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Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 2000

Listing for 481 records from 2000 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+	Art Blakey: *Ken Burns Jazz* [Verve] Ella Fitzgerald: *Ken Burns Jazz* [Verve] Franco: *The Very Best of the Rumba Giant of Zaire* [Manteca] PJ Harvey: *Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea* [Island] Billie Holiday: *Ken Burns Jazz* [Verve] Thelonious Monk: *Ken Burns Jazz* [Columbia/Legacy] Richard Pryor: *. . . And It's Deep, Too! The Complete Warner Brothers Recordings* [Rhino] Sonny Rollins: *Ken Burns Jazz* [Verve] *Motown: The Classic Years* [UTV]
A	Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington: *The Great Summit: The Master Takes* [Roulette Jazz] Erykah Badu: *Mama's Gun* [Universal] James Carter: *Chasin' the Gypsy* [Atlantic] James Carter: *Layin' in the Cut* [Atlantic] The Carter Family: *Can the Circle Be Unbroken* [Columbia/Legacy] Eminem: *The Marshall Mathers LP* [Interscope] The Go-Betweens: *The Friends of Rachel Worth* [Jetset] Coleman Hawkins: *Ken Burns Jazz* [Verve] Ice-T: *Greatest Hits: The Evidence* [Atomic Pop] Etta James: *The Chess Box* [Chess] Fela Anikulapo Kuti: *The Best Best of Fela Kuti* [MCA] Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers: *The Very Best of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers* [Rhino] Madonna: *Music* [Maverick] Taj Mahal: *The Best of Taj Mahal* [Columbia/Legacy] Ohio Players: *The Millenium Collection: The Best of Ohio Players* [Polygram] OutKast: *Stankonia* [LaFace/Arista] Jimmy Reed: *Blues Masters: The Very Best of Jimmy Reed* [Rhino] Lou Reed: *Ecstasy* [Warner Bros.] Roni Size/Reprazent: *In the Mode* [Talkin' Loud/Island] Sonic Youth: *NYC Ghosts and Flowers* [Interscope] Steely Dan: *Two Against Nature* [Warner Bros.] Dionne Warwick: *The Very Best of Dionne Warwick* [Rhino] *The Funk Box* [Hip-O] *Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Volume 4* [Revenant] *Smooth Grooves: The Essential Collection* [Rhino]
A-	Amadou & Mariam: *Tje ni Mousso* [Polydor/Universal] Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt: *God Bless Jug and Sonny* [Prestige] The Apples in Stereo: *The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone* [SpinArt] Ass Ponys: *Some Stupid With a Flare Gun* [Checkered Past] At the Drive-In: *Relationship of Command* [Virgin] Babyface: *A Collection of His Greatest Hits* [Epic] Badly Drawn Boy: *The Hour of Bewilderbeast* [XL] Blue Lu Barker: *1946-1949* [Classics] MC Paul Barman: *It's Very Stimulating* [Wordsound EP] Chuck Berry: *The Anthology* [MCA] Bettie Serveert: *Private Suit* [Import] Big Youth: *Natty Universal Dread* [Blood & Fire] Blackalicious: *NIA* [Quannum Projects] Blur: *The Best of Blur* [Virgin] Billy Bragg & Wilco: *Mermaid Avenue II* [Elektra] Dan Bryk: *Lovers Leap* [Scratchie] Built to Spill: *Live* [Warner Bros.] Chicks on Speed: *Chicks on Speed Will Save Us All* [EFA] Chumbawamba: *Wysiwyg* [EMI] Common: *Like Water for Chocolate* [MCA] D'Angelo: *Voodoo* [Virgin] De La Soul: *Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump* [Tommy Boy] Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: *Both Sides of the Brain* [Hiero Imperium] Champion Jack Dupree: *A Portrait of Champion Jack Dupree* [Rounder] Elastica: *The Menace* [Atlantic] Eminem: *Fucking Yzarc* [[bootleg]] Everclear: *Songs From an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile* [Capitol] Fatboy Slim: *Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars* [Astralwerks] Ghostface Killah: *Supreme Clientele* [Epic/Razor Sharp] Rubén González: *Chanchullo* [Elektra] Grandaddy: *The Sophtware Slump* [V2] Green Day: *Warning* [Reprise] Merle Haggard: *If I Could Only Fly* [Epitaph] Handsome Family: *In the Air* [Carrot Top] Lightnin' Hopkins: *Blues Masters: The Very Best of Lightnin' Hopkins* [Rhino] Abdullah Ibrahim: *The Very Best of Abdullah Ibrahim* [Music Club] Wyclef Jean: *The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book* [Columbia] Khevrisa: *European Klezmer Music* [Smithsonian/Folkways] KRS-One: *A Retrospective* [Jive] Fela Anikulapo Kuti: *Confusion/Gentleman* [MCA] Cheikh Lô: *Bambay Gueej* [World Circuit/Nonesuch] Los Van Van: *The Best of Los Van Van* [Hemisphere] The Lovin' Spoonful: *Greatest Hits* [Buddha] Shelby Lynne: *I Am Shelby Lynne* [Mercury] Roger Miller: *Oh Boy Classics Presents Roger Miller* [Oh Boy] Joni Mitchell: *Both Sides Now* [Reprise] Modest Mouse: *Building Nothing Out of Something* [Up] Modest Mouse: *The Moon and Antarctica* [Epic] M.O.P.: *Warriorz* [Loud] M2M: *Shades of Purple* [Atlantic] Youssou N'Dour: *Joko (The Link)* [Nonesuch] Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile: *Rewmi* [Jololi] The New Pornographers: *Mass Romantic* [Mint] Augustus Pablo: *The Great Pablo* [Music Club] Charley Pride: *RCA Country Legends* [Buddha] Radiohead: *Kid A* [Capitol] Marc Ribot: *Muy Divertido* [Atlantic] Amy Rigby: *The Sugar Tree* [Koch] Sarge: *Distant* [Mud] Silkworm: *Lifestyle* [Touch and Go] Sleater-Kinney: *All Hands on the Bad One* [Kill Rock Stars] Steppenwolf: *All Time Greatest Hits* [MCA] The Strokes: *The Modern Age* [Rough Trade EP] Rokia Traoré: *Wanita* [Indigo] Merle Travis: *The Best of Merle Travis: Sweet Temptation (1946-1953)* [Razor & Tie] Unsung Heroes: *Unleashed* [75 Ark] U2: *All That You Can't Leave Behind* [Interscope] Veruca Salt: *Resolver* [Beyond] Waco Brothers: *Electric Waco Chair* [Bloodshot] David S. Ware: *Surrendered* [Columbia] Hank Williams: *Alone With His Guitar* [Mercury] Wu-Tang Clan: *The W* [Loud] *The Best of International Hip-Hop* [Hip-O] *Dancehall 101, Vol. 1* [VP] *Haiku D'Etat* [Pure Hip Hop, Inc.] *Hip Hop 101* [Tommy Boy] *Kwaito: South African Hip Hop* [Sterns/Earthworks] *Loud Rocks* [Loud] *Lyricist Lounge Vol. 2* [Rawkus] *The Prestige Legacy, Vol. 1: The High Priests* [Prestige] *Puerto Rico* [Putumayo World Music] *Ragga Essentials: In a Dancehall Style* [Hip-O] *The Rough Guide to Bhangra* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to Cumbia* [World Music Network] *Salsa Clasica* [Music Club] *Select Cuts from Blood and Fire* [Select Cuts] *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai* [Epic/Razor Sharp] *High Fidelity* [Hollywood] *Romeo Must Die* [Virgin] *Third World Cop* [Palm]
B+	The Beautiful South: *Painting It Red* [Ark 21] Captain Beefheart: *I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do: Live at My Father's Place* [Rhino Handmade] Kasey Chambers: *The Captain* [Asylum] Clem Snide: *Your Favorite Music* [Sire] Etta James: *Matriarch of the Blues* [Private Music] Kid Koala: *Carpal Tunnel Syndrome* [Ninja Tune] Fela Anikulapo Kuti: *Original Sufferhead/I.T.T.* [MCA] Mary Lou Lord/Sean Na Na: *Mary Lou Lord/Sean Na Na* [Kill Rock Stars EP] Nelly: *Country Grammar* [Universal] Pink: *Can't Take Me Home* [LaFace] Sun Ra and His Arkestra: *Greatest Hits* [Evidence] Starlight Mints: *Dream That Stuff Was Made Of* [SeeThru Broadcasting] Tin Hat Trio: *Helium* [Angel] Yo La Tengo: *And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out* [Matador] Neil Young: *Road Rock, Vol. 1* [Reprise] *Free the West Memphis 3* [Koch] *In Griot Time: String Music from Mali* [Sterns]
*******	Asylum Street Spankers: *Spanker Madness* [Spanks-a-Lot] Beenie Man: *Art and Life* [VP/Virgin] Big Lazy: *Big Lazy* [Tasankee] Neko Case & Her Boyfriends: *Furnace Room Lullaby* [Bloodshot] Clinton: *Disco & the Halfway to Discontent* [Hut] John Coltrane: *Ken Burns Jazz* [Verve] Kevin Coyne: *Room Full of Fools* [Ruf] Guy Davis: *Butt Naked Free* [Red House] Fallou Dieng: *Medina* [Sterns Africa] DJ Quik: *Balance and Options* [Arista] Ian Dury & the Blockheads: *Live!: All the Best, Mate . . .* [Music Club] Marianne Faithfull: *Vagabond Ways* [Instinct] Giant Sand: *Chore of Enchantment* [Thrill Jockey] Hamell on Trial: *Ed's Not Dead--Hamell Comes Alive!* [Such-a-Punch] Heavy D & the Boyz: *Heavy Hitz* [MCA] Idlewild: *100 Broken Windows* [Odeon] Istanbul Oriental Ensemble: *Caravanserai* [Network] B.B. King/Eric Clapton: *Riding With the King* [Reprise] King Tubby: *The Best of King Tubby: King Dub* [Music Club] Cub Koda: *Noise Monkeys* [J-Bird] Fela Anikulapo Kuti: *Stalemate/Fear Not for Man* [MCA] Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars: *Di Shikere Kapelye* [Piranha] Taj Mahal: *Shoutin' in Key: Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band Live* [Hannibal] Mystikal: *Let's Get Ready* [Jive] Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile: *Ba Tay* [Jololi] Willie Nelson and the Offenders: *Me and the Drummer* [Luck] Queens of the Stone Age: R [Interscope] Rancid: *Rancid* [Epitaph] Jill Scott: *Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1* [Hidden Beach] Thione Seck & Raam Daan: *XV Anniversary Live!* [Djoniba] Mohammed Reza Shajarian/Kahyan Kalhor: *Night Silence Desert* [Traditional Crossroads] Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments: *No Old Guy Lo-Fi Cry* [Rockathon] Tricky: *Mission Accomplished* [Anti-] Unknown Prophets: *World Premier* [Unknown Prophets] Charlie Watts: *Jim Keltner Project* [CyberOctave] Warren Zevon: *Life'll Kill Ya* [Artemis] *Afrobeat . . . No Go Die!* [Shanachie] *Latino Blue* [Blue Note] *Republica Dominicana* [Putumayo World Music] *Solesides Greatest Bumps* [Quannum Projects]
**	King Sunny Ade: *Seven Degrees North* [V2] The Aislers Set: *The Last Match* [Slumberland] Tony Allen: *Black Voices* [Comet] Archers of Loaf: *Seconds Before the Accident* [Alias] Big Punisher: *Yeeeah Baby* [Loud] Brougham: *Le Cock Sportif* [Warner Bros.] Eddie C. Campbell: *Hopes and Dreams* [Red Rooster] Johnny Cash: *American III: Solitary Man* [American] Confrontation Camp: *Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear* [Artemis] Cursive: *Cursive's Domestica* [Saddle Creek] Cypress Hill: *Skull & Bones* [Sony] The Dandy Warhols: *Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia* [Capitol] Ani DiFranco: *Swing Set* [Righteous Babe] DJ Vadim: *U.S.S.R.* [Ninja Tune] Jimmie Dale Gilmore: *One Endless Night* [Rounder] Gloria Deluxe: *Hooker* [Gloria Deluxe] Alvin Youngblood Hart: *Start With the Soul* [Hannibal] Juliana Hatfield: *Juliana's Pony* [Zoë] Graham Haynes: *BPM* [Knitting Factory] Kandi: *Hey Kandi . . .* [Columbia] Kool Keith: *Matthew* [Funky Ass] Talib Kweli & Hi Tek: *Reflection Eternal* [Rawkus] Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca: *Sao Salvador* [Putumayo Artists] Jinx Lennon: *Live at the Spirit Store* [Septic Tiger] Lifter Puller: *Fiestas and Fiascos* [Frenchkiss] Linkin Park: *Hybrid Theory* [Warner Bros.] Shelby Lynne: *Epic Recordings* [Lucky Dog] Sam Mangwana: *Sam Mangwana Sings Dino Vangu* [Sterns Africa] Van Morrison, Lonnie Donegan, Chris Barber: *The Skiffle Sessions: Live in Belfast* [Point Blank] Oliver Mtukudzi: *Paivepo* [Putumayo Artists] Maria Muldaur: *Music for Lovers* [Telarc] The Naysayer: *Deathwhisker* [Carrot Top] Jeb Loy Nichols: *Just What Time It Is* [Rykodisc] North Mississippi All Stars: *Shake Hands With Shorty* [Tone-Cool] Papa Roach: *Infest* [DreamWorks] Kelly Price: *Mirror, Mirror* [Universal] Primal Scream: *XTRMNTR* [Astralwerks] Radioinactive: *Pyramidi* [Mush Music] Rae & Christian: *Blazing the Crop* [DMC] Red Star Belgrade: *Telescope* [Checkered Past] Patti Smith: *Gung Ho* [Arista] Soneros de Verdad: *A Buena Vista: Barrio de la Habana* [Narada World] Spring Heel Jack: *Disappeared* [Thirsty Ear] Thievery Corporation: *The Mirror Conspiracy* [ESL] Boubacar Traoré: *Maciré* [Indigo] Randy Travis: *Inspirational Journey* [Warner Bros.] Lee Ann Womack: *I Hope You Dance* [MCA] XTC: *Wasp Star (Apple Venus Pt. 2)* [TVT] Xzibit: *Restless* [Loud] *Dancehall 101, Vol. 2* [VP] *Ego Trip's The Big Playback* [Rawkus] *Mozambique Relief* [Naxos World] *Music from the Tea Lands* [Putumayo World Music] *The Rough Guide to the Music of Central America* [World Music Network] *Taquachito Nights: Conjunto Music from South Texas* [Smithsonian/Folkways] *Twilo Volume 1: Junior Vasquez* [Virgin] *Bamboozled* [Motown]
*	Air: *The Virgin Suicides* [Astralwerks] Anti-Pop Consortium: *Tragic Epilogue* [75 Ark] Automator: *A Much Better Tomorrow* [75 Ark] BBMak: *Sooner or Later* [Hollywood] Belle and Sebastian: *Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant* [Jeepster] Cadallaca: *Out West* [Kill Rock Stars] Capleton: *More Fire* [VP] Shemekia Copeland: *Wicked* [Alligator] The Corn Sisters: *The Other Women* [Mint] Cracker: *Garage d'Or* [Virgin] Dead Prez: *Let's Get Free* [Relativity] Deltron 3030: *Deltron 3030* [75 Ark] Drive-By Truckers: *Alabama Ass Whuppin'* [secondheaven.com] Steve Earle: *Transcendental Blues* [E-Squared/Artemis] Eminem: *The Freestyle Album* [[bootleg]] Everclear: *Songs From an American Movie, Vol. 2: Good Time for a Bad Attitude* [Capitol] Everlast: *Eat at Whitey's* [Tommy Boy] Rachelle Ferrell: *Individuality (Can I Be Me?)* [Capitol] Sue Garner and Rick Brown: *Still* [Thrill Jockey] Ja Rule: *Rule 3:36* [Murder Inc./Def Jam] David Johansen and the Harry Smiths: *David Johansen and the Harry Smiths* [Chesky] Rickie Lee Jones: *It's Like This* [Artemis] Kid Rock: *The History of Rock* [Atlantic] The Kinleys: II [Epic] Kittie: *Paperdoll EP* [NG/Artemis EP] Fela Anikulapo Kuti: *Opposite People/Sorrow Tears and Blood* [MCA] Fela Anikulapo Kuti: *Shakara/London Scene* [MCA] Fela Anikulapo Kuti: *Shuffering and Shmiling/No Agreement* [MCA] Limp Bizkit: **Chocolate Strfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water* [Flip/Interscope] Low: Christmas [Tugboat] John Lurie: The Legendary Marvin Pontiac: Greatest Hits [Strange & Beautiful Music] Taj Mahal: The Best of the Private Years [Private Music] The Manhattan Brothers: The Very Best of the Manhattan Brothers [Sterns Africa] The Master Musicians of Jajouka Featuring Bachir Attar: Master Musicians of Jajouka Featuring Bachir Attar [Point Music] The Mekons: Journey to the End of the Night [Quarterstick] Roy Nathanson: Fire at Keaton's Bar and Grill [Six Degrees] Willie Nelson: Milk Cow Blues [Island] 'N Sync: No Strings Attached [BMG] Offwhyte: Squints [Galapagos4] Pearl Jam: Binaural [Epic] Rah Digga: Dirty Harriet [Elektra] Charlie Robison/Jack Ingram/Bruce Robison: Unleashed Live [Lucky Dog] The 6ths: Hyacinths and Thistles [Merge] Chris Smither: Live as I'll Ever Be [HighTone] Stew: Guest Host [Telegraph] Sway & King Tech: Still [Thrill Jockey] Peter Tosh: Live at the One Love Peace Concert [Koch] Boubacar Traoré: Macir '82 [Indigo] Luke Vibert/BJ Cole: Stop the Panic [Astralwerks] Wheatus: Wheatus [Columbia] The Rough Guide to South African Jazz [World Music Network] Take a Bite Outta Rhyme: A Rock Tribute to Rap** [Republic]
	Ryan Adams: *Heartbreaker* [Bloodshot] Roland Alphonso: *Something Special: Ska Hot Shots* [Heartbeat] Bahamadia: *BB Queen* [Goodvibe] Bare Jr.: *Brainwasher* [Immortal] Chuck Brodsky: *Last of the Old Time* [Red House] Coldplay: *Parachutes* [Nettwerk America] Dilated Peoples: *The Platform* [Capitol] Dillinger: *Under Heavy Manners* [Fuel] Donna the Buffalo: *Positive Friction* [Sugar Hill] The Explosion: *Flash Flash Flash* [Jade Tree] Green Velvet: *Green Velvet* [F-111] Eric Heatherly: *Swimming in Champagne* [Mercury] Hoku: *Hoku* [Geffen] D.D. Jackson: *Anthem* [RCA Victor] Lexxus: *Mr. Lex* [VP] The Lox: *We Are the Streets* [Ruff Ryders/Interscope] Aimee Mann: *Bachelor No. 2* [SuperEgo] Bette Midler: *Bette* [Warner Bros.] Allison Moorer: *The Hardest Part* [MCA Nashville] Morphine: *The Night* [DreamWorks] The Pharcyde: *Plain Rap* [Edel] Sherie Rene: *Men I've Had* [Sh-K-Boom] Saint Etienne: *Sound of Water* [Sub Pop] Paul Simon: *You're the One* [Warner Bros.] Britney Spears: *Oops! . . . I Did It Again* [Jive] Trent Summar & the New Row Mob: *Trent Summar & the New Row Mob* [VFR] Hank Thompson: *Seven Decades* [HighTone] Trick Daddy: *Book of Thugs: Chapter A.K., Verse 47* [Slid-n-Slide/Atlantic] Tsar: *Tsar* [Hollywood] The Weakerthans: *Left and Leaving* [Sub City] Matt Witte: *La Notte é Giovane* [Exit Nine] *Badlands* [Sub Pop] *Dance Hall Liberation* [Heartbeat] *Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records* [Bloodshot] *Planet Reggae 2000* [VP] *'Til We Outnumber Them* [Righteous Babe] *Black and White* [Loud] *Charlie's Angels* [Sony Soundtrax] *Me, Myself & Irene* [Elektra] *O Brother, Where Art Thou?* [Mercury]
	Billy Bacon & the Forbidden Pigs: *Pig Latin* [Triple X] Badenya--Les Freres Coulibaly: *Sèniwé* [Trace] Buju Banton: *Unchained Spirit* [Anti-/Epitaph] Beck: *Stray Blues* [Geffen] Blonde Redhead: *Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons* [Touch and Go] Calexico: *Hot Rail* [Quarterstick] Cam'ron: *S.D.E.* [Epic/Untertainment] The Chemical Brothers: *Music: Response* [Astralwerks] Dallas Wayne: *Big Thinkin'* [HMG] The Delgados: *The Great Eastern* [Mantra/Chemikal Underground] Juan de Marcos Afro Cuban All Stars: *Distinto, Diferente* [World Circuit/Nonesuch] Dr. John: *Duke Elegant* [Blue Note] En Vogue: *Masterpiece Theatre* [EastWest] The Explosion: *The Explosion* [Jade Tree] The Glands: *The Glands* [Capricorn] Kim Gordon/Ikue Mori/DJ Olive: *Kim Gordon/Ikue Mori/DJ Olive* [SYR] Corey Harris & Henry Butler: *Vü Dü Menz* [Alligator] Kelly Hogan & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts: *Beneath the Country Underdog* [Bloodshot] Jazzhole: *Blackburst* [Beave Music] Jurassic 5: *Quality Control* [Interscope] The Kropotkins: *Five Points Crawl* [Mulatta] Fela Anikulapo Kuti: *Coffin for the Head of State/Unknown Soldier* [MCA] Fela Anikulapo Kuti: *V.I.P./Authority Stealing* [MCA] Fela Anikulapo Kuti: *Yellow Fever/Na Poi* [MCA] K.D. Lang: *Invincible Summer* [Warner Bros.] L.L. Cool J: *G.O.A.T. Featuring James T. Smith--The Greatest of All Time* [Def Jam] Ludacris: *Back for the First Time* [Def Jam South] Monifah: *Home* [Universal] Lorrie Morgan: *To Get to You: Greatest Hits Collection* [BNA] Oasis: *Standing on the Shoulder of Giants* [Epic] Eliades Ochoa: *Tribute to the Cuarteto Patria* [Higher Octave World] The Offspring: *Conspiracy of One* [Columbia] Pavement: *Major Leagues* [Matador] Omara Portuondo: *Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo* [World Circuit/Nonesuch] Quasimoto: *The Unseen* [Stones Throw] Rage Against the Machine: *Renegades* [Epic] Busta Rhymes: *Anarchy* [Elektra] Sade: *Lovers Rock* [Epic] Shaggy: *Hotshot* [MCA] Elliott Smith: *Figure 8* [DreamWorks] Jimmy Smith: *Dot Com Blues* [Blue Thumb] Jill Sobule: *Pink Pearl* [Beyond] Spring Heel Jack: *Oddities* [Thirsty Ear] Stereolab: *Microbe Hunters* [Elektra] Thievery Corporation: *DJ-Kicks* [!K7] Uncle Kracker: *Double Wide* [Lava/Atlantic] Chris Whitley: *Live at Martyrs* [Messenger] Victoria Williams: *Water to Drink* [Atlantic] *God Bless Africa* [Music Club] *Grammy Rap Nominees 2000* [RCA/Grammy] *The Unbound Project Volume 1* [Realized/Ground Control]
B	Jay-Z: *The Dynasty: Roc La Familia* [Def Jam]
B-	Marah: *Kids in Philly* [Artemis] Peaches: *The Teaches of Peaches* [Kitty-Yo] Phish: *Farmhouse* [Elektra] Travis: *The Man Who* [Columbia] The Wallflowers: *Breach* [Interscope]
C+	Dave Alvin: *Public Domain* [HighTone] Ice Cube: *War and Peace, Vol. 2* [Priority] Kittie: *Spit* [Artemis] No Doubt: *Return of Saturn* [Interscope] Smashing Pumpkins: *Machine/The Machines of God* [Virgin] 3 Doors Down: *The Better Life* [Republic] Neil Young: *Silver and Gold* [Warner Bros.]
C	Vieux Diop: *Afrika Wassa* [Triloka/Gold Circle] Dr. Dre: *Dr. Dre -- 2001* [Aftermath/Interscope] Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: *Outbound* [Columbia] The Fucking Champs: IV [Drag City] Emmylou Harris: *Red Dirt Girl* [Nonesuch] The Jayhawks: *Smile* [Columbia] Paul Oakenfold: *Perfecto Presents Another World* [Sire] Orgy: *Vapor Transmission* [Elementree/Reprise] Rainer Maria: *A Better Version of Me* [Polyvinyl] The Tragically Hip: *Music @ Work* [Sire]
C-	Hanson: *This Time Around* [Island] Don Henley: *Inside Job* [Warner Bros.]
D+	Pumpadelic: *Southern Evil* [Gray Boy]
D	Jessica Simpson: *Sweet Kisses* [Columbia] *Rebirth of the Loud* [Priority]
	Alice Deejay: *Who Needs Guitars Anyway?* [Republic] Richard Ashcroft: *Alone With Everybody* [Virgin] Backstreet Boys: *Black and Blue* [Jive] Bad Religion: *The New America* [Atlantic] Lullaby Baxter Trio: *Capable Egg* [Atlantic] Elvin Bishop & Little Smokey Smothers: *That's My Partner!* [Alligator] Blake Babies: *God Bless the Blake Babies* [Zoë] The Bloodhound Gang: *Hooray for Boobies* [Republic] Boss Hog: *Whiteout* [In the Red] Broadcast: *The Noise Made by People* [Tommy Boy] Tracy Chapman: *Telling Stories* [Elektra] Chicks on Speed: *The Re-Releases of the Un-Releases* [K] Alex Chilton: *Set* [Bar/None] Ray Condo and His Ricochets: *High and Wild* [Joaquin] The Cure: *Bloodflowers* [Fiction/Elektra] Deftones: *White Pony* [Maverick] The Delta 72: *000* [Touch and Go] D.I.T.C.: *D.I.T.C.* [Tommy Boy] DJ Assault: *Off the Chain for the Y2K: Volume Six* [Intuit-Solar] Swamp Dogg: *The Re-Invention of Swamp Dogg* [S.D.E.G.] Doves: *Lost Souls* [Astralwerks] The Eels: *Daisies of the Galaxy* [DreamWorks] Fuel: *Something Like Human* [Epic/550 Music] Godsmack: *Awake* [Republic/Universal] Nina Gordon: *Tonight and the Rest of My Life* [Warner Bros.] The Great Crusades: *Damaged Goods* [Checkered Past] Juliana Hatfield: *Beautiful Creature* [Zoë] Beth Hirsch: *Early Days* [Studio K7] Iommi: *Iommi* [Divine/Priority] Joan of Arc: *The Gap* [Jade Tree] Killah Priest: *View from Masada* [MCA] King Chango: *The Return of El Santo* [Luaka Bop] Kottonmouth Kings: *High Society* [Capitol/Suburban Noize] Lenny Kravitz: *Greatest Hits* [Virgin] Fela Anikulapo Kuti: *Expensive Shit/He Miss Road* [MCA] Femi Kuti: *Shoki Shoki* [MCA] Ute Lemper: *Punishing Kiss* [Decca] Lil Bow Wow: *Beware of Dog* [So So Def] Lil' Kim: *The Notorious KIM* [Queen Bee/Undeas/Atlantic] Lolita Storm: *G.F.S.U* [DHR] Marilyn Manson: *Holy Wood* [Nothing] Marvelous 3: *ReadySexGo* [Hi-Fi/Elektra] Audra McDonald: *How Glory Goes* [Nonesuch] Morcheeba: *Fragments of Freedom* [Sire] Nashville Pussy: *High as Hell* [TVT] Nava: *Nava* [Palm Pictures] Carol Noonan: *Carol Noonan* [Carol Noonan] Sinéad O'Connor: *Faith and Courage* [Atlantic] Olive: *Trickle* [Maverick] David Olney: *Omar's Blues* [Dead Reckoning] Other Star People: *Diamonds in the Belly of the Dog* [A&M] Pantera: *Reinventing the Steel* [Elektra] Papas Fritas: *Buildings and Grounds* [Minty Fresh] Pinetop Seven: *Bringing Home the Last Great Strike* [Self-Help/Truckstop] Princess Superstar: *Last of the Great 20th Century Composers* [The Corrupt Conglomerate] Josh Rouse: *Home* [Rykodisc] The Sea and Cake: *Oui* [Thrill Jockey] Shyne: *Shyne* [Bad Boy] Carly Simon: *The Bedroom Tapes* [Arista] Sunny Day Real Estate: *The Rising Tide* [Time Bomb] Carl Thomas: *Emotional* [Bad Boy] Three 6 Mafia: *When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1* [Loud/Hypnotize Minds] Ugly Duckling: *Journey to Anywhere* [1500] Chucho Valdes & Irakere: *Unforgettable Boleros* [Velas] Armand Van Helden: *Killing Puritans* [Armed] Maurice John Vaughn: *H.N.I.C.* [Loud] The Waxwings: *Low to the Ground* [Elektra] Zebrahead: *Playmate of the Year* [Columbia] *Best of Trance Volume One* [Robbins] *Platinum Christmas* [Arista/RCA/Jive] *Rebirth of the Loud* [Priority] *Meet the Parents* [DreamWorks]

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