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.

Meat Beat Manifesto - 99% [Mute, 1990]: 7.5 (high B+)

Speaking of 99%, I'm at least that sure that I had this once and sold it back (which is consistent with my current inability to locate it). I have a pretty solid memory of doing that, probably on the basis that it's #electronic/dance and comes in at this grade in my estimation. Anyway, I played it four more times at present in order to ensure that this is not a phantom grade, so I've almost certainly actually played it at least eight times.

William S. Burroughs/Kurt Cobain - "The 'Priest' They Called Him" [Tim/Kerr, 1993]: liked

This is a single (9 min 42 sec), with Burroughs intoning his spoken word narrative over guitar noodling by Cobain. Posted cover because of the novelty of the project. Apparently, that's Novoselic on the cover.

Allen Ginsberg - The Ballad of the Skeletons [EP]: 7 (B+)

Listed/marketed as an EP, but this is really a single. It contains the title track, with extra edited and clean versions, and a "B-side" cover of "Amazing Grace." I played this because of what I now think is the extremely overstated assessment of the title track made by the AllMusic editor ("one of the most passionate, powerful, and articulate performances in the history of rock" (emphasis added)). #singles