Los Lobos - "... and a time to dance" [honorable mention]

:-)

Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.: 8.5 (high A-)

 

Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell: 8 (A-)

 

The Meditations - No More Friend [honorable mention]

:-)

Jeffrey Lewis - 12 Crass Songs: 7.5 (high B+)

 

Might even be an 8 (A-), but it's OOP and not available used for reasonable prices. Also, it's a covers album, re: a band I'm not that fond of, which I normally would not collect, so I gave it a 7.5 (B+). But Christgau's grade is ludicrous, and openly politically motivated. As a right-wing Democrat, I'm sure this is too "leftist" for him. Punching left as always. Plus, he seems to be missing the sarcasm in the Crass' message.

Tall Dwarfs - 3 EPs

:-) [Contains A Question Of Medical Ethics, Up The Down Staircase, and Sam's Spaniel]

Grant [G.W.] McLennan - Fireboy: 7 (B+)

 

Would definitely pick up a physical, but it's OOP and not available for reasonable prices used. They definitely chose the 3 best songs for Intermission though, which I have in physical.

Run-D.M.C. - King of Rock: 7 (B+)

 

# [early rap] [Also, not available for reasonable prices for some reason. The debut and Raising Hell are available brand new for $6.50. This should be too. Considered getting this as part of the Original Album Classics set, but those discs are cluttered with bonus tracks, I already have the two biggest ones, and I don’t want the two I have as honorable mentions (Tougher than Leather/Back from Hell) and Xgau/Hull gave B+ and bomb/none, respectively. And I can’t find it solo for anything approaching a reasonable price for a B+, the reissue CDs have bonus tracks, and the original CD is not available at reasonable prices.]

Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane [honorable mention]

:-) [Might be a 7 (B+), but by the time it gets towards the end, I'm waiting for it to end.]

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra: 7 (B+)

 

# [krautrock]

Amon Duul II - Phallus Dei [honorable mention]

:-)

Cluster - Zuckerzeit

:-|

[Toots and] The Maytals - Monkey Man [honorable mention]

:-)

Tackhead - Friendly as a Hand Grenade

:-|

Uncle Tupelo - No Depression [honorable mention]

:-)

Biz Markie - All Samples Cleared!: 7.5 (high B+)

Tom Ze - Fabrication Defect: 7 (B+)

 

# [tropicalia]

Body Meπa [Meta?] - The Work Is Slow: 8 (A-)

Upped from honorable mention. In a damn cardsleeve though.

Low Cut Connie - Tough Cookies: Best of the Quarantine Broadcasts

:-(

Pom Pom Squad - Death of a Cheerleader [honorable mention]

:-)

Sons of Kemet - Black to the Future

:-| [Not really qualified to rate this.]

Garbage - No Gods No Masters [Deluxe]: 7 (B+)

 

Weird one. The best songs to me are on the bonus disc of the deluxe edition, although that also has a couple mediocre covers. I would give the standard edition disc an honorable mention and the bonus disc a 7.5 (high B+). So the deluxe edition averages out to 7 (B+). [Choice cut: "Girls Talk."]

Nirvana - Sliver: The Best of the Box

:-| [Various crappy demos and outtakes. Some decent songs.]

Drive-By Truckers - The New OK [honorable mention]

:-)

Billy Bragg - Talking with the Taxman About Poetry: 7 (B+)

# [proto anti-folk?]

Nirvana - In Utero [honorable mention]

:-)

Muse - Black Holes and Revelations

:-| [Radiohead/U2 clone]

Billy Nomates - Emergency Telephone [EP]: 8 (A-)

 Digital only.

Various Artists - The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru: 7 (B+)

 

# [chicha/cumbia]

Jupiter & Okwess - Na Kozonga [honorable mention]

:-)

Serengeti - KDxMPC [EP] [honorable mention]

:-) [9 tracks, 21 minutes. Appended to vinyl reissue of Ajai.]

[Tabu Ley] Rochereau & L'Afrisa International: 1971-1977: 7.5 (high B+)

 

Not paying very high prices for used copies at B+.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven: 7 (B+)

 

# [post-rock]

Royal Trux - Cats and Dogs [honorable mention]

:-)

Sarathy Korwar - More Arriving: 7.5 (B+)

 

# [Indo-jazz?]

Redman - Whut? Thee Album [honorable mention]

:-) [Definitely trails off quickly.]

Bun B - Trill OG

:-( [Unfathomable to me how The Source could rate this "5 mics."]

Third World - Third World [honorable mention]

:-)

Bob Andy - Bob Andy's Songbook [honorable mention]

:-)

James Blake - James Blake

:-|

Spring Heel Jack - Treader: 7 (B+)

 

Japan - Tin Drum

:-| [Pure Roxy Music rip-off]

Hailu Mergia - Lalu Bela [honorable mention]

:-)

Roxy Music - Avalon: 9.5 (high A)

 

Roxy Music - Stranded: 7 (B+)

 

Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System - Tackhead Tape Time

:-|

Drive-By Truckers - Gangstabilly [honorable mention]

:-)

The Rolling Stones - Some Girls 7 (B+)

 

Never liked this much, like so many people do. I have the deluxe version. Second disc is also B+.