Digital-only, and #country anyway. Upped from "liked." Not sure how Christgau got a full A out of this. Six or seven plays.
Sunday, January 30, 2022
The Miles Davis Quintet - Essential Albums [Cookin'/Relaxin'/Workin'/Steamin']
Not qualified to grade, but I have to imagine this is a 10 (A+)?
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Yard Act - The Overload: 7.5 (high B+)
Ended up buying this, because it did well on year-end polls, and upped from "liked" on fifth listen.
The Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band: Both Ways [Bandcamp, 2021]: 8 (A-)
Friday, January 28, 2022
Kasai Allstars - Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound: 7 (B+)
# [congotronics/import]
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again [honorable mention]
:-) [But ultimately purchased as part of a 3 CD set in slipcase for $10 shipped]
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Summit: The Master Takes: notation
Not qualified to grade. Three listens, sounds nice.
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor: notation
This and No. 7 are high up on a lot of lists (not so much No. 6), but not as high as No. 3 and No. 9. Anyway, listened to both 5 and 7 three times. Seemed to like the 7th slightly better.
The Dead Milkmen - Bucky Fellini: 7 (B+)
Would get, but way too expensive on CD (1987 – so originally issued in that format).
Youssou N'Dour et le Super Etoile de Dakar - Mbalax: 8 (A-)
Supposedly on CD but I can’t find it anywhere.
Saturday, January 22, 2022
Friday, January 21, 2022
Digital Underground - Sex Packets: 8 (A-)
I got the 2 CD version, containing This Is an EP Release, and put my stand-alone copy of the EP in the sell pile.
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Prince Far I & the Arabs - Dub to Africa: neutral
Is this the same song over and over? A riddim, or whatever they call it? Can't even tell.
Sunday, January 9, 2022
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Natural Mystic: 7.5 (high B+)
I have all but two of these songs, plus it's a 7.5. I have Legend, but that's because it's Legend. This is not in the same league. So not on the shelves.
Bopol Mansiamina- Best of Bopol: 8 (A-)
Not only does this appear to be digital-only, it looks like it's streaming service only (ie, nowhere for purchase as digital files, which I don't buy anyway).
Monday, January 3, 2022
KC and the Sunshine Band - KC and the Sunshine Band [1975] : 7.5 (high B+)
Very tempted to go for the Original Album Series on this band. Luckily, even though it's only about 10 years old, it's selling for far too much. #r&b
Sunday, January 2, 2022
2022 Single Listens (unless 2 otherwise noted)
Jimmy Cliff - Refugees
Infinity Knives and Brian Ennals - King Cobra
Alex G - God Save the Animals
Arctic Monkeys - The Car
Snake Chain - Snake Chain
Willie Nelson - Willie and Family Live
Femi Kuti / Made Kuti - Legacy +
Silkmoney - I Don’t Give a F*ck About This Rap ...
The Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks, Vol. 33 [Oakland, CA, October 9 and 10, 1976] [sampled]
The Grateful Dead - Road Trips, Vol. 1 No. 4: San Francisco, CA, October 21 and 22, 1978 [sampled - terrible]
Owiny Sigoma Band - The Lost Tapes
Pierre Kwenders - Jose Louis and the Paradox of Love
The Movers - Vol.1 - 1970-1976
Piri & Tommy - froge.mp3
Endure - Special Interest
CEO Trayle - HH5
Tinariwen - Kel Tinariwen
David Bowie - The Next Day
Linda Hoover - I Mean to Shine
Built to Spill - The Normal Years [two listens]
Michel Polnareff - Live at the Roxy
The Lone Bellow – The Lone Bellow
Bob Marley and the Wailers - The Best of (1974) [very early material]
The Foo Fighters - The Essential
Prince - Come
Spoon - Lucifer on the Moon [“dub” of Sofa – two listens]
Nicholas Craven & Boldy James - Fair Exchange No Robbery
Lil Peep - Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2
The Replacements - For Sale: Live at Maxwell's 1986
Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Loraine James - Building Something Beautiful for Me
Bad Religion - Christmas SongsBaianaSystem - OxeAxeExu
Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in E minor
Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in C minor
Bach - The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 [Glenn Gould]
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 12
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 13
Starlight Mints - The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of
Dessa - Ides
Mon Laferte - Seis [53 out of 62 on Hull 2021 “A” list]
Gift - Multum In Parvo
A Soldier's Sad Story: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Black America 1966-73 [two listens]
Jucara Marcal - Delta Estacio Blues
Guelewar - Halleli N'Dakarou
Thione Seck - Chauffeur Bi
Cheikh Lo - Jamm
Idrissa Diop - Cheikh Tidiane Tall
Young Thug - I'm Up
Buck Meek - Buck Meek [EP]
Bush Tetras - Boom in the Night (Original Studio Recordings 1980-1983)
Fulu Miziki - Ngbaka
Neil Young - Storytone [orchestral backing]
Neil Young - Landing on Water
Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks - Everybody’s Rockin’
Neil Young - A Letter Home (solo acoustic covers in phone booth)
Neil Young - This Note’s for You
Neil Young and Promise of the Real - The Visitor
Damu the Fudgemunk - Conversation Peace
Buck Meek - Two Saviors
Jazz Spastiks - Camera of Sound
Zilla Rocca - Vegas Vic [two listens]
The Ano Nobo Quartet - The Strings of Sao Domingos
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
Jaubi - Nafs at Peace
Various - Ampiano Now
Pegboy - Strong Reaction
Benji. & Spillage Village - Smile, You’re Alive!
Pale Saints - In Ribbons
Hassan Wargui - Tiddukla [two listens]
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love
Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
Rory Gallagher - Live! In Europe
DJ Shadow - Diminishing Returns [dj mixtape]
Carla Olson & Mick Taylor - Sway: The Best of
Various - Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music [CDs 2 and 3]
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Lovelyville
Tears for Fears - The Tipping Point
Clay Harper - They'll Never Miss a Five
MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs
DJ Scratch and RZA - Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater
The Rolling Stones - Live at the El Mocambo
Eddie Gale - Ghetto Music
Burning Spear - Live at the Montreaux Jazz Festival 2001
Amine - Limbo
Two Shell - Icons
Mxmtoon - Rising
Master Musicians Of Jajouka - Jajouka Between The Mountains
Mista Savona - Havana Meets Kingston Part 2
Omar Pene and Super Diamono - Direct from Dakar
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah & Songs From His Albums
King Wasui Ayinde Marshal I - Talazo Fuji Music Party!
S. E. Rogie - Dead Men Don't Smoke Marijuana
Noori & His Dorpa Band - Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan's Red Sea Coast
Nova Twins - Supernova
Abida Parveen - Mehfil-E-Ghazal
Various - Zaire: Musiques Urbaines a Kinshasa
Don Omar - The Last Don [on RS best debut albums list]
Orchestra Volta-Jazz - Air Volta [very early and somewhat rudimentary]
The Melodians - Pre-Meditation
Various - Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta
Horace Andy - Horace Andy's Dub Box: Rare Dubs 1973-1976
Horace Andy - Midnight Scorchers [dub of Midnight Rockers] [2 listens]
Horace Andy - Good Vibes [dubs after old tracks - Blood & Fire style]
Le Seigneur [Tabu Ley] Rochereau - Le Seigneur Rochereau a l'Olympia
Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits [just get the first 4 major label albums]
Eminem - Curtain Call 2 [way too long - albums aren't that good]
Water Damage - Repeater
Pablo Moses - Live to Love
BKO - Djine Bora
Cheekface - Too Much to Ask
Iggy Pop - Zombie Birdhouse
Lee "Scratch" Perry - King Scratch (Musical Masterpieces from the Upsetter Ark-ive)
Dubblestandart [Lee "Scratch" Perry & Ari Up] - Return from Planet Dub
Jamal Moss [Hieroglyphic Being] - Thanks 4 the Tracks U Lost
Various - The Trojan Story
Lupe Fiasco - Drill Music in Zion
Megan Thee Stallion - Traumzine
David Greenberger, Glenn Jones, Chris Corsano - An Idea in Everything [“So You Are” is great]
John Ondolo - Hypnotic Guitar of John Ondolo
Wahenga - Kikwetu Kwetu
Roc Marciano & The Alchemist - The Elephant Man’s Bones
Gurf Morlix - Cut ‘n Shoot
Blaze Foley - Live at the Austin Outhouse
Various - Bosavi: Rainforest Music From Papau New Guinea [two listens]
Tommy Womack - Namaste
Dehd - Blue Skies [two listens]
Ranking Joe - Best of Ranking Joe
Culture - Culture in Dub: 15 Dub Shots [Heartbeat, 1994] [two listens]
Various - Hit Bound! The Revolutionary Sound of Channel One [hodgepodge]
Gregory Isaacs - Slum in Dub
Dillinger - Ready Natty Dreadie
Kanif the Jhatmaster - Flight of the 50 Foot Vimana
I Kong - The Way It Is
Mutabaruka - Life Squared
The Lone Ranger - M16
The Lone Ranger - On the Other Side of Dub [2 listens]
Big Youth - Reggae Gi Dem Dub [dub version of Progress]
The Mountain Goats - Sweden
Avalanche Kaito - Avalanche Kaito
Al-Qasar - Who Are We?
Sampa the Great - As Above, So Below
Nova Twins - Nova Twins EP
Deca - Smoking Gun
John Mayer - Continuum
Papa Wemba & Koffi Olomide - Wake Up [cheesy synths]
Brian Eno - Foreverandevernomore