Joni Mitchell - For the Roses: 8 (A-)

Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark: 9 (A)

Joni Mitchell - Blue: 9.5 (high A)

Lifers Group - Lifers Group [Hollywood EP, 1991]: 8 (A-)

Not always identified as an EP, but that's what it seems to be. Essentially only three unique tracks ("The Real Deal," "Belly of the Beast," and "Suckers" --  totaling 15 min 38 sec), the other six tracks all being radio or other edits, instrumentals, bonus and/or short tracks.

The Gothic Archies - The Tragic Treasury: Songs From A Series of Unfortunate Events [Nonesuch, 2006]: 8 (A-)

Motorhead - Overkill: 7 (B+)

As noted elsewhere, I consider this band to be at least as much punk as #metal, so I have a copy. The legendary Jimmy Miller produced, so I wanted to like it much more than I have ever been able to.

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell: disliked

:-(

Action Bronson - Dr. Lecter: disliked

:-(

Garland Jeffreys - Garland Jeffreys: 7 (B+)

#singersongwriter

Lords of Acid - Lust: liked

:-)

Sky Smeed - Live at the Rock House: 7 (B+)

#country/folk/live

Miles Davis - batch review

I have had the following shelved for years and will grade them as I replay them, if I feel that I am qualified to do so at the time. But they are all at least 8 (A-), obviously:

     A Tribute to Jack Johnson

     Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West

     Bitches Brew

     Dark Magus

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue: X (X)

See post re: In a Silent Way.

Miles Davis - In a Silent Way: X (X)

What to say about a work of such incredible importance? Should be in any comprehensive popular music collection.

Various - Mush Filmstrip (Frame 1) [Shadow, 2001]: 8 (A-)

Including Aesop Rock, Odd Nosdam, Clouddead, etc. Nice compilation.

Les Amazones d’Afrique - Musow Danse: 8 (A-)

The Sundays - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic: liked

:-)

Les Amazones de Guinee - Wamato: 8 (A-)

Waylon Jennings - Ultimate Waylon Jennings [RCA Nashville/BMG Heritage, 2004]: 8 (A-)

Also have Greatest Hits (1979) and The Essential (2007) on the listen queue.

Sam Fan Thomas - Makassi: 8 (A-)

 

Various - The African Typic Collection [Earthworks, 1989]: 8 (A-)

Couldn't find an image of my copy's cover in the correct size on the internet, so the above is what you get. This has three out of six tracks by Sam Fan Thomas. The title track, "African Typic Collection," is from an album of his called Makassi, which I will post about separately. The other two of his tracks on here are from a self-titled album called, obviously, Sam Fan Thomas, which is called by its lead track on AllMusic as Si Ticha, which is one of those two tracks. Ya get me?

Miles Davis - Agharta: 8 (A-)

See post re: Pangaea. De-fatboxed as well.

Lee "Scratch" Perry and the Upsetters - Battle of Armagideon (Millionaire Liquidator) [Trojan, 1986]: 7 (B+)

Very spotty album. Anyway, copies are way too expensive. Basically #import, even though it does seem to have been reissued once in the US.

Black Eyes - Cough: liked

:-)

Willi Carlisle - Too Nice to Mean Much [self-released EP, 2016]: liked

6 songs, 24 min 28 sec. Might be a 7 (B+), but I'm not raring to play it again to make the distinction, so I settled on this. Even at that grade, it's #country/folk anyway. And even if not, or I wanted to have a rare country/folk EP, physicals are ridiculously pricey.