Aldous Harding - Designer

:-|

Prince Far I ‎– Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Part 2: liked

:-)

Kurtis Blow - Party Time?

:-|

Biz Markie - Goin' Off [honorable mention]

:-)

Various - Duke Reid's Treasure Chest: 7.5 (high B+)

 

#rocksteady/multi-artistcomp

Lana Del Rey - Born to Die

:-|

Erykah Badu - Baduizm: 7 (B+)

Six plays. #r&b

Blondie - Autoamerican: liked

Five or more listens (because of Tom Hull full A grade)

Los Lobos - Native Sons: liked

:-)

Run-D.M.C. - Greatest Hits: 9 (A)

 

Shit-canned the Together Forever comp in favor of this.

Run-D.M.C. - Back from Hell [honorable mention]

:-)

Run-D.M.C. - Tougher Than Leather [honorable mention]

:-)

Kool Moe Dee - Kool Moe Dee: neutral

:-|

Kool Moe Dee - How Ya Like Me Now: neutral

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Earth, Wind & Fire - The Best of Vol. I: 8.5 (high A-)

 

Can - Monster Movie [honorable mention]

:-)

Cluster - Cluster II: liked

:-)

Tall Dwarfs - The Short and the Sick of It

:-| [Combines the album That's the Short and Long of It with the EP called Throw a Sickie.]

Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels

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Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Root Hog or Die: disliked

I found this so irritating that I ended up not trying his popular favorite Bo-Day-Shus!!, which both Christgau and Hull liked less than this.

Iris Dement - Infamous Angel: liked

:-)

The Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel: 8 (A-)

Upped from "liked" on further listening. I thought of getting the “anniversary” issue, with two extra discs containing a live show from 1974, but the show is terrible, so even though I can get it as a three-disc set for a decent price, I won’t. I have an alert up for the 2006 remastered/expanded edition on Rhino, but I’m sure one will never come up for a reasonable price.

Lil' Kim - The Naked Truth: liked

Five mics from The Source?!?

Tom Ze - Danc-Eh-Sa: neutral

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Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime [honorable mention]

:-) [four listens]