Methodist Hospital - Giants: 3.5 stars

Digital only.

Various - Ngoma: The Early Years, 1948-1960: 7.5 (high B+)

# [folkloric]

Joy of Cooking - Castles: 8 (A-)

Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba - Routes: 8 (A-)

# [import/kora-led Western fusion]

Jason Derulo - Everything Is 4: 7 (B+)

# [R&B]

Perfume Genius - No Shape: 7 (B+)

# [dance] [4 listens]

Jon Hopkins - Immunity: liked

:-|

Chic - Take It Off: 8 (A-)

Have this on vinyl, but also on CD as part of the Original Album Series box.

Chic - Tongue in Chic: 8 (A-)

Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Logic of Chance: 7 (B+)

See review of Angles.

Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Angles: 7 (B+)

This and Logic of Chance might be 8 (A-), I'm not sure. Something about UK rap is hard for me to appreciate. In any event, #import.

Various Artists - Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6: 7 (B+)

# [highlife]

The Meat Purveyors - All Relationships Are Doomed to Fail: 3.5 stars

# [alt-bluegrass]

The Rattlers - Rattled!: 7 (B+)

Joey's little brother.

Royal Trux - Twin Infinitives: neutral

:-|

Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache: 7 (B+)

#country Update (November 2026): Ultimately collected, probably because it's Roseanne, and awaiting possible re-evaluation.

Elza Soares - Deus e Mulher: 7.5 (high B+)

# [samba] [also, basically digital-only]

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

Only one modern listen, but I must have suffered through this 1,000,000 times in the late '70s. As painful a listen for me today as it was back then.

Various Artists - Variete Africaine Vol. 6: 3.5 stars

In the early days of digital files, I printed out a beautiful copy of this, but I can't justify the shelf space for it at B+ so it'll end up in the trash.

AD the Voice - Maxi-Single [EP]: neutral

:-|

James Talley - Tryin' Like the Devil: 7 (B+)

This is #country/folk/trad, but I already own a pristine vinyl copy and I'm keeping it.

Boyd Rice and Friends - Music, Martinis and Misanthropy [honorable mention]

:-|

Superorganism - Superorganism: 3.5 stars

A little twee for the collection.

George Clinton - The Cinderella Theory: 8 (A-)