Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1999

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Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1999

Listing for 496 records from 1999 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+	Magnetic Fields: *69 Love Songs* [Merge] Moby: *Play* [V2]
A	Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: *The Dust Blows Forward: An Anthology* [Rhino] Bing Crosby: *The Best of Bing Crosby: The Millenium Collection* [MCA] Miles Davis: *Love Songs* [Columbia/Legacy] Grin: *The Very Best of Grin Featuring Nils Lofgren* [Spindizzy/Epic Associated/Legacy] Handsome Boy Modeling School: *So . . . How's Your Girl?* [Tommy Boy] Holy Modal Rounders: *1 & 2* [Fantasy] Holy Modal Rounders: *Too Much Fun* [Rounder] Jay-Z: *Vol. 3 . . . Life and Times of S. Carter* [Roc-A-Fella] Latin Playboys: *Dose* [Atlantic] Le Tigre: *Le Tigre* [Mr. Lady] Willie Nelson: *Night and Day* [Pedernales/FreeFalls] Randy Newman: *Bad Love* [DreamWorks] Old 97's: *Fight Songs* [Elektra] Prince Paul: *Prince Paul Presents a Prince Among Thieves* [Tommy Boy] John Prine: *In Spite of Ourselves* [Oh Boy] Q-Tip: *Amplified* [Arista] Shalamar: *Greatest Hits* [Right Stuff/Solar] Sleater-Kinney: *The Hot Rock* [Kill Rock Stars] Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers: *Deluxe Edition* [Alligator] A Tribe Called Quest: *The Anthology* [Jive] Mary Wells: *The Best of Mary Wells: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection* [Motown] *African Ambience: The Ultimate African Dance Party* [Shanachie] *MTV: The First 1000 Years: R&B* [Rhino] *Pop Music: The Early Years 1890-1950* [Columbia/Legacy]
A-	Fiona Apple: *When the Pawn . . .* [Clean Slate/Epic] Natacha Atlas: *Gedida* [Beggars Banquet] Baby Gramps: *Same Ol' Timeously* [Grampophone] Mandy Barnett: *I've Got a Right to Cry* [Sire] The Beastie Boys: *Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science* [Grand Royal/Capitol] Belle and Sebastian: *Tigermilk* [Matador] Black Box Recorder: *England Made Me* [Jetset] Bobby Bland: *Blues and Ballads* [Star Trak] Mary J. Blige: *Mary* [MCA] Blink-182: *Enema of the State* [MCA] Blondie: *No Exit* [Beyond] Dee Dee Bridgewater: *Live at Yoshi's* [Verve] Charlie Burton: *One Man's Trash: The Charlie Burton Story 1977-1999* [Bulldog] The Comedian Harmonists: *The Comedian Harmonists* [Hannibal] Continental Drifters: *Vermilion* [Razor & Tie] The Robert Cray Band: *Heavy Picks: The Robert Cray Collection* [Mercury] Marshall Crenshaw: *#447* [Razor & Tie] Sheryl Crow and Friends: *Live From Central Park* [A&M] The Del-Lords: *Get Tough: The Best of the Del-Lords* [Restless] Alpha Yaya Diallo: *The Message* [Wicklow] Ani DiFranco: *Up Up Up Up Up Up* [Righteous Babe] The Dismemberment Plan: *Emergency and I* [DeSoto] Dr. Dooom: *First Come, First Served* [Funky Ass] The Donnas: *The Donnas Get Skintight* [Lookout] Dream Warriors: *Anthology: A Decade of Hits 1988-1998* [Priority] Drive-By Truckers: *Pizza Deliverance* [Soul Dump/Ghostmeat] Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band: *The Mountain* [E-Squared] Eminem: *The Slim Shady LP* [Aftermath/Interscope] Estrellas de Arieto: *Los Heroes* [World Circuit] Césaria Évora: *Café Atlantico* [Lusafrica/RCA Victor/BMG Classics] Freddy Fender: *Lone Star: The Best of Freddy Fender* [Music Club] Firesign Theatre: *Boom Dot Bust* [Rhino] Fountains of Wayne: *Utopia Parkway* [Atlantic] Gang Starr: *Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr* [Virgin] Genaside II: *Ad Finite* [Durban Poison] Goodie Mob: *World Party* [La Face] Bill Haley: *The Best of Bill Haley & His Comets: The Millenium Collection* [MCA] Handsome Family: *Down in the Valley* [Independent] Idlewild: *Hope Is Important* [Odeon] Imperial Teen: *What Is Not to Love* [Slash] The Isley Brothers: *It's Your Thing: The Story of the Isley Brothers* [Epic/Legacy/T-Neck] Salif Keita: *Papa* [Metro Blue] Kelis: *Kaleidoscope* [Virgin] Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan: *In Session* [Stax] Ladysmith Black Mambazo: *Live at the Royal Albert Hall* [Shanachie] Arto Lindsay: *Prize* [Righteous Babe] Liquid Todd: *Action* [Ultra] Baaba Maal: *Live at Royal Festival Hall* [Palm Pictures] Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate: *Kulanjan* [Hannibal] Paul McCartney: *Run Devil Run* [Capitol] The Mekons: *I Have Been to Heaven and Back: Hen's Teeth and Other Fragments of Unpopular Culture, Vol. 1* [Quarterstick] Mos Def: *Black on Both Sides* [Rawkus] Roy Orbison: *16 Biggest Hits* [Monument/Legacy] Pavement: *Terror Twilight* [Matador] Pere Ubu: *Apocalypse Now* [Thirsty Ear] Pet Shop Boys: *Nightlife* [Parlophone/Sire] Pretenders: *¡Viva el Amor!* [Warner Bros.] Sonny Rollins: *A Night at the Village Vanguard* [Blue Note] Sebadoh: *The Sebadoh* [Sub Pop/Sire] Frank Sinatra: *Sinatra '57: In Concert* [DCC] Slick Rick: *The Art of Storytelling* [Def Jam] Chris Smither: *Drive You Home Again* [HighTone] Source Direct: *Exorcise the Demons* [Astralwerks] Spring Heel Jack: *Treader* [Tugboat] Sway & King Tech: *This or That* [Interscope] Taraf de Haïdouks: *Taraf de Haïdouks* [Elektra/Nonesuch] They Might Be Giants: *Long Tall Weekend* [www.emusic.com] Teri Thornton: *I'll Be Easy to Find* [Verve] Peter Tosh: *Scrolls of the Prophet: The Best of Peter Tosh* [Columbia/Legacy] Ali Farka Touré: *Niafunké* [Hannibal] Trailer Bride: *Whine de Lune* [Bloodshot] Tricky With DJ Muggs and Grease: *Juxtapose* [Island] Waco Brothers: *Wacoworld* [Bloodshot] Tom Waits: *Mule Variations* [Epitaph] Papa Wemba: *M'zée Fula-Ngenge* [Sonodisc] Don White: *Brown Eyes Shine* [Lumperboy] Dwight Yoakam: *Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90's* [Reprise] *Cape Verde* [Putumayo World Music] *Casa de la Trova* [Detour] *Lightning Over the River: The Congolese Soukous Guitar Sound* [Music Club] *Men Are Like Streetcars . . . Women Blues Singers 1928-1969* [MCA] *Millennium Hip-Hop Party* [Rhino] *Rawkus Presents Soundbombing II* [Rawkus] *The Real Hip-Hop: The Best of D&D, Vol. 1* [Coldfront] *Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons* [Almo] *Roots Rock Guitar Party: Zimbabwe Frontline Vol. 3* [Sterns/Earthworks] *Ruffhouse Records Greatest Hits* [Ruffhouse] *The RZA Hits* [Razor Sharp/Epic] *The Sidewalks of New York* [Winter & Winter] *South African Rhythm Riot: The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Vol. 6* [Sterns/Earthworks] *Streets of Dakar: Generation Bool Falé* [Sterns] *Totally Hits* [Arista] *Tropicália Essentials* [Hip-O] *Uptown Lounge* [The Right Stuff] *Y2K: Beat the Clock Version 1.0* [Columbia] *South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut* [Atlantic]
B+	Mahmoud Ahmed: *Almaz* [Buda Musique] Baby Namboos: *Ancoats 2 Zambia* [Palm Pictures] Come On: *New York City 1976-80* [Heliocentric] Le Général Defao: *"Ambiance Plus" (Bana Congo Vol. 2 Dance Mix)* [Roma Productions] Destiny's Child: *The Writing's on the Wall* [Columbia] En Vogue: *Best of En Vogue* [EastWest] The Folk Implosion: *One Part Lullaby* [Interscope] Hagans/Belden: *Re-Animation Live!* [Blue Note] Hamell on Trial: *Choochtown* [Such-a-Punch] Mark Isham: *Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project* [Columbia] The Roots: *Things Fall Apart* [MCA] Muddy Waters: *The Lost Tapes* [Blind Pig] Hank Williams III: *Risin' Outlaw* [Curb] Kelly Willis: *What I Deserve* [Rykodisc] XTC: *Apple Venus, Pt. 1* [TVT] *The Spirit of Cape Verde* [Tinder] *The Corruptor* [Jive] *Drive Me Crazy* [Jive]
*******	Terry Allen: *Salivation* [Sugar Hill] Aphrodite: *Aphrodite* [Gee Street] The Beta Band: *The Beta Band* [Astralwerks] Bicycle Thief: *You Come and Go Like a Pop Song* [Goldenvoice] Blur: 13 [Virgin] The Bottle Rockets: *Brand New Year* [Doolittle/Mercury] Foxy Brown: *Chyna Doll* [Violator/Def Jam] Buzzcocks: *Modern* [Go-Kart] The Clash: *Live: From Here to Eternity* [Sony] The Damned: *The Best of the Damned* [Big Beat] Ramata Diakité: Na [Cobalt] Dixie Chicks: *Fly* [Monument] Missy Misdemeanor Elliott: *Da Real World* [The Gold Mind, Inc./EastWest] Candido Fabré: *Poquito a Poco* [Candela] The Fall: *The Marshall Suite* [Artful] Michael Hurley: *Weatherhole* [Field] George Jones: *Cold Hard Truth* [Asylum] B.B. King: *Live in Japan* [MCA] Los Jubilados: *Cero Farandulero* [Corason] Los Lobos: *This Time* [Hollywood] Baaba Maal: *Jombaajo* [Sonodisc] Mahavishnu Orchestra: *The Lost Trident Sessions* [Columbia/Legacy] Meat Purveyors: *More Songs About Buildings and Cows* [Bloodshot] Method Man/Redman: *Blackout!* [Def Jam] Me'shell Ndegéocello: *Bitter* [Maverick] Slick Sixty: *Nibs and Nabs* [Mute] Smash Mouth: *Astro Lounge* [Interscope] Stereolab: *Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night* [Elektra] TLC: *Fan Mail* [La Face] Muddy Waters: *Hoochie Coochie Man* [Just a Memory] Wheat: *Hope and Adams* [Sugar Free] *Chuck D Presents: Louder Than a Bomb* [Rhino] *No More Prisons* [Raptivism]
**	Amadou & Mariam: *Se Te Djon Ye* [Tinder] Backstreet Boys: *Millennium* [Jive] Issa Bagayogo: *Sya* [Cobalt] Basement Jaxx: *Remedy* [Astralwerks] Bis: *Social Dancing* [Grand Royal] Built to Spill: *Keep It Like a Secret* [Warner Bros.] Burn Barrel: *Reviled!* [Heathen] Mariah Carey: *Rainbow* [Columbia] Chic: *Live at the Budokan* [Sumthing Else] The Cranberries: *Bury the Hatchet* [Island] Miles Davis/Various DJs: *Panthalassa: The Remixes* [Columbia] Charles Douglas: *The Lives of Charles Douglas* [Number Six] East River Pipe: *The Gasoline Age* [Merge] Eve: *Ruff Ryder's First Lady* [Ruff Ryders/Interscope] Ibrahim Ferrer: *Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer* [Nonesuch/World Circuit] Ginuwine: *100% Ginuwine* [550 Music/Epic] Grandaddy: *Signal to Snow Ratio* [V2] Macy Gray: *On How Life Is* [Epic] Corey Harris: *Greens from the Garden* [Alligator] Joe Henry: *Fuse* [Mammoth] Algia Mae Hinton: *Honey Babe* [Musicmasters] Inspectah Deck: *Uncontrolled Substance* [Loud] Etta James: *Heart of a Woman* [Private Music] George Jones: *The George Jones Collection* [MCA] Jordan Knight: *Jordan Knight* [Interscope] Kool Keith: *Black Elvis/Lost in Space* [Ruffhouse/Columbia] Kandia Kouyate: *Kita Kam* [Sterns] Mark Lanegan: *I'll Take Care of You* [Sub Pop] Lil Wayne: *Tha Block Is Hot* [Cash Money/Universal] John Linnell: *State Songs* [Zoë] Lyle Lovett: *Live in Texas* [Curb] L7: *Slap-Happy* [Wax Tadpole/Bong Load] Luna: *The Days of Our Nights* [Jericho/Sire] M People: *Testify* [Epic] Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile: *Special Fin d'Année Plus* [Jololi] The Neckbones: *The Lights Are Getting Dim* [Fat Possum/Epitaph] The Okra All-Stars: *The Okra All-Stars* [Innerstate] Ol' Dirty Bastard: *Na Please [Elektra] Brad Paisley: Who Needs Pictures [Arista] Dolly Parton: The Grass Is Blue [Sugar Hill] Wilson Pickett: It's Harder Now [Bullseye Blues] Prince: Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic [Arista] Quasi: Field Studies [Up] The Roots: The Roots Come Alive: Open Access [MCA] Cesar Rosas: Soul Disguise [Rykodisc] She Mob: Cancel the Wedding [Spinster] Beanie Sigel: The Truth [Def Jam] Huey "Piano" Smith: That'll Get It (Even More of the Best) [WestSide] Speech: Hoopla [TVT] Swollen Members: Balance [Battle Axe] Sally Timms: Cowboy Sally's Twilight Laments for Lost Buckaroos [Bloodshot] U-God: Golden Arms Redemption [Wu-Tang] Wilco: Summerteeth [Reprise] ZZ Top: XXX [RCA] New Groove 3: Déconstruire le groove esoterique [REV] Quannum Spectrum [Quannum Projects] Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars** [Motel]
*	The Band: *The Best of the Band Volume II* [Rhino] Beck: *Midnite Vultures* [Interscope] The Black Heart Procession: *The Black Heart Procession* [Up EP] The Chemical Brothers: *Surrender* [Astralwerks] Cobra Verde: *Nightlife* [Motel] The Robert Cray Band: *Take Your Shoes Off* [Rykodisc] Crooked Fingers: *Crooked Fingers* [Warm] Demolition Doll Rods: *T.L.A.* [Matador] Ani DiFranco: *To the Teeth* [Righteous Babe] Ani DiFranco & Utah Phillips: *Fellow Workers* [Righteous Babe] Alejandro Escovedo: *Bourbonitis Blues* [Bloodshot] Jad Fair and Kramer: *The Sound of Music* [Shimmy-Disc] Foo Fighters: *There Is Nothing Left to Lose* [RCA/Roswell] Genius/GZA: *Beneath the Surface* [MCA] Guitar Wolf: *Jet Generation* [Matador] John Hiatt: *Greatest Hits: The A&M Years '87-'94* [A&M] The High & Mighty: *Home Field Advantage* [Rawkus] Linton Kwesi Johnson: *More Time* [LKJ] Freedy Johnston: *Blue Days Black Nights* [Elektra] Juvenile: *The G-Code* [Cash Money/Universal] The Klezmonauts: *Oy to the World: A Klezmer Christmas* [Satire] Len: *You Can't Stop the Bum Rush* [Work] Limp Bizkit: *Significant Other* [Flip/Interscope] Mase Presents Harlem World: *The Movement* [All Out/So So Def] Melky Sedeck: *Sister and Brother* [MCA] Alanis Morissette: *MTV Unplugged* [Maverick] Maria Muldaur: *Meet Me Where They Play the Blues* [Telarc] Negro Problem: *Joys and Concerns* [Aerial Flipoux] NG La Banda: *The Best of NG La Banda* [Hemisphere] Beth Orton: *Central Reservation* [Arista] The Promise Ring: *Very Emergency* [Jade Tree] Public Enemy: *There's a Poison Goin' On . . .* [Atomic Pop] Rage Against the Machine: *The Battle of Los Angeles* [Epic] Rahzel: *Make the Music 2000* [MCA] Rakim: *The Master* [Universal] Red Hot Chili Peppers: *Californication* [Warner Bros.] Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris: *Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions* [Asylum] Septeto Nacional & Guests: *Mas Cuba Libres* [Network] Sergent Garcia: *Un Poquito Quema'o* [Higher Octave] Britney Spears: *. . . Baby One More Time* [Jive] Ronnie Spector: *She Talks to Rainbows* [Kill Rock Stars] Tammy Faye Starlite and the Angels of Mercy: *On My Knees* [Ephesians] Static-X: *Wisconsin Death Trip* [Warner Bros.] James Talley: *Woody Guthrie and Songs of My Oklahoma Home* [Cimarron] Tin Huey: *Disinformation* [Future Fossil] Lobi Traoré: *Duga* [Cobalt] Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: *The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2* [Epic/Legacy] Loudon Wainwright III: *Social Studies* [Hannibal] We: *Square Root of Negative One* [Asphodel] Paul Westerberg: *Suicaine Gratification* [Capitol] The Wild Magnolias: *Life Is a Carnival* [Metro Blue] *The Blackbook Sessions* [Galapagos4] *The Funky Precedent* [Loosegroove/No Mayo] *Knitting on the Roof* [Knitting Factory] *M-Boogie: Laid in Full* [Blackberry] *Profilin': The Hits, Vol. 1* [Arista] *Strength Magazine Presents Subtext* [London/Strength] *Austin Powers -- The Spy Who Shagged Me* [Maverick] *Magnolia* [Reprise]
	The Apples in Stereo: *Her Wallpaper Reverie* [SpinArt] Lou Bega: *A Little Bit of Mambo* [RCA] Matraca Berg: *Lying to the Moon and Other Stories* [RCA] Dan Bern: *Smartie Mine* [DBHQ] B.G.: *Chopper City in the Ghetto* [Cash Money/Universal] Black Rob: *Life Story* [Bad Boy] Art Blakey & Thelonious Monk: *Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk* [Rhino/Atlantic] Blondie: *Blondie Live* [Beyond] Hamiet Bluiett/D.D. Jackson/Mor Thiam: *Join Us* [Justin Time] Buckcherry: *Buckcherry* [DreamWorks] Counting Crows: *The Desert Life* [DGC] The Cucumbers: *Total Vegitility* [Home Office] Chico DeBarge: *The Game* [Motown] D-Generation: *Through the Darkness* [C2/Columbia] Blaze Foley: *Live at the Austin Outhouse* [Lost Art] Robbie Fulks: *The Very Best of Robbie Fulks* [Bloodshot] The Go-Betweens: *78 'til 79: The Lost Album* [Jetset] Judy Henske: *Loose in the World* [Fair Star] Robyn Hitchcock: *Jewels for Sophia* [Warner Bros.] Jack Knight: *Gypsy Blues* [Universal] Habib Koité & Bamada: *Muso Ko* [Alula] LFO: *LFO* [Arista] Jennifer Lopez: *On the 6* [Work] Lunachicks: *Luxury Problem* [Go-Kart] Tim McGraw: *A Place in the Sun* [Curb] The Mekons: *Where Were You? Hen's Teeth and Other Lost Fragments of Popular Culture Vol. 2* [Quarterstick] Lorrie Morgan: *My Heart* [BNA] Paul Nabor: *Paranda: Africa in Central America* [Detour] New Kids on the Block: *Greatest Hits* [Columbia/Legacy] Lee Roy Parnell: *Hits and Highways Ahead* [Arista] Raekwon: *Immobilarity* [Loud] Ruff Ryders: *Ryde or Die Volume 1* [Ruff Ryders/Interscope] Carl Hancock Rux: *Rux Revue* [550 Music] Santana: *Supernatural* [Arista] Savage Garden: *Affirmation* [Columbia] Sisqo: *Unleash the Dragon* [Dragon/Def Squad] Starpoint Electric: *Bad Directions* [Plastique] Sugar Ray: *14:59* [Lava/Atlantic] Tail Dragger: *American People* [Delmark] Third Eye Blind: *Blue* [Elektra] Type O Negative: *World Coming Down* [RoadRunner] *Burning London: The Clash Tribute* [Epic] *Éthiopiques 5* [Buda Musique] *No Boundaries: A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees* [Epic] *Nowcore!: The Punk Rock Evolution* [K-Tel] *Suck It and See* [Palm Pictures] *The Book of Life Soundtrack* [Echostatic]
	Arsonists: *As the World Burns* [Matador] Asylum Street Spankers: *Hot Lunch* [Cold Spring] Eric Benét: *A Day in the Life* [Warner Bros.] Afel Bocoum: *Alkibar* [World Circuit/Nonesuch] Boukman Eksperyans: *Live at Red Rocks* [Tuff Gong] Breakbeat Era: *Ultra-Obscene* [XL/1500/A&M] Tanya Rae Brown: *Meet the Mrs.* [TRB] Stacy Dean Campbell: *Ashes of Old Love* [Paladin] Ralph Carney: *I Like You (a Lot)* [Akron Cracker] Kaouding Cissoko: *Kora Revolution* [Palm Pictures] Cool Breeze: *East Point's Greatest Hit* [Organized Noize/A&M] Djeli Moussa Diawara: *FlamenKora* [Mélodie] DJ DMD and the Inner Soul Clique: *Twenty-Two: P.A. World Title* [Inner Soul/EastWest] Césaria Évora: *Mar Azul* [Nonesuch] Césaria Évora: *Miss Perfumado* [Nonesuch] Jad Fair and the Shapir O'Rama: *I Like Your Face* [Wire Monkey] The Go-Betweens: *Bellavista Terrace: Best of the Go-Betweens* [Beggars Banquet] Gomez: *Liquid Skin* [Virgin] Jon Hassell: *Fascinoma* [Water Lily Acoustics] Innerzone Orchestra: *Programmed* [Astralwerks] George Jones: *Live With the Possum* [Asylum] K-Ci & Jo-Jo: *It's Real* [MCA] Chris Thomas King: *Me, My Guitar and the Blues* [Blind Pig] Habib Koité & Bamada: *Ma Ya* [Putumayo Artists] Lilys: *The 3 Way* [Sire] Lo-Fidelity Allstars: *How to Operate With a Blown Mind* [Slint/Columbia] Lords of Acid: *Expand Your Head* [Antler Subway] Patty Loveless: *Classics* [Epic] Bob Marley: *Chant Down Babylon* [Tuff Gong/Island] Meat Puppets: *Live in Montana* [Rykodisc] Buddy Miller: *Cruel Moon* [HighTone] Van Morrison: *Back on Top* [Virgin] Oliver Mtukudzi: *Tuku Music* [Putumayo Artists] Charlie Musselwhite: *Continental Drifter* [Pointblank] Nas: *Nastrademus* [Columbia] Naughty by Nature: *Nineteen Naughty Nine* [Tommy Boy] Mike Ness: *Cheating at Solitaire* [Time Bomb] Bob Neuwirth: *Havana Midnight* [Diesel Motor] Eliades Ochoa: *Sublime Illusion* [Higher Octave World] Orquesta Aragon: *La Charanga Eterna* [Lusafrica] Os Mutantes: *Everything Is Possible* [Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.] Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris: *Trio II* [Asylum] Peanut Butter Wolf: *My Vinyl Weighs a Ton* [Copasetik] Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: *Echo* [Warner Bros.] Pharoahe Monch: *Internal Affairs* [Rawkus] Toni Price: *Low Down and Up* [Sire/Antone's] Jim Roll: *Lunette* [New West] Compay Segundo: *Calle Salud* [Nonesuch] Sloan: *Between the Bridges* [Murderecords] Stephan Smith: *Now's the Time* [Rounder] Will Smith: *Willennium* [Columbia] Sonic Youth: *Goodbye 20th Century* [SYR] Sparklehorse: *Good Morning Spider* [Capitol] Stone Temple Pilots: *No. 4* [Atlantic] Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros: *Rock Art and the X-Ray Style* [Hepcat] Thingy: *To the Innocent* [Absolutely Kosher] Richard Thompson: *Mock Tudor* [Capitol] Ali Farka Touré: *Radio Mali* [World Circuit/Nonesuch] Luther Vandross: *Greatest Hits* [Epic] Verbena: *Into the Pink* [Capitol] Kevin Welch: *Beneath My Wheels* [Dead Reckoning] Katherine Whalen's Jazz Squad: *Katherine Whalen's Jazz Squad* [Mammoth] Robbie Williams: *The Ego Has Landed* [Capitol] Cassandra Wilson: *Traveling Miles* [Blue Note] *AP Presents Industrial Strength Machine Music* [Rhino] *Every Road I Take: The Best of Acoustic Blues* [Shanachie] *Prodigy Present the Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One* [XL/Beggars Banquet] *Wu-Chronicles* [Wu-Tang] *Hedwig and the Angry Inch* [Atlantic]
B	The Flaming Lips: *The Soft Bulletin* [Warner Bros.] Ben Folds Five: *The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner* [Sony] Nine Inch Nails: *The Fragile* [Nothing]
B-	Juan Carlos Formell: *Songs From a Little Blue House* [Wicklow] Lee Hazlewood: *Cowboy in Sweden* [Smells Like] Joey McIntyre: *Stay the Same* [C2] Mobb Deep: *Murda Muzik* [Loud] Nas: *I Am . . .* [Columbia] The Olivia Tremor Control: *Black Foliage: Animation Music* [Flydaddy]
C+	Christina Aguilera: *Chrsitina Aguilera* [RCA] Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: *Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-82)* [Revenant] Chris Cornell: *Euphoria Morning* [A&M] Faith Hill: *Breathe* [Warner Bros.] Ice-T: *The 7th Deadly Sin* [Coroner/Atomic Pop] Insane Clown Posse: *The Amazing Jeckel Brothers* [Island] La Bottine Souriante: *Rock & Reel* [Hemisphere] Puff Daddy: *Forever* [Bad Boy] Shedaisy: *The Whole Shebang* [Lyric Street]
C	Creed: *Human Clay* [Wind-Up] Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: *Looking Forward* [Reprise] Lit: *A Place in the Sun* [RCA] Ricky Martin: *Ricky Martin* [C2/Columbia] Mogwai: *Come On Die Young* [Matador] Iggy Pop: *Avenue B* [Virgin]
C-	*BWitched: BWitched* [Epic] Jamiroquai: Synkronized** [Work]
D	Professor Griff: *Blood of the Profit* [Lethal] Rick Wakeman: *The Art of Music Trilogy* [Music Fusion]
	Absinthe: *A Good Day to Die* [Llanas] Add N to X: *Avant Hard* [Mute] Air: *Premiers Symptomes* [Astralwerks] Anthrax: *Attack of the Killer A's* [Beyond] Atari Teenage Riot: *60 Second Wipe Out* [DHR] Juan Atkins: *Wax Trax! MasterMix Volume 1* [WaxTrax/TVT] Jeff Beck: *Who Else!* [Epic] The Beta Band: *The Three E.P.'s* [Astralwerks] David Bowie: *Hours . . .* [Virgin] Garth Brooks: *Chris Gaines' Greatest Hits* [Capitol] Ruth Brown: *Here's That Rainy Day* [Garland] Cake Like: *Goodbye, So What* [Vapor] Mary Chapin Carpenter: *Party Doll and Other Favorites* [Columbia] Cassius: *1999* [Astralwerks] Tommy Castro: *Right as Rain* [Blind Pig] Company Flow: *Little Johnny from the Hospital* [Rawkus] Toumani Diabate with Balaka Sisoko: *New Ancient Strings* [Rykodisc] Henri Dikongué: Wa [Shanachie] DJ Clue?: *The Professional* [Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam] The Evil Tambourines: *Library Nation* [Sub Pop] Filter: *Title of Record* [Reprise] Fun Lovin' Criminals: *100% Colombian* [Virgin] Gay Dad: *Leisure Noise* [London] The GrooveGrass Boyz: *Grass 101* [Reprise] Geri Halliwell: *Schizosonic* [Capitol] John Wesley Harding: *Trad Arr Jones* [Zero Hour] The Highwaymen: *Super Hits* [Columbia] His Name Is Alive: *Always Stay Sweet* [4AD] Hot Boys: *Guerrilla Warfare* [Cash Money/Universal] Houndog: *Houndog* [Columbia/Legacy] Alan Jackson: *Under the Influence* [Arista] Jungle Brothers: *V.I.P.* [Gee Street] Korn: *Issues* [Epic/Immortal] The Ladybug Transistor: *The Albemarle Sound* [Merge] The Living End: *The Living End* [Reprise] Long Beach Dub All-Stars: *Right Back* [DreamWorks] Macha: *See It Another Way* [Jetset] Mase: *Double Up* [Bad Boy] mu-Ziq: *Royal Astronomy* [Astralwerks] Notorious B.I.G.: *Born Again* [Bad Boy] Shaquille O'Neal: *Respect* [T.W.IsM] Paris Combo: *Paris Combo* [Tinder] Powerman 5000: *Tonight the Stars Revolt!* [DreamWorks] The Refused: *Shape of Punk to Come* [Burning Heart] Kim Richey: *Glimmer* [Mercury] Saint Etienne: *Places to Visit* [Sub Pop] Shack: *H.M.S. Fable* [London] Shinehead: *Praises* [VP] Snakefarm: *Songs from My Funeral* [RCA] Spacetime Continuum: *Double Fine Zone* [Astralwerks] Staind: *Dysfunction* [Flip/Elektra] Ned Sublette: *Cowboy Rumba* [Palm Pictures] Cree Summer: *Street Faerie* [Work] Talking Heads: *Stop Making Sense (Special New Edition)* [Sire/Warner Bros.] David Thomas: *Mirror Man* [Thirsty Ear] Underworld: *Beaucoup Fish* [JBO/V2] Usher: *Usher Live* [LaFace] Vengaboys: *The Party Album!* [Groovilicious] Vanessa Williams: *Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years* [Mercury] Wood: *Songs from Stamford Hill* [Columbia] Mike Younger: *Somethin' in the Air* [Beyond] Zap Mama: *A Ma Zone* [Luaka Bop] *Dublin to Dakar: A Celtic Odyssey* [Putumayo World Music]

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