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Listing for 455 records from 2009 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+	Franco: *Francophonic Vol. 2* [Sterns Africa]
A	Lily Allen: *It's Not Me It's You* [Capitol] Amadou & Mariam: *Welcome to Mali* [Nonesuch] Black Eyed Peas: *The E.N.D.* [Interscope] Leonard Cohen: *Live in London* [Columbia] Marianne Faithfull: *Easy Come Easy Go* [Decca] Glasvegas: *Glasvegas* [Columbia] Nellie McKay: *Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day* [Verve] Mos Def: *The Ecstatic* [Downtown] Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel: *Willie and the Wheel* [Bismeaux] Nirvana: *Live at Reading* [DGC] Brad Paisley: *American Saturday Night* [Arista Nashville] tUnE-yArDs: *BiRd-BrAiNs* [4AD] Loudon Wainwright III: *High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project* [161] Wussy: *Wussy* [Shake It] The xx: *The xx* [XL/Young Turks]
A-	An Horse: *Rearrange Beds* [Mom + Pop] Art Brut: *Art Brut vs. Satan* [Downtown] Mulatu Astatke: *New York-Addis-London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975* [Strut] Mulatu Astatke/The Heliocentrics: *Inspiration Information, Vol. 3* [Strut] The Avett Brothers: *I and Love and You* [American] MC Paul Barman: *Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud* [Househusband] David Bazan: *Curse Your Branches* [Barsuk] Goran Bregovic: *Alkohol* [Wrasse] The Coathangers: *Scramble* [Suicide Squeeze] The Dead Weather: *Horehound* [Third Man] Death Cab for Cutie: *The Open Door* [Atlantic EP] Deer Tick: *Born on Flag Day* [Partisan] Doom: *Born Like This* [Lex] Drive-By Truckers: *The Fine Print (A Collection of Oddities and Rarities): 2003-2008* [New West] Fever Ray: *Fever Ray* [Rabid/Mute] The Flaming Lips: *Embryonic* [Warner Bros.] Béla Fleck: *Throw Down Your Heart* [Rounder] Fruit Bats: *The Ruminant Band* [Sub Pop] Ghostface Killah: *Ghostdini Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City* [Def Jam] Girls: *Album* [True Panther/Fantasy Trashcan] God Help the Girl: *God Help the Girl* [Matador] Group Bombino: *Guitars From Agadez Vol. 2* [Sublime Frequencies] PJ Harvey & John Parish: *A Woman a Man Walked By* [Island] Richard Hell: *Destiny Street Repaired* [Insound.com] Veda Hille: *This Riot Life* [Ape House] The Hold Steady: *A Positive Rage* [Vagrant] Patterson Hood: *Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs)* [Ruth St.] Jay-Z: *The Blueprint 3* [The Null Corporation] K'naan: *Troubadour* [A&M] Kronos Quartet: *Floodplain* [Nonesuch] Lady Gaga: *The Fame Monster* [Interscope] Lady Sovereign: *Jigsaw* [Midget] Miranda Lambert: *Revolution* [Columbia] Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca: *Retrospectiva* [Mopiato Music] Jinx Lennon: *Trauma Themes Idiot Times* [Septic Tiger] Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard: *Em Are I* [Rough Trade] Living Things: *Habeas Corpus* [Jive] The Lonely Island: *Incredibad* [Universal/Republic] Rhett Miller: *Rhett Miller* [Shout! Factory] Nicki Minaj: *Beam Me Up Scotty* [Trapaholics download] Moby: *Wait for Me* [Mute] Modest Mouse: *No One's First, and You're Next* [Epic EP] The Mountain Goats: *The Life of the World to Come* [4AD] New York Dolls: *'Cause I Sez So* [Atco] Occidental Brothers Dance Band International: *Odo Sanbra* [Occidental Brothers] The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: *The Pains of Being Pure at Heart* [Slumberland] A Place to Bury Strangers: *Exploding Head* [Mute] Jay Reatard: *Watch Me Fall* [Matador] Oumou Sangaré: *Seya* [Nonesuch] Shabazz Palaces: *Of Light* [Switchblade Music/Templar EP] Shabazz Palaces: *Shabazz Palaces* [Switchblade Music/Templar EP] Shakira: *She Wolf* [Epic] Sonic Youth: *The Eternal* [Matador] Regina Spektor: *Far* [Sire] Staff Benda Bilili: *Très Très Fort* [Crammed Discs] Tegan and Sara: *Sainthood* [Vapor/Sire] Allen Toussaint: *The Bright Mississippi* [Nonesuch] Rokia Traoré: *Tchamantche* [Nonesuch] White Denim: *Fits* [Downtown] Wilco: *Wilco (The Album)* [Nonesuch] Yeah Yeah Yeahs: *It's Blitz!* [Interscope] Neil Young: *Fork in the Road* [Reprise] *African Pearls: Senegal 70: Musical Effervescence* [Syllart] *Beatles Beginnings* [Rhythmand Blues] *Dark Was the Night* [4AD] *Panama! 2* [Soundway] *The Panic Is On* [Shanachie] *The Rough Guide to Merengue Dance* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to Tango Revival* [World Music Network]
B+	Bako Dagnon: *Sidiba* [Discograph] J. Dilla: *Jay Stay Paid* [AntAcidAudio] The Dirty Projectors: *Bitte Orca* [Domino] Drive-By Truckers: *Live From Austin TX* [New West] Bob Dylan: *Together Through Life* [Columbia] Eve & the Heartmaker: *Let's Keep This Up Forever* [Sony] Golem: *Citizen Boris* [JDub] Jemina Pearl: *Break It Up* [Universal Motown] Tommy Johnson: *Essential Blues Masters* [Goldenlane] Kal: *Radio Romanista* [Asphalt Tango] The Morells: *The Best Bar Band Ever! 'Live' in '84* [Almeron] Willie Nelson: *American Classic* [Blue Note] Orchestra Baobab: *La Belle Époque 1971-1977* [Syllart] P.S. Eliot: *Introverted Romance in Our Troubled Minds* [Salinas] The Rail Band: *Rail Band 3: Dioba* [Belle Epoque] Serengeti: *Conversations With Kenny & The Legacy of Lee* [Goldenfloyd] Todd Snider: *The Excitement Plan* [Yep Roc] Tin Huey: *Before Obscurity: The Bushflow Tapes* [Smog Veil] *Ouaga Affair: Hard Won Sound of the Upper Volta 1974-78* [Savannaphone] *The Rough Guide to Gypsy Revival* [World Music Network]
*******	Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara: *Tell No Lies* [RealWorld] Amerie: *In Love & War* [Def Jam] Annie: *Don't Stop* [Totally/Smalltown Supersound] The Asteroids Galaxy Tour: *Fruit* [Small Giants] MC Paul Barman: *Full Buck Moon Kaboom* [Househusband] Björk: *Voltaic* [Nonesuch] Mary J. Blige: *Stronger* [Geffen] The Bottle Rockets: *Lean Forward* [Bloodshot] Bygones: *By-* [Sargent House] Ralph Carney: *Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project* [Akron Cracker] Marshall Crenshaw: *Jaggedland* [429] The Da Vincis: *See You Tonight* [Olympic] On Ka'a Davis: *Seed of Djuke* [LiveWired Music] The Defibulators: *Corn Money* [City Salvage] El Goodo: *Coyote* [Grease] Extra Golden: *Thank You Very Quickly* [Thrill Jockey] Fuck Buttons: *Tarot Sport* [Tuff Gong/Universal] God Help the Girl: *Stills* [Matador] Gogol Bordello: *Live From Axis Mundi* [Side One Dummy] Ida Maria: *Fortress Round My Heart* [Mercury] Leela James: *Let's Do It Again* [Shanachie] Japandroids: *Post-Nothing* [Polyvinyl] Kid Sister: *Ultraviolet* [Universal Republic] Kottarashky: *Opa Hey!* [Asphalt Tango] Ryan Leslie: *Ryan Leslie* [Casablanca/Universal/Motown] Major Lazer: *Guns Don't Kill People . . . Lazers Do* [Downtown] Metric: *Fantasies* [Metric/Last Gang] Mi Loco Tango: *Del Diablo y Del Angel* [Essay] Mr. Lif: *I Heard It Today* [Bloodbot Tactical Enterprises] Nils Petter Molvaer: *Hamada* [Sula/Universal] Geoff Muldaur and the Texas Sheiks: *Geoff Muldaur and the Texas Sheiks* [Tradition & Moderne] Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy: *Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy* [Stony Plain] Willie Nelson: *Naked Willie* [RCA Nashville/Legacy] Joe Nichols: *Old Things New* [Universal South] No Age: *Losing Feeling* [Sub Pop EP] NOFX: *Coaster* [Fat Wreck Chords] Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: *Between My Head and the Sky* [Chimera] Pet Shop Boys: *Yes* [Astralwerks] P.O.S.: *Never Better* [Rhymesayers Entertainment] Raekwon: *Only Built for Cuban Linx . . . Pt. 2* [Ice H2O] Son de Madre: *Son de Mi Tierra* [Smithsonian/Folkways] Soulico: *Exotic on the Speaker* [JDub] Strange Boys: *And Girls Club* [In the Red] Telekinesis: *Telekinesis!* [Merge] They Might Be Giants: *Here Comes Science* [Disney Sound] Vieux Farka Touré: *Fondo* [Six Degrees] Tanya Tucker: *My Turn* [Saguaro Road] Two Fingers: *Two Fingers* [Paper Bag] M. Ward: *Hold Time* [Merge] Wetdog: *Frauhaus!* [Captured Tracks] Wonderlick: *Topless at the Arco Arena* [Rock Ridge Music] Yonlu: *A Society in Which No Tear Is Shed Is Inconceivably Mediocre* [Luaka Bop] *In the Pines: Tar Heel Folk Songs & Fiddle Tunes* [Old Hat] *War Child Presents Heroes: An Album to Benefit Children Affected by War* [Astralwerks/War Child]
**	Abe Vigoda: *Reviver* [PPM EP] Ahilea: *Cafe Svetlana* [Essay] John Anderson: *Bigger Hands* [Country Crossing] Ashford & Simpson: *The Real Thing* [Burgundy] The Asteroids Galaxy Tour: *Around the Bend EP* [Small Giants EP] THe BAcksliders: *Thank You* [thebacksliders.com] Basement Jaxx: *Scars* [Ultra/XL] Bell Orchestre: *As Seen Through Windows* [Arts & Crafts] The Black Crowes: *Before the Frost . . .* [Silver Arrow] Brother Ali: *The Truth Is Here* [Rhymesayers Entertainment] Neko Case: *Middle Cyclone* [Anti-] The Clean: *Mister Pop* [Merge] Clem Snide: *Hungry Bird* [429] Clipse: *Til the Casket Drops* [Columbia] Jarvis Cocker: *Further Complications* [Rough Trade] J Cole: *The Warm Up* [Roc Nation download] Nat King Cole: *Re:Generations* [Capitol] Elvis Costello: *Secret, Profane & Sugarcane* [Hear Music] Cracker: *Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey* [429] Cut Copy: *In Ghost Colours* [Modular] Cymbals Eat Guitars: *Why There Are Mountains* [Sister's Den] Speech Debelle: *Speech Therapy* [Big Dada] Deer Tick: *War Elephant* [Partisan] DJ /Rupture & Matt Shadetek: *Solar Life Raft* [The Agriculture] Swamp Dogg: *Give 'Em as Little as You Can . . . as Often as You Have to . . . or . . . A Tribute to Rock 'n' Roll* [S-Curve] The Donnas: *Greatest Hits Vol. 16* [Purple Feather] Donwill: *Don Cusack in High Fidelity* [iM] Drakkar Sauna: *20009* [Marriage] Dubblestandart: *Return From Planet Dub* [Collision] The Flatlanders: *Hills and Valleys* [New West] Flight of the Conchords: *Flight of the Conchords* [Sub Pop] Group Doueh: *Treeg Salaam* [Sublime Frequencies] James Hand: *Shadow on the Ground* [Rounder] Handsome Family: *Honey Moon* [Carrot Top] Jon Hassell: *Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street* [ECM] Levon Helm: *Electric Dirt* [Vanguard] Jake One: *White Van Music* [Rhymesayers Entertainment] Wyclef Jean: *From the Hut, to the Projects to the Mansion* [MRI] Khingz: *From Slaveships to Spaceships* [E1] Kid Cudi: *Man on the Moon: The End of the Day* [Universal/Motown] Kitty, Daisy & Lewis: *Kitty, Daisy & Lewis* [DH/Mercer Street] Lightning Bolt: *Earthly Delights* [Loud] Living Colour: *The Chair in the Doorway* [Megaforce] Lucy Love: *Superbillion* [Superbillion] Lyle Lovett: *Natural Forces* [Lost Highway] Massive Attack: *Splitting the Atom* [Virgin] John Mayer: *Battle Studies* [Columbia] Mean Jeans: *Are You Serious?* [Dirtnap] Micachu and the Shapes: *Jewellery* [Rough Trade] Buddy and Julie Miller: *Written in Chalk* [New West] M.O.P.: *Foundation* [E1] Roy Nathanson: *Subway Moon* [Yellowbird] A.C. Newman: *Get Guilty* [Matador] Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band: *Outer South* [Merge] Grant Peeples: *Pawnshop* [Gatorbone] The Prodigy: *Invaders Must Die* [Take Me to the Hospital] Rancid: *Let the Dominoes Fall* [Hellcat] The Raveonettes: *In and Out of Control* [Vice] Regenerated Headpiece: *The New Animal* [Headsnack] Busta Rhymes: *Back on My B.S.* [Universal/Motown] Richmond Fontaine: *We Used to Think the Freeway Sounded Like a River* [El Cortez] Rihanna: *Rated R* [Def Jam] Roberto Rodriguez: *Timba Talmud* [Tzadik] Asher Roth: *Asleep in the Bread Aisle* [Capitol] Röyksopp: *Junior* [Astralwerks] Scream Along With Billy: *Scream Along With Billy* [Garagedog] Sila & the Afrofunk Experience: *Black President* [Visila] Buraka Som Sistema: *Black Diamond* [Fabric] Chris Smither: *Time Stands Still* [Signature Sounds] Jill Sobule: *California Years* [Pinko] Omar Souleyman: *Dabke 2020* [Sublime Frequencies] Street Sweeper Social Club (Tom Morello/Boots Riley): *Street Sweeper Social Club* [SSSC] Jamie T: *Kings & Queens* [Astralwerks] Talk Normal: *Sugarland* [Rare Book Room] The-Dream: *Love Vs. Hate* [Def Jam] Themselves: *CrownsDown* [Anticon] Themselves: *theFREEhoudini Deluxe* [Anticon] Robin Thicke: *Sex Therapy* [Star Trak/Interscope] This Moment in Black History: *Public Square* [Smog Veil] Tinariwen: *Imidiwan: Companions* [World Village] Tiny Masters of Today: *Skeletons* [Mute] The Very Best: *Warm Heart of Africa* [Green Owl] Sir Lord Von Raven: *Please Throw Me Back in the Ocean* [HappyParts] The Willowz: *Everyone* [Dim Mak] The Wingdale Community Singers: *Spirit Duplicator* [Scarlet Shame] Yo La Tengo: *Popular Songs* [Matador] *Dr. Boogie Presents Heavy Jelly: Essential Instrumentals 8* [Sub Rosa] *The Rough Guide to Afrobeat Revival* [World Music Network]
*	Animal Collective: *Merriweather Post Pavilion* [Domino] Sam Baker: *Cotton* [Music Road] Bibio: *Ambivalence Avenue* [Warp] Big Star: *Keep an Eye on the Sky* [Rhino] Bike for Three!: *More Heart Than Brains* [Anticon] Blitzen Trapper: *Black River Killer* [Sub Pop] Blk Jks: *After Robots* [Secretly Canadian] Bloodkin: *Baby, They Told Us We'd Rise Again* [SCI Fidelity] Brakes: *Touchdown* [Fat Cat] Brother Ali: Us [Rhymesayers Entertainment] Busdriver: *Jhelli Beam* [Anti-] Cage: *Depart From Me . . .* [Definitive Jux] Rodney Carrington: *El Nino Loco* [Capitol] Rosanne Cash: *The List* [Manhattan] Chrisette Michele: *Epiphany* [Def Jam] Eric Church: *Carolina* [Capitol] Kelly Clarkson: *All I Ever Wanted* [RCA] Cock Lorge Band: *The Leading Role* [Tubbys] Condo F---s: *F---book* [Matador] Shemekia Copeland: *Never Going Back* [Telarc] Cursive: *Mama, I'm Swollen* [Saddle Creek] James Luther Dickinson: *Dinosaurs Run in Circles* [Memphis International] Bob Dylan: *Christmas in the Heart* [Columbia] The Ettes: *Do You Want Power* [Take Root] Felt: *Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez* [Rhymesayers Entertainment] Franz Ferdinand: *Tonight* [Domino] Friday Night: *Friday Night* [Breakfast] Future of the Left: *Travels With Myself and Another* [4AD] The Girls: *Yes No Yes No Yes No* [Dirtnap] Grand Puba: *RetroActive* [Babygrande] Pat Green: *What I'm For* [BNA] Gucci Mane: *The State vs. Radric Davis* [Asylum] Gun Outfit: *Dim Light* [PPM] A Hawk and a Hacksaw: *Delivrance* [Leaf] The Reverend Horton Heat: *Laughin' & Cryin' With the Reverend Horton Heat* [Yep Roc] Michael Hurley: *Ida Con Snock* [Gnomonsong] India.Arie: *Testimony Vol. 2: Love & Politics* [Universal/Republic] Kissing Cousins: *Pillar of Salt* [Velvet Blue] KRS-One & Buckshot: *Survival Skills* [Duck Down Music] The La Drivers Union Por Por Group: *Klebo!* [Voxlox] Lady Gaga: *The Fame* [Interscope] Grant Langston: *Stand Up Man* [MSG] La Roux: *La Roux* [Polydor] Ryan Leslie: *Transition* [Casablanca/Universal/Motown] Madlib: *Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6: A Tribute to . . .* [Stones Throw] Manchester Orchestra: *Mean Everything to Nothing* [Favorite Gentlemen/Canvasback] Maxwell: *BLACKsummers'night* [Columbia] Mika Miko: *We Be Xuxa* [Post Present Medium] Mission of Burma: *The Sound the Speed the Light* [Matador] The Monks: *Black Monk Time* [Light in the Attic] Monsters of Folk: *Monsters of Folk* [Shangri-La Music] Nickodemus: *Sun People* [ESL] Henry Odem: *You're Wrong for That!* [cptimusic] Oreka Tx: *Nomadak Tx* [World Village] Paramore: *Brand New Eyes* [Fueled by Ramen] Phoenix: *Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix* [Loyaut/Glassnote] Placebo: *Battle for the Sun* [Vagrant] Chuck Prophet: *¡Let Freedom Ring!* [Yep Roc] Queen Ifrica: *Montego Bay* [VP] Rakim: *The Seventh Seal* [SMC] St. Vincent: *Actor* [Demon] Slavic Soul Party!: *Taketron* [Barbès] Souls of Mischief: *Montezuma's Revenge* [Hiero Imperium] Strange Boys: *Be Brave* [In the Red] Tommy T: *The Prester John Sessions* [Easy Star] Tanya Morgan: *Brooklynati* [iM] Tea Cozies: *Hot Probs* [So Hard] Thao With the Get Down Stay Down: *Know Better Learn Faster* [Kill Rock Stars] Third Eye Blind: *Ursa Major* [Megaforce] Aaron Tippin: *In Overdrive* [Country Crossing] Vivian Girls: *Everything Goes Wrong* [In the Red] Tom Waits: *Glitter and Doom Live* [Anti-] Xrabit + DMG$: *Hello World* [Big Dada] *Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Ghanaian Blues* [Soundway] *Preservation* [Preservation Hall] *The Rough Guide to Afrobeat Revolution* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to Tango* [World Music Network]
	A Camp: *Colonia* [Nettwerk] Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women: *Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women* [Yep Roc] Anjulie: *Anjulie* [Hear Music] Architecture in Helsinki: *Like It or Not* [Polyvinyl] Asylum Street Spankers: *God's Favorite Band* [Yellow Dog] Balkan Beat Box: *Nu Made [Remixes]* [JDub] The Boxmasters: *Modbilly* [Vanguard] Julian Casablancas: *Phrazes for the Young* [RCA] Discovery: LP [XL] DJ Quik & Kurupt: *Blaqkout* [Mad Science] Justin Townes Earle: *Midnight at the Movies* [Bloodshot] Flight of the Conchords: *I Told You I Was Freaky* [Sub Pop/HBO] Florence + the Machine: *Lungs* [Universal Republic] John Fogerty: *The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again* [Fortunate Son/Verve Forecast] Jamie Foxx: *Intuition* [J] Mayer Hawthorne: *Strange Arrangements* [Stones Throw] Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks: *Tangled Tales* [Surfdog] Kerry Hilson: *In a Perfect World . . .* [Mosley Music Group/Zone 4/Interscope] Jennifer Hudson: *Jennifer Hudson* [Arista] Ian Hunter: *Man Overboard* [New West] Michael Jackson: *The Music That Inspired the Movie Michael Jackson's This Is It* [Epic] Norah Jones: *The Fall* [Blue Note] Robert Earl Keen: *The Rose Hotel* [Lost Highway] Toby Keith: *American Ride* [Show Dog] Kitka: *Cradle Songs* [Diaphonica] Kris Kristofferson: *Closer to the Bone* [New West] Lil Wayne: *The Leak 6* [free download] Tim McGraw: *Southern Voice* [Curb] James McMurtry: *Live in Europe* [Lightning Rod] Menya: *The Sleepover Series Volume 1* [myspace.com/menyamusic] Willie Nelson: *Lost Highway* [Lost Highway] NOFX: *Cokie the Clown* [Fat Wreck Chords] Marsha Qrella: *Speak Low: Loewe and Weill in Exile* [Morr Music] Charlie Robison: *Beautiful Day* [Dualtone] Shawn Sahm With Augie Meyers: *Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm* [Vanguard] Screaming Females: *What If Someone Is Watching Their T.V.?* [Don Giovanni] Serengeti & Polyphonic: *Terradactyl* [Anticon] Sister Fa: *Sarabah: Tales From the Flipside of Paradise* [Piranha] The Slits: *Trapped Animal* [Narnack] Bruce Springsteen: *Working on a Dream* [Columbia] Taylor Swift: *Fearless: Platinum Edition* [Big Machine] Keith Urban: *Defying Gravity* [Capitol] Wale: *Attention Deficit* [Allido/Interscope] Young Money: *We Are Young Money* [Universal/Motown] *The Home Run EP* [Yep Roc EP] *The Rough Guide to Gypsy Music* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to Latin Lounge* [World Music Network]
B	Arctic Monkeys: *Humbug* [Domino] Alicia Keys: *The Element of Freedom* [J]
B-	Eminem: *Relapse* [Aftermath/Interscope] Q-Tip: *Kamaal the Abstract* [Battery] Them Crooked Vultures: *Them Crooked Vultures* [DGC/Interscope]
C+	Grizzly Bear: *Veckatimest* [Warp] Lynyrd Skynyrd: *God & Guns* [RoadRunner/Loud & Proud]
C	Bat for Lashes: *Two Suns* [Astralwerks] The Decemberists: *The Hazards of Love* [Capitol] Ginuwine: *A Man's Thoughts* [Asylum] Green Day: *21st Century Breakdown* [Reprise]
	Ryan Adams & the Cardinals: *Cardinology* [Lost Highway] Ryan Adams & the Cardinals: *Follow the Lights* [Lost Highway] Jason Aldean: *Wide Open* [Broken Bow] Animal Collective: *Fall Be Kind* [Domino] Antony and the Johnsons: *The Crying Light* [Secretly Canadian] Rodney Atkins: *It's America* [Curb] Bobby Bare Jr.: *The American Bread EP* [Junket Boy EP] Andrew Bird: *Noble Beast* [Fat Possum] Blk Jks: *Mystery* [Secretly Canadian] The Boxer Rebellion: *Union* [Boxer Rebellion] Brighton Port Authority: *I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat* [Southern Fried] Colbie Caillat: *Breakthrough* [Universal Republic] Mariah Carey: *Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel* [Island] Ciara: *Fantasy Ride* [LaFace] Chris Cornell: *Scream* [Mosley/Interscope] Crystal Antlers: *Tentacles* [Touch and Go] Dan Deacon: *Bromst* [Carpark] Dead Man's Bones: *Dead Man's Bones* [Anti-] Deradoorian: *Mind Raft EP* [Lovepump United EP] John Doe and the Sadies: *Country Club* [Yep Roc] Peter Doherty: *Grace/Wastelands* [Astralwerks] Steve Earle: *Townes* [New West] Fabolous: *Loso's Way* [Def Jam] 50 Cent: *Before I Self Destruct* [Aftermath] Franz Ferdinand: *Blood* [Domino] Chester French: *Love the Future* [Star Trak] The Gallows: *Grey Britain* [Reprise] Freddie Gibbs: *midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik* [myspace.com/freddiegibbs] Jolie Holland: *The Living and the Dead* [Anti-] Hopsin: *Gazing at the Moonlight* [Ruthless] The Horrors: *Primary Colours* [XL] Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit: *Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit* [Lightning Rod] Kool Keith, Denis Deft and Yeti Beats: *Bikinis n Thongs* [RBC] Ledisi: *Turn Me Loose* [Verve Forecast] LeToya: *Lady Love* [Capitol] Leona Lewis: *Echo* [Syco/J] The Low Anthem: *Oh My God, Charlie Darwin* [Nonesuch] Jason Lytle: *Yours Truly, The Commuter* [Anti-] Ziggy Marley: *Family Time* [Tuff Gong Worldwide] Matisyahu: *Light* [Epic] Martina McBride: *Shine* [RCA] M83: *Saturdays = Youth* [Mute] Ingrid Michaelson: *Everybody* [Cabin 24] Miike Snow: *Miike Snow* [Downtown] M.O.P.: *All Out War* [Howie McDuffie Music Group] Me'shell Ndegéocello: *Devil's Halo* [Mercer Street] Neon Indian: *Psychic Chasms* [Lefse] Noah and the Whale: *The First Days of Spring* [Interscope] The Noisettes: *Wild Young Hearts* [Mercury] Karen O and the Kids: *Where the Wild Things Are* [Interscope] Alec Ounsworth: *Mo Beauty* [Anti-] Peter Bjorn and John: *Living Thing* [Almost Gold/Star Time] Pissed Jeans: *King of Jeans* [Sub Pop] Eddi Reader: *Love Is the Way* [Rough Trade] 7L & Esoteric: *Serve or Suffer* [Fly Casual] Snoop Dogg: *Malice N Wonderland* [Priority] Sonseed: *Jesus Is a Friend of Mine* [Arrco] Subtle: *Exiting Arm* [Lex] A Sunny Day in Glasgow: *Ashes Grammar* [Mis Ojos] Susanna and the Magical Orchestra: 3 [Rune Grammofon] Swollen Members: *Armed to the Teeth* [Suburban Noize] Telepathe: *Dance Mother* [IAmSound] The Thermals: *Now We Can See* [Kill Rock Stars] Rob Thomas: *Cradlesong* [Atlantic] Trey Songz: *Ready* [Atlantic] Max Tundra: *Parallax Error Beheads You* [Domino] Carrie Underwood: *Play On* [19/Arista Nashville] Bobby V: *The Rebirth* [Blue Kolla Dreams] Wavves: *Wavvves* [Fat Possum] Wild Beasts: *Two Dancers* [Domino] Wye Oak: *The Knot* [Merge] Yim Yames: *Tribute To* [ATO] *Johnny Cash Remixed* [Compadre]

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