* 2001
1. Bjφrk * Vespertine (Elektra)
2. Hawksley Workman * (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves (Universal)
3. The Strokes * Is This It (BMG/RCA)
4. Fugazi * The Argument (Dischord)
5. Mercury Rev * All Is Dream (V2)
6. Sparklehorse * It's A Wonderful Life (EMI/Parlophone)
7. Ed Harcourt * Here Be Monsters (Virgin)
8. Pulp * We Love Life (Uni/Island)
9. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci * How I Long To Feel That Summer In My Heart (Mantra/Beggars Banquet)
10. Super Furry Animals * Rings Around The World (Epic)
11. The Czars * The Ugly People Vs. The Beautiful People (Bellaire)
12. Eels *
Soul Jacker (Dreamworks)
13. Radiohead * Amnesiac (Capitol)
14. The Dismemberment Plan * Change (De Soto)
15. Steve Wynn * Here Come The Miracles (Innerstate)
16. Four Tet * Pause (Domino)
17. !!! (Chik Chik Chik) (Gold Standard)
18. Otto * Condom Black (Trama)
19. N*E*R*D * In Search Of... (Virgin)
20. Roots Manuva * Run Come Save Me (Big Dada)
21. The White Stripes * White Blood Cells (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
22. Max De Castro * Samba Raro (Trama)
23. Blue States * Nothing Changes Under The Sun (ESL)
24. Mark Lanegan * Field Songs (Sub
Pop)
25.
Dub Pistols * Six Million Ways To Live (Universal)
26. Cannibal Ox * Cold Vein (Ozone Music)
27. John Vanderslice * Time Travel Is Lonely (Barsuk)
28. Kaada * Thank You For Giving Me Your Valuable Time (Ipecac)
29. Mogwai *
Rock Action (Matador)
30. Tindersticks * Can Our Love... (Beggas Banquet)
31. Le Tigre * Feminist Sweepstakes (Mr. Lady)
32. The Boredoms * Vision, Creation, Newsun (WEA Japan)
33. The Microphones * The Glow, Pt. 2 (K)
34. Spoon * Girls Can Tell (Merge)
35. Prefuse 73 * Vocal Studies & Up
Rock Narratives (Warp)
36. Orlando Cachaito Lopez * Cachaito (World Circuit)
37. Fennesz * Endless Summer (Mego)
38. Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire * The Swimming Hour (Rykodisc)
39. Sufjan Stevens * Enjoy Your Rabbit (Asthmatic Kitty)
40. Explosions In The Sky * How Strange, Innocense (
temporary)
41. Even Johansen * Quiet & Still (FiveOne)
42. Nicolai Dunger *
Soul Rush (Delores/Lakeshore)
43. Hood * Cold House (Aesthetics)
44. Sahara Hotnights * Jennie Bomb (Jet Set)
45. The Liars * They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top (Mute)
46. No Doubt *
Rock Steady (Interscope)
47. The Flaming Stars * A Walk On The Wired Side (Vinyl Japan)
48. Nitin Sawhney * Prophesy (V2)
49. Built To Spill * Ancient Melodies Of The Future (WB)
50. Elbow * Asleep In The Back (V2)
51. Circulatory System (Cloud Recordings)
52. Pernice Brothers * The World Won't End (Ashmont)
53. Jim O'Rourke * Insignificance (Drag City)
54. Foetus * Flow (Thirsty Ear)
55. Shannon Wright * Dyed In The Wool (Quarterstick)
56. Stereolab * Sound-Dust (Elektra)
57. Bilal * 1st Born Second (Interscope)
58. Ben Christophers * Spoonface (V2)
59. The Autumn Defense * The Green Hour (Broadmoor)
60. Handsome Family * Twilight (Carrot Top)
61. Unwound * Leaves Turn Inside You (Kill
Rock Stars)
62. Fridge * Happiness (
temporary Residence)
63. Spiritualized * Let It Come Down (Arista)
64. Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros * Global A Go-Go (Hellcat)
65. The
American Analog Set * Know By Heart (Tiger Style)
66. Rφyksopp * Melody A.M. (Wall Of Sond/EMI)
67. Stars * Nightsongs (Le Grand)
68. Lali Puna * Scary World Theory (Morr)
69. Stars * Nightsongs (LeGrand)
70. Broken Social Scene * Feel Good Lost (
Noise Factory)
71. Thalia Zedek * Been Here and Gone (Matador)
72. The Tyde * Once (Track & Field)
73. The Shins * Oh, Inverted World (Sub
Pop)
74. Papa M *
Whatever, Mortal (Drag City)
75. The (International)
Noise Conspiracy * A New Morning, Changing Weather (Epitaph)
76. Moreno Veloso +2 * Music Typewriter (Hannibal/Natasha)
77. Bardo Pond * Dilate (Matador)
78. Thea Gilmore * Rules For Jokers (Flyin')
79. Tom Zι * Jogos De Armar (Trama)
80. Gigi (Palm Pictures)
81. Opeth * Blackwater Park (Koch)
82. The Seconds * Y (5RC)
83. Chris Lee * Plays & Sings Torch'd Songs, Charivari Hymns & Oriki Blue-Marches (Smells Like)
84. Tortoise * Standards (Thrill Jockey)
85. The Beta Band * Hotshots II (Astralwerks)
86. Guided By Voices * Isolation Drills (TVT)
87.
Rocket From The Crypt * Group Sounds (TVT/Vagrant)
88. Tiga/Various *
American Gigalo (International DJ)
89. Animal Collective/Avey tare & Panda Bear * Danse Manatee (Cats Up Plate)
90. Various * All Tomorrow's Parties 1.0 (ATPR)
91. The Avalanches * Since I Left You (Sire/Modular)
92. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds * No More Shall We Part (Elektra)
93. Fischerspooner * #1 (Ministry of Sound/Capitol)
94. R.E.M. * Reveal (WB)
95. Rob * Don't Kill (Source Fr)
96. Basement Jaxx * Rooty (XL)
97. Manitoba * Start Breaking My Heart (Domino)
98. Hector Zazou & Sandy Dillon * Las
Vegas Is Curved (First World)
99. Picastro * Red Your
Blues (Pehr)
100. Soundtrack Of Our Lives * Behind The Music (WEA)
101. Natacha Atlas * Ayeshteni (Mantra)
102. You Am I * Dress Me Slowly (BMG)
103. Helio Sequence * Young Effectuals (Cavity Search)
104. Life Without Buildings * Any Other City (Tugboat)
105. Explosions In The Sky * Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever (
temporary)
106. Playgroup (Source/Astralwerks)
107. Joe Henry * Scar (Mammoth)
108. Peaches * The Teaches Of Peaches (Kitty-Yo)
109. Electric Company * 62-56 (Tigerbeat6)
110. Kylie Minogue * Fever (EMI)
111. Lucinda Williams * Essence (UNI/Lost Highway)
112. Jim White * No Such Place (Luaka Bop)
113. Femi Kuti * Fight To Win (MCA)
114. Operator Generator * Polar Fleet (Man's Ruin)
115. Autechre * Confield (Warp)
116. Manu Chao * Proxima Estacion: Esperanza (EMD/Virgin)
117. Rufus Wainright * Poses (Dreamworks)
118. Tim Hecker * Haunt Me, Haunt Me Again (Substractif)
119. Gillian Welch * Time (The Revelator) (Acony)
120. Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP (Wichita/Touch And Go)
121. Adult * Resuscitation (Ersatz Audio)
122. Trilok Gurtu * The Beat Of Love (Blue Note)
123. Rachid Taha * Made In Medina (Mondo Melodia)
124. Tool * Lateralus/Systema Encephale (Volcano)
125. So Solid Crew * They Don't Know (Independiente)
126. The Fire Show * Above the Volcano of Flowers (Perishable)
127. Sloan * Pretty Together (Murder)
128. Jay Farrar * Sebastapol (Artemis)
129. Scout NIblett * Sweet Heart Fever (Secretly Canadian)
130. Summer Hymns * Celebratory Arm Gesture (Misra)
131. Beachwood Sparks * Once We Were Trees (Sub
Pop)
132. The Coup * Party Music (75 Ark)
133. Missy Elliott * Miss E . . . So Addictive (WEA/Elektra)
134. Kevin Tihista's Red Terror * Don't Breathe A Word (Blanco Y Negro)
135. Burning Airlines * Identikit (DeSoto)
136. Erase Errata * Other Animals (Troubleman)
137. The Kingsbury Manx * Let You Down (Overcoat)
138. Bobby Conn * The Golden Age (Thrill Jockey)
139. Trembling Blue Stars * Alive To Every Smile (Sub
Pop)
140. Firewater * Psychopharmacology (Jetset)
141. Fanfare Ciocarlia * Iag Bari (Piranha)
142. The Faint * Danse Macabre (Saddle Creek)
143. Krishna Das * Breath of the Heart (Triloka)
144. Willard Grant Conspiracy * Everything's Fine (Rykodisc/Slow River)
145. Califone * Roomsound (Perishable)
146. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club * B.R.M.C. (Virgin)
147. Simian * Chemistry Is What We Are (Source/Astralwerks)
148. Love As Laughter * Sea to Shining Sea (Sub
Pop)
149. Shelby Lynne * Love, Shelby (Island)
150. Tara Jane O'Neil * In The Sun Lines (Quarterstick)
151. Bob Dylan * Love And Theft (Columbia)
152. Music For Mapmakers (Grenadine)
153. Vue * Find Your Home (Sub
Pop)
154. Old 97's * Satellite Ride (Elektra)
155. Beulah * The Coast Is Never Clear (Velocette)
156. Her Space Holiday * Manic Expressive (Tiger Style)
157. Ida * The Braille Night (Tiger Style)
158. Mouse On Mars * Idiology (Thrill Jockey)
159. Labradford : Fixed::Content (Kranky)
160. Matmos * A Chance to Cut Is a Chance To Cure (Matador)
161. The Rapture * Out Of The Races And Onto The Tracks EP (Sub
Pop)
162. Radiohead * I Might Be Wrong (Capitol)
163. 16 Horsepower * Hoarse (Checkered Past)
164. Daft
Punk *
Discovery (Virgin)
165. Set Fire To Flames * Sings Reign Rebuilder (Alien 8)
166. Talvin Singh * Ha (Island)
167. Dilated Peoples * Expansion Team (Capitol)
168. Karsh Kale * Realize (Six Degrees)
169. Cex * Oops, I Did It Again! (Tigerbeat6)
170. Lift To Experience * The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads (Bella Union)
171. Scarlet Life * Sugar, Spice, Saccharin & Cyanide (DivaNation)
172. Karma Sutra * Prana (Invisible/DivaNation)
173. Angels Of Light * How I Loved You (Young God)
174. Badmarsh & Shri * Signs (Nutone/Nettwerk)
175. Tim Easton * The Truth About Us (New West)
176. Burning Brides * Fall of the Plastic Empire (V2)
177. Tweaker * The Attraction To All Things Uncertain (Six Degrees)
178. Isis * Celestial (7)
179. Godflesh * Hymns (Earache)
180. Entombed * Morning Star (Music for the Nations)
181. The Haunted * …Made Me Do It (Earache)
182. Chι * Sounds Of Liberation (Man's Ruin)
183. The International
Noise Conspiracy * Survival Sickness (Burning Heart/Epitaph)
184. Fantomas * The Director's Cut (Ipecac)
185. Whiskeytown * Pneumonia (Universal)
186. The Cash Brothers * How Was Tomorrow (Uni/Zoe)
187. Kelly Hogan * Because It Feel Good (Bloodshot)
188. Clutch * Pure
Rock Fury (Atlantic)
189. Lamb * What Sound (Mercury)
190. Zeke * Death Alley (Tee Pee)
191. Spain * I Believe (Restless)
192. Timbaland & Magoo * Indecent Proposal (Virgin)
193. Jay-Z * The Blueprint (Roc-A-Fella)
194. DJ K
Rush * Zen (Red Ink)
195. Aesop
Rock * Labor Days (Def Jux)
196. Cesaria Evora * Sao Vicente (World Circuit)
197. Sheila Chandra * This Sentence Is True (Shakti)
198. Susheela Raman * Salt Rain (Narada)
199. Temple Of Sound & Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali * People's Colony No. 1 (Real World)
200. Felix Da Housecat * Kittenz And Thee Glitz (City
Rockers)
201. Vinicius Cantuaria * Vinicius (Transparent)
202. Joi * We Are Three (Real World)
203. Radio Tarifa * Cruzando El Rio (World Circuit)
204. Cheb Mami * Dellali (Mondo Melodia/Ark 21)
205. Neil Michael Hagerty (Drag City)
206. The Butchies * Three (Mr. Lady)
207. Rainer Maria * A Better Version Of Me (Polyvinyl)
208. Anita Lane * Sex O' Clock (Mute)
209. The Frames * For The Birds (Overcoat)
210. Teenage Fanclub * Howdy! (Thirsty Ear)
211. Zoot Woman * Living In A Magazine (Parlophone)
212. Fruit Bats * Echo Location (Perishable)
213. Clem Snide * The Ghost Of Fashion (spinART)
214. Superchunk * Here's To Shutting Up (Merge)
215. Low * Things We Lost In The Fire (Kranky)
216. Portastatic * Looking for Leonard (Merge)
217. Howe Gelb * Confluence (Thrill Jockey)
218. System Of A Down * Toxicity (
American)
219. Cutthroats 9 (Man's Ruin)
220. Old Time Relijun * Witchcraft Rebellion (K)
221. The Dictators * D.F.F.D. (Dictators)
222. Sea Of Tombs (Gravity)
223. Julie Doiron * Desormais (Jagjaguwar)
224. Love Life * Rose He Lied By (Troubleman Unlimited)
225. Calexico * Aerocalexico (Our Soil, Our Stength)
226. Stephen Malkmus (Matador)
227. The Chamber Strings * Month Of Sundays (Bobsled)
228. DJ Swamp * Never Is Now (Decadent/Lakeshore)
229. Nebula * Charged (Sub
Pop)
230. The Sultans * Ghost Ship (Swami/Sympathy FTRI)
231. Dante's Voodoo Cabaret * Songs For Saints And Sinners (Voodoo Cabaret)
232. Death Cab For Cutie * The Photo Album (Barsuk)
233. Pixeltan (Troubleman)
234. Hope Sandoval & Warm Invention * Bavarian Fruit Bread (BMG/Sanctuary)
235. Macy Gray * The ID (Epic)
236. Stereo Total * The Automatique (Bobsled)
237. The Gossip * That's Not What I Heard (Kill
Rock Stars)
238. Air * 10,000 Hz Legend (Astralwerks)
239. Transglobal Underground * Yes Boss Food Corner
240. Stina Nordenstam * This Is Stina Nordenstam (Independente) (UNI/Ark21)
241. Electric Wizard * Dopethrone (Rise Above)
242. Slayer * God Hates Us All (
American/Columbia)
243. David Byrne * Look Into The Eyeball (Virgin)
244. Richard Hawley (Setanta)
245. Shiner * Egg (De Soto)
246. Zao (Tooth & Nail)
247. Orthrelm * Asristirveildrioxe EP (Grenadine)
248. Edith Frost * Wonder Wonder (Drag City)
249. Preston School Of Industry * All This Sounds Gas (Matador)
250. The Pharmacists * Ted Leo/Rx Pharmacists (Germ Blandsten)
251. Kings of Convenience *
Versus (Astralwerks)
252. Chocolate Genius * Godmusic (V2)
253. Trailer Bride * High Seas (Bloodshot)
254. Kings of Convenience * Quiet Is The New Loud (Source/Astralwerks)
255. The Lack (Troubleman)
256. Ursula Rucker * Supa Sista (Studio !K7)
257. The Nerves * World Of Gold (Thrill Jockey)
258. Bigg Jus * Plantation Rhymes (Sub Verse)
259. Lambchop * Tools In The Dryer (Merge)
260. Mary J. Blige * No More Drama (MCA)
261. Busta Rhymes *
Genesis (J Records)
262. Angie Stone * Mahogony
Soul (J Records)
263. Quasi * The Sword Of God (Touch & Go)
264. Warhorse * As Heaven Turns To Ash... (Southern Lord)
265. Rammstein * Mutter (Universal)
266. My Dying Bride * The Dreadful Hour (Peaceville/Snapper)
267. Ex Models * Other Mathematics (Ace Fu)
268. Chestnut Station * In Your Living Room (Drag City)
269. The Great Crusades * Damaged Goods (Glitterhouse)
270. Maxwell * Now (Columbia)
271. Jill Scott * Experience (Sony)
272. Evil Beaver * Lick It! (Four Alarm)
273. Buddy & Julie Miller (Hightone)
274. Gorillaz (Virgin)
275. ABCs (Troubleman)
276. Dungeon Family * ...Even in Darkness (Arista)
277. The Donnas * The Donnas Turn 21 (Lookout!)
278. John Hammond * Wicked Grin (Virgin)
279. Ghostface Killah * Bulletproof Wallets (Epic)
280. Bonnie '
Prince' Billy * Ease Down The Road (Palace Records)
281. Le Tigre * From The Desk of Mr. Lady EP (Mr. Lady)
282. The Bigger Lovers * How I Learned To Stop Worrying (Black Dog)
283. Garbage * Beautiful Garbage (Mushroom)
284. Black Crowes * Lion (V2)
285. Tom McRae (BMG/Arista)
286. Monster Magnet * God Says No (A&M)
287. Pete Yorn * Musicforthemorningafter (Sony)
288. Muse * Origin Of Symmetry (Mushroom)
289. Rollins Band * Nice (BMG/Sanctuary)
290. Kool Keith * Spankmaster (TVT)
291. Bullfrog (Ropeadope)
292. Rizzo * Phoning It In (Sympathy For the Record Industry)
293. Nick Lowe * The Convincer (Proper)
294. Ryan Adams * Gold (Lost Highway)
295. Weezer * The Green Album (Geffen)
296. The Cult * Beyond Good & Evil (Lava/Atlantic)
297. Tricky * Blowback (Island)
298. Tori Amos * Strange Little Girls (Atlantic)
299. Graham Parker * Deepcut to Nowhere (Razor & Tie)
300. Leonard Cohen * Ten New Songs (Columbia)
301. The Moldy Peaches (Sanctuary)
302. Khanate (Southern Lord)
303. Tomahawk (Ipecac)
304. Acid Mothers Temple * New Geocentric World (Squealer)
305. Akercocke * The Goat Of Mendes (Peaceville/Snapper)
306. Alabama Thunderpussy * Staring At The Divine (Man's Ruin)
307. Alpha * The Impossible Thrill (Melankolic)
308. Anathema * A Fine Day To Exit (Koch)
309. The Apes * The Fugue In The Fog (French
Kiss)
310. Aphex Twin * Drukqs (Warp)
311. Arab Strap *
The Red Thread (Matador/Chemical Underground)
312. Aria * Haze (Bleep)
313. Ashley Park * The
American Scene (Loose)
314. Ass Ponys * Lohio (Checkered Past)
315. Aterciopelados * Gozo Poderosa (BMG Latin)
316. Atomsmasher (Hydra Head)
317. AB Baars Trio * Songs (Geestgronden)
318. The Bad Plus (Fresh Sound)
319. Bathory * Blood Fire Death (Black Mark/SPV
320. Howie
Beck * Hollow (Easy Tiger)
321. The BellRays * Grand Fury (Vital Gesture)
322. Ben & Jason * Ten Songs About You (Go Beat)
323. Biosphere * Substrata/Man With A Movie Camera (Touch)
324. Biota * Invisible Map (Import)
325. Bis * Music For A Stranger World (Grand Royal)
326. Brant Bjφrk & The Operators * Cocoa Butter (Man's Ruin)
327. Frank Black & the Catholics * Dog In The Sand (What Are Records?)
328. Blectum From Blechdom * Haus De Snaus (Tiberbeat6)
329. Bluetip * Post Mortem Anthem (Dischord)
330. Bonnevill (Mick Turner) * Pelican (Instinct)
331. Bran Van 3000 *
Discosis (Grand Royal)
332. Brassy * Got It Made (Wiija)
333. Brokeback * Morse Code in the Modern Age: Across The Americas (Thrill Jockey)
334. Bronx Casket Co. * Sweet Home Transylvania
335. Buck 65 * Man Overboard (Anticon)
336. Cake * Comfort Eagle (Columbia)
337. Capitol Years * Meet Yr Acrews (Full Frame)
338. The Charlatans * Wonderland (UNI/MCA)
339. Chicago Underground Quartet (Thrill Jockey)
340. The Clean * Getaway (Merge)
341. Clearlake * Lido (Dusty Company)
342. cLOUDDEAD (Mush/Big Dada)
343. Cockeyed Ghost * Ludlow 6:18 (Karma Frog)
344. Comas * A Def Needle In Tomorrow (Plastique/Yep Roc)
345. Constantines * The Constantines (Three Gut)
346. The Convocation Of... * Pyramid Technology (Tiger Style)
347. The Creatures * Sequins In The Sun
348. The Crystal Method * Tweekend (Interscope)
349. Cypress Hill * Stoned Raiders (Sony)
350. The Damned * Grave Disorder (NIT)
351. De La
Soul * Bionix (Tommy Boy)
352. Delerium * Poem (Nettwerk)
353. Depeche Mode * Exciter (Warner)
354. Dhol Foundation * Big Drum Small World (Shakti)
355. Ani DiFranco * Revelling: Reckoning (Righteous Babe)
356. Dimitri from Paris * Monsieur Dimitri's De-Luxe House of
Funk (Razor & Tie)
357. The Distillers * Sin Sin Death House (Hellcat/Epitaph)
358. The Divine Comedy * Regeneration (Parolophone)
359. Dntel * Life Is Full Of Possibilities (Plug Research)
360. Sara Dougher * The Bluff (Mr. Lady)
361. Graeme Downes * Hammers And Anvils (Matador)
362. The Dum Dum Project * Export Quality (Grooovy Sounds Unlimited)
363. Edan * Mic Manipulator (Lewis Recordings)
364. Ekkehard Ehlers * Plays Albert Ayler (Staubgold)
365. Mark Eitzel * The Invisible Man (Matador)
366. Electrelane *
Rock It To The Moon (Mr. Lady/Let's
Rock!)
367. Elysian
Fields *
Queen Of the Meadow (Flower Shop)
368. Embrace * If You've Never Been
369. Emperor * Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (Candlelight)
370. Elejandro Escovedo * A Man Under the Influence (Bloodshot)
371. The Ex * Dizzy Spells (Touch & Go)
372. Explosion Robinson * The Luxury Leader (Slabco)
373. Faithless * Outrospective (Arista/Kinetic)
374. Fear Factory * DigiMortal (Roadrunner)
375. Field Mob * 6:13: Ashy To Classy (MCA)
376. Firebird * Deluxe (Music For Nations)
377. Ben Folds *
Rockin' The Suburbs (Epic)
378. French Kicks * Young Lawyer EP (Star Time)
379. Fuck * Cupid's Cactus (Smells Like)
380. Fushitsusha * Origin's Hesitation (PSF)
381. Future Pilot AKA * Tiny Waves, Mighty Sea (Geographic)
382. Rebecca Gates * Ruby Series (Badman)
383. Warren G * Return Of The Regulator (Uptown/Universal)
384. The Get Up Kids * Eudora (Vagrant)
385. Goldfrapp * Utopia (EP) (Mute)
386. Godhead * 2000 Years Of Human Error (Posthuman)
387. Goldie * Goldie Co UK
388. Green Velvet *
Whatever (Musicman)
389. Gridlock * Trace (Unit)
390. Luke Haines * The Oliver Twist Manifesto (Hut)
391. The Heavy Blinkers * Better Weather (Brobdignagian)
392. Arve Henriksen, Sakuteiki (Rune Grammofon)
393. Herbert * Bodily Functions (!K7)
394. HIM * New Features (Bubble Core)
395. Holger Hiller (Mute)
396. Beth Hirsch * Titles And
Idols (!K7)
397. His Name Is Alive * Someday My
Blues Will Cover The Earth (4AD/Beggars Banquet)
398. The Human League * Secrets (Papillon/Chrysalis)
399. I Am Kloot * Natural History (We Love You)
400. The Icarus Line * Mono (Crank!)
401. Idaho * Levitate (Idaho Music)
402. Jackie-O Motherfucker * Liberation (Road Cone)
403. Bill Janovitz * Up Here (spinART)
404. Freedy Johnston * Right Between The Promises (Elektra)
405. k * New Problems (Tiger Style)
406. Karma To Burn * Almost Heathen (Spitfire)
407. Katatonia * Last Fair Deal Gone Down (Peaceville/Snaper)
408. Alicia Keys * Songs In A Minor (J)
409. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Sony/Legacy)
410. Kinski * Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle (Pacifico)
411. Ladytron * 604 (Emperor Norton)
412. Bill Laswell * Carlos
Santana - Divine Light (Columbia/Legacy)
413. Melissa Lefton (Jive)
414. Lightning Bolt * Ride The Skies (Loud)
415. Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez * Cachaito (Nonesuch)
416. John Oswald * Plunderphonics 69/96 (Seeland)
417. The Locust * Flight Of The Wounded Locust (GSL)
418. Patty Loveless * Mountain
Soul (Epic)
419. Lowgold * Just Backward Of Square (Nude)
420. Lowsunday * Elesgiem (Projekt)
421. Ludacris * Southern Hospitality (Def Jam)
422. The Lucksmiths * Why That Doesn't Surprise Me (Drive-In)
423. Billy MacKenzie And Steve Aungle * Eurocentric (Eurocentric)
424. Marmoset * Record In Red (Secretly Canadian)
425. Stephan Mathieu * Frequencylib (Ritornell)
426. Paul McCartney * Driving Rain (Parlophone)
427. Nathaniel Merriweather Presents Loveage * Music To Make Love to Your Old Lady By (75 Ark)
428. Milemarker * Anaesthetic (Jade Tree)
429. Minders * Golden Street (Spinart)
430. Minus 5 * Let The War Against Music Begin (Malt/Mammoth)
431. Roy Montgomery * Silver Wheel Of Prayer (VHF)
432. Alan Moore & Tim Perkins * The Highbury Working (Re:)
433. Jason Moran Trio * Black Stars (Blue Note)
434. Mark Mulcahy * Smile Sunset (Loose)
435. Mull Historical Society * Loss (EastWest)
436. My Morning Jacket * At Dawn (Darla)
437. Toshimaru Nakamura & Sachiko M * Do (Erstwhile)
438. Nectarine No. 9 * Received, Transgressed & Transmitted (Beggars Banquet)
439. Nataraj XT * Tandava (Nutone)
440. New Order * Get Ready (WB)
441. The New Year * Newness Ends (Touch And Go)
442. Nagisa Ni Te * Songs for A Simple Moment (Geographic)
443. Jeb Loy Nichols * Just What Time It Is (Rykodisc)
444. Nas * Stillmatic (Columbia)
445. Neurosis * A Sun That Never Sets (Relapse)
446. No-Neck
Blues Band * Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones (Revenant)
447. Noonday Underground * Self-Assembly (Bar/None)
448. North Mississippi Al Stars, John Medeski & Robert Randolph * The Word (Ropeadope/Atlantic)
449. Heather Nova * South (1/2)
450. Laura Nyro * Angel In The Dark (Rounder)
451. Of Montreal * Cocquelicot Asleep In The :
Poppies (Kindercore)
452. OOIOO * Feather Float (Birdman)
453. Old Man Gloom * Seminar III: Zozobra (Tortuga)
454. Orange Peels * So Far (spinART)
455. Oranger * The Quiet Vibration Land (
Poptones)
456. Oval * Commers (Thrill Jockey)
457. Oxide & Neutrino * Execute (East West)
458. Pan Sonic * Aaltiopiiri (Blast First)
459. Pep Love * Ascension (Hiero Imperium)
460. The Pets * Love And War (Endearing)
461. P.G. Six * Parlor Tricks And Porch Favorites (Amish)
462. Phatt Pussycat * Phatt Life (Glasgow Underground)
463. Grant Lee Phillips * Mobilize (Zoe/Rounder)
464. Piano Magic * Seasonally Affective 1996-2000 (
Rocket Girl)
465. Plaid * Double Figure (Warp)
466. Pleasure Forever (Sub
Pop)
467. Iggy
Pop * Beat Em Up (Virgin)
468. Praxis * Warszawa (Innerhythmic)
469. Prefab Sprout * The Gunman And Other Stories (EMI)
470. Rajna * Ishati (Projekt)
471. Red House Painters * Old
Ramon (Sub
Pop)
472. Marc Ribot * Saints (Division One)
473. Christina Rosenvinge * Frozen Pool (Smells Like)
474. Rovo * Imago (Incidental)
475. Scorn * Greetings From Birmingham (Hymen)
476. Senor Coconut * El Gran Baile (Emperor Norton)
477. Matthew Shipp * Matthew Shipp's New Orbit (Thirsty Ear)
478. Beanie Sigel * The Reason (Roc-A-Fella)
479. The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra And Tra-La-La Band * Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upward (Constellation)
480. Sizzla * Rastafari Teach I Everything (Greensleaves)
481. Slumber Party * Psychedelicate (Kill
Rock Stars)
482. Smog * Rain On Lens (Drag City)
483. The
Snow Patrol * When It's Over We Will Still Have To Clear Up (Jeepster)
484. Snowpony * Sea Shanties For Spaceships (Dead Pan Alley)
485. Soilent Green * A Deleted Symphony For the Beaten Down (Relapse)
486. Solex * Low Kick & Hard Bop (Matador)
487. Solid Steel Presents DJ Food & DK * Now, Listen! (Ninja Tune)
488. Son Ambulence * Euphemystic (Saddle Creek)
489. Spearmin * A Different Lifetime (Hitback)
490. Squarepusher * Go Plastic (Warp)
491. Stars * The Comeback EP (LeGrand)
492. Starsailor * Love Is Here (Chrysalis)
493. Taku Sugimoto * Italia (A Bruit Secret)
494. Sebastien Tellier * L'Incroyable Verite Record Makers (Astralwerks)
495. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 * Bob Diners and Laarry Noodles Present Tubby Terdner's Celebrity Avalanche (Communion)
496. Billy Bob Thornton * Private Radio (Lost Highway)
497. Tindersticks * Trouble Every Day (Beggars Banquet)
498. Jenny Toomey * Antidote (Misra)
499. To Rococo Rot & I-Sound * Music Is A Hungry Ghost (City Slang)
500. Town And Country * It Has All To Do With It (Thrill Jockey)
501. Travis * The Invisible Band (Independiente)
502. Turin Brakes * The Optimist LP (Astralwerks)
503. US Maple * Acre Thrills (Drag City)
504. Vandermark 5 * Acoustic Machine (Atavistic)
505. Caetano Veloso * Noites Do Norte (WEA/Nonesuch)
506. Caetano Veloso * Omaggio A Federico E Giulietta (WEA/Nonesuch)
507. Varnaline * Songs In A Northern Key (E-Squared/Artemis)
508. Volta Do Mar * At The Speeeed Of Light Or Day (Arborvitae)
509. The Von Bondies * Lack Of Communication (Sympathy FTRI)
510. Wagon Christ * Musipal (Ninja Tune)
511. The Walkabouts * Ended Up A Stranger (Glitterhouse)
512. Walker Kong * There Goes The Sun (Magic Marker)
513. M Ward * End Of Amnesia (Loose)
514. The White Octive * Menergy (Initial)
515. Witness * Under A Sun (Island)
516. Jah Wobble & Evan Parker * Passage to Hades (Blueprint)
517. Jah Wobble & Bill Laswell * Radioaxiom (Palm/Axiom)
518. Work Of Saws * Motivation and Watertown Grammar (Thick)
519. Wu Tang Clan * WW II (Loud)
520. Yesterday's New Quintet * Angles Without Edges (Stones Throw)
521. Zero 7 * Simple Things (Ultimate Dilemma)
522. Rob Zombie * Sinister Urge (Geffen)