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MOJO - THE 25 BEST ALBUMS OF 1994

1. Jeff Buckley - Grace
2. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Sleeps With Angels
3. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
4. Johhny Cash - American Recordings
5. Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
6. Dan Penn - Do Right Man
7. Blur - Parklife
8. Tom Petty - Wildflowers
9. The High Llamas - Gideon Gaye
10. Counting Crows - August And Everything After
11. Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - No Quarter
12. Portishead - Dummy
13. Freddy Johnston - This Perfect World
14. The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents
15. Suede - Dog Man Star
16. Ali Farka Toure/Ry Cooder - Talking Timbuktu
17. Morrissey - Vauxhall And I
18. Nick Lowe - The Impossible Bird
19. Elvis Costello - Brutal Youth
20. The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge
21. Palace Brothers - Palace Brothers
22. Ian McNabb - Head Like A Rock
23. June Tabor - Against The Streams
24. Joni Mitchell - Turbulent Indigo
25. Sebadoh - Bakesale

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MOJO - THE 25 BEST ALBUMS OF 1995

1. Radiohead - The Bends
2. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
3. Tricky - Maxinquaye
4. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory
5. P J Harvey - To Bring You My Love
6. Supergrass - I Should Coco
7. Bjork - Post
8. The Jayhawks - Tomorrow The Green Grass
9. Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight ... Yeah!
10. Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost Of Tom Joad
11. Pulp - Different Class
12. Blur - The Great Escape
13. Aimee Mann - I'm With Stupid
14. Little Axe - The House That Wolf Built
15. Scott Walker - Tilt
16. Tarnation - Gentle Creatures
17. David Bowie - Outside
18. Eric Matthews - It's Heavy In Here
19. Elastica - Elastica
20. Steve Earle - Train A Comin'
21. Mercury Rev - See You On The Other Side
22. Neil Young - Mirror Ball
23. Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks - Orange Crate Art
24. Smashing Pumpkins - Melion Collie & The Infinite Sadness
25. Warren Zevon - Mutineer

TEN BUBBLING UNDER

1. Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
2. AC/DC - Ballbreaker
3. Chris Isaak - Forever Blue
4. Baby Bird - I Was Born A Man
5. Elvis Costello - Kojak Variety
6. Tindersticks - The Bloomsbury Theatre 12.3.95
7. kd lang - All You Can Eat
8. MC 900 Ft Jesus - One Step Ahead Of The Spider
9. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
10. Finn - Finn

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MOJO 1996 Albums

1. Beck - Odelay
2. Maria McKee - Life is sweet
3. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
4. REM - New adventures in hi-fi
5. The blue nile - Peace at last
6. R. L. Burnside - A ass pocket of whiskey
7. Everything but the girl - Walking wounded
8. Joe Henry - Trampoline
9. Lewis Taylor - Lewis Taylor
10. Gillian Welch - Revival
11. Ben folds five - Ben folds five
12. Suede - Coming up
13. Patti Smith - Gone again
14. Underworld - Second toughest in the infants
15. Fugees - The score
16. ZZ Top - Rhythmeen
17. The high lamas - Hawaii
18. Willie Nelson - Sprit
19. Elvis Costello - All this useless beauty
20. George Clinton - T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M.
21. Nasrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook - Night song
22. The Lemonheads - Car button cloth
23. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Braver newer world
24. Screaming trees - Dust
25. Gretchen Peters - The secret of life
26. Steve Earl - I feel alright
27. Oumou Sangare - Worotan
28. Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X
29. Manic Street Preachers - Everything must go
30. Lou Reed - Set the twilight reeling
31. Norma Waterson - Norma Waterson
32. Tasmin Archer - Bloom
33. Cassandra Wilson - New moon daughter
34. Ernist Ranglin - Below the bassline
35. Nirvana - From the muddy banks of the wishkah
36. Kula Shaker - K
37. Babybird - Ugly beautiful
38. Weezer - Pinkerton
39. Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
40. Rocket from the crypt - Scream dracula scream

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MOJO Albums Of 1997..

1. Rodiohead ~ OK Computer
2. Bob Dylan ~ Time Out Of Mind
3. Bjork ~ Homogenic
4. The Verve ~ Urban Hymns
5. Spiritualized ~ Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space
6. Ry Cooder & Friends ~ Buena Vista Social Club
7. Blur ~ Blur
8. Fountains Of Wayne ~ Fountains Of Wayne
9. Portishead ~ Portishead
10. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds ~ The Boatmans Call
11. Oasis ~ Be Here Now
12. Steve Earle ~ El Corazon
13. Supergrass ~ In It For The Money
14. Prefab Sprout ~ Andromeda Heights
15. Teenage Fanclub ~ Songs From Northern Britain
16. Robert Wyatt ~ Shleep
17. Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci ~ Barnface
18. Eels ~ Beautiful Freak
19. The Jayhawks ~ Sound Of Lies
20. Ron Sexsmith ~ Other Songs
21. The Prodigy ~ The Fat Of The Land
22. Cornershop ~ When I Was Born For The 7^th Time
23. Paul McCartney ~ Flaming Pie
24. Roni Size & Reprazent ~ New Forms
25. Wilco ~ Being There
26. Ben Folds Five ~ Whatever And Ever Amen
27. Primal Scream ~ Vanishing Point
28. Chemical Brothers ~ Dig Your Own Hole
29. Tindersticks ~ Curtains
30. Echo And The Bunnymen ~ Evergreen
31. Kim Richey ~ Bitter Sweet
32. James Taylor - Hourglass
33. Erykah Badu ~ Baduizm
34. World Partu ~ Egyptology
35. Missy ‘Misdemeanour’ Elliot ~ Supa Dupa Fly
36. Muttonbirds ~ Envy Of Angels
37. Patti Smith ~ Peace And Noise
38. Stereolab ~ Dots And Loops
39. Wu-Tang-Clan ~ Wu-Tang Forever
40. Finley Quaye ~ Maverick A Strike

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Mojo Albums Of 1998

Compilations

• Delfonics ~ Best Of..
• The Band ~ The Shape I’m In
• Bill Withers ~ Lovely Day ~ The Best Of
• Karious ~ Sushi
• Charlie Feathers ~ Get With It
• Gene Clarke ~ Flying High
• James Brown ~ 40^th Anniversary Concert
• Various ~ Speciality Story With Art Rupe
• Van Morrison ~ Philosopher’s Stone

Re Issues

• Serge Gainsbourg ~ L’histoire De Melody Nelson
• Sandy Denny ~ Goldust Live
• Ramond Scott ~ Soothing Sounds For Baby
• Roy Budd ~ Get Carter
• Cedell Davis ~ Feel Like Doing Something Wrong
• Elvis Presley ~ ’68 Comeback Special
• Jimi Hendrix Experience ~ BBC Sessions
• The Beatles ~ The Beatles
• Terry Collier ~ The Real Folk Blues
• Src ~ Src

Best Dance Albums

• Talvin Singh ~ OK
• The Beastie Boys ~ Hello Nasty
• Rae And Christian ~ Northern Sulphuric Soul
• Doctor L ~ Exploring The Outside World
• Yoshinari Sunahara ~ Take Off And Landing

Mojo Albums Of 1999

1. Tom Waits ~ Mule Variations
2. Fountains Of Wayne ~ Utopia Parkway
3. Supergrass - Supergrass
4. Macy Gray ~ On How Lif Is
5. Wilco ~ Summerteeth
6. The Flaming Lips ~ The Soft Bulletin
7. XTC ~ Apple Venus Vol. 1
8. Beck ~ Midnight Vultures
9. Ben Folds Five ~ The Autobiography Of Reinhold Messner
10. The Beta Band ~ The Beta Band
11. Chemical Brothers ~ Surrender
12. Pavement ~ Terror Twilight
13. Ibrahim Ferrerr ~ Ibrahim Ferrer
14. Seelby Lynne ~ I Am Shelby Lynne
15. Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band ~ The Mountain
16. Cesaria Evora ~ Café Atlantico
17. Guided By Voices ~ Do The Collapse
18. Underworld ~ Beaucoup Fish
19. Paul McCartney ~ Run Devil Run
20. Travis ~ The Man Who
21. Shack ~ HMS Fable
22. Blur ~ 13
23. Moby ~ Play
24. Gomez ~ Liquid Skin
25. Death In Vegas ~ The Contino Sessions
26. New Radicals ~ Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too
27. Iggy Pop ~ Avenue B
28. Gay Dad ~ Leisure Noise
29. Basement Jaxx ~ Remedy
30. David Bowie ~ Hours…
31. U-Ziq ~ Royal Astronomy
32. Jim O’rourke ~ Eureka
33. Missy Elliott ~ Da Real World
34. Leftfield ~ Rhythm & Stealth
35. Smog ~ Knock Knock
36. Cheikh Lo ~ Bambay
37. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
38. Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham ~ Moments From This Theatre
39. Peter Bruntnell ~ Normal For Bridgwater
40. Add N To X ~ Avant Hard
 

Mojo Albums Of 2000

1. Johnny Cash ~ American III: Solitary Man
2. Queens Of The Stone Age ~ Rated R
3. Radiohead ~ Kid A
4. Aimee Mann ~ Bachelor No 2
5. The Delgados ~ The Great Eastern
6. Paul Simon ~ You’re The One
7. Emmylou Harris ~ Red Dirt Girl
8. Granddaddy ~ The Sophtware Slump
9. Kathryn Williams ~ Little Black Number
10. Lambchop ~ Nixon
11. Badly Drawn Boy ~ The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
12. Primal Scream ~ Exterminator
13. Eminem ~ The Marshall Mathers Lp
14. The Magnetic Fields ~ 69 Love Songs
15. Madonna ~ Music
16. The Jayhawks ~ Smile
17. Air ~ The Virgin Suicides
18. Ryan Adams ~ Heartbreaker
19. Teenage Fanclub ~ Howdy!
20. Kellies - Kaleidoscope
21. Richard Ashcroft ~ Alone With Everybody
22. The Dandy Warhols ~ Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
23. Doves ~ Lost Souls
24. Outkast ~ Stankonia
25. Jill Scott ~ Who Is Jill Scott?
26. D’Angelo ~ Voodoo
27. Smog ~ Dongs Of Sevotion
28. Youssu N’dour
29. Billy Bragg And Wilco ~ Mermaid Avenue Vol II
30. The Shazam ~ Rev9
31. Mark Ribot ~ Mug Divertido
32. Ween ~ White Pepper
33. Jimmie Dale Gilmore ~ One Endless Night
34. Warren Zevon ~ Life’ll Kill Ya
35. Phoenix ~ United
36. Steely Dan ~ Two Against Nature
37. Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci ~ The Blue Tree
38. The Waterboys ~ A Rock In A Weary Land
39. Oasis ~ Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
40. Ruben Gonzalez ~ Chanchullo
 

 Box Sets And Compilations 

1. Jimi Hendrix ~ Box Set
2. David Bowie ~ Bowie At The Beeb
3. Dave Godin ~ Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3
4. Various ~ Harry Smith’s Anthology Of American Folk Vol.4
5. Various ~ New Orlaeans Funk
6. Raymond Scott ~ Manhatten Research
7. The Stooges ~ Funhouse Sessions
8. The Supremes ~ The Supremes
9. Otis Rush ~ Good Uns
10. ESG ~ A South Bronx Story

MOJO - Best Albums of  2001

1 Super Furry Animals ~ Rings Around The World
2 Bob Dylan ~ Love And Theft
3 The Strokes ~ Is This It
4 Gillian Welch ~ Time (The Revelator)
5 Rufus Wainright ~ Poses
6 Sparklehorse ~ It's A Wonderful Life
7 Bjork ~ Vespertine
8 Nick Lowe ~ The Convincer
9 Ryan Adams ~ Gold
10 Radiohead ~ Amnesiac
11 Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros ~ Global A Go-Go
12 Gorky's Zygotic Mynci ~ How I Long To Feel That Summer...
13 Mercury Rev ~ All Is Dream
14 The Shins ~ Oh, Inverted World
15 The White Stripes ~ White Blood Cells
16 Lucinda Williams ~ Essence
17 Nick Cave ~ No More Shall We Part
18 Low ~ Things We Lost In The Fire
19 Spiritualized ~ Let It Come Down
20 Bonnie Prince Billy ~ Ease Down The Road
21 Basement Jaxx ~ Rooty
22 Roots Manuva ~ Run Come Save Me
23 Macy Gray ~ The Id
24 Ben Christophers ~ Spoonface
25 R.E.M. ~ Reveal
26 Air ~ 10,000 Hz Legend
27 Alicia Keys ~ Songs In A Minor
28 Missy Elliott ~ Miss E - So Addictive
29 Moldy Peaches
30 Ben Folds ~ Rockin' The Suburbs
31 Paul McCartney ~ Driving Rain
32 Pulp ~ We Love Life
33 Travis ~ The Invisible Band
34 New Order ~ Get Ready
35 The Charlatans ~ Wonderland
36 Elbow ~ Asleep In The Back
37 Simian ~ Chemistry Is What We Are
38 John Hammond ~ Wicked Grin
39 Thea Gilmore ~ Rules For Jokers
40 Otis Lee Crenshaw ~ London, Not Tennessee

Mojo Albums Of 2002

1. Solomon Burke ~ Don’t Give Up On Me
2. The Flaming Lips ~ Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
3. Queens Of The Stoneage ~ Songs For The Deaf
4. Wilco ~ Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot
5. Beth Gibbons And Rustin’ Man ~ Out Of Season
6. Supergrass ~ Life On Other Planets
7. Beck ~ Sea Change
8. Brendan Benson ~ Lapalco
9. N*E*R*D ~ In Search Of…
10. The Coral ~ The Coral
11. Bruce Springsteen ~ The Rising
12. Wire ~ Read & Burn 01 ~ 02
13. Cornershop ~ Handcream For A Generation
14. The Streets ~ Original Pirate Material
15. Guided By Voices ~ Universal Truths & Cycles
16. Boards Of Canada ~ Geogaddi
17. The Libertines ~ Up The Bracket
18. Tom Waits ~ Blood Money/Alice
19. Mudhoney ~ Since We’ve Become
20. Roddy Frame ~ Surf
21. Johnny Cash ~ The Man Comes Around
22. Ryan Adams ~ Demolition
23. Aimee Mann ~ Lost In Space
24. Papa M ~ Whatever Mortal
25. The Black Keys ~ The Big Come Up
26. Orchestra Baobab ~ Specialist In All Styles
27. The Polyphonic Spree ~ The Beginning Stages Of….
28. Bright Eyes ~ Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground
29. Nada Surf ~ Let Go
30. Susumu Yokota ~ The Boy And The Tree
31. Coldplay ~ A Rush Of Blood To The Head
32. Linda Thompson ~ Fashionably Late
33. Elvis Costello ~ When I Was Cruel
34. Interpol ~ Turn On The Bright Light
35. Precious Bryant ~ Fool Me Good
36. DJ Shadow ~ The Private Press
37. Neko Case ~ Blacklisted
38. Baxter Dury ~ Len Parrot’s Memorial Lift
39. Asa-Chang And Junray ~ Jun Ray Song Chang
40. Lambchop ~ Is A Woman

 

Mojo Best Tracks Of The Year

• Cornershop ~ Lessons Learned From Rocky 1 To III

• Eminem ~ Without Me

• Libertines ~ The Boy Looked At Johnny

• Tom Petty ~ The Last Dj

• Steve Earl ~ John Walker Blues

• Nelly ~ Hot In Here

• Norah Jones ~ Don’t Know Why

• Hot Hot Heat ~ Oh Goddamnit

• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ~ Whatever To My Rock ‘N’ Roll

• Joey Ramone ~ Don’t Worry About Me

• The Bees ~ Punch Bag

• Neil Young ~ She’s A Healer

• The Hives ~ Hate To Say I Told You So

• The Streets ~ Weak Become Heroes

Mojo Albums Of 2003

1. The White Stripes – Elephant
2. Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
3. Blur – Think Tank
4. The Strokes – Room On Fire
5. My Morning Jacket – It Still Moves
6. Radiohead – Hail To The Thief
7. Emmylou Harris – Stumble Into Grace
8. Robert Wyatt – Cuckooland
9. Evan Dando – Baby I’m Bored
10. Wire – Send
11. Joe Strummer – Streetcore
12. Terry Hall & Mushtaq – The Hour Of Two Lights
13. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell
14. Kings Of Leon – Youth And Young Manhood
15. Richard Hawley – Lowedges
16. Super Furry Animals – Phantom Power
17. British Sea Power – The Decline Of ….
18. Belle And Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe Waitress
19. Cat Power – You Are Free
20. Gillian Welch – Soul Journey
21. Rufus Wainwright – Want One
22. Drive-By Truckers – Decoration Day
23. The Kills – Keep On Your Mean Side
24. Rickie Lee Jones – The Evening Of My Best Day
25. Dizzee Rascal – Boy In Da Corner
26. The Proclaimers – Born Innocent
27. The Mars Volta – De-Loused In The Comatorium
28. Alisdair Roberts – Farewell Sorrow
29. Josh Rouse – 1972
30. Songs:Ohia – The Magnolia Electric Company
31. Damien Rice – O
32. The Coral – Magic And Medicine
33. Martina Topley-Bird – Quixotic
34. Bic Runga – Beautiful Collision
35. Calexico – Feast Of Wine
36. Nick Cave – Nocturama
37. The Thrills – So Much For The City
38. The Fiery Furnaces – Gallowsbird’s Bark
39. Ween – Quebec
40. The Black Keys – Thinkfreakness
 

Reissues

1. Gene Clarke – No Other
2. Neil Young – On The Beach
3. Television – Marquee Moon
4. Bob Dylan – Re-Issue Series
5. Fairport Convention – What We Did On Our Holidays
6. David Bowie – Aladin Sane
7. The Birds – Sweetheart Of The Rodio
8. Terry Reed – River
9. Marvin Gaye – I Want You
10. Jeff Buckley – Live Ant Sin E

Songs

1. Beyonce – Crazy In Love
2. The Roots – The Seed
3. Elton John – Are You Ready For Love
4. The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
5. Guided By Voices – The Best Of Jill Hives
6. Electric Six – Danger High Voltage
7. Neil Young – Bandit
8. Blur – Out Of Time
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
10. The White Stripes – Black Jack Davy

Mojo Recordings Of 2004


1. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
2. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
3. Brian Wilson – Smile
4. Devendra Banheart – Rejoicing In The Hands/Nino Rojo
5. Mark Lanegen Band – Bubblegum
6. Bjork – Medulla
7. The Shins – Chutes Too Marrow
8. Elvis Costello & The Imposters – The Delivery Man
9. Secret Machines – Now Here Is Nowhere
10. Patti Smith – Trampin’
11. Dizzie Rascal – Showtime
12. The Libertines – The Libertines
13. Wilco – A Ghost Is Born
14. Morrissey – You Are The Quarry
15. Kings Of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
16. Loretta Lynn – Van Lear Rose
17. Sufjan Stevens – Seven Swans
18. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free
19. Mavis Staples – Have A Little Faith
20. Adem – Homesonges
21. The Icarus Line – Penance Soiree
22. The Delgados – Universal Audio
23. Kanye West – The Collage Dropout
24. Kelly Stoltz – Antique Glow
25. Lhasa – The Living Road
26. Elliott Smith – From A Basement On The Hill
27. Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters
28. Tom Waits – Real Gone
29. The Zutons – Who Killed The Zutons
30. TV On The Radio – Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babies
31. Cee-Lo – Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine
32. The Country Soul Review – Testifying
33. Tinariwen – Amassakoul
34. Nora Jones – Feels Like Home
35. The Bees – Free The Bees
36. The Futureheads – The Futureheads
37. Reigning Sound – Too Much Guitar
38. Paul Westerberg – Folker
39. Prince – Musicology
40. Kasabian – Kasabian

Reissues

• The Faces – Five Guys Walk Into A Bar…
• The Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society
• Can – Tago Mago
• Albert Ayler – Holy Ghost Box Set
• Jeff Buckley – Grace
• ABC – The Lexicon Of Love
• Various – Social Classics Vol. 3:Dread Meets B-Boys Downtown
• The United States Of America – The United States Of America
• Bettye Swan – Bettye Swan
• Various – Nicky Siano’s The Gallery


Mojo Readers Poll – 2004

Albums Of The Year

1. Smile – Brian Wilson
2. Abattoir Blues/Lyre Of Orpheus
3. You Are The Quarry – Morrissey
4. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
5. Bubblegum – Mark Lanegan Band
6. A Grand Don’t Come For Free – The Streets
7. Real Gone – Tom Waits
8. Van Lear Rose – Loretta Lynn
9. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb – U2
10. A Ghost Is Born – Wilco

Artist/Band Of The Year

1. Franz Ferdinand
2. Morrissey
3. Brian Wilson
4. Nick Cave
5. Scissor Sisters
6. Steve Earle
7. The Libertines
8. U2
9. Rufus Wainwright
10. Tom Waits

Newcomer Of The Year

1. Franz Ferdinand
2. Scissor Sisters
3. Joss Stone
4. Joanna Newson
5. Devendra Banheart
6. The Futureheads
7. The Zutons
8. The Shins
9. Keane
10. The Delays

Reissue Of The Year

1. The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society – The Kinks
2. Five Guys Walk Into A Bar… - The Faces
3. Grace – Jeff Buckley
4. London Calling – The Clash
5. The Holy Bible – Manic Street Preachers
6. Crooked Rain Crooked Rain – Pavement
7. Reissues – Can
8. Reissues – T.Rex
9. The Lexicon Of Love – ABC
10. Another Green World – Eno

 

Mojo Recording Of 2005

Albums

1. Antony & The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
2. Arcade Fire – Funeral
3. Kate Bush – Aerial
4. Bruce Sprinsteen – Devils And Dust
5. My Morning Jacket – Z
6. Ry Cooder – Chavez Ravine
7. The Magic Numbers – The Magic Numbers
8. Malcolm Middleton – Into The Woods
9. Amadou & Mariam – Dimanche A Bamako
10. Richard Hawley – Coles Corner
11. Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better With…
12. Sleater-Kinney – The Woods
13. Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
14. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
15. The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart
16. Black Mountain – Black Mountain
17. U2 – How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
18. Gorillaz – Demon Days
19. Robert Plant – Mighty Rearranger
20. Four Tet – Everything Ecstatic
21. Teenage Fanclub – Man-Made
22. Konono No.1 – Congotronics
23. Circulus – The Lick On A Tip Of An Envelope Yet To Be Sent
24. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
25. Oasis – Don’t Believe The Truth
26. Rufus Wainwright – Want Two
27. Sigur Ros – Takk
28. Devendra Banheart – Cripple Crow
29. M.I.A. – M.I.A.
30. Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate
31. Neil Young – Prairie Wind
32. Paul Weller – As Is Now
33. Vashti – Lookaftering
34. Block Party – Silent Alarm
35. Goldfrapp – Surernature
36. The Reverend Al Green – Everything’s Ok
37. Coldplay – X & Y
38. Nada Surf – The Weight Of A Gift
39. The Mars Volta – Frances The Mute
40. Supergrass – Road To Rouen
41. Stevie Wonder – A Time To Love
42. Phantom Buffalo – Shishimumu
43. John Legend – Get Lifted
44. Joy Zipper – The Heartlight Set
45. Smog – A River Ain’t Too Much To Love
46. Roots Manuva – Awfully Deep
47. Death From Above 1979 – You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine
48. Six Organs Of Admittance – School Of The Flower
49. Nickel Creek – Why Should The Fire Die?
50. Kaiser Chiefs – Employment

Reissues Of The Year

1. The Band – A Musical History
2. The Fall – The Complete Peel Sessions
3. Bob Dylan – No Direction Home: Bootleg Series Vol.7
4. Joe Meek – The Rgm Legacy
5. Various – One Kiss Can Lead To Another
6. Various – Hearing Is Believing (Jack Nitzsche Story)
7. Various – Chess Originals
8. The Ramones – Weird Tails Of The Ramones
9. Gene Vincent – Road Is Rocky
10. Various – Good For What Ails You
11. The Stooges – Fun House
12. Various – World Psychedelic Classics
13. Harmonia – Music Von Harmonia
14. Rocky Erickson – I Have Always Been Here Before
15. Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me
16. Jeff Wayne – War Of The Worlds
17. Bill Fay – Time Of The Last Persecution
18. Link Wray – Link Wray
19. Orange Juice – The Glasgow School
20. Various – Meridian 70

Genre Albums Of 2005

Dance/Electronica

1. Lcd Soundsystem – Lcd Soundsystem
2. Boards Of Canada – The Campfire Headphase
3. Brian Eno – Another Day On Earth
4. Kano – Home Sweet Home
5. Chelonis R Jones – Dislocated Genius
6. The Juan Maclean – Less Than Human
7. Capitol K – Nomad Junk
8. Roger Robinson – Illclectica
9. Colder – Heat
10. Matthew Herbert

Soundtracks

1. Riz Ortolani – Cannibal Holocaust
2. Bjork – Drawing Restraint No.9
3. Francois De Roubaix – Demier Domicile Connu/Le Rapace
4. Zbigniew Preisner – It’s All About Love
5. Dennis Coffey – Black Belt Jones
6. Dave Grusin – The Yakuza
7. John Cale – Process
8. Roberto Nicolosi – Black Sunday/The Evil Eye
9. Akira Ikufube – Destroy All Monsters
10. Wendy Carlos – Rediscovering Lost Stories Vol.


Reggae Reissues

1. Gregory Isaacs – Extra Classic
2. Peter Tosh – Talking Revolution: Live At The One Love Peace
3. The Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee Story
4. Ossie All Stars – Leggo Dub
5. Burning Spear – At Studio One
6. Jack Ruby & Friends – Jack Ruby Hi-Fi
7. Le Perry – I Am The Upsetter
8. Various – Studio One Roots Vol.2
9. Pablo Moses – Pave The Way
10. Phill Pratt & Friends – Safe Travel: The Rare Side Of Rock Steady: 1966-68

Americana

1. Eels – Blinking Lights & Other Revalations
2. Okkevil River – Black Sheep Boy
3. John Prine – Fair And Square
4. Los Super 7 – Herd It On The X
5. Ronny Elliott – Valentine Roadkill
6. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Summer In The Southwest
7. Vic Chesnutt – Ghetto Bells
8. Calexico/Iron And Wine – In The Reins
9. Todd Snyder - East Nashville
10. South San Gabriel – The Carlton Chronicles: Not Until The Operation’s Through

Folk

1. Rachel Unthank & The Winterset – Cruel Sister
2. Alasdiar Roberts – No Earthly Man
3. Chris Wood – The Lark Descending
4. Eliza Carthy – Rough Music
5. John Tams – The Reckoning
6. James Raynard – Strange Histories
7. Danu – When All Is Said And Done
8. John Spiers & Jon Boden – Songs
9. Barry Dransfield – Unruly
10. Davy Graham & Shirly Collins – Folk Roots, New Routes

 

MOJO:End of Year Lists: 2006

Albums

1. Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
2. Bob Dylan – Modern Times
3. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
4. Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: Seeger Sessions
5. Archie Bronson Outfit – Derdang Derdang
6. Vetiver – To Find Me Gone
7. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
8. James Hunter – People Gonna Talk
9. Midlake – Trials of Van Occupanther
10. Cat Power – Greatest
11. Morrissey – Ringleader of the Tormentors
12. Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
13. Johnny Cash – American V: A Hundred Highways
14. Scritti Politti – White Bread, Black Beer
15. Young Knives – Voices of Animals & Men
16. De Rosa – Mend
17. Who – Endless Wire
18. David Gilmour – On an Island
19. Beatles – Love
20. Joanna Newsom – Ys
21. Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene
22. Espers - II
23. Bert Jansch – Black Swan
24. Kelley Stoltz – Below the Branches
25. Belle & Sebastian – Life Pursuit
26. Brightblack Morning Light – Brightblack Morning Light
27. New York Dolls – One Day it Will Please Us to Remember Even This
28. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Ballad of the Broken Seas
29. Comets on Fire – Avatar
30. Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor
31. Graham Coxon – Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
32. Fionn Regan – End of History
33. Elton John – Captain & the Kid
34. Bonnie Prince Billy – Letting Go
35. Jerry Lee Lewis – Last Man Standing
36. Lindsey Buckingham – Under the Skin
37. Zutons – Tired of Hanging Around
38. J Dilla [Jay Dee] – Donuts
39. Guillemots – Through the Windowpane
40. Thom Yorke – Eraser
41. TV on the Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain
42. Madeleine Peyroux – Half the Perfect World
43. Kasabian – Empire
44. Ali Farka Touré – Savane
45. Corinne Bailey Rae – Corinne Bailey Rae
46. Simple Kid – 2
47. Flaming Lips – At War with the Mystics
48. Sparks – Hello Young Lovers
49. Lily Allen – Alright, Still…
50. Amp Fiddler – Afro Strut

Reissues

1. Various Artists – Complete Motown Singles Vol 5: 1965
2. Various Artists – Forever Changing: Golden Age of Elektra
3. [Fania reissue series]
4. Jam – All Mod Cons: Deluxe Edition
5. Arthur Russell – First Thought, Best Thought
6. Wire – Chairs Missing
7. Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
8. Jake Thackray – Jake in a Box: EMI Recordings 1967-1974
9. David Axelrod – The Edge: 1966-1970
10. Gil Evans – Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions
11. Triffids – Born Sandy Devotional
12. Captain Beefheart – Doc at the Radar Station
13. Bert Sommer – Road to Travel
14. Karen Dalton – In My Own Time
15. REM – And I Feel Fine: Best of the IRS Years 1982-1987
16. John Cale – Paris 1919
17. Darondo – Let My People Go
18. Big Youth – Screaming Target
19. Johnny Cash – Personal File
20. Vince Martin – If the Jasmine Don’t Get You… the Bay Breeze Will

World

1. Ali Farka Touré – Savane
2. Vinicio Capossela - Ovunque Proteggi
3. K’Naan – Dusty Foot Philosopher
4. Dengue Fever – Escape from the Dragon House
5. Lobi Traoré Group – Lobi Traoré Group
6. Rachid Taha – Diwan 2
7. Holden (Chile) - Chevrotine
8. Dominique A – Horizon
9. Toumani Diabaté – Boulevard de l’Indépendance
10. Etran Finatawa – Introducing…

Reggae Reissues

1. Various Artists – Life Goes in Circles
2. Sound Dimension – Jamaica Soul Shake: Vol 1
3. Horace Andy – Natty Dread a Weh She Want
4. Various Artists – More Pressure: Straight to the Head
5. Various Artists – Studio One Scorcher: Vol 2
6. Stanley Motta, Ivan Chin & Ken Khouri – Take Me to Jamaica: Story of Mento
7. Various Artists – Ska Bonanza: Studio One Ska
8. Prince Far I – Silver & Gold: 1973-1979
9. Various Artists – Dynamite! Dancehall Style
10. Augustus Pablo – Meets Lee Perry & the Wailers Band: Rare Dubs 1970-1971

Americana

1. Howe Gelb – Sno’ Angel… Like You
2. Greg Brown – Evening Call
3. Hayes Carll – Little Rock
4. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
5. Kelly Joe Phelps – Tunesmith Retrofit
6. Josh Ritter – Animal Years
7. Handsome Family – Last Days of Wonder
8. Vetiver – To Find Me Gone
9. Johnny Dowd – Cruel Words
10. OX - Dust Bowl Ballads

Folk

1. Bellowhead – Burlesque
2. Tim Van Eyken – Stiffs Lovers Holymen Thieves
3. Waterson-Carthy – Holy Heathens & the Old Green Man
4. Tunng - Comments of the Inner Chorus
5. Nic Jones – Game, Set & Match
6. Seth Lakeman – Freedom Fields
7. Téada – Inné Amárach (Yesterday Tomorrow)
8. Jim Moray – Jim Moray
9. Jackie Oates – Jackie Oates
10. Show of Hands – Witness

Soundtracks

1. Bruno Spoerri – Glücks Kugel
2. Miklos Rozsa / Walter Schumann – Lost Weekend / Night of the Hunter (2 on 1)
3. Ennio Morricone – Chi l’Ha Vista Morire?
4. Brian Easdale – Red Shoes
5. Sven Libaek – Inner Space: Lost Film Music of…
6. Chico Hamilton – Film Music of…
7. Jean Yatove – Girl in the Bikini
8. Bruno Nicolai - Dama Rossa Uccide Sette Volte
9. Richard Thompson – Grizzly Man
10. Clint Mansell – The Fountain

Urban

1. Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor
2. Roots – Game Theory
3. Ghostface – Fishscale
4. HKB Finn – Spoken Herbs
5. John Legend – Once Again
6. OutKast – Idlewild
7. Gnarls Barkley – St Elsewhere
8. Blade – Guerilla Tactics
9. Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators – Keep Reachin’ Up
10. E-40 – My Ghetto Report

Blues

1. Watermelon Slim - & the Workers
2. Various Artists – Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
3. Michael Powers – Prodigal Son
4. Guy Davis – Skunkmello
5. Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials – Rattleshake
6. Joe Louis Walker – Playin’ Dirty
7. Otis Spann – Complete Blue Horizon Sessions
8. Little Junior Parker – 1952-1955
9. John Lee Hooker – Boogie Man
10. Boo Boo Davis – Drew, Mississippi

Jazz

1. Wolfgang Muthspiel – Bright Side
2. Alcyona – Around the Sun
3. Martijn van Iterson – Whole Bunch
4. Benjamin Herman – The Itch
5. Tony Kofi – Future Passed
6. Triosk – Headlight Serenade
7. Scott Hamilton & Alan Barnes – Zootcase
8. Finn Peters – Su-Ling
9. Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau – Metheny/Meldau
10. Neil Cowley – Displaced

Underground

1. Wolf Eyes – Human Animal
2. Om – Conference of the Birds
3. Whitehouse – Asceticists 2006
4. Alexander Tucker – Furrowed Brow
5. Yellow Swans – Psychic Secession
6. Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voices – Gipsy Freedom
7. Xasthur / Leviathan - Xasthur / Leviathan [split CD]
8. Hototogisu –Chimärendämmerung
9. Growing – Color Wheel
10. Jazkamer – Metal Music Machine

DVD of the Year: Devil & Daniel Johnston

Track of the Year: Gnarls Barkely – Crazy

Woman of the Year: Amy Winehouse

Trend of the Year: YouTube

 

MOJO End Of Year Lists: 2007

1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
4. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
6. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
7. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
8. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
9. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
10. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
11. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
12. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
13. Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
14. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
15. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
16. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
17. Field Music - Tones of Town
18. Grinderman - Grinderman
19. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
20. Nick Lowe - At My Age
21. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
22. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
23. Efterklang - Parades
24. Björk - Volta
25. Joni Mitchell - Shine
26. Pissed Jeans - Hope for Men
27. Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart
28. The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur
29. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
30. Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
31. Gruff Rhys - Candylion
32. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
33. Seasick Steve - Dog House Music
34. Willy Mason - If the Ocean Gets Rough
35. Bettye LaVette - The Scene of the Crime
36. Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water Is Life
37. Edgar Jones and The Joneses - Gettin' a Little Help
38. The Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse
39. Battles - Mirrored
40. Yoko Ono - Yes, I'm a Witch
41. Amiina - Kurr
42. Gravenhurst - The Western Lands
43. Interpol - Our Love to Admire
44. Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
45. Matthew Dear - Asa Breed
46. Kevin Ayers - The Unfairground
47. Edwyn Collins - Home Again
48. Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation
49. Voice of the Seven Woods - Voice of the Seven Woods
50. Alasdair Roberts - The Amber Gatherers



Reissues

1. David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name...
2. Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall
3. Various Artists - Complete Motown Singles Vol 7: 1967
4. Sly & the Family Stone - There’s a Riot Goin’ On
5. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation: Deluxe Edition
6. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
7. Dale Hawkins - LA, Memphis & Tyler, Texas
8. Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn: 40th Anniversary Edition
9. Bonzo Dog Band - Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse

Americana

1. Lucinda Williams - West
2. Jim White - Transnormal Skiperoo
3. Ramsey Midwood - Popular Delusions & the Madness of Cows
4. Stephanie Dosen - A Lily for the Spectre
5. Gob Iron - Death Songs for the Living
6. Kelly Willis - Translated from Love
7. Ben Weaver - Paper Sky
8. Iron & Wine - Shepherd’s Dog
9. Chris & Thomas - Land of Sea
10. Dale Hawkins - Back Down to Louisiana

Jazz

1. Empirical - Empirical
2. Curios - Hidden
3. Wynton Marsalis - From the Plantation to the Penitentiary
4. Kenny Werner - Lawn Chair Society
5. Quentin Collins - If Not Now, Then When?
6. Terence Blanchard - A Tale of God’s Will
7. Matthias Schriefl - Shreefpunk Plus Strings
8. Gilad Atzmon - Refuge
9. Curious Paradise - Now!
10. Michel Camilo - Spirit of the Moment

Blues

1. Watermelon Slim & the Workers - Wheel Man
2. Ian Siegal - Swagger
3. Paul Reddick - Revue: Best of...
4. John Lee Hooker - Boogie Man [Proper box]
5. Andrew Brown - Big Brown’s Blues
6. Marie Knight - Let Us Get Together
7. Phillip Walker - Going Back Home
8. John Hammond, Jr - Push Comes to Shove
9. Furry Lewis / Mississippi Joe Callicott - Complete Blue Horizon Sessions
10. James Blood Ulmer - Bad Blood in the City: Piety Street Sessions

Folk

1. Lisa Knapp - Wild & Undaunted
2. LAU - Lightweights & Gentlemen
3. Martin Simpson - Prodigal Son
4. Rachel Unthank & the Winterset - Bairns
5. Various Artists - Imagined Village
6. Fernhill - Na Pradle
7. Gloworms - Running Joak
8. June Tabor - Apples
9. Bella Hardy - Night Visiting
10. Niamh Ní Charra - From Both Sides (On Da Thaibh)

Reggae Reissues

1. Lee Perry & the Upsetters - Ape-Ology
2. Various Artists - Studio One Kings
3. Bim Sherman - Tribulation: Down in Jamdown 1974-1979
4. Various Artists - These Are Some Serious Times: Ghetto Arc No 1
5. Various Artists - Studio One Roots: 3
6. Carl Patterson & King Tubby - Black & White in Dub
7. Various Artists - Duke Reid’s Rock Steady
8. Culture - Two Sevens Clash: 30th Anniversary Edition
9. Keith Hudson - Brand
10. Dennis Alcapone - Forever Version

Underground

1. Om - Pilgrimage
2. Boris with Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
3. Daniel Higgs - Ancestral Songs
4. Andrew Douglas Rothbard - Abandoned Meander
5. Deerhunter - Cryptogram
6. High on Fire - Death is This Communion
7. MV & EE with the Golden Road - Gettin’ Gone
8. Akron/Family - Love is Simple
9. Earthless - Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky
10. Fürsaxa - Alone in the Dark Wood

Urban

1. Klashnekoff - Tussle with the Beast
2. Beverly Knight - Music City Soul
3. Nas - Hip Hop is Dead
4. Kidz in the Hall - School Was My Hustle
5. Pharoahe Monch - Desire
6. Game - Doctor’s Advocate
7. Talib Kweli - Ear Drum
8. KRS One & Marley Marl - Hip Hop Lives
9. Akala - Freedom Lasso
10. Public Enemy - How You Sell Your Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul???

World

1. Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water is Life
2. Orchestra Baobab - Made in Dakar
3. Pink Martini - Hey Eugene
4. Justin Adams - Soul Science
5. Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba - Segu Blue
6. Boubacar Traoré - Kongo Magni
7. Youssou N’Dour - Rokku mi Rokka (Give & Take)
8. Vinicio Capossela - Nel Niente Sotto il Sole
9. Benjamin Biolay - Trash Yé-Yé
10. Fanfare Ciocarlia - Queens & Kings

Soundtracks

1. John Barry - Themependium
2. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
3. Ennio Morricone - Platinum Collection
4. Various Artists - Joe Strummer: Future is Written
5. Vernon Elliot - Ivor the Engine/Pogles Wood
6. David Shire - Zodiac
7. Marc Wilkinson - Blood on Satan’s Claw
8. Various Artists - Hallam Foe
9. Erik Enocksson - Farväl Falkenberg
10. David Shire - The Conversation

Band of the Year: Arcade Fire

Track of the Year: LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends

Debut of the Year: Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future

Music DVD of the Year: Bob Dylan - Other Side of the Mirror

Trend of the Year: Death of the Record Shop

Solo Artist of the Year: PJ Harvey