Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1998

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Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1998

Listing for 458 records from 1998 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+	Mississippi John Hurt: *Rediscovered* [Vanguard] Sonic Youth: *A Thousand Leaves* [Geffen] Lucinda Williams: *Car Wheels on a Gravel Road* [Mercury] *The Music in My Head* [Sterns]
A	Louis Armstrong: *An American Icon* [Hip-O] The Beastie Boys: *Hello Nasty* [Grand Royal/Capitol] B-52's: *Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation* [Warner Bros.] Bobby Bland: *Greatest Hits Volume One: The Duke Recordings* [MCA] Billy Bragg & Wilco: *Mermaid Avenue* [Elektra] Cadallaca: *Introducing Cadallaca* [K] Canibus: *Can-I-Bus* [Universal] George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars: *Dope Dogs* [Dogone] The Coup: *Steal This Album* [Dogday] Miles Davis: *Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974* [Columbia] Aretha Franklin: *A Rose Is Still a Rose* [Arista] Gang of Four: *100 Flowers Bloom* [Rhino] Los Van Van: *La Colección Cubana* [Music Club] The Mamas and the Papas: *Greatest Hits* [MCA] Carl Perkins: *The Very Best of Carl Perkins: Blue Suede Shoes* [Collectables] Liz Phair: *Whitechocolatespaceegg* [Matador/Capitol] The Plastic People of the Universe: *1997* [Globus International] The Platters: *Enchanted: The Best of the Platters* [Rhino] Public Enemy: *He Got Game* [Def Jam] Huey "Piano" Smith: *This Is . . . Huey "Piano" Smith* [Music Club] Big Joe Turner: *The Very Best of Big Joe Turner* [Rhino] *American Pop: An Audio History from Minstrel to Mojo on Record, 1893-1946* [West Hill] *Hard Rock Cafe: Party Rock* [Hard Rock/Rhino] *Millennium Funk Party* [Rhino] *Over in Glory: Favorites From Classic Gospel Groups* [MCA] *The Real Bahamas, Volumes I & II* [Nonesuch]
A-	King Sunny Ade: *Odù* [Mesa/Atlantic] Air: *Moon Safari* [Source/Caroline] Ali: *Crucial* [Island Black Music] Albert Ammons: *Boogie Woogie Stomp* [Delmark] The Andrews Sisters: *Greatest Hits: 60th Anniversary Collection* [MCA] Archers of Loaf: *White Trash Heroes* [Alias] Bang on a Can: *Music for Airports: Brian Eno* [Point Music] Baobab: *N'Wolof* [Dakar Sound] Beck: *Mutations* [DGC] Belle and Sebastian: *The Boy With the Arab Strap* [Matador] Bikini Kill: *The Singles* [Kill Rock Stars] Black Star: *Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star* [Rawkus] Bobby Bland: *Greatest Hits Volume Two: The ABC-Dunhill/MCA Recordings* [MCA] Mary J. Blige: *The Tour* [MCA] Bran Van 3000: *Glee* [Capitol] James Brown: *Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68* [Polydor] Solomon Burke: *The Very Best of Solomon Burke* [Rhino] James Carter: *In Carterian Fashion* [Atlantic] Chumbawamba: *Uneasy Listening* [EMI] Eddie Cochran: *Somethin' Else: The Fine Lookin' Hits of Eddie Cochran* [Razor & Tie] Paolo Conte: *The Best of Paolo Conte* [Nonesuch] Ani DiFranco: *Little Plastic Castle* [Righteous Babe] Henri Dikongué: *C'est la Vie* [Tinder] Fatboy Slim: *On the Floor at the Boutique* [Astralwerks] Garbage: *Version 2.0* [Almo] Gilberto Gil: *Gilberto Gil* [Universal] Grandaddy: *Under the Western Freeway* [V2] Woody Guthrie: *Hard Travelin': The Asch Recordings, Vol. 3* [Smithsonian/Folkways] Buddy Guy & Junior Wells: *Last Time Around: Live at Legends* [Silvertone] Alvin Youngblood Hart: *Territory* [Rykodisc] PJ Harvey: *Is This Desire?* [Island] John Lee Hooker: *The Best of Friends* [Pointblank] Skip James: *Blues from the Delta* [Vanguard] Badar Ali Khan: *Lost in Qawwali II* [Worldly/Triloka] Kid Rock: *Devil Without a Cause* [Lava/Atlantic] Killah Priest: *Heavy Mental* [Geffen] Chris Knight: *Chris Knight* [Decca] Jim Kweskin: *Acoustic Swing & Jug* [Vanguard] Jon Langford: *Skull Orchard* [Sugar Free] John Lennon: *Wonsaponatime* [Capitol] Local H: *Pack Up the Cats* [Island] Mary Lou Lord: *Got No Shadow* [Work] Johnny Mathis: *The Ultimate Hits Collection* [Columbia] Kate & Anna McGarrigle: *The McGarrigle Hour* [Hannibal] Alanis Morissette: *Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie* [Maverick/Reprise] Youssou N'Dour: *Best of 80's* [Celluloid] New Radicals: *Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too* [MCA] Odyssey the Band: *Reunion* [Knitting Factory] The Offspring: *Americana* [Columbia] OutKast: *Aquemini* [LaFace] Pearl Jam: *Yield* [Epic] Teddy Pendergrass: *Greatest Hits (The Best of Teddy Pendergrass)* [The Right Stuff] P.M. Dawn: *Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad* [Gee Street/V2] Pulnoc: *Live in New York* [Globus International] Quasi: *Featuring "Birds"* [Up] Bonnie Raitt: *Fundamental* [Capitol] Rancid: *Life Won't Wait* [Epitaph] Redman: *Doc's Da Name 2000* [Def Jam] Marc Ribot: *Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos (The Prosthetic Cubans)* [Atlantic] Amy Rigby: *Middlescence* [Koch] Sarge: *The Glass Intact* [Mud] Scrawl: *Nature Film* [Elektra] Percy Sledge: *The Very Best of Percy Sledge* [Rhino] Soul Coughing: *El Oso* [Slash/Warner Bros.] Dusty Springfield: *The Very Best of Dusty Springfield* [Mercury] The Andy Statman Quartet: *The Hidden Light* [Sony] Sunz of Man: *(The Last Shall Be First)* [Red Ant] Billy Swan: *The Best of Billy Swan* [Epic/Legacy] Rachid Taha: *Diwân* [Island] Butch Thompson: *Thompson Plays Joplin* [Daring] Tricky: *Angels With Dirty Faces* [Island] Big Joe Turner: *Joe Turner's Blues* [Topaz] Tom Waits: *Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years* [Island] Victoria Williams: *Musings of a Creekdipper* [Atlantic] Hal Willner: *Whoops, I'm an Indian* [Pussyfoot] Tom Zé: *Fabrication Defect/Com Defeito de Fabricação* [Luaka Bop] The Zombies: *Odessey and Oracle: 30th Anniversary Edition* [Big Beat] *Afro-Latino* [Putamayo] *Cuba Now* [Hemisphere] *Fat Beats & Bra Straps: Classics* [Rhino] *Hound Dog Taylor: A Tribute* [Alligator] *The King's Record Collection, Volume 1* [Hip-O] *Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here* [Yazoo] *MTV's AMP 2* [MTV/Astralwerks] *Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove* [Antilles] *United Kingdom of Punk: The Hardcore Years* [Music Club]
B+	Dave Alvin: *Blackjack David* [HighTone] Boukman Eksperyans: *Revolution* [Tuff Gong] Bob Dylan: *Live 1966* [Columbia/Legacy] Goodie Mob: *Still Standing* [La Face] Ted Hawkins: *Suffer No More: The Ted Hawkins Story* [Rhino] Jimi Hendrix: *BBC Sessions* [MCA] John Hiatt: *The Best of John Hiatt* [Capitol] Ladysmith Black Mambazo: *The Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Vol. 2* [Shanachie] Arto Lindsay: *Noon Chill* [Bar/None] Queen Latifah: *Order in the Court* [Motown] Steve Reich: *Music for 18 Musicians* [Nonesuch] They Might Be Giants: *Severe Tire Damage* [Restless] Rufus Wainwright: *Rufus Wainwright* [DreamWorks] *Éthiopiques 3* [Buda Musique] *Bulworth: The Soundtrack* [Interscope]
*******	Thomas Anderson: *Bolide* [Red River] Waldemar Bastos: *Pretaluz [Blacklight]* [Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.] Big Punisher: *Capital Punishment* [Loud/RCA] The Bottle Rockets: *Leftovers* [Doolittle] Jean-Paul Bourelly: *Tribute to Jimi* [Koch] Brand Nubian: *Foundation* [Arista] Charlie Burton and the Texas Twelve Steppers: *Rustic Fixer Upper* [Lazy SOB] Stella Chiweshe: *The Healing Tree* [Shanachie] Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach: *Painted from Memory* [Mercury] Digital Underground: *Who Got the Gravy?* [Jake] Ian Dury & the Blockheads: *Mr. Love Pants* [Ronnie Harris] Fatboy Slim: *You've Come a Long Way, Baby* [Astralwerks] Gomez: *Bring It On* [Hut] Buddy Guy: *Heavy Love* [Silvertone] The Hangovers: *Slow Dirty Tears* [Kill Rock Stars] Lauryn Hill: *The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill* [Ruffhouse] Jay-Z: *Vol. 2 . . . Hard Nock Life* [Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam] George Jones: *It Don't Get Any Better Than This* [MCA] Jon Langford: *Gravestone EP* [Bloodshot] MC Lyte: *Seven & Seven* [EastWest] Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes: *Blue Notes and Ballads* [Epic Associated/Legacy] M.O.T.: *19.99* [Sire/Warner Bros.] David Murray: *Creole* [Justin Time] Samba Ngo: *Metamorphosis* [Compass] The Pixies: *Pixies at the BBC* [Elektra] Royal Trux: *Accelerator* [Drag City] The Scruffs: *Midtown* [Northern Heights] Ricky Skaggs: *Country Gentleman: The Best of Ricky Skaggs* [Epic/Legacy] Tanya Tucker: *Super Hits* [Columbia] Loudon Wainwright III: *Little Ship* [Charisma] *African Salsa* [Sterns/Earthworks] *Baby Sounds: Happy Sounds to Delight Baby* [Kid Rhino] *Big Beat Conspiracy: BBC 1* [Pagan] *'80s Underground Rap: Can You Feel It?* [Rhino] *Éthiopiques 1* [Buda] *James Brown's Original Funky Divas* [Polydor] *Ultimate Christmas* [Arista]
**	The Allman Brothers Band: *Mycology: An Anthology* [Epic] Bis: *Intendo* [Grand Royal] Bloque: *Bloque* [Luaka Bop] Brandy: *Never Say Never* [Atlantic] James Brown: *I'm Back* [Georgia Lina/Mercury] Junior Brown: *Long Walk Back* [Curb] Ray Charles: *Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You* [Rhino] Guy Davis: *You Don't Know My Mind* [Red House] Dixie Chicks: *Wide Open Spaces* [Monument] DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince: *Greatest Hits* [Jive] Everlast: *Whitey Ford Sings the Blues* [Tommy Boy] Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo: *Strange But True* [Matador] Marianne Faithfull: *A Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology* [Island] John Forté: *Poly Sci* [Ruffhouse/Columbia] Hieroglyphics: *Third Eye Vision* [Hiero Imperium] Hole: *Celebrity Skin* [Geffen] The Jazz Passengers Featuring Deborah Harry: *Live in Spain* [32 Records] Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company: *Live at Winterland '68* [Columbia/Legacy] R. Kelly: R. [Jive] Sam Mangwana: *Galo Negro* [Putumayo World Music] Massive Attack: *Mezzanine* [Virgin] Willie Nelson: *Teatro* [Island] Pearl Jam: *Live on Two Legs* [Epic] The Pernice Brothers: *Overcome by Happiness* [Sub Pop] Red Aunts: *Ghetto Blaster* [Epitaph] Lou Reed: *Perfect Night: Live in London* [Reprise] The Roots All Stars: *The Roots All Stars: Gathering of the Spirits* [Shanachie] Saint Etienne: *Good Humor* [Sub Pop] Sedhiou Band: *Africa Kambeng* [Africasette] The Sugarcubes: *The Great Crossover Potential* [Elektra] The Derek Trucks Band: *Out of the Madness* [House of Blues] *'80s Underground Rap: Can I Kick It?* [Rhino] *Fat Beats & Brastraps: New MC's* [Rhino]
*	All Saints: *All Saints* [London] The Beautiful South: *Quench* [Mercury] Dan Bern: *Fifty Eggs* [Work] Cam'ron: *Confessions of Fire* [Untertainment/Epic] Cappadonna: *The Pillage* [Razor Sharp/Epic] The Cardigans: *Gran Turismo* [Stockholm/Mercury] Sheryl Crow: *The Globe Sessions* [Interscope] Dave's True Story: *Sex Without Bodies* [Chesky] Alpha Yaya Diallo: *Aduna "The World"* [Tinder] DJ Shadow: *Preemptive Strike* [Mo Wax/FFFR] Jermaine Dupri: *Life in 1472* [So So Def] Ramblin' Jack Elliott: *Friends of Mine* [HighTone] Robbie Fulks: *Let's Kill Saturday Night* [Geffen] Robbie Fulks: *South Mouth* [Bloodshot] Lesley Gore: *Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows: The Best of Lesley Gore* [Rhino] Ted Hawkins: *The Final Tour* [Evidence] Chris Isaak: *Speak of the Devil* [Reprise] King Missile: *Failure* [Shimmy Disc] Lady Saw: *Raw: The Best of Lady Saw* [VP] Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca: *Mambo Yo Yo* [Putumayo World Music] Little Charlie and the Night Cats: *Shadow of the Blues* [Alligator] The Lounge Lizards: *Queen of All Ears* [Strange & Beautiful Music] L7: *Live: Omaha to Osaka* [Man's Ruin] Madonna: *Ray of Light* [Maverick] Bette Midler: *Bathhouse Betty* [Warner Bros.] Monica: *The Boy Is Mine* [Arista] Monster Magnet: *Powertrip* [A&M] Maryam Mursal: *The Journey* [RealWorld] Dédé Saint-Prix: *The Best of Dédé St. Prix* [Blue Silver] Silver Jews: *American Water* [Drag City] Elliott Smith: XO [DreamWorks] Sportsguitar: *Happy Already* [Matador] Total: *Kima, Keisha and Pam* [Bad Boy] Tuscadero: *My Way or the Highway* [Elektra] 2Pac: *Greatest Hits* [Death Row/Interscope] Unkle: *Psyence Fiction* [Mo Wax/London] U2: *The Best of 1980-1990* [Island] Lee Ann Womack: *Some Things I Know* [MCA] Wu-Tang Killa Bees: *The Swarm* [Wu-Tang] *Éthiopiques 2* [Buda Musique] *Éthiopiques 4* [Buda Musique] *Fat Beats & Bra Straps: Battle Rhymes & Posse Cuts* [Rhino] *The Gospel According to Earthworks* [Sterns/Earthworks] *Lyricist Lounge, Vol. 1* [Priority] *No Easy Walk to Freedom* [Music Club] *The Secret Museum of Mankind: Music of East Africa* [Yazoo] *United Kingdom of Punk, Vol. 2* [Music Club] *Excess Baggage* [Prophecy]
	Mariah Carey: *#1's* [Columbia] Cher: *Believe* [Warner Bros.] Chocolate Genius: *Black Music* [V2] Cypress Hill: *Cypress Hill IV* [Ruffhouse] Def Squad: *El Niño* [Def Jam/Jive] Dorsey Dixon: *Babies in the Mill* [HMG] DMX: *It's Dark and Hell Is Hot* [Def Jam] Gilberto Gil: *O Sol De Oslo* [Blue Jackel] Hefner: *Breaking God's Heart* [Too Pure] Faith Hill: *Faith* [Warner Bros.] Juvenile: *400 Degreez* [Cash Money/Universal] Kenny Lattimore: *From the Soul of Man* [Columbia] Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz: *Make It Reign* [Columbia] Nick Lowe: *Dig My Mood* [Upstart] Maxwell: *Embrya* [Columbia] The Mekons: Me [Quarterstick] Method Man: *Tical 2000: Judgement Day* [Def Jam] Joni Mitchell: *Taming the Tiger* [Reprise] Monifah: *Mo'Hogany* [Universal] Van Morrison: *The Philosopher's Stone* [Polydor] Mystikal: *Ghetto Fabulous* [Jive/No Limit] Pee Shy: *Don't Get Too Comfortable* [Blue Gorilla/Mercury] The Pine Valley Cosmonauts: *Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills* [Bloodshot] Pulp: *This Is Hardcore* [Island] Nicole Renée: *Nicole Renée* [Atlantic] Charlie Robison: *Life of the Party* [Sony/Lucky Dog] Sloan: *Navy Blues* [Murderecords] Bruce Springsteen: *Tracks* [Columbia] Stereo Total: *Stereo Total* [Bobsled] Trailer Bride: *Smelling Salts* [Bloodshot] A Tribe Called Quest: *The Love Movement* [Jive] Mia X: *Mama-Drama* [No Limit] *Chef Aid: The South Park Album* [American] *Essential DanceHall Reggae* [Music Club] *The Harry Smith Connection: A Live Tribute* [Smithsonian/Folkways] *Lucky 13* [Oh Boy] *Motown Sings Motown Treasures* [Motown] *Return of the D.J. Vol. II* [Bomb] *Black Dog* [Decca] *Can't Hardly Wait* [Elektra] *Dr. Dolittle: The Album* [Atlantic] *Godzilla: The Album* [Epic/Sony Music Soundtrax] *I Got the Hook-Up!* [No Limit] *Why Do Fools Fall in Love* [EastWest/Warner Sunset]
	Afghan Whigs: *1965* [Columbia] Angry Samoans: *Angry Samoans* [Triple X/Bad Trip] Asiandubfoundation: *Rafi's Revenge* [Slash] Bass Kittens: *Sweaty Planet* [OMW] Beenie Man: *Many Moods of Moses* [VP] Black Eyed Peas: *Behind the Front* [Interscope] Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: *The Collection Volume One* [Ruthless] Cake: *Prolonging the Magic* [Capricorn] Deana Carter: *Everything's Gonna Be Alright* [Capitol] Vic Chesnutt: *The Salesman and Bernadette* [Capricorn] Conjunto Céspedes: *Flores* [Xenophile] Cornelius: *Fantasma* [Matador] Marshall Crenshaw: *The 9-Volt Years* [Razor & Tie] Culture: *Cultural Livity* [RAS] Dr. Israel: *Inna City Pressure* [Mutant Sound System] The Donnas: *American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine* [Lookout!] John Easdale: *Bright Side* [Harvey] Electric Company: *Studio City* [Supreme/Island] Joe Ely: *Twistin' in the Wind* [MCA] Charlie Feathers: *Get With It: Essential Recordings* [Revenant] Mitchell Froom: *Dopamine* [Atlantic] Gang Starr: *Moment of Truth* [Noo Trybe] Ghazal: *As Night Falls on the Silk Road* [Shanachie] Girls Against Boys: *Freakonica* [DGC] Corey Glover: *Hymns* [LaFace] Goo Goo Dolls: *Dizzy Up the Girl* [Warner Bros.] His Name Is Alive: *Ft. Lake* [4AD] Tom House: *The White Man's Burden* [Checkered Past] Penelope Houston: *Tongue* [Reprise] Etta James: *Life, Love and the Blues* [Private Music] Alione Kassé: *Exsina* [Tinder] The Klezmatics/Chava Alberstein: *The Well* [Xenophile] Sean Lennon: *Into the Sun* [Grand Royal] Lyle Lovett: *Step Inside This House* [Curb/MCA] Lower East Side Stitches: *Staja 98 L.E.S.* [Ng] Baaba Maal: *Nomad Soul* [Palm Pictures] Malouma: *Desert of Eden* [Shanachie] Morcheeba: *Big Calm* [Sire/China] Neutral Milk Hotel: *In the Aeroplane over the Sea* [Merge] Nicole: *Make It Hot* [The Gold Mind, Inc./EastWest] 'N Sync: *'N Sync* [RCA] Sally Nyolo: *Multiculti* [Tinder] Oranj Symphonette: *The Oranj Album* [Rykodisc] Ozomatli: *Ozomatli* [Almo Sounds] Placebo: *Without You I'm Nothing* [Virgin] Propellerheads: *Decksanddrumsandrockandroll* [DreamWorks] Rammstein: *Sehnsucht* [Slash] R.E.M.: Up [Warner Bros.] Busta Rhymes: *Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front* [Elektra] Pharoah Sanders: *Save Our Children* [Verve] Compay Segundo: *Lo Mejor De La Vida* [Nonesuch] Smashing Pumpkins: *Adore* [Virgin] Sonic's Rendezvous: *Sweet Nothing* [Mack Aborn Rhythmic Arts] The Spinanes: *Archers and Aisles* [Sub Pop] Rigo Star: *Attention!* [IMA] Timbaland: *Tim's Bio* [Blackground/Atlantic] Tortoise: *TNT* [Thrill Jockey] Joe Louis Walker: *Preacher and the President* [Verve] Gillian Welch: *Hell Among the Yearlings* [Almo Sounds] The World Famous Beat Junkies: *Vol. 2* [Blackberry] Robert Wyatt: *Shleep* [Hannibal] Dwight Yoakam: *A Long Way Home* [Reprise] *Bad Boy Greatest Hits Volume 1* [Bad Boy] *Brother's Gonna Work It Out: A DJ Mix Album by the Chemical Brothers* [Astralwerks] *'80s Underground Rap: Don't Believe the Hype* [Rhino]
B	The Eels: *Electro-Shock Blues* [DreamWorks]
B-	Burt Bacharach: *The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection* [Rhino] Eagle-Eye Cherry: *Desireless* [Work] Julie Ruin: *Julie Ruin* [Kill Rock Stars] Momus: *Ping Pong* [Le Grand Magistery] The Murmurs: *Blender* [MCA] Plastikman: *Artifakts (BC)* [Novamute] Virginia Rodrigues: *Sol Negro* [Hannibal]
C+	Cat Power: *Moon Pix* [Matador] Eric Clapton: *Pilgrim* [Reprise] Fastball: *All the Pain Money Can Buy* [Hollywood] Fat Joe: *Don Cartagena* [Mystic/Big Beat/Atlantic] Natalie Imbruglia: *Left of the Middle* [RCA] Les Nubians: *Princesses Nubiennes* [Virgin] Los Amigos Invisibles: *The New Sound of Venezuelan Gozadera* [Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.] The Lox: *Money, Power and Respect* [Bad Boy] Marilyn Manson: *Mechanical Animals* [Nothing] Master P.: *MP Da Last Don* [No Limit] Audra McDonald: *Way Back to Paradise* [Nonesuch] Mercury Rev: *Deserter's Songs* [V2] Shawn Mullins: *Soul's Core* [Columbia] Plush: *More You Becomes You* [Drag City] LeAnn Rimes: *Sittin' on Top of the World* [Curb] Sixpence None the Richer: *Sixpence None the Richer* [Squint Entertainment] Snoop Dogg: *Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told* [No Limit]
C	DC Talk: *Supernatural* [Virgin] Korn: *Follow the Leader* [Epic] Lenny Kravitz: 5 [Virgin] Brian Wilson: *Imagination* [Giant]
C-	Brian Setzer Orchestra: *The Dirty Boogie* [Interscope]
D+	*Hot Latin Hits/Exitos Latinos Calientes: The '90s* [Rhino]
	Tori Amos: *From the Choirgirl Hotel* [Atlantic] Anggun: *Snow on the Sahara* [Epic] Athenaeum: *Radiance* [Atlantic] Bad Religion: *No Substance* [Atlantic] Marcia Ball/Tracy Nelson/Irma Thomas: *Sing It!* [Rounder] Black Tape for a Blue Girl: *As One Aflame Laid Bare by Desire* [Projekt] Buffalo Daughter: *New Rock* [Grand Royal] Don Byron: *Nu Blaxploitation* [Blue Note] Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: *The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds* [Reprise] Claudia Malibu: *Can't Hold Back the Rocket* [Wormco] C-Murder: *Life or Death* [No Limit] Adam Cohen: *Adam Cohen* [Columbia] Creeper Lagoon: *I Become Small and Go* [Nickel Bag] Mary Cutrufello: *When the Night Is Through* [Mercury] Olu Dara: *In the World: From Natchez to New York* [Atlantic] Des'ree: *Supernatural* [550 Music] DMX: *Flesh of My Flesh Blood of My Blood* [Def Jam] EC80R: *World Beaters* [DHR] Mark Eitzel: *Caught in a Trap and I Can't Back Out 'Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby* [Matador] Embrace: *The Good Will Out* [DGC] Gloria Estefan: *Gloria!* [Epic] David and Jad Fair: *Monster Songs for Children* [Kill Rock Stars] The Flaming Lips: *A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording . . . by Amateurs* [Restless] Gangsta Boo: *Enquiring Minds* [Relativity] Vance Gilbert: *Shaking Off Gravity* [Philo] Goldie: *Saturnz Return* [London/FFRR] John Gorka: *After Yesterday* [Red House] Patti Griffin: *Flaming Red* [A&M] Grooverider: *Mysteries of Funk* [Higher Ground/Columbia] Emmylou Harris: *Spyboy* [Eminent] Harvey Danger: *Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?* [Slash] Wade Hayes: *When the Wrong One Loves You Right* [Columbia/DKC] Ice Cube: *War and Peace* [Priority] Irakere: *La Colección Cubana* [Music Club] John Lennon's Original Quarrymen: *Get Back--Together* [Quarrymen] Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra: *Rumba Collection 1992-1997* [Epic] Los Super Seven: *Los Super Seven* [RCA] The Make-Up: *The Mass Mind* [Dischord] The Mavericks: *Trampoline* [MCA Nashville] Money Mark: *Push the Button* [Mo Wax/London] Joe Morris/Ken Vandermark/Hans Poppel: *Like Rays* [Knitting Factory Works] Motorhead: *Snake Bite Love* [CMC International] Nashville Pussy: *Let Them Eat Pussy* [The Enclave/Mercury] Orgy: *Candyass* [Elementree/Reprise] Jimmy Page and Robert Plant: *Walking into Clarksdale* [Atlantic] Dolly Parton: *Hungry Again* [Decca] Pere Ubu: *Pennsylvania* [Tim/Kerr] Pras: *Ghetto Supastar* [Ruffhouse] Kelly Price: *Soul of a Woman* [Island Black Music] Queen Pen: *My Melody* [Li'l Man/Interscope] Queens of the Stone Age: *Queens of the Stone Age* [Loosegroove] Jimmy Ray: *Jimmy Ray* [Epic] Rebekah: *Remember to Breathe* [Elektra] The Tony Rich Project: *Birdseye* [LaFace] The Rolling Stones: *No Security* [Virgin] Royal Crown Revue: *The Contender* [Warner Bros.] RZA: *RZA as Bobby Digital in Stereo* [V2] Semisonic: *Feeling Strangely Fine* [MCA] Solex: *Solex Vs. the Hitmeister* [Matador] Soul Asylum: *Candy from a Stranger* [Columbia] Squirrel Nut Zippers: *Perennial Favorites* [Mammoth] Sublime: *Live: Stand by Your Van* [Gasoline Alley/MCA] The Superjesus: *Sumo* [Warner Bros.] Swirl 360: *Ask Anybody* [Triune/Mercury] Track Star: *Communication Breaks* [Die Young Stay Pretty] Van Halen: *Van Halen 3* [Warner Bros.] Scott Weiland: *12 Bar Blues* [Atlantic] Whale: *All Disco Dance Must End in Broken Bones* [Virgin] Witchdoctor: *. . . A S.W.A.T Healin' Ritual* [Organized Noize/Interscope]

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