Thursday, January 1, 2026

Collected, but not necessarily shelved or graded yet (some with provisional grades) 2026

List made in 2026, but acquisition could have been many years ago ... decades, a half a century, even:

Bootsy Collins - Original Album Series [Stretchin' Out; Ahh... The Name Is; Bootsy? Player of the YearThis Boot is Made; Ultra Wave]
Brian Eno and Karl Hyde - High Life [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
John Lennon - Wonsaponatime [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
Aesop Rock - Black Hole Superette [8 (A-)] [in cart awaiting decent price]
Suicide - Half Alive [final listen shelf]
Suicide - Attempted: Live at Max's Kansas City 1980 [final listen shelf]
Danny Brown - uknowhatimsayin? [7 (B+)]
The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy [8 (A-)]
Odyssey the Band - Back in Time [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
Al Green - Soul Survivor; Explores Your Mind
Joy Division - The Best of Joy Division
Peter Perrett - The Cleansing [8 (A-)]
Dean Wareham - That's the Price of Loving Me [8 (A-)]
Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock: The Album
Al Green - The Absolute Best
Al Green - Full of Fire [8 (A-)]
Lupe Fiasco - Drogas Wave [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
Al Green - Truth n' Time [8 (A-)] [Xgau originally gave B+ when it came out but appears on his decade-end 1978 A-list; also pretty high up on his Dean's List for the year]
Al Green - Have a Good Time [7.5 (high B+)]
Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
John Lennon - Mind Games [8 (A-)] [in cart]
Lily Allen - West End Girl [8 (A-)] [in cart, awaiting CD release]

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