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Consumer Guide Index by Year: 2002

Listing for 425 records from 2002 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+	Billie Holiday + Lester Young: *A Musical Romance* [Columbia/Legacy] Youssou N'Dour & Étoile de Dakar: *The Rough Guide to Youssou N'Dour & Étoile de Dakar* [World Music Network] Elvis Presley: *30 #1 Hits* [RCA]
A	King Sunny Ade: *King of Juju* [Wrasse] Black Uhuru: *The Best of Black Uhuru: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection* [Island] Leonard Cohen: *The Essential Leonard Cohen* [Columbia] Cornershop: *Handcream for a Generation* [Beggars Banquet] Kimya Dawson: *I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean* [Rough Trade] DJ Shadow: *The Private Press* [MCA] The Mekons: *OOOH!* [Quarterstick] Mr. Lif: *I Phantom* [Definitive Jux] Thelonious Monk: *Monk* [Columbia/Legacy] The Mountain Goats: *Tallahassee* [4AD] Youssou N'Dour: *Nothing's in Vain (Coono du réér)* [Nonesuch] Northern State: *Dying in Stereo* [Northern State] Northern State: *Hip Hop You Haven't Heard* [Northern State] Orchestra Baobab: *Specialist in All Styles* [Nonesuch] Augustus Pablo: *East of the River Nile* [Shanachie] Django Reinhardt: *Djangology* [Bluebird] Rilo Kiley: *The Execution of All Things* [Saddle Creek] Jimmie Rodgers: *RCA Country Legends* [RCA/BMG Heritage] Run-D.M.C.: *Greatest Hits* [Arista/BMG Heritage] Sleater-Kinney: *One Beat* [Kill Rock Stars] Spoon: *Kill the Moonlight* [Merge] They Might Be Giants: *Dial-a-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants* [Rhino/Elektra] Transplants: *Transplants* [Hellcat] Randy Travis: *The Randy Travis Anthology: Trail of Memories* [Rhino] Warren Zevon: *Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon* [Elektra/Rhino] *The Best Bootlegs in the World Ever* [no label] *The Rough Guide to the Music of Nigeria and Ghana* [World Music Network]
A-	Aaliyah: *I Care 4 You* [Blackground] The Apples in Stereo: *Velocity of Sound* [SpinArt] Atmosphere: *God Loves Ugly* [Fat Beats] Badly Drawn Boy: *Have You Fed the Fish?* [Artist Direct] Issa Bagayogo: *Timbuktu* [Six Degrees] MC Paul Barman: *Paullelujah!* [Coup d'État] Daniel Bedingfield: *Gotta Get Thru This* [Island] Dan Bern: *The Swastika E.P.* [Messenger EP] Big Lazy: *New Everything* [Tasankee] Björk: *Greatest Hits* [Elektra] The Bottle Rockets: *Songs of Sahm* [Bloodshot] The Breeders: *Title TK* [4AD/Elektra] Buck 65: *Square* [WEA] Burnt Sugar: *That Depends on What You Know: Fubractive: Since Antiquity Suite* [Trugroid] The Capricorns: *In the Zone* [Paroxysm] Johnny Cash: *American IV: The Man Comes Around* [American] Kasey Chambers: *Barricades & Brickwalls* [Warner Bros.] Craig David: *Slicker Than Your Average* [Wildstar/Atlantic] The Donnas: *Spend the Night* [Atlantic] Steve Earle: *Jerusalem* [Artemis] Eminem: *The Eminem Show* [Aftermath/Interscope] John Forté: *i, John* [Transparent Music] The Go-Betweens: *Spring Hill Fair* [Circus/Jetset] Gogol Bordello: *Multi Kontra Culti Vs. Irony* [Rubric] Hakim: *Talakik* [Mondo Melodia] Handsome Family: *Live at Schuba's Tavern* [DCN] Corey Harris: *Downhome Sophisticate* [Rounder] Mariem Hassan Con Leyoad: *Mariem Hassan Con Leyoad* [Nubenegra] The Hives: *Veni Vidi Vicious* [Sire/Burning Heart/Epitaph] Imperial Teen: On [Merge] Kaito: *Montigola Underground* [Devil in the Woods EP] Ndala Kasheba: *Yellow Card* [Limitless Sky] Ali Hassan Kuban: *The Rough Guide to Ali Hassan Kuban* [World Music Network] The Lovin' Spoonful: *Do You Believe in Magic* [Buddha/BMG Heritage] Luna: *Close Cover Before Striking* [Jetset] Carmen McRae: *Carmen Sings Monk* [Bluebird] Meat Purveyors: *All Relationships Are Doomed to Fail* [Bloodshot] Rhett Miller: *The Instigator* [Elektra] Mr. Lif: *Emergency Rations* [Definitive Jux] Nils Petter Molvaer: *NP3* [Universal] Bill Monroe: *RCA Country Legends* [RCA/BMG Heritage] Alanis Morissette: *Under Rug Swept* [Maverick] Me'shell Ndegéocello: *Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape* [Maverick] N.E.R.D.: *In Search of . . .* [Virgin] Papa Noel & Papi Oviedo: *Bana Congo* [Tumi] Oh-OK: *The Complete Recordings* [Collectors' Choice] Koffi Olomide: *Best of Koffi Olomide* [Next Music import] Orchestra Super Mazembe: *Giants of East Africa* [Earthworks] The Pine Valley Cosmonauts: *The Executioner's Last Songs* [Bloodshot] The Pixies: *Pixies* [SpinArt] Pretenders: *Loose Screw* [Artemis] Pretty Girls Make Graves: *Good Health* [Lookout] Public Enemy: *Revolverlution* [Koch] The Reputation: *The Reputation* [Initial] Richmond Fontaine: *Winnemucca* [El Cortez] Will Rigby: *Paradoxaholic* [Diesel Only] Roberto Rodriguez: *El Danzon de Moises* [Tzadik] The Roots: *Phrenology* [MCA] Raphael Saadiq: *Instant Vintage* [Universal] Silkworm: *Italian Platinum* [Touch and Go] Patti Smith: *Land* [Arista] Steinski: *Nothing to Fear* [Soul Ting] Gary Stewart: *Best of the HighTone Years* [HighTone] The Streets: *Original Pirate Material* [Vice] Rachid Taha: *Live* [Mondo Melodia] Koko Taylor: *Deluxe Edition* [Alligator] Justin Timberlake: *Justified* [Jive] Djelimady Tounkara: *Sigui* [Indigo] Tom Waits: *Blood Money* [Anti-] Wide Right: *Wide Right* [Wide Right EP] Wire: *Read & Burn: 01* [Pinkflag] Andrew W.K.: *I Get Wet* [Island] Yohimbe Brothers: *Front End Lifter* [Ropeadope] Warren Zevon: *My Ride's Here* [Artemis] *Africa Raps* [Trikont] *Cash Money Records: Platinum Hits* [Cash Money/Universal] *Electric Highlife: Sessions From the Bokoor Studios* [Naxos World] *Extra Yard* [Big Dada] *Finger Poppin' and Stompin' Feet* [EMI/Capitol] *The History of Township Music* [Wrasse] *The Music in My Head 2* [Sterns Africa] *Red Hot + Riot* [MCA] *The Rough Guide to Raï* [World Music Network] *South African Freedom Songs* [Making Music] *Wish You Were Here: Love Songs to New York* [Village Voice] *Dexter's Laboratory: The Hip-Hop Experiment* [Cartoon Network/Rhino EP]
B+	Ryan Adams: *Demolition* [Lost Highway] Bright Eyes: *Lifted, or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground* [Saddle Creek] Crooked Fingers: *Reservoir Songs EP* [Merge EP] CeDell Davis and Friends: *When Lightnin' Struck the Pine* [Fast Horse] dj/rupture: *Minesweeper Suite* [Tigerbeat6] Marianne Faithfull: *Kissin Time* [Virgin/Hut] Ms. Jade: *Girl Interrupted* [Beat Club/Interscope] Nas: *The Lost Tapes* [Columbia] Pet Shop Boys: *Release* [Sanctuary] Joey Ramone: *Don't Worry About Me* [Sanctuary] Tinariwen: *The Radio Tisdas Sessions* [World Village] Tin Hat Trio: *The Rodeo Eroded* [Ropeadope] *American Polka* [Trikont] *The Rough Guide to Paris Café Music* [World Music Network]
*******	AZ: *Aziatic* [Motown] Ballboy: *Club Anthems* [Manifesto] Frank Black and the Catholics: *Devil's Workshop* [SpinArt] Blackalicious: *Blazing Arrow* [MCA] The Black Keys: *The Big Come Up* [Alive] Burnt Sugar: *That Depends on What You Know: The Sirens Return: Keep It Real 'Til It Flatlines* [Trugroid] Capleton: *The Best of Capleton* [Hip-O] Cee-Lo: *Cee-Lo Green and the Perfect Imperfections* [Arista] Stella Chiweshe: *Talking Mbira* [Piranha] Guy Davis: *Give in Kind* [Red House] Desaparecidos: *Read Music/Speak Spanish* [Saddle Creek] DJ Dolores: *Contraditório* [Sterns Brasil] Missy Elliott: *Under Construction* [Elektra] The Flaming Lips: *Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots* [Warner Bros.] Good Charlotte: *The Young and the Hopeless* [Epic] George Harrison: *Brainwashed* [Capitol] Salif Keita: *Moffou* [Universal] Kocani Orkestar: *Alone at My Wedding* [Crammed Discs] Wayne Kramer: *Adult World* [MuscleTone] Lonesome Bob: *Things Change* [Leaps] Los de Abajo: *Cybertropic Chilango Power* [Luaka Bop] Luna: *Romantica* [Jetset] Dan Melchior's Broke Revue: *Bitterness, Spite, Rage, and Scorn* [In the Red] Milky Wimpshake: *Lovers Not Fighters* [Troubleman Unlimited] Nas: *God's Son* [Columbia] Negro Problem: *Welcome Black* [Smile] NOFX/Rancid: *BYO Split Series/Volume III* [BYO] Kelly Osbourne: *Shut Up* [Epic] Out Hud: *S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.* [Kranky] Sean Paul: *Dutty Rock* [VP/Atlantic] Jonathan Richman: *Action Packed: The Best of Jonathan Richman* [Rounder] Rocket From the Tombs: *The Day the Earth Met the Rocket From the Tombs* [Smog Veil] The Rogers Sisters: *Purely Evil* [Troubleman Unlimited] The Selby Tigers: *The Curse of the Selby Tigers* [Hopeless] Skeleton Key: *Obtanium* [Ipecac] Sonic Youth: *Murray Street* [DGC] Rod Stewart: *It Had to Be You . . . The Great American Songbook* [J] Supersuckers: *Must've Been Live* [Mid-Fi] Waco Brothers: *New Deal* [Bloodshot] Neil Young: *Are You Passionate?* [Reprise] *Antifolk, Vol. 1* [Rough Trade] *The High & Mighty Present: Eastern Conference All Stars III* [Eastern Conference] *Raï Superstars* [Mondo Melodia] *The Rough Guide to Afro-Peru* [World Music Network] *This Is Where I Belong: The Songs of Ray Davies & the Kinks* [Rykodisc]
**	Tony Allen: *Home Cooking* [Comet/Virgin/Narada World] All Girl Summer Fun Band: *All Girl Summer Fun Band* [K] The Beatnuts: *Classic Nuts Vol. 1* [Loud] Bratmobile: *Girls Get Busy* [Lookout!] Toni Braxton: *More Than a Woman* [Arista] Cody Chesnutt: *The Headphone Masterpiece* [Ready Set Go!] Cocktail Slippers: *Rock It!* [MTG] Dan the Automator: *Wanna Buy a Monkey?: A Mixtape Session* [Sequence] Delta Dart: *Fight or Flight* [Paroxysm] The Dishes: *1-2* [No. 89] DJ DB: *DB 10* [Breakbeat Science] DJ Vadim: *U.S.S.R.: The Art of Listening* [Ninja Tune] Césaria Évora: *The Very Best of Cesaria Evora* [Bluebird] The Flatlanders: *Now Again* [New West] Sue Foley: *Where the Action Is . . .* [Shanachie] Girls Against Boys: *You Can't Fight What You Can't See* [Jade Tree] Gravediggaz: *Nightmare in A-Minor* [Empire Musicwerks] GZA/Genius: *Legend of the Liquid Sword* [MCA] Imperial Teen: *Live at Maxwell's* [DCN] Wyclef Jean: *Masquerade* [Columbia] R. Kelly & Jay-Z: *The Best of Both Worlds* [Jive/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam] Khaled: *Ya Taleb* [Mondo Melodia] The Kills: *Black Rooster* [Dim Mak] Large Professor: *1st Class* [Matador] Christine Lavin: *I Was in Love With a Difficult Man* [Redwing] Don Lennon: *Downtown* [Secretly Canadian] Liars: *They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top* [Mute] Local H: *Here Comes the Zoo* [Palm] Gary Lucas: *The Edge of Heaven* [Indigo] Mali Music: *Mali Music* [Astralwerks] Van Morrison: *Down the Road* [Universal] The Negatones: *The Heavy E.* [Melody Lanes] Pere Ubu: *St Arkansas* [SpinArt] Lee "Scratch" Perry: *Jamaican E.T.* [Trojan] Pretty Girls Make Graves: *Pretty Girls Make Graves* [Dim Mak EP] Queens of the Stone Age: *Songs for the Deaf* [Interscope] The Queers: *Pleasant Screams* [Lookout] Reigning Sound: *Time Bomb High School* [In the Red] Sahara Hotnights: *Jennie Bomb* [Jetset] Saint Etienne: *Finisterre* [Mantra] Shaggy: *Mr. Lover Lover (The Best of Shaggy . . . Part 1)* [Virgin] Stew: *The Naked Dutch Painter* [Smile] t.A.T.u.: *200 KM/H in the Wrong Lane* [Interscope] Otis Taylor: *Respect the Dead* [Northern Blues] Linda Thompson: *Fashionably Late* [Rounder] Jenny Toomey: *Tempting: Jenny Toomey Sings the Songs of Franklin Bruno* [Misra] TTC: *Ceci N'Est Pas un Disque* [Big Dada Disques] 2 Many DJ's: *As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt. 2* [PIAS] Hank Williams III: *Lovesick, Broke and Driftin'* [Curb] Bob Wills: *Stay a Little Longer* [Rounder] Xzibit: *Man Vs. Machine* [Columbia] Yo La Tengo: *Nuclear War* [Matador EP] *Big Beach Boutique II* [Southern Fried] *Blazin' Hip Hop & R&B* [Columbia] *Fat Beats Compilation Volume Two* [Fat Beats] *The Rough Guide to the Music of Haiti* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to the Music of the Indian Ocean* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to the Music of Turkey* [World Music Network] *About a Boy: Original Soundtrack by Badly Drawn Boy* [XL/Artist Direct] *Big Bad Love* [Nonesuch]
*	Ashanti: *Ashanti* [Murder Inc.] Bang on a Can: *Classics* [Cantaloupe] Dan Bern & the IJBC: *Fleeting Days* [Messenger] Buzzcocks: *Buzzcocks* [Merge] Capital D & the Molemen: *Writer's Block (The Movie)* [All Natural] Manu Chao: *Radio Bemba Sound System* [Virgin] Chumbawamba: *Readymades* [MCA] Jarvis Church: *Shake It Off* [RCA] Clinic: *Walking With Thee* [Domino] Coldplay: *A Rush of Blood to the Head* [Capitol] The Coral: *The Coral* [Columbia] James Luther Dickinson: *Free Beer Tomorrow* [Artemis] Ani DiFranco: *So Much Shouting/So Much Laughter* [Righteous Babe] Dixie Chicks: *Home* [Open Wide/Monument/Columbia] El-P: *Fantastic Damage* [Def Jux] Césaria Évora: *La Diva Aux Pieds Nus* [Windham Hill/BMG Heritage] FC/Kahuna: *Machine Says Yes* [Nettwerk America] Sage Francis: *Personal Journals* [Anticon] Freaky Flow: *Keep It Live* [Moonshine Music] Gogol Bordello: *Voi-La Intruder* [Rubric] Jean Grae: *Attack of the Attacking Things* [Third Earth Music] Jay-Z: *The Blueprint 2* [Roc-A-Fella] Jurassic 5: *Power in Numbers* [Interscope] Kings County Queens: *Big Ideas* [Rubric] Jeffrey Lewis: *The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane* [Rough Trade] Arto Lindsay: *Invoke* [Righteous Babe] Jason Loewenstein: *At Sixes and Sevens* [Sub Pop] Los Lobos: *Good Morning Aztlán* [Mammoth] MC Solaar: *Cinquième As (Fifth Ace)* [Elektra] Moby: 18 [V2] Múm: *Finally We Are No One* [Fat Cat] Nappy Roots: *Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz* [Atlantic] Organic Grooves: *Black Cherry* [Aum Fidelity] Original Sinners: *Original Sinners* [Nitro] Pearl Jam: *Riot Act* [Epic] Dave Pirner: *Faces and Names* [Ultimatum Music] Robert Plant: *Dreamland* [Universal] Scarface: *The Fix* [Def Jam South] Shania Twain: *Up!* [Mercury] Sonny Vincent: *The Good, the Bad, the Ugly* [Acetate] The Vitamen: *Fun* [Vitamen] Tom Waits: *Alice* [Anti-] Wilco: *Yankee Hotel Foxtrot* [Nonesuch] Yo La Tengo: *Merry Christmas From Yo La Tengo* [Egon EP] *Badenya: Manden Jaliya in New York City* [Smithsonian/Folkways] *Cuisine Non-Stop* [Luaka Bop] *Blade II* [Immortal] *8 Mile* [Shady/Interscope]
	Amber: *Naked* [Tommy Boy] Asylum Street Spankers: *My Favorite Record* [Bloodshot] Frank Black and the Catholics: *Black Letter Days* [SpinArt] Billy Bragg and the Blokes: *England, Half English* [Elektra] Burnt Sugar: *That Depends on What You Know: The Crepescularium* [Trugroid] Laura Cantrell: *When the Roses Bloom Again* [Diesel Only] Chitlin' Fooks: *Did It Again* [Palomine] Clipse: *Lord Willin'* [Star Trak] Swamp Dogg: *If I Ever Kiss It . . . He Can Kiss It Goodbye!* [S.D.E.G.] Drums & Tuba: *Mostly Ape* [Righteous Babe] Steve Earle: *Sidetracks* [E-Squared/Artemis] Eve: *Eve-Olution* [Ruff Ryders] Fatboy Slim: *Live on Brighton Beach* [Ministry of Sound] Future Bible Heroes: *Eternal Youth* [Instinct] Gordon Gano: *Hitting the Ground* [Instinct] The Go-Betweens: *Before Hollywood* [Circus/Jetset] The Go-Betweens: *Send Me a Lullaby* [Circus/Jetset] Harlow: *Harlowland* [Harlowland] David Johansen and the Harry Smiths: *Shaker* [Chesky] Syl & Jimmy Johnson: *Two Johnsons Are Better Than One* [Evidence] Norah Jones: *Come Away With Me* [Blue Note] Josh Joplin Group: *The Future That Was* [Artemis] Kinky: *Kinky* [Nettwerk America] Ben Kweller: *Sha Sha* [ATO] Ladytron: *Light & Magic* [Emperor Norton] Avril Lavigne: *Let's Go* [Arista] Mario: *Mario* [J] Mary McBride: *Everything Seemed Alright* [Bogan] Nina Nastasia: *Nina Nastasia's the Blackened Air* [Touch and Go] Naughty by Nature: *Iicons* [TVT] Beaver Nelson: *Legends of the Super Heroes* [Freedom] Randy Newman: *Good Old Boys* [Rhino/Reprise] Ol' Dirty Bastard: *The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones* [D3 Entertainment] Maggie and Suzzy Roche: *Zero Church* [Red House] Billy Joe Shaver: *Freedom's Child* [Compadre] Bruce Springsteen: *The Rising* [Columbia] Super Furry Animals: *Rings Around the World* [XL] Tegan and Sara: *If It Was You* [Vapor] Randy Travis: *Rise and Shine* [Curb/Warner Bros.] Tweet: *Southern Hummingbird* [The Goldmind, Inc./Elektra] The Vines: *Highly Evolved* [Capitol] Kelly Willis: *Easy* [Rykodisc] Lee Ann Womack: *Something Worth Leaving Behind* [MCA] Wonderlick: *Wonderlick* [People Suck Music] *Call It What You Want This Is Antifolk* [Olive Juice] *Constant Elevation* [Astralwerks] *Definitive Jux Presents II* [Def Jux] *Desert Roses -2-* [Mondo Melodia] *Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk and Fusion in 70's Ghana* [Soundway] *Now That's What I Call Music! 9* [UMG] *The Rough Guide to the Music of the Alps* [World Music Network] *Soundbombing III* [Rawkus] *This Is Tech-Pop* [Ministry of Sound] *Chelsea Walls: Original Music by Jeff Tweedy* [Rykodisc] *Dark Angel* [Artemis] *Group* [Yoyo]
B	Beck: *Sea Change* [DGC] Common: *Electric Circus* [MCA]
B-	Solomon Burke: *Don't Give Up on Me* [Fat Possum/Anti-] Doves: *The Last Broadcast* [Capitol] Foo Fighters: *One by One* [RCA] Bonnie Raitt: *Silver Lining* [Capitol] Red Hot Chili Peppers: *By the Way* [Warner Bros.] Weezer: *Maladroit* [Geffen]
C+	Black Dice: *Beaches & Canyons* [DFA] David Bowie: *Heathen* [ISO/Columbia] Sheryl Crow: *C'Mon, C'Mon* [A&M] Interpol: *Turn On the Bright Lights* [Matador] Aimee Mann: *Lost in Space* [SuperEgo] Tim McGraw: *Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors* [Warner Bros.] Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: *The Last DJ* [Warner Bros.] The Walkmen: *Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone* [Startime International]
C	Dirty Vegas: *Dirty Vegas* [Capitol] Faith Hill: *Cry* [Warner Bros.] I Am the World Trade Center: *The Tight Connection* [Kindercore] Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz: *Kings of Crunk* [TVT] Sigur Ròs: *( )* [MCA]
C-	*Defining Tech* [Orbisonic]
D	Paul McCartney: *Back in the U.S.* [Capitol]
D-	Lauryn Hill: *MTV Unplugged 2.0* [Columbia]
E+	*Wow Hits 2003* [Sparrow]
	John Adams: *Naive and Sentimental Music* [Nonesuch] Air: *Everybody Hertz* [Astralwerks] Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men: *Out in California* [HighTone] . . . And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead: *Source Codes and Tags* [Interscope] Audioslave: *Audioslave* [Epic/Interscope] Beachwood Sparks: *Make the Cowboy Robots Cry* [Sub Pop EP] Bikutsi Pop: *The Songs of So' Forest* [Naxos World] Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise: *New Ground* [Vanguard] Anouar Brahem: *Le Pas du Chat Noir* [ECM] Brandy: *Full Moon* [Atlantic] Busdriver & Radioinactive With Daedelus: *The Weather* [Mush] Caitlin Cary: *While You Weren't Looking* [Yep Roc] Neko Case: *Blacklisted* [Bloodshot] Clem Snide: *Moment in the Sun EP* [SpinArt EP] Currituck Co.: *Unpacking My Library* [Teenbeat] Death Cab for Cutie: *The Stability E.P.* [Barsuk EP] Four Bitchin' Babes: *Some Assembly Required* [Shanachie] Future Bible Heroes: *The Lonely Robot* [Instinct] Philip Glass: *The Hours* [Nonesuch] Adam Green: *Garfield* [Rough Trade] Alvin Youngblood Hart: *Down in the Alley* [Memphis International] Robin Holcomb: *The Big Time* [Nonesuch] Justincase: *Justincase* [Maverick] Sharon Katz & the Peace Train: *Imbizo* [Appleseed] Angelique Kidjo: *Black Ivory Soul* [Columbia] Diana Krall: *Live in Paris* [Verve] Talib Kweli: *Quality* [Rawkus] Liars: *Fins to Make Us More Fish-Like* [Mute] Tift Merritt: *Bramble Rose* [Lost Highway] Miss Kittin & the Hacker: *First Album* [Emperor Norton] Joni Mitchell: *Travelogue* [Nonesuch] Mooney Suzuki: *Electric Sweat* [Gammon] Bob Mould: *Modulate* [GM] Mohamed Mounir: *Earth . . . Peace* [Mondo Melodia] M2M: *The Big Room* [Atlantic] The Naysayer: *Heaven, Hell or Houston* [Carrot Top] Nelly: *Nellyville* [Universal] Willie Nelson: *The Great Divide* [Lost Highway] Willie Nelson & Friends: *Stars & Guitars* [Lost Highway] The Nihilistics: *Al-Qaida Detonator* [Visionary] Beth Orton: *Daybreaker* [Astralwerks] Neal Pollack & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts: *The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature* [Bloodshot] Quetzal: *Sing the Real* [Vanguard] *Quixotic:* *Mortal Mirror* [Kill Rock Stars] Busta Rhymes: *It Ain't Safe No More . . .* [J] The Sadies: *Stories Often Told* [Yep Roc] Shaggy: *Lucky Day* [MCA/Big Yard] Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop: *Un Paso a la Eternidad* [Universal] Slum Village: *Trinity (Past, Present and Future)* [Capitol/Barak] Snoop Dogg: *Paid Tha Cost to Be Da Boss* [Capitol/Priority] Soft Cell: *Cruelty Without Beauty* [Cooking Vinyl/SpinArt] Swizz Beatz: *Swizz Beatz Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories* [DreamWorks] They Might Be Giants: *No!* [Idlewild] Mia Doi Todd: *The Golden State* [Columbia] Trick Daddy: *Thug Holiday* [Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic] V for Vendetta: *Beneath This Mask Another Mask* [Mr. Lady] Victoria Williams: *Sings Some Ol' Songs* [Dualtone] Peter Wolf: *Sleepless* [Artemis] Yo La Tengo: *The Sounds of the Sounds of Science* [Egon] *Off the Hook* [Columbia] *Eban & Charley* [Merge]

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