The Smiths - "Panic" b/w "Vicar in a Tutu/"The Draize Train"

This is really the only way to get "The Draize Train." I have the 12" version. I would buy the CD single, but sellers are price gouging on that.

Bang on a Can - Renegade Heaven: 7 (B+)

# [experimental]

Surfer Blood - 1000 Palms [honorable mention]

:-)

Missy Elliott - Miss E ... So Addictive [honorable mention]

:-) [Almost got it because it was on Rolling Stone’s list "200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time" at #7. Highest charting album I don’t have, but there’s a total of 4 in the top 20.]

Various - Leve Leve: Sao Tome & Principe Sounds 70s-80s Vol.1: 8 (A-)

Not paying high import prices for a multi-artist comp at this grade. Almost bought it for the Sangazuza tracks, but there are only two of them, and one of them is merely okay.

Michael Prophet - Serious Reasoning: 7.5 (high B+)

Completely unavailable for reasonable prices used. Otherwise OOP.

Homeboy Sandman - I Can't Sell These: 7 (B+)

Digital-only, free mixtape [4 listens]

Various - Voices of the Rainforest [honorable mention]

:-) [Tbis is the Smithsonian one]

The Mountain Goats - Get Lonely [honorable mention]

:-)

The Mountain Goats - Getting Into Knives [honorable mention]

:-)

Black Sabbath - Mob Rules

:-|

AC/DC - Powerage [honorable mention]

:-)

Fox Green - Holy Souls

:-|

Dio - Holy Diver

:-|

Santigold - 99¢ [honorable mention]

:-)

Britney Spears - The Essential Britney Spears: 8.5 (high A-)

I have the copy with this cover, in the super jewel box, which is pretty sweet.

Shikamoo Jazz - East African Legends Live: 7.5 (high B+)

Some of these tracks are outstanding (especially the ones with Mose Fan Fan); however, the ones with the guests (almost half the tracks) are most definitely not. I wouldn't get this at this grade for a live album of muziki wa dansi, but it's digital only anyway. [4 listens]

Yugen Blakrok - Return of the Astro-Goth: 8.5 (high A-)

Another excellent Iapetus/Kanif production that is digital only.

Witchcraft Books [Kanif the Jhatmaster and Shorty Skilz] - Witchcraft Books Vol. 1 - The Sundisk: 9 (A)

Digital only. Might even be a 9 (A), but I'm feeling too lazy to have one printed up. Maybe if I keep feeling drawn to play it. [upped to 9 (A) and printed]

Grateful Dead - Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 2: October '77: 8 (A-)

Might even be an 8.5 (high A-). I won't be buying this for several reasons though: It's a mix of three shows; it's way too expensive used; and I would want the bonus disc -- which is not available on the 2022 reissue (which still costs $45!). But this is another top-notch 1977 set. I also scrubbed the official catalog for any other '77 shows. Really, none of them seem to get to the Cornell/Buffalo level to me.

Various Artists - Tropicalia: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound: 8 (A-)

Not available at reasonable prices.

Boukman Exsperyans - Revolution: 7 (B+)

# [mizik rasin]

Randy Travis - Old 8X10: 7 (B+)

# [country]

Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces: 7 (B+)

# [country]

The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck [honorable mention]

:-)

Burning Spear - Burning (A)live: 8 (A-)

I actually purchased this off the internet from his website. It never arrived, and follow up communications went unanswered. Then, a few months later, I saw him live, for the second time in 30 years. The show was atrocious.

U-Roy - The Lost Album - Right Time Rockers: 7 (B+)

# [toasting]

Randy Travis - Storms of Life: 7 (B+)

# [country]

Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams: 7 (B+)

# [country]

Dixie Chicks - Fly: 7.5 (high B+)

# [country]

Pavement - Stuff up the Cracks [side note]

[Bootleg, and all available tracks except for last 6 live ones (from 3 different shows) are on reissues]

K.C. and The Sunshine Band - Greatest Hits [side note]

This is the T.K. release from 1980 that Christgau graded A-. All songs are on the 1990 Rhino release entitled The Best of KC and the Sunshine Band, which I have.

Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind [placeholder]

I just bought this off eBay (have the receipt, obviously), but now I can't find it. Looked all over for it, but it must have fallen behind some piece of furniture or other. I would listen to it on Napster to grade it, but he's not on any streaming services. So I can't grade it until I find it, and I'm not buying it again. Anyway, I'm 95% sure I owned it in the 90s. Anyway, when it turns up, I'll grade it formally.

Shikamoo Jazz - Chela Chela Vol. 1: 7 (B+)

I'm pretty sure I physicalized this myself at some point, and then tossed it trying to cull the heard. I streamed it 2 or 3 more times after a positive review from Christgau, raised it from honorable mention to its current grade, found a copy at a good price, and bought it, even though maybe it should be # [muziki wa dansi]. Also took into consideration that Christgau gave it an 8 (A-), and, more significantly, Muzikifan seems to like it even more than that.

The Master Musicians of Jajouka featuring Bachir Attar - Apocalypse Across the Sky: 7 (B+)

# [folkloric]

Super Mamo Djombo - Ar Puro: 7.5 (high B+)

Nowhere to be found for a reasonable price.

Lyrics Born - Mobile Homies Season 1: 7 (B+)

Digital only

The Mountain Goats - Dark in Here: 7 (B+)

Tommy Womack - Circus Town: 7 (B+)

#

Various - Brazil Classics 2: O Samba: 7 (B+)

# [samba/multi-artist comp]

Various - Heart Of The Forest: The Music Of The Baka Forest People Of Southeast Cameroon [honorable mention]

:-)

The Flatlanders - More a Legend Than a Band: 7 (B+)

# [once-owned]

Kanda Bongo Man - Kekete Bue [honorable mention]

:-) [Three listens to new songs: Kekete Bue, Jessy, I Will Sing, Rose Rose, Kumisa Ye. Basically an EP at five tracks and 19 minutes. As an EP, I would give it 7.5 (high B+). Title track sounds like classic soukous. Vinyl only.]