Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Index by Year: 2008

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Consumer Guide Index by Year: 2008

Listing for 468 records from 2008 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+

Franco: Francophonic [Sterns Africa]
Sonny Rollins: Road Shows Vol. 1 [Doxy/Emarcy]

A

The Baseball Project: Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails [Yep Roc]
Drive-By Truckers: Brighter Than Creation's Dark [New West]
Girl Talk: Feed the Animals [Illegal Art]
K'naan: The Dusty Foot Philosopher [iM Culture]
Les Amazones de Guinée: Wamato [Sterns]
Los Campesinos!: Hold on Now, Youngster . . . [Arts & Crafts]
Magnetic Fields: Distortion [Nonesuch]
Randy Newman: Harps and Angels [Nonesuch]
Conor Oberst: Conor Oberst [Merge]
Orchestra Baobab: Made in Dakar [Nonesuch]
The Roots: Rising Down [Def Jam]
Raphael Saadiq: The Way I See It [Columbia]
Serengeti: Dennehy (Lights, Camera, Action!) [Audio 8]
Steinski: What Does It All Mean?: 1983-2006 Retrospective [Illegal Art]
TV on the Radio: Dear Science [Interscope]
The Rough Guide to Congo Gold [World Music Network]

A-

Abe Vigoda: Skeleton [PPM]
Asylum Street Spankers: What? And Give Up Show Biz? [Yellow Dog]
Be Your Own Pet: Get Awkward [Universal/Ecstatic Peace]
B-52's: Funplex [Astralwerks]
Black Kids: Partie Traumatic [Columbia]
Jonatha Brooke: The Works [Bad Dog]
Hayes Carll: Trouble in Mind [Lost Highway]
The Chemical Brothers: Brotherhood (Limited Edition) [Virgin]
Chromeo: Fancy Footwork [Vice]
Clipse: Re-Up Gang Records Present: Re-Up Gang: The Saga Continues [BCD]
Kimya Dawson and Friends: Alphabutt [K]
dj/rupture: Uproot [The Agriculture]
DJ Yoda: Fabriclive.39 [Fabric]
Eddy Current Suppression Ring: Primary Colours [Goner]
El Guincho: Alegranza [XL]
Robert Forster: The Evangelist [Yep Roc]
Franco: African Classics [Sheer/Cantos]
Jean Grae: Jeanius [Blacksmith]
Al Green: Lay It Down [Blue Note]
Hamell on Trial: Rant and Roll [Righteous Babe]
Homeboy Sandman: Actual Factual Pterodactyl [Boy Sand Industries]
Honeyhoney: Loose Boots [Ironworks Music EP]
Ice Cube: The Essentials [Priority]
Jaguar Love: Jaguar Love [Matador EP]
Jesus H. Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse: Happier Than You [jesuschristrocks.com]
Kid Creole: Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1974-1983 [Stunt]
The Kills: Midnight Boom [Domino]
John Kruth: Splitsville [Smiling Fez]
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80: Seun Kuti + Fela's Egypt 80 [Disorient]
La Cherga: Fake No More [Asphalt Tango]
Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip: Angles [Strange Famous]
Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III [Cash Money/Universal/Motown]
Love Is All: A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night [What's Your Rupture?]
Gabi Lunca: Sounds From a Bygone Age: Vol. 5 [Asphalt Tango]
Taj Mahal: Maestro [Heads Up]
Mates of State: Re-Arrange Us [Barsuk]
James McMurtry: Just Us Kids [Lightning Rod]
Menya: The Ol' Reach-Around [no label]
Nas: Untitled [Def Jam]
Kate Nash: Made of Bricks [Geffen]
Nine Inch Nails: Ghosts I-IV [The Null Corporation]
No Age: Nouns [Sub Pop]
Old 97's: Blame It on Gravity [New West]
Ponytail: Ice Cream Spiritual! [We Are Free]
The Rail Band: Rail Band 2: Mansa [Belle Epoque]
Robyn: Robyn [Konichiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope]
Santogold: Santogold [Downtown]
Sleeping in the Aviary: Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel [Science of Sound]
Stew, Rodewald and Various Artists: Passing Strange [Ghostlight]
Taylor Swift: Fearless [Big Machine]
They Might Be Giants: Here Come the 123s [Disney Sound]
T.I.: Paper Trail [Grand Hustle/Atlantic]
Tokyo Police Club: Elephant Shell [Saddle Creek]
Toumast: Ishumar [RealWorld]
Sir Victor Uwaifo: Guitar-Boy Superstar: 1970-1976 [Soundway]
Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend [XL]
Wee Hairy Beasties: Holidays Gone Crazy [Wee Beatz]
Kanye West: 808s & Heartbreak [Roc-A-Fella]
White Denim: Workout Holiday [Full Time Hobby]
Arriba la Cumbia! [Crammed Discs]
Black Stars: Ghanas Hiplife Generation [Out Here]
Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump: Original Heavyweight Afrobeat, Highlife & Afro-Funk [Strut]
Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues [Soundway]
Rich Man's War [Ruf]
The Rough Guide to Colombian Street Party [World Music Network]
The Rough Guide to the Music of Romanian Gypsies [World Music Network]
Umalali: The Garifuna Women's Project [Cumbancha]

B+

Atmosphere: When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold [Rhymesayers Entertainment]
Issa Bagayogo: Mali Koura [Six Degrees]
Buck 65: Dirtbike [no label]
Buena Vista Social Club: At Carnegie Hall [Nonesuch]
Calle 13: Los de Atras Vienen Conmigo [Norte]
Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy [Geffen]
GZA/Genius: Pro Tools [Babygrande]
Mariem Hassan: Deseos [Nubenegra]
The Hold Steady: Stay Positive [Vagrant]
Kasai Allstars: In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic [Crammed Discs]
Paul Kelly: Greatest Hits: Songs From the South; Volumes 1 & 2 [Capitol]
Jenny Lewis: Acid Tongue [Warner Bros.]
Los Campesinos!: We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed [Arts & Crafts]
Man Man: Rabbit Habits [Anti-]
The Mighty Underdogs: Droppin' Science Fiction [Def Jux]
The Mountain Goats: Heretic Pride [4AD]
Jay Reatard: Matador Singles '08 [Matador]
Seprewa Kasa: Seprewa Kasa [Riverboat]
T-Pain: Thr33 Ringz [Jive]
Wire: Object 47 [Pinkflag]
Wussy: Rigor Mortis [Shake It EP]
ZZK Sound Vol. 1--Cumbia Digital [ZZK]

***

Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara: Soul Science [World Village]
Akon: Freedom [Konvict/Upfront/SRC/Universal]
All Star: Starlito's Way II [Grind Hard/Loyalty]
The Apples in Stereo: Electronic Projects for Musicians [Yep Roc]
Erykah Badu: New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) [Universal/Motown]
Beats Antique: Collide [CIA]
Glenna Bell: The Road Less Traveled [Glenna Bell]
Be Your Own Pet: Get Damaged [XL EP]
The Clash: Live at Shea Stadium: October 13, 1982 [Columbia/Legacy]
Ry Cooder: I, Flathead (Limited Deluxe Edition) [Nonesuch]
Dizzee Rascal: Maths + English [Def Jux]
DJ Drama & Lil Wayne: Dedication 3 [New Line]
Dub Colossus: A Town Called Addis [RealWorld]
Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006 [Columbia/Legacy]
Mike Edison and the Rocket Train Delta Science Arkestra: I Have Fun Everywhere I Go [Interstellar Roadhouse]
The Empire/Lil Wayne: The Drought Is Over Part Six [The Empire]
Estelle: Shine [Atlantic/Homeschool]
Flying Lotus: Los Angeles [Warp]
Fort Knox Five: Radio Free DC [Fort Knox]
Frightened Rabbit: The Midnight Organ Fight [Fat Cat]
Jean Grae: The Orchestral Files (Deluxe Edition) [Mammoth/Hollywood]
Abdel Hadi Halo & the El Gusto Orchestra of Algiers: Abdel Hadi Halo & the El Gusto Orchestra of Algiers [Honest Jon's]
Hank III: Damn Right, Rebel Proud [Sidewalk]
PJ Harvey: The Peel Sessions 1991-2004 [Island]
Ice Cube: Raw Footage [Lench Mob]
Iron & Wine: The Shepherd's Dog [Sub Pop]
Juaneco y Su Combo: Juaneco y Su Combo [Barbès]
Kocani Orkestar: The Ravished Bride [Crammed Discs]
Little Jackie: The Stoop [S-Curve]
Shelby Lynne: Just a Little Lovin' [Lost Highway]
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks: Real Emotional Trash [Matador]
Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar: Go Marko Go! [Piranha]
Del McCoury: Moneyland [Custard/Kill Rock Stars]
Menya: Puss Coital [no label]
Moby: Last Night [Mute]
Peter Morèn: The Last Tycoon [Quarterstick]
N.E.R.D.: Seeing Sounds [Interscope]
Okkervil River: The Stand Ins [Jagjaguwar]
Portishead: Third [Mercury/Island]
Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog: Party Intellectuals [Pi]
Darius Rucker: Learn to Live [Capitol]
RZA as Bobby Digital: Digi Snacks [Koch]
Silver Jews: Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea [Drag City]
Jazmine Sullivan: Fearless [J]
Randy Travis: Around the Bend [Warner Bros.]
Waco Brothers: Waco Express: Live & Kickin' at Schuba's Tavern Chicago [Bloodshot]
Wale: The Mixtape About Nothing [Purloined Datadisc]
Lucinda Williams: Little Honey [Lost Highway]
Yo Majesty: Futuristically Speaking: Never Be Afraid [Domino]
Yo Majesty: Kryptonite P---y EP [Domino EP]
Zomby: Where Were U in '92? [Cargo]
Princes Amongst Men: Journeys With Gypsy Musicians [Asphalt Tango]
The Rough Guide to Calypso Gold [World Music Network]
The Rough Guide to Cuban Street Party [World Music Network]
Whiskey in the Jar: Essential Irish Drinking Songs & Sing Alongs [Legacy]

**

Gaye Adegbalola: Gaye Without Shame [VizzTone]
Amsterdam Klezmer Band: Zaraza [Essay]
Balla et Ses Balladins: The Syliphone Years [Sterns Africa]
David Banner: The Greatest Story Ever Told [Big Face/SRC/Universal/Motown]
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin: Holon [ECM]
The Bigfellas: Chubbed Up [no label]
The Bug: London Zoo [Ninja Tune]
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! [Anti-]
Clinic: Do It! [Domino]
Clipse: Clipse Presents: Re-Up Gang [Koch]
Common: Universal Mind Control [Geffen]
Crystal Castles: Crystal Castles [Last Gang]
Miley Cyrus: Breakout [Hollywood]
The Dandy Warhols: . . . Earth to the Dandy Warhols . . . [Beat the World]
Death Cab for Cutie: Narrow Stairs [Atlantic]
Le Général Defao: Anthologie Defao [FFRR]
Dengue Fever: Venus on Earth [M80]
DJ Dolores: 1 Real [Crammed Discs]
DJ Muggs & Planet Asia: Pain Language [Gold Dust]
Dr. Dooom: Dr. Dooom 2 [Threshold Recordings]
Dr. John: City That Care Forgot [429]
Mike Doughty: Golden Delicious [ATO]
The Dresden Dolls: No, Virginia . . . [RoadRunner]
Drexel: River of Chowder [Dayton, Ohio]
Duffy: Rockferry [Mercury/Rough Trade]
Bill Easley: Business Man's Bounce [18th & Vine]
Kathleen Edwards: Asking for Flowers [Zoë]
El Compa Chuy: Alacrana Lavada [Norte]
eMC: The Show [M3]
Eténésh & Le Tigre (Des Platanes): Zèraf! [Buda Musique]
Bob Frank: Red Neck Blue Collar [Memphis International]
Greta Gaines: Whiskey Thoughts [Justice]
Gang Gang Dance: Saint Dymphna [The Social Registry]
Grampall Jookabox: Ropechain [Asthmatic Kitty]
The Heavy Hearts: A Killer of Snakes [Selector Sound]
Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid: NYC [Domino]
Karl Hector & the Malcouns: Sahara Swing [Now-Again]
Hercules and Love Affair: Hercules and Love Affair [DFA]
Hi-Fidel: The Company of Toth [F5]
Hot Chip: Made in the Dark [Astralwerks]
Hot Club de Norvege: Django Music [Hot Club]
I See Hawks in L.A.: Hallowed Ground [Big Book]
Kaiser Chiefs: Off With Their Heads [Universal/Motown]
Kings of Leon: Only by the Night [RCA]
The Long Blondes: Couples [Rough Trade]
Lyrics Born: Everywhere at Once [Anti-]
Madonna: Hard Candy [Warner Bros.]
Kathy Mattea: Coal [Captain Potato]
Nas & DJ Green Lantern: The N----- Tape [Purloined Datadisc]
Willie Nelson: Moment of Forever [Lost Highway]
Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis: Two Men With the Blues [Blue Note]
Ne-Yo: Year of the Gentleman [Def Jam]
Dawn Oberg: Horticulture Wars [Blossom Theory]
Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping [Polyvinyl]
Fernando Otero: Pagina de Buenos Aires [Nonesuch]
Amanda Palmer: Who Killed Amanda Palmer [Roadrunner]
Grant Peeples: It's Later Than You Think [grantpeeples.com]
Katy Perry: One of the Boys [Capitol]
Ghislain Poirier: No Ground Under [Ninja Tune]
Pretenders: Break Up the Concrete [Shangri-La]
Jay Reatard: Singles 06-07 [In the Red]
Otis Redding: Live in London and Paris [Stax]
Saigon: Belly of the Beast: The Scram Jones Files [Def Digital]
The Service Industry: Limited Coverage [Sauspop]
Harry Shearer: Songs of the Bushmen [Courgette]
Willie "The Lion" Smith & Don Ewell: Stride Piano Duets: Live in Toronto, 1966 [Delmark]
Todd Snider: Peace Queer [Aimless]
Solange: Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams [Music World/Geffen]
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em: iSouljaboytellem [ColliPark Music/Interscope]
Britney Spears: Circus [Jive]
The Streets: Everything Is Borrowed [Vice]
Robin Thicke: Something Else [Star Trak/Interscope]
Think of One: Camping Shaabi [Crammed Discs]
The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing [Columbia]
Touchers: Blithe [Mental]
Tricky: Knowle West Boy [Domino]
Vivian Girls: Vivian Girls [In the Red]
Was (Not Was): Boo! [Rykodisc]
Wye Oak: If Children [Merge]
Young Jeezy: The Recession [Def Jam]
Body of War: Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran [Sire]
Delmark: 55 Years of Blues [Delmark]
A Jazz & Blues Christmas [Putumayo World Music]
The Rough Guide to Klezmer Revival [World Music Network]
The Rough Guide to Klezmer Revolution [World Music Network]
The Rough Guide to the Music of the Hungarian Gypsies [World Music Network]

*

Adele: 19 [XL/Columbia]
The Airborne Toxic Event: The Airborne Toxic Event [Major Domo]
Babylon Circus: Dances of Resistance [Mr. Bongo]
Eef Barzelay: Lose Big [429]
Walter Becker: Circus Money [5 Over 12]
Black 47: Iraq [UFO]
Blitzen Trapper: Furr [Sub Pop]
Blues Anatomy With Jef Lee Johnson: Rediscovering Lonnie Johnson [Range]
Boom Pan: Puerto Rican Nights [Essay]
Tom Breiding: The Unbroken Circle: Songs of the West Virginia Coalfields [AmeriSon]
Zac Brown Band: The Foundation [Atlantic]
Bun B: II Trill [Rap-a-Lot]
Cadence Weapon: Afterparty Babies [Anti-]
Coldplay: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends [Capitol]
Keyshia Cole: A Different Me [Def Jam]
The Cool Kids: The Bake Sale [Chocolate Industries]
Craig David: Trust Me [Reprise]
Deerhunter: Microcastle [Kranky]
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: 11th Hour [Def Jux]
The Dirty Hearts: Pigs [Socyermom]
D.O.A.: Northern Avenger [Sudden Death]
Etran Finatawa: Desert Crossroads [Riverboat]
Craig G & Marley Marl: Operation Take Back Hip-Hop [Traffic Entertainment/Good Hands]
Hanggai: Introducing Hanggai [Riverboat]
H Is for Hellgate: Come for the Peaks, Stay for the Valleys [Scissor City Sound]
I'm From Barcelona: Let Me Introduce My Friends [Mute]
Immortal Technique: The 3rd World [Viper]
The (International) Noise Conspiracy: The Cross of My Calling [Vagrant]
Japanese Motors: Japanese Motors [Vice]
B.B. King: One Kind Favor [Geffen]
Chris Knight: Heart of Stone [Drifters Church]
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu [Heads Up]
Land of Talk: Some Are Lakes [Saddle Creek]
Lil Wayne: Lil Weezy-ana Vol. 1 [Purloined Datadisc]
Magik Markers: Boss [Ecstatic Peace!]
Murs: Murs for President [Reprise]
Nada Surf: Lucky [Barsuk]
North Mississippi All Stars: Hernando [Songs of the South]
Novalima: Coba Coba [Cumbancha]
The Pica Beats: Beating Back the Claws of the Cold [Hardly Art]
Q-Tip: Abstract Innovations [free download]
Q-Tip: The Renaissance [Universal/Motown]
A.R. Rahman: The Best of A.R. Rahman [Legacy]
Ride the Boogie: Ride the Boogie [Longhair Illuminati/Boogie Disks]
Seal: Soul [Warner Bros.]
The Service Industry: Keep the Babies Warm [Sauspop]
7L & Esoteric: Esoteric vs. Japan: Pterodactyl Takes Tokyo [Fly Casual]
Paul Shapiro: Essen [Tzadik]
She & Him: Volume One [Merge]
Ashton Shepherd: Sounds So Good [Mercury Nashville]
The So So Glos: The So So Glos [Green Owl]
Marnie Stern: This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That [Kill Rock Stars]
Tab the Band: Pulling Out Just Enough to Win [North St.]
Otis Taylor: Recapturing the Banjo [Telarc]
The Teenagers: Reality Check [XL]
Times New Viking: Rip It Off [Matador]
Titus Andronicus: The Airing of Grievances [Troubleman Unlimited]
The Very Best: Esau Mwamawaya and Radioclit Are the Very Best [Ghettopop/Green Owl]
Loudon Wainwright III: Recovery [Yep Roc]
Why?: Alopecia [Anticon]
Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun [Capitol]
Michael Winograd: Bessarabian Hop [Midwood Sounds]
Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby: Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby [Stiff]
Yoome: The Boredom of Me [Audio 8]
Hector Zazou: In the House of Mirrors [Crammed Discs]
The Rough Guide to Latin Street Party [World Music Network]

Joseph Arthur: Could We Survive [Lonely Astronaut]
Beck: Modern Guilt [Interscope]
Rick Berlin: Old Stag [Hi-N-Dry]
The Bird and the Bee: Please Clap Your Hands [Metro Blue]
Laura Cantrell: Trains and Boats and Planes [Diesel Only EP]
Mariah Carey: E=MC2 [Island]
Chairlift: Does You Inspire You [Kanine]
Cold War Kids: Loyalty to Loyalty [Downtown]
Miley Cyrus: Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus [Hollywood]
Baby Dee: Safe Inside the Day [Drag City]
Devin the Dude: Landing Gear [Razor & Tie]
Lucky Dube: Retrospective [Rykodisc]
The Duhks: Fast Paced World [Sugar Hill]
Eagles of Death Metal: Heart On [Downtown]
Michael Franti & Spearhead: Yell Fire! [Anti-]
Ghostface Killah: GhostDeini the Great [Def Jam]
John Hiatt: Same Old Man [New West]
H Is for Hellgate: H Is for Hellgate [Stereotype]
Ice Cube: In the Movies [Priority]
Alan Jackson: Good Time [Arista Nashville]
Jaguar Love: Take Me to the Sea [Matador]
Joey + Rory: The Life of a Song [Sugar Hill]
KatJonBand [Jon Langford & Kat Ex]: KatJonBand [Carrot Top]
King Khan & the Shrines: What Is?! [Hazelwood]
Labelle: Back to Now [Verve Forecast]
Lorraine Leckie and Her Demons: Four Cold Angels [RatLegz]
Lil Mama: VYP: Voice of the Young People [Jive]
Ludacris: Theater of the Mind [Disturbing Tha Peace]
Megapuss: Surfing [Vapor]
Valorie Miller: Autumn Eyes [valoriemiler.com]
Milton: Grand Hotel [Tman]
Jason Mraz: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things [Atlantic]
My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges [ATO]
Willie Nelson: Texas in My Soul [American Beat]
Brad Paisley: Play [Arista Nashville]
Dolly Parton: Backwoods Barbie [Dolly]
Kellie Pickler: Kellie Pickler [BNA]
Pink: Funhouse [LaFace]
Elvis Presley: Elvis Presley Christmas Duets [RCA]
The Raconteurs: Consolers of the Lonely [Warner Bros.]
R.E.M.: Accelerate [Warner Bros.]
Rihanna: Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded [Def Jam]
Sharon Robinson: Everybody Knows [Sharon Robinson Songs]
Bruce Robison: His Greatest [Premium]
The Rolling Stones: Shine a Light [Virgin]
Stuart Rosh & the Geniuses: Fundamental [Winged Flight]
Shearwater: The Snow Leopard [Matador]
George Stanford: Big Drop [Mercury]
Sugarland: Love on the Inside [Mercury Nashville]
Tab the Band: Long Weekend [North St.]
Pat Todd & the Rankoutsiders: Holdin' Onto Trouble's Hand [Rankoutsiders]
Usher: Here I Stand [LaFace/Zomba]
Simon White: I Am the Man [Honest Jon's]
White Denim: Exposion [Transmission Entertainment]
Tomer Yosef: Laughing Underground [JDub]
Disturbia Remixes [Def Jam]
The Jewish Songbook [Shout! Factory]
Love, Peace & Poetry: Chilean Psychedelic Music [Tee Pee]
The Rough Guide to African Street Party [World Music Network]
The Rough Guide to Turkish Café [World Music Network]
Step Up 2 the Streets [Atlantic]

B

Beyoncé: I Am . . . Sasha Fierce [Music World/Columbia]
Leona Lewis: Spirit [J/Syco]

B-

DeVotchKa: A Mad and Faithful Telling [Anti-]
Fall Out Boy: Folie à Deux [Island]
The Knux: Remind Me in 3 Days . . . [Interscope]
Snoop Dogg: Ego Trippin' [Geffen]

C+

Natasha Bedingfield: Pocketful of Sunshine [Epic/Phonogenic]
Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago [Jagjaguwar]
Rascal Flatts: Greatest Hits Volume 1 [Lyric Street]

C

Three 6 Mafia: Last 2 Walk [Hypnotize Minds/Columbia]

C-

Jeffrey Lewis: 12 Crass Songs [Rough Trade]
Shearwater: Rook [Matador]
Latin Reggae [Putumayo World Music]

D+

Plies: Definition of Real [Big Gates/Slip N Slide/Atlantic]

American Music Club: The Golden Age [Merge]
Antony and the Johnsons: Another World [Secretly Canadian]
The Avett Brothers: The Second Gleam [Ramseur EP]
The Band of Heathens: The Band of Heathens [BOH]
The Black Crowes: Warpaint [Silver Arrow]
The Black Keys: Attack & Release [Nonesuch]
Bloc Party: Intimacy [Atlantic]
Bon Iver: Blood Bank [Jagjaguwar]
Foxy Brown: Brooklyn's Don Diva [Koch]
Henry Butler: Pianola Live [Basin Street]
David Byrne & Brian Eno: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today [Todomundo]
Oana Catalina Chitu: Bucharest Tango [Asphalt Tango]
George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love: George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love [Shanachie]
Crystal Stilts: Alight of Night [Slumberland]
Billy Currington: Little Bit of Everything [Mercury]
Johnny Dangerous: White Hot [US2/Top Star/Crunks Not Dead]
Dap C & Lil Wayne: The Ma Money EP [NGU EP]
Ray Davies: Working Man's Café [New West]
Day26: Day26 [Bad Boy]
D'banj: No Long Thing [Blue Pie]
Department of Eagles: In Ear Park [4AD]
Destroyer: Trouble in Dreams [Merge]
Raheem DeVaughn: Love Behind the Melody [Jive/Zomba]
Toumani Diabate: The Mandé Variations [Nonesuch]
Marié Digby: Unfold [Hollywood]
DJ Khaled: We Global [Koch]
Dwele: Sketches of a Man [Koch]
Jakob Dylan: Seeing Things [Columbia]
Fennesz: Black Sea [Touch]
The Fireman: Electric Arguments [MPL]
Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes [Sub Pop]
Fleet Foxes: Sun Giant [Sub Pop]
The Game: LAX [Geffen]
The Gaslight Anthem: The '59 Sound [Side One Dummy]
Jose Gonzalez: In Our Nature [Mute]
Gym Class Heroes: The Quilt [Fueled by Ramen]
Harvey Milk: Life . . . The Best Game in Town [Hydra Head]
Health: Health/Disco [Lovepump United]
Vanessa Hudgens: Identified [Hollywood]
I'm From Barcelona: Who Killed Harry Houdini? [Mute]
Janet Jackson: Discipline [Island]
Lyfe Jennings: Lyfe Change [Columbia]
Scarlet Johansson: Anywhere I Lay My Head [Atco]
Jamey Johnson: That Lonesome Song [Mercury Nashville]
Danity Kane: Welcome to the Dollhouse [Bad Boy]
Killers: Day & Age [Island]
Sonya Kitchell: This Storm [Decca]
Klaxons: Myths of the Near Future [Rinse/DGC]
Patti LaBelle: Live in Washington, D.C. [Philadelphia International/Legacy]
Lady Antebellum: Lady Antebellum [Capitol]
The Last Shadow Puppets: The Age of the Understatement [Domino]
John Legend: Evolver [G.O.O.D. Music/Columbia]
Lindstrom: Where You Go I Go Too [Smalltown Supersound]
Little Joy: Little Joy [Rough Trade]
Local H: Twelve Angry Months [Shout! Factory]
Colin Meloy: Colin Meloy Sings Live! [Kill Rock Stars]
Janelle Monáe: Metropolis: The Chase Suite [Bad Boy]
Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman: The Fabled City [Epic]
Mudcrutch: Mudcrutch [Warner Bros.]
The Music Tapes: Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes [Merge]
My Brightest Diamond: A Thousand Shark's Teeth [Asthmatic Kitty]
The Offspring: Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace [Columbia]
Rakim: The Archive: Live, Lost & Found [Fast Life Music]
Flo Rida: Mail on Sunday [Atlantic]
Rise Against: Appeal to Reason [Interscope]
Secret Machines: Secret Machines [TSM]
Blake Shelton: Startin' Fires [Warner Bros.]
Sia: Some People Have Real Problems [Hear Music]
Sons and Daughters: This Gift [Domino]
Spiritualized: Songs in A&E [Sanctuary]
Edwin Starr: Liverpool 8 [Capitol]
Statehood: Lies and Rhetoric [Statehood]
Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko: Africa to Appalachia [Factor]
George Strait: Troubadour [MCA Nashville]
Trick Trick: The Villain [Koch]
Martha Wainwright: I Know You're Married but I've Got Feelings Too [Zoë]
Michelle Williams: Unexpected [Music World/Columbia]
Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue: Legacy Edition [Sony Legacy]
Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria [Soundway]

2007

2009