Various Artist Compilations: A

• About a Boy: Original Soundtrack by Badly Drawn Boy [2002, XL/Artist Direct] **
• Abstrakt Workshop 2 [1996, Shadow]
• Across the Universe [2007, Interscope]
• Adventures in Afropea 3: Telling Stories to the Sea [1995, Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.] A-
• The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert [1994, Mother]
• Africa Dances [1973, Authentic] A
• African Acoustic Vol. 2: Kenya Dry [1988, Original Music] B+
• African Ambience: The Ultimate African Dance Party [1999, Shanachie] A
• African Blues [2012, Putumayo World Music] *
• African Connection, Vol. 1: Zaire Choc! [1988, Celluloid] A+
• African Connection, Vol. 2: West Africa [1988, Celluloid] B+
• A*F*R*I*C*A*N E*L*E*G*A*N*T [1992, Original Sound]
• African Groove [2003, Putumayo World Music] *
• African Music [1983, Vertigo] A
• African Party [2007, Putumayo World Music]
• African Pearls: Congo: Pont Sur le Congo [2010, Syllart] A
• African Pearls: Senegal 70: Musical Effervescence [2009, Syllart] A-
• African Pearls: Sénégal--Echo Musical [2010, Syllart] ***
• African Pearls, Vol. 1: Rumba on the River [2006, Syllart] A-
• African Pearls: Côte d'Ivoire: West African Crossroads [2010, Syllart] **
• African Rumba [2016, Putamayo] A
• African Salsa [1998, Sterns/Earthworks] ***
• The African Typic Collection [1989, Earthworks] A-
• African Underground Vol 1: Hip-Hop Senegal [2004, Nomadic Wax] A-
• Africa Raps [2002, Trikont] A-
• Africa Remix: Ah Freak Iya [2005, Milan] A-
• Africolor 2 [1991, Celluloid]
• Afro-Beat Airways [2010, Analog Africa] ***
• Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983 [2013, Analog Africa] **
• Afrobeat . . . No Go Die! [2000, Shanachie] ***
• Afrobeats Hot Hits: New Urban Dance Grooves From Africa [2017, Shanachie] B+
• Afro-Latino [1998, Putamayo] A-
• Afro Latin Via Dakar [2011, Syllart Productions/Discograph] A-
• Afro Latin Via Kinshasa [2011, Syllart Productions/Discograph] A-
• Afro-Peruvian Classics: The Soul of Black Peru [1995, Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.] ***
• After Dark [2007, Feow!]
• Ain't Nuthin but a She Thing [1995, London]
• Alligator Records 30th Anniversary Collection [2001, Alligator] **
• All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs and Voice of Gregg Allman [2014, Rounder] **
• America Is Dying Slowly [1996, Red Hot]
• American Epic: The Best of Blues [2017, Lo-Max/Third Man/Columbia/Legacy] A
• American Epic: The Best of Country [2017, Lo-Max/Third Man/Columbia/Legacy] B+
• American Epic: The Collection [2017, Lo-Max/Third Man/Columbia/Legacy] A
• American Epic: The Soundtrack [2017, Legacy] A
• American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986 [2006, Rhino] *
• American Honey [2016, UMe] A
• American Polka [2002, Trikont] B+
• American Pop: An Audio History from Minstrel to Mojo on Record, 1893-1946 [1998, West Hill] A
• American Tunes: Songs by Paul Simon [2019, Ace] **
• And Then There Was Bass [1997, Mercedes/LaFace]
• Angola Soundtrack [2010, Analog Africa] B+
• Angola Soundtrack 2 [2014, Analog Africa] A-
• Anokha: Soundz of the Asian Underground [1997, Quango] C+
• Another World Is Possible [2005, Uncivilized World/UWe North America] **
• Anthology of American Folk Music [1997, Smithsonian/Folkways] A+
• Anthology of World Music: The Music of Afghanistan [2003, Rounder] ***
• Antifolk, Vol. 1 [2002, Rough Trade] ***
• Antone's Women: Bringing You the Best in Blues [1992, Antone's] B+
• Ape Records Vol. 1 [2017, Ape] ***
• AP Presents Industrial Strength Machine Music [1999, Rhino]
• Arabesque Tlata 3 [2003, React] A-
• Arabic Groove [2001, Putumayo World Music]
• Arriba la Cumbia! [2008, Crammed Discs] A-
• Assalam Aleikoum Africa Volume One (Progressive and Popular Music of West Africa) [1977, Antilles] B
• Assalam Aleikoum Africa Volume Two (Traditional and Modern Folk Music of West Africa) [1977, Antilles] B+
• Atlantic Rhythm & Blues, Vol. 3: 1955-1958 [1985, Atlantic]  
• Atlantic Unearthed: Soul Brothers [2006, Atlantic/Rhino]
• Atlantic Unearthed: Soul Sisters [2006, Atlantic/Rhino]
• Attack of the Killer B's [1983, Warner Bros.] B
• Aural Ecstasy: The Best of Techno [1993, Relativity] ***
• Austin Powers -- The Spy Who Shagged Me [1999, Maverick] *
• Authenticité: The Syliphone Years [2007, Sterns Africa] A-
• Avalon Blues: A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt [2001, Vanguard]
• Azagas and Archibogs [1991, Original Music] A-