2018: Dean's List

Albums

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1. Noname: Room 25 (self-released) 17
2. Mast: Thelonious Sphere Monk (World Galaxy/Alpha Pup) 15
3. Bettye LaVette: Things Have Changed (Verve) 12
4. Parquet Courts: Wide Awaaaaake! (Rough Trade) 11
5. Pistol Annies: Interstate Gospel (RCA) 10
6. Rich Krueger: Life Ain't That Long (Rockink) 9
7. Hamell on Trial: The Night Guy at the Apocalypse: Profiles of a Rushing Midnight (Saustex) 7
8. Black Panther The Album (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) 7
9. Tierra Whack: Whack World (self-released) 6
10. Cardi B: Invasion of Privacy (Atlantic) 6
11. Mount Eerie: Now Only (P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd.)
12. Superchunk: What a Time to Be Alive (Merge)
13. Pusha T: Daytona (G.O.O.D Music)
14. Rich Krueger: NOWThen (Rockink)
15. The Paranoid Style: Rock & Roll Just Can't Recall + 3 (Bar/None)
16. Maria Muldaur: Don't You Feel My Leg: The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker (Last)
17. Willie Nelson: Last Man Standing (Legacy)
18. Riton & Kah-Lo: Foreign Ororo (Last Gang)
19. Ezra Furman: Transangelic Exodus (Bella Union)
20. Wussy: Getting Better (Shake It)
21. Janelle Monáe: Dirty Computer (Atlantic)
22. Elza Soares: Deus É Mulher (Deck)
23. Amy Rigby: The Old Guys (Southern Domestic)
24. The Mekons 77: It Is Twice Blessed (Slow Things)
25. Amanda Shires: To the Sunset (Silver Knife)
26. tUnE-yArDs: I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life (4AD)
27. Wussy: What Heaven Is Like (Shake It)
28. No Age: Snares Like a Haircut (Drag City)
29. Hinds: I Don't Run (Mom + Pop)
30. Sophie: Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides (Transgressive/Future Classic)
31. John Kruth & La Società del Musici: Forever Ago (Ars Spoleteum)
32. Youssou N'Dour: Raxas Bercy 2017 (self-released '17)
33. Mary Gauthier: Rifles and Rosary Beads (In the Black)
34. Sons of Kemet: Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
35. Tyler Childers: Purgatory (Hickman Holler '17)
36. Superorganism: Superorganism (Domino)
37. Bali Baby: Baylor Swift (Twin)
38. John Prine: The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)
39. The Rolling Stones: On Air (Deluxe Edition) (Polydor/Abkco/Rolling Stones '17)
40. Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba: Routes (Twelve Eight)
41. Ry Cooder: The Prodigal Son (Fantasy)
42. L7: Fast and Frightening (Easy Action '16)
43. Soccer Mommy: Clean (Fat Possum)
44. Mitski: Be the Cowboy (Dead Oceans)
45. Methodist Hospital: Giants (self-released '17)
46. The Goon Sax: We're Not Talking (Wichita Recordings)
47. Wynton Marsalis Septet: United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas (Blue Engine)
48. Lupe Fiasco: Drogas Wave (1st & 15th)
49. Speedy Ortiz: Twerp Verse (Carpark)
50. Jon Hassell: Listening to Pictures (Pentimento Volume 1) (Ndeya)
51. Homeboy Sandman & Edan: Humble Pi (Stones Throw)
52. Becky Warren: Undesirable (self-released)
53. Tracey Thorn: Record (Merge)
54. CupcakKe: Ephorize (Cupcakke)
55. The Internet: Hive Mind (Columbia)
56. Doctor Nativo: Guatemaya (Stonetree)
57. Imarhan: Temet (City Slang)
58. The Coup: Sorry to Bother You: The Soundtrack (Interscope)
59. Chicago Farmer: Quarter Past Tonight (chicagofarmer.com)
60. Perfume Genius: No Shape (Matador '17)
61. Tal National: Tantabara (Fat Cat)
62. Lyrics Born: Quite a Life (Mobile Home)
63. Rapsody: Laila's Wisdom (Roc Nation '17)
64. I'm Not Here to Hunt Rabbits (Piranha)
65. Blue Lu Barker: Remastered Collection (J. Joes J. Edizioni Musicali '15)
66. Idles: Joy as an Act of Resistance (Partisan)
67. Frankie Cosmos: Vessel (Sub Pop)
68. Mandy Barnett: Strange Conversation (Dame Productions/Thirty Tigers)
69. Paul Simon: In the Blue Light (Legacy)
70. Open Mike Eagle: What Happens When I Try to Relax (Auto Reverse)
71. Yo La Tengo: There's a Riot Going On (Matador)
72. Beats Antique: Shadowbox (Beats Antique '16)
73. Leikeli47: Acrylic (Hardcover/RCA)
74. Tropical Fuck Storm: A Laughing Death in Meatspace (Tropical Fuck Storm/Mistletone)
75. Fever Ray: Plunge (Mute)
76. Jinx Lennon: Grow a Pair!!! (Septic Tiger)
77. Wreckless Eric: Construction Time & Demolition (Southern Domestic)
78. Courtney Barnett: Tell Me How You Really Feel (Mom + Pop)
79. Thelonious Monk: Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Saga/Sam '17)
80. Car Seat Headrest: Twin Fantasy (Matador)
81. AD the Voice: Maxi-Single (Statik Entertainment '07)
82. Kanye West & Kid Cudi: Kids See Ghosts (G.O.0.D. Music)
83. Shopping: The Official Body (Fat Cat)

Jan. 12, 2019

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