Purchased, but not necessarily shelved or graded yet [some have provisional grades] 2025

List made in 2025, but purchases could have been made many years ago ... decades, a half a century, even:

Modogo Gian Franco Ferre et L'Orchestre Viva la Musica - Statue de la Liberte [8 (A-)]

Taylor Swift - Folklore [8 (A-)]; Evermore [8 (A-)]

Aesop Rock - Spirit World Field Guide [7 (B+)]; Integrated Tech Solutions [7 (B+)]

Carly Pearce - Hummingbird [8 (A-)]

Manu Chao - Viva Tu [8 (A-)]

George Jones - I Am What I Am

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday; Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded: Deluxe Edition; The Pinkprint; Queen; Pink Friday 2; Beam Me Up, Scottie [7 (B+) docked a notch for bloat]

The Pixies - Best of Pixies: Wave of Mutilation [9 (A)]

Blondshell - Blondshell [8 (A-)]

The Band - Cahoots

The Jackson 5 - The Ultimate Collection [8 (A-)]

Michael Jackson - Bad [8 (A-)]

Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel

Beyonce - Cowboy Carter; Beyonce

Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud

Hop Along - Painted Shut

Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time

Gorillaz - Demon Days

Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 1; Body Talk; Robyn

Lady Gaga - Born This Way [8 (A-)]

Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit [8 (A-)]

Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream [8 (A-)]

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass; Skelethon

Various - Angola Soundtrack 2

Ohio Players - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ohio Players [9 (A)]

Dieuf-Dieul de Thies - Dieuf-Dieul de Thies [8 (A-)]

Kendrick Lamar - GNX [7 (B+)]

Africa Negra - Antologia Vol. 2

Atmosphere - Talk Talk

Aretha Franklin - Original Album Series; Original Album Series Vol. 2

Pepe Kalle and Rochereau - Lisanga Ya "Banganga" [a/k/a "Feu d'Artifice"] [8.5 (high A-)]

Rosali - Bite Down [8.5 (high a-)]
Social Distortion - Social Distortion [7 (B+)]