Bettie Serveert - Private Suit: 8 (A-)

Madonna - Madame X - Music From the Theater Xperience: 7.5 (high B+)

Digital/vinyl-only. #live

The Dandy Warhols - Rockmaker: liked

:-)

The Dandy Warhols - Odditorium or Warlords of Mars: 7 (B+)

The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia: 8 (A-)

The Dandy Warhols - Welcome to the Monkey House: 9.5 (high A)

Masaka Kids Africana - Greatful: 8 (A-)

Digital-only

Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman - Miami Lice: Season Four [EP]: 8 (A-)

Vinyl-only

Madness - The Ultimate Collection: 7.5 (high B+)

Definitely the best Madness compilation I have heard, but still #bestof.

Television - Television: 7.5 (high B+)

Television - Live at the Old Waldorf: San Francisco, 6/29/78: 8 (A-)

Television - The Blow-Up: 7.5 (high B+)

I'm not going to play the #live card on Television.

Cypress Hill - III: Temples of Boom: 7 (B+)

Orchestre Maquis & Orchestre Safari Sound - Zanzibara 11: Congo in Dar: Dance No Sweat/1982-1986: 7 (B+)

#multiartistcomp

Cypress Hill - Skull & Bones: 7 (B+)

I'm going to call this #miscarticles and save myself some money. The second disc contains some inferior "rock" tracks versus the "hip hop" ones on the first. Notably, it's their first release not affiliated with Ruffhouse, and it shows. It could easily all have fit on one disc (the second one's basically an EP, the first one a standard album length).

Low - I Could Live in Hope: neutral

:-|

Last Exit - Iron Path: 8 (A-)

Cracker - Kerosene Hat: 7.5 (high B+)

Redman - Dare Iz a Darkside: neutral

Docked a notch for bloat. Fricking thing goes on forever, as always with this artist. In fairness, it's a scourge of basically the entire genre.

The Grateful Dead - The Best of the Grateful Dead [Rhino, 2015]: 9.5 (high A)

This two-disc compilation is a fantastic listen. A really, truly great historic overview that just squeezed in at the end of the CD era. I have all but six of these tracks in other configurations, but this is still worth having. What a Long Strange Trip was good, but this kills it. This is the regular-issue Dead I would take to that deserted island if I could only take one (together with a matrix of Cornell for live bootlegs). Just a very special compilation, beautifully done by Rhino.

Dennis Robbins - Man with a Plan: 7 (B+)

#country

Barry Black - Barry Black: 7.5 (high B+)

Just like Luke Haines putting Baader Meinhof after the Auteurs, Eric Bachman puts Barry Black after Archers of Loaf. Shelf space.

The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat: 8.5 (high A-)

The Velvet Underground - Another View: 8 (A-)

The Velvet Underground - VU: 8.5 (high A-)

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground: 9.5 (high A)

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico: 9 (A)

The Velvet Underground: Loaded: 9 (A)

Freedy Johnston - Unlucky [EP]: 7.5 (high B+)

Crooked Fingers [Eric Bachmann] - Reservoir Songs [EP]: 7 (B+)

Great cover

Crooked Fingers [Eric Bachmann] - Red Devil Dawn: 7.5 (high B+)

Madness - The Best of Madness: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: 7 (B+)

Unlike many best ofs in this series, this one, while nicely short, does not appear definitive enough to me. #bestof

The Village People - Can’t Stop the Music: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album: liked

I don’t remember what inspired me to put this on the listen list.

Eric Bachmann - To the Races: liked

:-)

Crooked Fingers - Crooked Fingers: liked

Eric Bachmann, after demise of Archers of Loaf. Debut album. Four plays.

The Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks, Vol. 4: 7 (B+)

Fillmore East, 2/13-14/1970. #live/bluesrock/folkrock

Morrissey - Make-up Is a Lie: neutral

:-|

Sleep - Dopesmoker: liked

Heavy

MC Paul Barman & Kenny Segal - Antinomian Pandemonium: liked

Digital- and limited edition vinyl-only

MC Paul Barman & Jordan Katz - Lovecore [EP]: liked

:-)

Ren - Vincent's Tale [EP]: neutral

:-|

Buck 65 - Do Not Bend: 7 (B+)

Upped from "liked" on fourth play. Digital-only.

Various - Only for the Headstrong: The Ultimate Rave Compilation [FFRR, 1992]: 7 (B+)

I'm 99% sure I had a copy of this once, right around the time it came out 34 years ago. #multiartistcomp/electronica/dance

Archers of Loaf - All the Nations Airports: 9 (A)

Archers of Loaf - White Trash Heroes: 9.5 (high A)

Archers of Loaf - The Speed of Cattle: 8.5 (high A-)

Archers of Loaf - Seconds After the Accident: 8 (A-)

Archers of Loaf - Vee Vee: 7 (B+)

The Modern Lovers [Jonathan Richman] - The Original Modern Lovers: 7 (B+)

#demos