your Dim Light Shine
49. Lord Melody - Precious Melodies
50. Al Green - Don't Look Back
51. M People - Bizarre Fruit
52. Cornershop - Woman's Gotta Have It
53. Ruby Braff And Ellis Larkins - Calling Berlin, Vol. 1
54. Technotronic - Recall
55. Bonnie Raitt - Road Tested
56. Mighty Sparrow - Volume Four
57. Turntable Tastemakers Vol. 1: The Sound Of Cleveland City Recordings
58. Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Liph' Iquinso
59. Marshall Chapman - It's About Time...Recorded Live At The Tennessee
State Prison For Women
60. Waiting To Exhale
61. Ani Difranco - Not A Pretty Girl
62. Steve Earle - Train A' Comin'
63. Belly - King
64. Green Day - Insomniac
65. New York's Ensemble For Early Music - Istanpitta Vol. 1
66. Real McCoy - Another Night
67. Only The Poor Men Feel it: South Africa
68. Don White - Live At The Somerville Theatre
69. Liz Phair - Juvenilia
70. Papa Wemba - Emotion
71. David Murray - Jug-A-Lug
Singles
1. Coolio - "Gangsta's Paradise"
2. Archers Of Loaf - "What Did You Expect?/Etherl Merman"
3. Whitney Houston - "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
4. Michael Hall - "Frank Slade's 29th Dream"
5. Mary J. Blige - "I'm Going Down"
6. Jill Sobule - "I Kissed A Girl"
7. Alanis Morissette - "You Oughta Know"
8. 2Pac - "Dear Mama"
9. PJ Harvey - "Down By The Water"
10. Amazon Two - "Big Booyaa"
Reissues
1. The Who - The Who Sell Out
2. Al Green - Al Green's Greatest Hits
3. Harry Nilsson - Personal Best: The Harry Nilsson Anthology
4. Joe Franklin Presents...The Roaring 20's Roar Again
5. Paul Revere & The Raiders - The Essential Ride '63-'67
6. Betty Hutton - Spotlight On...Betty Hutton
7. The Temptations - Anthology
8. Hillbilly Fever! Vol.1: Legends Of Western Swing
9. The O'Jays - Love Train: The Best of The O'Jays
10. Spike Jones - Musical Depreciation Revue: The Spike Jones Anthology
Compilations
1. Handraizer
2. Heart of The Forest
3. Turntable Tastemakers Vol. 1: The Sound Of Cleveland City Recordings
4. Get Shorty
5. Afro-Peruvian Classics: The Soul Of Black Peru
6. Telephone Love/Telephone Lobi
7. Phat Rap Flava '95
8. Street Jams: Hip Hop From The Top - Part 4
9. URBMix Vol. 1: Flammable Liquid
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Albums
1. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...DJ Shadow
2. Amy Rigby - Diary Of A Mod Housewife
3. Fluffy - Black Eye
4. Fugees - The Score
5. Sleater-Kinney - Call The Doctor
6. Iris Dement - The Way I Should
7. James Carter - Conversin' With The Elders
8. Los Lobos - Colossal Head
9. Nirvana - From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah
10. Toni Tony Tone' - House Of Music
11. George Clinton - Greatest Funkin' Hits
12. Spring Heel Jack - 68 Million Shades...
13. Imperial Teen - Seasick
14. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party - Intoxicated Spirit
15. Ghostface Killah - Ironman
16. Beck - Odelay
17. Sam Chege - Kickin' Kukuyu-Style
18. El Caiman: Sones Huastecos
19. Willie Nelson - Spirit
20. Loudon Wainwright III - Grown Man
21. Adventures In Afropea 3 - Telling Stories To The Sea
22. Pet Shop Boys - Bilingual
23. Pulp - Different Class
24. Sammy - Tales Of Great Neck Glory
25. Graham Haynes - Transition
26. Tricky - Pre-Millenium Tension
27. Tokyo Invasion Volume 1: Cosmic Hurushi Monsters
28. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
29. Bikini Kill - Reject All American
30. Djeli Moussa Diawara - Sobindo
31. Fluffy - 5 Live
32. R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
33. Chuck D - Autobiography Of Mistachuck
34. Local H - As Good As Dead
35. Sebadoh - Harmacy
36. that dog. - Totally Crushed Out
37. Ani Difranco - Dilate
38. Prince Paul - Psychoanalysis (What Is It?)
39. Tahala Muana - Mutuashi
40. Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe - Kedu America
41. Girls Against Boys - House Of GvsB
42. Mose Fan Fan & Somo Somo Ngobila - Hello Hello
43. Music Revelation Ensemble - In The Name Of...
44. Archers Of Loaf - All The Nations Airports
45. Arto Lindsay - O Corpo Subtil/The Subtle Body
46. [File Under Prince] - Chaos And Disorder
47. Mu-Ziq - In Pine Effect
48. Pharoah Sanders - Message From Home
49. Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Matapedia
50. Tabu Ley Rochereau - Africa Worldwide
51. Sex Pistols - Filthy Lucre Live
52. Archers Of Loaf - The Speed Of Cattle
53. [File Under Prince] - Emancipation
54. Thomas Mapfumo - The Singles Collection 1977-1986
55. Toni Braxton - Secrets
56. His Name Is Alive - Stars On E.S.P.
57. Lou Reed - Set The Twilight Reeling
58. Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
59. Bobbie Cryner - Girl Of Your Dreams
60. Cachao - Master Sessions Volume II
61. The Posies - Amazing Disgrace
62. Animaniacs - The Animaniacs Faboo! Collection
63. Uz Jsme Doma - Hollywood
64. Massive Attack V Mad Professor - No Protection
Singles
1. Pulp - "Common People"
2. Los Del Rio - "Macarena(Bayside Boys Mix)"
3. R. Kelly - "You Remind Me Of Something"
4. Fugees - "Fu-Gee-La"
5. Quad City DJs - "C'mon N' Ride It(The Train)"
6. Bass Kittens - "Heartbreak Factory"
7. Alanis Morisette - "Ironic"
8. Chris Butler - "The Devil Glitch"
9. Purple Penguin - "Tribhuwan"
10. Tupac & Dr. Dre - "California Love"
11. Smashing Pumpkins - "1979"
12. La Bouche - "Sweet Dreams"
Compilations
1. Ocean Of Sound
2. Hot Luv: The Ultimate Dance Songs Collection
3. Roller Disco: Boogie From The Skating Rinks
4. Kwanzaa Party!
5. Sugar and Poison
6. Girls Town
7. The Night Shift
Reissues
1. Sonny Rollins - Silver City
2. Ella Fitzgerald - Love Songs: The Best of The Verve Song Books
3. Emmett Miller - The Minstrel Man From Georgia
4. Charlie Parker - The Legendary Dial Masters
5. Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings
6. Mutabaruka - The Ultimate Collection
7. The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs Of Life
8. Joni Mitchell - Hits
9. Dance Hall Divas: the 70's
10. Half Japanese - Greatest Hits
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Albums
1. Arto Lindsay - Mundo Civilizado
2. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
3. Pavement - Brighten The Corners
4. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
5. Township Jazz N' Jive
6. Spring Heel Jack - Busy, Curious, Thirsty
7. The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
8. Tiger - Shining In The Wood
9. Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time
10. Miles Davis - Dark Magus
11. The Klezmatics - Possessed
12. Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton - Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
13. The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute Album
14. Jazz Passengers Featuring Deborah Harry - Individually Twisted
15. Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
16. Los Guanches - The Corpse Went Dancing Rumba
17. Sublime - Sublime
18. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
19. Oumou Sangare - Worotan
20. Wyclef Jean - Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival Featuring Refugees
Allstars
21. Luna - Pup Tent
22. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot - Supa Dupa Fly
23. Amp
24. The Beautiful South - Blue Is The Colour
25. The Waco Brothers - Cowboy In Flames
26. Pop Fiction
27. Timbaland and Magoo - Welcome To Our World
28. Mary J. Blige - Share My World
29. That Dog - Retreat From The Sun
30. Babyface - The Day
31. Freedy Johnston - Never Home
32. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Greatest Hits Vol. 1
33. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
34. Ruben Gonzalez - Introducing...Ruben Gonzalez
35. Shania Twain - Come On Over
36. Mase - Harlem World
37. Thompson & Thompson - Industry
38. John Anderson - Takin' The Country Back
39. Corey Harris - Fish Ain't Bitin'
40. Jazz Satellites: Volume 1: Electrification
41. David Murray - Fo deuk Revue
42. Bergville Stories
43. Arcana - Arc Of The Testimony
44. Bis - The New Transistor Heroes
45. The Bottle Rockets - 24 Hours a Day
46. Lateef & Lyrics Born - Latryx
47. Ray Condo and His Ricochets - Swing Brother Swing!
48. Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
49. Muggs Presents ... The Soul Assassins Chapter 1
50. Wayne Kramer - Citizen Wayne
51. Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
52. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Rapture
53. Make 'Em Mokum Crazy
54. Dan Bern - Dan Bern
55. The Murmurs - Pristine Smut
56. Big Rock'n Beats
57. Leon Parker - Belief
58. Mandela
59. Frank Sinatra and the Red Norvo Quintet - Live In Australia, 1959
60. Morcheeba - Who Can You Trust?
61. Ani DiFranco - Living In Clip
62. Patsy Cline - Live At The Cimarron Ballroom
63. Blondie - Essential Blondie: Picture This Live
64. Sally Timms - Cowboy Sally
65. Ornette + Joachim Kuhn - Colors
66. L7 - The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum
67. Steve Earle - El Corazon
68. Spearhead - Chocolate Supa Highway
69. Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments - Straight To Video
70. Replacements - All For Nothing/Nothing For All
71. Miles Davis - Black Beauty
72. The Neckbones - Soul's On Fire
73. All The King's Men
74. Forest For The Trees - Forest For The Trees
75. Pavement - Shady Lane
76. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
77. We - As Is
78. Moby - Animal Rights
Singles
1. Puff Daddy Featuring Faith Evans and 112 - "I'll Be
Missing You"
2. B-Rock & the Bizz - "MyBabyDaddy"
3. The Notorious B.I.G. - "Mo Money Mo Problems"
4. Cornershop - "Brimful of Asha"
5. Mase - "Feel So Good"
6. Spice Girls - "Wannabe"
7. Fluke - "Atom Bomb"
8. Next - "Butta Love"
9. OMC - "How Bizarre"
10. Lil' Kim - "Ladies Night"
11. Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping"
12. Usher - "You Make Me Wanna ..."
13. Smash Mouth - "Walking On The Sun"
14. Erykah Badu - "Tyrone"
15. The Verve - "The Drugs Don't Work"
16. Coolio - "C U When U Get There"
17. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot - "Sock It 2 Me"
18. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot - "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
19. Blur - "Song 2"
20. Brian McKnight - "You Should Be Mine"
21. The Chemical Brothers - "Block Rockin' Beats"
Reissues
1. Anthology of American Folk Music
2. Roots of Jazz Funk Volume 1
3. Lee Dorsey - Wheelin' and Dealin': The Definitive Collection
4. Closer Than A Kiss: Crooner Classics
5. Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1
6. Al Jolson - Let Me Sing and I'm Happy: Al Jolson at Warner Bros.
1926-1936
7. Roots of Jazz Funk Volume 2
8. Gene Vincent - The Screaming End: The Best of Gene Vincent and His Blue
Caps
9. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
10. Etta James - Her Best
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Albums
1. Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
(Mercury)
2. The Music in My Head (Stern's Africa)
3. Sonic Youth A Thousand Leaves (DGC)
4. Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue (Elektra)
5. Liz Phair Whitechocolatespaceegg (Matador/Capitol)
6. Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974 (Columbia)
7. The Plastic People of the Universe 1997 (Globus International import)
8. Public Enemy He Got Game (Def Jam)
9. Aretha Franklin A Rose Is Still a Rose (Arista)
10. George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars Dope Dogs (Dogone)
11. Beastie Boys Hello Nasty (Grand Royal)
12. Cadallaca Introducing Cadallaca (K)
13. Canibus Can-I-Bus (Universal)
14. Badar Ali Khan Lost in Qawwali (Worldly/Triloka '97)
15. Bonnie Raitt Fundamental (Capitol)
16. James Carter In Carterian Fashion (Atlantic)
17. Local H Pack Up the Cats (Island)
18. Mary J. Blige The Tour (MCA)
19. P.M. Dawn Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here.
Love, Dad (Gee Street/V2)
20. Pulnoc Live in New York (Globus International import)
21. Grandaddy Under the Western Freeway (V2)
22. Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos (The Prosthetic Cubans) (Atlantic)
23. PJ Harvey Is This Desire? (Island)
24. John Lennon Wonsaponatime (Capitol)
25. Bang on a Can Music for Airports: Brian Eno (Point Music)
26. Alanis Morissette Supposed Former Infatutation Junkie
(Maverick/Reprise)
27. Lobi Traoré Ségou (Cobalt import '96)
28. Jeb Loy Nichols Lovers Knot (Capitol '97)
29. Rancid Life Won't Wait (Epitaph)
30. OutKast Aquemini (LaFace)
31. Air Moon Safari (Source/Caroline)
32. Archers of Loaf White Trash Heroes (Alias)
33. Amy Rigby Middlescence (Koch)
34. Soul Coughing El Oso (Slash/Warner Bros.)
35. Smash Mouth Fush Yu Mang (Interscope '97)
36. Beck Mutations (DGC)
37. Tricky Angels With Dirty Faces (Island)
38. Kinleys Just Between You and Me (Epic '97)
39. Sunz of Man (The Last Shall Be First) (Red Ant)
40. James Brown Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68 (Polydor)
41. Butch Thompson Thompson Plays Joplin (Daring)
42. New Radicals Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (MCA)
43. Kate & Anna McGarrigle The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
44. Black Star Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (Rawkus)
45. Jon Langford Skull Orchard (Sugar Free)
46. Belle and Sebastian The Boy With the Arab Strap (Matador)
47. Bran Van 3000 Glee (Capitol)
48. Mystikal Unpredictable (Jive/No Limit '97)
49. Killah Priest Heavy Mental (Geffen)
50. Cesaria Evora Cabo Verde (Nonesuch '97)
51. Chris Knight (Decca)
52. Bikini Kill The Singles (Kill Rock Stars)
53. Apples in Stereo Tone Soul Evolution (SpinArt/Sire '97)
54. Badar Ali Khan Lost in Qawwali II (Worldly/Triloka)
55. Oruç Guvenc and Tumata Rivers of One (Interworld '97)
56. King Sunny Ade Odù (Atlantic/Mesa)
57. John Lee Hooker The Best of Friends (Pointblank)
58. Ani DiFranco Little Plastic Castle (Righteous Babe)
59. Kings of African Music (Music Club '97)
60. Los Van Van Best of Los Van Van (Milan Latino '97)
61. Youssou N'Dour Best of 80's (Celluloid import)
62. Afro-Latino (Putumayo World Music)
63. MTV's Amp 2 (MTV/Astralwerks)
64. Buddy Guy and Junior Wells Last Time Around (Silvertone)
65. Odyssey the Band Reunion (Knitting Factory Works)
66. Red Hot + Rhapsody (Antilles)
67. Paolo Conte The Best of Paolo Conte (Nonesuch)
68. The Offspring Americana (Columbia)
69. Henri Dikongue C'Est la Vie (Tinder)
70. Rachid Taha Diwan (Island)
71. Redman Doc's Da Name 2000 (Def Jam)
72. Pearl Jam Yield (Epic)
73. Mary Lou Lord Got No Shadow (Work)
74. Yuri Yunakov Ensemble New Colors in Bulgarian Wedding Music
(Traditional Crossroads '97)
75. Grateful Dead Dozin' at the Knick (Grateful Dead '96)
76. Quasi Featuring "Birds" (Up)
77. Garbage Version 2.0 (Almo Sounds)
78. Scrawl Nature Film (Elektra)
79. Cuba Now (Metro Blue)
80. Ali Crucial (Island Black Music)
81. Victoria Williams Musings of a Creekdipper (Atlantic)
82. Warda Lebanon/Algeria (Metro Blue '97)
Singles
1. Backstreet Boys "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
(Jive)
2. Fatboy Slim "The Rockafeller Skank" (Skint/Astralwerks)
3. Local H "All the Kids Are Right" (Island)
4. Next "Too Close" (Arista)
5. Jay-Z "Hard Knock Life" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
6. The Lox "Money, Power and Respect" (Bad Boy)
7. Brandy and Monica "The Boy Is Mine" (Atlantic)
8. Will Smith "Just the Two of Us" (Columbia)
9. Alanis Morissette "Thank U" (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
10. Will Smith "Gettin Jiggy Wit It" (Columbia)
11. Aaliyah "Are You That Somebody?" (Atlantic)
12. New Radicals "You Get What You Give" (MCA)
13. Aretha Franklin "A Rose Is Still a Rose" (Arista)
14. Big Punisher Featuring Joe "Still Not a Player" (Loud/RCA)
15. Spice Girls "Stop" (Virgin)
16. Brandy "Almost Doesn't Count" (Atlantic)
17. Monifah "Touch It" (Universal)
18. Lauryn Hill "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
19. Snoop Dogg "Snoop World" (No Limit)
20. Puff Daddy Featuring Jimmy Page "Come With Me" (Sony Music)
Reissues
1. Mississippi John Hurt Rediscovered (Vanguard)
2. American Pop: An Audio History (West Hill Audio Archives)
3. Frank Sinatra Everything Happens to Me (Reprise)
4. Huey "Piano" Smith This Is . . . Huey "Piano" Smith (Music Club)
5. The Mamas and the Papas Greatest Hits (MCA)
6. Over in Glory: Favorites From Classic Gospel Groups (MCA)
7. Bobby Bland Greatest Hits Volume One— The Duke Recordings (MCA)
8. Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era (Rhino)
9. Millennium Funk Party (Rhino)
10. Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band Acoustic Swing & Jug (Vanguard)
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Albums
1. The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs (Merge) 16
2. Moby Play (V2) 16
3. Le Tigre Le Tigre (Mr. Lady) 13
4. John Prine In Spite of Ourselves (Oh Boy) 12
5. Holy Modal Rounders Too Much Fun (Rounder) 9
6. Latin Playboys Dose (Atlantic) 9
7. Sleater-Kinney The Hot Rock (Kill Rock Stars) 8
8. Handsome Boy Modeling School So . . . How's Your Girl? (Tommy Boy) 7
9. Willie Nelson Night and Day (Pedernales/Freefalls) 5
10. Prince Paul Prince Paul Presents A Prince Among Thieves (Tommy Boy) 5
11. The Coup Steal This Album (Dogday '98)
12. Q-Tip Amplified (Arista)
13. Jay-Z Vol 3 . . . Life and Times of S. Carter (Roc-A-Fella)
14. Old 97's Fight Songs (Elektra)
15. Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band The Mountain (E Squared)
16. Goodie Mob World Party (LaFace)
17. Los Van Van La Colección Cubana (Music Club '98)
18. Papa Wemba M'zée Fula-Ngenge (Sonodisc import)
19. Randy Newman Bad Love (Dreamworks)
20. Eminem The Slim Shady LP (Aftermath/Interscope)
21. Mandy Barnett I've Got a Right to Cry (Sire)
22. Imperial Teen What Is Not to Love (London)
23. Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate Kulanjan (Hannibal)
24. Mary J. Blige Mary (MCA)
25. Tom Waits Mule Variations (Epitaph)
26. Trailer Bride Whine de Lune (Bloodshot)
27. Pretenders Viva El Amor (Warner Bros.)
28. Blink 182 Enema of the State (MCA)
29. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Atlantic)
30. Kid Rock Devil Without a Cause (Atlantic/Lava '98)
31. Spring Heel Jack Treader (Tugboat import)
32. Totally Hits (Arista)
33. Pet Shop Boys Nightlife (Parlophone/Sire)
34. Drive-by Truckers Pizza Deliverance (Soul Dump)
35. Salif Keita Papa (Metro Blue)
36. Pavement Terror Twilight (Matador)
37. Cesaria Evora Café Atlantico (Lusafrica/RCA Victor/BMG Classics)
38. Dr. Dooom First Come, First Served (Funky Ass)
39. Ladysmith Black Mambazo Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Shanachie)
40. Ali Farka Toure Niafunké (Hannibal)
41. Baby Gramps Same Ol' Timeously (Grampophone)
42. Sebadoh The Sebadoh (Sub Pop/Sire)
43. Slick Rick The Art of Storytelling (Def Jam)
44. Blondie No Exit (Beyond)
45. Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan In Session (Stax)
46. Ani DiFranco Up Up Up Up Up Up (Righteous Babe)
47. Chris Smither Drive You Home Again (Hightone)
48. Waco Brothers WacoWorld (Bloodshot)
49. Mark Isham Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project (columbia)
50. Estrellas de Arieto Los Heroes (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
51. Genaside II Ad Finite (Durban Poison)
52. Baaba Maal Live at the Royal Festival Hall (Palm Pictures)
53. Cape Verde (Putumayo World Music)
54. Liquid Todd Action (Ultra)
55. The Andy Statman Quartet The Hidden Light (Sony Classical '98)
56. Mos Def Black on Both Sides (Rawkus)
57. Rawkus Presents Soundbombing II (Rawkus)
58. South African Rhythm Riot: The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Volume 6
(Stern's/Earthworks)
59. Black Box Recorder England Made Me (Jetset)
60. They Might Be Giants Long Tall Weekend (www.emusic.com)
61. Arto Lindsay Pride (Righteous Babe)
62. Paul McCartney Run Devil Run (Capitol)
63. Streets of Dakar: Generation Boul Falé (Stern's Africa)
64. Natacha Atlas Gedida (Beggars Banquet)
65. Baobab N'Wolof (Dakar Sound import)
66. Casa de la Trova (Detour)
67. The Donnas Get Skintight (Lookout!)
68. Continental Drifters Vermilion (Razor & Tie)
69. Frank Sinatra Sinatra '57--In Concert (DCC)
70. Kelis Kaleidoscope (Virgin)
71. Pere Ubu Apocalypse Now (Thirsty Ear)
72. Roots Rock Guitar Party: Zimbabwe Frontline 3 (Stern's/Earthworks)
73. Fiona Apple When the Pawn . . . (Clean Slate/Epic)
74. Mekons I Have Been to Heaven and Back: Hen's Teeth and Other Fragments
of Unpopular Culture Vol. 1 (Quarterstick)
75. Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons (Almo Sounds)
76. Tricky With DJ Muggs and Grease Juxtapose (Island)
77. Lightning Over the River (Music Club)
78. Marshall Crenshaw Number 447 (Razor & Tie)
79. Source Direct Exorcise the Demons (Astralwerks)
80. Sheryl Crow and Friends Live From Central Park (A&M)
81. The Comedian Harmonists The Comedian Harmonists (Hannibal)
82. Don White Brown Eyes Shine (Lumperboy)
1999 Singles
1. Backstreet Boys ''I Want It That Way'' (Jive)
2. John Prine ''In Spite of Ourselves'' (Oh Boy)
3. Eminem ''My Name Is'' (Aftermath/Interscope)
4. Cher ''Believe'' (Warner Bros.)
5. Backstreet Boys ''Larger Than Life'' (Jive)
6. Faith Hill ''The Secret of Life'' (Warner Bros.)
7. LFO ''Summer Girls'' (Arista)
8. Britney Spears ''You Drive Me Crazy'' (Jive)
9. Blink 182 ''What's My Age Again'' (MCA)
10. Eminem ''Any Man'' (Rawkus)
11. TLC ''Unpretty'' (LaFace)
12. Kid Rock ''Bawitdaba'' (Atlantic/Lava)
13. Pharoahe Monch ''Mayor'' (Rawkus)
14. Madonna ''Beautiful Stranger'' (Maverick)
15. Foxy Brown ''Hot Spot'' (Violator/Def Jam)
16. Jennifer Lopez ''Let's Get Loud'' (Work)
17. Blink 182 ''All the Small Things'' (MCA)
18. Sugar Ray ''Every Morning'' (Lava/Atlantic)
19. The Breakestra ''Getcho Soul Together'' (Loosegroove/No Mayo)
20. Blur ''Tender'' (EMI)
Reissues
1. Louis Armstrong An American Icon (Hip-o '98)
2. Bing Crosby The Best of Bing Crosby: 20th Century Masters: The
Millennium Collection (MCA)
3. A Tribe Called Quest Anthology (Jive)
4. Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers Deluxe Edition (Alligator)
5. The Holy Modal Rounders 1 & 2 (Fantasy)
6. MTV: The First Thousand Years: R&B (Rhino)
7. Miles Davis Love Songs (Columbia)
8. African Ambience (Shanachie)
9. Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band Acoustic Swing & Jug (Vanguard '98)
10. Shalamar Greatest Hits (The Right Stuff/Solar)
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Albums
1. Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP (AFTERMATH ENT./INTERSCOPE) 16
2. PJ Harvey Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (ISLAND/DEF JAM)
16
3. OutKast Stankonia (LAFACE/ARISTA) 13
4. Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Volume Four (REVENANT)
11
5. Fela Kuti The Best Best of Fela Kuti (MCA) 8
6. Sonic Youth NYC Ghosts & Flowers (INTERSCOPE) 8
7. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai: The Album (EPIC/RAZOR SHARP/SONY
MUSIC SOUNDTRAX)
8. Lou Reed Ecstasy (REPRISE) 8
9. Erykah Badu Mama's Gun (MOTOWN) 7
10. James Carter Chasin' the Gypsy (ATLANTIC) 5
11. Fatboy Slim Between the Gutter and the Stars (ASTRALWERKS)
12. De La Soul Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (TOMMY BOY)
13. D'Angelo Voodoo (VIRGIN)
14. The Go-Betweens The Friends of Rachel Worth (JETSET)
15. James Carter Layin' in the Cut (ATLANTIC)
16. Steely Dan Two Against Nature (GIANT)
17. Roni Size/Reprazent In the Mode (TALKIN' LOUD/ISLAND)
18. Madonna Music (MAVERICK/WARNER BROS.)
19. Everclear Songs From an American Movie: Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile
(CAPITOL)
20. Joni Mitchell Both Sides Now (REPRISE)
21. Wu-Tang Clan The W (LOUD)
22. The Waco Brothers Electric Waco Chair (BLOODSHOT)
23. Lyricist Lounge Vol. 2 (RAWKUS)
24. Badly Drawn Boy The Hour of Bewilderbeast (XL)
25. Elastica The Menace (ATLANTIC)
26. Merle Haggard If I Could Only Fly (ANTI-)
27. Tropicália Essentials (HIP-O '99)
28. Kwaito: South African Hip Hop (STERN'S/EARTHWORKS)
29. Los Van Van The Best of Los Van Van (HEMISPHERE)
30. Del the Funky Homosapien Both Sides of the Brain (HIERO IMPERIUM)
31. Built to Spill Live (WARNER BROS.)
32. Wyclef Jean The Ecleftic (COLUMBIA)
33. Youssou N'Dour Joko (The Link) (NONESUCH)
34. Big Youth Natty Universal Dread 1973-1979 (BLOOD AND FIRE IMPORT)
35. The Handsome Family In the Air (CARROT TOP)
36. Amy Rigby The Sugar Tree (KOCH)
37. Common Like Water for Chocolate (MCA)
38. At the Drive-In Relationship of Command (GRAND ROYAL)
39. M.O.P. Warriorz (LOUD)
40. Ass Ponys Some Stupid With a Flare Gun (CHECKERED PAST)
41. Dancehall 101 Vol. 1 (VP)
42. Blackalicious Nia (QUANNUM PROJECTS)
43. Cheikh Lô Bambay Gueej (WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH)
44. Grandaddy The Sophtware Slump (V2)
45. Puerto Rico (PUTUMAYO WORLD MUSIC)
46. Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue Vol. 2 (ELEKTRA)
47. Hip Hop 101 (TOMMY BOY BLACK LABEL)
48. Augustus Pablo The Great Pablo (MUSIC CLUB)
49. Dee Dee Bridgewater Live at Yoshi's (VERVE '99)
50. Chicks on Speed Chicks on Speed Will Save Us All! (CHICKS ON SPEED
IMPORT)
51. MC Paul Barman It's Very Stimulating (WORDSOUND)
52. Shelby Lynne I Am Shelby Lynne (ISLAND)
53. Bettie Serveert Private Suit (PALOMINE)
54. Sarge Distant (MUD)
55. Amadou et Mariam Tje ni Mousso (POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL IMPORT)
56. Radiohead Kid A (CAPITOL)
57. The Real Hip-Hop: Best of D&D Studios Vol.1 (COLD FRONT '99)
58. The Apples in Stereo The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone (SPINART)
59. Loud Rocks (LOUD)
60. Rokia Traoré Wanita (INDIGO IMPORT)
61. Modest Mouse The Moon and Antarctica (EPIC)
62. Select Cuts From Blood & Fire (SELECT CUTS IMPORT)
63. Fatboy Slim On the Floor at the Boutique (ASTRALWERKS)
64. Romeo Must Die (VIRGIN)
65. M2M Shades of Purple (ATLANTIC)
66. Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos ¡Muy Divertido! (Very Entertaining!)
(ATLANTIC)
67. Modest Mouse Building Nothing Out of Something (UP)
68. Sleater-Kinney All Hands on the Bad One (KILL ROCK STARS)
69. Idlewild Hope Is Important (ODEON '99)
70. Pink Can't Take Me Home (LAFACE)
71. U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind (INTERSCOPE)
72. Third World Cop (PALM PICTURES)
73. Dan Bryk Lovers Leap (SCRATCHIE)
74. Khevrisa European Klezmer Music (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
75. Sway & King Tech This or That (INTERSCOPE '99)
76. Ghostface Killah Supreme Clientele (EPIC/RAZOR SHARP)
77. Rubén González Chanchullo (WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH)
78. The Rough Guide to Cumbia (WORLD MUSIC NETWORK IMPORT)
79. Belle and Sebastian Tigermilk (MATADOR '99)
80. Fela Kuti Confusion/Gentlemen (MCA)
81. Chumbawamba WYSIWYG (REPUBLIC)
82. Kasey Chambers The Captain (WARNER BROS.)
83. High Fidelity (HOLLYWOOD)
84. Veruca Salt Resolver (VELVETEEN/BEYOND)
Singles 2000
1. Eminem "Kim" (AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE)
2. OutKast "Ms. Jackson" (LAFACE)
3. Eminem "Stan" (AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE)
4. Eminem "The Real Slim Shady" (AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE)
5. Bruce Springsteen "American Skin" (MSG)
6. Britney Spears " . . . Oops, I Did It Again" (JIVE)
7. Baha Men "Who Let the Dogs Out" (ARTEMIS)
8. Sisqó "Thong Song" (DEF SOUL)
9. Nelly "(Hot S***) Country Grammar" (UNIVERSAL)
10. Pink "There You Go" (LAFACE)
11. M2M "Girl of Your Dreams" (ATLANTIC)
12. Madd Anju "Wah Dis Fada" (VP)
13. Mystikal "Shake Ya Ass" (JIVE)
14. Black Rob "Whoa!" (BAD BOY)
15. Lee Ann Womack "I Hope You Dance" (MCA)
16. 3 Doors Down "Kryptonite" (REPUBLIC)
17. Green Velvet "Answering Machine" (F-111)
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Albums
1. Bob Dylan "Love and Theft" Columbia
2. The Moldy Peaches The Moldy Peaches Rough Trade/Sanctuary
3. Manu Chao Proxima Estacion: Esperanza Virgin
4. Tricky Blowback Hollywood
5. The Coup Party Music 75 Ark
6. Orlando Cachaito Lopez Cachaito World Circuit/Nonesuch
7. Old 97's Satellite Rides Elektra
8. Atmosphere Lucy Ford Rhymesayers Entertainment
9. Pink Missundaztood Arista
10. Rachid Taha Made in Medina Mondo Melodia
11. Nils Petter Molvaer Solid Ether ECM
12. De La Soul AOI: Bionix Tommy Boy
13. The White Stripes White Blood Cells Sympathy for the Record Industry
14. Black Box Recorder The Facts of Life Jetset
15. Tea in Marrakech Stern's/Earthworks
16. Lucinda Williams Essence Lost Highway
17. Blink-182 Take Off Your Pants and Jacket MCA
18. Hakim The Lion RoarsÑLive in America Mondo Melodia
19. Buck 65 Man Overboard Anticon
20. The New Pornographers Mass Romantic Mint '00
21. Baaba Maal Missing You . . . Mi Yeewnii Palm
22. Haiku d'Etat Haiku d'Etat Pure Hip Hop, Inc. '00
23. Drive-By Truckers Southern Rock Opera Soul Dump
24. Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe and His Nigerian Soundmakers Sound Time
Indigedisc
25. Leonard Cohen Ten New Songs Columbia
26. Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga Ujumbe Stern's/Earthworks
27. Clem Snide The Ghost of Fashion Spinart
28. Highlife Allstars Sankofa Network Import
29. New Order Get Ready Reprise
30. Buddy Guy Sweet Tea Silvertone
31. The Rough Guide to Indonesia World Music Network Import
32. Ghostface Killah Bulletproof Wallets Epic
33. Lightning Bolt Ride the Sky Load
34. Pernice Brothers The World Won't End Ashmont
35. Taraf de Haïdouks Band of Gypsies Nonesuch
36. St. Lunatics Free City Universal
37. Select Cuts From Blood & Fire Chapter Two Select Cuts Import
38. Kirsty MacColl Tropical Brainstorm Instinct
39. Shakira Laundry Service Epic
40. Babyface Face 2 Face Arista
41. Michael Jackson Invincible Epic
42. Maria Muldaur Richland Woman Blues Stony Plain Import
43. The Strokes Is This It RCA
44. KMD Bl-ck B-st-rds Sub Verse
45. Le Tigre Feminist Sweepstakes Mr. Lady
46. Willie Nelson Rainbow Connection Island
47. Shaver The Earth Rolls On New West
48. Mush Filmstrip (Frame 1) Shadow
49. Orchèstre Vévé Vintage Verckys Tetroafric Import
50. Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor J
51. The Handsome Family Twilight Carrot Top
52. Björk Vespertine Elektra
53. Jay-Z The Blueprint Roc-A-Fella
54. Silkworm Lifestyle Touch and Go '00
55. Faudel Baïda Mondo Melodia
56. The Soul Brothers The Rough Guide to the Soul Brothers World Music
Network Import
57. Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
Hellcat
58. The Rough Guide to Cuban Son World Music Network Import
59. Kékélé Rumba Congo Stern's Africa
60. The Rough Guide to Bhangra World Music Network Import '00
61. Aceyalone Accepted Eclectic Ground Control
62. Bang on a Can Terry Riley: In C Cantaloupe
63. Salsa Clasica Music Club '00
64. Stephen Malkmus Stephen Malkmus Matador
65. The Sidewalks of New York Winter and Winter Import '99
66. Bang on a Can Renegade Heaven Cantaloupe
67. Aesop Rock Labor Days Def Jux
68. James Blood Ulmer Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions label m
69. Bosavi Smithsonian Folkways
70. Brun Campbell Joplin's Disciple Delmark
71. Basement Jaxx Rooty Astralwerks
72. Unsung Heroes Unleashed 75 Ark '00
73. Rodney Crowell The Houston Kid Sugar Hill
74. Wadada Leo Smith/Thomas Mapfumo Dreams and Secrets Anonymous Web
75. Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber Blood on the Leaf: Opus No. 1
Trugroid
76. City High City High Booga Basement/Interscope
Singles 2001
1. The Clash "Rock the Casbah" Epic
2. M.O.P "Ante Up" Loud
3. The Moldy Peaches "Jorge Regula" Rough Trade/Sanctuary
4. Bob Dylan "Po' Boy" Columbia
5. Artful Dodger "Re-Rewind" v2
6. Rachid Taha "Barra Barra" Mondo Melodia
7. Manu Chao "Merry Blues" Virgin
8. Pink "Get the Party Started" Arista
9. Loudon Wainwright III "White Winos" Red House
10. St. Lunatics "Midwest Swing" Universal
11. Black Box Recorder "The Facts of Life" Jetset
12. Mary J. Blige "PMS" MCA
13. Bullfrog "Reverse Psychology" Ropeadope
14. Atmosphere "Party for the Fight to Write" Rhymesayers Entertainment
15. The Moldy Peaches "Who's Got the Crack" Rough Trade/Sanctuary
16. Leonard Cohen "In My Secret Life" Columbia
17. Michael Jackson "Unbreakable" Epic
18. Aceyalone "Rappers, Rappers, Rappers" Ground Control
19. Saul Williams "La La La" American
20. Maxwell "This Woman's Work" Epic
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Albums
1. Mekons OOOH! (Quarterstick)
2. DJ Shadow The Private Press (MCA)
3. Orchestra Baobab Specialist in All Styles (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
4. Imperial Teen On (Merge)
5. Kimya Dawson I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean (Rough Trade)
6. Northern State Hip Hop You Haven't Heard (Northern State)
7. Cornershop Handcream for a Generation (Beggars Banquet)
8. The Hives Veni Vidi Vicious (Sire/Burning Heart/Epitaph)
9. Youssou N'Dour Nothing's in Vain (Coono du réér) (Nonesuch)
10. Sleater-Kinney One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)
11. Spoon Kill the Moonlight (Merge)
12. Tom Zé Jogos de Armar (Trama import '00)
13. Transplants : Transplants (Hellcat)
14. The Mountain Goats Tallahassee (4AD)
15. Mr. Lif I Phantom (Definitive Jux)
16. Djelimady Tounkara Sigui (Indigo)
17. Oh-OK The Complete Recordings (Collectors' Choice)
18. Orchestra Baobab Pirates Choice (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
19. Northern State Dying in Stereo (Northern State)
20. The Best Bootlegs in the World Ever (No Label import)
21. Electric Highlife: Sessions From the Bokoor Studios (Naxos World)
22. The Roots Phrenology (MCA)
23. The Music in My Head 2 (Stern's Africa)
24. Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali A Better Destiny (RealWorld '01)
25. Alanis Morissette Under Rug Swept (Maverick)
26. Justin Timberlake Justified (Jive)
27. N.E.R.D. In Search of . . . (Virgin)
28. Warren Zevon My Ride's Here (Artemis)
29. Big Lazy New Everything (Tasankee)
30. Daniel Bedingfield Gotta Get Thru This (Island)
31. Rachid Taha Live (Mondo Melodia)
32. Roberto Rodriguez El Danzón de Moises (Tzadik)
33. Colombia (Putumayo World Music '01)
34. Cash Money Records: Platinum Hits (Cash Money/Universal)
35. Steinski Nothing to Fear (Soul Ting)
36. Luna Close Cover Before Striking (Jetset)
37. The Velvet Underground Bootleg Series: Volume 1: The Quine Tapes (Polydor
'01)
38. Public Enemy Revolverlution (Koch)
39. Steve Earle Jerusalem (E-Squared/Artemis)
40. Buck 65 Square (WEA import)
41. The Meat Purveyors All Relationships Are Doomed to Fail (Bloodshot)
42. The Donnas Spend the Night (Atlantic)
43. Patti Smith Land (Arista)
44. Rhett Miller The Instigator (Elektra)
45. Atmosphere God Loves Ugly (Fat Beats)
46. The History of Township Music (Wrass import)
47. Africa Raps (Trikont import)
48. Orchestra Super Mazembe Giants of East Africa (Earthworks)
49. Will Rigby Paradoxaholic (Diesel Only)
50. Red Hot + Riot (MCA)
51. Fred Eaglesmith Ralph's Last Show (Signature Sounds '01)
52. Dexter's Laboratory: The Hip-Hop Experiment (Cartoon Network/Rhino)
53. Tom Waits Blood Money (Anti-)
54. Eminem The Eminem Show (Aftermath)
55. Pretenders Loose Screw (Artemis)
56. The Streets Original Pirate Material (Locked On/Vice)
57. Andrew W.K. I Get Wet (Island)
58. Silkworm Italian Platinum (Touch and Go)
59. Pine Valley Cosmonauts The Executioner's Last Songs (Bloodshot)
60. The Breeders Title TK (4AD/Elektra)
61. Papa Noel & Papi Oviedo Bana Congo (Tumi import)
62. Wire Read & Burn 01 (Pinkflag import)
63. Badly Drawn Boy Have You Fed the Fish? (Artist Direct)
64. Youssou Ndour Rewmi (Jololi import)
65. Wide Right Wide Right (Wide Right)
66. Yohimbe Brothers Front End Lifter (Ropeadope)
67. Aesop Rock Daylight EP (Def Jux)
68. The Reputation The Reputation (Initial)
69. The Best of International Hip-Hop (Hip-O '00)
70. The Bottle Rockets Songs of Sahm (Bloodshot '01)
71. MC Paul Barman Paullelujah! (Coup d'Etat)
72. South African Freedom Songs (Making Music import)
73. Bhundu Boys The Shed Sessions (Sadza import '01)
74. Mr. Lif Emergency Rations (Definitive Jux)
75. Burnt Sugar That Depends on What You Know: Fubractive: Since Antiquity
Suite (Trugroid)
76. Meshell Ndegeocello Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape (Maverick)
77. Hakim Talakik (Mondo Melodia)
78. Dan Bern The Swastika E.P. (Messenger)
79. Amy Allison Sad Girl (Diesel Only '01)
80. Pixies Pixies (SpinArt)
81. The Rough Guide to Raï (World Music Network import)
82. The Blind Boys of Alabama Spirit of the Century (RealWorld '01)
83. The Capricorns In the Zone (Paroxysm)
84. Wish You Were Here: Love Songs to New York (Village Voice)
85. The Apples in Stereo Velocity of Sound (SpinArt)
86. Raphael Saadiq Instant Vintage (Universal)
87. John Forte i, John (Transparent Music)
88. Corey Harris Downhome Sophisticate (Rounder)
89. Issa Bagayogo Timbuktu (Six Degrees)
90. Kasey Chambers Barricades & Brickwalls (Warner Bros.)
91. Pretty Girls Make Graves Good Health (Lookout)
2002 Singles
1. Mystikal "Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Up Against the
Wall)" (Jive)
2. Freelance Hellraiser "Smells Like Booty" (n/a)
3. Pet Shop Boys "The Night I Fell in Love" (Sanctuary)
4. Pink "Don't Let Me Get Me" (Arista)
5. Eminem "My Dad's Gone Crazy" (Aftermath)
6. OutKast "The Whole World" (Arista)
7. Tweet "Oops (Oh My)" (The Goldmind, Inc./Elektra)
8. Justin Timberlake "Cry Me a River" (Jive)
9. Yo La Tengo "Nuclear War" (Matador)
10. Bruce Springsteen "The Rising" (Columbia)
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Albums
1 King Sunny Ade The Best of the Classic Years
2 Buck 65 Talkin' Honky Blues
3 Drive-By Truckers Decoration Day
4 The Wrens The Meadowlands
5 Liz Phair Liz Phair
6 Fountains of Wayne Welcome Interstate Managers
7 Lyrics Born Later That Day . . .
8 The Libertines Up the Bracket
9 Kimya Dawson My Sweet Fiend Sweet Princess
10 Missy Elliott This Is Not a Test!
11 Yo La Tengo Summer Sun
12 The Rough Guide to Highlife
13 The Shins Chutes Too Narrow
14 Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt God Bless Jug and Sonny
15 Wire Send
16 OutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
17 Down in the Basement
18 Fannypack So Stylistic
19 Kaito U.K. Band Red
20 Rancid Indestructible
21 Warren Zevon The Wind
22 Amy Rigby Til the Wheels Fall Off
23 Festival in the Desert
24 Lucinda Williams World Without Tears
25 The Handsome Family Live at Schuba's Tavern
26 Electric Six Fire
27 Brother Ali Shadows on the Sun
28 Four Tet Rounds
29 Lifesavas Spirit in Stone
30 The Rapture Echoes
31 The Fever Pink on Pink
32 Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around
33 The Black Eyed Peas Elephunk
34 The Dandy Warhols Welcome to the Monkey House
35 Mamani Keita & Marc Minelli Electro Bamako
36 Bettye Lavette A Woman Like Me
37 Bettie Serveert Log 22
38 Kaito The Montigola EP
39 The Bottle Rockets Blue Sky
40 Timbaland & Magoo Under Construction Part II
41 Todd Snider Todd Snider Live: Near Truths and Hotel Rooms
42 Murs . . . The End of the Beginning
43 Arabesque Tlata 3
44 Akrobatik Balance
45 Panjabi MC Beware
46 Gaby Kerpel Carnabailito
47 Craig David Slicker Than Your Average
48 The Postal Service Give Up
49 The Klezmatics Rise Up!/Shteyt Oyf!
50 Lftr-Pllr Soft Rock
51 The Rough Guide to the Music of Egypt
52 Koffi Olomide Best of Koffi Olomide
53 Television Live at the Old Waldorf
54 Aaliyah I Care 4 You
55 The Kings of Highlife
56 Ragga Ragga Ragga! 2003
57 NOFX The War on Errorism
58 Extra Yard
59 The Rough Guide to South African Gospel
60 Al Green I Can't Stop
61 Amy Allison No Frills Friend
62 Ndala Kasheba Yellow Card
63 Jean Grae The Bootleg of the Bootleg EP
64 Ramiro Musotto Sudaka
65 Mr. Lif Sleepyheads
66 The Guitar and Gun
67 McEnroe Disenfranchised
68 Gilad Atzmon Exile
69 The Blue Series Continuum GoodandEvil Sessions
70 Jon Langford and His Sadies Mayors of the Moon
71 James Blood Ulmer No Escape From the Blues
72 Horace X Sackbutt
73 The Naysayer Pure Beauty
74 The Go-Betweens Spring Hill Fair
2003 Singles
1 Panjabi MC featuring Jay-Z Beware of the Boys (Mundian
To Bach Ke)
2 Fannypack Hey Mami
3 Justin Timberlake Senorita
4 Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz Get Low Remix
5 Todd Snider Beer Run
6 MC Hawking Entropy
7 Justin Timberlake Rock Your Body
8 OutKast Hey Ya!
9 Yerba Buena Guajira
10 Vybz Kartel Sweet to the Belly
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Albums
1 Brian Wilson - SMiLE
2 Papa Wemba - 1977-1997
3 Kanye West - The College Dropout
4 Youssou N'Dour - Egypt
5 Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
6 Eminem - Encore
7 Jon Langford - All the Fame of Lofty Deeds
8 Todd Snider - East Nashville Skyline
9 Courtney Love - America's Sweetheart
10 Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed
11 Nas - Street's Disciple
12 Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
13 McEnroe and Birdapres - Nothing Is Cool
14 J.U.F - Gogol Bordello vs. Tamir Muskat
15 The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia
16 Rokia Traore - Bowmboï
17 The Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya
18 Boban Markovic Orkestar - Boban I Marko
19 Mos Def - The New Danger
20 Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
21 Caetano Veloso - A Foreign Sound
22 Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Raise Your Spirit Higher
23 Nellie McKay - Get Away From Me
24 Prince - Musicology
25 Northern State - All City
26 Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South
27 Hound Dog Taylor - Release the Hound
28 Mory Kante - Sabou
29 Peter Stampfel and the Bottle Caps - The Jig Is Up
30 Ozomatli - Street Signs
31 Oumou - Sangare Oumou
32 Party of One - Caught the Blast
33 Z Man - Dope or Dogfood
34 The Rough Guide to Salsa Colombia
35 Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company
36 Matthew Shipp - Harmony and Abyss
37 Jaojoby - Malagasy
38 Automato - Automato
39 DNA DNA on DNA
40 The Ponys - Laced With Romance
41 The Arcade Fire - Funeral
42 Buddy Miller - Universal United House of Prayer
43 The Reputation - To Force a Fate
44 Eddie Palmieri - Ritmo Caliente
45 Faces - Five Guys Walk Into a Bar
46 Thelonious Monster - California Clam Chowder
47 The Rough Guide to the Music of Morocco
48 Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
49 Super Mama Djombo - Super Mama Djombo
50 Capital D - Insomnia
51 Kimya Dawson - Hidden Vagenda
52 Arto Lindsay - Salt
53 Freedy Johnston - The Way I Were
54 The Rough Guide to Brazilian Hip-Hop
55 Madvillain - Madvillainy
56 The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
57 Yohimbe Brothers - The Tao of Yo
58 Pipi Skid - Funny Farm
59 Tinariwen - Amassakoul
60 Beautiful Dreamer: - The Songs of Stephen Foster
61 The Roots - The Tipping Point
62 Jill Scott - Beautifully Human
63 Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminals' Starvation League - From the End of
Your Leash
64 Nils Petter Molvaer - NP3
65 The Libertines - The Libertines
66 Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
67 The Willowz - The Willowz
68 UTD - Manifest Destiny
69 African Underground Vol 1: Senegal Hip-Hop
70 The Allman Brothers Band - One Way Out Live at the Beacon Theatre
71 Viktor Vaughn - (VV2) Venomous Villain
72 Septeto Rodriquez - Baila! Gitano Baila!
73 Unity: The Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games Album
74 The Third Unheard Connecticut Hip Hop 1979-1983
75 Tarika 10: - Beasts, Ghosts & Dancing With History
76 Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs
77 Mekons - Punk Rock
2004 Singles
1 Andre Tanker "Food Fight"
2 Rilo Kiley "It's a Hit"
3 Randy Travis "Raise Him Up"
4 Buddy Miller "Worry Too Much"
5 Moby and Public Enemy "MKLVFKWR"
6 Eminem "Mosh"
7 Jay-Z "99 Problems"
8 Kanye West Featuring Syleena Johnson "All Falls Down"
9 Silkworm "Don't Look Back"
10 Nas "Bridging the Gap"
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Albums
1 Kanye West Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella)
2 The Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara (World Music Network)
3 Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note)
4 Gogol Bordello Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike (Side One Dummy)
5 Amy Rigby Little Fugitive (Signature Sounds)
6 The Go-Betweens Oceans Apart (Yep Roc)
7 Wide Right Sleeping on the Couch (Poptop)
8 M.I.A. Arular (Interscope/XL)
9 The Hold Steady Separation Sunday (Frenchkiss)
10 Our New Orleans 2005 (Nonesuch)
11 Sleater-Kinney The Woods (Sub Pop)
12 Wussy Funeral Dress (Shake It)
13 The Perceptionists Black Dialogue (Def Jux)
14 Golden Afrique Vol. 1 (Network)
15 Astor Piazzolla The Rough Guide to Astor Piazzolla (World Music
Network)
16 Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman Song X (Nonesuch)
17 Shakira Oral Fixation Vol. 2 (Epic)
18 Fiona Apple Extraordinary Machine (Epic/Clean Slate)
19 Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley Welcome to Jamrock (Tuff Gong/Universal)
20 Balkan Beat Box Balkan Beat Box (JDub)
21 Bobby Pinson Man Like Me (RCA)
22 Loudon Wainwright III Here Come the Choppers! (Sovereign Artists)
23 Danger Doom The Mouse and the Mask (Epitaph)
24 Living Things Ahead of the Lions (Jive/Zomba)
25 Missy Elliott The Cookbook (Atlantic/Gold Mind)
26 Comet Gain City Fallen Leaves (Kill Rock Stars)
27 Lyrics Born Same !@$ Different Day (Quannum Projects)
28 Blueprint 1988 (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
29 Clem Snide End of Love (SpinArt)
30 The Pernice Brothers Discover a Lovelier You (Ashmont)
31 MC Hawking A Brief History of Rhyme (Brash)
32 Art Brut Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Banana Recordings/Fierce Panda)
33 Gogol Bordello East Infection (Rubric)
34 The Rough Guide to Boogaloo (World Music Network)
35 Neil Young Prairie Wind (Reprise)
36 Fountains of Wayne Out-of-State Plates (Virgin)
37 Encre Encre (Clapping Music)
38 Robbie Fulks Georgia Hard (Yep Roc)
39 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (clapyourhandssayyeah.com)
40 James McMurtry Childish Things (Compadre)
41 The Mountain Goats The Sunset Tree (4AD)
42 Amadou et Mariam Je Pense à Toi: The Best of Amadouet Mariam(Circular
Moves/ Universal Music Jazz)
43 Thione Seck Orientation (Stern's Africa)
44 Sufjan Stevens Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
45 The Willowz Talk in Circles (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
46 Cheb I Sabbah La Kahena (Six Degrees)
47 The Books Lost and Safe (Tomlab '04)
48 Blackalicious The Craft (Anti-)
49 World Psychedelic Classics: 3 Love's a Real Thing (Luaka Bop)
50 Global Hip Hop (Manteca)
51 Linton Kwesi Johnson Live in Paris With the Dennis Bovell Dub Band
(Wrasse)
52 The Chemical Brothers Push the Button (Astralwerks)
53 Run the Road (Vice/Atlantic)
54 Stevie Wonder A Time to Love (Motown)
55 Amadou & Mariam Dimanche à Bamako (Nonesuch)
56 Four Tet Everything Ecstatic (Domino)
57 Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (Saddle Creek)
58 50 Cent The Massacre (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
59 Bruce Springsteen Devils & Dust (Columbia)
60 The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang (Virgin)
61 Lady Sovereign Vertically Challenged (Chocolate Industries)
62 John Coltrane One Down, One Up (Impulse)
63 Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much Better (Domino)
64 Charlie Robison Good Times (Dualtone '04)
65 The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan (V2)
66 Clinic Winchester Cathedral (Domino '04)
67 Daby Balde Introducing Daby Balde (World Music Network)
68 Shukar Collective Urban Gypsy (Riverboat)
69 DJ Shadow Live! In Tune and On Time (Geffen)
70 Brakes Give Blood(Rough Trade)
71 The Go! Team Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Columbia /Memphis Industries)
72 The Ponys Celebration Castle (In the Red)
73 Gaby Lita Bembo and Orchestre Stukas du Za Kita Mata ABC (RetroAfric)
74 Shakira Fijación Oral Vol. 1 (Epic)
75 M.I.A. vs. Diplo Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 1 (no label '04)
76 Buck 65 This Right Here Is Buck 65 (V2)
77 Cantankerous Cantankerous (Tommy Boy)
78 Boubacar Traoré The Best of Boubacar Traoré (Wrasse '03)
79 Fannypack See You Next Tuesday (Tommy Boy)
80 Rachid Taha Tékitoi (Wrasse)
81 Blaine Larsen Off to Join the World (BNA)
Singles
1 Eminem "We're Still 1" (no label)
2 James McMurtry "We Can't Make It Here" (Compadre)
3 Blaine Larsen "In My High School" (Giantslayer)
4 Kanye West Featuring Jamie Foxx "Gold Digger" (Roc-A-Fella)
5 Miranda Lambert "Kerosene" (Epic)
6 Bobby Pinson "Don't Ask Me How I Know" (RCA)
7 Brad Paisley "Alcohol" (Arista)
8 Legendary K.O. "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People" (no label)
9 50 Cent "Candy Shop" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
10 Black Eyed Peas "My Humps" (A&M)
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