| 1. |
Buck 65: Talkin' Honky Blues (WEA import) |
20 |
[CG] |
| 2. |
William Parker Violin Trio: Scrapbook (Thirsty Ear) |
12 |
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| 3. |
Kelis: Tasty (Star Trak/Arista) |
10 |
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| 4. |
Cedric Im Brooks & the Light of Saba: Cedric Im Brooks & the Light of Saba (Honest Jons) |
10 |
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| 5. |
Lyrics Born: Later That Day . . . (Quannum Projects) |
8 |
[CG] |
| 6. |
King Sunny Ade: The Best of the Classic Years (Shanachie) |
8 |
[CG] |
| 7. |
Matthew Shipp: Equilibrium (Thirsty Ear) |
8 |
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| 8. |
Amy Rigby: Til the Wheels Fall Off (Signature Sounds) |
8 |
[CG] |
| 9. |
Akrobatik: Balance (Coup d'État) |
8 |
[CG] |
| 10. |
When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 6: Poor Man's Heaven (Bluebird) |
8 |
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| 11. |
Gene Ammons: Fine and Mellow (Prestige) |
3 |
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| 12. |
William Parker Trio: . . . And William Danced (Ayler, 2002) |
3 |
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| 13. |
The Guitar and Gun: Highlife Music From Ghana (Stern's/Earthworks) |
3 |
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| 14. |
Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark: Dual Pleasure (Smalltown Supersound) |
3 |
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| 15. |
Warren Zevon: The Wind (Artemis) |
3 |
[CG] |
| 16. |
Gilad Atzmon: Exile (Enja) |
3 |
[CG] |
| 17. |
The Kings of Highlife (Wrasse) |
3 |
[CG] |
| 18. |
Hillbilly Boogie (Proper, 2002) |
3 |
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| 19. |
The Bad Plus: These Are the Vistas (Columbia) |
3 |
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| 20. |
Miroslav Vitous: Universal Syncopations (ECM) |
3 |
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| 21. |
High Explosion: DJ Sounds From 1970 to 1976 (Sanctuary/Trojan) |
2 |
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| 22. |
Drive-By Truckers: Decoration Day (New West) |
2 |
[CG] |
| 23. |
NOFX: The War on Errorism (Fat Wreck Chords) |
2 |
[CG] |
| 24. |
Al Green: I Can't Stop (Blue Note) |
2 |
[CG] |
| 25. |
William Parker Clarinet Trio: Bob's Pink Cadillac (Eremite, 2002) |
2 |
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| 26. |
Flowers in the Wildwood: Women in Early Country Music (Trikont) |
2 |
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| 27. |
Triple R: Friends (Kompakt, 2002) |
2 |
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| 28. |
Bettye Lavette: A Woman Like Me (Blues Express) |
2 |
[CG] |
| 29. |
Abdoulaye N'Diaye: Taoué (Justin Time) |
2 |
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| 30. |
Roy Haynes: Love Letters (Eighty-Eights/Columbia) |
2 |
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| 31. |
Lifesavas: Spirit in Stone (Quannum Projects) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 32. |
Jean Grae: The Bootleg of the Bootleg EP (Babygrande) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 33. |
Lucinda Williams: World Without Tears (Lost Highway) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 34. |
The Big Horn (Proper) |
1 |
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| 35. |
DJ Wally: Nothing Stays the Same (Thirsty Ear) |
1 |
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| 36. |
Anders Gahnold: Flowers for Johnny (Ayler) |
1 |
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| 37. |
Kimya Dawson: My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess (Important) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 38. |
Panjabi MC: Beware (Sequence) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 39. |
Miles Davis: The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia/Legacy) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 40. |
James Blood Ulmer: No Escape From the Blues (Hyena) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 41. |
The Rough Guide to Highlife (World Music Network) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 42. |
Arabesque Tlata 3 (React) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 43. |
Rancid: Indestructible (Hellcat) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 44. |
Globalista: Import-Export (Trikont, 2002) |
1 |
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| 45. |
June Carter Cash: Wildwood Flower (Dualtone) |
1 |
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| 46. |
Stan Getz: Bossas and Ballads: The Lost Sessions (Verve) |
1 |
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| 47. |
Trojan Box Set: Nyahbinghi (Sanctuary/Trojan) |
1 |
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| 48. |
King Sunny Ade: Synchro Series (IndigeDisc) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 49. |
Andrew Barker, Matthew Shipp, Charles Waters: Apostolic Polyphony (Drimala) |
1 |
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| 50. |
McEnroe: Disenfranchised (Peanuts and Corn) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 51. |
Russendisko: Hits (Trikont) |
1 |
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| 52. |
Yo La Tengo: Summer Sun (Matador) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 53. |
Vandermark 5: Airports for Light (Atavistic) |
1 |
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| 54. |
Electric Six: Fire (XL) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 55. |
Kid Koala: Some of My Best Friends Are DJs (Ninja Tune) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 56. |
Fannypack: So Stylistic (Tommy Boy) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 57. |
Zu: Igneo (Amanita, 2002) |
1 |
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| 58. |
Pink: Try This (Arista) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 59. |
Chris Knight: The Jealous Kind (Dualtone) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 60. |
Timbaland and Magoo: Under Construction Part II (Blackground/Universal) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 61. |
David Murray Latin Big Band: Now Is Another Time (Justin Time) |
1 |
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| 62. |
Black & Proud: The Soul of the Black Panther Era, Vol. 1 (Trikont, 2002) |
1 |
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| 63. |
Dino Saluzzi: Responsorium (ECM) |
1 |
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| 64. |
Missy Elliott: This Is Not a Test! (Elektra) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 65. |
Johnny Cash: American IV: The Man Comes Around (American, 2002) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 66. |
Brigitte DeMeyer: Nothing Comes Free (BDM) |
1 |
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| 67. |
Ndala Kasheba: Yellow Card (Limitless Sky, 2002) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 68. |
Cooper-Moore, Tom Abbs, Chad Taylor: Triptych Myth (Hopscotch) |
1 |
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| 69. |
The Klezmatics: Rise Up!/Shteyt Oyf! (Rounder) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 70. |
Clark Terry & Max Roach: Friendship (Eighty-Eights/Columbia) |
1 |
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| 71. |
Merle Haggard: Like Never Before (Hag) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 72. |
Nada Surf: Let Go (Barsuk) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 73. |
Aceyalone: Love and Hate (Decon) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 74. |
Steinski: Steinski's Burning Out of Control: The Sugarhill Mix (Antidote) |
1 |
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| 75. |
The Jaki Byard Quartet With Joe Farrell: The Last From Lennie's (Prestige) |
1 |
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| 76. |
Mutant Disco: A Subtle Dislocation of the Norm (ZE) |
1 |
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| 77. |
Koffi Olomide: Best of Koffi Olomide (Next Music import, 2002) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 78. |
Dominic Duval, Mark Whitecage: Rules of Engagement, Vol. 1 (Drimala) |
1 |
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| 79. |
Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk and Fusion in 70's Ghana (Soundway, 2002) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 80. |
Bill Cole: Seasoning the Greens (Boxholder, 2002) |
1 |
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| 81. |
The Bottle Rockets: Blue Sky (Sanctuary) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 82. |
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks: Pig Lib (Matador) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 83. |
EG Kight: Southern Comfort (Blue South) |
1 |
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| 84. |
Jemeel Moondoc Trio: Live at Glenn Miller Café Vol. 1 (Ayler, 2002) |
1 |
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| 85. |
Flying Groove (Bluebird) |
1 |
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| 86. |
Reverend Charlie Jackson: God's Got It: The Legendary Booker and Jackson Singles (CaseQuarter) |
1 |
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| 87. |
Dope and Glory: Reefer Songs der 30er und 40er Jahre (Trikont, 2002) |
1 |
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| 88. |
Andrew Hill: Passing Ships (Blue Note) |
1 |
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| 89. |
Bill Evans: Getting Sentimental (Milestone) |
1 |
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| 90. |
Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers (S-Curve) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 91. |
Daughter: Skin (Aum Fidelity) |
1 |
[CG] |
| 92. |
Watch How the People Dancing: Unity Sounds From the London Dancehall, 1986-1989 (Honest Jons, 2002) |
1 |
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| 93. |
FAB: Fonda-Altschul-Bang: Transforming the Space (CIMP) |
1 |
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| 94. |
Pet Shop Boys: Disco 3 (Sanctuary) |
1 |
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In 2002 I hardly had any
old music on my year-end list, for the first time since I started
buying CDs. In 2003 I started writing a reissues column, and now I
have tons of old music -- spend most of my life these days listening
to old music. So when the new music list came up short, I started to
add a few old items -- things that had never been released before,
or hadn't been released anywhere one might have found it, plus a
few innovative compilations. Then I tacked on a few 2002 releases
that I not only discovered this year, that I hadn't heard of back
in 2002, and that damn few people had. Voila, a list bigger than
ever. It's also, I'm afraid, a weirder list than ever. I've done
up some numbers on how things break down (cf. my website for them),
but even offhand this looks like a strange mix of avant-jazz,
alt-country, and old reggae. And underground rap, which may be
what I like best these days, even though I don't run into much
of it.
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