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Consumer Guide Grade List: A
Listing for 953 records at this grade.
- Roy Acuff:
The Essential Roy Acuff 1936-1949 [1993, Columbia/Legacy]
- King Sunny Ade:
The Message [1981, Sunny Alade]
- King Sunny Ade and His African Beats:
Aura [1984, Island]
- King Sunny Ade:
King of Juju [2002, Wrasse]
- Air:
Air Lore [1979, Arista Novus]
- Lily Allen:
It's Not Me It's You [2009, Capitol]
- Alvvays:
Blue Rev [2022, Polyvinyl/Transgressive]
- Amadou & Mariam:
Welcome to Mali [2009, Nonesuch]
- Ambitious Lovers:
Greed [1988, Virgin]
- Amyl and the Sniffers:
Comfort to Me [2021, ATO]
- John Anderson:
Greatest Hits [1984, Warner Bros.]
- Laurie Anderson:
United States Live [1984, Warner Bros.]
- Laurie Anderson:
Strange Angels [1989, Warner Bros.]
- Angry Samoans:
Inside My Brain [1980, Bad Trip]
- Angry Samoans:
Back from Samoa [1982, Bad Trip]
- Angry Samoans:
Gimme Samoa: 31 Garbage-Pit Hits [1987, PVC]
- Fiona Apple:
Fetch the Bolt Cutters [2020, Epic]
- The Apples in Stereo:
New Magnetic Wonder [2007, Yep Roc]
- Archers of Loaf:
Icky Mettle [1993, Alias]
- Archers of Loaf:
Vee Vee [1995, Alias]
- Louis Armstrong:
16 Most Requested Songs [1994, Columbia/Legacy]
- Louis Armstrong:
An American Icon [1998, Hip-O]
- Louis Armstrong:
The Complete Town Hall Concert 1947 [2004, Fresh Sound]
- Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington:
The Great Summit: The Master Takes [2000, Roulette Jazz]
- Louis Armstrong & Friends:
What a Wonderful Christmas [1997, Hip-O]
- Robert Ashley:
Perfect Lives (Private Parts)/The Bar [1980, Lovely Music]
- Fred Astaire:
Top Hat: Hits From Hollywood [1994, Columbia/Legacy]
- Cardi B:
Invasion of Privacy [2018, Atlantic]
- Eric B. & Rakim:
The Best of Eric B. & Rakim: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection [2001, Hip-O]
- Backxwash:
Deviancy [2019, Grimalkin]
- Bad Brains:
Banned in D.C.: Bad Brains Greatest Riffs [2003, Caroline]
- Erykah Badu:
Mama's Gun [2000, Universal]
- Chet Baker:
The Best of Chet Baker [2004, Riverside]
- Balkan Beat Box:
Nu Med [2007, JDub]
- Azealia Banks:
1991 [2012, Interscope]
- Azealia Banks:
Broke With Expensive Taste [2014, Prospect Park]
- Courtney Barnett:
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. [2015, Mom + Pop]
- The Baseball Project:
Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails [2008, Yep Roc]
- Count Basie:
The Best of Early Basie [1996, Decca]
- The Beach Boys:
The Beach Boys Love You [1977, Brother/Reprise]
- The Beastie Boys:
Paul's Boutique [1989, Capitol]
- The Beastie Boys:
Hello Nasty [1998, Grand Royal/Capitol]
- The Beatles:
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [1967, Capitol]
- The Beatles:
Hey Jude [1970, Apple]
- The Beatles:
The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl [1977, Capitol]
- The Beautiful South:
Blue Is the Colour [1997, Ark 21]
- Beauty Pill:
Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are [2015, Butterscotch]
- Beck:
Mellow Gold [1994, Bong Load/DGC]
- Nathan Bell:
Red, White and American Blues (It Couldn't Happen Here) [2021, Need to Know]
- Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga:
Love for Sale [2021, Columbia/Interscope]
- Chuck Berry:
The Chess Box [1988, MCA/Big Yard]
- Chuck Berry:
Live From Blueberry Hill [2021, Dualtone]
- Beyoncé:
Beyoncé (Platinum Edition) [2014, Columbia]
- B-52's:
The B-52's [1979, Warner Bros.]
- B-52's:
Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation [1998, Warner Bros.]
- Big Star:
Radio City [1974, Ardent]
- Big Thief:
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You [2022, 4AD]
- Gina Birch:
I Play My Bass Loud [2023, Third Man]
- Black Box Recorder:
The Facts of Life [2001, Jetset]
- Black Eyed Peas:
The E.N.D. [2009, Interscope]
- Black Flag:
Wasted Again [1987, SST]
- Black Thought & Salaam Remi:
Streams of Thought Vol. 2 [2018, Human Re Sources/Passyunk Productions]
- Black Uhuru:
Anthem [1984, Island]
- Black Uhuru:
The Best of Black Uhuru: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection [2002, Island]
- Bobby Bland:
Greatest Hits Volume One: The Duke Recordings [1998, MCA]
- Carsie Blanton:
Buck Up [2019, Carsie Blanton]
- Blaqstar:
The Divine EP [2011, N.E.E.T./Interscope/J.B. Starr Productions]
- The Blasters:
Non Fiction [1983, Slash]
- The Blasters:
Hard Line [1985, Slash]
- Paul Bley:
Live at the Hillcrest Club 1958 [1976, Inner City]
- Blondie:
Parallel Lines [1978, Chrysalis]
- Alpha Blondy:
The Best of Alpha Blondy [1990, Shanachie]
- Arthur Blythe:
Lenox Avenue Breakdown [1979, Columbia]
- Body Meta:
The Work Is Slow [2021, Hausu Mountain]
- The Boswell Sisters:
Shout, Sister, Shout! [2014, Retrospective]
- David Bowie:
Station to Station [1976, RCA Victor]
- David Bowie:
Changesonebowie [1976, RCA Victor]
- David Bowie:
Changesbowie [1990, Rykodisc]
- Boygenius:
The Record [2023, Interscope]
- Billy Bragg & Wilco:
Mermaid Avenue [1998, Elektra]
- Garth Brooks:
The Hits [1994, Liberty]
- Danny Brown:
uknowwhatimsayin? [2019, Warp]
- James Brown:
Sex Machine [1970, King]
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet:
Jazz Goes to College [1989, Columbia]
- Lenny Bruce:
The Best of Lenny Bruce [1962, Fantasy]
- Lenny Bruce:
To Is a Preposition; Come Is a Verb [1970, Douglas]
- Buck 65:
Talkin' Honky Blues [2003, WEA]
- Buck 65:
King of Drums [2022, Handsmade]
- Burial:
Untrue [2007, Cargo]
- Burial:
Rival Dealer [2013, Hyperdub]
- Burning Spear:
Harder Than the Best [1979, Mango]
- Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber:
Angels Over Oakanda [2021, CDBaby]
- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band:
Keep On Moving [1969, Elektra]
- Buzzcocks:
Operators Manual: Buzzcocks Best [1991, I.R.S.]
- Cadallaca:
Introducing Cadallaca [1998, K]
- John Cale:
Guts [1977, Island]
- Camper Van Beethoven:
Camper Van Beethoven [1986, Pitch-a-Tent]
- Canibus:
Can-I-Bus [1998, Universal]
- Lewis Capaldi:
Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent [2023, Capitol]
- Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band:
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) [1978, Warner Bros.]
- Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band:
The Dust Blows Forward: An Anthology [1999, Rhino]
- Care Bears on Fire:
Girls Like It Loud [2010, S-Curve]
- Carolina Chocolate Drops/Luminiscent Orchestrii:
Carolina Chocolate Drops/Luminiscent Orchestrii [2011, Nonesuch]
- Leroy Carr:
Whiskey Is My Habit, Good Women Is All I Crave: The Best of Leroy Carr [2004, Columbia/Legacy]
- Car Seat Headrest:
Teens of Denial [2016, Matador]
- James Carter:
The Real Quietstorm [1995, Atlantic]
- James Carter:
Conversin' With the Elders [1996, Atlantic]
- James Carter:
Chasin' the Gypsy [2000, Atlantic]
- James Carter:
Layin' in the Cut [2000, Atlantic]
- The Carter Family:
Can the Circle Be Unbroken [2000, Columbia/Legacy]
- Johnny Cash:
The Sun Years [1990, Rhino]
- Johnny Cash:
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 [1992, Columbia]
- Johnny Cash:
The Legend [2005, Columbia/Legacy]
- Johnny Cash:
American VI: Ain't No Grave [2010, American]
- Rosanne Cash:
The Very Best of Rosanne Cash [2005, Columbia/Legacy]
- Chance the Rapper:
Coloring Book [2016, self-released]
- Chance the Rapper:
The Big Day [2019, self-released]
- The Chantels:
The Best of the Chantels [1990, Rhino]
- Manu Chao:
Proxima Estacion: Esperanza [2001, Virgin]
- Ray Charles:
Doing His Thing [1969, Tangerine]
- Ray Charles:
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection [1997, Rhino]
- Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton:
Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton [1997, Verve]
- Chic:
Real People [1980, Atlantic]
- Chic:
The Best of Chic Volume 2 [1992, Rhino]
- The Chi-Lites:
Greatest Hits [1972, Brunswick]
- The Chills:
Submarine Bells [1990, Slash/Warner Bros.]
- Eric Clapton:
461 Ocean Boulevard [1974, RSO]
- The Clash:
Give 'Em Enough Rope [1978, Epic]
- The Clash:
The Clash [1979, Epic]
- Jimmy Cliff et al.:
The Harder They Come [1973, Mango]
- George Clinton:
Computer Games [1982, Capitol]
- George Clinton:
You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish [1983, Capitol]
- George Clinton:
Greatest Funkin' Hits [1996, Capitol]
- George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars:
Dope Dogs [1998, Dogone]
- Clipse:
Hell Hath No Fury [2006, Zomba/Star Trak/Re-Up Gang]
- Coupé Cloué:
Maximum Compas from Haiti [1992, Earthworks]
- The Clovers:
Down in the Alley [1991, Atlantic]
- CMAT:
If My Wife New I'd Be Dead [2022, Cmatbaby]
- Joe Cocker:
Joe Cocker! [1969, A&M]
- Leonard Cohen:
The Essential Leonard Cohen [2002, Columbia]
- Leonard Cohen:
Live in London [2009, Columbia]
- Ornette Coleman:
Dancing in Your Head [1977, Horizon]
- Ornette Coleman:
In All Languages [1987, Caravan of Dreams]
- Ornette Coleman:
Sound Grammar [2006, Sound Grammar]
- Ornette Coleman:
Friends and Neighbors: Ornette Live at Prince Street [2013, BGP/Flying Dutchman]
- Ornette Coleman and Prime Time:
Virgin Beauty [1988, Portrait]
- Bootsy Collins:
Back in the Day: The Best of Bootsy [1994, Sire/Warner Archives]
- John Coltrane:
Africa Brass, Vol. II [1974, Impulse]
- John Coltrane:
The Africa Brass Sessions, Vol. 2 [1974, Impulse]
- John Coltrane:
"Live" at the Village Vanguard [2014, Hallmark]
- Elizabeth Cook:
Welder [2010, 31 Tigers]
- Elizabeth Cook:
Exodus of Venus [2016, Agent Love/Thirty Tigers]
- Cornershop:
When I Was Born for the Seventh Time [1997, Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.]
- Cornershop:
Handcream for a Generation [2002, Beggars Banquet]
- Elvis Costello:
This Year's Model [1978, Columbia]
- Elvis Costello and the Attractions:
Trust [1981, Columbia]
- Coulson, Dean, McGuiness, Flint:
Lo and Behold [1973, Sire]
- The Coup:
Steal This Album [1998, Dogday]
- The Coup:
Party Music [2001, 75 Ark]
- The Coup:
Pick a Bigger Weapon [2006, Epitaph]
- Creedence Clearwater Revival:
Cosmo's Factory [1970, Fantasy]
- Creedence Clearwater Revival:
Chronicle [1976, Fantasy]
- Marshall Crenshaw:
Marshall Crenshaw [1982, Warner Bros.]
- Bing Crosby:
The Best of Bing Crosby: The Millenium Collection [1999, MCA]
- Bing Crosby:
A Centennial Anthology of His Decca Recordings [2003, MCA/Decca]
- Ya Ntesa Dalienst and Le Maquisard:
Belalo [1992, Sango Music]
- Danger Mouse & Black Thought:
Cheat Codes [2022, BMG]
- Das Racist:
Relax [2011, Greedhead]
- Miles Davis:
Agharta [1976, Columbia]
- Miles Davis:
Dark Magus [1997, Columbia/Legacy]
- Miles Davis:
Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974 [1998, Columbia]
- Miles Davis:
Love Songs [1999, Columbia/Legacy]
- Kimya Dawson:
I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean [2002, Rough Trade]
- Deerhunter:
Monomania [2013, 4AD]
- Delaney & Bonnie:
The Best of Delaney & Bonnie [1972, Atco]
- Delaney & Bonnie:
The Best of Delaney & Bonnie [1990, Rhino]
- Delaney & Bonnie & Friends:
Motel Shot [1971, Atco]
- De La Soul:
Buhloone Mindstate [1993, Tommy Boy]
- De La Soul:
AOI: Bionix [2001, Tommy Boy]
- Iris DeMent:
The Way I Should [1996, Warner Bros.]
- Jason Derulo:
Talk Dirty [2014, Warner Bros.]
- DFX2:
Emotion [1983, MCA]
- Digable Planets:
Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) [1993, Pendulum]
- DJ Black Low:
Uwami [2021, Awesome Tapes From Africa]
- DJ Maphorisa X Kabza de Small:
Scorpion Kings [2019, BlaqBoy]
- DJ Shadow:
The Private Press [2002, MCA]
- Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band:
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band [1976, RCA Victor]
- Dr. John:
The Very Best of Dr. John [1995, Rhino]
- Eric Dolphy:
The Berlin Concerts [1978, Inner City]
- Eric Dolphy:
The Best of Eric Dolphy [2004, Prestige]
- The Doors:
The Very Best of the Doors [2001, Elektra]
- Lee Dorsey:
Holy Cow! The Best of Lee Dorsey [1985, Arista]
- Lee Dorsey:
Wheelin' and Dealin': The Definitive Collection [1996, Arista]
- Lee Dorsey:
The Very Best of Lee Dorsey: Working in a Coal Mine [2001, Music Club]
- Dramarama:
Color TV [2020, Pasadena]
- The Drifters:
The Very Best of the Drifters [1995, Rhino]
- Drive-By Truckers:
Brighter Than Creation's Dark [2008, New West]
- Drive-By Truckers:
English Oceans [2014, ATO]
- Drive-By Truckers:
American Band [2016, ATO]
- Dry Cleaning:
Sweet Princess EP [2019, It's OK]
- Ian Dury & the Blockheads:
Juke Box Dury [1981, Stiff]
- Ian Dury & the Blockheads:
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll [1987, Demon]
- Ian Dury & the Blockheads:
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll: The Best of Ian Dury and the Blockheads [1992, Rhino]
- Bob Dylan:
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume II [1972, Columbia]
- Bob Dylan:
Blood on the Tracks [1975, Columbia]
- Bob Dylan/The Band:
Before the Flood [1974, Asylum]
- Billie Eilish:
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? [2019, Darkroom/Interscope]
- Billie Eilish:
Happier Than Ever [2021, Darkroom/Interscope]
- Duke Ellington:
The Best of Early Ellington [1996, MCA]
- Stro Elliot & James Brown:
Black & Loud: James Brown as Reimagined by Stro Elliot [2022, Polydor]
- Missy Elliott:
This Is Not a Test! [2003, Elektra]
- Joe Ely:
Honky Tonk Masquerade [1978, MCA]
- Joe Ely:
The Best of Joe Ely [2001, MCA]
- Eminem:
The Marshall Mathers LP [2000, Interscope]
- Eminem:
Encore [2004, Aftermath]
- Eminem:
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 [2013, Aftermath/Shady/Interscope]
- Emperor X:
The Lakes of Zones B and C [2022, Dreams of Field]
- The English Beat:
Wha'ppen? [1981, Sire]
- Eno:
Here Come the Warm Jets [1974, Island]
- Etoile de Dakar:
Volume 1: Absa Gueye [1993, Sterns]
- Etoile de Dakar:
Once Upon a Time in Senegal: The Birth of Mbalax [2010, Sterns Africa]
- The Everly Brothers:
This Is the Everly Brothers [1996, Music Club]
- Donald Fagen:
The Nightfly [1982, Warner Bros.]
- John Fahey:
Of Rivers and Religion [1972, Reprise]
- Marianne Faithfull:
Easy Come Easy Go [2009, Decca]
- The Fall:
50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong: 39 Golden Greats [2004, Beggars Banquet]
- Fanfare Ciocarlia:
Queens and Kings [2007, Asphalt Tango]
- The Feelies:
Time for a Witness [1991, A&M]
- R.A.P. Ferreira:
Purple Moonlight Pages [2020, Ruby Yacht]
- Firesign Theatre:
Shoes for Industry! The Best of the Firesign Theatre [1993, Columbia/Legacy]
- Ella Fitzgerald:
Love Songs: Best of the Verve Song Books [1996, Verve]
- Ella Fitzgerald:
The Best of the Concert Years [2003, Pablo]
- The "5" Royales:
Monkey Hips and Rice: The "5" Royales Anthology [1994, Rhino]
- Flamin Groovies:
Supersnazz [1990, CBS Special Products]
- Fleetwood Mac:
Rumours [1977, Reprise]
- Flipper:
The Generic Album [1982, Subterranean]
- Fluffy:
Black Eye [1996, Capitol]
- The Flying Burrito Brothers:
Farther Along: The Best of the Flying Burrito Brothers [1988, A&M]
- John Fogerty:
The Long Road Home [2005, Fantasy]
- Fokn Bois:
Fokn Wit Ewe [2012, Pidgen Music]
- Robert Forster:
The Candle and the Flame [2023, Tapete]
- Fountains of Wayne:
Traffic and Weather [2007, Virgin]
- Franco:
Rough Guide to Franco [2001, World Music Network]
- Aretha Franklin:
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You [1967, Atlantic]
- Aretha Franklin:
Spirit in the Dark [1970, Atlantic]
- Aretha Franklin:
Young, Gifted and Black [1972, Atlantic]
- Aretha Franklin:
Who's Zoomin' Who? [1985, Arista]
- Aretha Franklin:
Greatest Hits (1980-1994) [1994, Arista]
- Aretha Franklin:
A Rose Is Still a Rose [1998, Arista]
- The Front Bottoms:
In Sickness and in Flames [2020, Fueled by Ramen]
- Fugees:
The Score [1996, Ruffhouse/Columbia]
- Robbie Fulks:
Upland Stories [2016, Bloodshot]
- Funkadelic:
The Best of the Early Years Volume One [1977, Westbound]
- Funkadelic:
One Nation Under a Groove [1978, Warner Bros.]
- Funky 4 + 1:
"That's the Joint" [1981, Sugarhill]
- Slim Gaillard:
Laughing in Rhythm: The Best of the Verve Years [1994, Verve]
- Gang of Four:
Entertainment! [1980, Warner Bros.]
- Gang of Four:
Another Day/Another Dollar [1981, Warner Bros.]
- Gang of Four:
Solid Gold [1981, Warner Bros.]
- Gang of Four:
100 Flowers Bloom [1998, Rhino]
- Gap Band:
The 12" Collection [1986, Mercury]
- Taana Gardner:
"Heartbeat" [1981, West End]
- Marvin Gaye:
The Very Best of Marvin Gaye [2001, Motown]
- Ghostface Killah:
Ironman [1996, Sony]
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore:
Spinning Around the Sun [1993, Elektra]
- Girl Talk:
Feed the Animals [2008, Illegal Art]
- Girl Talk:
All Day [2010, Illegal Art]
- Glasvegas:
Glasvegas [2009, Columbia]
- The Goats:
Tricks of the Shade [1992, Ruffhouse/Columbia]
- The Go-Betweens:
Tallulah [1987, Big Time]
- The Go-Betweens:
1978-1990 [1990, Capitol]
- The Go-Betweens:
Spring Hill Fair [1996, Beggars Banquet]
- The Go-Betweens:
The Friends of Rachel Worth [2000, Jetset]
- The Go-Betweens:
Oceans Apart [2005, Yep Roc]
- Gogol Bordello:
Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike [2005, Side One Dummy]
- Gogol Bordello:
Pura Vida Conspiracy [2013, ATO]
- Gogol Bordello:
Solidaritine [2022, Cooking Vinyl/Casa Bordello]
- The Go-Go's:
Greatest [1990, I.R.S.]
- Kim Gordon:
No Home Record [2019, Matador]
- Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five:
Message From Beat Street: The Best of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five [1994, Rhino]
- Grateful Dead:
Aoxomoxoa [1969, Warner Bros.]
- Grateful Dead:
Workingman's Dead [1970, Warner Bros.]
- Al Green:
Al Green Gets Next to You [1970, Hi]
- Al Green:
Livin' for You [1973, Hi]
- Al Green:
Al Green's Greatest Hits [1975, Hi]
- Al Green:
Al Green Is Love [1975, Hi/The Right Stuff]
- Al Green:
The Belle Album [1977, Hi]
- Al Green:
Higher Plane [1981, Myrrh]
- Al Green:
One in a Million [1991, Word/Epic]
- Grimes:
Art Angels [2015, 4AD]
- Grin:
The Very Best of Grin Featuring Nils Lofgren [1999, Spindizzy/Epic Associated/Legacy]
- Group Doueh & Cheveu:
Dakhla Sahara Session [2017, Born Bad]
- Arlo Guthrie:
Running Down the Road [1969, Reprise]
- Woody Guthrie:
This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1 [1997, Smithsonian/Folkways]
- Orüj Güvenç & Tümata:
Ocean of Remembrance [1995, Interworld]
- Tom T. Hall:
In Search of a Song [1971, Mercury]
- Tom T. Hall:
The Essential Tom T. Hall: The Story Songs [1988, Mercury]
- Hamell on Trial:
Tackle Box [2017, New West]
- Hamell on Trial:
The Night Guy at the Apocalypse: Profiles of a Rushing Midnight [2018, Saustex]
- Handsome Boy Modeling School:
So . . . How's Your Girl? [1999, Tommy Boy]
- Slim Harpo:
The Best of Slim Harpo [1997, Hip-O]
- PJ Harvey:
Rid of Me [1993, Indigo]
- PJ Harvey:
To Bring You My Love [1995, Island]
- Jon Hassell/Brian Eno:
Fourth World Vol. 1: Possible Musics [1980, Editions EG]
- Coleman Hawkins:
Ken Burns Jazz [2000, Verve]
- Heems:
Eat Pray Thug [2015, Megaforce]
- Jimi Hendrix:
The Cry of Love [1971, Reprise]
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience:
Live at Winterland [1987, Rykodisc]
- The Highlife Allstars:
Sankofa [2001, Network]
- Z.Z. Hill:
Greatest Hits [1986, Malaco]
- Hole:
Live Through This [1994, DGC]
- Billie Holiday:
Classic Live Recordings [1990, Telstar]
- The Dave Holland Quartet:
Conference of the Birds [1972, ECM]
- Buddy Holly:
The Buddy Holly Collection [1993, MCA]
- Holy Modal Rounders:
1 & 2 [1999, Fantasy]
- Holy Modal Rounders:
Too Much Fun [1999, Rounder]
- The Holy Modal Rounders and Friends:
I Make a Wish for a Potato [2001, Rounder]
- Hot Chocolate:
10 Greatest Hits [1977, Big Tree]
- The Human Hearts:
Day of the Tiles [2020, self-released]
- Human Switchboard:
Who's Landing in My Hangar? [1981, Faulty Products]
- Alberta Hunter:
Amtrak Blues [1980, Columbia]
- Mississippi John Hurt:
Last Sessions [1972, Vanguard]
- Hüsker Dü:
Metal Circus [1983, SST]
- Hüsker Dü:
New Day Rising [1985, SST]
- Hüsker Dü:
Candy Apple Grey [1986, Warner Bros.]
- Ice-T:
O.G. Original Gangster [1991, Sire/Warner Bros.]
- Ice-T:
Greatest Hits: The Evidence [2000, Atomic Pop]
- Illuminati Hotties:
Let Me Do One More [2021, Snack Shack Tracks/Hopeless]
- The Insect Trust:
Hoboken Saturday Night [1970, Atco]
- Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit:
The Nashville Sound [2017, Southeastern/Thirty Tigers]
- Michael Jackson:
Off the Wall [1979, Epic]
- Michael Jackson:
Thriller [1982, Epic]
- Etta James:
Her Best [1996, MCA]
- Etta James:
The Chess Box [2000, Chess]
- Skip James:
The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James [1994, Yazoo]
- Keith Jarrett:
Bop-Be [1978, ABC/Impulse]
- Jay-Z:
Vol. 3 . . . Life and Times of S. Carter [1999, Roc-A-Fella]
- Jay-Z:
The Black Album [2003, Roc-A-Fella]
- Blind Lemon Jefferson:
The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Blind Lemon Jefferson: Reborn and Remastered [2013, World Music Network]
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts:
Fit to Be Tied: Great Hits by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts [1997, Blackheart/Mercury]
- Little Willie John:
Fever: The Best of Little Willie John [1995, Rhino]
- Blind Willie Johnson:
The Complete Blind Willie Johnson [1993, Columbia/Legacy]
- Blind Willie Johnson:
The Rough Guide to Blind Willie Johnson [2013, World Music Network]
- Linton Kwesi Johnson:
Making History [1984, Island]
- Linton Kwesi Johnson:
Tings An' Times [1991, Shanachie]
- Spike Jones:
Musical Depreciation Revue: The Spike Jones Anthology [1995, Rhino]
- Janis Joplin:
Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits [1973, Columbia]
- Janis Joplin:
Janis [1993, Columbia/Legacy]
- Joy of Cooking:
Joy of Cooking [1971, Capitol]
- JPEGMafia & Danny Brown:
Scaring the Hoes [2023, AWAL]
- The Julie Ruin:
Run Fast [2013, TJR]
- Jungle Brothers:
Done by the Forces of Nature [1989, Warner Bros.]
- Thomas Jefferson Kaye:
First Grade [1974, ABC/Dunhill]
- Khaled:
N'ssi N'ssi [1994, Mango]
- Khalid:
American Teen [2017, RCA]
- Badar Ali Khan:
Lost In Qawwali [1997, Worldly/Triloka]
- Kid Creole and the Coconuts:
Wise Guy [1982, Sire/ZE]
- B.B. King:
The Best of B.B. King Volume One [1991, Flair/Virgin]
- The Kinks:
The Kink Kronikles [1972, Reprise]
- The Klezmatics:
Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie [2006, JMG]
- The Klezmatics:
Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukah [2006, JMG]
- K'naan:
The Dusty Foot Philosopher [2008, iM Culture]
- The Knife:
Shaking the Habitual [2013, Mute]
- Kool A.D.:
Word O.K. [2014, Bandcamp]
- Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba:
Jama Ko [2013, Out Here]
- Rich Krueger:
NOWThen [2018, Rockink]
- Rich Krueger:
Life Ain't That Long [2018, Rockink]
- Fela Anikulapo Kuti:
The Best Best of Fela Kuti [2000, MCA]
- Lady Gaga:
Artpop [2013, Streamline/Interscope]
- Miranda Lambert:
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend [2007, Sony/BMG Nashville]
- Miranda Lambert:
Platinum [2014, RCA]
- Miranda Lambert:
Palomino [2022, Vanner/RCA]
- Jon Langford:
All the Fame of Lofty Deeds [2004, Bloodshot]
- Latin Playboys:
Dose [1999, Atlantic]
- Cyndi Lauper:
She's So Unusual [1983, Portrait]
- Bettye Lavette:
A Woman Like Me [2003, Blues Express]
- Bettye Lavette:
Things Have Changed [2018, Verve]
- Led Zeppelin:
Led Zeppelin IV [1971, Atlantic]
- Jens Lekman:
An Argument With Myself [2011, Secretly Canadian]
- Jens Lekman:
Life Will See You Now [2017, Secretly Canadian]
- Jinx Lennon:
Know Your Station Gouger Nation!!! [2006, Septic Tiger]
- John Lennon:
Plastic Ono Band [1970, Apple]
- John Lennon:
Imagine [1971, Apple]
- John Lennon/Yoko Ono:
Double Fantasy [1980, Capitol]
- John Lennon/Yoko Ono:
Milk and Honey [1984, Polydor]
- Les Amazones de Guinée:
Wamato [2008, Sterns]
- Les Savy Fav:
Let's Stay Friends [2007, Frenchkiss]
- Le Tigre:
Le Tigre [1999, Mr. Lady]
- Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts:
Manhattan [2015, Rough Trade]
- Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel:
Hey Hey It's . . . the Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band [2013, self-released]
- The Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band:
Both Ways [2021, Bandcamp]
- Jerry Lee Lewis:
Milestones [1985, Rhino]
- Jerry Lee Lewis:
Rare Tracks [1990, Rhino]
- Jerry Lee Lewis:
"Live" at the Star Club, Hamburg [1992, Rhino]
- Jerry Lee Lewis:
The Knox Phillips Sessions: The Unreleased Recordings [2014, Ace]
- The Libertines:
Up the Bracket [2003, Rough Trade]
- Liliput:
LiLiPUT [1993, Off Course]
- Lil Wayne:
Da Drought 3 [2007, Purloined Datadisc]
- Arto Lindsay/Ambitious Lovers:
Envy [1984, Editions EG]
- Little Richard:
The Georgia Peach [1991, Specialty]
- L.L. Cool J:
Mama Said Knock You Out [1990, Def Jam]
- L.L. Cool J:
All World [1996, Def Jam]
- Nils Lofgren/Grin:
1 + 1 [1971, Spindizzy]
- Loketo:
Extra Ball [1991, Shanachie]
- Orlando Cachaito Lopez:
Cachaito [2001, World Circuit/Nonesuch]
- Los Campesinos!:
Hold on Now, Youngster . . . [2008, Arts & Crafts]
- Los Lobos:
How Will the Wolf Survive? [1984, Slash]
- Los Lobos:
Colossal Head [1996, Warner Bros.]
- Los Van Van:
La Colección Cubana [1998, Music Club]
- The Louvin Brothers:
Tragic Songs of Life [1996, Capitol]
- Dorothy Love-Coates & the Gospel Harmonettes:
The Best of Dorothy Love-Coates & the Gospel Harmonettes [1996, Nashboro]
- Andy Fairweather Low:
Spider Jiving [1974, A&M]
- Andy Fairweather Low:
Be Bop 'n' Holla [1977, A&M]
- Low Cut Connie:
Tough Cookies: Best of the Quarantine Broadcasts [2021, Contender]
- Nick Lowe:
Pure Pop for Now People [1978, Columbia]
- Nick Lowe:
Labour of Lust [1979, Columbia]
- L7:
Smell the Magic [1990, Sub Pop]
- L7:
Bricks Are Heavy [1992, Slash]
- Luna:
Penthouse [1995, Elektra]
- Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers:
The Very Best of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers [2000, Rhino]
- Loretta Lynn:
Country Music Hall of Fame Series [1992, MCA]
- Lynyrd Skynyrd:
Pronounced Leh'-nerd Skin'-nerd [1973, Sounds of the South/MCA]
- Lynyrd Skynyrd:
Street Survivors [1977, MCA]
- Lynyrd Skynyrd:
Gold and Platinum [1979, MCA]
- Lyrics Born:
Later That Day . . . [2003, Quannum Projects]
- Lyrics Born:
Now Look What You've Done, Lyrics Born!: Greatest Hits! [2016, Mobile Home]
- Madonna:
I'm Breathless [1990, Sire/Warner Bros.]
- Madonna:
Erotica [1992, Maverick/Sire]
- Madonna:
Music [2000, Maverick]
- Magnetic Fields:
Distortion [2008, Nonesuch]
- Taj Mahal:
Taj's Blues [1992, Columbia/Legacy]
- Taj Mahal:
The Best of Taj Mahal [2000, Columbia/Legacy]
- Taj Mahal:
Savoy [2023, Stony Plain]
- Mahavishnu Orchestra/John McLaughlin:
The Inner Mounting Flame [1971, Columbia]
- Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens:
Paris-Soweto [1988, Celluloid]
- Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens:
Music Inferno: The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988-1989 [2023, Umsakazo/Gallo]
- The Mamas and the Papas:
Greatest Hits [1998, MCA]
- The Mamas and the Papas:
Gold [2005, Geffen]
- Thomas Mapfumo:
Ndangariro [1984, Carthage]
- Bob Marley & the Wailers:
Natty Dread [1975, Island]
- Bob Marley & the Wailers:
Legend [1984, Island]
- The Marvelettes:
Deliver: The Singles 1961-1971 [1993, Motown]
- Mast:
Thelonious Sphere Monk [2018, World Galaxy/Alpha Pup]
- Spoek Mathambo:
Father Creeper [2012, Sub Pop]
- Mzwakhe Mbuli:
Resistance Is Defence [1992, Earthworks]
- Ashley McBryde:
Lindeville [2022, Warner Music Nashville]
- McEnroe and Birdapres:
Nothing Is Cool [2004, Peanuts and Corn]
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle:
Kate & Anna McGarrigle [1976, Warner Bros.]
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle:
Dancer With Bruised Knees [1977, Warner Bros.]
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle:
Tell My Sister [2011, Nonesuch]
- Nellie McKay:
Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day [2009, Verve]
- Lori McKenna:
The Balladeer [2020, CN/Thirty Tigers]
- Lori McKenna:
Christmas Is Right Here [2021, CN/Thirty Tigers]
- John McLaughlin:
Devotion [1970, Douglas]
- James McMurtry:
Complicated Game [2015, Complicated Game]
- Meat Puppets:
No Strings Attached [1990, SST]
- The Mekons:
The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll [1989, A&M]
- The Mekons:
Original Sin [1989, Twin/Tone]
- The Mekons:
OOOH! [2002, Quarterstick]
- Memphis Jug Band:
Memphis Jug Band [1991, Yazoo]
- Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman:
Song X [1986, Geffen]
- Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman:
Song X: Twentieth Anniversary [2005, Nonesuch]
- M.I.A.:
Arular [2005, XL]
- M.I.A.:
Maya (Deluxe Edition) [2010, Interscope]
- M.I.A.:
AIM [2016, Interscope]
- Nicki Minaj:
Pink Friday [2010, Young Money/Cash Money]
- Minutemen:
3-Way Tie (for Last) [1985, SST]
- Mr. Lif:
I Phantom [2002, Definitive Jux]
- Joni Mitchell:
Blue [1971, Reprise]
- Joni Mitchell:
For the Roses [1972, Asylum]
- Joni Mitchell:
Court and Spark [1974, Asylum]
- The Modern Lovers:
The Modern Lovers [1976, Home of the Hits]
- Nils Petter Molvaer:
Solid Ether [2001, ECM]
- Thelonious Monk:
Monk [2002, Columbia/Legacy]
- Thelonious Monk:
The Very Best [2005, Blue Note]
- Thelonious Monk Quartet:
Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall [2005, Blue Note]
- Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins:
Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins [2006, Prestige]
- The Moonglows:
Their Greatest Hits [1997, MCA]
- Lee Morgan:
The Very Best [2005, Blue Note]
- Van Morrison:
His Band and Street Choir [1970, Warner Bros.]
- Van Morrison:
It's Too Late to Stop Now [1974, Warner Bros.]
- Van Morrison:
Into the Music [1979, Warner Bros.]
- Van Morrison:
The Best of Van Morrison [1990, Mercury]
- Mos Def:
The Ecstatic [2009, Downtown]
- Pablo Moses:
In the Future [1983, Alligator]
- Mother Earth:
Make a Joyful Noise [1969, Mercury]
- Mott the Hoople:
The Ballad of Mott: A Retrospective [1993, Columbia/Legacy]
- The Mountain Goats:
Tallahassee [2002, 4AD]
- The Mountain Goats:
We Shall All Be Healed [2004, 4AD]
- The Mountain Goats:
Transcendental Youth [2012, Merge]
- The Mountain Goats:
Bleed Out [2022, Merge]
- Mount Eerie:
A Crow Looked at Me [2017, P.W. Elverum & Sun]
- Mount Eerie:
Now Only [2018, P.W. Elverum & Sun]
- M People:
Elegant Slumming [1994, Epic]
- Maria Muldaur:
Heart of Mine: Love Songs of Bob Dylan [2006, Telarc]
- Maria Muldaur:
Don't You Feel My Leg: The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker [2018, Last]
- David Murray:
Ming [1981, Black Saint]
- Mutabaruka:
The Ultimate Collection [1996, Shanachie]
- My Idea:
That's My Idea [2021, Hardly Art]
- Youssou N'Dour:
Nothing's in Vain (Coono du réér) [2002, Nonesuch]
- Youssou N'Dour:
Rokku Mi Rokka (Give and Take) [2007, Nonesuch]
- Youssou N'Dour:
Senegaal Rekk [2016, Prince Arts]
- Tracy Nelson:
Mother Earth Presents Tracy Nelson Country [1970, Mercury]
- Willie Nelson:
Nite Life: Greatest Hits and Rare Tracks (1959-1971) [1991, Rhino]
- Willie Nelson:
Night and Day [1999, Pedernales/FreeFalls]
- Willie Nelson:
Last Man Standing [2018, Legacy]
- Willie Nelson:
A Beautiful Time [2022, Legacy]
- Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel:
Willie and the Wheel [2009, Bismeaux]
- Willie Nelson and Sister Bobbie:
December Day [2014, Legacy]
- Willie Nelson & Hank Snow:
Brand on My Heart [1985, Columbia]
- The Neville Brothers:
Yellow Moon [1989, A&M]
- Randy Newman:
Good Old Boys [1974, Reprise]
- Randy Newman:
Randy Newman's Faust [1995, Reprise]
- Randy Newman:
Bad Love [1999, DreamWorks]
- Randy Newman:
Harps and Angels [2008, Nonesuch]
- Randy Newman:
Dark Matter [2017, Nonesuch]
- New Order:
Brotherhood [1986, Qwest]
- New Order:
Substance [1987, Qwest]
- New Order:
The Best of New Order [1995, Qwest/Warner Bros.]
- The New Pornographers:
Whiteout Conditions [2017, Collected Works/Concord]
- Harry Nilsson:
Nilsson Schmilsson [1971, RCA Victor]
- Harry Nilsson:
Personal Best: The Harry Nilsson Anthology [1995, RCA]
- Nirvana:
Nevermind [1991, DGC]
- Nirvana:
In Utero [1993, DGC]
- Nirvana:
MTV Unplugged in New York [1994, DGC]
- Nirvana:
From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah [1996, Geffen]
- Nirvana:
Sliver: The Best of the Box [2005, Geffen]
- Nirvana:
Live at Reading [2009, DGC]
- No Age:
Everything in Between [2010, Sub Pop]
- Billy Nomates:
Billy Nomates [2020, Invada]
- Noname:
Room 25 [2018, self-released]
- Northern State:
Dying in Stereo [2002, Northern State]
- Northern State:
Hip Hop You Haven't Heard [2002, Northern State]
- Northern State:
All City [2004, Columbia]
- Notorious B.I.G.:
Life After Death [1997, Bad Boy]
- Dawn Oberg:
Rye [2012, Blossom Theory]
- Dawn Oberg:
Nothing Rhymes With Orange [2017, Blossom Theory]
- Conor Oberst:
Conor Oberst [2008, Merge]
- Frank Ocean:
Nostalgia, Ultra [2011, free download]
- Sinéad O'Connor:
So Far: The Best of Sinead O'Connor [1997, Capitol]
- Ohio Players:
The Millenium Collection: The Best of Ohio Players [2000, Polygram]
- Old 97's:
Fight Songs [1999, Elektra]
- Old 97's:
Satellite Rides [2001, Elektra]
- Old 97's:
Most Messed Up [2014, ATO]
- 100 Gecs:
10,000 Gecs [2023, Dog Show/Atlantic]
- Remmy Ongala and Orchestre Super Matimila:
Songs for the Poor Man [1989, RealWorld]
- Yoko Ono:
Walking on Thin Ice [1992, Rykodisc]
- Orchestra Baobab:
Specialist in All Styles [2002, Nonesuch]
- Orchestra Baobab:
Made in Dakar [2008, Nonesuch]
- Oriental Brothers International:
Heavy on the Highlife! [1990, Original Music]
- OutKast:
Stankonia [2000, LaFace/Arista]
- OutKast:
Idlewild [2006, LaFace]
- Augustus Pablo:
East of the River Nile [2002, Shanachie]
- Brad Paisley:
American Saturday Night [2009, Arista Nashville]
- Brad Paisley:
Love and War [2017, Arista]
- The Paranoid Style:
Rock and Roll Just Can't Recall [2015, Worldwide Battle]
- The Paranoid Style:
Rock & Roll Just Can't Recall + 3 [2018, Bar/None]
- The Paranoid Style:
A Goddamn Impossible Way of Life [2019, Bar/None]
- The Paranoid Style:
For Executive Meeting [2022, Bar/None]
- Charlie Parker:
In a Soulful Mood [1996, Music Club]
- Charlie Parker:
Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection [1996, Rhino]
- Graham Parker:
Howlin' Wind [1976, Mercury]
- Graham Parker:
Heat Treatment [1976, Mercury]
- Graham Parker and the Rumour:
Squeezing Out Sparks [1979, Arista]
- Parliament:
Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome [1977, Casablanca]
- Parliament:
Greatest Hits: P. Funk, Uncut Funk, the Bomb [1984, Casablanca]
- Parquet Courts:
Human Performance [2016, Rough Trade]
- Parquet Courts:
Wide Awaaaaake! [2018, Rough Trade]
- Gram Parsons:
Grievous Angel [1974, Reprise]
- Dolly Parton:
The Best of Dolly Parton [1970, RCA Victor]
- Pavement:
Slanted and Enchanted [1992, Matador]
- Pavement:
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain [1994, Matador]
- Pavement:
Wowee Zowee [1995, Matador]
- Pavement:
Brighten the Corners [1997, Matador]
- Carly Pearce:
29 [2021, Big Machine]
- Pere Ubu:
Dub Housing [1979, Chrysalis]
- Pere Ubu:
The Tenement Year [1988, Antone's]
- Carl Perkins:
The Very Best of Carl Perkins: Blue Suede Shoes [1998, Collectables]
- Persian Gulf:
Changing the Weather [1984, Raven]
- Pet Shop Boys:
Discography: The Complete Singles Collection [1991, EMI America]
- Pet Shop Boys:
Very [1993, EMI]
- Liz Phair:
Exile in Guyville [1993, Matador]
- Liz Phair:
Whitechocolatespaceegg [1998, Matador/Capitol]
- Liz Phair:
Liz Phair [2003, Capitol]
- Astor Piazzolla:
The Rough Guide to Astor Piazzolla [2005, World Music Network]
- Wilson Pickett:
The Best of Wilson Pickett Vol. II [1971, Atlantic]
- Wilson Pickett:
Wilson Pickett's Greatest Hits [1973, Atlantic]
- Pink:
Missundaztood [2001, Arista]
- Pink:
The Truth About Love [2012, RCA]
- PinkPantheress:
To Hell With It [2021, Parlophone]
- Pistol Annies:
Hell on Heels [2011, Columbia]
- Pistol Annies:
Interstate Gospel [2018, RCA]
- The Pixies:
Bossanova [1990, 4AD/Elektra]
- The Pixies:
Best of Pixies: Wave of Mutilation [2004, 4AD]
- Plains:
I Walked With You a Ways [2022, Anti-]
- The Plastic People of the Universe:
1997 [1998, Globus International]
- The Plastic People of the Universe:
Magical Nights [2010, Munster]
- The Platters:
Enchanted: The Best of the Platters [1998, Rhino]
- P.M. Dawn:
Of the Heart, of the Soul, and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience [1991, Gee Street]
- P.M. Dawn:
The Bliss Album . . . ? [1993, Gee Street]
- The Pogues:
Rum Sodomy and the Lash [1985, Stiff]
- Angaleena Presley:
American Middle Class [2014, Slate Creek]
- Elvis Presley:
A Valentine Gift for You [1985, RCA Victor]
- Pretenders:
The Singles [1987, Sire]
- Louis Prima:
Zooma Zooma: The Best of Louis Prima [1990, Rhino]
- Prince:
Dirty Mind [1980, Warner Bros.]
- Prince:
The Gold Experience [1995, Warner Bros./NPG]
- Prince Paul:
Prince Paul Presents a Prince Among Thieves [1999, Tommy Boy]
- Princess Nokia:
1992 Deluxe [2017, Rough Trade]
- John Prine:
John Prine [1971, Atlantic]
- John Prine:
Sweet Revenge [1973, Atlantic]
- John Prine:
Great Days: The John Prine Anthology [1993, Rhino]
- John Prine:
Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings [1995, Oh Boy]
- John Prine:
In Spite of Ourselves [1999, Oh Boy]
- The Prodigy:
Music for the Jilted Generation [1995, Mute]
- Professor Longhair:
Crawfish Fiesta [1980, Alligator]
- Professor Longhair:
The Last Mardi Gras [1982, Atlantic/Deluxe]
- Professor Longhair:
'Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [1994, Rhino]
- Richard Pryor:
That Nigger's Crazy [1974, Partee]
- Richard Pryor:
. . . Is It Something I Said? [1975, Reprise]
- The Psychedelic Furs:
Talk Talk Talk [1981, Columbia]
- The Psychedelic Furs:
All of This and Nothing [1988, Columbia]
- Public Enemy:
Fear of a Black Planet [1990, Def Jam]
- Public Enemy:
Apocalypse 91 . . . The Enemy Strikes Black [1991, Def Jam/Columbia]
- Public Enemy:
He Got Game [1998, Def Jam]
- The Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet:
Breakthrough [1986, Blue Note]
- Purple Mountains:
Purple Mountains [2019, Drag City]
- Q-Tip:
Amplified [1999, Arista]
- The Quintet:
Jazz at Massey Hall [1991, Original Jazz Classics]
- Ma Rainey:
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom [1984, Yazoo]
- Bonnie Raitt:
Give It Up [1972, Warner Bros.]
- Bonnie Raitt:
Home Plate [1975, Warner Bros.]
- Bonnie Raitt:
Luck of the Draw [1991, Capitol]
- Ramones:
Ramones [1976, Sire]
- Ramones:
Ramones Leave Home [1977, Sire]
- Ramones:
Rocket to Russia [1977, Sire]
- Ramones:
Road to Ruin [1978, Sire]
- Ramones:
Too Tough to Die [1984, Sire]
- Otis Redding:
Love Man [1969, Atco]
- Jimmy Reed:
Blues Masters: The Very Best of Jimmy Reed [2000, Rhino]
- Lou Reed:
The Blue Mask [1982, RCA Victor]
- Lou Reed:
Legendary Hearts [1983, RCA Victor]
- Lou Reed:
New Sensations [1984, RCA Victor]
- Lou Reed:
Ecstasy [2000, Warner Bros.]
- Django Reinhardt:
Djangology [2002, Bluebird]
- R.E.M.:
Document [1987, I.R.S.]
- R.E.M.:
Out of Time [1991, Warner Bros.]
- Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers:
Jonathan Sings! [1983, Sire]
- Amy Rigby:
Diary of a Mod Housewife [1996, Koch]
- Amy Rigby:
Little Fugitive [2005, Signature Sounds]
- Rihanna:
Anti (Deluxe Edition) [2016, Westbury Road/Roc Nation]
- Rilo Kiley:
The Execution of All Things [2002, Saddle Creek]
- Rilo Kiley:
Under the Blacklight [2007, Warner Bros.]
- Rilo Kiley:
RKives [2013, Little Record Company]
- Tom Robinson:
Sector 27 [1980, I.R.S.]
- Tabu Ley Rochereau:
The Voice of Lightness Vol. 2: Congo Classics 1977-1993 [2010, Sterns Africa]
- The Roches:
The Roches [1979, Warner Bros.]
- The Roches:
A Dove [1992, MCA]
- Jimmie Rodgers:
The Essential Jimmie Rodgers [1997, RCA]
- Jimmie Rodgers:
RCA Country Legends [2002, RCA/BMG Heritage]
- Olivia Rodrigo:
Sour [2021, Geffen]
- Rolling Blackouts C.F.:
Talk Tight [2017, Sub Pop]
- The Rolling Stones:
Beggars Banquet [1968, Abkco]
- The Rolling Stones:
Sticky Fingers [1971, Rolling Stones]
- The Rolling Stones:
Some Girls [1978, Rolling Stones]
- The Rolling Stones:
Dirty Work [1986, Rolling Stones]
- Sonny Rollins:
There Will Never Be Another You [1978, ABC/Impulse]
- Sonny Rollins:
Sunny Days, Starry Nights [1984, Milestone]
- The Roots:
Rising Down [2008, Def Jam]
- The Roots:
How I Got Over [2010, Def Jam]
- Roxy Music:
Greatest Hits [1977, Atco]
- Run-D.M.C.:
Together Forever: Greatest Hits 1983-1991 [1991, Profile]
- Run-D.M.C.:
Greatest Hits [2002, Arista/BMG Heritage]
- Raphael Saadiq:
The Way I See It [2008, Columbia]
- Homeboy Sandman:
I Can't Sell These [2022, self-released]
- Oumou Sangaré:
Oumou [2004, World Circuit/Nonesuch]
- Sebadoh:
Bakesale [1994, Sub Pop]
- Selo i Ludy Performance Band:
Bunch One [2019, self-released]
- Serengeti:
Dennehy (Lights, Camera, Action!) [2008, Audio 8]
- Sex Pistols:
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols [1977, Warner Bros.]
- Shalamar:
Greatest Hits [1999, Right Stuff/Solar]
- Sonny Sharrock:
Guitar [1986, Enemy]
- The Sonny Sharrock Band:
Seize the Rainbow [1987, Enemy]
- The Sonny Sharrock Band:
Highlife [1991, Enemy]
- Shaver:
Shaver's Jewels, The Best of Shaver [2013, New West]
- Amanda Shires:
Take It Like a Man [2022, ATO]
- Kalie Shorr:
Open Book [2019, Kalie Shorr]
- Kalie Shorr:
I Got Here by Accident [2021, Kalie Shorr]
- Horace Silver:
The Very Best [2005, Blue Note]
- Paul Simon:
Greatest Hits, Etc. [1977, Columbia]
- Paul Simon:
Graceland [1986, Warner Bros.]
- Paul Simon:
So Beautiful or So What [2011, Hear Music]
- Frank Sinatra:
Everything Happens to Me [1996, Reprise]
- Roni Size/Reprazent:
In the Mode [2000, Talkin' Loud/Island]
- Sleater-Kinney:
Call the Doctor [1996, Chainsaw]
- Sleater-Kinney:
Dig Me Out [1997, Kill Rock Stars]
- Sleater-Kinney:
The Hot Rock [1999, Kill Rock Stars]
- Sleater-Kinney:
One Beat [2002, Kill Rock Stars]
- Sleater-Kinney:
The Woods [2005, Sub Pop]
- Sleater-Kinney:
No Cities to Love [2015, Sub Pop]
- Sleater-Kinney:
Path of Wellness [2021, Mom + Pop]
- Slum of Legs:
Slum of Legs [2020, Splurge]
- Sly and Robbie:
Rhythm Killers [1987, Island]
- Sly & the Family Stone:
Fresh [1973, Epic]
- Huey "Piano" Smith:
This Is . . . Huey "Piano" Smith [1998, Music Club]
- Huey "Piano" Smith:
Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu [2012, Hallmark]
- Patti Smith:
Horses [1975, Arista]
- Todd Snider:
East Nashville Skyline [2004, Oh Boy]
- Todd Snider:
The Devil You Know [2006, New Door]
- Todd Snider:
Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables [2012, Aimless/30 Tigers]
- Todd Snider:
Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 [2019, Aimless]
- Todd Snider:
Live: Return of the Storyteller [2022, Thirty Tigers/Aimless]
- Elza Soares:
The Woman at the End of the World (A Mulher Do Fim Do Mundo) [2016, Mais Um Discos]
- Sonic Youth:
Sister [1987, SST]
- Sonic Youth:
Daydream Nation [1988, Enigma/Blast First]
- Sonic Youth:
Dirty [1992, DGC]
- Sonic Youth:
Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star [1994, DGC]
- Sonic Youth:
NYC Ghosts and Flowers [2000, Interscope]
- Sonic Youth:
Rather Ripped [2006, Interscope]
- Sonic Youth:
Battery Park, NYC: July 4th 2008 [2019, Matador]
- Soul Coughing:
Ruby Vroom [1994, Slash/Warner Bros.]
- The Soul Stirrers Featuring R.H. Harris:
Shine on Me [1992, Specialty]
- Sowal Diabi:
De Kaboul à Bamako [2022, Accords Croisé]
- The Spaniels:
16 Soulful Serenades [1984, Solid Smoke]
- Otis Spann:
Walking the Blues [1960, Candid]
- The Specials:
Ghost Town/Why?/Friday Night Saturday Morning [1981, Chrysalis]
- Joseph Spence:
Encore: Unheard Recordings of Bahamian Guitar and Singing [2021, Smithsonian/Folkways]
- Spillage Village:
Spilligion [2020, Dreamville/SinceThe80s/Interscope]
- Spinners:
A One of a Kind Love Affair [1992, Atlantic]
- Spoon:
Kill the Moonlight [2002, Merge]
- Spring Heel Jack:
68 Million Shades . . . [1997, Island]
- Spring Heel Jack:
Busy Curious Thirsty [1997, Island]
- Bruce Springsteen:
Born to Run [1975, Columbia]
- Bruce Springsteen:
Tunnel of Love [1987, Columbia]
- Bruce Springsteen:
Springsteen on Broadway [2018, Columbia]
- Peter Stampfel:
You Must Remember This [1995, Gert Town]
- Peter Stampfel:
Peter Stampfel's 20th Century in 100 Songs [2021, Louisiana Red Hot]
- Peter Stampfel and the Bottle Caps:
Demo '84 [2020, Don Giovanni]
- Staple Singers:
Freedom Highway [1991, Columbia/Legacy]
- Steely Dan:
Can't Buy a Thrill [1972, ABC]
- Steely Dan:
Countdown to Ecstasy [1973, ABC]
- Steely Dan:
Two Against Nature [2000, Warner Bros.]
- Steinski:
What Does It All Mean?: 1983-2006 Retrospective [2008, Illegal Art]
- Gary Stewart:
Greatest Hits [1981, RCA Victor]
- Gary Stewart:
Gary's Greatest [1991, HighTone]
- The Streets:
The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living [2006, Vice/Atlantic]
- Harry Styles:
Harry's House [2022, Columbia]
- Sugar:
File Under: Easy Listening [1994, Rykodisc]
- Donna Summer:
On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volume I & II [1979, Casablanca]
- Donna Summer:
Endless Summer [1994, Mercury]
- Superchunk:
What a Time to Be Alive [2018, Merge]
- Swan Silvertones:
Amen Amen Amen: The Essential Collection [2015, Rock Beat/Archive Alive]
- Pusha T:
Daytona [2018, G.O.O.D. Music]
- Rachid Taha:
Diwan 2 [2006, Wrasse]
- Rachid Taha:
Bonjour [2010, Knitting Factory]
- Rachid Taha:
Zoom [2013, Wrasse]
- Talking Heads:
More Songs About Buildings and Food [1978, Sire]
- Talking Heads:
Remain in Light [1980, Sire]
- Talking Heads:
Little Creatures [1985, Sire]
- James Talley:
Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got a Lot of Love [1975, Capitol]
- Art Tatum:
The Best of the Pablo Group Masterpieces [2003, Pablo]
- Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers:
Deluxe Edition [1999, Alligator]
- Teddybears:
Devil's Music [2011, Big Beat/Atlantic]
- Kate Tempest:
Everybody Down [2014, Big Dada]
- The Temptations:
Anthology [1995, Motown]
- Joe Tex:
The Very Best of Joe Tex [1996, Rhino]
- They Might Be Giants:
They Might Be Giants [1986, Bar/None]
- They Might Be Giants:
Dial-a-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants [2002, Rhino/Elektra]
- Leon Thomas:
The Leon Thomas Album [1970, Flying Dutchman]
- Richard & Linda Thompson:
Hokey Pokey [1974, Island]
- Richard & Linda Thompson:
Shoot Out the Lights [1982, Hannibal]
- Tiger:
Shining in the Wood [1997, Bar/None]
- Tony Toni Toné:
House of Music [1996, Mercury]
- Toots and the Maytals:
True Love [2004, V2]
- Transplants:
Transplants [2002, Hellcat]
- Merle Travis:
The Best of Merle Travis [1990, Rhino]
- Randy Travis:
Greatest Hits, Volume One [1992, Warner Bros.]
- Randy Travis:
The Randy Travis Anthology: Trail of Memories [2002, Rhino]
- A Tribe Called Quest:
The Anthology [1999, Jive]
- Tricky:
Blowback [2001, Hollywood]
- Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment:
Surf [2015, no label]
- The Corin Tucker Band:
1,000 Years [2010, Kill Rock Stars]
- tUnE-yArDs:
BiRd-BrAiNs [2009, 4AD]
- tUnE-yArDs:
w h o k i l l [2011, 4AD]
- tUnE-yArDs:
Sketchy [2021, 4AD]
- Big Joe Turner:
The Very Best of Big Joe Turner [1998, Rhino]
- TV on the Radio:
Dear Science [2008, Interscope]
- James Blood Ulmer:
Odyssey [1983, Columbia]
- The Uncluded:
Hokey Fright [2013, Rhymesayers Entertainment]
- Vampire Weekend:
Contra [2010, XL]
- Viktor Vaughn:
Vaudeville Villain [2003, Sound-Ink]
- The Velvet Underground:
The Velvet Underground and Nico [1967, Verve]
- The Velvet Underground:
The Velvet Underground [1969, Verve Forecast]
- The Velvet Underground:
Loaded [1970, Cotillion]
- The Velvet Underground:
VU [1985, Verve]
- The Vibrators:
Pure Mania [1978, Columbia]
- Gene Vincent:
The Screaming End: The Best of Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps [1996, Razor & Tie]
- Morgan Wade:
Reckless [2021, Ladylike]
- The Wailers:
Catch a Fire [1972, Island]
- The Wailers:
Burnin' [1974, Island]
- Loudon Wainwright III:
Career Moves [1993, Virgin]
- Loudon Wainwright III:
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project [2009, 161]
- Loudon Wainwright III:
Older Than My Old Man [2012, 2nd Story Sound]
- Tom Waits:
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards [2006, Anti-]
- Dionne Warwick:
The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits [1989, Rhino]
- Dionne Warwick:
The Very Best of Dionne Warwick [2000, Rhino]
- Water From Your Eyes:
Everyone's Crushed [2023, Matador]
- Muddy Waters:
Rare and Unissued [1984, Chess]
- Waxahatchee:
Out in the Storm [2017, Merge]
- Wednesday:
Rat Saw God [2023, Dead Oceans]
- Kitty Wells:
Country Music Hall of Fame Series [1992, MCA]
- Mary Wells:
The Best of Mary Wells: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection [1999, Motown]
- Papa Wemba:
L'Esclave [1988, Gitta]
- Papa Wemba:
1977-1997 [2004, Sterns Africa]
- Kanye West:
The College Dropout [2004, Roc-A-Fella]
- Kanye West:
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy [2010, Roc-A-Fella]
- Wet Leg:
Wet Leg [2022, Domino]
- Tierra Whack:
Whack World [2018, self-released]
- The White Stripes:
White Blood Cells [2001, Sympathy for the Record Industry]
- The White Stripes:
My Sister Thanks You and I Thank You: The White Stripes Greatest Hits [2020, Legacy]
- The Who:
Who's Next [1971, Decca]
- The Wild Tchoupitoulas:
The Wild Tchoupitoulas [1976, Island]
- Hank Williams:
The Essential Hank Williams Collection: Turn Back the Years [2005, Mercury]
- Lucinda Williams:
Lucinda Williams [1988, Rough Trade]
- Lucinda Williams:
Sweet Old World [1992, Chameleon]
- Lucinda Williams:
West [2007, Lost Highway]
- Lucinda Williams:
Good Souls Better Angels [2020, Highway 20]
- The Tony Williams Lifetime:
Emergency! [1969, Polydor]
- Sonny Boy Williamson:
The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson [1993, Chess]
- Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys:
Anthology 1935-1973 [1991, Rhino]
- Jackie Wilson:
Reet Petite [1985, Ace]
- Jackie Wilson:
The Very Best of Jackie Wilson [1995, Rhino]
- Wire:
Pink Flag [1978, Harvest]
- Wire:
And Here It Is . . . Again . . . Wire [1984, Sneaky Pete]
- Wire:
On Returning (1977-1979) [1989, Restless Retro]
- Wire:
1985-1990: The A List [1993, Mute]
- Withered Hand:
New Gods [2014, Slumberland]
- Withered Hand:
How to Love [2023, Reveal]
- Bill Withers:
Still Bill [1972, Sussex]
- Bill Withers:
Live at Carnegie Hall [1997, Columbia/Legacy]
- Tommy Womack:
I Thought I Was Fine [2021, Schoolkids]
- Stevie Wonder:
Stevie Wonder's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 [1971, Tamla]
- Stevie Wonder:
Talking Book [1972, Tamla]
- Stevie Wonder:
Innervisions [1973, Tamla]
- Stevie Wonder:
Songs in the Key of Life [1976, Tamla]
- The Wrens:
The Meadowlands [2003, Absolutely Kosher]
- Wussy:
Funeral Dress [2005, Shake It]
- Wussy:
Left for Dead [2007, Shake It]
- Wussy:
Wussy [2009, Shake It]
- Wussy:
Funeral Dress II [2011, Shake It]
- Wussy:
Strawberry [2011, Shake It]
- Wussy:
Ghosts [2020, Bandcamp]
- The xx:
The xx [2009, XL/Young Turks]
- Yo La Tengo:
Electr-O-Pura [1995, Matador]
- Yo La Tengo:
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One [1997, Matador]
- Yo La Tengo:
Summer Sun [2003, Matador]
- Yo La Tengo:
Stuff Like That There [2015, Matador]
- Neil Young:
Time Fades Away [1973, Reprise]
- Neil Young:
Tonight's the Night [1975, Reprise]
- Neil Young:
Comes a Time [1978, Reprise]
- Neil Young:
Decade [1978, Reprise]
- Neil Young:
Freedom [1989, Reprise]
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse:
Americana [2012, Reprise]
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse:
Barn [2021, Reprise]
- Young Thug & Bloody Jay:
Black Portland [2014, self-released]
- Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention:
We're Only in It for the Money [1995, Rykodisc]
- Tom Zé:
Brazil Classics 5: The Return of Tom Zé [1992, Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.]
- Tom Zé:
Jogos de Armar [2001, Trama]
- Tom Zé:
Estudando a Bossa: Nordeste Plaza [2010, Luaka Bop]
- Tom Zé:
Lìngua Brasileira [2022, Selo Sesc]
- Warren Zevon:
Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon [2002, Elektra/Rhino]
Compilations/Soundtracks
- Africa Dances [1973, Authentic]
- African Ambience: The Ultimate African Dance Party [1999, Shanachie]
- African Music [1983, Vertigo]
- African Pearls: Congo: Pont Sur le Congo [2010, Syllart]
- African Rumba [2016, Putamayo]
- American Epic: The Best of Blues [2017, Lo-Max/Third Man/Columbia/Legacy]
- American Epic: The Collection [2017, Lo-Max/Third Man/Columbia/Legacy]
- American Epic: The Soundtrack [2017, Legacy]
- American Honey [2016, UMe]
- American Pop: An Audio History from Minstrel to Mojo on Record, 1893-1946 [1998, West Hill]
- Before Benga 2: The Nairobi Sound [1993, Original]
- The Best Bootlegs in the World Ever [2002, no label]
- The Best of Ace Records--The R&B Hits [1993, Scotti Bros.]
- The Best Punk Album in the World . . . Ever! [1995, Virgin]
- The Best There Ever Was [2003, Yazoo]
- Billboard Greatest Christmas Hits (1955-Present) [1989, Rhino]
- Billboard Top Hits--1984 [1992, Rhino]
- Black Panther: The Album [2018, TDE/Aftermath/Interscope]
- Bring It On Home: Black America Sings Sam Cooke [2014, Ace]
- Closer Than a Kiss: Crooner Classics [1997, Rhino]
- Crunk Hits, Vol. 2 [2006, TVT]
- Dance Floor Divas: The '70s [1996, Rhino]
- The Disco Years, Vol. 1: Turn the Beat Around (1974-1978) [1990, Rhino]
- The Funk Box [2000, Hip-O]
- Golden Afrique Vol. 1 [2005, Network]
- Greatest Rap Hits Vol. 2 [1981, Sugarhill]
- Groove 'n Grind: '50s and '60s Dance Hits [1990, Rhino]
- Guitar Player Presents Legends of Guitar -- Electric Blues, Vol. 1 [1990, Rhino]
- Hamilton: Original Broadway Cast Recording [2015, Atlantic]
- Handraizer [1994, Moonshine]
- Hard Rock Cafe: Party Rock [1998, Hard Rock/Rhino]
- Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Volume 4 [2000, Revenant]
- The Heartbeat of Soweto [1988, Shanachie]
- Hillbilly Fever!: Vol. I: Legends of Western Swing [1995, Rhino]
- Hip Hop Greats: Classic Raps [1990, Rhino]
- Hot Luv: The Ultimate Dance Songs Collection [1996, EMI]
- The Jazz Age: New York in the Twenties [1991, RCA]
- Joe Franklin Presents . . . The Roaring '20s Roar Again [1995, Legacy]
- The Kampala Sound [1989, Original Music]
- The Kings and Queens of Township Jive: Modern Roots of the Indestructible Beat of Soweto [1991, Earthworks]
- Listen . . . Oka! [2012, Oka Productions]
- Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill [1985, A&M]
- Masters of Jazz: Bebop's Greatest Hits [1996, Rhino]
- Mbuki Mvuki [1993, Original Music]
- Millennium Funk Party [1998, Rhino]
- MTV: The First 1000 Years: R&B [1999, Rhino]
- Novelty Songs: 1914-1946: Crazy and Obscure [2001, Trikont]
- Ocean of Sound [1996, Virgin]
- Our New Orleans 2005 [2005, Nonesuch]
- Over in Glory: Favorites From Classic Gospel Groups [1998, MCA]
- Phases of the Moon: Traditional Chinese Music [1981, Columbia]
- Piano Blues: A Film by Clint Eastwood [2003, Columbia/Legacy]
- Pop Music: The Early Years 1890-1950 [1999, Columbia/Legacy]
- The Real Bahamas, Volumes I & II [1998, Nonesuch]
- Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter [1990, Chrysalis]
- Risqué Rhythm: Nasty 50's R&B [1991, Rhino]
- Rock This Town: Rockabilly Hits Vol. 1 [1991, Rhino]
- Roller Disco: Boogie from the Skating Rinks [1996, K-Tel]
- Roots of Jazz Funk Volume Two [1997, MVP]
- The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll 1946-1954 [2004, Hip-O]
- The Rough Guide to Congo Gold [2008, World Music Network]
- The Rough Guide to Highlife [2012, World Music Network]
- The Rough Guide to Jug Band Blues [2017, World Music Network]
- The Rough Guide to the Music of Nigeria and Ghana [2002, World Music Network]
- The Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara [2005, World Music Network]
- The Rough Guide to the Music of West Africa [2017, World Music Network]
- Sacred Soul of North Carolina [2021, Bible & Tire/Music Maker Foundation]
- Smooth Grooves: The Essential Collection [2000, Rhino]
- A Soldier's Sad Story: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Black America 1966-1973 [2001, Kent]
- The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute [1997, Columbia/Egyptian]
- The Sound of the City: New Orleans [2003, EMI]
- Sugar and Poison [1996, Virgin]
- A Taste of the Indestructible Beat of Soweto [1994, Earthworks]
- Tea in Marrakech [2001, Sterns/Earthworks]
- This Is Ska! [1997, Music Club]
- Tougher Than Tough: The Story of Jamaican Music [1993, Mango]
- Township Jazz 'n' Jive [1997, Music Club]
- Wall of Sound: The Very Best of Phil Spector 1961-1966 [2011, Phil Spector/Legacy]
- Wanna Buy a Bridge? [1980, Rough Trade]
- What Goes On: The Songs of Lou Reed [2021, Ace]
- Wild About My Lovin': Beale Street Blues 1928-1930 [1991, RCA]
- You Must Remember These: Volume 1 [1972, Bell]
Consumer Guide Index by Grade
Warning: Some lists (e.g., A-) are very long.
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