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Newer Post Older PostSATURDAY, MAY 02, 2015 Best Albums Of The Year -- 1924 To The Present THE BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR For people who always ask, "What are your favorite albums?" here's the answer. I start with my top pick from each year as a sort of uber list. No, it's not "the most important albums" period, just the album that meant the most to me from each year and usually that meant the album I played the most. Some years the choice was obvious, other times a few battled it out. But you could do worse as a music buff than making sure you listen to all my #1 picks. I follow this list with a breakdown of my favorite albums year by year. THE BEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME (MY #1 PICK FROM EACH YEAR 1924 TO THE PRESENT) THE 2020s THE CORAL -- Coral Island (2021) (work-in-progress) A GIRL CALLED EDDY -- Been Around (2020) THE 2010s iLe -- Alamdura (2019) BOBBIE GENTRY -- The Girl From Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters (2018) CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT -- Dreams And Daggers (2017) DAVID BOWIE -- Blackstar and Lazarus ep / LEONARD COHEN -- You Want It Darker (2016) SUFJAN STEVENS -- Carrie and Lowell (2015) KAISER CHIEFS -- Education, Education, Education and War (2014) JANELLE MONAE -- The Electric Lady (2013) RUMER -- Seasons Of My Soul/Boys Don't Cry (2012) FLEET FOXES -- Hopelessness Blues (2011) THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH -- The Wild Hun t (2010) THE 2000s THE AVETT BROTHERS -- I And Love And You (2009) WILLIE NELSON AND WYNTON MARSALIS -- Two Men With The Blues (2008) SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS -- 100 Days 100 Nights (2007) CORINNE BAILEY RAE -- Corinne Bailey Rae/ JAMES HUNTER - - People Gonna Talk (2006) SUFJAN STEVENS -- Illinois (2005) GREEN DAY -- American Idiot (2004) THE WHITE STRIPES -- Elephant (2003) NORAH JONES -- Come Away With Me (2002) MANU CHAO -- Proxima Estacion: Esperanza (2001) EMINEM -- The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) THE 1990s DAVID GRAY -- White Ladder (1999) BILLY BRAGG AND WILCO -- Mermaid Avenue (1998) RADIOHEAD -- O.K. Computer (1997) BECK -- Odelay (1996) THE MAVERICKS -- Music For All Occasions (1995 -- tie) ALISON KRAUSS -- Now That I've Found You: A Collection (1995 -- tie) JOHNNY CASH -- American Recordings (1994) CASSANDRA WILSON -- Blue Light 'Til Dawn (1993) kd lang -- Ingenue (1992) NIRVANA -- Nevermind (1991) MADONNA -- The Immaculate Collection (1990) THE 198 0s BEASTIE BOYS -- Paul's Boutique (1989) PUBLIC ENEMY -- It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988) DOLLY PARTON, LINDA RONSTADT, EMMYLOU HARRIS - - Trio (1987) PAUL SIMON -- Graceland (1986 -- tie) VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto Volume One (1986 -- tie) BARBRA STREISAND -- The Broadway Album (1985 -- tie) PREFAB SPROUT -- Steve McQueen aka Two Wheels Good (1985 -- tie) U2 -- The Unforgettable Fire (1984) R.E.M. -- Murmur (1983) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -- Nebraska (1982) QUEEN -- Greatest Hits (1981) JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO -- Double Fantasy (1980) THE 1970s THE CLASH -- London Calling (1979) WILLIE NELSON -- Stardust (1978) STEELY DAN -- Aja (1977) STEVIE WONDER -- Songs In The Key Of Life (1976) BOB DYLAN -- Blood On The Tracks/The Basement Tapes (1975) RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON -- I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (1974) BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS -- Catch A Fire/Burnin' (1973) SIMON AND GARFUNKEL -- Greatest Hits (1972) JONI MITCHELL -- Blue (1971) RANDY NEWMAN -- 12 Songs (1970 -- tie) HARRY NILSSON -- Nilsson Sings Newman (1970 -- tie) THE 1960s THE BEATLES -- Abbey Road (1969) VAN MORRISON -- Astral Weeks (1968) ARETHA FRANKLIN -- I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) (1967) THE BEACH BOYS -- Pet Sounds (1966 -- tie) THE BEATLES -- Revolver (1966 -- tie) BOB DYLAN -- Bringing It All Back Home/Highway 61 (1965) STAN GETZ AND JOAO GILBERTO -- Getz/Gilberto (1964) PATSY CLINE -- The Patsy Cline Story (1963) RAY CHARLES -- Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music Vol 1 and 2 (1962) BILL EVANS -- Sunday At The Village Vanguard/Waltz For Debby (1961) ELLA FITZGERALD -- The Intimate Ella (1960) THE 1950s MILES DAVIS -- Kind Of Blue/Workin'/Porgy and Bess (1959) ELVIS PRESLEY -- Elvis' Golden Records Vol. 1 (1958) LERNER AND LOEWE -- My Fair Lady Original Broadway Cast (1957) ELLA FITZGERALD -- Sings The Cole Porter Songbook (1956) FRANK SINATRA -- In The Wee Small Hours (1955) DINAH WASHINGTON -- Dinah Jams (1954) PEGGY LEE -- Black Coffee (1953) VARIOUS ARTISTS/HARRY SMITH -- The Anthology Of American Folk Music (1952) HANK WILLIAMS -- 40 Greatest Hits (1951) BILLIE HOLIDAY -- The Complete Decca Recordings (1944- 1950) (1950) THE 1940s DJANGO REINHARDT -- Djangology 49 (1949) HANK WILLIAMS -- 40 Greatest Hits (1948) WOODY GUTHRIE -- Songs To Grow On: Nursery Days aka For Mother And Child (1947) BING CROSY AND THE ANDREWS SISTERS -- Their Complete Recordings Together (1939-1951) (1946) BING CROSBY -- Merry Christmas (1945) RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN -- Oklahoma! (1944) DUKE ELLINGTON -- The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 (1943) FRANK SINATRA AND TOMMY DORSEY-- The Song Is You! 1940- 1942 on RCA Victor (1942) DUKE ELLINGTON -- The Blanton-Webster Band (1941) DUKE ELLINGTON -- The Blanton-Webster Band /1937-1940 on Classics Label (1940) THE 1930s GLENN MILLER -- The Essential Glenn Miller (1939) BENNY GOODMAN -- Benny Goodman At Carnegie Hall (1938) BILLIE HOLIDAY -- The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol 3-4 1936- 1937 (1937) ROBERT JOHNSON -- King Of The Delta Blues Singers Vol. 1 (1936) BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Decca 1934-1954] (1935) BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934; Decca 1934-1954] (1934) BESSIE SMITH -- The Collection (1933) THE MILLS BROTHERS -- The 1930's Recordings (1932) BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934] (1931) DUKE ELLINGTON -- The OKeh Ellington 1927-1930/ 1924-1930 on Classics Label (1930) THE 1920s CHARLEY PATTON -- King Of The Delta Blues (1929-1934) (1929) MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT -- Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings (1928) HENRY THOMAS -- Bull Doze Blues (1927-1929) LOUIS ARMSTRONG -- The Complete Hot Five And Seven Recordings (1927) LOUIS ARMSTRONG -- The Complete Hot Five And Seven Recordings (1926) LOUIS ARMSTRONG -- The Complete Hot Five And Seven Recordings (1925) DUKE ELLINGTON -- 1924-1930 on Classics Label (1924) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2021 (work-in-progress) THE CORAL -- Coral Island ST. VINCENT -- Daddy's Home C. TANGANA -- El Madrileño FLOATING POINTS AND PHAROAH SANDERS -- Promises LORD HURON -- Long Lost BILLIE EILISH -- Happier Than Ever MIRANDA LAMBERT, JACK INGRAM, JON RANDALL -- The Marfa Tapes BRANDI CARLILE -- In These Silent Days CHEAP TRICK -- In Another World DORI FREEMAN -- Ten Thousand Roses ALLISON RUSSELL -- Outside Child THE FLATLANDERS -- Treasure of Love JEREMIAH FRAITES -- Piano Piano THE LICKERISH QUARTET -- Threesome EMILE MOSSERI -- Minari soundtrack JOHN MAYER -- Sob Rock WILLIAM TYLER -- First Cow soundtrack NICK CAVE AND WARREN ELLIS -- Carnage BOB DYLAN -- Shadow Kingdom ABBA -- Voyage SAULT -- Nine MANDY BARNETT -- Every Star Above ASHE -- Ashlyn THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2020 A GIRL CALLED EDDY -- Been Around BEASTIE BOYS -- Beastie Boys Music FIONA APPLE -- Fetch The Bold Cutters BAD BUNNY -- YHLQMDLG/Las Que No Iban A Salir/El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo / THE MAVERICKS -- En Español LINA RODRIGUEZ -- Lina_Raul Refree CHUCK PROPHET -- The Land That Time Forgot / MIKE VIOLA - - Godmuffin RUMER -- Nashville Tears: The Songs Of Hugh Prestwood IMMANUEL WILKINS -- Omega TEYANA TAYLOR -- The Album / SAULT -- Untitled (Black Is) and Untitled (Rise) CLARICE JENSEN -- The Experience Of Repetition As Death/ OLAFUR ARNALDS -- Some Kind Of Peace NEIL YOUNG -- Homegrown (recorded in 1975) ELLA FITZGERALD -- Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (Live) (recorded in 1962) BRANDY CLARK -- Your Life Is A Record GREEN DAY -- Father of All Motherfuckers DUA LIPA -- Future Nostalgia SHARHABIL AHMED -- The King Of Sudanese Jazz / ONENESS OF JUJU -- African Rhythms 1970-1982 MARIA MCKEE -- La Vita Nuova MOSES SUMNEY -- grae PHOEBE BRIDGERS -- Punisher / HAIM -- Women In Music III ROBERT CRAY -- That's What I Heard / ERROL LINTON -- No Entry TEDDY THOMPSON -- Heartbreaker Please TAMI NEILSON -- Chickaboom! BARRY MANILOW -- Night Songs II LIANNE LA HAVAS -- Lianne La Havas HAROLD LOPEZ-NUSSA -- Te Lo Dije THE STRUTS -- Strange Days BOB DYLAN -- Rough and Rowdy Ways HAROLD BUDD AND ROBIN GUTHRIE -- Another Flower / BRIAN ENO AND ROGER ENO -- Mixing Colours FLEET FOXES -- Shore GROUPE RTD -- The Dancing Devils Of Djibouti BOB MOULD -- Blue Hearts PHILIP GLASS -- Music In Eight Parts / TRISTAN PERICH -- Drift Multiply STEVE EARLE -- Ghosts Of West Virginia CARLA BLEY -- Life Goes On / JIMMY HEATH -- Love Letter THE JAYHAWKS -- Xoxo MICHAEL HARRISON W ROOMFUL OF TEETH -- Just Constellations THE MAGNETIC FIELDS -- Quickies / SPARKS -- A Steady Drip Drip Drip JOHN BEASLEY -- MONK'estra Plays John Beasley JAKE BLOUNT -- Spider Tales TONY ALLEN AND HUGH MASEKALA -- Rejoice! PAUL WELLER -- On Sunset ALEC BENJAMIN -- These Two Windows / ELLIOTT BROOD - - Keeper THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2019 iLe -- Almadura VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Nostalgique Porto Rico (Puerto Rican Roots 1940-1960) BAD BUNNY -- X100PRE (out Dec 2018) BAD BUNNY AND J BALVIN -- Oasis -- LIZZO -- Cuz I Love You ARI LENNOX -- Shea Butter Baby BRANFORD MARSALIS -- The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul SOLANGE -- When I Get Home NICK CAVE -- Ghosteen ANDY BURROWS AND MATT HAIG -- Reasons To Stay Alive DORI FREEMAN -- Every Little Star TINARIWEN -- Amadjar MDOU MOCTAR -- Ileana (The Creator) WEYES BLOOD -- Titanic Rising -- JOHN LUTHER ADAMS -- Become Desert ANDREW NORMAN -- Sustain TANYA TUCKER -- While I'm Living JUDY COLLINS -- Winter Stories (w Jonas Fjeld and Chatham County Line) MANSION HARLOTS -- All Around A Fairground -- TYLER, THE CREATOR -- IGOR -- CAROLINE SHAW -- Orange DEREK BERMEL -- Migrations -- STURGILL SIMPSON -- Sound & Fury -- VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood -- MARIACHI LOS CAMPEROS -- De Ayer Para Siempre -- THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH -- I Love You. It's A Fever Dream BILLIE EILISH -- When We All Fall Asleep VAMPIRE WEEKEND -- Father Of The Bride -- LAKOU MIZIK -- HaitiNola CHRISTIAN SCOTT ATUNDE ADJUAH -- Ancestral Blues ANGELIQUE KIDJO -- Celia -- NEIL YOUNG -- Colorado -- FRANK TURNER -- No Man's Land -- STILE ANTICO -- In A Strange Land: Elizabethan Composers in Exile -- BECK -- Hyperspace -- MICHAEL KIWANUKA -- Kiwanuka -- ALLISON MOORER -- Blood -- DAVE MALLOY --- Octet (Original Cast Recording) -- THE GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE -- Aban -- WILCO -- Ode To Joy JOE JACKSON -- Fool JEFF LYNNE'S ELO -- From Out Of Nowhere -- PAUL KELLY -- Songs From The South: Paul Kelly's Greatest Hits 1985-2019 JULIA JACKLIN -- Crushing KEVIN MORBY -- Oh My God -- LOS LOBOS -- Llegó Navidad STILE ANTICO -- A Spanish Nativity ROBBIE WILLIAMS -- The Christmas Present THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2018 BOBBIE GENTRY -- The Girl From Chickaswaw County boxed set JANELLE MONÁE -- Dirty Computer KAMASI WASHINGTON -- Heaven And Earth ANGELIQUE KIDJO -- Remain In Light BAD BUNNY -- X100PRE PANIC! AT THE DISCO -- Pray For The Wicked BRANDI CARLISLE -- By The Way, I Forgive You THE JOHN SALLY RIDE -- Nothing Doing NELLIE MCKAY -- Sister Orchid BETA RADIO -- Transition VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Black Panther YOUNG GUN SILVER FOX -- AM Waves CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT -- The Window ARCTIC MONKEYS -- Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino KASEY CHAMBERS -- Campfire BENJAMIN JAFFE -- Oh, Wild Oceans Of Love VARIOUS ARTISTS -- African Scream Contest 2 SHAKEY GRAVES -- Can't Wake Up ESPERANZA SPALDING -- 12 Little Steps ELVIS COSTELLO -- Look Now COURTNEY BARNETT -- Tell Me How You Really Feel NAS -- Nasir TONY BENNETT AND DIANA KRALL -- Love Is Here To Stay BIRCH PEREIRA -- Western Soul TRACEY THORN -- Record SCOTT MATTHEWS -- The Great Untold MACY GRAY -- Ruby JASON ALDEAN -- Rearview Town MADELEINE PEYROUX -- Anthem DRAKE -- Scorpion JAMES HUNTER -- Whatever It Takes TROYE SIVAN -- Bloom RICK SPRINGFIELD -- The Snake King LINDA THOMPSON -- My Mother Doesn't Know I'm On The Stage FALL OUT BOY -- Mania ROSEANNE CASH -- She Remembers Everything BUDDY GUY -- The Blues Is Alive And Well GORILLAZ -- The Now Now MANDY PATINKIN -- Diary: January 27, 2018/April May 2018 JOSH ROUSE -- Love In The Modern Age THE VINES -- In Miracle Land JEFF TWEEDY -- Warm BOZ SCAGGS -- Out Of The Blues ELLA FITZGERALD/LOUIS ARMSTRONG -- Cheek To Cheek: The Complete Duet Recordings THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2017 CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT -- Dreams And Daggers CHRIS STAPLETON -- From A Room, Vol. 1 ORCHESTRA BAOBAB -- Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng SZA -- Ctrl VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Hadestown Original Cast Album (Off Bway) JOHN MORELAND -- Big Bad Luv THE MAGNETIC FIELDS -- 50 Song Memoir SIA -- Everyday is Christmas THE JOHN SALLY RIDE -- A New Set Of Downs COURTNEY BARNETT AND KURT VILE -- Lotta Sea Lice KASEY CHAMBERS -- Dragonfly BOB DYLAN -- Triplicate DANIEL CAESAR -- Freudian JASON ISBELL -- The Nashville Sound MARGO PRICE -- All American Made KENDRICK LAMAR -- Damn KRONOS QUARTET AND TRIO DA KALI -- Ladilikan STANTON MOORE -- With You In Mind AIMEE MANN -- Mental Illness JAKE XERXES FUSSELL -- What In The Natural World LORDE -- Melodrama DON BRYANT -- Don't Give Up On Love ROBERT CRAY AND HI RHYTHM -- Robert Cray and Hi Rhythm CURTIS HARDING -- Face Your Fears CHARLY BLISS -- Guppy VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Sunday in The Park With George (Bway 2017) THE NATIONAL -- Sleep Well Beast MOSES SUMNEY -- Aromanticism SAMPHA -- Process WESLEY STACE'S JOHN WESLEY HARDING -- Wesley Stace's John Wesley Harding DORA FREEMAN -- Letter Never Sent ANNA TIVEL -- Small Believer KAMASI WASHINGTON -- Harmony of Difference CHEAP TRICK -- We're All Alright! SAZ'SIO -- At Least Wave Your Handkerchief At Me RON SEXSMITH -- The Last Rider INDIA.ARIE -- Songversation: Medicine LARRY CAMPBELL AND TERESA WILLIAMS -- Contraband Love KHALID -- American Teen ZULI -- On Human Freakout Mountain LEWIS CAPALDI -- Bloom VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Southern Soul Crate VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Baby Driver OST RODNEY CROWELL -- Close Ties JOHN MELLENCAMP -- Sad Clowns and Hillbillies OZUNA -- Odisea LIAM GALLAGHER -- As You Were DAVID RAWLINGS -- Poor David's Almanack JUANES -- Mis Planes Son Amarte FAIRPORT CONVENTION -- Come All Ye -- The First Ten Years (1968-1978) LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO -- Songs Of Peace and Love HOBO JOHNSON -- The Rise Of Hobo Johnson THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2016 DAVID BOWIE -- Blackstar + Lazarus EP LEONARD COHEN -- You Want It Darker MAXWELL -- blackSUMMERnights CHANCE THE RAPPER -- Coloring Book JOSHUA REDMAN AND BRAD MEHLDAU -- Nearness TRIO -- The Complete Collection TEDDY THOMPSON AND KELLY JONES -- Little Windows SOLANGE -- A Seat At The Table JAMES HUNTER -- Hold On! STURGILL SIMPSON -- A Sailor's Guide To Earth KANYE WEST -- The Life Of Pablo THE MONKEES -- Good Times! REGINA SPEKTOR -- Remember Us To Life KENNY BARRON -- Book Of Intuition RADIOHEAD -- A Moon Shaped Pool MIRANDA LAMBERT -- The Weight Of These Wings GREEN DAY -- Revolution Radio BOB DYLAN -- Fallen Angels PANIC! AT THE DISCO -- Death Of A Bachelor MAHALIA JACKSON -- Moving On Up A Little Higher DORI FREEMAN -- Dori Freeman MARGO PRICE -- Midwest Farmer's Daughter A TRIBE CALLED QUEST -- We've Got It From Here...Thank You For Your Service PET SHOP BOYS -- Super MUDCRUTCH -- Mudcrutch 2 JUDY COLLINS -- Silver Skies Blue SHIRLEY COLLINS -- Lodestar NICHOLAS KRGOVICH -- The Hills JANE SIBERRY -- Ulysses' Purse CAR SEAT HEADREST -- Teens Of Denial JACK WHITE -- Acoustic Recordings: 1998-2016 DUNCAN SHEIK -- Legerdemain/American Psycho JOE LOVANO -- Classic! Live At Newport DWIGHT YOAKUM -- Swimming Pools, Movie Stars KING CREOSOTE AND MICHAEL JOHNSTON -- When I Was A Thief LUCKY PETERSON -- Long Nights PJ HARVEY -- The Hope Six Demolition Project COMMON -- Black America Again LED ZEPPELIN -- The BBC Sessions CALYPSO ROSE -- Far From Home ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM -- Dear Evan Hansen BRIAN ENO -- The Ship PSYCHIC TEMPLE -- Plays Music For Airports THE STRUTS -- Everybody Wants Some case/lang/viers -- case/lang/viers CONOR OBERST -- Ruminations HOUSTON PEARSON AND RON CARTER -- Chemistry CHARLIE PUTH -- Nine Track Mind BRENNEN LEIGH -- Sings Lefty Frizzell THE LUMINEERS -- Cleopatra LAURA MVULA -- The Dreaming Room ESPERANZA SPALDING -- Emily's D-evolution CORINNE BAILEY RAE -- The Heart Speaks THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2015 SUFJAN STEVENS -- Carrie and Lowell JILL SCOTT -- Woman KENDRICK LAMAR -- To Pimp A Butterfly CHRIS STAPLETON -- Traveller THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH -- Dark Bird Is Home COURTNEY BARNETT -- Sometimes I Just Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit TONY BENNETT AND BILL CHARLAP -- The Silver Lining: The SongsOf Jerome Kern *** 1/2 THE FRATELLIS -- Eyes Wide Tongue Tied IRIS DEMENT -- The Trackless Woods IKE REILLY -- Born On Fire KAMASI WASHINGTON -- The Epic BOZ SCAGGS -- A Fool To Care KACEY MUSGRAVES -- Pageant Material LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA -- Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast) ORANGE HUMBLE BAND -- Depressing Beauty COWBOY JUNKIES -- Notes Falling Slowly TINARIWEN -- Live In Paris, 2014 CARRIE UNDERWOOD -- Storyteller TAME IMPALA -- Currents LARRY CAMPBELL AND TERESA WILLIAMS -- Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams AMY LAVERE AND WILL SEXTON -- Hallelujah I'm A Dreamer DRAKE -- If You're Reading This, It's Too Late WYNTON MARSALIS/JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER BIG BAND -- Big Band Holiday SARA BAREILLES -- What's Inside: Music From Waitress JASON ISBELL -- Something More Than Free VINCE STAPLES -- Summertime '06 VERUCA SALT -- Ghost Notes LOS LOBOS -- Gates Of Gold LINDI ORTEGA -- Faded Gloryville SHAKEY GRAVES -- Nobody's Fool STEVE EARLE -- Terraplace FALL OUT BOY -- American Beauty/American Psycho GARNET MIMMS -- Looking For You: The Complete United Artists and Veep Singles / CONNIE CONVERSE -- How Sad, How Lovely PATTY GRIFFIN -- Servant Of Love LADY LAMB THE BEEKEEPER -- After BONES -- Powder DWIGHT YOAKAM -- Second-Hand Heart DANIEL ROMANO -- If I've Only One Time Askin' ADELE -- 25 THE MAVERICKS -- Mono ANDERSON EAST -- Delilah DON HENLEY -- Cass County CAGE THE ELEPHANT -- Tell Me I'm Pretty ERIC CHURCH -- Mr. Misunderstood BOB DYLAN -- Shadows In The Night THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2014 KAISER CHIEFS -- Education, Education, Education and War STURGILL SIMPSON -- Metamodern Sounds In Country Music SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS -- Give The People What They Want COURTNEY BARNETT -- Double EP: A Sea Of Spilt Peas JOHN LUTHER ADAMS -- Become Ocean BONES -- Skinny and Rotten and Seabed et al BECK -- Morning Phase THE FEELING -- Boy Cried Wolf AMY LAVERE -- Runaway's Diary BETTY BUCKLEY -- Ghostlight BRIAN ENO AND KARL HYDE -- Someday World BETA RADIO -- Colony Of Bees BEN L'ONCLE SOUL -- A Coup de Reves JIMMER PODRASKY -- The Would-Be Plans CHUCK PROPHET -- Night Surfer HENRY BUTLER AND STEVEN BERNSTEIN -- Viper's Drag ARIANA GRANDE -- My Everything TINARIWEN -- Emmar THE VINES -- Wicked Nature BENJAMIN BOOKER -- Benjamin Booker DAMON ALBARN -- Everyday Robots MARY J BLIGE -- The London Sessions J COLE -- 2014 Forest Hills Drive HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF -- Small Town Heroes ROSANNE CASH -- The River And The Thread HAMILTON LEITHAUSER -- Dark Hours DYLAN GARDNER -- Adventures In Real Time (tie) and PETE MOLINARI -- Theosophy '14 (tie) COMMON -- Nobody's Smiling KELLY WILLIS AND BRUCE ROBISON -- Our Year LEONARD COHEN -- Popular Problems GREG ASHLEY -- Another Generation of Slaves STANTON MOORE -- Conversations THE GHOST OF A SABER TOOTH TIGER -- Midnight Sun SKATERS -- Manhattan TOM PETTY -- Hypnotic Eye BEN HOWARD -- I Forget Where We Were RUMER -- Into Colour ROBBIE WILLIAMS -- Under The Radar, Vol. 1 JOHN HIATT -- Terms Of My Surrender SHE AND HIM -- Classics THE VERONICAS -- The Veronicas OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW -- Remedy tUnE yArDs -- Nikki Nack TIM MCGRAW -- Sundown Heaven Town NEIL DIAMOND -- Melody Road (tie) BARRY MANILOW -- Night Songs (tie) THE LIVING SISTERS -- Harmony Is Real: Songs For A Happy Holiday MARGO GURYAN -- 27 Demos THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2013 1-10ish JANELLE MONAE -- The Electric Lady DAVID BOWIE -- The Next Day PAUL MCCARTNEY -- New FRANK TURNER -- Tape Deck Heart BOMBINO -- Nomad LINDA THOMPSON -- Won't Be Long Now ARCTIC MONKEYS -- AM VAMPIRE WEEKEND -- Modern Vampires Of The City JAMES COTTON -- Cotton Mouth Man KEITH JARRETT -- Somewhere PATTY GRIFFIN -- American Kid and Silver Bell 11-20 BOB DYLAN -- Another Self Portrait CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT -- WomanChild THE LONE BELLOW -- The Lone Bellow DAFT PUNK -- Random Access Memories LORDE -- Pure Heroin(e) EMINEM -- The Marshall Mathers LP2 JOHN MAYER -- Paradise Valley KELLY WILLIS AND BRUCE ROBISON -- Cheater's Game KODALINE -- In A Perfect World PANIC! AT THE DISCO -- Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die MAVIS STAPLES -- One True Vine 21-30 THE WATERBOYS -- Fisherman Box RICHARD THOMPSON -- Electric RHYE -- Woman LAURA MVULA -- Sing To The Moon BRAD PAISLEY -- Wheelhouse THE MAVERICKS -- In Time RON SEXSMITH -- Forever Endeavor KING KRULE -- 6 Feet Beneath The Moon MIDLAKE -- Antiphon VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Divided and United: Songs Of The Civil War 31-40 ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ROOTS -- Wake Up Ghost CAGE THE ELEPHANT -- Melophobia GUY CLARK -- My Favorite Picture Of You BASTILLE -- Bad Blood ALLEN TOUSSAINT -- Songbook DANNY BROWN -- Old THE AVETT BROTHERS -- Magpie and the Dandelion HOLLY WILLIAMS -- The Highway KACEY MUSGRAVES -- Same Trailer, Different Park LITTLE GREEN CARS -- Absolute Zero 41-49 BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG AND NORAH JONES -- Foreverly ALICE RUSSELL -- To Dust WILLIAM TYLER -- Impossible Truth JASON ISBELL -- Southeastern JOHN MORELAND -- In The Throes LINDI ORTEGA -- Tin Star VAN DYKE PARKS -- Song Cycled THE CIVIL WARS -- The Civil Wars PREFAB SPROUT -- Crimson Red VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Inside Llewyn Davis TIM CHRISTENSEN -- Pure McCartney THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2012 1. RUMER -- Seasons Of My Soul/Boys Don't Cr y (70s pop perfection) 2. BRANFORD MARSALIS -- Four MF's Playin' Their Tunes (hard- driving jazz; faultless) 3. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH -- There's No Leaving Now (inspiringly good Dylanesque rock) 4. FRANK OCEAN -- Channel Orange (state of the art soul) 5. PAUL BUCHANAN -- Mid Air (emotionally intense, late night confessions) BILL FAY -- Life Is People (age+wisdom+piano+God) 6. JOHANN JOHANNSSON -- The Miners' Hymns (the film score of the year) 7. FIONA APPLE -- The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (pop artist at peak of her powers) 8. JAMEY JOHNSON -- Living For A Dream: A Tribute To Hank Cochran (all-star country hoedown) 9. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -- Wrecking Ball (life in them old dogs yet) BOB DYLAN -- Tempest 10. DR. JOHN -- Locked Down (triumphant New Orleans music) TRACEY THORN -- Tinsel and Lights (Christmas, sadly) 11. KASEY CHAMBERS AND SHANE NICHOLSON -- Wreck And Ruin (world class folk-country-blues) 12. NAS -- Life Is Good (rap for grown ups) 13. LEONARD COHEN -- Old Ideas (magisterial pop) 14. JOSEPHINE -- Portrait (two English lasses with talent to burn) LIANNA LA HAVAS -- Is Your Love Big Enough 15. GRANT LEE-PHILLIPS -- Walking In The Green Corn (acoustic gem) 16. ANTIBALAS -- Antibalas (Fela Kuti lives!) 17. IRIS DEMENT -- Sing The Delta (comeback of the year) BOO HANS WITH DON FLEMONS -- Buffalo Junction 18. VIJAY AYER TRIO -- Accelerando (jazz piano) BRAD MEHLDAU -- Where Do You Start/Ode 19. THE HIVES -- Lex Hives (rock, by god) JAPANDROID -- Celebration Rock THE DOUGHBOYS -- Shakin' Our Souls 20. MUMFORD AND SONS -- Babel (flowering of Americana) THE LUMINEERS -- The Lumineers PIGPEN THEATRE CO. -- Bremen THE AVETT BROTHERS -- The Carpenter 21. CHRIS SMITHER -- Hundred Dollar Valentine (blues master) 22. DIANA KRALL -- Glad Rag Doll (digging deeper jazz talent) 23. ED SHEERAN -- + (thoughtful British pop) 24. KENDRICK LAMAR -- good kid, mA.A.d city (rap smarts) 25. MELODY GARDOT -- The Absence (singular voice heads to Brazil) 26. FATHER JOHN MISTY -- Fear Fun (Fleet Foxes redux, in a good way) DAMIEN JURADO -- Maraqopa LORD HURON -- Impossible Dreams BOY AND BEAR -- Moonfire 27. THE TIME JUMPERS -- The Time Jumpers (Western swing) 28. NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE -- Psychedelic Pill/Americana (still kicking, still stinging) 29. WILLIAM TYLER -- Impossible Truth (guitar instrumental) (officially out March 2013) 30. BETTYE LAVETTE -- Thankful N' Thoughtful (soul survivor) 31. BILLY BRAGG AND WILCO -- Mermaid Avenue Volume 3 (unexpected gem from vault) 32. MICHAEL KIWANUKA -- Home Again (70s soul circa Bill Withers) MIGUEL -- Kaleidoscope Dream (70s soul circa Marvin Gaye) 33. REGINA SPEKTOR -- What We Saw From The Cheap Seats (quirky pop) NORAH JONES -- Little Broken Hearts (leaving jazz behind) 34. JACK WHITE -- Blunderbuss (eclectic; electric) 35. TAME IMPALA -- Lonerism (psychedelica redefined) 36. GREEN DAY -- Uno!/Dos!/Tres! (purging punk pop) 37. BRANDI CARLILE -- Bear Creek (an indie voice in the wilderness) 38. RAVI COLTRANE -- Spirit Fictio n (jazz royalty, wearing the crown well) 39. JOHN MAYER -- Born And Raised (skip the interviews, play the music) 40. PUNCH BROTHERS -- Who's Feeling Young Now? /Ahoy (bluegrass expanded) JASON ALDEAN -- Night Train (country demanded) DWIGHT YOAKUM -- 3 Pears (rebel remanded) 41. BRIAN ENO -- Lux (genius in solo instrumental mode) 42. BRUNO MARS -- Unorthodox Jukebox (Michael Jackson's heir apparent) 43. SUZANNE VEGA -- Close Up Vol. 4: Songs Of Family (revealing catalog) 44. JAKE BUGG -- Jake Bugg (promising UK folkie) 45. BAND OF HORSES -- Mirage Rock (career best for rockers) 46. THE MAGNETIC FIELDS -- Love At The Bottom Of The Sea (miserablist pop) 47. BRYAN FERRY -- The Jazz Age (left turn instrumentals) 48. DAVID BYRNE AND ST. VINCENT -- Love This Giant (a rock giant shows signs of life) 49. DAMON ALBARN -- Dr. Dee (pastoral concept album about English eccentric) 50. KRIS KRISTOFFERSON -- Feeling Mortal (one foot in the grave country) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2011 1. FLEET FOXES -- Helplessness Blues (CSN rocks out) 2. TOM WAITS -- Bad As Me (bohemian troubadour in top form) 3. KING CREOSOTE AND JON HOPKINS -- Diamond Mine (quirky concept album, gorgeously done) 4. GILLIAN WELCH -- The Harrow and the Harvest (simple, straightforward, striking folk) 5. TEDDY THOMPSON -- Bella / kd lang Sing It Loud RON SEXSMITH -- Long Player, Late Bloomer (pure pop by pure pros) 6. WYNTON MARSALIS AND ERIC CLAPTON -- Play the Blues BRANFORD MARSALIS AND JOEY CALDARAZZO -- Songs of Mirth and Melancholy (trad jazz) 7. GLEN CAMPBELL -- Ghost on the Canvas (haunting country pop) 8. BOMBINO -- Agadez (Tuareg rocks!) BOUBACAR TRAORE -- Mali Denhou (gentle African guitar) LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO -- Songs From a Zulu Farm (ecstatic and playful children's music) 9. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African American Gospel on 45 RPM (1957-1982) (lo-fi, high flying gospel that's so good you'll convert) 10. ADELE -- 21 (unstoppable soul diva) *** 11. GROUPLOVE -- Never Trust a Happy Song (raucous LA pop-rock) 12. PANIC! AT THE DISCO -- Vices and Virtues (sterling but overlooked pop-rock) 13. NICK LOWE -- The Old Magic (vintage wine, vintage bottle) 14. WILD FLAG -- Wild Flag (giving super groups a good name) 15. BRAD MEHLDAU -- Modern Music (dependably adventurous jazz trio) COLIN VALLON -- Rruger (bold EU trio following in Mehldau's wake) 16. JAY-Z AND KANYE WEST -- Watch the Throne (braggadocio taken to new heights) 17. BON IVER -- Bon Iver (stares down success with quiet confidence) 18. BALLAKE SISSOKO AND VINCENT SEGAL -- Chamber Music (delicate instrumentals) 19. PAUL SIMON -- So Beautiful or So What (mortality, musically) 20. BETH HART AND JOE BONAMASSA -- Don't Explain (the blues, thumpingly good) *** 21. PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND AND DEL MCCOURY BAND - - American Legacies (an institution finds new life via collaboration) 22. AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE -- When the Heart Emerges Glistening (quietly probing jazz) 23. JAMES BLAKE -- James Blake (trippy pop) 24. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Live From the Old Town School (folk's beating heart) 25. GIRLS -- Father, Son, Holy Ghost (interesting identity crisis) 26. TINARIWEN -- Tassili (bluesy, distinctive, campfire sing-alongs) 27. JOY FORMIDABLE -- The Big Roar (noisy pop) 28. DARI0 MARINELLI WITH JACK LIEBECK -- Jane Eyre soundtrack (the year's best score) MATTHEW COOPER -- Some Days Are Better Than Others (the year's best untraditional score) 29. THE CORAL -- Butterfly House THE MAGIC NUMBERS -- Runaway (pop, unimported, unrecognized) 30. PISTOL ANNIES -- Pistol Annies MIRANDA LAMBERT -- Four The Record (country's top gal and friends) *** 31. THE LOW ANTHEM -- Smart Flesh (brainy Americana) 32. CHARLIE HADEN AND QUARTET WEST -- Sophisticated Ladies (female singers, jazz swingers) 33. THE BLACK KEYS -- El Camino (rock, no fuss) 34. M83 -- Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (ambient pop) 35. ALISON KRAUSS AND UNION STATION -- Paper Airplanes JOHN HIATT -- Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns (old dogs, old tricks, happily so) 36. BEASTIE BOYS -- Hot Sauce Committee, Part Two (feisty hip-hop from the old-timers) 37. BEN HOWARD -- Every Kingdom (gentle pop) MIKE BLOOM -- King Of Circles (warm singer-songwriter vibe for this solo debut) ALEXI MURDOCH -- Towards The Sun (Nick Drake reincarnation) 38. VINICIUS CANTUARIA AND BILL FRISELL -- Lagrimas Mexicanas (two great guitars, one great voice equal haunting Latin music)/ 39. THE GOURDS -- Old Mad Joy (rootsy celebration) MARC BROUSSARD -- Marc Broussard (bluesy rock) 40. SUZANNE VEGA -- Close-Up Volume 3: State Of Being (acoustic songs, electric songwriting) *** 41. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Those Shocking, Shaking Days: Indonesia Hard, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock and Funk (1970-1978) (rock and roll knows no borders) 42. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Book of Mormon Original Cast Album (religiously funny) 43. DRAKE -- Take Care (emo-rap) SHABAZZ PALACES -- Black Up 44. BRAD PAISLEY -- This Is Country Music (yes it is) STEVE EARLE -- I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive (determined, focused country) 45. MEGAFAUN -- Megafaun ('70s-ish rock) 46. FATOUMATA DIAWARA -- Fatou (Malian guitar talent combined with impeccable vocals) KHAIRA ARBY -- Timbukto Traab (country to Diawara's city sound; not locale so much as the gritty, rawer feel) 47. HOUSTON PERSON -- So Nice (late period capper for understated jazz blower) 48. REAL ESTATE -- Days -- (shimmering indie pop) 49. EILEEEN JEWELL -- Queen of the Minor Key (sneakily impressive) 50. FRANK OCEAN -- nostalgia/ultra (backward/forward looking moody pop) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2010 1. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH -- The Wild Hunt/Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird (Dylanesque folk-rock) 2. PETER WOLF -- Midnight Souvenirs (raucous career peak) 3. ALI FARKA TOURE AND TOUMANI DIABTE -- Ali And Toumani (transcendent world music) 4. ARCADE FIRE -- The Suburbs (state of the art rock) 5. JANELLE MONAE -- The ArchAndroid ERYKAH BADU -- New Amerykah Part Two: Return of The Ankh (Prince-like funky soul pop craziness) 6. BUDDY GUY -- Living Proof (ferocious blues) 7. EMINEM -- Recovery KANYE WEST -- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (rap comebacks) 8. JOHN GRANT -- Queen Of Denmark MIDLAKE -- The Courage Of Others (gorgeous rock; British folk) 9. KEITH JARRETT AND CHARLIE HADEN -- Jasmine (sublime, beautiful jazz) 10. MUMFORD AND SONS -- Sigh No More (literate rock) *** 11. SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS -- I Learned The Hard Way (soul -- not retro, just timeless) 12. SUFJAN STEVENS -- All Delighted People EP (nutty rock) 13. ROBERT PLANT -- Band Of Joy (folk-rock, Fairport Convention via Nashville) 14. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Afrocubism (Buena Vista Social Club spliced with Malian pop) 15. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE -- Danger Days (anthemic rock) 16. TRACEY THORN -- Love and Its Opposite (adult pop) 17. PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND -- Preservation (an all-star album that actually works) 18. BRUNO MARS -- Doo-Wops And Hooligans ROBYN -- Body Talk (irresistible pop) 19. GORILLAZ -- Plastic Beach (genre-jumping rock) 20. NEIL YOUNG -- Le Noise (stomping folk) *** 21. CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS -- Genuine Negro Jigs (trad, modern, country, folk, blues, unclassifiable) 22. ELIZABETH AND THE CATAPULTS -- Other Side Of Zero (promising debut) 23. BEACH HOUSE -- Teen Dreams (alterna-pop) 24. JAMEY JOHNSON -- The Guitar Song (no fuss country) 25. BEST COAST -- Crazy For You (lo-fi Beach Boys pop) 26. BRENDAN JAMES -- Brendan James (a career peak) 27. THE BLACK KEYS -- Brothers (smart rock) 28. HOLE -- Nobody's Daughter (Courtney Love doesn't get any respect but deserves it) 29. CYRUS CHESNUTT - Journeys (trad jazz done with class) 30. SADE -- Soldier Of Love (smooth pop, never misses a beat) *** 31. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Classic Appalachian Blues (a rich vein of folk blues) 32. THE NATIONAL -- High Violet (moody rock sounds more like the Swans every day) 33. THE ROOTS -- How I Got Over (hip-hop for adults) 34. SUZANNE VEGA -- Close Up Vol 1: Love Songs (folk-pop) 35. ELTON JOHN AND LEON RUSSELL -- The Union (old friends, strong new music) 36. SHE AND HIM -- Volume 2 (girl group pop) 37. FOXES IN FICTION -- Swung From The Branches (swirly, headphone rock) 38. LIL BAND O' GOLD -- Lil Band O' Gold (New Orleans gem) 39. ELIZABETH MITCHELL -- Sunny Day (infectious kids' music) 40. LIONEL LUEKE -- Mwaliko (sophisticated jazz) *** 41. TOM JONES -- Praise And Blame (joyful gospel) 42. WILLIAM TYLER -- Behold The Spirit (terrific instrumental a la Fahey) 43. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Sound of Siam (eye-opening Asian pop) 44. VAMPIRE WEEKEND -- Contra (world pop) TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB -- Tourist History (if Vampire Weekend had a kid brother) 45. ELVIS COSTELLO -- National Ransom (rootsy rock from the genre-hopping savant) 46. 3 FERVENT TRAVELERS -- Time For Three (bluegrass taken out of the museum) 47. CORINNE BAILEY RAE -- The Sea (dark, vulnerable pop) 48. MEAGHAN SMITH -- The Cricket's Orchestra (refined pop) 49. DENNIS BROWN -- The Crown Prince Of Reggae: Singles 1972- 1985 (incomplete but still great anthology) 50. CASSANDRA WILSON -- Silver Pony (jazz vocals, classy) BRIAN ENO -- Small Craft On A Milk Sea (electronic noodling) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2009 1. THE AVETT BROTHERS -- I And Love And You (Americana) REGINA SPEKTOR -- Far (quirky pop via Russian kitsch) 2. ELLA FITZGERALD -- Twelve Nights In Hollywood (swinging jazz vocalese) KEITH JARRETT -- Somewhere 3. MAXWELL -- BLACKsummers'night (Seventies soul) 4. WILLIE NELSON -- American Classic (Stardust II) ROSANNE CASH -- The List (the Great American Songbook, country style) 5. MADELEINE PEYROUX -- Bare Bones MELODY GARDOT -- My One And Only Thrill KRISTINA TRAIN -- Spilt Milk (songbirds, via Paris and Memphis) 6. MARK OLSON AND GARY LOURIS -- Ready For The Flood (Jayhawks redux) 7. MAYER HAWTHORNE -- A Strange Arrangement (blue eyed soul) 8. LOUDON WAINWRIGHT -- High, Wide And Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (hilarious, heartfelt blues) 9. THE XX -- The XX (boy-girl dynamics) GIRLS -- Album (quietly ambitious rock) 10. DUNCAN SHEIK -- Whisper House (the real twilight soundtrack) *** 11. NELLIE MCKAY -- Normal As Blueberry Pie: A Tribute To Doris Day (effortless old-fashioned pop) 12. THE BLACK CROWES -- Before The Frost...Until The Freeze (roots rock enlivened by a live audience) 13. BRAD PAISLEY -- American Saturday Night (country with a dash of humor) 14. ALLEN TOUSSAINT -- The Bright Mississippi (casual jazz brilliance) 15. PEARL JAM -- Backspacer (the sound of veterans waking up) GREEN DAY -- 21st Century Breakdown (worthy successor to American Idiot; really) 16. BASSEKOU KOUYATE -- I Speak Fula VIEUX FARKA TOURE -- Fondo (world class world music) 17. CONOR OBERST AND THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND -- Outer South (Americana) ELLIOTT BROOD -- Mountain Meadows (Canadiana) LOW ANTHEM -- Oh My God, Charlie Darwin (evolutiona) 18. ALICIA KEYS -- The Element Of Freedom (tougher beats; same talent) 19. M WARD -- Hold Time (faithful pop) 20. RZA -- Afro Samurai: Resurrection RAEKWON -- Only Built For Cuban Linx...Part II (keeping the lights on for hip-hop) *** 21. JAMES HAND -- Shadow On The Ground (honky-tonk to its bone) 22. MONSTERS OF FOLK -- Monsters Of Folk (a super supergroup) 23. BRENDAN BENSON -- My Old, Familiar Friend (power pop) 24. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds AND Ghanaian Blues 1968-1981 (Soundways, the world music label du jour, delivers again) 25. MATTHEW SWEET AND SUSANNA HOFFS -- Under The Covers Vol. 2 (Seventies power pop done to perfection) 26. MIRANDA LAMBERT -- Revolution (a Nashville star) CLAIRE LYNCH -- Whatcha Gonna Do (bluegrass heaven) 27. PHOENIX -- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (college rock, but still good) 28. SUFJAN STEVENS AND OSSO -- Run Rabbit Run (instrumentals a la Glass) 29. ST. VINCENT -- Actor (quiet/loud/quiet/strange) 30. JAY-Z -- The Blueprint 3 (luxury hip hop) *** 31. JESSE WINCHESTER -- Love Filling Station (journeyman troubadour delivers) CONNIE CONVERSE -- How Sad, How Lovely (late 1950s recordings) 32. PREFAB SPROUT -- Let's Change The World With Music (lost in the vaults gem) 33. GERAINT WATKINS -- In A Bad Mood (Randy Newman and Tom Waits' love child) 34. ELVIS COSTELLO -- Secret, Profane And Sugarcane (elder statesman can still deliver) 35. CHIP TAYLOR -- Yonkers NY (story-song oddity) 36. TORI AMOS -- Midwinter Graces (a holiday album for the ages) 37. DIANA KRALL -- Quiet Nights (Elvis's better half delivers again) 38. THE BLACK HOLLIES -- Softly, Towards The Light (psychedelic nuggets) 39. MIKA -- The Boy Who Knew Too Much (pure pop, with swagger) 40. RICKIE LEE JONES -- Balm In Gilead (return to form) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2008 1. WILLIE NELSON AND WYNTON MARSALIS -- Two Men With The Blues WYNTON MARSALIS -- Standards and Ballads 2. FLEET FOXES -- Fleet Foxes PETER BRODERICK -- Home 3. MAVIS STAPLES -- Live: Hope At The Holdout 4. TEDDY THOMPSON -- A Piece Of What You Need kd lang -- Watershed 5. DEL MCCOURY BAND AND VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Moneyland 6. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro- Sounds And Nigerian Blues 1970-1976 VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sounds Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-1979 7. KAISER CHIEFS -- Off With Their Heads THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS -- The Age Of The Understatement 8. BOZ SCAGGS -- Speak Low 9. ERYKAH BADU -- New Amerykah (4th World War) Part One 10. BON IVER -- For Emma, Forever Ago BON IVER -- Blood Bank *** 11. B.B. KING -- One Kind Favor 12. Q-TIP -- The Renaissance NAS -- Nas 13. PAUL WELLER -- 22 Dreams 14. JENNY LEWIS -- Acid Tongue 15. SAM ROBERTS -- Love At The End Of The World 16. KASEY CHAMBERS AND SHANE NICHOLSON -- Rattlin' Bones 17. SHE AND HIM -- Volume One 18. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- New Orleans Funk Volume 2 19. NEIL DIAMOND -- Home Before Dark JOAN BAEZ -- Day After Tomorrow 20. SANTOGOLD -- Santogold *** 21. SONNY ROLLINS -- Road Show Vol. 1 22. SOUTSIDE JOHNNY WITH LABAMBA'S BIG BAND -- Grapefruit Moon: The Songs Of Tom Waits 23. THE FRATELLIS -- Here We Stand 24. INARA GEORGE -- An Invitation with Van Dyke Parks 25. AL GREEN -- Lay It Down 26. LIONEL LOUKE -- Karibu 27. THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM -- The '59 Sound 28. CHARLIE HADEN -- Family And Friends: Rambling Boy 29. JAMES HUNTER -- The Hard Way 30. MARTHA WAINWRIGHT -- I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too *** 31. RICKY IAN GORDON AND MICHAEL KORIE -- The Grapes Of Wrath 32. VAMPIRE WEEKEND -- Vampire Weekend 33. OTIS TAYLOR -- Recapturing The Banjo 34. THE MAGNETIC FIELDS -- Distortion 35. SHELBY LYNNE -- Just A Little Lovin' 36. BLACK MOUNTAIN -- In The Future 37. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The George Mitchell Collection Volumes 1- 45 38. BILL HENDERSON -- Live At The Vic CASSANDRA WILSON -- Loverly 39. AIMEE MANN -- @#%&*! Smilers 40. JONAS BROTHERS -- A Little Bit Longer *** 41. THE CURE -- 4:13 Dream 42. DAVID BYRNE AND BRIAN ENO -- Everything That Happens Will Happen Today DAVID BYRNE -- Big Love: Hymnal 43. CONO OBERST -- Conor Oberst 44. NICK CAVE -- Dig Lazarus Dig!!! SIGUR ROS -- Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust RON SEXSMITH -- Exit Strategy Of The Soul 45. ELBOW -- The Seldom Seen Kid 46. THE REAL TUESDAY WELD -- The End Of The World (Live) 47. THE RACONTUERS-- Consolers Of The Lonely 48. ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS -- Another World EP 49. SUGARLAND -- Love On The Inside JAMEY JOHNSON -- That Lonesome Song 50. DANIELA COTTON -- Rare Child THE WHIGS -- Mission Control CORY CHISEL AND THE WANDERING SONS -- Cabin Ghosts THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2007 1. SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS -- 100 Days 100 Nights (classic soul) VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Great Debaters Soundtrack (juke joint music) 2. AMY WINEHOUSE -- Back To Black (bruised retro soul) 3. RADIOHEAD -- In Rainbows (the world-conquering pop they were born to make) 4. TINARIWEN -- Aman Iman: Water Is Life (desert rock) 5. ROBERT PLANT AND ALISON KRAUSS -- Raising Sand (adult pop) 6. THE WHITE STRIPES -- Icky Thump (bluesy, stomping rock n roll) 7. TERENCE BLANCHARD -- A Tale of God's Will (a requiem for Katrina) (melancholic jazz JONNY GREENWOOD -- There Will Be Blood (spooky, spine- tingling score) 8. PATTY GRIFFIN -- Children Running Through (career-capping Americana) 9. STEVE EARLE -- Washington Square Serenade SUZANNE VEGA -- Beauty and Crimes (country and folk pop triumphs both, but don't call it a comeback) 10. JAMIE T -- Panic Prevention LIVESAVAS - Gutterfly (Brit rap; Seventies funk fantasia) *** 11. ARCADE FIRE -- Neon Bible (art rock a la Talking Heads) 12. ANDY BEY -- Ain't Necessarily So (searching jazz vocals) 13. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE -- Traffic and Weather (pure pop) RON SEXSMITH -- Time Being (purer pop) 14. TABU LEY ROCHEREAU -- The Voice Of Lightness (floating, Al Green-like world music) 15. THE FEELING -- Twelve Stops and Home (Seventies AM radio) THE FRATELLIS -- Costello Music (raucous rock) 16. TEDDY THOMPSON -- Upfront and Down Low (dignified country classics) RICHARD THOMPSON -- Sweet Warrior (sterling rock) LINDA THOMPSON -- Versatile Heart (delicate folk pop) 17. BASSEKOU KUYATE AND NGONI BA -- Segu Blue (irresistible world music for people mourning Ali Farka) 18. HERBIE HANCOCK -- River: The Joni Letters (Mitchell done proud via jazz)) 19. WILLIE NELSON, MERLE HAGGARD, RAY PRICE -- Last Of The Breed (country summit) LEVON HELM -- Dirt Farmer (Lazarus- like revival) PORTER WAGONER -- Wagonmaster (classy send-off) 20. ARCTIC MONKEYS -- Favourite Worst Nightmare (jagged Brit pop) KAISER CHIEFS -- Yours Truly, Angry Mob (spiky but smooth Brit pop) *** 21. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Roots Of Chica - Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru (garage rock via South America) 22. COMMON -- Finding Forever (rap for adults) 23. STEPHEN FRETWELL -- Man On The Roof (unheralded UK folk- pop) 24. BETTYE LAVETTE -- The Scene Of The Crime (steeped in wisdom soul) MARY WEISS -- Dangerous Game (old school pop, happily) 25. JOSH RITTER -- The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter (literate folk pop with a smile) 26. ANDY PALACIO AND THE GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE -- Watina PUERTO PLATA -- Mujer de Cabaret (both beautiful, vanishing traditions) 27. THE HIVES -- The Black and White Album (confident, swaggering rock) 28. DAVID BROMBERG -- Try Me One More Time JOHN HAMMOND -- Push Comes To Shove (grizzled old white man blues) WATERMELON SLIM AND THE WORKERS - The Wheel Man (the blues, you fool) 29. ROBERT WYATT -- Comicopera (eccentric pop-jazz thingamajig) 30. THE REAL TUESDAY WELD -- The London Book Of The Dead (sneakily ambitious retro pop) *** 31. JOAN ARMATRADING -- Into The Blues (do call it a comeback) 32. THE MAGIC NUMBERS -- Those The Brokes (disappointing but good) DARREN HAYES -- This Delicate Thing We've Made (good but disappointing) 33. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WITH THE SESSIONS BAND -- Live In Dublin (party in the barn music) 34. NICOLE ATKINS -- Neptune City (brooding, Orbison-like pop) 35. SERGIO AND ODAIR ASSAD -- Jardim Abandonado (telepathic classical guitar) 36. RAUL MALO -- After Hours (countrypolitan with velvet vocals) 37. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Company Original Broadway Cast (2007) (Sondheim, passionately) 38. KELLY WILLIS -- Translated From Love (country, smartly) BRAD PAISLEY -- 5th Gear 39. PANDA BEAR -- Person Pitch (Brian Wilson on LSD, if that's not redundant) 40. OVER THE RHINE -- Snow Angels (Christmas rock for NPR listeners) AIMEE MANN -- Another Drifter In The Snow (Christmas gem) *** 41. JENS LEKMAN -- Night Falls Over Kortedala (Magentic Fields via Sweden) 42. IAN HUNTER -- Shrunken Heads (cock rock) 43. BEIRUT -- The Flying Cup Club 44. JUANES -- La Vida (fist-shaking rock) 45. THE HOLMES BROTHERS -- State of Grace (master class in the blues) 46. GLEN HANSARD AND MARKETA IRGLOVA -- The Swell Season (you know, those great songs from the movie Once ) 47. RYAN ADAMS AND THE CARDINALS -- Follow The Lights (Americana, again) 48. JOHN CORIGLIANO -- Music For String Quartet (American classical) 49. DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER -- Red Earth: A Malian Journey (jazz meets Mali) ABBEY LINCOLN -- Abbey Sings Abbey (astringent jazz) 50. THE DONNAS -- Bitchin' (dumb, fun as hell Eighties rock) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2006 1. CORINNE BAILEY RAE -- Corinne Bailey Rae (tie) JAMES HUNTER -- People Gonna Talk (tie) 2. BOB DYLAN -- Modern Times 3. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE -- The Black Parade 4. ARCTIC MONKEYS -- Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 5. MIDLAKE -- The Trials of Van Occupanther 6. ROSEANNE CASH -- Black Cadillac (tie) JOHNNY CASH -- American V: A Hundred Highways 7. MAX RICHTER -- Songs From Before 8. CAT POWER -- The Greatest 9. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -- We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions -- American Land Edition SOLOMON BURKE -- Nashville RICHARD THOMPSON -- 1000 Years of Popular Music 10. IRMA THOMAS -- After The Rain ELVIS COSTELLO AND ALLEN TOUSSAINT -- The River In Reverse *** 11. The LA'S -- BBC In Session 12. CANDI STATON -- His Hands (tie) CANDI STATON -- The Ultimate Gospel Collection 13. DUNCAN SHEIK -- White Limousine (tie) VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Spring Awakening Original Cast Recording 14. HOWARD TATE -- A Portrait Of Howard 15. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Tropicalia: A Brazilian Revolution In Sound 16. M. WARD -- Post-War 17. REGINA SPEKTOR -- Begin To Hope 18. TEDDY THOMPSON -- Separate Ways (tie) THE STROKES -- First Impressions Of Earth 19. TOUMANI DIANATE'S SYMMETRIC ORCHESTRA -- Boulevard De L'Independance 20. MUSE -- Black Holes and Revelations *** 21. ALI FARKA TOURE -- Savane 22. THE STREETS -- The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living 23. JAMES HAND -- The Truth Will Set You Free 24. DRAKE BELL -- It's Only Time 25. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Rough Guide To Latin-Arabia 26. VETIVER -- To Find Me Gone 27. CASSANDRA WILSON -- Thunderbird 28. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Grey Gardens Original Cast Recordin g 29. THE RACONTEURS -- Broken Boy Soldiers 30. LARRY LEVAN -- Journey Into Paradise...The Larry Levan Story *** 31. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Billy Elliot Original Cast Recording 32. RAHIM ALHAJ -- When The Soul Is Settled: Music Of Iraq 33. WOLFMOTHER -- Wolfmother 34. SMOKEY ROBINSON -- Timeless Love 35. CAST KING -- Saw Mill Man 36. THE ROOTS -- Game Theory 37. JOSH RITTER -- The Animal Years 38. MANA -- Amar Es Combatir 39. STEPHEN SONDHEIM/VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Sweeney Todd Original Cast Recording STEPHEN SONDHEIM/VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Sunday In The Park With George 2006 London Cast Recording 40. MATTHEW SWEET AND SUSANNA HOFFS -- Under The Covers Vol. 1 *** 41. DIXIE CHICKS -- Taking The Long Way 42. LUPE FIASCO -- Food And Liquor 43. THE FRATELLIS -- Costello Music 44. THE VINES -- Vision Valley 45. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man Motion Picture Soundtrack 46. LINDA RONSTADT AND ANN SAVOY-- Adieu False Heart 47. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE -- Futuresex/LoveSounds 48. PAUL SIMON -- Surprise 49. BEIRUT -- Gulag Orkestar 50. NELLIE MCKAY -- Pretty Little Head 51. ALEXI MURDOCH -- Time Without Consequences THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2005 1. SUFJAN STEVENS – Illinois (eclectic pop) 2a. KATE BUSH -- Aerial 2b. RICHARD SWIFT – The Richard Swift Collection, Volume One (literate pop) 3. THE EELS – Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (suicidal pop) 4. AMADOU AND MARIAM – Dimanche a Bamako (world pop) 5. BETTYE LAVETTE – I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise VARIOUS ARTISTS – I Believe To My Soul (soul) 6. THE WHITE STRIPES – Get Behind Me Satan (bluesy pop) BRIGHT EYES – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (folkie pop) KAISER CHIEFS -- Employment (righteous rock) 7. NEIL DIAMOND – 12 Songs (pop via Brill Building) 8. HANNA MCEUEN -- Hanna McEuen (country by way of Everly Brothers) BRAD PAISLEY -- Time Well Wasted (radical traditionalist) 9. THE MAGIC NUMBERS – The Magic Numbers (60s pop via UK) PAUL MCCARTNEY -- Chaos and Creation In The Backyard (Beatles-esque, surprisingly) 10. VARIOUS ARTISTS – Does Anybody Know I’m Here? Vietnam Through The Eyes of Black America (protest pop) VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm And Blues 1945-1970 Vol. Two *** 11. WOLF PARADE – Apologies to the Queen Mary CLAP YOUR HANDS, SAY YEAH -- Clap Your Hands, Say Yea h BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE -- Broken Social Scene MARAH – If You Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry (return of Talking Heads) 12. BILL CHARLAP AND SANDY STEWART – Love Is Here To Stay (telepathic jazz duets) 13. LEWIS TAYLOR – Stoned (what Prince and Stevie Wonder used to be) 14. ALI FARKA TOURE AND TOUMANI DIABATE – In The Heart Of The Moon (world music) 15. FIONA APPLE – Extraordinary Machine (pop, the hard way) 16. HEARTLESS BASTARDS – Stairs and Elevators (rock n roll) 17. VARIOUS ARTISTS – Son Cubano NYC: Cuban Roots, New York Spices 1972-82 (salsa) 18. HARD-FI – Stars Of CCTV (British rock) 19. NEIL YOUNG – Prairie Wind (folk rock staring death in the face and smiling) 20. SUPERGRASS – Road To Rouen (under-appreciated rock) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2004 GREEN DAY -- American Idiot JOHNNY CASH -- My Mother's Hymn Book kd lang -- Hymns Of The 49th Parallel BRIAN WILSON -- Brian Wilson Presents Smile AMADOU AND MARIAM -- Dimanche a Bamako MAX RICHTER -- The Blue Notebooks A GIRL CALLED EDDY -- A Girl Called Eddy VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm And Blues 1945-1970 NORAH JONES -- Feels Like Home LEONARD COHEN -- Dear Heather MORRISSEY -- You Are The Quarry THE ROOTS -- The Tipping Point LORETTA LYNNE -- Van Lear Rose ANDY BEY -- American Song THE STREETS -- A Grand Don't Come For Free KONONO NO. 1 -- Congotronics THE MAGNETIC FIELDS -- i ELTON JOHN -- Peachtree Road KANYE WEST -- College Dropout WILCO -- A Ghost Is Born THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2003 THE WHITE STRIPES -- Elephant JOHNNY CASH -- Unearthed RUFUS WAINWRIGHT -- Want One BOZ SCAGGS -- But Beautiful OUTKAST -- Speakerboxxx/The Love Below VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Avenue Q (Original Cast Recording) AMY WINEHOUSE -- Frank TIM CHRISTENSEN -- Honeyburst FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE -- Welcome Interstate Managers EMMYLOU HARRIS -- Stumble Into Grace THE STROKES -- Room On Fire THE JAYHAWKS -- Rainy Day Music MARIA MCKEE -- High Dive BRAD PAISLEY -- Mud On The Tires JOE JACKSON -- Volume 4 ALICIA KEYS -- The Diary Of Alicia Keys SUFJAN STEVENS -- Michigan JUNE CARTER CASH -- Wildwood Flower THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2002 NORAH JONES -- Come Away With Me WILCO -- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot ORCHESTRA BAOBAB -- Specialist In All Styles BRIGHT EYES -- Lifted or The Story Is In The Soil Keep Your Ear To The Ground VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Music from The Singing Detective And More BECK -- Sea Change DIXIE CHICKS -- Home LINDA THOMPSON -- Fashionably Late SOLOMON BURKE -- Don't Give Up On Me PETER WOLF -- Sleepless JOHNNY CASH -- American IV: The Man Comes Around EMINEM -- The Eminem Show YOUSSOU N'DOUR -- Nothing's In Vain RON SEXSMITH -- Cobblestone TOM WAITS -- Alice/Blood Money NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND/VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol. III DAMON ALBARN -- Mali Music SUPER FURRY ANIMALS -- Rings Around The World COLDPLAY -- A Rush of Blood To The Head THE ROOTS -- Phrenology LINDA LEWIS -- Reach For The Truth: Best Of The Reprise Years 1971-1974) VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Hairspray (Original Cast Recording) THE VINES -- Highly Evolved STEVE EARLE -- Jerusalem THE STREETS -- Original Pirate Material PHILIP GLASS -- The Hours RUFUS WAINWRIGHT -- Poses WEEZER -- Maladroit THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2001 MANU CHAO -- Proxima Estacion: Esperanza RYAN ADAMS -- Gold BOB DYLAN -- Love And Theft THE STROKES -- Is This It? kd lang and TONY BENNETT -- A Wonderful World RADIOHEAD -- Amnesiac LEONARD COHEN -- Ten New Songs SUZANNE VEGA -- Songs In Red And Gray DOLLY PARTON -- Little Sparrow THE WHITE STRIPES -- White Blood Cells DIANA KRALL -- The Look Of Love VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond MERLE HAGGARD -- Roots WEEZER -- Weezer (The Green Album) RON SEXSMITH -- Blue Boy GILLIAN WELCH -- Time (The Revelator) ELTON JOHN -- Songs From The West Coast NEIL DIAMOND -- Three Chord Opera HARRY CONNICK JR. -- 30 BEN FOLDS -- Rockin' The Suburbs THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2000 EMINEM -- The Marshall Mathers LP RYAN ADAMS -- Hea rtbreaker RADIOHEAD -- Kid A JONI MITCHELL -- Both Sides Now OUTKAST -- Stankonia JOHNNY CASH -- American III: Solitary Man THE BEATLES -- 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS -- O Brother, Where Art Thou? SHELBY LYNNE -- I Am Shelby Lynne D'ANGELO -- Voodoo AIMEE MANN -- Bachelor No. 2 COREY HARRIS AND HENRY BUTLER -- Vu-Du Menz BILLY BRAGG AND WILCO -- Mermaid Avenue Vol. II VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Wild Party (Original Broadway Cast Recording) THE JAYHAWKS -- Smile MERLE HAGGARD -- If I Could Only Fly NEIL YOUNG -- Silver and Gold VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Kings Of The Gospel Highway: The Golden Age Of Gospel Quartets ELVIS PRESLEY -- Peace In The Valley: The Complete Gospel Recordings TEDDY THOMPSON -- Teddy Thompson THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1999 DAVID GRAY -- White Ladder LINDA RONSTADT AND EMMYLOU HARRIS -- Western Wall THE MAGNETIC FIELDS -- 69 Love Songs MOBY -- Play THE ROOTS -- Things Fall Apart STEVE EARLE AND THE DEL MCCOURY BAND -- The Mountain EMINEM -- The Slim Shady LP JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL -- Hedwig and the Angry Inch DOLLY PARTON, LINDA RONSTADT, EMMYLOU HARRIS -- Trio II TOM WAITS -- Mule Varaiations FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE -- Utopia Parkway FIONA APPLE -- When The Pawn... RICHARD THOMPSON -- Mock Tudor DIXIE CHICKS -- Fly MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO -- Bitter WILCO -- Summerteeth DOLLY PARTON -- The Grass is Blue THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1998 BILLY BRAGG AND WILCO -- Mermaid Avenue LUCINDA WILLIAMS -- Car Wheels On A Gravel Road THE BETA BAND -- The Three E.p.'s BOB DYLAN -- The Bootleg Series Vol. 4, Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert BEASTIE BOYS -- Hello Nasty THE MAVERICKS -- Trampoline OUTKAST -- Aquemini VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 (boxed set) ELVIS COSTELLO -- Painted From Memory DIXIE CHICKS -- Wide Open Spaces RUFUS WAINWRIGHT -- Rufus Wainwright AIR -- Moon Safari MANU CHAO -- Clandestino DAVID GRAY -- Lost Songs 95-98 SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES -- The Ultimate Collection BELLE AND SEBASTIAN -- The Boy With The Arab Strap KATE AND ANNA MCGARRIGLE -- The McGarrigle Hour EVA CASSIDY -- Songbird LAURYN HILL -- The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1997 RADIOHEAD -- O.K. Computer BOB DYLAN -- Time Out Of Mind BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB -- Buena Vista Social Club DOLLY PARTON -- The Essential Dolly Parton, Vol. 2 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. -- Life After Death SUPERGRASS -- In It For The Money VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Beg, Scream and Shout! The Big Ol' Box of 60s Soul WHISKEYTOWN -- Strangers Almanac ALISON KRAUSS -- So Long So Wrong RAY CHARLES -- Genius and Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection ADAM GUETTEL -- Floyd Collins NICK CAVE -- The Boatman's Call SINEAD O'CONNOR -- Gospel Oak EP MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT -- Legend STEVE EARLE -- El Corazon PREFAB SPROUT -- Andromeda Heights JEFFREY FOSKETT -- Cool and Gone (Gone Gone) VAN MORRISON -- The Healing Game THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1996 BECK -- Odelay RADIOHEAD -- The Bends SUZANNE VEGA -- Nine Objects Of Desire WILCO -- Being There JOHNNY CASH -- Unchained WEEZER -- Pinkerton BELLE AND SEBASTIAN -- Tigermilk/If You're Feeling Sinister NICK CAVE -- Murder Ballads KATE AND ANNA MCGARRIGLE -- Matapedia STEVE EARLE -- I Feel Alright MARIA MCKEE -- Life Is Sweet PHILIP GLASS -- The Secret Agent MAXWELL -- Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL -- Walking Wounded VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Doo Wop Box II THE BLUE NILE -- Peace At Last THE FUGEES -- The Score BOZ SCAGGS -- Fade Into Light THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1995 THE MAVERICKS -- Music For All Occasions ALISON KRAUSS -- Now That I've Found You: A Collection ELVIS PRESLEY -- Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Essential '70s Masters PJ HARVEY -- To Bring You My Love OASIS -- ( What's The Story) Morning Glory THE JAYHAWKS -- Tomorrow The Green Grass BLUR -- The Great Escape D'ANGELO -- Brown Sugar VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Thunder Before Dawn: The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto Volume Two/ The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto Volume Three: Freedom Fire RON SEXSMITH -- Ron Sexsmith BJORK -- Post STEVE EARLE -- Train A Comin' VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Collection EMMYLOU HARRIS -- Wreckin' Ball CHRIS ISAAK -- Forever Blue BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS -- Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On ALANIS MORISSETTE -- Jagged Little Pill DWIGHT YOAKUM -- Gone CASSANDRA WILSON -- New Moon Daughter PAUL WELLER -- Stanley Road SUPERGRASS -- I Should Coco AIMEE MANN -- I'm With Stupid THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH -- Carry On...Up The Charts DOLLY PARTON -- The Essential Dolly Parton, Vol. 2 MANDY PATINKIN -- Oscar and Steve AL STEWART -- Between The Wars JERRY LEE LEWIS -- Young Blood THE 6THS -- Wasps' Nests THE MILLS BROTHERS -- Four Men and A Guitar (recordings from 1930s) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1994 JOHNNY CASH -- American Recordings NAS -- Illmatic GREEN DAY -- Dookie NIRVANA -- Unplugged In New York THE MAVERICKS -- What A Crying Shame BLUR -- Parklife HOLE -- Live Through This BEASTIE BOYS -- Ill Communication OASIS -- Definitely Maybe FRANK SINATRA AND TOMMY DORSEY-- The Song Is You! 1940- 1942 on RCA Victor BOZ SCAGGS -- Some Change VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Doo Wop Box BECK -- M ellow Gold/One Foot In The Grave ROSEMARY CLOONEY -- Still On The Road GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE -- Message From Beat Street: The Best Of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel and the Furious Five MORRISSEY -- Vauxhall And I THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. -- Ready To Die PEARL JAM -- Vitalogy VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Passion (Original Cast Recording) JEFF BUCKLEY -- Grace WEEZER -- Weezer EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL -- Amplified Heart IRIS DEMENT -- My Life CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET WEST -- Always Say Goodbye THE MAGNETIC FIELDS -- The Charm Of The Highway Strip ERIC DOLPHY -- Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music JONI MITCHELL -- Turbulent Indigo TONY BENNETT -- MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett SOUNDGARDEN -- Superunknown THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1993 CASSANDRA WILSON -- Blue Light 'Til Dawn DWIGHT YOAKAM -- This Time AIMEE MANN -- Whatever PEARL JAM -- Vs. MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO -- Plantation Lullabies ROSEMARY CLOONEY -- Do You Miss New York? CHRIS ISAAK -- San Francisco Days ARVO PART -- Te Deum ELVIS PRESLEY -- From Nashville To Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters TOM PETTY -- Greatest Hits JIMMIE DALE GILMORE -- Spinning Around The Sun NIRVANA -- In Utero VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Mambo Kings Play Songs Of Love (compilation, not soundtrack) PET SHOP BOYS -- Very WU-TANG CLAN -- Enter The Wu-Tang SHELBY LYNNE -- Temptation TOM WAITS -- The Black Rider TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY -- Symphony Or Damn ZAP MAMA -- Adventures In Afropea TONY BENNETT -- Steppin' Out BOB DYLAN -- World Gone Wrong ELVIS COSTELLO -- The Juliet Letters JELLYFISH -- Spilt Milk COUNTING CROWS -- August And Everything After VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1992 kd lang -- Ingenue R.E.M. -- Automatic For The People ABBA -- Gold LOS LOBOS -- Kiko THE JAYHAWKS -- Hollywood Town Hall ELVIS PRESLEY -- The King Of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete '50s Masters MORRISSEY -- Your Arsenal LYLE LOVETT -- Joshua Judges Ruth JELLYFISH -- Bellybutton TOM WAITS -- Bone Machine CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET WEST -- Haunted Heart NEIL YOUNG -- Harvest Moon DR. DRE -- The Chronic ERIC CLAPTON -- Unplugged HENRYK GORECKI -- Symphony No. 3 ANNIE LENNOX -- Diva LEONARD COHEN -- The Future EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL -- Acoustic BOB DYLAN -- Good As I Been To You SHIRLEY HORN -- Here's To Life TONY BENNETT -- Perfectly Frank LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM -- Out Of The Cradle ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT -- 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days In The Life Of... HARRY CONNICK JR. -- 25 THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1991 NIRVANA -- Nevermind U2 -- Achtung Baby RICHARD THOMPSON -- Rumor And Sigh RAY CHARLES -- The Birth of Soul (boxed set) BILLIE HOLIDAY -- The Complete Decca Recordings BILLIE HOLIDAY -- The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 (1991 boxed set) PEARL JAM -- Ten VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Beauty and the Beast Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CROWDED HOUSE -- Woodface JIMMIE DALE GILMORE -- After Awhile SHIRLEY HORN -- You Won't Forget Me PHIL SPECTOR -- Back To Mono 1958-1969 (boxed set) BARBRA STREISAND -- Just For The Record... (boxed set) STEPHEN SONDHEIM -- Assassins Original Cast Recording ARVO PART -- Miserere BOB DYLAN -- The Bootleg Series Vol. 1-3 (Rare and Unreleased) COLE PORTER/EVANS HAILE -- Fifty Million Frenchmen JOHN PRINE -- The Missing Years ABBEY LINCOLN -- You Gotta Pay The Band THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1990 MADONNA -- The Immaculate Collection HAPPY MONDAYS -- Pills And Thrills And Bellyaches PREFAB SPROUT -- Jordan: The Comeback SINEAD O'CONNOR -- I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got PUBLIC ENEMY -- Fear Of A Black Planet ROSEANNE CASH -- Interiors SUZANNE VEGA -- Days Of Open Hand MUDDY WATERS -- The Chess Box THE LA'S -- The La's VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Songs That Got Us Through WWII THE GO-GO'S -- Greatest Hits PET SHOP BOYS -- Behavior WORLD PARTY -- Goodbye Jumbo COWBOY JUNKIES -- The Caution Horses MORRISSEY -- Bona Drag THE FOUR TOPS -- Anthology KATE AND ANNA MCGARRIGLE -- Heartbeats Accelerating GEORGE MICHAEL -- Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 MARION WILLIAMS -- Surely God Is Able DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES -- Change Of Season CARL STALLING -- The Carl Stalling Project, Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1936-1958 EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL -- The Language Of Life VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Atlantic Soul Classics TONY BENNETT -- Astoria: Portrait Of The Artist EVANS HAILE/VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Babes In Arms BRIAN ENO AND JOHN CALE -- Wrong Way Up NEIL YOUNG -- Ragged Glory VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Best Of The Girl Groups Vol. 1 and 2 PEGGY LEE -- The Peggy Lee Songbook: There'll Be Another Spring HARRY CONNICK JR. -- We Are In Love THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1989 BEASTIE BOYS -- Paul's Boutique THE BLUE NILE -- Hats CHET BAKER -- Best Of Chet Baker Plays and Sings THE STONE ROSES -- The Stone Roses ORCHESTRA BAOBAB -- Pirates Choice BOB DYLAN -- Oh Mercy KATE BUSH -- The Sensual World NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND/VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Will The Circle Be Unbroken Volume Two DAWN UPSHAW -- Knoxville: Summer Of 1915 JUNGLE BROTHERS -- Done By The Forces of Nature LAURIE ANDERSON -- Strange Angels DE LA SOUL -- 3 Feet High And Rising VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Brazil Classics 1: Beleza Tropical Compiled By David Byrne kd lang -- Absolute Torch And Twang PAUL SIMON -- The Rhythm Of The Saints DIONNE WARWICK -- The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits (Rhino) FRANK MORGAN -- Easy Living/Mood Indigo MARIA MCKEE -- Maria McKee VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Black and Blue (Original Cast Recording) LOU REED -- New York PETER GABRIEL -- Passion: Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ TRACY CHAPMAN -- Crossroads MANDY PATINKIN -- Mandy Patinkin MADONNA -- Like A Prayer BONNIE RAITT -- Nick Of Time HARRY CONNICK JR. -- When Harry Met Sally LYLE LOVETT -- Lyle Lovett And His Large Band DURAN DURAN -- Decade RICKIE LEE JONES -- Flying Cowboys DJIVAN GASPARYAN -- I Will Not Be Sad in This World TOM PETTY -- Full Moon Fever SOUL II SOUL -- Keep On Movin' DAVID BYRNE -- Rei Momo THE PIXIES -- Doolittle NEVILLE BROTHERS -- Yellow Moon NEIL YOUNG -- Freedom ELVIS COSTELLO -- Spike THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1988 PUBLIC ENEMY -- It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back kd lang -- Shadowland U2 -- Rattle and Hum COWBOY JUNKIES -- The Trinity Sessions HAL WILLNER/VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music From Vintage Disney Films PEGGY LEE -- Miss Peggy Lee Sings The Blues EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL -- Idlewild THE POGUES -- If I Should Fall From Grace With God LEONARD COHEN -- I'm Your Man MORRISSEY -- Viva Hate CHUCK BERRY -- The Chess Box SADE -- Stronger Than Pride JUNGLE BROTHERS -- Straight Out The Jungle DWIGHT YOAKUM -- Buenos Noches From A Lonely Room FRANKIE VALLIE AND THE FOUR SEASONS -- Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons 25th Anniversary Collection CARMEN MCRAE -- Carmen Sings Monk JOHN HIATT -- Slow Turning SHIRLEY HORN -- Close Enough For Love STEVE EARLE -- Copperhead Road N.W.A. -- Straight Outta Compton ARVO PART -- Passio CASSANDRA WILSON -- Blue Skies PHILIP GLASS -- The Thin Blue Line TRACY CHAPMAN -- Tracy Chapman VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Irving Berlin Always RODNEY CROWELL -- Diamonds and Dirt TRAVELING WILBURYS -- Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 ERIC B. AND RAKIM -- Paid In Full HARRY CONNICK JR. -- 20 LYLE LOVETT -- Pontiac PREFAB SPROUT -- From Langley Park To Memphis CHRIS ISAAK -- Heart-Shaped World TALK TALK -- Spirit Of Eden HOTHOUSE FLOWERS -- People PAUL MCCARTNEY -- Flowers In The Dirt VAN MORRISON and THE CHIEFTAINS -- Irish Heartbeat RICHARD THOMPSON -- Amnesia THE EVERLY BROTHERS -- Some Hearts LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO -- Journey Of Dreams FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION -- The First Of A Million Kisses THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1987 DOLLY PARTON, LINDA RONSTADT, EMMYLOU HARRIS -- Trio U2 -- The Joshua Tree PRINCE -- Sign O' The Times SINEAD O'CONNOR -- The Lion and the Cobra THE SMITHS -- Louder Than Bombs/Strangeways, Here We Come GEORGE MICHAEL -- Faith ERIC B AND RAKIM -- Paid In Full STING -- ... Nothing Like The Sun THE REPLACEMENTS -- Pleased To Meet Me JENNIFER WARNES -- Famous Blue Raincoat JOHN MELLENCAMP -- The Lonesome Jubilee PUBLIC ENEMY -- Yo! Bum Rush The Show CHARLIE HADEN-- Quartet West HÜSKER DÜ -- Warehouse: Songs and Stories JOHN HIATT -- Bring The Family SHIRLEY HORN -- I Thought About You JAMES BROWN -- The CD of JB II GUNS N' ROSES -- Appetite For Destruction BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -- Tunnel Of Love SUZANNE VEGA -- Solitude Standing VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Into The Woods (Original Cast Recording) ROY ORBISON -- In Dreams: The Greatest Hits LYLE LOVETT -- Pontiac ROSEANNE CASH -- King's Record Shop R.E.M. -- Document ARETHA FRANKLIN -- One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism PET SHOP BOYS -- Actually LINDA RONSTADT -- Canciones De Mi Padre LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO -- Shaka Zulu MEL TORME AND GEORGE SHEARING -- A Vintage Year DEF LEPPARD -- Hysteria 10,000 MANIACS -- In My Tribe BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS -- Dancing With Tears In My Eyes MICHAEL JACKSON -- Bad BOBBY SHORT -- Guess Who's In Town: Bobby Short Sings The Songs Of Andy Razaf BILLY IDOL -- Vital Idol kd lang -- Angel With A Lariat THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1986 PAUL SIMON -- Graceland THE SMITHS -- The Queen Is Dead ELVIS COSTELLO -- King Of America/Blood and Chocolate PRINCE -- Parade R.E.M. -- Life's Rich Pageant RUN D.M.C. -- Raising Hell BEASTIE BOYS -- Licensed To Ill LINDA RONSTADT -- Sentimental Reasons CHRIS ISAAK -- Chris Isaak BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -- Live 1975-1985 PETER GABRIEL -- So MADONNA -- True Blue SAM COOKE -- The Man And His Music TALK TALK -- The Color Of Spring RICHARD THOMPSON -- Daring Adventures THE EVERLY BROTHERS -- Born Yesterday 'TIL TUESDAY -- Welcome Home WHAM! -- The Final RANDY TRAVIS -- Storms Of Life DAVID AND DAVID -- Welcome To The Boomtown STING -- Bring On The Night XTC -- Skylarking STEVE EARLE -- Guitar Town WORLD PARTY -- Private Revolution BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS -- Lonely Avenue STEVE WINWOOD -- Back In The High Life THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1985 PREFAB SPROUT -- Steve McQueen aka Two Wheels Good (tie) BARBRA STREISAND -- The Broadway Album (tie) VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto Volume One KATE BUSH -- Hounds Of Love VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Les Miserables (Original London Cast Recording) BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS -- It's The Talk Of The Town (and Other Sad Songs) VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Gospel At Colonus (1985 Philadelphia Cast) JAMES BROWN -- The CD of JB PAUL MCCARTNEY/ELVIS COSTELLO -- Flowers In The Dirt (Demos on later editions) TOM WAITS -- Rain Dogs STEELY DAN -- A Decade Of Steely Dan JOHN MELLENCAMP -- Scarecrow KATRINA AND THE WAVES -- Katrina and the Waves PHILIP GLASS -- Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters CHRIS ISAAK -- Silvertone THE EVERLY BROTHERS -- Cadence Classics: Their 20 Greatest Hits BOB DYLAN -- Biograph R.E.M. -- Fables Of The Reconstruction THE POGUES -- Rum, Sodomy and the Lash SADE -- Promise SANDY DENNY -- Who Knows Where The Times Goes (boxed set) THE REPLACEMENTS -- Tim U2 -- Wide Awake In America EURYTHMICS -- Be Yourself Tonight ARETHA FRANKLIN -- 30 Greatest Hits THE WATERBOYS -- This Is The Sea JIMMY BUFFETT -- Songs You Know By Heart LINDA THOMPSON -- One Clear Moment STING -- Dream Of The Blue Turtles RICHARD THOMPSON -- Across A Crowded Room LONE JUSTICE -- Lone Justice JOHN FOGERTY -- Centerfield DIRE STRAITS -- Brothers In Arms BRYAN FERRY -- Boys And Girls SUZANNE VEGA -- Suzanne Vega THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1984 U2 -- The Unforgettable Fire BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS -- Legend THE SMITHS -- The Smiths PRINCE -- Purple Rain BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -- Born In The USA LAURIE ANDERSON -- Mister Heartbreak/United States Live MADNESS -- Keep Moving (US 14 track version) SADE -- Diamond Life RUN D.M.C. -- Run D.M.C. THE BLUE NILE -- A Walk Across The Rooftops DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES -- 20 Greatest Hits: Compact Command Performance THE PRETENDERS -- Learning To Crawl LEONARD COHEN -- V arious Positions LOS LOBOS -- How Will The Wolf Survive? EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL -- Eden TALKING HEADS -- Stop Making Sense THE REPLACEMENTS -- Let It Be JERRY LEE LEWIS -- 18 Original Sun Greatest Hits TINA TURNER -- Private Dancer THE EVERLY BROTHERS -- EB84 STEPHEN SONDHEIM/VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Sunday in the Park with George (Original Cast Recording) THE BANGLES -- All Over The Place JOE JACKSON -- Body and Soul PREFAB SPROUT -- Swoon R.E.M. -- Reckoning LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS -- Rattlesnakes ELIZABETH COTTEN -- Live! VAN DYKE PARKS -- Jump! RICHARD THOMPSON -- Small Town Romance BARRY MANILOW -- 2. A.M. Paradise Cafe LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM -- Go Insane BRIAN ENO AND HAROLD BUDD -- The Pearl THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1983 R.E.M. -- Murmur U2 -- War/Under A Blood Red Sky BILLY JOEL -- An Innocent Man EURYTHMICS -- Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)/Touch VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Big Chill Original Motion Picture Soundtrack THE ENGLISH BEAT -- What Is Beat? TOM WAITS -- Swordfishtrombones VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Say Amen, Somebody (Original Soundtrack) TALKING HEADS -- Speaking In Tongues PHILIP GLASS -- Akhnaten HALL AND OATES -- Rock And Soul Part 1: Greatest Hits MADNESS -- Madness (US compilation) THE POLICE -- Synchronicity DEF LEPPARD -- Pyromania RICHARD THOMPSON -- Hand Of Kindness PAUL SIMON -- Hearts and Bones CULTURE CLUB -- Colour By Numbers BRYAN FERRY -- These Foolish Things WILLIE NELSON AND MERLE HAGGARD -- Pancho and Lefty BOB DYLAN -- Infidels CYNDI LAUPER -- She's So Unusual PINK FLOYD -- The Final Cut THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1982 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -- Nebraska PHILIP GLASS -- Glassworks/Koyaanisqatsi RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON -- Shoot Out The Lights MICHAEL JACKSON -- Thriller ELVIS COSTELLO -- Imperial Bedroom ROXY MUSIC -- Avalon DONALD FAGEN -- The Nightfly PAUL MCCARTNEY -- Tug Of War JAMES BOOKER -- Classified BILLY JOEL -- The Nylon Curtain VANGELIS -- Blade Runner PETER GABRIEL -- Peter Gabriel (Security) GEORGE WINSTON -- December CHUCK BERRY -- The Great 28 VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Dreamgirls (Original Broadway Cast Album) STEVIE WONDER -- Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I ABC -- The Lexicon Of Love THE EAGLES -- Eagles Greatest Hits Vol. 2 PRINCE -- 1999 THE ENGLISH BEAT -- Special Beat Service NEIL DIAMOND -- 12 Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 KING SUNNY ADE -- Juju Music TOM WAITS -- One From The Heart JOE JACKSON -- Night and Day SQUEEZE -- Singles: 45's And Under LYDIA MENDOZA -- La Alondra de la Frontera: Live! TOM PETTY -- Long After Dark DURAN DURAN -- Rio DIRE STRAITS -- Love Over Gold R.E.M. -- Chronic Town THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1981 QUEEN -- Greatest Hits THE ENGLISH BEAT -- Wha'ppen? SQUEEZE -- East Side Story JOAN JETT -- Bad Reputation/I Love Rock 'n' Roll BRIAN ENO AND DAVID BYRNE -- My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts FRANK SINATRA -- She Shot Me Down RUSH -- Moving Pictures ROLLING STONES -- Tattoo You BLONDIE -- Best Of Blondie ELVIS COSTELLO -- Trust/Almost Blue GLENN GOULD -- A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 and 1981 LENA HORNE -- Lena Horne: The Lady And Her Music TOM PETTY -- Hard Promises WILLIE NELSON -- Greatest Hits (And Some That Will Be) NEVILLE BROTHERS -- Fiyou On The Bayou TODD RUNDGREN -- Healing KATE AND ANNA MCGARRIGLE -- French Record DAVID BOWIE -- Changestwobowie KATE BUSH -- The Dreaming VANGELIS -- Chariots Of Fire JOE JACKSON -- Jumpin' Jive THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1980 JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO -- Double Fantasy THE ENGLISH BEAT -- I Just Can't Stop It EMMYLOU HARRIS -- Roses In The Snow TALKING HEADS -- Remain In Light U2 -- Boy AC/DC -- Back In Black THE PRETENDERS -- The Pretenders ELVIS COSTELLO -- Get Happy! BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -- The River THE DOORS -- Greatest Hits BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS -- Uprising DAVID BOWIE -- Scary Monsters DARYL HALL -- Sacred Songs MADNESS -- Absolutely STEVE WINWOOD -- Arc Of A Diver PETER GABRIEL -- Peter Gabriel (3) STEVIE WONDER -- Hotter Than July CAPTAIN BEEFHEART -- Doc At The Radar Station THE CLASH -- Sandinista! PROFESSOR LONGHAIR -- Crawfish Fiesta BARBRA STREISAND -- Guilty PRINCE -- Dirty Mind KENNY ROGERS -- Greatest Hits KATE BUSH -- Never For Ever GEORGE JONES -- I Am What I Am FRANK SINATRA -- Trilogy: Past Present Future PETE TOWNSEND -- Empty Glass THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1979 THE CLASH -- London Calling TALKING HEADS -- Fear of Music VAN MORRISON -- Into The Music MICHAEL JACKSON -- Off The Wall EMMYLOU HARRIS -- Blue Kentucky Girl/Light Of The Stable FLEETWOOD MAC -- Tusk DAVID BOWIE -- Lodger PHILIP GLASS -- Satyagraha AC/DC -- Highway To Hell PEGGY LEE -- Close Enough For Love JOE JACKSON -- Look Sharp! NEIL YOUNG -- Rust Never Sleeps WILLIE NELSON -- Pretty Paper DONNA SUMMER -- On The Radio (Greatest Hits) STEPHEN SONDHEIM/VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Sweeney Todd (Original Cast Recording) RICKIE LEE JONES -- Rickie Lee Jones LEONARD COHEN -- Recent Songs TOM PETTY -- Damn The Torpedoes! BUZZCOCKS -- Singles Going Steady PINK FLOYD -- The Wall MADNESS -- One Step Beyond... GRAHAM PARKER -- Squeezing Out Sparks KEN NORDINE -- Stare With Your Ears THE ROCHES -- The Roches THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1978 WILLIE NELSON -- Stardust FUNKADELIC -- One Nation Under A Groove KATE BUSH -- The Kick Inside HANK WILLIAMS -- 40 Greatest Hits ROLLING STONES -- Some Girls TALKING HEADS -- More Songs About Buildings and Food VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Ain't Misbehavin' (Original Cast Recording) ELVIS COSTELLO -- This Year's Model BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -- Darkness On The Edge Of Town BARBRA STREISAND -- Greatest Hits Vol. 2 NEIL YOUNG -- Comes A Time THE CLASH -- Give 'em Enough Rope BRIAN ENO -- Ambient 1: Music For Airports THE BAND/VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Last Waltz BLONDIE -- Parallel Lines BIG STAR -- Third/Sister Lovers EMMYLOU HARRIS -- Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town EARTH WIND AND FIRE -- The Best of Earth Wind And Fire WARREN ZEVON -- Excitable Boy THE CARS -- The Cars BUDDY HOLLY -- 20 Golden Greats DIRE STRAITS -- Dire Straits GERRY RAFFERTY -- City To City THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1977 STEELY DAN -- Aja DAVID BOWIE -- Low/Heroes FLEETWOOD MAC -- Rumours MEAT LOAF -- Bat Out Of Hell ELVIS COSTELLO -- My Aim Is True MUDDY WATERS -- Hard Again SEX PISTOLS -- Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols JOHN WILLIAMS -- Star Wars Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ELTON JOHN -- Greatest Hits #2 KRAFTWERK -- Trans Europe Express LEON REDBONE -- On The Track RAMONES -- Leave Home/Rocket To Russia AL GREEN -- The Belle Album/Greatest Hits Vol. 2 WILLIE NELSON -- To Lefty From Willie BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS -- Exodus KATE AND ANNA MCGARRIGLE -- Dancer With Bruised Knee MERLE HAGGARD -- A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today PETER TOSH -- Equal Rights PAUL SIMON -- Greatest Hits, Etc. TONY BENNETT AND BILL EVANS -- Together Again THE CLASH -- The Clash VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Saturday Night Fever EMMYLOU HARRIS -- Luxury Liner JACKSON BROWNE -- Runnin' On Empty GLENN GOULD -- The Quiet In The Land (available on The Solitude Trilogy) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1976 STEVIE WONDER -- Songs In The Key Of Life JAMES TAYLOR -- Greatest Hits CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL -- Chronicle Vol. 1 (20 Greatest Hits) BUNNY WAILER -- Blackheart Man BILLY JOEL -- Turnstiles THE EAGLES -- Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) PHILIP GLASS -- Einstein On The Beach BOZ SCAGGS -- Silk Degrees DAVID BOWIE -- Station To Station/Changesonebowie BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS -- Rastaman Vibration LINDA RONSTADT -- Greatest Hits RAMONES -- Ramones PETER TOSH -- Legalize It RICHARD PRYOR -- Bicentennial N----r WILLIE NELSON -- Red Headed Stranger WARREN ZEVON -- Warren Zevon RUSH -- 2112 AUGUSTUS PABLO -- King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown BLONDIE -- Blondie CARTOLA -- Cartola II THE ABYSSINIANS -- Satta Massagana THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1975 BOB DYLAN -- Blood On The Tracks/The Basement Tapes KEITH JARRETT -- The Köln Concert BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -- Born To Run PARLIAMENT -- Mothership Connection FLEETWOOD MAC -- Fleetwood Mac NEIL YOUNG -- Tonight's The Night/ Zuma/ Homegrown KATE AND ANNA MCGARRIGLE -- Kate And Anna McGarrigle RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON -- Pour Down Like Silver RICHARD PRYOR -- ... Is It Something I Said? JONI MITCHELL -- The Hissing Of Summer Lawns BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS -- Natty Dread/Live! PAUL SIMON -- Still Crazy After All These Years TONY BENNETT AND BILL EVANS -- The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album DOLLY PARTON -- The Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 2 LEON REDBONE -- On The Track THE FOUR SEASONS -- The Four Seasons Story VARIOUS ARTISTS -- A Chorus Line (Original Cast Recording) AL GREEN -- Greatest Hits Vol. 1 BRIAN ENO -- Another Green World PINK FLOYD -- Wish You Were Here HECTOR LAVOE -- La Voz PEGGY LEE -- Mirrors BURNING SPEAR -- Marcus Garvey EMMYLOU HARRIS -- Pieces of The Sky/Elite Hotel BARRY WHITE -- Greatest Hits, Volume 1 LINDA LEWIS -- Fathoms Deep PATTI SMITH -- Horses JOE HIGGS -- Life Of Contradictions ART GARFUNKEL -- Breakaway HAROLD MELVIN AND BLUE NOTES FEATURING TEDDY PENDERGRASS -- To Be True THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1974 RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON -- I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight THE BEACH BOYS -- Endless Summer JONI MITCHELL -- Court And Spark ELTON JOHN -- Greatest Hits LINDA RONSTADT -- Heart Like A Wheel GRAM PARSONS -- Grievous Angel ELLIS REGINA AND ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM -- Ellis & Tom STEVIE WONDER -- Fulfillingness' First Finale PHILIP GLASS -- Music in Twelve Parts BIG STAR -- Radio City CELIA CRUZ AND JOHNNY PACHECO -- Celia And Johnny NEIL YOUNG -- On The Beach RANDY NEWMAN -- Good Old Boys VAN MORRISON -- Veedon Fleece NEIL DIAMOND -- 12 Greatest Hits BILL WITHERS -- +' Justments BRIAN ENO -- Here Come The Warm Jets RICHARD PRYOR -- That N----'s Crazy BETTYE SWANN -- The Complete Atlantic Recordings THE METERS -- Rejuvenation ROBERT WYATT -- Rock Bottom JORGE BEN JOR -- A Tabua de Esmeralda RACHEL FARO -- Refugees TOM WAITS -- The Heart Of Saturday Night AL GREEN -- Explores Your Mind SANDY DENNY -- Like An Old-Fashioned Waltz SANTANA -- Santana's Greatest Hits ROXY MUSIC -- Country Life LORETTA LYNN -- Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 BLUE MAGIC -- Blue Magic RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON -- Hokey Pokey CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH -- So Far JACKSON BROWNE -- Late For The Sky JIM CROCE -- Photographs And Memories: His Greatest Hits THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1973 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS -- Catch A Fire/Burnin' HARRY NILSSON -- A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night PINK FLOYD -- The Dark Side Of The Moon JOHN MARTYN -- Solid Air THE CARPENTERS -- The Singles 1969-1973 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -- The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle STEVIE WONDER -- Innervisions PAUL SIMON -- There Goes Rhymin' Simon MARVIN GAYE -- Let's Get It On DOLLY PARTON -- My Tennessee Mountain Home TODD RUNDGREN -- A Wizard, A True Star DAVID BOWIE -- Aladdin Sane HALL & OATES -- Abandoned Luncheonette BETTYE SWANN -- The Complete Atlantic Recordings GRAM PARSONS -- GP NEW YORK DOLLS -- New York Dolls DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES -- Anthology PAUL MCCARTNEY -- Band On The Run AL GREEN -- Call Me/Livin' For You THE TEMPTATIONS -- Anthology BOBBY SHORT -- Bobby Short Is C-R-A-Z-Y For Gershwin ELTON JOHN -- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road MOTT THE HOOPLE -- Mott BILLY JOEL -- Piano Man THE SPINNERS -- The Spinners THE FOUR TOPS -- 19 Greatest Hits THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1972 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL -- Greatest Hits ROLLING STONES -- Exile On Main St. NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND/VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Will The Circle Be Unbroken ARETHA FRANKLIN -- Amazing Grace NICK DRAKE -- Pink Moon VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Harder They Come JONI MITCHELL -- For The Roses STEVIE WONDER -- Music Of My Mind/Talking Book DAVID BOWIE -- The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars STEPHEN SONDHEIM/VARIOUS ARTISTS -- A Little Night Music (Original Cast Recording)/ Follies (Original Cast Recording) RANDY NEWMAN -- Sail Away TODD RUNDGREN -- Something/Anything? FANIA ALL-STARS -- Live At The Cheetah Vol. 1-3 PAUL SIMON -- Paul Simon VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 AL GREEN -- Let's Stay Together/I'm Still In Love With You BIG STAR -- #1 Record SANDY DENNY -- Sandy CURTIS MAYFIELD -- Superfly ROY ORBISON -- All-Time Greatest Hits THE FLATLANDERS -- More A Legend Than A Band ALICE CLARK -- Alice Clark ROXY MUSIC -- Roxy Music MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT -- The Last Sessions BILL WITHERS -- Still Bill ELVIS PRESLEY -- He Touched Me MILTON NASCIMENTO & LO BORGES -- Clube de Esquina BOBBY SHORT -- Bobby Short Is Mad About Noel Coward MOTT THE HOOPLE -- All The Young Dudes WILLIS ALAN RAMSAY -- Willis Alan Ramsay JOHN PRINE -- Diamonds In The Rough NEIL YOUNG -- Harvest THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1971 JONI MITCHELL -- Blue MARVIN GAYE -- What's Going On CAROLE KING -- Tapestry LED ZEPPELIN -- Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) BILL WITHERS -- Just As I Am ROLLING STONES -- Sticky Fingers/Hot Rocks 1964-1971 ROD STEWART -- Every Picture Tells A Story PAUL MCCARTNEY -- Ram DAVID BOWIE -- Hunky Dory ISAAC HAYES -- Black Moses DOLLY PARTON -- Coat Of Many Colors THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND -- Live At Fillmore East GIL SCOTT-HERON -- Pieces Of A Man LAURA NYRO -- Gonna Take A Miracle SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -- There's A Riot Goin' On BOBBIE GENTRY -- Patchwork THE WHO -- Who's Next/Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy FOTHERINGAY -- Fotheringay 2 TODD RUNDGREN -- Runt: The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren MILES DAVIS -- Jack Johnson MICKEY NEWBURY -- Frisco Mabel Joy THE BAND -- Cahoots CURTIS MAYFIELD -- Roots JACKSON 5 -- Greatest Hits JANIS JOPLIN -- Pearl JOHN LENNON -- Imagine HOWLIN' WOLF -- The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions DON MCLEAN -- American Pie VAN MORRISON -- Tupelo Honey HARRY NILSSON -- Nilsson Schmilsson BOBBY SHORT -- Bobby Loves Cole Porter THE TEMPTATIONS -- Sky's The Limit THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1970 RANDY NEWMAN -- 12 Songs (tie) HARRY NILSSON -- Nilsson Sings Newman (tie) THE GRATEFUL DEAD -- Workingman's Dead/American Beauty THE WHO -- Live At Leeds SIMON AND GARFUNKEL -- Bridge Over Troubled Water JONI MITCHELL -- Ladies Of The Canyon FRANK SINATRA -- Sinatra-Jobim JOHN LENNON -- Plastic Ono Band VAN MORRISON -- Moondance NEIL YOUNG -- After The Gold Rush BARBRA STREISAND -- Greatest Hits MILES DAVIS -- Bitches Brew FOTHERINGAY -- Fotheringay EMITT RHODES -- Emitt Rhodes GEORGE HARRISON -- All Things Must Pass THE BEATLES -- Let It Be NICK DRAKE -- Bryter Layter CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL -- Cosmo's Factory JAMES TAYLOR -- Sweet Baby James STEPHEN SONDHEIM/VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Company (Original Cast Recording) GIL SCOTT-HERON -- Small Talk At 125th and Lenox SANTANA -- Abraxas DEREK AND THE DOMINOS -- Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs TODD RUNDGREN -- Runt JORGE BEN -- Forca Bruta SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -- Greatest Hits THE TEMPTATIONS -- Psychedelic Shack ROD STEWART -- Gasoline Alley THE VELVET UNDERGROUND -- Loaded THE TEMPTATIONS -- Greatest Hits Vol. 2 EVIE SANDS -- Any Way That You Want Me LED ZEPPELIN -- Led Zeppelin III PAUL MCCARTNEY -- McCartney LEON RUSSELL -- Leon Russell THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1969 THE BEATLES -- Abbey Road THE BAND -- The Band CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL -- Green River/Willie and the Poor Boys/Bayou Country NINA SIMONE -- Nina Simone and Piano FAIRPORT CONVENTION -- What We Did On Our Holidays/Unhalfbricking/Liege And Leaf LED ZEPPELIN -- Led Zeppelin II DUSTY SPRINGFIELD -- Dusty In Memphis NICK DRAKE -- Five Leaves Left ROLLING STONES -- Let It Bleed JONI MITCHELL -- Clouds MICKEY NEWBURY -- Looks Like Rain SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -- Stand! NEIL YOUNG -- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere ISAAC HAYES -- Hot Buttered Soul THE VELVET UNDERGROUND -- The Velvet Underground SHIRLEY AND DOLLY COLLINS -- Anthems In Eden MILES DAVIS -- In A Silent Way KAREN DALTON -- It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best HARRY NILSSON -- Harry JORGE BEN -- Jorge Ben CAPTAIN BEEFHEART -- Trout Mask Replica THE ISLEY BROTHERS -- It's Our Thing THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS -- The Gilded Palace Of Sin JIMMY SCOTT -- The Source SANTANA -- Santana PENTANGLE -- Basket Of Light TOWNES VAN ZANDT -- Townes Van Zandt GLENN GOULD -- The Latecomers (available on The Solitude Trilogy) CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH -- Crosby, Stills and Nash ELVIS PRESLEY -- From Elvis In Memphis SIMON AND GARFUNKEL -- Live 1969 (released 2008) JOHNNY CASH -- At San Quentin THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1968 VAN MORRISON -- Astral Weeks THE BEATLES -- The Beatles (The White Album) JIMI HENDRIX -- Electric Ladyland THE BAND -- Music From Big Pink ARETHA FRANKLIN -- Lady Soul VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Tropicalia Ou Panis Et Circensis THE BYRDS -- Sweethearts of the Rodeo/The Notorious Byrd Brothers/Greatest Hits ROLLING STONES -- Beggars Banquet HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS -- Christmas Album BOBBIE GENTRY -- The Delta Sweete THE DRIFTERS -- The Drifters' Golden Hits FAIRPORT CONVENTION -- Fairport Convention JOHNNY CASH -- At Folsom Prison THE RASCALS -- Time Peace: The Rascals' Greatest Hits SIMON AND GARFUNKEL -- Bookends THE ZOMBIES -- Odessey and Oracle THE EVERLY BROTHERS -- Roots THE VELVET UNDERGROUND -- White Light/White Heat JONI MITCHELL -- Song To A Seagull CAETANO VELOSO -- Caetano Veloso aka Tropicalia THE KINKS -- The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society GILBERTO GIL -- Gilberto Gil BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY -- Cheap Thrills ELVIS PRESLEY -- Elvis (TV Special) RANDY NEWMAN -- Randy Newman BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD -- Last Time Around TINY TIM -- God Bless Tiny Tim BEACH BOYS -- Friends THE BEAU BRUMMELS -- Bradley's Barn THE SMALL FACES -- Ogden's Nut Gone Flake LORETTA LYNN -- Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits HARRY NILSSON -- Aerial Ballet MARGO GURYAN -- Take A Picture/27 Demos THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1967 ARETHA FRANKLIN -- I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) JIMI HENDRIX -- Are You Experienced/Axis: Bold As Love THE BEATLES -- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/Magical Mystery Tour FRANK SINATRA -- Frances Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim BOBBIE GENTRY -- Ode To Billie Joe THE VELVET UNDERGROUND -- The Velvet Underground And Nico DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES -- Greatest Hits THE WHO -- The Who Sell Out PATSY CLINE -- Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits LEONARD COHEN -- Songs Of Leonard Cohen MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT -- The Immortal Mississippi John Hurt LOVE -- Forever Changes JEFFERSON AIRPLANE -- Surrealistic Pillow MILES DAVIS -- Miles Smiles ELVIS PRESLEY -- How Great Thou Art GLENN GOULD -- The Idea Of North (available on The Solitude Trilogy) LOU RAWLS -- Merry Christmas Ho! Ho! Ho! BOB DYLAN -- John Wesley Harding CARLOS PAREDES -- Guitarra Portuguesa ROLLING STONES -- Between The Buttons THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL -- The Best Of The Lovin' Spoonful PINK FLOYD -- The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn DUKE ELLINGTON -- The Far East Suite MERLE HAGGARD -- I'm A Lonesome Fugitive/Branded Man THE TEMPTATIONS -- With A Lot O' Soul GLEN CAMPBELL -- Gentle On My Mind/By The Time I Get To Phoenix THE FOUR TOPS -- Greatest Hits THE DOORS -- The Doors/Strange Days SIMON AND GARFUNKEL -- Live From New York City, 1967 (released 2002) SCOTT WALKER -- Scott DORIS DAY -- The Love Album THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1966 THE BEACH BOYS -- Pet Sounds (tie) THE BEATLES -- Revolver (tie) BOB DYLAN -- Blonde on Blonde ROLLING STONES -- Aftermath SIMON AND GARFUNKEL -- Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme HERBIE HANCOCK -- Blow-Up Original Motion Picture Soundtrack WILSON PICKETT -- The Exciting Wilson Pickett FRANK SINATRA -- Sinatra At The Sands MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT -- Today! THE TEMPTATIONS -- Greatest Hits THE FOUR SEASONS -- 2nd Vault Of Golden Hits ELIZABETH COTTEN -- Shake Sugaree THE FOUR TOPS -- 19 Greatest Hits KANDER AND EBB -- Cabaret Original Broadway Cast Recording WILLIE BOBO -- Uno Dos Tres 1 2 3 THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1965 BOB DYLAN -- Highway 61 Revisited /Bringing It All Back Home THE BEATLES -- Rubber Soul JOHN COLTRANE -- A Love Supreme VARIOUS ARTISTS -- The Sound Of Music Original Soundtrack B.B. KING -- Live At The Regal OTIS REDDING -- Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul FRANK SINATRA -- September Of My Years MILES DAVIS -- The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel/E.S.P. THE BYRDS -- Mr. Tambourine Man/Turn! Turn! Turn! NINA SIMONE -- Pastel Blues STAN GETZ AND JOAO GILBERTO -- Getz/Gilberto #2 THE BEACH BOYS -- The Beach Boys Today! PHIL SPECTOR -- Back To Mono 1958-1969 (boxed set) THE BEATLES -- Help! DION -- Kickin Child: The Lost 1965 Album THE FOUR TOPS -- 19 Greatest Hits FRED NEIL -- Bleecker and MacDougall HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS -- Whipped Cream and Other Delights THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL -- Do You Believe In Magic WILLIE BOBO -- Spanish Grease THE SHANGRI-LAS -- Leader Of The Pack TONY BENNETT -- If I Ruled The World: Songs For The Jet Set JUDY RODERICK -- Woman Blue THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1964 STAN GETZ AND JOAO GILBERTO -- Getz/Gilberto BOB DYLAN -- Another Side Of Bob Dylan THE BEATLES -- Beatles For Sale/A Hard Day's Night TONY BENNETT -- When Lights Are Low NINA SIMONE -- In Concert THE RONETTES -- Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes, Featuring Veronica MUDDY WATERS -- Folk Singer JOAN BAEZ -- Joan Baez 5 THELONIOUS MONK -- Solo Monk ELLA FITZGERALD -- Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Jerome Kern Songbook/ Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Johnny Mercer Songbook BARBRA STREISAND -- The Third Album THE IMPRESSIONS -- Keep On Pushing HORACE SILVER -- Song For My Father CHUCK BERRY -- St. Louis To Liverpool ERIC DOLPHY -- Out To Lunch BOB DYLAN -- The Times They Are A-Changin' VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Fiddler On The Roof Original Broadway Cast THE SUPREMES -- Where Did Our Love Go BURL IVES -- The Wayfaring Stranger (various versions 1944, 1945, 1959, 1960, 1964) LESLEY GORE -- Girl Talk JIMMY SMITH -- Christmas '64 aka Christmas Cookin' THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1963 PATSY CLINE -- The Patsy Cline Story JOHN COLTRANE -- John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman/Both Directions At Once JAMES BROWN -- Live At The Apollo DORIS DAY AND ROBERT GOULET -- Annie Get Your Gun PHIL SPECTOR/VARIOUS ARTISTS -- A Christmas Gift For You From Philles Records BOB DYLAN -- The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan PHIL SPECTOR -- Back To Mono 1958-1969 (boxed set) ROY ORBISON -- In Dreams BARBRA STREISAND -- The Barbra Streisand Album/The Second Barbra Streisand Album DEXTER GORDON -- Our Man In Paris MILES DAVIS -- Quiet Nights THE BEATLES -- Please Please Me JORGE BEN -- Samba Esquerra Novo NANCY WILSON -- Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley and Something Wonderful THELONIOUS MONK -- Monk's Dream SAM COOKE -- Night Beat ELLA FITZGERALD -- Ella and Basie! EMAHOY TSEGU-MARYAM GUBROU -- Ethiopiques Vol. 21: Ethiopia Song Piano Solo THE SWAN SILVERTONES -- Blessed Assurance THE BEATLES -- With The Beatles ROSEMARY CLOONEY -- Love DEAN MARTIN -- Country Style/Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1962 RAY CHARLES -- Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music Vol 1 and 2 DUKE ELLINGTON -- Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins/Duke Ellington And John Coltrane ROY ORBISON -- Crying NANCY WILSON -- Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley and Something Wonderful PHIL SPECTOR -- Back To Mono 1958-1969 (boxed set) HOWLIN' WOLF -- Howlin' Wolf (Rocking Chair Album) TONY BENNETT -- Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall/I Left My Heart In San Francisco SAM COOKE -- The Best Of Sam Cooke ELLA FITZGERALD -- Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (Live) CHARLES MINGUS -- New Tijuana Moods DINAH WASHINGTON -- Drinking Again THE SWAN SILVERTONES -- Savior Pass Me Not DORIS DAY -- Duet (w Andre Previn Trio) BEN WEBSTER -- Ben and "Sweets" (w Harry "Sweets" Edison) KAY STARR -- I Cry By Night DEXTER GORDON -- Go! ERNESTINE ANDERSON -- Swings The Penthouse ALBERT KING -- The Big Blues JACK TEAGARDEN -- Think Well Of Me THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1961 BILL EVANS -- Sunday At The Village Vanguard/Waltz For Debby JUDY GARLAND -- Judy At Carnegie Hall JOHN COLTRANE -- My Favorite Things/Coltrane Jazz ELLA FITZGERALD -- Twelve Nights In Hollywood/ Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Harold Arlen Songbook/ Clap Your Hands, Here Comes Charlie! RAY CHARLES -- The Genius Sings The Blues/The Genius After Hours/Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Genius + Soul = Jazz PATSY CLINE -- Showcase MILES DAVIS -- Steamin' DEXTER GORDON -- Dexter Calling JAMES BROWN -- James Brown Presents His Band EDITH PIAF -- Greatest Hits JACK TEAGARDEN -- Mis'ry and the Blues JOAN BAEZ -- Joan Baez 2 THELONIOUS MONK -- Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane BLOSSOM DEARIE -- My Gentleman Friend DINAH WASHINGTON -- The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol. 7 (1961) ORNETTE COLEMAN -- This Is Our Music/Free Jazz ABBEY LINCOLN -- Straight Ahead FRANK SINATRA -- Ring-a-Ding-Ding! ART BLAKEY -- Art Blakey and the Jazz Passengers ROSEMARY CLOONEY -- Rosie Solves The Swingin' Riddle! THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1960 ELLA FITZGERALD -- The Intimate Ella (released in 1990) JOHN COLTRANE -- Giant Steps MUDDY WATERS -- Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 DAVE BRUBECK -- Time Out ETTA JAMES -- At Last! ELVIS PRESLEY -- His Hand In Mine/50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong Golden Records Vol 2 JAMES BROWN -- Think EDITH PIAF -- Greatest Hits BURL IVES -- Return Of The Wayfaring Stranger MEL TORME -- Swings Schubert Alley/Back In Town THE ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHOIR UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PROFESSOR ALEX BRADFORD -- Shakin' The Rafters ART BLAKEY -- A Night In Tunisia JOAN BAEZ -- Joan Baez SOLOMON BURKE -- Rock 'N Soul FATS DOMINO -- They Call Me The Fat Man...Antoine "Fats" Domino -- The Legendary Imperial Recordings ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST -- Camelot THE EVERLY BROTHERS -- It's Everly Time DINAH WASHINGTON -- The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol. 6 (1958-1960) MILES DAVIS -- Sketches Of Spain ANITA O'DAY -- Anita O'Day And Billy May Swing Rodgers And Hart ERIC DOLPHY -- Outward Bound/Out There MARGARET WHITING -- Sings The Jerome Kern Songbook SONNY CLARK -- The Sonny Clark Trio THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1959 MILES DAVIS -- Kind Of Blue/Workin'/Porgy and Bess ELLA FITZGERALD -- Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook BUDDY HOLLY -- The Buddy Holly Story JOAO GILBERTO -- Chega de Saudade HARRY BELAFONTE -- Belafonte at Carnegie Hall CHUCK BERRY -- Chuck Berry Is On Top BILLIE HOLIDAY -- The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 (1991 boxed set) FATS DOMINO -- They Call Me The Fat Man...Antoine "Fats" Domino -- The Legendary Imperial Recordings ORNETTE COLEMAN -- The Shape Of Jazz To Come RAY CHARLES -- The Genius of Ray Charles THE SWAN SILVERTONES -- The Swan Silvertones CHARLES MINGUS -- Ah Um/Mingus Dynasty DINAH WASHINGTON -- What A Diff'rence A Day Makes! ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS -- Moanin' HOWLIN' WOLF -- Moanin' In The Moonlight NINA SIMONE -- Little Girl Blue BILL EVANS -- On Green Dolphin Street LITTLE RICHARD -- His Greatest Hits ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK -- Black Orpheus ABBEY LINCOLN -- Abbey Is Blue BURL IVES -- The Wayfaring Stranger (various versions 1944, 1945, 1959, 1964) RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN -- The Sound Of Music Original Broadway Cast FRANK SINATRA -- Come Dance With Me!/Live In Australia with The Red Norvo Quintet DUKE ELLINGTON -- Anatomy Of A Murder ANITA O'DAY -- Anita Swings Cole Porter With Billy May STEPHEN SONDHEIM/JULE STYNE -- Gypsy Original Broadway Cast PEGGY LEE -- Beauty and the Beat THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1958 ELVIS PRESLEY -- Elvis' Golden Records Vol. 1 ELLA FITZGERALD -- The Irving Berlin Songbook/Porgy and Bess/Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert MILES DAVIS -- Relaxin'/Milestones FRANK SINATRA -- Come Fly With Me/Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely BILL EVANS -- Everybody Digs Bill Evans CHUCK BERRY -- The Great 28 CARMEN MCRAE -- Book Of Ballads THE EVERLY BROTHERS -- Songs Our Daddy Taught Us DUKE ELLINGTON -- Black Brown And Beige BUDDY HOLLY -- Buddy Holly BILLIE HOLIDAY -- Lady In Satin THE PLATTERS -- The Magic Touch: An Anthology ANITA O'DAY -- Sings The Winners JOHNNY MATHIS -- Johnny's Greatest Hits ELIZABETH COTTEN -- Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes NAT KING COLE -- St. Louis Blues DINAH WASHINGTON -- The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol. 5 (1956-1958) LOUIS ARMSTRONG -- Louis Under The Stars JUDY GARLAND -- Judy In Love CHET BAKER -- ( Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen To You CANNONBALL ADDERLEY-- Somethin' Else BILLY ECKSTINE -- Billy's Best HOWLIN' WOLF -- Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1957 LERNER AND LOEWE -- My Fair Lady Original Broadway Cast THELONIOUS MONK -- Brilliant Corners/Monk's Music/W John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall JOHN COLTRANE -- Blue Train ELLA FITZGERALD -- Sings The Rodgers And Hart Songbook/Daydream: The Duke Ellington Songbook/Ella and Louie Again MILES DAVIS -- Cookin'/Miles Ahead FATS DOMINO -- They Call Me The Fat Man...Antoine "Fats" Domino -- The Legendary Imperial Recordings DORIS DAY -- Day By Night RAY CHARLES -- Ray Charles LOUIS ARMSTRONG -- Meets Oscar Peterson PATSY CLINE -- Patsy Cline ART PEPPER -- Meets The Rhythm Section BUDDY HOLLY -- The "Chirping" Crickets BING CROSBY -- Bing With A Beat LAMBERT HENDRICKS AND ROSS -- Sing A Song Of Basie LITTLE RICHARD -- Here's Little Richard ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST -- West Side Story ELVIS PRESLEY -- Elvis' Christmas Album NAT KING COLE -- After Midnight CHRIS CONNOR -- Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song DICK HAYMES -- Moondreams LOUIS ARMSTRONG -- I've Got The World On A String ANITA O'DAY -- Anita Sings The Most DENNY MARTIN -- Exotica JUDY GARLAND -- Alone HOWLIN' WOLF -- Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 DINAH WASHINGTON -- The Fats Waller Songbook aka Sings Fats Waller FRANK SINATRA -- Sinatra '57 In Concert /Close To You/Where Are You?/Christmas Dreaming RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN -- Cinderella TV Soundtrack COLEMAN HAWKINS -- The Hawk Flies High TONY BENNETT -- The Beat Of My Heart THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1956 ELLA FITZGERALD -- Sings The Cole Porter Songbook/Ella and Louis DUKE ELLINGTON -- Ellington At Newport FRANK SINATRA -- Songs For Swingin' Lovers! DORIS DAY -- Day By Day ELVIS PRESLEY -- Elvis Presley/Elvis BOBBY SHORT -- Bobby Short PEGGY LEE -- Black Coffee (12 inch version) CHUCK BERRY -- The Great 28 JULIO GUTTIERREZ -- Cuban Jam Session Vol 1 THE PLATTERS -- The Magic Touch: An Anthology BING CROSBY -- Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings FATS DOMINO -- They Call Me The Fat Man...Antoine "Fats" Domino -- The Legendary Imperial Recordings ROSEMARY CLOONEY -- Blue Rose HOWLIN' WOLF -- Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 BILLIE HOLIDAY -- Lady Sings The Blues MEL TORME -- Sings Fred Astaire JUDY GARLAND -- Judy CHET BAKER -- Sings DINAH WASHINGTON -- Dinah!/In The Land Of Hi-Fi/The Swingin' Miss "D" ANITA O'DAY -- Anita aka This Is Anita VIC DAMONE -- That Towering Feeling THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1955 FRANK SINATRA -- In The Wee Small Hours ELVIS PRESLEY -- The Sun Sessions DICK HAYMES -- Rain Or Shine BING CROSBY -- Merry Christmas (LP version) GLENN GOULD -- A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 and 1981 CONNIE CONVERSE -- How Sad, How Lovely BOBBY TROUP -- Sings Johnny Mercer COUNT BASIE -- April In Paris JOHNNY HARTMAN -- Songs From The Heart THE PLATTERS -- The Magic Touch: An Anthology THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1954 DINAH WASHINGTON -- Dinah Jams/After Hours With Miss "D" THELONIUS MONK -- Complete Prestige 10" LP Collection: "Trio," "Monk," "And Sony Rollins"/Piano Solo FRANK SINATRA -- Songs For Young Lovers/Swing Easy! ELVIS PRESLEY -- The Sun Sessions SARAH VAUGHAN -- Sarah Vaughan aka Sarah Vaughan With Clifford Brown MILES DAVIS -- Walkin' JUNE CHRISTY -- Something Cool THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1953 PEGGY LEE -- Black Coffee (10 inch version) DAVE BRUBECK -- Jazz At The College Of The Pacific HOWLIN' WOLF -- Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1952 VARIOUS ARTISTS/HARRY SMITH -- The Anthology Of American Folk Music HANK WILLIAMS -- 40 Greatest Hits FRED ASTAIRE -- The Astaire Story DINAH WASHINGTON -- The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol. 2 (1950-1952) HOWLIN' WOLF -- Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 DUKE ELLINGTON -- Ellington Uptown THE MILLS BROTHERS -- Greatest Hits THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1951 HANK WILLIAMS -- 40 Greatest Hits HOWLIN' WOLF -- Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 EDITH PIAF -- Greatest Hits THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1950 BILLIE HOLIDAY -- The Complete Decca Recordings (1944-1950) HANK WILLIAMS -- 40 Greatest Hits FRANK SINATRA -- Dedicated To You/Swing and Dance With Frank Sinatra EDITH PIAF -- Greatest Hits THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1949 DJANGO REINHARDT -- Djangology 49 DINAH WASHINGTON -- The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol. 1 (1946-1949) FRANK SINATRA -- Frankly Sentimental HANK WILLIAMS -- 40 Greatest Hits RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN -- South Pacific THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1948 HANK WILLIAMS -- 40 Greatest Hits DINAH WASHINGTON -- The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol. 1 (1946-1949) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1947 LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS -- Thinkin' And Worryin': The Aladdin Singles 1946-1952 WOODY GUTHRIE -- Songs To Grow On: Nursery Days FRANK SINATRA -- Songs By Sinatra BING CROSY AND THE ANDREWS SISTERS -- Their Complete Recordings Together (1939-1951) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1946 BING CROSY AND THE ANDREWS SISTERS -- Their Complete Recordings Together (1939-1951) LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS -- Thinkin' And Worryin': The Aladdin Singles 1946-1952 FRANK SINATRA -- The Voice of Frank Sinatra EDITH PIAF -- Greatest Hits THE INK SPOTS -- The Ultimate Collection (1939-1951) DUKE ELLINGTON -- The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946 BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934; Decca 1934-1954] THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1945 BING CROSBY -- Merry Christmas BING CROSY AND THE ANDREWS SISTERS -- Their Complete Recordings Together (1939-1951) WOODY GUTHRIE -- The Asch Recordings Vol. 2 RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN -- Carousel Original Broadway Cast BURL IVES -- The Wayfaring Stranger (various versions 1944, 1945, 1959, 1960, 1964) HARRY JAMES -- The Essence Of Harry James THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1944 RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN -- Oklahoma! BILLIE HOLIDAY -- Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 BURL IVES -- The Wayfaring Stranger (various versions 1944, 1945, 1959, 1960, 1964) BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934; Decca 1934-1954] WOODY GUTHRIE -- The Asch Recordings Vol. 1 THE INK SPOTS -- The Ultimate Collection (1939-1951) BING CROSY AND THE ANDREWS SISTERS -- Their Complete Recordings Together (1939-1951) DUKE ELLINGTON -- The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 THE MILLS BROTHERS -- Greatest Hits HARRY JAMES -- The Essence Of Harry James THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1943 DUKE ELLINGTON -- The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 BING CROSY AND THE ANDREWS SISTERS -- Their Complete Recordings Together (1939-1951) BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934; Decca 1934-1954] THE MILLS BROTHERS -- Greatest Hits HARRY JAMES -- The Essence Of Harry James THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1942 FRANK SINATRA AND TOMMY DORSEY-- The Song Is You! 1940- 1942 on RCA Victor DUKE ELLINGTON -- The Blanton-Webster Band BILLIE HOLIDAY -- The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol 9 1940- 1942 (get remastered boxed set) BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934; Decca 1934-1954] GLENN MILLER -- The Essential Glenn Miller HARRY JAMES -- The Essence Of Harry James THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1941 DUKE ELLINGTON -- The Blanton-Webster Band FRANK SINATRA AND TOMMY DORSEY-- The Song Is You! 1940- 1942 on RCA Victor BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934; Decca 1934-1954] GLENN MILLER -- The Essential Glenn Miller WOODY GUTHRIE -- Columbia River Collection THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1940 DUKE ELLINGTON -- The Blanton-Webster Band/ 1937-1940 on Classics Label DJANGO REINHARDT -- Swing In Paris (1936-1940) BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934; Decca 1934-1954] GLENN MILLER -- The Essential Glenn Miller THE INK SPOTS -- The Ultimate Collection (1939-1951) FRANK SINATRA AND TOMMY DORSEY-- The Song Is You! 1940- 1942 on RCA Victor BILLIE HOLIDAY -- The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol 8 1939- 1940 (get remastered boxed set) WOODY GUTHRIE -- Dust Bowl Ballads THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1939 GLENN MILLER -- The Essential Glenn Miller DJANGO REINHARDT -- Swing 39: Jazz In Paris BILLIE HOLIDAY -- The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol 7 1938-1939 (get remastered boxed set) DUKE ELLINGTON -- 1937-1940 on Classics Label COUNT BASIE -- The Complete Decca Recordings 1937-1939 BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934; Decca 1934-1954] THE INK SPOTS -- The Ultimate Collection (1939-1951) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1938 BENNY GOODMAN -- Benny Goodman At Carnegie Hall BILLIE HOLIDAY -- The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol 5-6 1937- 1938 (get remastered boxed set) DUKE ELLINGTON -- 1937-1940 on Classics Label CHICK WEBB AND ELLA FITZGERALD -- The Complete Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald (1934-1941) BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934; Decca 1934-1954] COUNT BASIE -- The Complete Decca Recordings 1937-1939 THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1937 BILLIE HOLIDAY -- The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol 3-4 1936- 1937 (get remastered boxed set) CHICK WEBB AND ELLA FITZGERALD -- The Complete Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald (1934-1941) DUKE ELLINGTON -- 1937-1940 on Classics Label ROBERT JOHNSON -- King Of The Delta Blues Singers Vol. 2 BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934; Decca 1934-1954] COUNT BASIE -- The Complete Decca Recordings 1937-1939 THE MILLS BROTHERS -- Four Men and A Guitar (recordings from 1930s) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1936 ROBERT JOHNSON -- King Of The Delta Blues Singers Vol. 1 BILLIE HOLIDAY -- The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol 2 1936 (get remastered boxed set) CHICK WEBB AND ELLA FITZGERALD -- The Complete Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald (1934-1941) BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934; Decca 1934-1954] EDITH PIAF -- Greatest Hits THE MILLS BROTHERS -- Four Men and A Guitar (recordings from 1930s) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1935 CHICK WEBB AND ELLA FITZGERALD -- The Complete Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald (1934-1941) BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Decca 1934-1954] BILLIE HOLIDAY -- The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol 1 1933-1935 (get remastered boxed set) THE MILLS BROTHERS -- Four Men and A Guitar (recordings from 1930s) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1934 BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934; Decca 1934-1954] CHARLEY PATTON -- King Of The Delta Blues (1929-1934) THE MILLS BROTHERS -- Four Men and A Guitar (recordings from 1930s) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1933 BESSIE SMITH -- The Collection BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934] THE MILLS BROTHERS -- Four Men and A Guitar (recordings from 1930s) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1932 THE MILLS BROTHERS -- Four Men and A Guitar (recordings from 1930s) BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934] THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1931 BING CROSY -- Bing Crosby: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) [Brunswick 1931-1934] THE MILLS BROTHERS -- Four Men and A Guitar (recordings from 1930s) THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1930 DUKE ELLINGTON -- The OKeh Ellington 1927-1930/ 1924-1930 on Classics Label THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1929 CHARLEY PATTON -- King Of The Delta Blues (1929-1934) DUKE ELLINGTON -- The OKeh Ellington 1927-1930/ 1924-1930 on Classics Label THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1928 MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT -- Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings HENRY THOMAS -- Bull Doze Blues (1927-1929) DUKE ELLINGTON -- The OKeh Ellington 1927-1930 THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1927 LOUIS ARMSTRONG -- The Complete Hot Five And Seven Recordings HENRY THOMAS -- Bull Doze Blues (1927-1929) DUKE ELLINGTON -- The OKeh Ellington 1927-1930 DUKE ELLINGTON -- 1924-1930 on Classics Label THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1926 LOUIS ARMSTRONG -- The Complete Hot Five And Seven Recordings DUKE ELLINGTON -- 1924-1930 on Classics Label THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1925 LOUIS ARMSTRONG -- The Complete Hot Five And Seven Recordings DUKE ELLINGTON -- 1924-1930 on Classics Label THE BEST ALBUMS OF 1924 DUKE ELLINGTON -- 1924-1930 on Classics Label POSTED BY MICHAEL GILTZ AT 5:30 PM NO COMMENTS: Post a Comment Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)MICHAEL GILTZ AT WORK Michael Giltz is a freelance writer based in NYC and can be reached at mgiltz@pipeline.com FAVORITE LINKS Americablog Five O'Clock Lightning baseball blog Deep Pop -- Lori Lakin's Blog The Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPN Radio Cine-Blog -- George Robinson's Blog Documents On Art & Cinema - Daryl Chin's Blog Brucie G's Wondrous Blog Of Adventure and Mystery -- Bruce Greenspan's Blog BLOG ARCHIVE ► 2021 (10) ► 2020 (15) ► 2019 (93) ► 2018 (34) ► 2017 (6) ► 2016 (2) ▼ 2015 (19) ► December (1) ▼ May (9) MOVIES -- A Master List: The Good, The Bad and the... 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Music Best Albums Of The Year 1924 To The Present

📄 Music Best Albums Of The Year 1924 To The Present

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