Monday, March 25, 2024

Music Library Artist List F-J

DONALD FAGEN 

The Nightfly **** 
Kamakiriad 
Morph The Cat 
Sunken Condos 


FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION 


The First of a Million Kisses (1988) *** 1/2 
Beautiful Happening ** 1/2


MARIANNE FAITHFUL 

Broken English *** 1/2 
Negative Capability *** 


JASON FALKNER

Burnwood *** 1/2 


THE FALL  

Live at the Witch Trials (1979) ** 
This Nation's Saving Grace (1988) ** 1/2 


BRIAN FALLON 

Local Honey ** 


FALL OUT BOY

From Under The Cork Tree 
Save Rock and Roll *** 
American Beauty/American Psycho *** 
Mania ***/  
So Much (For) Stardust *** 1/2


FANTASIA 

The Definition Of... ** 


FANTASTIC CAT 

The Very Best of Fantastic Cat (2022) *** 
Now That's What I Call Fantastic Cat (2024) *** 1/2


MIMI AND RICHARD FARINA 

Reflections In A Crystal Wind *** 


ART FARMER 

Meet The Jazztet (w Benny Golson) (1960) *** 1/2 
Blame It On My Youth (1988) *** 


RACHEL FARO 

Refugees (1974) *** 1/2 


FATHER JOHN MISTY  

Fear Fun *** 
I Love You Honeybear ** 1/2  
Chloë and the Next 20th Century *** 


FAUST 

 Faust IV (1973) *** 


BILL FAY

Time Of The Last Persecution (1971) ** 1/2 
Life Is People ***/   
Who Is The Sender? ***  
Countless Branches *** 


GAËL FAYE 

Rhythemes and Botanique ** 1/2 


FEIST 

Metals *** 


THE FEELIES

In Between ***/ 


THE FEELING 

Twelve Stops and Home ***/ 
Boy Cried Wolf *** 1/2 
The Feeling 
San Vito ** 1/2 


MICHAEL FEINSTEIN 

Gershwin Country **


CHEO FELICIANO 

Estampas (1979) *** 


JOSE FELICIANO 

Behind This Guitar ** 


FREDDY FENDER 

Before The Next Teardrop Falls (1975) *** 


SIERRA FERRELL 

Trail of Fears ** 


BRYAN FERRY 

These Foolish Things ***  
In Your Mind (1977) *** 1/2 
Boys and Girls *** 
Bête Noire *** 
Frantic *** 1/2 
The Jazz Age *** 1/2 
Avonmore ** 1/2 
Bitter-Sweet *** 


FETTY WAP

Fetty Wap *** 


LEE FIELDS 

It Rains Love ** 
Sentimental Fool *** 


50 CENT 

Get Rich Or Due Tryin' (2003) ** 1/2


THE FIGGS 

Sucking In Stereo (2000) *** 1/2 


CHARLIE FINN

P.S. I'm Gay-ish * 1/2


NEIL FINN

Try Whistling This (1998) *** 1/2  
Goin' Your Way (w Paul Kelly) *** 
Dizzy Heights *** 
Out Of Silence *** 


NEIL AND LIAM FINN 

Lightsleeper ** 1/2 


THE FINN BROTHERS 

Finn 
Everyone Is Here (2004) *** 1/2 


FINNEAS 

Optimist ** 1/2 


FIREHOUSE 

Fromohio (1989) ** 1/2 


FISHBONE 

Truth and Soul (1988) ** 1/2 


ELLA FITZGERALD

The Complete Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald *** 1/2 
Ella Sings Gershwin **** 
Lullabies of Birdland ** 1/2 
Songs In A Mellow Mood (1954) *** 
For Sentimental Reasons (1955) ** 1/2 
Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr. Gordon Jenkins Invite You To Listen and Relax (1955) * 1/2 
Sweet And Hot (1955) ** 1/2 
Songs From Pete Kelly's Blues w Peggy Lee (1955) ** 1/2 (just three tracks) 
Live at Zardi's 1956 *** 
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: The Decca Duets (eight song playlist) **** 
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook *** 1/2 
Ella and Louie (w Louis Armstrong) **** 
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers and Hart Songbook **** 
Ella and Louie Again (w Louis Armstrong) *** 1/2 
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook *** 1/2 
Ella And Her Fellas 
Like Someone In Love (1957) **** 
One O'Clock Jump (w Count Basie and Joe Williams) ***  (Ella on one track!) 
Ella Swings Lightly (1958) ***/ 
Ella Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook **** 
Ella Fitzgerald Live At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook *** 1/2 
Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert **** 
Porgy and Bess (w Louis Armstrong) *** 
At Newport (1958) ***
The First Lady Of Song (Complete Decca sessions) (1958) ** 1/2 
Live at the Opera House (1957 w Oscar Peterson) *** 1/2 
Live at Mr. Kelly's (1958, released 2007) ** 1/2 
Ella Sings Sweet Songs For Swingers (1958) *** 1/2 
Hello Love (1959) ** 
Get Happy (1959) ** (but excellent "Blue Skies") 
Ella Sings The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook ****  
Ella In Berlin: Mack The Knife ***/ 
Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (Live) (1962 recording, released 2020) *** 1/2 
Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas **** 
Ella in Hollywood **** 
The Intimate Ella aka Let No Man Write My Epitaph **** 
Ella Sings The Harold Arlen Songbook *** 1/2 
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! *** 1/2 
Rhythm Is My Business (1962) *** 1/2 
Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson ** 
Ella Swings Gently With Nelson (1962) ** 1/2 ("All Of Me" strong) 
Twelve Nights In Hollywood **** 
Ella Sings Broadway (1963) *** 
Ella Sings The Jerome Kern Songbook *** 1/2 
Ella and Basie! (w Count Basie) *** 1/2 
These Are The Blues (1963) ***/ 
Hello, Dolly! (1964) ** 
Ella at Juan-Les-Pins (1964) *** 
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Johnny Mercer Songbook (1964) *** 
Ella Fitzgerald -- Ella In Japan (1964 recording, 2011 release) *** 
Ella At Duke's Place (1965) ** 1/2 (but "Cottontail"!) 
The Stockholm Concert, 1966 (w Duke Ellington) (Feb 7, 1966) *** 1/2 
Whisper Not (1966) ** 
Brighten The Corner (1967) ***
Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas (1967) ** 
30 By Ella (1968) *** 1/2 
Misty Blue (1968) * 
Ella (1969) no stars (also her ugliest cover) 
Live At Montreaux 1969 ** 
Things Ain't What They Used To Be (And You Better Believe It) (1970) * 
Ella A Nice (1982, recorded 1971) *** 
Ella Loves Cole (1972)/ Dream Dancing (1978 w three new tracks) ** 
Newport Jazz Festival At Carnegie Hall (1973) *** 1/2
Take Love Easy (w Joe Pass) (1973) **** 
Ella In London (Live At Ronnie Scott's) (1974) ** 1/2 
Ella and Oscar (w Oscar Peterson) (1975) *** 1/2 
Fitzgerald and Pass...Again (1976) *** 1/2 
Live At Montreux (1977) ** 1/2 
Lady Time (1978) ** 
Dream Dancing (1978 reissue w three new tracks of Ella Loves Cole from 1972) ** 
Fine and Mellow (1979, recorded 1974, Clark Terry duets) **** 
A Classy Pair (w Count Basie) (1979) ** 1/2 
A Perfect Match (live album w Count Basie) (1979) ** 1/2 
Ella Abraça Jobim: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Antonio Carlos Jobim Song Book (1981) ** 1/2 
The Best Is Yet To Come (1982) *** 
Speak Love (w Joe Pass) (1983) *** 1/2 
Sophisticated Lady (Live w Joe Pass) 1975, 1983 recordings, released 2001) ** 1/2 
Nice Work If You Can Get It: Ella Fitzgerald and André Previn Do Gershwin (1983) *** 1/2 
Easy Living (w Joe Pass) (1986) *** 1/2 
All That Jazz (1990) *** (final new album released in her lifetime) 
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks (1994) **** 
Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings (1995) ***/ 
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong on Verve (1997) **** 
Live At The Concertgebouw (w Oscar Peterson Trio) (2013) ** 1/2  
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: The Complete Duet Recordings (2018) *** 1/2 
The Complete Decca Singles Vol. 1, 1935-1939 with Chick Webb & His Orchestra (2017) ***
          
          
FITZGERALD AND THE TANTRUMS 

Fitzgerald and the Tantrums ** 


THE "5" ROYALES 

Mnkey Hips and Rice *** 


LESTER FLATT 

Heaven's Bluegrass Band (1976) ** 1/2


FLATT & SCRUGGS 

Foggy Mountain Jamboree (1957) ****  


THE FLATLANDERS 

More A Legend Than A Band **** 
Now Again 
Wheels Of Fortune 
Hills and Valleys *** 
Treasure Of Love *** 1/2 


BELA FLECK 

My Bluegrass Heart ***


FLEET FOXES

Fleet Foxes ****  
Helplessness Blues *** 1/2 
Crack-Up *** 
Shore ***/ 
A Very Lonely Solstice *** 1/2 
         

FLEETWOOD MAC 
                   
Then Play On **** 
Fleetwood Mac ****
Rumours *** 1/2 
Tusk *** 1/2 
Mirage **  
Tango In The Night ** 1/2 
Greatest Hits (1988) *** 1/2 
Behind The Mask ** 
Time ** 
Say You Will ** 


RENÉE FLEMING 

Voice Of Nature: The Anthropocene *** 1/2 


FLOATING POINTS 

Promises w Pharaoh Sanders *** 1/2


FLORIST 

Emily Alone ** 


THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS 

The Gilded Palace Of Sin (1969) *** 1/2


JOHN FOGERTY 

The Blue Ridge Rangers Ride Again *** 
John Fogerty 
Centerfield *** 
Eye Of The Zombie ** 1/2 
Blue Moon Swamp ** 1/2 
Deja Vu All Over Again ** 
Wrote A Song For Everyone *** 


FOO FIGHTERS  

Foo Fighters (1995) *** 


STEVE FORBERT 

Early Morning Rain (2000) ** 1/2 


JIM FORD 

Harlan County (1969) ** 1/2 


GEORGE FORMBY JR. 

 The Best Of George Formby  ** 1/2 ("Leaning On A Lampost")


JEFFREY FOSKETT 

Cool and Gone (Gone Gone) (1997) *** 1/2 
Christmas At The Beach (1997) * 1/2
          

FOTHERINGAY 
         
Fotheringay **** 
Fotheringay 2 *** 1/2 
Nothing More: Collected *** 1/2 


FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE 

Fountains Of Wayne 
Utopia Parkway *** 1/2 
Welcome Interstate Managers *** 1/2 
Traffic and Weather *** 
Sky Full Of Holes ** 1/2 


THE FOUR LADS

The Singles Collection 1952-1962 * 1/2 


THE FOUR TOPS 

Reach Out (1967) ** 1/2 
19 Greatest Hits: Compact Command Performances *** 1/2 


FOXES IN FICTION

Foxes In Fiction *** 


FRANCO 

Omana Wapi (w Tabu Ley Rochereau) (1976) **** (Deluxe version Lisanga ya Banganga) 


ARETHA FRANKLIN 

I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You (1967) **** 
Lady Soul (1968) **** 
Aretha Now (1968)  
Soul '69 (1969) 
Spirit In The Dark (1970) 
Young Gifted And Black (1972) 
Amazing Grace **** 
Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973) ** 
Jump To It (1982) 
Aretha -- 30 Greatest Hits **** 
Who's Zoomin' Who ** 1/2 


FRANZ FERDINAND 

Right Words, Right Thoughts, Right Action ** 1/2           
Franz Ferdinand Sparks aka FFS ***/ 
Ascending ** 


JEREMIAH FRAITES 

Piano Piano *** 1/2 


THE FRATELLIS  
         
Costello Music *** 1/2  
Here We Stand  ***/ 
We Need Medicine  *** 
Eyes Wide Tongue Tied *** 1/2  
In Your Own Sweet Time ***  
Half Drunk Under A Full Moon ***


NICK FRATER 

Full Fathom Freight-Train *** 


THE FREE DESIGN 

Kites Are Fun ** 1/2 
You Could Be Born Again * 1/2 
Stars/Time/Bubbles/Love ** 


DORI FREEMAN

Dori Freeman ***
Letter Never Sent *** 1/2 
Every Little Star *** 1/2 
Ten Thousand Roses *** 1/2 
Do You Recall *** 1/2 


RUTHANN FRIEDMAN 

The Complete Constant Companion Sessions ***/ 


ROBERT FRIPP 

(No Pussyfooting) (w Brian Eno) (1973) *** 1/2 
Evening Star (w Brian Eno) (1975) *** 1/2 
Exposure (1979) ** 
Sacred Songs (w Daryl Hall) (1980) ***1/2 
The Equatorial Stars (w Brian Eno) (2004) *** 1/2 
Beyond Even 1992-2006 (w Brian Eno) (2006) ** 1/2


BILL FRISELL 

Music IS *** 


LEFTY FRIZZELL 

Look What Thoughts Will Do (1997) ***\ 


FUGEES 

The Score (1996) ** 1/2 


JOHN FULBRIGHT 

Songs *** 


ROBBIE FULKS

Gone Away Backward *** 
Upland Stories **


FUNKADELIC see PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC 



JAKE XERXES FUSSELL

What In The Natural World *** 1/2 


BECKY G 

Esquinas *** 1/2 


KAROL G 

Mañana Será Bonito *** 1/2 



CHARLIE GABRIEL 

89 *** 1/2 


PETER GABRIEL 

Peter Gabriel (Car) *** 1/2 
Peter Gabriel (Scratch) *** 1/2 
Peter Gabriel (Melt) *** 1/2 
Peter Gabriel (Security) **** 
Birdy soundtrack *** 
So *** 1/2 
Passion music from and inspired by The Last Temptation Of Christ **** 
Us *** 
Long Walk Home: Music From Rabbit Proof Fence *** 
Up ** 1/2 
Scratch My Back 
New Blood 
I/O *** 1/2 


SERGE GAINSBOURG 

Histoire de Melody Nelson... (1971) ** 


IVONNE GALAZ 

Voy En Camino *** 


LIAM GALLAGHER

As You Were ***/
Liam Gallagher and John Squire (2024) *** 


NOEL GALLAGHER

Who Built The Moon? ** 1/2


GALLAGHER AND LYLE

Gallagher and Lyle ***
Seeds ** 1/2 


GANG OF FOUR 

Entertainment (1979) ***


HECTOR GANNET 

The Land Belongs To Us ** 


GARBAGE 

Garbage ***\ 


JERRY GARCIA 

Garcia (1972) *** 


DYLAN GARDNER 

Adventures In Real Time *** 1/2 


MELODY GARDOT 

The Absence *** 1/2 
Sunset In The Blue *** 
Entre eux deux (w Philippe Powell) ** 1/2 


ART GARFUNKEL

Breakaway *** 1/2 
Everything Waits To Be Noticed *** 1/2 
The Singer 
Father and Son (w Art Garfunkel Jr.) ** 


THE GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE 

Aban *** 1/2 


JUDY GARLAND

Judy at the Palace Closing Night (1952) ** 1/2 
Miss Show Business (1955) ** 1/2 
Judy (1956) *** 1/2 
Alone (1957) ****  
Judy In Love (1958) ****  
The Letter (1959 Gordon Jenkins concept album) * 
That's Entertainment! (1960) **  
Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961) **** 
The Complete Decca Masters (1994) *** 1/2 


PETER GARLAND 

The Basketweave Elegies performed by William Winant *** 1/2


ERROLL GARNER 

Concert By The Sea (1955) *** 1/2 


KENNY GARRETT 

Sounds From The Ancestors *** 


THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM 

The '59 Sound ***/ 
American Slang *** 
Handwritten ** 1/2 
Get Hurt ** 1/2 
History Books ** 


MARY GAUTHIER 

Rifles and Rosemary Beads *** (esp "Bullet Holes in The Sky") 
Dark Enough To See The Stars ** 1/2 


MARVIN GAYE

That's The Way Love Is (1970) *** 1/2 
What's Goin' On? ****
Let's Get It On ****
Here, My Dear (1978) *** 1/2 
Midnight Love (1982) ** 


GENESIS 

Selling England By The Pound (1973) ** 
A Trick Of The Tail (1976) **


BOBBIE GENTRY 

Ode To Billie Joe **** 
The Delta Sweete *** 1/2 
Local Gentry ***/ 
Bobbie Gentry and Glenn Campbell ** 1/2 
Touch 'em With Love *** 
Fancy ** 1/2 (great title track) 
Supper Time: The Lost Jazz Album (1970) (my own title) ***/ 
Patchwork *** 1/2 


INARA GEORGE 

An Invitation (w Van Dyke Parks) *** 1/2 


GEORGIA SEA ISLAND SINGERS 

The Complete Friends Of Old Time Music Concert (W Mississippi Fred McDowell, Ed Young and emcee Alan Lomax) (1965) *** 


GEPE 

Undesastre *** 1/2


THE GERMS 

GI (1979) *** 1/2 


STAN GETZ 

Hamp and Getz (with Lionel Hampton) (1955) **** 
The Sound (1956) *** 1/2 
Moonlight in Vermont w Johnny Smith (1956) *** 1/2 
Jazz Samba with Charlie Byrd (1962) **** 
Getz/Gilberto with Joao Gilberto featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim (1963) **** 
The Getz Age (1964) *** 1/2 
Getz/Gilberto #2 Recorded Live At Carnegie Hall with Joao Gilberto (1966) *** 1/2 
The Complete Roost Recordings (1997) **** 


THE GHOST OF A SABRE-TOOTH TIGER 

Midnight Sun *** 1/2 


ANDY GIBB 

Greatest Hits ** 


BARRY GIBB 

In The Now ** 1/2 
Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook ** 1/2 (but he and Alison Krauss should do an album) 


BETH GIBBONS 

Lives Outgrown ***


JOE GIBBS 

African Dub All-Mighty Chapter 3 (2007) ***


THE GIBSON BROTHERS 

They Called It Music *** 


RHIANNON GIDDENS

Freedom Highway ** 
They're Calling Me Home ** 1/2 
You're The One ** 1/2 


GILBERTO GIL 

Gilberto Gil (1968) *** 1/2 
Gilberto Gil (1971) ***/ 
Ok Ok Ok *** 


BRANTLEY GILBERT

The Devil Don't Sleep ** 1/2 


BEBEL GILBERTO 

All In One **  
João *** 


JOAO GILBERTO 

Chega de Saudade (1959) **** 
Getz/Gilberto with Joao Gilberto featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim **** 
Getz/Gilberto #2 Recorded Live At Carnegie Hall with Joao Gilberto *** 1/2


ONALEA GILBERTSON 

See Onalea. 


VINCE GILL 

When Love Finds you ** 
Okie ** 
Sweet Memories: The Music of Ray Price and the Cherokee Cowboys ***


JIMMIE DALE GILMORE (see The Flatlanders)

Spinnin' Around the Sun *** 1/2 
Braver New World *** 
Downey To Lubbock (w Dave Alvin) ** 
Texicali (w Dave Alvin) ***


A GIRL CALLED EDDY 

A Girl Called Eddy *** 1/2 
Been Around *** 1/2  


GIRLS 

Album *** 1/2            
Father, Son, Holy Ghost *** 


ROBERT GLASPER 

Black Radio *** 


MARGARET GLASPY

Emotions and Math *** /  
Echo The Diamond ** 1/2


PHILIP GLASS 

Music In Eight Parts ***/ 
Music In 12 Parts **** 
Einstein On The Beach **** 
Satyagraha **** 
Glassworks **** 
Koyaanisqatsi **** 
Akhnaten **** 
Mishima: A LIfe In Four Chapters *** 1/2 
Songs From Liquid Days ** 
The Making Of The Representative For Planet 8 *** 
The Thin Blue Line *** 1/2 
1000 Airplanes On The Roof ** 
Hydrogen Jukebox ** 
The Voyage ** 1/2  
Candyman *** 
Orphee *** 1/2 
La Belle Et La Bete *** 1/2 
Les Enfants Terribles *** 
The Secret Agent *** 1/2 
Kundun *** 
The Truman Show ** 
Dracula (score for 1931 film) *** 1/2 
The Hours ** 1/2 
The Fog Of War *** 
Notes on A Scandal ** 
Book Of Longing *** 
Cassandra's Dream  ** 


THE GO-BETWEENS

16 Lovers Lane (1988) *** 1/2 
Send Me A Lullaby ((1996) **
Quiet Heart/Best Of (2012) *** 1/2 


GOGOL BORDELLO 

Solidaritine *** 1/2 


THE GO-GOS 

Beauty and the Beat *** 
Vacation *** 
Talk Show *** 
Greatest *** 1/2 


ADEKUNIE GOLD 

Tequila Ever After *** 


BEN GOLDSMITH 

The World Between My Ears ** 1/2


BENNY GOLSON  

Meet The Jazztet (w Art Farmer) (1960) *** 1/2 


BENNY GOODMAN

At Carnegie Hall (1938) **** 
Big Bands Live (1959 concert w Anita O'Day) *** 


LESLEY GORE 

I'll Cry If I Want To (1963) *** 
Girl Talk *** 
California Nights *** 
Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows: The Best Of Lesley Gore *** 1/2 
Ever Since *** 1/2  


GORILLAZ

Gorillaz *** 
Demon Dayz 
Plastic Beach *** 1/2 
The Fall 
Humanz *** 
The Now Now *** 
Song Machine Season One Strange Times ** 1/2
Cracker Island *** 


EYDIE GORMÉ AND STEVE LAWRENCE

Sing The Golden Hits (1960) ** 


GLENN  GOULD

Solitude Trilogy: The Idea Of North, The Latecomers, The Quiet In The Land ****
Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1981) **** 
           

ROBERT GOULET

Annie Get Your Gun (w Robert Goulet) (1963) ****


EL GRAN COMBO DE PUERTO RICO 

¡Aqui No Se Siente Nadie! (1979) ****


ARIANA GRANDE

My Everything *** 1/2 
Dangerous Woman ** 
thank you, next *** 


GRAND MASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE 

The Message (1982) *** 1/2 


JOHN GRANT 

Queen Of Denmark *** 1/2  
Pale Green Ghosts ** 1/2 
Grey Tickles, Black Pressure ** 1/2 
Strongroom (ep) **** 
Love Is Magic ** 1/2 
Boy From Michigan ** 1/2 
The Art of the Lie ** 1/2 


THE GRASCALS 

Keep on Walkin' *** 
Straighten The Curves ** 

        
THE GRASS ROOTS 

The Complete Dunhill and ABC Hit Singles *** 


GRATEFUL DEAD 

Aoxomoxoa ** 
Live/Dead (1969) ***\ 
Dick's Picks Vol. 8 (May 2, 1970) ***\
Workingman's Dead (1970) **** 
American Beauty (1970) **** 
Europe '72 (1972) **** 
Wake of the Flood (1973) *** 
Reckoning (1981) *** 
                  

DAVID GRAY 

White Ladder **** 
Lost 95-98 *** 
A New Day At Midnight 
Life In Slow Motion 
Draw The Line ** 1/2 
Mutineers ** 1/2 
Gold In A Brass Age ** 1/2 


MACY GRAY 

Ruby *** 1/2 


AL GREEN 

Let's Stay Together *** 1/2 
I'm Still In Love With You **** 
Call Me *** 1/2 
Livin' For You *** 1/2 
Al Green Explores Your Mind *** 
Greatest Hits **** 
The Belle Album ***
I Can't Stop *** 1/2 
Everything's OK *** 1/2  
Lay It Down ***  


GRANT GREEN 

Idle Moments (1965) **** 


GREEN DAY

Dookie *** 1/2  
Insomniac 
Nimrod 
American Idiot **** 
21st Century Breakdown *** 1/2 
Uno! Dos! Tre! ** 1/2 
Revolution Radio *** 1/2 
Father Of All Motherfuckers *** 1/2 
Saviors *** 1/2 


PETER GREEN 

In The Skies (1979) *** 1/2 


PATTY GRIFFIN 

1000 Kisses *** 
Impossible Dream 
Children Running Through *** 1/2 
Downtown Church *** 1/2 
American Kid *** 1/2 
Silver Bell *** 1/2 
Servant Of Love 
Patty Griffin ** 


ANDY GRIFFITH 

The Wit & Wisdom Of Andy Griffith ** 


NANCY GRIFFITH 

The Last Of The True Believers (1986) *** 1/2 
One Fair Summer Evening *** 1/2 
The Loving Kind ** 
Intersection * 1/2 


MARCIA GRIFFITHS 

Pied Piper (1971) w Bob Andy as Bob and Marcia *** 


GRIZZLY BEAR 

Veckatimest ** 1/2 


GROUPE RTD 

The Dancing Devils Of Djibouti *** 1/2 


GRUPO FANTASMA  

American Music: Volume 7 *** 


GRUPO FIRME 

Puras Pa' Pistear (En Vivo) ***


GRUPO FRONTERA 

El Comienzo (2023) *** 1/2 
Jugando a Que No Pasa Nada (2024) *** 1/2


VINCE GUARALDI 

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) **** 
It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) **  
It Was A Short Summer, Charlie Brown (1969) **
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973) *** 1/2


EMAHOY TSEGU-MARYAM GUEBROU 

Ethiopiques Vol. 21: Ethiopia Song Piano Solo (1963) *** 1/2 


JUAN LUIS GUERRA 

Radio Güira ep ** 1/2


NOAH GUNDERSEN 

If This Is The End *** 


GUNS N' ROSES 

Appetite For Destruction (1987) *** 1/2 
Greatest Hits 


MARGO GURYAN 

Take A Picture ** 1/2 
27 Demos *** 


JULIO GUTIERREZ 

Cuban Jam Session Vol. 1 *** 
Cuban Jam Session Vol. 2 *** 


BUDDY GUY 

Living Proof ****           
The Blues Is Alive and Well *** 1/2 
The Blue Don't Lie ** 1/2 


MICKEY GUYTON 

Remember Her Name ** 1/2


GZA 

Liquid Swords (1995) ** 1/2  


CHARLIE HADEN 

Haunted Heart ****  
Always Say Goodbye *** 1/2 
Now Is The Hour *** 1/2 
Long Ago and Far Away (w Brad Mehldau) ** 
Rambling Boy *** 1/2 
Jasmine (w Keith Jarrett) *** 1/2 
Sophisticated Ladies *** 1/2 
Come Sunday (w Hank Jones) 


MERLE HAGGARD 

I'm A Lonesome Fugitive (1967) ** 1/2 
Branded Man (1967) *** 1/2 
Sing Me Back Home (1968) *** 1/2  
The Legend Of Bonnie & Clyde (1968) *** 1/2 
Mama Tried *** 1/2 
Pride In What I Am ***\ 
Same Train,  A Different Time: Merle Haggard Sings The Great Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers **** 
A Portrait Of Merle Haggard (1969) *** 
A Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player In The World or My Salute To Bob Wills (1969) *** 1/2  
Hag ** 
Someday We'll Look Back 
The Land Of Many Churches 
Let Me Tell You About A Song 
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)  
Merle Haggard's Christmas Present aka Hag's Christmas (1973) ** ("If We Could...") 
My Love Affair With Trains 
The Roots Of My Raising 
Songs I'll Always Sing 
A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today 
Serving 190 Proof (1979) *** 1/2 
If I Could Only Fly *** 1/2 
Roots Volume 1 ***  
I Am What I Am *** 
Django and Jimmy (w Willie Nelson) ** 1/2 
          

HAIM

Something To Tell You ** 1/2 
Women In Music Part One *** / 


LUKE HAINES AND PETER BUCK 

Beat Poetry For Survivalists ** 


HAIRCUT ONE HUNDRED 

Pelican West (1982) *** 1/2


THE HALEY SISTERS

Always By My Side * 1/2


DARYL HALL

Sacred Songs (1980) ***1/2 
Three Hearts In The Happy Ending Machine (1986) ** 1/2 
Can't Stop Dreaming (1996) *** 1/2 
BeforeAfter (2022) *** 
D ** 


DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES

Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) *** 1/2 
Voices (1980) ** 12 
Private Eyes (1981) *** 
H2O (1982) *** 
Rock N Soul Part 1 ***  
Big Bam Boom ** 
Ooh Yeah 
Change of Season *** 1/2 
The Very Best Of Daryl Hall/John Oates *** 1/2 
Do It For Love (2003) *** 1/2
Home For Christmas ** 
 


TOM T. HALL 

In Search Of A Song (1971) ***/ 


LAUREL HALO  

Atlas *** 


HALSEY 

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power *** 


ANTHONY HAMILTON 

Ain't Nobody Worryin' ** 1/2 
Love Is The New Black ** 


ALBERT HAMMOND 

It Never Rains in Southern California (1972) * 1/2 
Albert Hammond (1974) ** 
99 Miles From L.A. (1975) * 1/2 
Christmas (2024) * 1/2


LIONEL HAMPTON 

Hamp and Getz (with Stan Getz) (1955) ****


HERBIE HANCOCK 

Maiden Voyage (1965) *** 1/2 
Head Hunters (1973) *** 
River: The Joni Letters *** 1/2 
The Imagine Project ** 


JAMES HAND 

Shadow On The Ground *** 


BOO HANKS 

Pickin' Low Cotton 
Buffalo Junction (w Don Flemons) *** 1/2 


LISA HANNIGAN

At Swim ** 1/2 


THE HANSEROTH TWINS 

Vera ** 1/2


HANSON

Finally It's Christmas ** 


HAPPY MONDAYS 

Bummed *** 1/2 
Pills, Thrills & Bellyaches *** 1/2 
Yes Please 


ED HARCOURT 

Back Into The Woods *** 


ALDOUS HARDING

Party **


CURTIS HARDING

Face Your Fears *** 1/2


JOHN WESLEY HARDING

Wesley Stace's John Wesley Harding ***/ 


FRANÇOIS HARDY 

Comment te dire adieu ***


BRIAN HARNETTY 

Words and Silences (w Thomas Merton) (2022) *** 
The Workbench (2023) *** 1/2


HARP (see also Midlake) 

Albion ***/ 


BEN HARPER 

There Will Be A Light (w the Blind Boys Of Alabama) *** 1/2 
Both Sides Of The Gun 
Get Up! (w Charlie Musselwhite) *** 
No Mercy In This Land (w Charlie Musselwhite) ** 


ROY HARPER 

Stormcock (1971) ** 1/2 


COREY HARRIS 

Vu-Du-Menz (w Henry Butler) *** 1/2 
Daily Bread *** (weak production) 


EDDIE HARRIS 

The In Sound (1965) *** 1/2 


EMMYLOU HARRIS 

Pieces of the Sky (1975) ***
Elite Hotel (1975) *** 1/2
Luxury Liner (1976) *** 1/2
Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town (1978) *** 1/2 
Blue Kentucky Girl (1979) *** 1/2
Light Of The Stable (1979) *** 
Roses in The Snow (1980) **** 
Evangeline (1981) ** 
Cimarron (1981) ** 1/2 
White Shoes (1983) ** 
The Ballad of Sally Rose (1985) *** 1/2 
Thirteen (1986) *** 
Trio (w Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) **** 
Angel Band (1987) *** 
Bluebird (1989) ** 1/2 
Brand New Dance (1990) ** 
At The Ryman (1992) *** 1/2  
Cowgirl's Prayer (1993) *** 
Wrecking Ball (1995) *** 1/2 
Trio II (1999) (w Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) *** 1/2 
Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (1999) (w Linda Ronstadt) *** 1/2 
Red Dirt Girl (2000) ***\ 
Stumble Into Grace (2003) *** 
All The Roadrunning (2006) (w Mark Knopfler) ** 1/2 
All I Ever Intended To Be (2008) ** 1/2 
Hard Bargain (2011) *** 
Old Yellow Moon (2013) (w Rodney Crowell) ** 1/2 
The Traveling Kind (2015) (w Rodney Crowell) ** 1/2 
The Complete Trio Collection (w Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) **** 
          

DHANI HARRISON

In//Parallel ** 


GEORGE HARRISON 

All Things Must Pass *** 1/2 
All Things Must Pass (2021 remaster) *** 1/2 
Living in the Material World (1974) *** 1/2
George Harrison (1979) ** 1/2 
Early Takes Vol. 1 *** 


MICHAEL HARRISON 

Just Constellations (w Roomful Of Teeth) *** 


BETH HART 

Don't Explain (w Joe Bonamassa) *** 1/2 


JOHNNY HARTMAN

Songs From The Heart (1955) *** 1/2
And I Thought About You (1959) ***
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman ****


PJ HARVEY

Dry ***  
Rid Of Me 
To Bring You My Love **** 
Is This Desire? 
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea 
White Chalk
Let England Shake (2011) *** 1/2 
The Hope Six Demolition Project ***/ 


DONNY HATHAWAY 

Live *** 1/2  


RANDY HAUSER 

Magnolia *** 


LIANNE LA HAVAS 

Blood *** 
Lianne La Havas *** 


COLEMAN HAWKINS 

The Hawk Flies High (1957) **** 
Jazz Reunion (w Pee Wee Russell) (1961) ****


HAWKWIND 

Space Ritual (1973) *


RICHARD HAWLEY 

In This City They Call You Love *** 1/2


MAYER HAWTHORNE 

For All Time (2023) ** 


COLIN HAY

Gathering Mercury ** 1/2 
Fierce Mercy ** 1/2 
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself ***/ 
Now And The Evermore *** 1/2 


ISAAC HAYES 

Hot Buttered Soul (1969) *** 1/2 
Shaft 
Black Moses (1971) ****


DICK HAYMES

Rain Or Shine (1955) ****
Moondreams (1957) *** 1/2 
Keep It Simple *** 


ANDI RAE HEALY 

Last Time I Checked This Was A Free World And I Wasn't Anybody's Girl ** 


JIMMY HEATH 

Love Letter *** 1/2 


THE HEAVY 

The Glorious Dead *** 


THE HEAVY HEAVY 

Life and Life Only *** 
 

JOSHUA HEDLEY 

Mr. Jukebox *** 


NATALIE HEMBY

Puxico ** 1/2 


BILL HENDERSON 

Beautiful Memory: Live at the Vic *** 1/2 


JOE HENDERSON 

Page One (1963) *** 1/2 


JIMI HENDRIX

Are You Experienced **** 
Axis: Bold As Love **** 
Electric Ladyland **** 
Both Sides Of The Sky ** 


DON HENLEY  

Building The Perfect Beast  
The End Of The Innocence   
Inside Job  
Cass County ***  


CATHERINE CHRISTER HENNIX 

Solo For Tamburium *** 


JOE HENRY

Shine A Light (w Billy Bragg) *** 


OZARK HENRY

Paramount *** 


THE HENTCHMEN 

Hentch-Forth w Jack White *** 1/2 


H.E.R. 

Volume 2 ** 1/2 
Back Of My Mind *** 


HERMANOS GUTIÉRREZ 

Hermanos Gutiérrez -- Sonido Cosmico ***


FRED HERSCH 

The Song Is You (w Enrico Rava) *** 


NICK HEYWARD 

North Of A Miracle (1983) *** 
Woodland Echoes (2017) *** 1/2 
The Mermaid and the Lighthouse Keeper w India Dupre (2022) ** 


JOHN HIATT 

Bring The Family **** 
Slow Turning *** 1/2 
Stolen Moments *** 
Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns          
Terms Of My Surrender ***/  
Leftover Feelings *** 


JOE HIGGS 

Life Of Contradictions *** 1/2 
         

THE HIGHWAYMEN

The Very Best Of The Highwaymen ** 


THE HIGHWOMEN 

The Highwomen *** 


JOEL SCOTT HILL, JOHN BARBATA & CHRIS ETHRIDGE 

L.A. Getaway (1971) *** 


TONY HILLIER 

...and... (w Ars Nova Copenhagen) *** 



CHRIS HILLMAN

Bidin' My Time ***


HISS THE GOLDEN MESSENGER

Hallelujah Anyhow ***


ROBYN HITCHCOCK

Robyn Hitchcock ** 1/2 


THE HIVES 

Barely Legal 
Veni Vidi Vicious 
Your New Favourite Band (2001 comp) *** 1/2 
Tyranossaurus Hives 
The Black And White Album 
Lex Hives 
The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons *** 1/2


HOBO JOHNSON 

The Rise Of Hobo Johnson ***/ 


SUSANNA HOFFS 

Under The Covers Vol. 1 (w Matthew Sweet) *** 1/2 
Under The Covers Vol. 2 (w Matthew Sweet) *** 
Under The Covers Vol. 3 (w Matthew Sweet) ** 1/2 
Bright Lights *** 
The Deep End *** 
The Lost Record ***/ 


WILL HOGE

Anchors *** 


THE HOLD STEADY 

Boys and Girls In America ***\ 
Stay Positive ** 
Teeth Dreams ** 1/2 


HOLE 

Live Through This *** 1/2 
Celebrity Skin 
Nobody's Daughter *** 1/2 


BILLIE HOLIDAY 

Billie Holiday Sings 
An Evening With Billie Holiday 
Billie Holiday 
Music For Torching 
Recital 
Solitude 
Lady Sings The Blues 
At Newport (1958) *** 
Lady In Satin *** 1/2 
The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 **** 
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944 ****
The Complete Commodore and Decca Masters **** 
Rare and Live Recordings *** 1/2 
A Musical Romance (w Lester Young) (2002) *** 1/2 


PETER HOLLENS

Misty Mountains: Songs Inspired By The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings *** 


BUDDY HOLLY 

The "Chirping" Crickets (1957) *** 1/2 
Buddy Holly (1958) 
That'll Be The Day (1958) 
20 Golden Greats (1978) **** 
Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More (2009) 


JOHN LEE HOOKER

John Lee Hooker *** 


JON HOPKINS 

Ritual (2024) *** 


LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS 

Thinkin' and Worrying: The Aladdin Singles 1947-1952 ****


NIALL HORAN

Flicker ** 
Heartbreak Weather ** 
The Show ** 1/2 


SHIRLEY HORN 

Loads of Love 
Shirley Horn With Horns  
Travelin' Light 
I Thought About You *** 1/2 
Close Enough For Love ****  
You Won't Forget Me *** 1/2  
Here's To Life *** 1/2
Light Out Of Darkness: A Tribute To Ray Charles ***
I Love You, Paris   
I Remember Miles 
Live At The 4 Queens (poorly recorded) ** 1/2  


BRUCE HORNSBY  

Essential **  
Absolute Zero ** 
Nonsecure Connection ** 


HOTHOUSE FLOWERS 

People *** 1/2 
Home *** 
Songs From The Rain ** 1/2 
Born 
Let's Do This Thing ** 


SON HOUSE 

Forever On My Mind ** 1/2 


BEN HOWARD 

Every Kingdom *** 
I Forget Where We Were ***/ 
Collections From The Whiteout ** 1/2


BRITNEY HOWARD 

Jaime ** 1/2 


HOWLIN' WOLF 

Howlin' Wolf (1962) ****



HOZIER

Nina Cried Power EP *** 
Wasteland, Baby! ** 


FREDDIE HUBBARD 

Ready For Freddie (1961) *** 1/2 


RAY WYLIE HUBBARD 

Co-Starring ** 
Co-Starring Too ** 


HUGO LARGO 


Drum (1988) ** 


THE HUMAN LEAGUE 

Dare (1981) ** 


HOLLY HUMBERSTONE 

Falling Asleep At The Wheel ** 1/2 



ENGELBERT HUMPERDINK 

His Greatest Hits (1974) *** 
The Best Of Engelbert Humperdink (2005) *** 


SAM HUNT 

Montevallo *** 


IAN HUNTER

Fingers Crossed *** 
Defiance Part 1 ** 1/2 
Defiance Part 2: Fiction ** 1/2 


JAMES HUNTER

People Gonna Talk ****
The Hard Way **** 
Minute By Minute ***
Hold On! 
Whatever It Takes ***1/2


MICHAEL HURLEY 

The Time Of The Foxgloves ** 


HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF

The Navigator *** 


HÜSKER DÜ 

Everything Falls Apart 
Zen Arcade 
New Day Rising 
Flip Your Wig 
Candy Apple Grey 
Warehouse: Songs and Stories *** 1/2 


DICK HYMAN 

Scott Joplin: The Complete Works For Piano (1975) *** 1/2


CHRISSIE HYNDE 

Valve Bone Woe *** 
Standing In The Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan ** 1/2 


IAMDDB

Hoodrich, Vol 3 ** 1/2 


I AM DYNAMITE 

Supermegafantastic *** 


JANIS IAN

Anthology ** 
The Light At The End Of The Line **  



IBEYI

Ash ** 1/2 


IBIBO SOUND MACHINE 

Electricity ** 1/2 


ICE CUBE 

Predator (1992) ** 1/2


iLe 

iLevitable *** 
Almadura *** 1/2 
Nacarile *** 1/2 


THE IMPRESSIONS 

Keep On Pushing (1964) *** 1/2


INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND 

Bongo Rock (1973) ** 1/2


THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND 

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (1968) *


INCUBUS 

Make Yourself (1999) ** 1/2 


INDIA.ARIE

Acoustic Soul 
Testimony, Vol. 1: Life & Relationship 
Testimony, Vol. 2: Love & Politics 
Songversation: Medicine *** 1/2 
Worthy ** 1/2 


THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS

Laws Of Gravity *** 


INGRAM HILL 

Look Your Best **            
Ingram Hill *** 


INHALER 

It Won't Always Be Like This ** 1/2 


INTERPOL  

Turn On The Bright Lights 
Antics 
Our Love To Admire 
The Other Side Of Make-Believe ** 1/2 


THE INTERRUPTERS 

Fight The Good Fight *** 


IRON AND WINE

 Around The Well ** 1/2
 Beast Epic ** 


IRON BUTTERFLY 

 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968) ** 1/2 


IRON MAIDEN  

Iron Maiden (1980) ** 
The Number of The Beast (1982) ** 1/2


CHRIS ISAAC 

Silvertone *** 1/2
Chris Isaak *** 1/2
Heart Shaped World *** 
Wicked Game (greatest hits) ** 
San Francisco Days *** 1/2
Forever Blue ***
Baja Sessions  
Speak Of The Devil 
Always Got Tonight 
Chris Isaak Christmas ** 
Best Of Chris Isaak ***/ 
Mr. Lucky 
Beyond The Sun 
First Comes The Night *** 
Everybody Knows It's Christmas *** 
          


JAMIE ISAAC 

Couch Baby *** 


JASON ISBELL

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit ** 1/2 
Southeastern *** 
Something More Than Free ***            
The Nashville Sound ***1/2 
Reunions *** 
Georgia Blue ** 


THE ISLEY BROTHERS 

This Old Heart Of Mine (1966) *** 
Soul On The Rocks (1967) *** 
It's Our Thing (1969) *** 1/2 
Givin' It Back (1971) *** 
Brother, Brother, Brother (1972) *** 
3+3 (1973) *** 
Live It Up (1974) *** 


BURL IVES 

The Wayfaring Stranger (1944, Asch) 
The Wayfaring Stranger (1944, Columbia) 
The Wayfaring Stranger (1949, Stinson) 
Return Of The Wayfaring Stranger (1960) ****   CD bonus tracks ** 1/2 
20th Century Masters: The Best Of Burl Ives -- The Millennium Collection (2001) *** 
The Wayfaring Stranger (2008 compilation) *** 1/2 


HARRIS J

Salam ** 


MILO J 

111 *** 


JULIA JACKLIN 

Don't Let The Kids Win ***  
Crushing *** 1/2 


THE JACKSON 5 

Live At The Forum **  


JANET JACKSON 

Control ** 1/2 
Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) ** 


JOE JACKSON 

Look Sharp! ***
I'm The Man *** 
Beat Crazy *** 
Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive *** 
Night and Day *** 1/2 
Mike's Murder soundtrack *** 
Body and Soul *** 1/2 
Big World ** 1/2 
Will Power 
Tucker soundtrack *** 
Blaze Of Glory ** 1/2 
Stepping Out: The Very Best Of Joe Jackson 
Laughter & Lust 
Night Music 
Night and Day II 
Summer In The City: Live In New York ** 1/2 
Volume 4 
Rain ** 
The Duke 
Fast Forward 
Fool ***  
Mr. Joe Jackson Presents Max Champion in "What A Racket!" *** 1/2 


MAHALIA JACKSON

Moving Up A Little Higher *** 1/2  


MICHAEL JACKSON

Off The Wall *** 1/2 
Thriller **** 
Bad *** 1/2 
Dangerous ** 1/2 
Invincible * 1/2 
Xscape ** 


MILT JACKSON

Wizard Of The Vibes (1952) *** 
Bags & Trane (w John Coltrane) (1961) *** 


WANDA JACKSON 

Rockin' With Wanda (1960) ** 
There's A Party Goin' On (1961) *** 
Encore ** 1/2


THE JADED HEARTS CLUB 

You've Always Been Here *** 


BENJAMIN JAFFE 

Oh, Wild Ocean of Love! ***/  


ARUSHI JAIN 

 Under The Lilac Sky ***


THE JAM 

Sound Affects (1980) *** 1/2  
Compact Snap! (1984) *** 1/2 
Snap! (1983) ****


JAMES 

Laid ***/ 
The Night Beofre/The Morning After ** 1/2 


BRENDAN JAMES 

The Day Is Brave *** (esp song "Green")            
Brendan James ***            
Hope In Transition *** 


ELMORE JAMES 

The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James (9 songs, good sound) **** 


ETTA JAMES

At Last ! *** 
Tears of Joy: Modern and Kent Singles ** 


JIM JAMES

Eternally Even ** 1/2 
Tribute To 2 *** 
The Order Of Nature ** 1/2 


JOSE JAMES 

No Beginning No End 2 ** 


RYLAND JAMES 

Ryland James ** 


SKIP JAMES 

Today! (1966) *** 


JAMME 

Jamme (1968) *** 


JAPAN 

Quiet Life (1979) ***\ 


JAPANDROIDS 

Celebration Rock *** 1/2 


JAPANESE BREAKFAST

Soft Sounds From Another Planet ** 


SARAH JAROSZ 

Build Me Up From Bones *** 
World On The ground *** 


KEITH JARRETT 

The Kôln Concert **** 
Jasmine *** 1/2 
Somewhere *** 1/2 
          

THE JAYHAWKS

Hollywood Town Hall *** 1/2
Tomorrow The Green Grass *** 1/2
Sound Of Lies TK
Smile *** 1/2
Rainy Day Music ***
Mockingbird Time ** 1/2 
Paging Mr Proust ** 1/2
Back Roads and Abandoned Motels ** 
XOXO ***/ 


JAY-Z

The Blueprint 3 ***            
Watch The Throne (w Kanye West) *** 1/2 


JFFERSON AIRPLANE /STARSHIP 

Surrealistic Pillow *** 1/2 


GARLAND JEFFREY

14 Steps To Harlem **


JELLYFISH (see also Lickerish Quartet) 

Bellybutton *** 1/2 
Spilt Milk ***/ 


WAYLON JENNINGS  

Honky Tonk Heroes (1973) ** 1/2 
Dreaming My Dreams (1975) *** 1/2 


CLARICE JENSEN 

The Experience Of Repetition As Death *** 1/2 


CARLY RAE JEPSEN 

Dedicated ** 


JERU THE DAMAJA 

The Sun Rises In The East (1994) ** 1/2 


THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN 

Darklands (1987) *** 
Psychocandy 


JOAN JETT 

Joan Jett 
Bad Reputation **** 
I Love Rock 'n' Roll **** 
Album 
Changeup ** 1/2 


MALCOLM JIYANE TREE-O 

Umdali *** 


NATALIE JOACHIM 

Ki Moun Ou Ye **


JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN 

The Deep Field ** 
The Classic ** 1/2 


ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM 

Black Orpheus (soundtrack) *** 
The Composer Of Desafinado, Plays 
Getz/Gilberto **** 
Jazz Samba Encore! 
Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2 *** 1/2 
The Wonderful World Of Antonio Carlos Jobim 
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim **** 
Wave 
Sinatra-Jobim ****
Tide 
Stone Flower 
Sinatra & Company **** 
Jobim 
Ellis & Tom (1974) (w Ellis Regina) **** 
Urubu 
Sinatra-Jobim Sessions **** 
Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings *** 1/2 


BILLY JOEL 

Cold Spring Harbor * 1/2 
Piano Man *** 1/2  
Streetlife Serenade *  
Turnstiles *** 1/2 
The Stranger ** 1/2 
52nd Street ** 1/2 
Glass Houses *** 
Songs In The Attic *** 
Nylon Curtain ***1/2  
An Innocent Man *** 1/2 
Greatest Hits Volume I and II *** 1/2
The Bridge * 1/2  
Storm Front ** 1/2 
River Of Dreams *** 
Greatest Hits Vol III *** 
The Hits *** 1/2 
           

JOESEF 

Permanent Damage ** 1/2


JOHANN JOHANNSSON

The Miners' Hymns ****  
Sicario  
Arrival *** 1/2 (in film, just *** on its own) 
Drone Mass *** 1/2 


ELTON JOHN

Tumbleweed Connection (1970) ** 
Honky Château ** 
Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player (1973) ** 1/2 
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) *** 1/2 
Greatest Hits Volume One **** 
Caribou 
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy ** 
Greatest Hits Volume Two **** 
Songs From The West Coast *** 1/2 
Peachtree Road ** 
The Captain and the Kid *** 
The Union (w Leon Russell) *** 
Good Morning To The Night (w Pnau) ** 1/2 
The Diving Board *** 


THE JOHN SALLY RIDE

A New Set Of Downs *** 1/2 
Nothing Doing *** 1/2 
Now Is Not A Great Time *** 1/2 
JSR The Other Women ** 1/2 
Melomaniacs ***/ 

BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON 

Praise God I'm Satisfied (1989) *** 1/2 
The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1993) 


JAMEY JOHNSON 

That Lonesome Song ***                    
Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochrane *** 1/2 


PETE JOLLY 

Seasons (1970) *** 


AL JOLSON 

You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet: Jolson's Finest Columbia Recordings ** 1/2


THE JONAS BROTHERS 


A Little Bit Longer *** 1/2 
Happiness Begins ** 
     

NICK JONAS

Last Year Was Complicated ** 


DURAND JONES 

American Love Call *** 
Wait Till I Get Over *** 1/2 


ETTA JONES 

Don't Go To Strangers (1960) *** 1/2


GEORGE JONES 

The Grand Tour (1974) *** 
Golden Ring (w Tammy Wynette) *** 
I Am What I Am *** 1/2 
Cold Hard Truth 
Amazing Grace ** 1/2 


GRACE JONES 

Nightclubbing ***


HOWARD JONES 


Transform ** 


NORAH JONES 

Come Away With Me **** 
Feels Like Home *** 
Not Too Late 
The Fall ** 1/2 
Little Broken Hearts *** 
Foreverly (w Billie Joe Armstrong) *** 1/2 
Day Breaks 
Begin Again ** 
Pick Me Up Off The Floor ** 
'Til We Meet Again (Live) ** 1/2 
I Dream Of Christmas * 1/2 
Visions ** 1/2 


RICKIE LEE JONES 

Rickie Lee Jones 
Pirates 
The Magazine 
Flying Cowboys *** 1/2 
Pop Pop ** 
The Sermon On Exposition Boulevard 
Balm In Gilead 
Kicks ** 


SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS

Naturally 
100 Days, 100 Nights **** 
The Great Debaters soundtrack *** 1/2 
I Learned The Hard Way *** 1/2 
Soul Time! *** 
Give The People What They Want *** 1/2 
It's A Holiday Soul Party ** 
Soul Of A Woman ***/ 
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Is In) ** 1/2  


TOM JONES 

24 Hours ** 1/2            
Praise & Blame *** 1/2  
Spirit In The Room *** 
Surrounded By Time *** 


JOSEPHINE 

Portrait *** 1/2 
          

SAMARA JOY 

Linger Awhile *** 


JOY DIVISION 

Unknown Pleasures (1979) *** 
Closer (1980) ***\ 


JUANES

Mis Planes Son Amarte *** 1/2 
Origen *** 
Vida Cotidiana *** 


JUDAS PRIEST

British Steel (1980) ***


WYNONNA JUDD

Wynonna and The Big Noise ** 1/2 


THE JUDDS 

Greatest Hits *** 
Greatest Hits Volume Two ** 1/2 
Christmas Time With The Judds ** 


VALERIE JUNE

The Order Of Time ** 1/2


DAMIEN JURADO

Maraqopa *** 1/2 
Tumbledown Soundtrack (w Daniel Hart) ** 


JYOTI 

Mamma, You Can Bet! *** 

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