CAST ALBUMS/MUSICALS/BROADWAY
Annie Get Your Gun (Doris Day, Robert Goulet album) (1963) ****
Camelot Orig Broadway Cast Album ****
Dear Evan Hansen (2017) ** 1/2
Hadestown Orig Off Broadway Cast Album *** 1/2
Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Album *** 1/2
My Fair Lady (Orig Broadway Cast Album) ****
Spring Awakening Orig Cast Album ****
Sunday in The Park With George (Original 1984) ****
Sunday in The Park With George (Bway 2017) *** 1/2
SOUNDTRACKS
Baby Driver *** 1/2
The Big Chill ****
The Big Chill Volume Two *** 1/2
Black Panther ***/
Blade Runner Original Soundtrack ***/
Blade Runner Original Complete Score Bootleg ****
Blade Runner 2049 ***
Boardwalk Empire ***
Chariots Of Fire ** 1/2
The Cold Blue ***
Country Music (soundtrack to Ken Burns doc) ****
Guardians Of The Galaxy Awesome Mixtape Vol. 1 *** 1/2
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season One ***
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season Two ***
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood *** 1/2
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Africa Screams Contest *** 1/2
Africa Screams Contest Vol. Two *** 1/2
Afrocubism *** 1/2
Aloha Got Soul 1979-1985 ***
Bluesin' By The Bayou ** 1/2
Burnwood PLaylist: Deep Lizzy -- Thin Lizzy *** 1/2
Burnwood Playlist: This Won't Take But A Minute Or Two *** 1/2
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector ****
Come and Get It: The Best Of Apple Records ** 1/2
Come On Let's Go: Powerpop Gems From The 70s and 80s ***
Country Soul (2015) ** 1/2
Divided And United: Songs Of The Civil War *** 1/2
Dub Specialist: Studio One Dub FireSpecial ** 1/2
Feelin' Right, Saturday Night: The Rick and Ron Anthology *** 1/2
The Golden Age Of Popular Music: Jazz Hits From 1958-1966 ****
The Golden Age Of Popular Music: More Country Hits ***
Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout: Bluegrass Gospel From The Pen Of Rick Lang ***
The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances *** 1/2
The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto Volume One ****
The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto Volume Two *** 1/2
John Savage's 1966: The Year The Decade Exploded ***
Let The Good Times Roll: 40 Jumping R and B Classics ***
Live From The Old Town School, Vol. 1-4 *** 1/2
The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams ***
Mercyland: Hymns For The Rest Of Us *** 1/2
Motown: The Complete #1s (11 CD set) *** 1/2 \
The Nebraska Sessions (tribute to Springsteen album via Clubhouse Records UK) *** 1/2
Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 74-79 *** 1/2
Nigeria Freedom Sounds: Popular Music and the Birth... ** 1/2
Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-1976 *** 1/2
Nippon Girls 2: Japanese Pop, Beat and Rock n Roll 1965-1970 *** 1/2
Remembering Mountains: Unheard Songs by Karen Dalton **
Roll Columbia: Woody Guthrie's 26 Northwest Songs **
Songs Of Lennon and McCartney (UK) ** 1/2
Soul Of A Nation: Afro-Centric Visions In the Age of Black Power ***/
The Sounds Of Siam ***
Southern Soul Crate *** 1/2
A Tribute To Dan Fogelberg **
You Make My Heart Sing: 50 Of The Greatest Love Songs Ever (UK) *** 1/2
HOLIDAY MUSIC/CHRISTMAS ALBUMS MASTER LIST
Bryan Adams -- Christmas EP ** 1/2
David Archuleta -- Winter In The Air ** 1/2
John Basile -- Silent Night **
Tony Bennett -- Snowfall
Tony Bennett -- A Swingin' Christmas (w Ciount Basie) ***
Booker T and the MGs -- In The Christmas Spirit **
Wade Bowen -- Twelve Twenty Five **
Chuck Brown -- The Spirit Of Christmas *
Chicago -- Chicago Christmas *
Harry Connick Jr. -- When My Heart Finds Christmas * 1/2
Harry Connick Jr. -- Harry For The Holidays **
Harry Connick Jr. -- What A Night! A Christmas Album * 1/2
Timi Dakolo -- Merry Christmas, Darling *
Ella Fitzgerald -- Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas ****
CeeLo Green -- CeeLo's Magic Moment ** 1/2
Vince Guaraldi -- A Charlie Brown Christmas ****
Bobby Helms -- Jingle Bells (2019 album) **
The Imaginaries -- Hometown Christmas **
Keb' Mo' -- Moonlight, Mistletoe and You **
Latvian Concert Choir -- Christmas Joy In Latvia ***
Ledisi -- It's Christmas **
Ramsey Lewis Trio -- Sound Of Christmas (side one good, side two w strings awful) **
Ramsey Lewis Trio -- More Sounds Of Christmas * 1/2
Little Steven -- Little Stevens' Christmas A Go-Go ***
Los Lobos -- Llegó Navidad *** 1/2
Wynton Marsalis/JLCB -- Big Band Holidays *** 1/2
Wynton Marsalis/JLCB -- Big Band Holidays II ***
Wynton Marsalis -- Crescent City Christmas Card
The McCrary Sisters -- A Very McCrary Christmas **
Lea Michele -- Christmas In The City *
Jacob Miller -- Natty Christmas *
Willie Nelson -- Pretty Paper *** 1/2
Ne-Yo -- Another Kind Of Christmas **
Oscar Peterson -- An Oscar Peterson Christmas **
Randy Rainbow -- Gurl, It's Christmas **
Lou Rawls -- Merry Christmas From Lou Rawls (2009 ep reissue) *** 1/2
Josh Rouse -- The Holiday Sounds Of Josh Rouse **
Phil Spector -- A Christmas Gift For You From Philles Records ****
The Staples Singers -- The 25th Day Of December ** 1/2
Dave Stryker -- Eight Track Christmas **
Rosie Thomas -- A Very Rosie Christmas **
TobyMac -- Light Of Christmas *
Weezer -- Christmas With Weezer ***
Nigel Wilson -- Have Yourself A Merry Little Synthmas *
Phil Wickham -- Christmas **
Robbie Williams -- The Christmas Present ***
George Winston -- December *** 1/2
Various Artists -- It's
VA -- It's A Prog Rock Christmas *
Sunday, April 05, 2020
Music Library Master List T-Z
THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH
Shallow Grave ***
The Wild Hunt *** 1/2
Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird (ep) ***
There's No Leaving Now *** 1/2
Dark Bird Is Home ****
When The Bird Sees The Ground ***
I Love You. It's A Fever Dream *** 1/2
TAME IMPALA
Lonerism *** 1/2
AARON LEE TASJAN
Silver Tears ***
CHIP TAYLOR
A Song I Can Live With ** 1/2
JAMES TAYLOR
James Taylor
Sweet Baby James *** 1/2
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon
One Man Dog
Walking Man
Gorilla
In The Pocket
Greatest Hits ****
JT
Flag
Dad Loves His Work
That's Why I'm Here
Classic Songs ****
Never Die Young
New Moon Shine
Hourglass
October Road
Covers
Before This World ** 1/2
OTIS TAYLOR
Recapturing The Banjo *** 1/2
My World Is Gone ***
JACK TEAGARDEN
Think Well Of Me (1962) *** 1/2
TEARS FOR FEARS
Rule The World: The Greatest Hits ***
TEEENAGE FANCLUB
Bandwagonesque *** 1/2
Grand Prix
Here ** 1/2
THE TEMPTATIONS
Meet The Temptations ** 1/2
Sing Smokey Robinson ***
The Temptin' Temptations ***
Gettin' Ready
The Temptations With A Lot O' Soul *** 1/2
The Temptations In A Mellow Mood *
The Temptations Wish it Would Rain ** 1/2
Diana Ross and the Supremes Meet The Temptations * 1/2
Cloud Nine *** (side one ****; side two ** 1/2)
Together
Puzzle People ** 1/2
Psychedelic Shack *** 1/2\
The Temptations Christmas Card ** 1/2 (but "Silent Night" a keeper)
Sky's The Limit *** 1/2
Solid Rock ***
All Directions
Masterpiece
17 Greatest Hits (Compact Command Performances) ****
10CC
Sheet Music ** 1/2
SONNY TERRY
At Sugar Hill (w Brownie McGee) ***
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
No! *** 1/2
Here Come The ABCs *** 1/2
Here Come The 123s ***
Here Comes Science ***
Why?
I Like Fun ** 1/2
CHRIS THILE
Bass and Mandolin (w Edgar Meyer) ** 1/2
Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau ** 1/2
HENRY THOMAS
Bulldoze Blues (1927-1929) *** 1/2
LINDA THOMPSON
One Clear Moment *** 1/2
Fashionably Late *** 1/2
Versatile Heart ***
Won't Be Long Now *** 1/2
My Mother Doesn't Know I'm On The Stage *** 1/2
RICHARD THOMPSON
Hand Of Kindness ***
Small Town Romance *** 1/2
Across A Crowded Room ***
Daring Adventures *** 1/2
Amnesia ***
Rumour And Sigh *** 1/2
Mirror Blue ** 1/2
You? Me? Us? **
Mock Tudor *** 1/2
The Old Kit Bag ***
1000 Years Of Popular Music *** 1/2
Front Parlour Ballads
Sweet Warrior
Dream Attic **
Electric *** 1/2
Acoustic Classics ***
Still ** 1/2
Acoustic Classics II ***
Acoustic Rarities ** 1/2
13 Rivers ***/
The Cold Blue (soundtrack) ***
RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON
Henry The Human Fly ***
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight ****
Hokey Pokey *** 1/2
Pour Down Like Silver ****
First Light ***
Sunny Vista ** 1/2
Shoot Out The Lights ****
TEDDY THOMPSON
Teddy Thompson ***
Separate Ways *** 1/2
Upfront And Down Low *** 1/2
A Piece Of What You Need *** 1/2
Bella *** 1/2
Family ***
Little Windows (w Kelly Jones) *** 1/2
TRACEY THORN
A Distant Shore
Out Of The Woods
Love and Its Opposite *** 1/2
Tinsel and Lights ***/
Record ***/
3 FERVENT TRAVELERS
Time For Three *** 1/2
TIGERS ON TRAINS
Antarctica In Color *** 1/2
TINARIWEN
Imidiwan: Companions *** 1/2
Tassili *** 1/2
Emmaar *** 1/2
Elwan ** 1/2
TINY TIM
God Bless Tiny Tim (1968) *** 1/2
Tiny Tim's 2nd Album (1968) ***
THE TIME JUMPERS
The Time Jumpers *** 1/2
TOBYMAC
Eye On It ***
T.O.L.D.
Witches **
ALI FARKA TOURE
Ali and Toumani (w Toumani Diabate) ****
ALLEN TOUSSAINT
Life, Love and Faith
Southern Nights *** 1/2
I Believe To My Soul (w Mavis Staples, Billy Preston, Ann Peebles, Irma Thomas) ****
The River In Reverse (w Elvis Costello) *** 1/2
The Bright Mississippi *** 1/2
Songbook *** 1/2
American Tunes ***
KRISTINA TRAIN
Spilled Milk *** 1/2
MEGHAN TRAINOR
The Love Train ** 1/2
BOUBACAR TRAORÉ
Mali Denhou *** 1/2
Dounia Tabolo **
ROKIA TRAORE
Beautiful Africa ***
RANDY TRAVIS
Around The Bend *** 1/2
Influence Vol. 2: The Man I Am ** 1/2
T. REX
The Slider ***
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
The Low End Theory *** 1/2
Midnight Marauders
Beats, Rhymes and Life
The Love Movement
We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service *** 1/2
TRICK PONY
Greatest Hits ***
BOBBY TROUP
Sings Johnny Mercer (1955) *** 1/2
The Distinctive Style Of Bobby Troup (1955) ***
Bobby Swings Tenderly (1957) **
And His Stars of Jazz (1958) **
TANYA TUCKER
While I'm Living *** 1/2
JETHRO TULL
Aqualung ***
tUnE yArDs
Nikki Nack ***/
FRANK TURNER
The First Three Years
Tape Deck Heart *** 1/2
Positive Songs For Negative People
The Third Three Years ***
Be More Kind ** (but "The Lifeboat" is lovely)
No Man's Land *** 1/2
TV ON THE RADIO
Dear Science ** 1/2
JEFF TWEEDY
Together At Last
Warm ***
Warmer
TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB
Tourist History ***
STEVEN TYLER
We're All Somebody Somewhere **
WILLIAM TYLER
Behold The Spirit ***
Impossible Truth
Modern Country ***
Goes West **
TYLER THE CREATOR
Goblin
Wolf ** 1/2
Cherry Bomb
Flower Boy ** 1/2
The Grinch **
Igor
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
Some Hearts
Carnival Ride
Play On ***
Blown Away ** 1/2
Storyteller *** /
Cry Pretty
UNDERWORLD
Impossible Truth
Barbara, Barbara, We Face A Shining Future ***
U2
Boy *** 1/2
October ***
War *** 1/2
Under A Blood Red Sky ****
The Unforgettable Fire ****
Wide Awake In America ****
The Joshua Tree *** 1/2
Rattle And Hum *** 1/2
Achtung Baby *** 1/2
Zooropa **
Pop **
All That You Can't Leave Behind ***
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb ** 1/2
No Line On The Horizon ** 1/2
Songs Of Innocence ** 1/2
Songs Of Experience ** 1/2
VAMPIRE WEEKEND
Vampire Weekend ***/
Contra ** 1/2
Modern Vampires Of The City *** 1/2
Father Of The Bride *** 1/2
FOY VANCE
The Wild Swan ***
LUTHER VANDROSS
The Night I Fell In Love (1985) ***
VAN HALEN
MCMLXXXIV **
A Different Kind Of Truth ** 1/2
VARIOUS ARTISTS
See bottom of list
SARAH VAUGHAN
Sarah Vaughan aka Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1954) *** 1/2
Live At Rosy's ** 1/2
SUZANNE VEGA
Suzanne Vega ***
Solitude Standing ***
Days Of Open Hand *** 1/2
99.9F ***
Nine Objects Of Desire *** 1/2
Songs In Red And Gray
Beauty and Crime
Close-Up Vol 1: Love Songs *** 1/2
Close-Up Vol 2: People and Places *** 1/2
Close-Up Vol 3: States Of Being *** 1/2
Close-Up Vol 4: Songs Of Family
Tales From The Realm Of The Queen Of Pentacles ***
Lover, Beloved: Songs From An Evening With Carson McCullers ***
LAURA VEIRS
July Flame ***
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
The Velvet Underground and Nico ****
White Light/White Heat
The Velvet Underground
Loaded *** 1/2
THE VERONICAS
The Veronicas ***/
VERUCA SALT
Ghost Notes ***/
KURT VILE
Smoke Ring For My Halo **
b'lieve i'm goin' down ***
Lotta Sea Lice (w Courtney Barnett) *** 1/2
RHONDA VINCENT
Good Thing Going ***
THE VINES
Highly Evolved *** 1/2
Winning Days
Vision Valley
Wicked Nature *** 1/2
In Miracle Land *** 1/2
VIOLENT FEMMES
We Can Do Anything ***
VOICES CARRY
Voices Carry ***
Welcome Home *** 1/2
Everything's Different Now ***
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT
High, Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project *** 1/2
10 Songs For The New Depression ***
Older Than My Old Man Now
Haven't Got The Blues (Yet) ***
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT
I Know You're Married ** 1/2
BUTCH WALKER
I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart ** 1/2
Stay Gold ***
RYLEY WALKER
Golden Sings That Have Been Sung ***
M WARD
Duet For Guitars #2 ** 1/2
Transfiguration Of Vincent ***
Transistor Radio *** 1/2
Post-War ***
Hold Time *** 1/2
A Wasteland Companion ***
More Rain ** 1/2
WARM SODA
Symbolic Dream ***
JENNIFER WARNES
Famous Blue Raincoat ****
The Hunter ** 1/2
The Well ** 1/2
Another Time, Another Place **
THE WAR ON DRUGS
A Deeper Understanding **
CHARLIE WARSHAM
The Beginning Of Things ***
DIONNE WARWICK
The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits ****
She's Back... **
And Voices Of Christmas **
DINAH WASHINGTON
After Hours With Miss "D"
Dinah Jams aka ****
Dinah!
In The Land Of Hi-Fi
The Swingin' Miss "D"
The Fats Waller Songbook aka Sings Fats Waller (1957) *** 1/2
What A Difference A Day Makes!
Unforgettable
The Two Of Us (w Brook Benton)
Drinking Again *** 1/2
The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury ****
The Fabulous Miss "D"! The Keynote, Decca and Mercury Singles ** 1/2
A Bouquet Of Hits (2017) **
KAMASI WASHINGTON
The Epic *** 1/2
Harmony of Difference *** 1/2
Heaven and Earth *** 1/2
THE WATERBOYS
This Is The Sea *** 1/2
Fisherman's Blues ***
Room To Roam
An Appointment With Mr. Yates
Fisherman's Box ****
Modern Blues ***
Where The Action Is ***
ROGER WATERS
The Pros and Cons Of Hitchhiking * 1/2
Is This The Life We Really Want? ** 1/2
DALE WATSON
Carryin' On ***
The Sun Sessions ** 1/2
DOC WATSON
The Definitive Doc Watson ***
LEWIS WATSON
The Morning ***
WILLIE WATSON
Folk Singer Vol. 2 ** 1/2
BEN WATT
North Marine Drive ** 1/2
Hendra ***
MARGARET WHITING
Sings The Jerome Kern Songbook (1960) *** 1/2
THE WHO
The Who Sell Out
Tommy
Live At Leeds
Who's Next *** 1/2
Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy ****
Quadrophenia
The Who By Numbers
Who Are You
Face Dances
It's Hard
Endless Wire
Who
WILCO
A.M.
Being There
Mermaid Avenue (w Billy Bragg) *** 1/2
Summer Teeth *** 1/2
Mermaid Avenue II (w Billy Bragg) *** 1/2
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot *** 1/2
A Ghost Is Born
Sky Blue Sky
Wilco (The Album) ***
The Whole Love ** 1/2
Star Wars
Schmilco ** 1/2
WILDER WOODS
Wilder Woods ***
WILD FLAG
Wild Flag *** 1/2
HANK WILLIAMS
40 Greatest Hits ****
The Complete Hank Williams *** 1/2
The Garden Spot Programs ***
HOLLY WILLIAMS
The Highway *** 1/2
JOY WILLIAMS
Front Porch ***
LUCINDA WILLIAMS
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road *** /
Vanished Gardens (w Charles Lloyd) **
MARION WILLIAMS
Surely God Is Able *** 1/2
The Gospel Soul Of Marion Williams ****
ROBBIE WILLIAMS
Life Through A Lens
I've Been Expecting You
Sing When You're Winning *** 1/2
Swing When You're Winning *** 1/2
Escapology
Intensive Care
Rudebox
Swings Both Ways ***
Under The Radar, Vol. One ***/
The Heavy Entertainment Show ** 1/2
The Christmas Present ***
KELLY WILLIS
Well Traveled Love *** 1/2
Bang Bang ***
Kelly Willis
Cheater's Game (w Bruce Robison) *** 1/2
Our Year (w Bruce Robison) ***/
Back Being Blue ** 1/2
BRIAN WILSON
Brian Wilson ***
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
Orange Crate Art (w Van Dyke Parks) *** 1/2
Imagination
Brian Wilson Presents Smile ****
What I Really Want For Christmas
That Lucky Old Sun ** 1/2
Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin ** 1/2
In The Key Of Disney **
No Pier Pressure
CASSANDRA WILSON
Blue Skies
Blue Light 'til Dawn ****
New Moon Daughter
Rendezvous (w Jacky Terrasson)
Traveling Miles ****
Belly Of The Sun
Glamoured
Thunderbird *** 1/2
Loverly ***
Silver Pony ***
Another Country
Coming Forth By Day
NANCY WILSON
The Swingin's Mutual (w George Shearing) ***
Something Wonderful *** 1/2
Nancy Wilson/ Cannonball Adderley *** 1/2
Tender Loving Care ***
JESSE WINCHESTER
Jesse Winchester
Learn To Love It ***
Love Filling Station *** 1/2
A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble ***
AMY WINEHOUSE
Frank *** 1/2
Back To Black *** 1/2
Lioness: Hidden Treasures ***
Amy (soundtrack) **
STEVE WINWOOD
Arc Of A Diver ***
Back In The High Life ***
Roll With It ** 1/2
Greatest Hits Live (2017) ** 1/2
GEORGE WINSTON
December *** 1/2
Restless Wind **
MAC WISEMAN
I Sang The Song ***/
BILL WITHERS
Just As I Am ****
Still Bill ****
Live At Carnegie Hall ***
+'Justments *** 1/2
Making Music
Naked & Warm ** 1/2
Menagerie
'Bout Love
Watching You Watching Me
PATRICK WOLF
Lupercalia ***
PETER WOLF
Sleepless ***
Midnight Souvenirs ****
A Cure For Loneliness ***
NAT AND ALEX WOLFF
Public Places ** 1/2
BOBBY WOMACK
The Bravest Man In The Universe ***
LEE ANN WOMACK
Call Me Crazy *** 1/2
The Way I'm Livin' ** 1/2
The Lonely The Lonesome and the Gone ***
CAROLYN WONDERLAND
Peace Meal ***
BETTY WRIGHT
The Movie (w The Roots) ***
LIZZ WRIGHT
The Orchard ***
Grace ***
ROBERT WYATT
Rock Bottom ****
Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
EPs
Cuckooland
Comicopera
...For The Ghosts Within ***
X
Los Angeles (1980) **
THE XX
The XX *** 1/2
YEARS AND YEARS
Communion ** 1/2
Palo Santo ***
TRISHA YEARWOOD
Every Girl **
YES
Fragile *
DWIGHT YOAKUM
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc.
NEIL YOUNG
Neil Young *** 1/2
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere *** 1/2
Hitchhiker (2017 release recorded in 1976) ***
The Visitor **
Clearly, I prefer pastoral Neil. (Even though I'm a mild holdout on "Harvest" and prefer several later, similar albums to that acclaimed work.) Probably the first time I was aware of him at all was Live Aid, when he ambled onto the stage and did a very ragged acoustic set. Young's "Sugar Mountain" stopped me cold, even though I wasn't old enough yet to be looking back on my lost youth. I've been a fan ever since. And yet, not one album gets four stars? Not even the epic, genre-defining, ubër boxed set "Decade"? Hey, don't blame me. I'm sure if Neil Young ever accidentally created a perfect album he'd be mighty displeased, yank out the reels of music, throw them on the ground, stomp on 'em a little, muddy them up, maybe cut out a song or two (probably the best ones, just to be perverse), rearrange the tracks so they made no sense and then slap it all back together with a smile. Perfect is the farthest thing from his mind.
YOUNG FATHERS
Dead ***
ZUCHERO
Chocabek ***
ZULI
On Human Freakout Mountain *** 1/2
Supernatural Voodoo ** 1/2
ZZ TOP
Eliminator ** 1/2
Greatest Hits * 1/2
La Futura **
Goin' 50 * 1/2
Shallow Grave ***
The Wild Hunt *** 1/2
Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird (ep) ***
There's No Leaving Now *** 1/2
Dark Bird Is Home ****
When The Bird Sees The Ground ***
I Love You. It's A Fever Dream *** 1/2
TAME IMPALA
Lonerism *** 1/2
AARON LEE TASJAN
Silver Tears ***
CHIP TAYLOR
A Song I Can Live With ** 1/2
JAMES TAYLOR
James Taylor
Sweet Baby James *** 1/2
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon
One Man Dog
Walking Man
Gorilla
In The Pocket
Greatest Hits ****
JT
Flag
Dad Loves His Work
That's Why I'm Here
Classic Songs ****
Never Die Young
New Moon Shine
Hourglass
October Road
Covers
Before This World ** 1/2
OTIS TAYLOR
Recapturing The Banjo *** 1/2
My World Is Gone ***
JACK TEAGARDEN
Think Well Of Me (1962) *** 1/2
TEARS FOR FEARS
Rule The World: The Greatest Hits ***
TEEENAGE FANCLUB
Bandwagonesque *** 1/2
Grand Prix
Here ** 1/2
THE TEMPTATIONS
Meet The Temptations ** 1/2
Sing Smokey Robinson ***
The Temptin' Temptations ***
Gettin' Ready
The Temptations With A Lot O' Soul *** 1/2
The Temptations In A Mellow Mood *
The Temptations Wish it Would Rain ** 1/2
Diana Ross and the Supremes Meet The Temptations * 1/2
Cloud Nine *** (side one ****; side two ** 1/2)
Together
Puzzle People ** 1/2
Psychedelic Shack *** 1/2\
The Temptations Christmas Card ** 1/2 (but "Silent Night" a keeper)
Sky's The Limit *** 1/2
Solid Rock ***
All Directions
Masterpiece
17 Greatest Hits (Compact Command Performances) ****
10CC
Sheet Music ** 1/2
SONNY TERRY
At Sugar Hill (w Brownie McGee) ***
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
No! *** 1/2
Here Come The ABCs *** 1/2
Here Come The 123s ***
Here Comes Science ***
Why?
I Like Fun ** 1/2
CHRIS THILE
Bass and Mandolin (w Edgar Meyer) ** 1/2
Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau ** 1/2
HENRY THOMAS
Bulldoze Blues (1927-1929) *** 1/2
LINDA THOMPSON
One Clear Moment *** 1/2
Fashionably Late *** 1/2
Versatile Heart ***
Won't Be Long Now *** 1/2
My Mother Doesn't Know I'm On The Stage *** 1/2
RICHARD THOMPSON
Hand Of Kindness ***
Small Town Romance *** 1/2
Across A Crowded Room ***
Daring Adventures *** 1/2
Amnesia ***
Rumour And Sigh *** 1/2
Mirror Blue ** 1/2
You? Me? Us? **
Mock Tudor *** 1/2
The Old Kit Bag ***
1000 Years Of Popular Music *** 1/2
Front Parlour Ballads
Sweet Warrior
Dream Attic **
Electric *** 1/2
Acoustic Classics ***
Still ** 1/2
Acoustic Classics II ***
Acoustic Rarities ** 1/2
13 Rivers ***/
The Cold Blue (soundtrack) ***
RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON
Henry The Human Fly ***
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight ****
Hokey Pokey *** 1/2
Pour Down Like Silver ****
First Light ***
Sunny Vista ** 1/2
Shoot Out The Lights ****
TEDDY THOMPSON
Teddy Thompson ***
Separate Ways *** 1/2
Upfront And Down Low *** 1/2
A Piece Of What You Need *** 1/2
Bella *** 1/2
Family ***
Little Windows (w Kelly Jones) *** 1/2
TRACEY THORN
A Distant Shore
Out Of The Woods
Love and Its Opposite *** 1/2
Tinsel and Lights ***/
Record ***/
3 FERVENT TRAVELERS
Time For Three *** 1/2
TIGERS ON TRAINS
Antarctica In Color *** 1/2
TINARIWEN
Imidiwan: Companions *** 1/2
Tassili *** 1/2
Emmaar *** 1/2
Elwan ** 1/2
TINY TIM
God Bless Tiny Tim (1968) *** 1/2
Tiny Tim's 2nd Album (1968) ***
THE TIME JUMPERS
The Time Jumpers *** 1/2
TOBYMAC
Eye On It ***
T.O.L.D.
Witches **
ALI FARKA TOURE
Ali and Toumani (w Toumani Diabate) ****
ALLEN TOUSSAINT
Life, Love and Faith
Southern Nights *** 1/2
I Believe To My Soul (w Mavis Staples, Billy Preston, Ann Peebles, Irma Thomas) ****
The River In Reverse (w Elvis Costello) *** 1/2
The Bright Mississippi *** 1/2
Songbook *** 1/2
American Tunes ***
KRISTINA TRAIN
Spilled Milk *** 1/2
MEGHAN TRAINOR
The Love Train ** 1/2
Mali Denhou *** 1/2
Dounia Tabolo **
ROKIA TRAORE
Beautiful Africa ***
RANDY TRAVIS
Around The Bend *** 1/2
Influence Vol. 2: The Man I Am ** 1/2
T. REX
The Slider ***
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
The Low End Theory *** 1/2
Midnight Marauders
Beats, Rhymes and Life
The Love Movement
We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service *** 1/2
TRICK PONY
Greatest Hits ***
BOBBY TROUP
Sings Johnny Mercer (1955) *** 1/2
The Distinctive Style Of Bobby Troup (1955) ***
Bobby Swings Tenderly (1957) **
And His Stars of Jazz (1958) **
TANYA TUCKER
While I'm Living *** 1/2
JETHRO TULL
Aqualung ***
tUnE yArDs
Nikki Nack ***/
FRANK TURNER
The First Three Years
Tape Deck Heart *** 1/2
Positive Songs For Negative People
The Third Three Years ***
Be More Kind ** (but "The Lifeboat" is lovely)
No Man's Land *** 1/2
TV ON THE RADIO
Dear Science ** 1/2
JEFF TWEEDY
Together At Last
Warm ***
Warmer
TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB
Tourist History ***
STEVEN TYLER
We're All Somebody Somewhere **
WILLIAM TYLER
Behold The Spirit ***
Impossible Truth
Modern Country ***
Goes West **
TYLER THE CREATOR
Goblin
Wolf ** 1/2
Cherry Bomb
Flower Boy ** 1/2
The Grinch **
Igor
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
Some Hearts
Carnival Ride
Play On ***
Blown Away ** 1/2
Storyteller *** /
Cry Pretty
UNDERWORLD
Impossible Truth
Barbara, Barbara, We Face A Shining Future ***
U2
Boy *** 1/2
October ***
War *** 1/2
Under A Blood Red Sky ****
The Unforgettable Fire ****
Wide Awake In America ****
The Joshua Tree *** 1/2
Rattle And Hum *** 1/2
Achtung Baby *** 1/2
Zooropa **
Pop **
All That You Can't Leave Behind ***
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb ** 1/2
No Line On The Horizon ** 1/2
Songs Of Innocence ** 1/2
Songs Of Experience ** 1/2
VAMPIRE WEEKEND
Vampire Weekend ***/
Contra ** 1/2
Modern Vampires Of The City *** 1/2
Father Of The Bride *** 1/2
FOY VANCE
The Wild Swan ***
LUTHER VANDROSS
The Night I Fell In Love (1985) ***
VAN HALEN
MCMLXXXIV **
A Different Kind Of Truth ** 1/2
VARIOUS ARTISTS
See bottom of list
SARAH VAUGHAN
Sarah Vaughan aka Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1954) *** 1/2
Live At Rosy's ** 1/2
SUZANNE VEGA
Suzanne Vega ***
Solitude Standing ***
Days Of Open Hand *** 1/2
99.9F ***
Nine Objects Of Desire *** 1/2
Songs In Red And Gray
Beauty and Crime
Close-Up Vol 1: Love Songs *** 1/2
Close-Up Vol 2: People and Places *** 1/2
Close-Up Vol 3: States Of Being *** 1/2
Close-Up Vol 4: Songs Of Family
Tales From The Realm Of The Queen Of Pentacles ***
Lover, Beloved: Songs From An Evening With Carson McCullers ***
LAURA VEIRS
July Flame ***
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
The Velvet Underground and Nico ****
White Light/White Heat
The Velvet Underground
Loaded *** 1/2
THE VERONICAS
The Veronicas ***/
VERUCA SALT
Ghost Notes ***/
KURT VILE
Smoke Ring For My Halo **
b'lieve i'm goin' down ***
Lotta Sea Lice (w Courtney Barnett) *** 1/2
RHONDA VINCENT
Good Thing Going ***
THE VINES
Highly Evolved *** 1/2
Winning Days
Vision Valley
Wicked Nature *** 1/2
In Miracle Land *** 1/2
VIOLENT FEMMES
We Can Do Anything ***
VOICES CARRY
Voices Carry ***
Welcome Home *** 1/2
Everything's Different Now ***
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT
High, Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project *** 1/2
10 Songs For The New Depression ***
Older Than My Old Man Now
Haven't Got The Blues (Yet) ***
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT
I Know You're Married ** 1/2
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
Rufus Wainwright *** 1/2
Poses ***
Want One ****
Want Two ***
Release The Stars ** 1/2
Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall
Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall
Milwaukee At Last!!! ***
All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu
Out Of The Game ** 1/2
Prima Donna
Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets
Northern Stars ** 1/2
TOM WAITS
Closing Time
The Heart Of Saturday Night *** 1/2
Small Change
Blue Valentine
Heartattackandvine
One From The Heart ***
Swordfishtrombones ****
Rain Dogs ****
Franks Wild Years ***
Bone Machine *** 1/2
The Black Rider *** 1/2
Mule Variations *** 1/2
Blood Money ***
Alice *** 1/2
Real Gone
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards *** 1/2
Bad As Me ****
Northern Stars ** 1/2
TOM WAITS
Closing Time
The Heart Of Saturday Night *** 1/2
Small Change
Blue Valentine
Heartattackandvine
One From The Heart ***
Swordfishtrombones ****
Rain Dogs ****
Franks Wild Years ***
Bone Machine *** 1/2
The Black Rider *** 1/2
Mule Variations *** 1/2
Blood Money ***
Alice *** 1/2
Real Gone
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards *** 1/2
Bad As Me ****
I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart ** 1/2
Stay Gold ***
RYLEY WALKER
Golden Sings That Have Been Sung ***
M WARD
Duet For Guitars #2 ** 1/2
Transfiguration Of Vincent ***
Transistor Radio *** 1/2
Post-War ***
Hold Time *** 1/2
A Wasteland Companion ***
More Rain ** 1/2
WARM SODA
Symbolic Dream ***
JENNIFER WARNES
Famous Blue Raincoat ****
The Hunter ** 1/2
The Well ** 1/2
Another Time, Another Place **
THE WAR ON DRUGS
A Deeper Understanding **
CHARLIE WARSHAM
The Beginning Of Things ***
DIONNE WARWICK
The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits ****
She's Back... **
And Voices Of Christmas **
DINAH WASHINGTON
After Hours With Miss "D"
Dinah Jams aka ****
Dinah!
In The Land Of Hi-Fi
The Swingin' Miss "D"
The Fats Waller Songbook aka Sings Fats Waller (1957) *** 1/2
What A Difference A Day Makes!
Unforgettable
The Two Of Us (w Brook Benton)
Drinking Again *** 1/2
The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury ****
The Fabulous Miss "D"! The Keynote, Decca and Mercury Singles ** 1/2
A Bouquet Of Hits (2017) **
KAMASI WASHINGTON
The Epic *** 1/2
Harmony of Difference *** 1/2
Heaven and Earth *** 1/2
THE WATERBOYS
This Is The Sea *** 1/2
Fisherman's Blues ***
Room To Roam
An Appointment With Mr. Yates
Fisherman's Box ****
Modern Blues ***
Where The Action Is ***
ROGER WATERS
The Pros and Cons Of Hitchhiking * 1/2
Is This The Life We Really Want? ** 1/2
DALE WATSON
Carryin' On ***
The Sun Sessions ** 1/2
DOC WATSON
The Definitive Doc Watson ***
LEWIS WATSON
The Morning ***
WILLIE WATSON
Folk Singer Vol. 2 ** 1/2
BEN WATT
North Marine Drive ** 1/2
Hendra ***
Fever Dream ** 1/2
GERARD WAY
Hesitant Alien ***
LIL WAYNE
Tha Carter **
Tha Carter IV **
BEN WEBSTER
Ben and "Sweets" (w Harry "Sweets" Edison) *** 1/2
THE WEEKND
Beauty Behind The Madness ** 1/2
WEEZER
Blue Album
Pinkerton
Green Album
Everything Will Be Alright In The End ***
Weezer (White Album) ***
Teal **
GILLIAN WELCH
The Harrow and the Harvest *** 1/2
PAUL WELLER
Wild Wood *** 1/2
Stanley Road *** 1/2
Heavy Soul
22 Dreams
Wake Up The Nation **
Saturn's Pattern ***
KANYE WEST
The College Dropout ***
Late Registration
Graduation
808s and Heartbreak
My Beautiful Dark, Twisted Fantasy *** 1/2
Wzatch The Throne (w Jay-Z) *** 1/2
Yeezus ***
The Life Of Pablo *** 1/2
Ye ** 1/2
THE WHIGS
Mission Control *** 1/2
Modern Creation ***
WHISKEYTOWN
Strangers Almanac *** 1/2
JACK WHITE
Blunderbuss *** 1/2
Lazaretto ***
Boarding House Reach **
Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016 *** 1/2
See also: The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs, The White Stripes
WHITE STRIPES
The White Stripes ***
De Stijil
White Blood Cells *** 1/2
Elephant ****
Get Behind Me Satan *** 1/2
Icky Thump *** 1/2
GERARD WAY
Hesitant Alien ***
LIL WAYNE
Tha Carter **
Tha Carter IV **
BEN WEBSTER
Ben and "Sweets" (w Harry "Sweets" Edison) *** 1/2
THE WEEKND
Beauty Behind The Madness ** 1/2
WEEZER
Blue Album
Pinkerton
Green Album
Everything Will Be Alright In The End ***
Weezer (White Album) ***
Teal **
GILLIAN WELCH
The Harrow and the Harvest *** 1/2
PAUL WELLER
Wild Wood *** 1/2
Stanley Road *** 1/2
Heavy Soul
22 Dreams
Wake Up The Nation **
Saturn's Pattern ***
KANYE WEST
The College Dropout ***
Late Registration
Graduation
808s and Heartbreak
My Beautiful Dark, Twisted Fantasy *** 1/2
Wzatch The Throne (w Jay-Z) *** 1/2
Yeezus ***
The Life Of Pablo *** 1/2
Ye ** 1/2
THE WHIGS
Mission Control *** 1/2
Modern Creation ***
WHISKEYTOWN
Strangers Almanac *** 1/2
JACK WHITE
Blunderbuss *** 1/2
Lazaretto ***
Boarding House Reach **
Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016 *** 1/2
See also: The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs, The White Stripes
WHITE STRIPES
The White Stripes ***
De Stijil
White Blood Cells *** 1/2
Elephant ****
Get Behind Me Satan *** 1/2
Icky Thump *** 1/2
MARGARET WHITING
Sings The Jerome Kern Songbook (1960) *** 1/2
THE WHO
The Who Sell Out
Tommy
Live At Leeds
Who's Next *** 1/2
Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy ****
Quadrophenia
The Who By Numbers
Who Are You
Face Dances
It's Hard
Endless Wire
Who
WILCO
A.M.
Being There
Mermaid Avenue (w Billy Bragg) *** 1/2
Summer Teeth *** 1/2
Mermaid Avenue II (w Billy Bragg) *** 1/2
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot *** 1/2
A Ghost Is Born
Sky Blue Sky
Wilco (The Album) ***
The Whole Love ** 1/2
Star Wars
Schmilco ** 1/2
WILDER WOODS
Wilder Woods ***
WILD FLAG
Wild Flag *** 1/2
HANK WILLIAMS
40 Greatest Hits ****
The Complete Hank Williams *** 1/2
The Garden Spot Programs ***
HOLLY WILLIAMS
The Highway *** 1/2
JOY WILLIAMS
Front Porch ***
LUCINDA WILLIAMS
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road *** /
Vanished Gardens (w Charles Lloyd) **
MARION WILLIAMS
Surely God Is Able *** 1/2
The Gospel Soul Of Marion Williams ****
ROBBIE WILLIAMS
Life Through A Lens
I've Been Expecting You
Sing When You're Winning *** 1/2
Swing When You're Winning *** 1/2
Escapology
Intensive Care
Rudebox
Swings Both Ways ***
Under The Radar, Vol. One ***/
The Heavy Entertainment Show ** 1/2
The Christmas Present ***
KELLY WILLIS
Well Traveled Love *** 1/2
Bang Bang ***
Kelly Willis
Cheater's Game (w Bruce Robison) *** 1/2
Our Year (w Bruce Robison) ***/
Back Being Blue ** 1/2
BRIAN WILSON
Brian Wilson ***
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
Orange Crate Art (w Van Dyke Parks) *** 1/2
Imagination
Brian Wilson Presents Smile ****
What I Really Want For Christmas
That Lucky Old Sun ** 1/2
Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin ** 1/2
In The Key Of Disney **
No Pier Pressure
CASSANDRA WILSON
Blue Skies
Blue Light 'til Dawn ****
New Moon Daughter
Rendezvous (w Jacky Terrasson)
Traveling Miles ****
Belly Of The Sun
Glamoured
Thunderbird *** 1/2
Loverly ***
Silver Pony ***
Another Country
Coming Forth By Day
NANCY WILSON
The Swingin's Mutual (w George Shearing) ***
Something Wonderful *** 1/2
Nancy Wilson/ Cannonball Adderley *** 1/2
Tender Loving Care ***
JESSE WINCHESTER
Jesse Winchester
Learn To Love It ***
Love Filling Station *** 1/2
A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble ***
AMY WINEHOUSE
Frank *** 1/2
Back To Black *** 1/2
Lioness: Hidden Treasures ***
Amy (soundtrack) **
STEVE WINWOOD
Arc Of A Diver ***
Back In The High Life ***
Roll With It ** 1/2
Greatest Hits Live (2017) ** 1/2
GEORGE WINSTON
December *** 1/2
Restless Wind **
MAC WISEMAN
I Sang The Song ***/
BILL WITHERS
Just As I Am ****
Still Bill ****
Live At Carnegie Hall ***
+'Justments *** 1/2
Making Music
Naked & Warm ** 1/2
Menagerie
'Bout Love
Watching You Watching Me
PATRICK WOLF
Lupercalia ***
PETER WOLF
Sleepless ***
Midnight Souvenirs ****
A Cure For Loneliness ***
NAT AND ALEX WOLFF
Public Places ** 1/2
BOBBY WOMACK
The Bravest Man In The Universe ***
Call Me Crazy *** 1/2
The Way I'm Livin' ** 1/2
The Lonely The Lonesome and the Gone ***
CAROLYN WONDERLAND
Peace Meal ***
BETTY WRIGHT
The Movie (w The Roots) ***
LIZZ WRIGHT
The Orchard ***
Grace ***
ROBERT WYATT
Rock Bottom ****
Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
EPs
Cuckooland
Comicopera
...For The Ghosts Within ***
X
Los Angeles (1980) **
THE XX
The XX *** 1/2
YEARS AND YEARS
Communion ** 1/2
Palo Santo ***
TRISHA YEARWOOD
Every Girl **
YES
Fragile *
DWIGHT YOAKUM
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc.
Hillbilly Deluxe
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
If There Was A Way
This Time ****
Gone
Under The Covers
Come On Christmas
A Long Way Home
Tomorrow's Sounds Today
South Of Heaven, West Of Hell
Population Me
Blame The Vain
Dwight Sings Buck
3 Pears
Second-Hand Heart *** 1/2
Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars *** 1/2
YOLA
Walk Through Fire **
YO LA TENGO
Fade ***
CHRIS YOUNG
Neon ***
YOLA
Walk Through Fire **
YO LA TENGO
Fade ***
CHRIS YOUNG
Neon ***
NEIL YOUNG
Neil Young *** 1/2
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere *** 1/2
After The Gold Rush *** 1/2
Live At The Cellar Door ***
Live At The Cellar Door ***
Harvest ***
On The Beach *** 1/2
Tonight's The Night *** 1/2
Zuma *** 1/2
American Stars N Bars ** 1/2
Zuma *** 1/2
American Stars N Bars ** 1/2
Decade *** 1/2
Comes A Time *** 1/2
Comes A Time *** 1/2
Rust Never Sleeps *** 1/2
Old Ways
Landing On Water
Freedom ***
Ragged Glory ***/
Harvest Moon *** 1/2
Sleeps With Angels **
Mirror Ball
Broken Arrow
Silver And Gold *** 1/2
Are You Passionate? **
Greendale *
Prairie Wind ***
Le Noise ***
Americana **
Psychedelic Pill *** 1/2
A Letter Home ***
Storytone ***
The Monsanto Years **
Peace Trail **
Earth *
The Visitor **
Clearly, I prefer pastoral Neil. (Even though I'm a mild holdout on "Harvest" and prefer several later, similar albums to that acclaimed work.) Probably the first time I was aware of him at all was Live Aid, when he ambled onto the stage and did a very ragged acoustic set. Young's "Sugar Mountain" stopped me cold, even though I wasn't old enough yet to be looking back on my lost youth. I've been a fan ever since. And yet, not one album gets four stars? Not even the epic, genre-defining, ubër boxed set "Decade"? Hey, don't blame me. I'm sure if Neil Young ever accidentally created a perfect album he'd be mighty displeased, yank out the reels of music, throw them on the ground, stomp on 'em a little, muddy them up, maybe cut out a song or two (probably the best ones, just to be perverse), rearrange the tracks so they made no sense and then slap it all back together with a smile. Perfect is the farthest thing from his mind.
YOUNG FATHERS
Dead ***
ZUCHERO
Chocabek ***
ZULI
On Human Freakout Mountain *** 1/2
Supernatural Voodoo ** 1/2
ZZ TOP
Eliminator ** 1/2
Greatest Hits * 1/2
La Futura **
Goin' 50 * 1/2
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