Th Faith Healers - Lido: 8 (A-)

Brian Eno - Before and after Science: 7.5 (high B+)

Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg: 8 (A-)

Pavement - Hecklers Choice: Big Gums and Heavy Lifters - A Pavement Collection: 9 (A)

Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force - Lost Generation: 7.5 (high B+)

#electro

Dry Cleaning - Secret Love: liked

:-)

Little Willie John - Fever: The Best of Little Willie John [Rhino, 1993]: X (X)

Christgau has this compilation dated 1995, which I believe is incorrect. #r&b

Various - Africa Dances: 8 (A-)

Al Green - The Lord Will Make a Way: 7.5 (high B+)

#gospel (while I'll override #r&b for Al, I won’t override #gospel for him)

The Pixies - Bossanova: 8.5 (high A-)

New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies: 8 (A-)

New York Dolls - New York Dolls [Mercury, 1977]: notation

Official UK, vinyl two-fer release of first two studio albums. As a Dolls semi-completist, I do have a copy.

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Rock 'n' Roll With the Modern Lovers: 7.5 (high B+)

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Back in Your Life: 7 (B+)

#folk

B.T. Express - Greatest Hits: 8 (A-)

Special AKA [The Specials]: In the Studio: 7 (B+)

Normally this would be #ska/2tone, but I saw this beautiful box set, 2 Tone: The Albums, for a ridiculously low price and snagged a copy. It contains this.

DJ Screw - 3 'n the Mornin', Part Two [blue]: liked

See the way "Part Two" is shaded blue? Apparently, an earlier version of this, with different tracks, was shaded red. And then he got sued by the more national artists whose tracks he was chopping and screwing, so he changed the whole thing to local artists and reissued it with a blue shade. Cover posted to avoid confusion about what I am posting about. This is #59 on the Pitchfork list of The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time.

Corey Harris - Fish Ain't Bitin': 7 (B+)

#blues

Robert Fripp - Exposure: 8 (A-)

I have a first-generation analog transfer of this, but I plan to upgrade to the Steve Wilson remix.

Fripp & Eno - The Essential Fripp & Eno: notation

Contains all of No Pussyfooting and about a quarter of Evening Star. The rest of this (about one-quarter) is a four-part suite called "Healthy Colours I-IV." I found the files for that and downloaded them. It's good -- I would rate it 7 (B+) -- but it doesn't justify the prices being asked for this 20 minutes of music at that grade.

Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future: 7 (B+)

Normally, this would be #folk/country/singersongwriter or something like that, but since she’s actually more alt-rock with Big Thief....

Fu-Schnickens - Nervous Breakdown: 7 (B+)

The Specials - More Specials: 7.5 (high B+)

Normally this would be #ska/2tone, but I saw this beautiful box set, 2 Tone: The Albums, for a ridiculously low price and snagged a copy. It contains this.

Free Expression - "Chill-Out!" b/w "Save the Last Dance for Me" [12" single]: X (X)

Not sure how I happened upon this. I don't usually post about singles. #singles

Al Green - Everything's OK: 7.5 (high B+)