Aesop Rock - I Heard It's A Mess There Too: 8.5 (high A-)

Various - Dancehall Stylee: The Best of Reggae Dancehall Music, Vol. 1: 7 (B+)

#multiartistcomp

The Sneetches - Slow: neutral

:-|

Ride - 4 EPs: liked

Perhaps if I evaluated these separately I would bump one up to 7 (B+), but that doesn't seem worth the effort.

Robyn - Body Talk EPs: notation

Pt. 1 - All songs on Body Talk except "Cry When You Get Older" and "Jag Vet En Dejlig Rosa" [final listen shelf - but maybe I will sell off in favor of Body Talk, which is in the same place]

Pt. 2 - All songs on Body Talk except "Include Me Out" and "U Should Know Better" [listened to both multiple times and will not be adding this]

Pt. 3 - All songs on Body Talk

Randy Newman - The Best of Randy Newman [Warner Archives/Rhino, 2001]: notation

Only two new tracks to me. "You've Got a Friend in Me", from the movie Toy Story, which of course I have heard in the course of being alive on the planet, and "Feels Like Home" (live 1996). People seem to like this compilation. I listened once and don't plan to play again. Also listened to the two noted tracks multiple times.

Moby Grape - 20 Granite Creek: 7 (B+)

#bluesrock

Etran de l'Air - Agadez: 8 (A-)

Etran De l'Air – Music from Saharan WhatsApp 01: liked

Digital-only

Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras in New Orleans 1949-1957 [Nighthawk, 1981] - notation

I was looking for a version of this to stream but couldn't find it anywhere. I was looking because it got five stars in the Rolling Stone album guide. I generally like Nighthawk releases, and this is a single-disc compilation, so I thought it might be just what I need for him. I thought perhaps all the tracks were cullable from the Fess anthology, but that does not appear to be the case. I then tried to cull it from Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Complete Recordings 1949-1962 [Jasmine, 2013], but too many of the tracks are missing from the version on Spotify. I even went so far as to see if I could just buy a copy sound-unheard, but they are too expensive for that. Oh well. Here's the album cover:

Professor Longhair - The Last Mardi Gras: X (X)

I have this on cassette for some reason, where it will stay.

Professor Longhair - Crawfish Fiesta: X (X)

#neworleans [De-shelved in 2022]

The Fall - The Wonderful and Frightening World of... The Fall: 8 (A-)

Crooked Fingers - Swet Deth: 8 (A-)

The Fall - The Frenz Experiment: 7.5 (high B+)

Yo Yo - Black Pearl: 8 (A-)

The Go-Go's - Greatest: 9 (A)

Elvis Presley - Tiger Man: 8 (A-)

A little corny and forced, but definitely the best part of the TV special conglomeration to me.

Bike for Three! [Buck 65 and "Greetings from Tuskan"] - More Heart Than Brains: 8 (A-)

His collaborator definitely should have chosen a different name.

Public Enemy - Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits: 8.5 (high A-)

Nine Inch Nails - Broken [EP]: 7.5 (high B+)

Black Eyes - Hostile Design [EP] [Dischord, 2025]: 9 (A)

Holy shit. Thank you for this.

Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs - Pharaohization!: The Best of Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs: 7.5 (high B+)

I almost picked up a copy, because it's one of the first, if not the first, retrospectives on Rhino, so somewhat of an historic release. #roots/bluesrock/texmex

The Fall - Your Future Our Clutter: liked

:-)

Dinosaur Jr. - Farm: liked

Docked a notch for bloat (songs drag on, and so does the album).