Various Artist Compilations: L

• La Bamba [1987, Slash] B+
• Lach's Antihoot: Live from the Fort at Sidewalk Cafe [1996, Shanachie]
• L'Afrique Danse No. 1 [1969, African] A+
• Lagos Disco Inferno [2010, Academy LPs/Voodoo Funk] ★★
• La Iguana: Sones Jarochos [1996, Corason] ★
• Latino Blue [2000, Blue Note] ★★★
• Latin Reggae [2008, Putumayo World Music] C−
• Christine Lavin Presents Laugh Tracks Volume 1 [1996, Shanachie] ★
• Christine Lavin Presents Laugh Tracks Volume 2 [1996, Shanachie]
• Lenny Kaye Presents Lightning Striking [2021, Ace] ★★★
• Lesbian Favorites: Women Like Us [1997, Rhino] ★★
• Less Than Zero [1987, Def Jam] B+
• Lethal Riddims [1994, Relativity]
• Let It Be: Black America Sings Lennon, McCartney and Harrison [2016, Ace] ★★★
• Let Them Eat Jellybeans! 17 Extracts from America's Darker Side [1981, Virus] A−
• Lif Up Yuh Leg an Trample [2004, Honest Jon's] ★★
• Lightning Over the River: The Congolese Soukous Guitar Sound [1999, Music Club] A−
• Link of Chain: A Songwriters Tribute to Chris Smither [2014, Signature Sounds] A−
• The Lion King [1994, Walt Disney] C
• Lipstick Traces [1993, Rough Trade] ★
• Listen . . . Oka! [2012, Oka Productions] A
• Live at CBGB's [1976, Atlantic] B−
• Live at the Rat [1977, Rat] C+
• Live at the Social, Vol. 1 [1996, Heavenly] ★★★
• Live From Festival Au Desert Timbuktu [2013, Clermont Music] A−
• Living Chicago Blues Volume I [1979, Alligator] A−
• Living Chicago Blues Volume II [1979, Alligator] B
• Living Chicago Blues Volume III [1979, Alligator] B−
• Look Directly Into the Sun: China Pop 2007 [2007, UFO] A−
• The Lost Cuban Trios of Casa Marina [2010, Ahi-Nama] ★★
• Lost in China [2017, Riverboat] B+
• Lost in Mali [2015, Riverboat] A−
• Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill [1985, A&M] A
• The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [2011, Egyptian/CMF/Columbia] B+
• Loud Rocks [2000, Loud] A−
• Love, Peace & Poetry: Chilean Psychedelic Music [2008, Tee Pee]
• Love Punany Bad [1995, Priority]
• Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe [2012, Fiesta Red] ★
• Lucky 13 [1998, Oh Boy]
• Lyricist Lounge, Vol. 1 [1998, Priority] ★
• Lyricist Lounge Vol. 2 [2000, Rawkus] A−