Monday, March 25, 2024

Music Library Artist List P-S

ANDERSON.PAAK

Malibu (2016) ***/ 
An Evening With Silk Sonic (w Bruno Mars) ***


AUGUSTUS PABLO 

King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown *** 1/2  
East Of The Nile River ***  


RAFA PABÖN 

Galería ***


BRAD PAISLEY

Mud On The Tires *** 1/2 
Time Well Wasted 
Brad Paisley Christmas ** 
5th Gear 
American Saturday Night *** 1/2 
This Is Country Music *** 1/2 
Wheelhouse *** 1/2 
Moonshine In The Trunk ***/ 
Love and War *** 


ANDY PALACIO AND THE GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE 

Watina *** 1/2 


PALMA VIOLETS 

180 *** 


JAKE AND AMANDA PALMER


You Got Me Singing ***/ 


PANIC! AT THE DISCO

Pretty.Odd ** 1/2  
Vices And Virtues *** 1/2
Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! *** 1/2 
Death Of A Bachelor ***
Pray For The Wicked *** 1/2 
Viva Las Vengeance ***/  


GRAHAM PARKER 

Howlin' Wind (1976) *** 
Heat Treatment (1976) *** 1/2 
Stick To Me (1977) *** 1/2 
Squeezing Out Sparks (1979) 
Mystery Glue ** 1/2 
Last Chance To Learn The Twist ** 1/2 


ARLO PARKS 

My Soft Machine ** 


VAN DYKE PARKS 

Song Cycle ** 
Discover America *** 
Clang Of The Yankee Reaper 
Jump! *** 1/2 
Tokyo Rose 
Orange Crate Art (w Brian Wilson) ***  
An Invitation (w Inara George) *** 1/2 
Songs Cycled *** 1/2 
!Spangled! (w Gaby Moreno) 


PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC 

Up For The Down Stroke (1974) *** 1/2 
Mothership Connection (1975) **** 
One Nation Under A Groove (1978) **** 


PARQUET COURTS 

Light Up Courts *** 


CHARLIE PARR 

Cheap Wine *** 


ALAN PARSONS 

The Secret ** 


GRAM PARSONS 

GP (1973) *** 1/2 
Grievous Angel (1974) ****


DOLLY PARTON 

Porter Wayne and Dolly Rebecca (w Porter Wagoner) *** 
Two Of A Kind (w Porter Wagoner) ** 1/2 
Joshua ** 1/2 
Coat Of Many Colors *** 1/2 
The Right Combination (w Porter Wagoner) ** 1/2 
My Tennessee Mountain Home *** 
Jolene (1974) *** 
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers -- Once Upon A Christmas * 1/2 
Trio (w Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris) **** 
Rainbow 
White Limozeen 
I Will Always Love You: The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 1 *** 1/2 
The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 2 **** 
Trio II (w Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris) *** 1/2 
The Grass Is Blue *** 1/2 
Little Sparrow *** 1/2 
Halo and Horns *** 
For God and Country * 
Those Were the Days * 
Backwoods Barbie ** 
Blue Smoke *** 
Pure and Simple ** 1/2 
The Complete Trio Collection (w Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris) **** 
Release Me ep * 1/2 
Dolly Parton -- A Holly Dolly Parton Christmas * 
Run, Rose Run ** 
Rockstar ** 


JOE PASS 

Take Love Easy (w Ella Fitzgerald) (1974) **** 
Fitzgerald and Pass...Again (w Ella Fitzgerald) 
Speak Love (w Ella Fitzgerald) (1983) *** 1/2 
Easy Living (w Ella Fitzgerald) (1986) *** 1/2 


A PASSING FANCY 

A Passing Fancy ** 


JOEL PATERSON 

Let it Be Guitar! Joel Paterson Plays The Beatles *** 


MANDY PATINKIN

Mandy Patinkin *** 1/2 
Dress Casual *** 
Experiment ** 1/2 
Oscar and Steve *** 1/2  
Kidults 
Sings Sondheim *** 
Diary: January 27, 2018 *** 1/2 
Diary: April/May 2018 *** 1/2 
Diary: December 2018 


CHARLIE PATTON 

King Of/Founder Of The Delta Blues 1929-1934 (2010) *** 1/2


LES PAUL AND MARY FORD 

Bye Bye Blues *** 


TOM PAXTON

Ramblin' Boy ** 


JOHNNY PAYCHECK 

Take This Job And Shove It (1977) ** 


CARLY PEARCE 

29: Written In Stone *** 1/2\ 


PEARL JAM 

Ten 
Vs. 
Vitalogy 
No Code 
Yield 
Binaural 
Riot Act 
Pearl Jam 
Backspacer *** 1/2 
Lightning Bolt *** 
Gigaton 
Dark Matter (2024) *** 


ANN PEEBLES 

I Can't Stand The Rain (1974) *** 1/2


PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA 

Music From The Penguin Cafe (1976) *** 1/2 


PENTANGLE 

The Pentangle (1968) *** 
Basket Of Light ***/ 


ART PEPPER

Meets The Rhythm Section ****


BIRCH PEREIRA 

Western Soul *** 


PERFUME GENIUS 

Too Bright ***         
Set My Heart On Fire Immediately ** 1/2 


HOUSTON PERSON  

So Nice *** 
Chemistry (w Ron Carter) *** 


THE PERSUASIONS 

Chirpin' (1977) *** 1/2 


LUCKY PETERSON

Long Nights *** 1/2


OSCAR PETERSON 

Ella Fitzgerld Live at the Opera House (1957 w Oscar Peterson) *** 1/2 
Ella and Oscar (w Ella Fitzgerald) (1975) *** 1/2 


PET SHOP BOYS

Please ***
Actually (1987) ** 1/2 
Introspective 

Behaviour (1990) *** 1/2  
Very (1993) *** 1/2 
Bilingual (1996) *** 
Nightlife (1999) ** 1/2 
Release (2002) ** 1/2 
Fundamental (2006) ***  
Yes 
The Most Incredible Thing ** 
Elysium 
Electric 
Super *** 1/2 
Hotspot ** 1/2 
Lost ep *** 



TOM PETTY 

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976) ***
You're Gonna Get It! (1978) ** 1/2
Damn The Torpedoes! (1979) *** 1/2

Hard Promises (1981) *** 1/2
Long After Dark (1982) *** 1/2 
Southern Accents ** 
Let Me Up, I've Had Enough ** 
Full Moon Fever *** 1/2 
Into the Great Wide Open ** 1/2 
Greatest Hits (1993) **** 
Wildflowers **  
She's The One (soundtrack) ** 1/2 
Echo ** 
The Last DJ ** 
Highway Companion 
Mudcrutch *** 
Mojo 
Hypnotic Eye *** 1/2 
Mudcrutch 2 *** 1/2 


MADELEINE PEYROUX 

Careless Love *** 1/2 
Half The Perfect World 
Bare Bones *** 1/2 
Anthem *** 1/2 
Let's Walk ** 1/2 


LIZ PHAIR 

Exile In Guyville 
Whip-Smart 
Soberish ** 1/2 


THE PHARCYDE 

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (1992) ***


ESTHER PHILLIPS 

The Country Side Of Esther Phillips ** 1/2 


GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS 

Walking In The Green Corn *** 
Yuletide ep ** 1/2


WASHINGTON PHILLIPS 

And His Manzarene Dreams (1927-1929 Recordings) ** 1/2 


PHOENIX 

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix *** 


WILSON PICKETT 

The Exciting Wilson Pickett (1966) *** 1/2


PIGPEN THEATRE CO.

Bremen *** 1/2
The Way I'm Running *** 
Whole Sun *** 


PINK FLOYD 

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn *** 1/2 
Meddle (1971) ** 1/2 
The Dark Side Of The Moon **** 
Wish You Were Here **** 
Animals ***\ 
The Wall *** 
The Final Cut *** 1/2 



PINK MARTINI 

Splendor In The Grass ** 


PINK PANTHERESS 

To Hell With It ** 1/2 


PISTOL ANNIES 

Pistol Annies *** 
Hell Of A Holiday ** 
         
         
PIXIES 

Surfer Rosa (1988) *** 
Doolittle (1989) *** 1/2 
Bossanova (1990) *** 


JOHN PIZZARELLI 

         

AUSTIN PLAINE 

Austin Plaine ** 1/2 



ROBERT PLANT 

The Honeydrippers Volume One ** 1/2 
Raising Sand (w Allison Krauss) ****  
Band Of Joy *** 1/2 
Lullaby...and the Ceaseless Roar ** 1/2 
Carry Fire 
Raise the Roof (w Allison Krauss) *** 1/2 


PESO PLUMA 

Génesis *** 1/2 


POCO 

Pickin' Up The Pieces *** 


JIMMER PODRASKY 

The Would-Be Plans ***/ 


THE POINTER SISTERS 

Jump *** 
Our Hits ** 1/2 


THE POISON TREE 

The Poison Tree *** 


CAROLINE POLACHEK 

Pang ** 
Desire, I Want To Turn Into You ** 


THE POLICE  

Outlandos d'Amour ** 1/2 
Regatta de Blanc ** 1/2 
Zenyatta Mondatta ***

Ghost In The Machine *** 
Synchronicity *** 1/2 


IGGY POP 

The Idiot (1977) *** 1/2 
Lust For Life (1977) *** 1/2 
Post Pop Depression ** 1/2 


MADDIE POPPE 

Songs From The Basement ** 
Whirlwind ** 1/2 


PO' RAMBLING BOYS 

Toils, Tears & Trouble *** 
Wanderers Like Me (2024) ***


PORTISHEAD 

Third (2008) ***/ 


THE POSIES

Solid States *** 



AWADAGIN PRATT 

Still Point *** 1/2


PREFAB SPROUT 

Swoon *** 1/2 
Steve McQueen aka Two Wheels Good **** 
From Langley Park To Memphis *** 
Protest Songs 
Jordan: The Comeback ****  
A Life of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout *** 1/2  
Andromeda Heights *** 1/2 
The Gunman And Other Stories 
Steve McQueen reissue w acoustic disc **** 
Let's Change The World With Music *** 1/2 
Crimson/Red ***   
        

PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND

Preservation: An Album To Preserve Preservation *** 1/2 
American Legacies (w Del McCoury Band) *** 1/2 
So It Is ***/


ANGALEENA PRESLEY

Wrangled ** 


ELVIS PRESLEY

The Sun Sessions **** 
Peace In The Valley ep *** 
Elvis' Christmas Album ***  
Elvis' Golden Records ****
50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records Vol 2 **** 
His Hand In Mine (1960) **** 
Elvis' Golden Records Vol 3 *** 1/2 
How Great Thou Art *** 
From Elvis In Memphis (1969) *** \ 
Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) *** 1/2  
He Touched Me ** 1/2          
The King Of Rock N Roll: The Complete 50s Masters **** 
From Nashville To Memphis: The Essential 60s Masters **** 
Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Essential 70s Masters *** 1/2
Peace in The Valley: The Complete Gospel Recordings *** 1/2   
Way Down In The Jungle ** 1/2 
The Searcher (soundtrack) ** 1/2 


BILLY PRESTON 

Music Is My Life (1972) ** 1/2 


THE PRETENDERS 

The Pretenders *** 1/2 
Pretenders II ***  
Learning To Crawl ****
Get Close *** 
Packed! 
Last Of The Independents 
Alone *** 
Relentless ** 1/2 
          

THE PRETTY THINGS 

S.F. Sorrow (1968) ** 1/2 or *** 


ANDRÉ PREVIN 

Nice Work If You Can Get It: Ella and André Do Gershwin (w Ella Fitzgerald) (1983) *** 1/2


CHRIS PRICE

Stop Talking ***


MARGO PRICE

Midwest Farmer's Daughter ***
All American Made ** 1/2 
That's How Rumors Get Started ** 


RAY PRICE 

Night Life (1963) ***


NANCY PRIDDY 

You've Come This Way Before **


CHARLIE PRIDE 

Charley Pride's 10th Album (1970) ** 1/2 


LOUIS PRIMA 

The Wildest! (1956) **** 
Capitol Collector's Series (1991) *** 1/2 


PRIMAL SCREAM 

Vanishing Point (1997) ***\  


PRINCE  

Dirty Mind ***  
Controversy ** 1/2   
1999 *** 1/2 
Purple Rain **** 
Around The World in A Day *** 
Parade ****  
Sign O' The Times ****  
Lovesexy **  
Batman  no stars 
Graffiti Bridge ** 1/2 
Diamonds and Pearls **  
Love Symbol Album ** 
Come * 
The Black Album **
The Gold Experience ** 1/2 
Chaos and Disorder ** 
Emancipation *** 
Crystal Ball/The Truth ** 1/2 
The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale * 1/2 
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic ** 
Musicology ** 1/2 
3121 ** 
Planet Earth ** 1/2 
Lotus Flow3r/ MPL Sound ** 
PlectrumElectrum ** 
Art Official Age ** 
HITnRUN Phase One ** 1/2 
HITnRUN Phase Two  ** 1/2 
Piano and a Microphone 1983 *** 
Originals (2019) *** 
Welcome 2 America ** 1/2 ("When She Comes" a keeper) 
         

PRINCE BUSTER 

The Original Golden Oldies Vol. 1 (1967) *** 
The Original Golden Oldies Vol. 3 (w The Maytals) (1973) ***


JOHN PRINE 

John Prine *** 
Diamonds In The Rough *** 1/2 
Sweet Revenge ** 1/2 
Bruised Orange ** 1/2 
The Missing Years *** 1/2 
A John Prine Christmas ** 
For Better, Or Worse ** 1/2 
The Tree Of Forgiveness *** 


PROCOL HARUM  

Shine On Brightly *** 


PROFESSOR LONGHAIR 

Crawfish Fiesta (1980) *** 1/2


CHUCK PROPHET

Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins *** 
The Land That Time Forgot *** 1/2 


GAETANE PROUVOST 

Gabriel Pierne: Chamber Music For Piano and Violin (w Laurent Cabasso) (2008) *** 


RICHARD PRYOR 

Richard Pryor *** 
Craps (After Hours) *** 
That N----r's Crazy *** 1/2 
Is It Something I Said? **** 
Bicentennial N----r *** 1/2 
Richard Pryor: Live On The Sunset Strip  


PSYCHIC TEMPLE 

Plays Music For Airports *** 1/2

One artist recording an entire album by another artist is kind of nutty in the first place. But covering an ambient album by Brian Eno? Now that's bonkers! Has anyone ever covered even a single Eno instrumental before? Eno's music seems impervious to covers -- he creates a hermetically sealed world unto itself. Psychic Temple proves my assumption beautifully wrong. (It won't be the last time.) Eno wrote songs and indeed others can cover them with style, capturing the spirit of the original but making the tunes their own. Who'd a thunk?



PUBLIC ENEMY 

Yo! Bum Rush The Show  (1987) ***
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988) **** 
Fear of a Black Planet (1990) *** 1/2 
Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Back (1991) *** 1/2 
Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age 
Man Plans God Laughs ** 1/2 


PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. 

First Issue (1978) ** 1/2 
Metal Box/Second Edition (1979) 12 track version *** 


TITO PUENTE 

Cuban Carnival (1956) *** 
Dance Mania ('58) **** 
Dance Mania 2 ('61) *** 1/2 
El Rey Y Yo (1967) (w La Lupe) *** 
Homenaje a Beny (1978) **** 
La Pareja (w La Lupe) (1978) ***
Dance Mania Legacy Edition (2009) ****



PUNCH BROTHERS 

Punch 
Antofogmatic 
Who's Feeling Young Now? *** 
Ahoy! *** 
The Phosphorescent Blues 
All Ashore **  
Hell On Church Street ** 1/2 


PURPLE MOUNTAINS 

Purple Mountains ** 1/2 
          

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS 

Love Junk (1988) *** 


CHARLIE PUTH 

Nine Track Mind *** 
VoiceNotes *** 
Charlie ** 1/2 


Q-TIP 

The Renaissance *** 1/2  


IKE QUEBEC 

Blue and Sentimental (1963) ***


QUEEN 

Sheer Heart Attack (1974) ***  
A Night At The Opera (1975) ***  
Greatest Hits (red) *** 1/2 
Greatest Hits II (blue) ***/ 


ADRIAN QUESADA 

Boleros Psicodelicos ***/ 


THE RACONTEURS 

Broken Boy Soldiers 
Consolers Of The Lonely *** 
Help Us Stranger  ***                    


RADIOHEAD

Pablo Honey *** 
The Bends *** 1/2
OK Computer ****
Kid A ****
Amnesiac ***
Hail To The Thief ***
In Rainbows *** 1/2
The King Of Limbs ***
A Moon Shaped Pool *** 1/2


CORINNE BAILEY RAE

Corinne Bailey Rae *** 1/2 
The Sea ***  
The Heart Speaks In Whispers ** 1/2 
Black Rainbows ** 1/2 


ERIN RAE

Soon Enough ** 1/2 


RAEKWON 

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995) ** 1/2   


GERRY RAFFERTY 

City To City *** 1/2 
Rest In Blue ** 1/2 


THE RAILS 

Fair Warning ** 1/2 
Other People * 1/2 
Cancel The Sun ** 


THE RAINCOATS 

The Raincoats (1979) *** 1/2 


BONNIE RAITT 

Nick Of Time ****  
Luck Of The Draw *** 1/2 
The Glow 
         

THE RAMONES

Mono 40th Anniversary **** 


WILLIS ALLAN RAMSEY 

Willis Allan Ramsey *** 1/2 


THE RASCALS AKA THE YOUNG RASCALS 

The Young Rascals *** 1/2 
Collections *** 
Groovin' *** 1/2 
Once Upon A Dream ** 
TimePeace: The Rascals' Greatest Hits **** 
Freedom Suite 
See *** 


RASPBERRIES 

Raspberries (1972) *** 
Fresh (1972) *** 1/2 
Side 3 (1973) *** 1/2 
Starting Over (1974) *** 1/2 
Raspberries' Best (1976) **** 


NATHANIEL RATELIFF 

And It's Still Alright ** 


DAVID RAWLINGS

Poor David's Almanack *** 1/2 


RAYE  

My 21st Century Blues *** 1/2 


REAL ESTATE 

Days *** 1/2 


THE REAL TUESDAY WELD 

The End Of The World *** 


REBIRTH BRASS BAND 

Rebirth Of New Orleans *** 


SONNY RED 

Out Of The Blue 


LEON REDBONE 

On The Track *** 1/2 
Double Time *** 1/2 
Champagne Charlie *** 


OTIS REDDING 

Pain In My Heart *** 
The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads *** 1/2 
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul **** 
The Soul Album 
Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul *** 
King and Queen (w Carla Thomas) *** 
The Immortal Otis Redding *** 1/2 
Dock Of The Bay Sessions (1968/2018) *** 
Love Man (1969) *** 
The Best of Otis Redding (1972) **** 


JOSHUA REDMAN 

Nearness (w Brad Mehldau) *** 1/2  
Where We Are ** 


JERRY REED 

The Unbelievable Guitar and Voice of Jerry Reed *** 


LOU REED 

Words And Music, May 1965 *** 
Transformer (1972) *** 1/2 
New York *** 1/2 
Songs For Drella (w John Cale) 


DELLA REESE

Della Della Cha-Cha-Cha (1961) *** 


MARTHA REEVES AND THE VANDELLAS 

Watchout! (1966) ** 1/2 
Greatest Hits (1981) **** 
Gold (2003) *** 1/2 


ELLIS REGINA 

Ellis & Tom (1974) **** 
Vento De Maio (1978) ** 1/2 


IKE REILLY 

Born On Fire *** 1/2 
Crooked Love ** 1/2 
Because The Angels *** 1/2 


R.E.M.

Chronic Town EP ***
Murmur ****
Reckoning ***
Fables Of The Reconstruction *** 1/2
Life's Rich Pageant ****
Document ***
Dead Letter Office ***
Green *** 1/2
Out Of Time ***
Automatic For The People ****
Monster ** 1/2
New Adventures In Hi-Fi ** 1/2
Up  ** 1/2
Reveal **
Around The Sun ** 1/2
Accelerate ** 1/2
Collapse Into Now ** 1/2
Unplugged 1991-2001 The Complete Collection ***/


MARY ELIZABETH REMINGTON 

In Embudo ** 1/2 


THE REPLACEMENTS 

Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash (1981) *** 
Hootenany (1983) *** 1/2 
Let It Be (1984) **** 
Tim (1985) *** 1/2 
Tim (1985) (Ed Stasium Mix) **** 
Boink!! (1986) **** 
Pleased To Meet Me (1987) **** 
Don't Tell A Soul (1989) ** 1/2  
All Shook Down **  


RESIDENTE

Residente *** 


THE RESIDENTS 

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen (1978) *** 


REX ORANGE COUNTY 

Pony *** 


EMITT RHODES 

Emitt Rhodes *** 1/2 
Mirror ***
    

RHODES 

Wishes *** 


RHYE 

Woman *** 1/2 


GRUFF RHYS 

Babelsberg ** 1/2  


LES RYTHMES DIGITALES 

Darkdancer (1999) **



TONY RICE 

Cold On The Shoulder *** 
Manzanita (1979) ***


CHARLIE RICH 

That's Rich (1965) ** 1/2 
Behind Closed Doors (1973) ** 


JONATHAN RICHMAN AND THE MODERN LOVERS  

The Modern Lovers (1976) **** (billed as just The Modern Lovers) 
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers (1976) *** 
Rock 'n' Roll With The Modern Lovers (1977) ** 1/2 
Back In Your Life (1979) *** 
Jonathan Sings (1983) 
I, Jonathan (1992) 


MAX RICHTER 

The Blue Notebooks *** 1/2 
Songs From Before *** 1/2 


RIDE 

Nowhere (1990) ***


STAN RIDGWAY 

Priestess of The Promised Land (w Pietra Wexstun) **  


TERRY RILEY 

In "C" (1968) **** 


MINNIE RIPPERTON 

Come To The Garden ** 


JOSH RITTER  

Golden Age Of Radio 
The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter 
So Runs The World Away ** 1/2 
Bringing In The Darlings *** 1/2 
The Beast In Its Tracks 
Sermon On The Rocks ** (but "Man On The Rocks" a keeper)
Gathering ***  
Fever Breaks ** 1/2 
Spectral Lines *** 


ISMAEL RIVERA 

Lo Mejor Y Lo Ultimo (1963) *** 
Con Todos Los Hierros (w Rafael Cortijo) (1966) *** 1/2 
La Ültimo En La Avenida (with Kako Y Su Orquestra) (1971) *** 1/2 
Juntos Otra Vez (1974) *** 1/2 
Cortijo Y Su Combo w Ismael Rivera -- La Quiniela Del Dia (1976) *** 1/2 
Esto Si Es Lo Mio (1978) *** 1/2 


RM 

RM -- Right Place, Wrong Person **


MAX ROACH 

Clifford Brown and Max Roach -- Study In Brown (1955) **** 


CHAPPELL ROAN 

The Rise and Fall Of A Midwestern Princess ** 1/2 


MARTY ROBBINS 

Song Of The Islands (1957) * 1/2 
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959) **** 
More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1960) *** 1/2 
The Return Of The Gunfighter (1963) *** 1/2 
Island Woman (1964) * 1/2 
The Drifter (1966) *** 1/2 
Hawaii's Calling Me (1969) * 1/2 
Marty After Midnight (1969) ** 1/2 
Christmas With Marty Robbins (1969) ** 


SAM ROBERTS 

Love At The End Of The World *** 1/2 


RIC ROBERTSON 

Carolina Child ***/ 


THE CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD 

Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel ** 1/2 
If You Lived Here, You Would Be Home By Now ** 1/2 
Servants Of The Sun ** 


TABU LEY ROCHEREAU 

Omana Wapi (w Franco) (1976) **** Deluxe version Lisanga ya Banganga 


THE ROCHES 



JUDY RODERICK 

Woman Blue (1965) *** 


OLIVIA RODRIGO 

Sour ** 1/2 
Guts ***/ 


BOBBY RODRÍGUEZ 

Lead Me To That Beautiful Band (1975) *** 


LINA RODRIGUEZ 

Lina_Raul Refree *** 1/2 

        
KENNY ROGERS 

Gideon ** 
Greatest Hits (1980) *** 1/2   
20 Greatest Hits *** 1/2 
What About Me ** 
Water and Bridges *** 
You Can't Make Old Friends ** 1/2 


MAGGIE ROGERS 

Don't Forget Me ** 


MISTER ROGERS 

It's Such A Good Feeling: The Best Of Mister Rogers ** 1/2 


S.E. ROGIE 

The New Sounds Of S.E. Rogie (1991) ** 1/2 
Dead Men Don't Smoke Marijuana (1994) *** 1/2 


ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER 

Hope Downs ** 1/2 
Sideways To New Italy ** 1/2 
Endless Rooms ** 


MATT ROLLINGS 

Mosaic ** 1/2 


THE ROLLING STONES

The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hitmakers) **
The Rolling Stones No. 2 ** 1/2
Out Of Our Heads ***
Aftermath *** 1/2
Between The Buttons ***
Their Satanic Majesties Request ** 1/2
Beggars Banquet ****
Let It Bleed ****
Sticky Fingers ****
Exile On Main St. ****
Goats Head Soup **
It's Only Rock n Roll **
Black And Blue ** 
Live At The El Mocambo *** 1/2 
Some Girls ****
Emotional Rescue ** 1/2
Tattoo You ***
Steel Wheels (1989) ** 1/2 
Stripped (1995) *** 
Totally Stripped ** 1/2 


SONNY ROLLINS 

Tenor Madness (1956) **** 
Saxophone Colossus (1956) **** 
Way Out West (1957) *** 
G-Man (1987) **** 
Road Show Vol. 1 (2008) *** 1/2 
Road Show Vol. 3 (2014) *** 



DANIEL ROMANO 

If I've Only One Time Askin' *** 
Cobra Poems **  
Too Hot To Sleep ** 


THE RONETTES 

...Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica *** 1/2 


DAVE VAN RONK 

Folksinger (1962) **


LINDA RONSTADT 

Don't Cry Now 
Heart Like A Wheel **** 
Prisoner In Disguise 
Hasten Down The Wind 
Greatest Hits 
Live In Hollywood Deluxe *** 
Get Closer 
What's New *** 
Lush Life *** 1/2 
For Sentimental Reasons **** 
Trio (w Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton) **** 
Canciones De Mi Padre **** 
Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind ** 1/2 
Mas Canciones *** 1/2 
Frenesi 
Winter Light 
Feels Like Home 
Dedicated To The One I Love *** 
Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (w Emmylou Harris) *** 1/2 
Trio II (w Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton) *** 1/2 
A Merry Little Christmas ***/ 
Hummin' To Myself 
Adieu False Heart (w Ann Savoy) ** 1/2 
The Complete Trio Collection ((w Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton) **** 


ROOMFUL OF TEETH 

Just Constellations (w Michael Harrison) *** 1/2 


THE ROOTS 

Things Fall Apart **** 
Phrenology *** 
The Tipping Point *** 1/2 
Game Theory 
Rising Down *** 
The Movie (w Betty Wright) *** 
Wise Up Ghost (w Elvis Costello) *** 1/2 
...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin *** 


ROSALÍA 

Motomami ** 1/2 


CALYPSO ROSE

Far From Home *** 
Calypso Rose & Friends ** 1/2 


MAGGIE ROSE 

No One Gets Out Alive ***/


WHITNEY ROSE 

Heartbreaker Of The Year *** 


JOEL ROSS 

The Parable of the Poet *** 1/2 


DIANA ROSS 

diana (1980) ** 1/2


CLAIRE ROUSAY 

Sentiment **


JOSH ROUSE 

Under Cold Blue Stars *** 
1972 *** 1/2 
Nashville *** 1/2 
Subtítulo 
Country Mouse City House 
El Turista ** 1/2 
Love In The Modern Age *** 1/2 
The Holiday Sounds Of Josh Rouse ** 1/2 
Going Places ** 1/2 


CURTIS ROUSH 

Cosmic Campfire Music ** 1/2 


PETER ROWAN
 

Calling You From My Mountain ***


ROXY MUSIC (see also Bryan Ferry) 

Roxy Music *** \
For Your Pleasure ***  
Stranded *** \  
Country Life *** 1/2 
Siren *** 1/2 
Manifesto *** 
Flesh + Blood ** 
Avalon **** 


ROYAL BLOOD

Royal Blood ** 


ROYAL HEADACHE 

High *** 


RÖYKSOPP 

Melody A.M. (2001) ** 


ROZALÉN 

Cuando El Rio Suena *** 


XENIA RUBINOS 

Una Rosa *** 


DARIUS RUCKER

When Was The Last Time ** 


RUEL 

Bright Lights red Eyes ep ** 


RUFUS FEATURING CHAKA KHAN 

Rufusized (1974) *** 


RUMER 

Seasons Of My Soul *** 1/2
Rumer Sings Bacharach At Christmas 
Boys Don't Cry *** 
Into Colour ***/ 
Love Is The Answer *** 
The Look Of Love: A Bacharach And David Songbook ***/ 
B-Sides & Rarities *** 
Nashville Tears: The Songs Of Hugh Prestwood *** 1/2 
Live From Lafayette *** 
B-Sides & Rarities Vol. 2 *** 


TODD RUNDGREN

Runt *** 1/2
Something/Anything? *** 1/2
A Wizard, A True Star *** 1/2 
Todd ** 
Faithful ** 1/2 
Oops! Wrong Planet (as Utopia) *** 1/2 
Hermit Of Mink Hollow *** 
Adventures In Utopia (as Utopia) *** / 
Healing *** 
Utopia (as Utopia) 
The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect 
A Cappella 
Nearly Human *** 
Liars *** 
Arena ** 1/2 
White Knight ** 1/2 
Space Force *** 


RUN-D.M.C.

Run-D.M.C. (1984) *** 1/2 
King Of Rock *** 
Raising Hell **** 
Tougher Than Leather *** 


RUN THE JEWELS 

RTJ4 ** 1/2 
          


RUSH

2112 *** 1/2 
A Farewell To Kings (1977) ** 
Permanent Waves ** 1/2 
Moving Pictures (1981) *** 1/2 
Signals 
Grace Under Pressure 
Power Windows 
         
          
BOBBY RUSH 

Down In Louisiana *** 


TOM RUSH 

What I Know *** 
Voices *** 


ALICE RUSSELL 

To Dust *** 1/2 


ALLISON RUSSELL 

Outside Child *** 1/2


CATHERINE RUSSELL 

Harlem On My Mind ** 1/2 


LEON RUSSELL 

Leon Russell *** 1/2  
The Union (w Elton John) *** 


LUTHER RUSSELL 

         

PEE WEE RUSSELL 

Jazz Reunion (w Coleman Hawkins) (1961) ****


SADE

Diamond Life (1984) *** 1/2
Promise (1985) *** 1/2 
Stronger Than Pride *** 1/2 
Soldier Of Love *** 


THE SADIES

Northern Passage  ** 1/2 


SAINT ETIENNE 

Foxbase Alpha (1991) ** 1/2 


THE SAINTS 

(I'm) Stranded *** 1/2 


PETER SALETT 

After A While *** 1/2 
Addicted To Distraction ** 1/2 


CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT

WomanChild *** 1/2
For One To Love (2015) *** 
Dreams and Daggers **** 
The Window *** 1/2 
Ghost Song ***1/2  
Mésuline *** 1/2 
          

SAMPHA

Process ***/ 
Lahai *** 


STEPHEN SANCHEZ 

Easy On My Eyes (2022) *** 
Angel Face (2023) ** 1/2 


PHAROAH SANDERS 

Pharoah (1977) *** (but "Harvest Time" is 20 min of brilliance) 
Harvest Time Live 1977 (1977/2023) *** 1/2 
Promises w Floating Points *** 1/2 


EVIE SANDS 

Any Way That You Want Me (1970) *** 1/2


OUMOU SANGARÉ

Mogoya *** 
Timbuktu ***/ 


SANTANA

Abraxas *** 1/2 
Santana IV *** 
Corazon ** 
Africa Speaks ** 1/2 


ROMEO SANTOS

Golden ** 
Utopia ** 1/2 


SAULT 


Untitled (Black Is) *** 1/2 
Untitled (Rise) *** 1/2 
Nine ***/ 
Aiir ***/ (symphonic) 
(Untitled) God ** 1/2 
Earth ** 
11 *** 


ANN SAVOY 

Adieu False Heart (w Ann Savoy) ** 1/2 
Another Heart ** 1/2


SAZ'SIO

At Least Wave Your Handkerchief At Me *** 1/2 


BOZ SCAGGS 

Silk Degrees **** 
Some Change *** 1/2 
Fade Into Light ***
Dig 
But Beautiful ****
Speak Low ****  
Memphis *** (esp "Corrina, Corrina") 
A Fool To Care *** 1/2 
Out Of The Blues *** 12  


SCISSOR SISTERS 

Night Work ** 1/2 


JOHN SCOFIELD 

Piety Street *** 
John Scofield ** 


GLORIA SCOTT 

What Am I Gonna Do? (1974) ** 1/2 


JILL SCOTT

Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol 1 *** 
Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 *** 1/2 
The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 
The Light Of The Sun 
Woman *** 1/2


JIMMY SCOTT

The Source (1969) *** 1/2 


GIL SCOTT-HERON 

Small Talk At 125th And Lenox **** 
Pieces Of A Man *** 1/2 
Free Will *** 
Winter In America (w Brian Jackson) (1974) *** 
I'm New Here (2010) *** 


SCRITTI POLITTI 

Cupid & Psyche 85 **


SEALS & CROFTS 

Summer Breeze * 1/2 


SEASICK STEVE 

Love and Peace ** 


SEA WOLF 

Leaves in The River (2007) ** 1/2


SECOS & MOLHADOS

Secos & Molhados (1974) *** 


THE SECRET SISTERS

The Secret Sisters *** 
You Don't Own Me Anymore ***


PUSELETSO SEEMA
 

Mofata Seliba No. 3 (2000) ***/ 
Mofata Seliba No. 4 (2002) ***/ 
Mofata Seliba No. 5 (2002) ***/ 
Mofata Seliba No. 6 (2004) ***/ 
Khoro Li Majoe No. 9 
Mofata Seliba No. 10 ***


BOB SEGER

Night Moves ** 1/2 
I Knew You When ** 


RAUL SEIXAS 

Krig-Ha, Bandolo! (1973) ** 1/2


REV SEKOU

In Times Like These ** 


THE SELECTER 

Too Much Pressure (1980) *** 1/2 


SELF ESTEEM 

Prioritize Pleasure *** 1/2 


THE SENSATIONAL NIGHTINGALES 

It's Gonna Rain Again (1972) ** 1/2 


SESSA 

Estrela Acesa *** 


BRIAN SETZER 

The Devil Always Collects ** 1/2 


7 WORDLS COLLIDE 

The Sun Came Out *** 


RON SEXSMITH 

Ron Sexsmith **** 
Other Songs 
Whereabouts *** 1/2 
Blue Boy 
Cobblestone Runway 
Retriever *** 1/2 
Destination Unknown (as Sexsmith and Kerr) *** 1/2 
Time Being *** 1/2 
Exit Strategy Of The Soul *** 
Long Player, Late Bloomer *** 1/2 
Forever Endeavor *** 1/2 
Carousel One ***/ 
The Last Rider *** 1/2 
Hermitage ** 1/2 
The Vivian Line ** 1/2  


BRIAN SETZER 

Gotta Have The Rumble ** 1/2 (song "Drip Drop" is a keeper) 
          

MARTIN SEXTON 

Camp Holiday *** 1/2 
Mixtape Of The Open Road *** 


AMY LAVERE AND WILL SEXTON 

Hallelujah, I'm A Dreamer *** 1/2 


SHABAZZ PALACES

Vs The Jealous Machines *** 


SHAKEY GRAVES 

And The War Came ***
Nobody's Fool *** 1/2 
Can't Wake Up *** 1/2 


THE SHANGRI-LAS 

Leader Of The Pack (1965) *** 


RAVI SHANKAR  

The Sounds Of India (1957) *** 1/2 


WILLIAM SHATNER 

Has Been *** 
Ponder The Mystery ** 
Shatner Claus * 1/2 
Bill ** 1/2 ("Clouds Of Guilt" the keeper) 


ARTIE SHAW 

Self Portrait *** 1/2 


CAROLINE SHAW 

Orange (w Attaca Quartet) *** 1/2 
Narrow Sea (w Dawn Upshaw) ***  
Evergreen (w Attacca Quartet) *** 
Rectangles and Circumstance w So Percussion (2024) ***


MARLENA SHAW 

The Spice Of Life (1969) ** 1/2 
Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? (1972) ** 1/2 


SHE AND HIM

Volume One ***
Volume Two ***
A Very She and Him Christmas *** 1/2 
Volume Three ***
Classics *** 1/2 


JULES SHEAR

Jules Shear *** 


GEORGE SHEARING 

An Evening With George Shearing (w Mel Tormé) (1982) *** 
An Elegant Evening (w Mel Tormé) (1985) *** 1/2


ED SHEERAN 

+ (addition) *** 
X (multiply) ** 1/2 


SHEER MAG

Need To Feel Your Love * 1/2


DUNCAN SHEIK

Duncan Sheik ***/
Humming 
Phantom Moon *** 1/2 
Daylight 
White Limousine 
Spring Awakening Orig Cast Album ****
Whisper House *** 1/2 
American Psycho Orig Cast Album ** 1/2
Legerdemain ***/
Claptrap *** 1/2   


JOAN SHELLEY

Joan Shelley *** 


SHEKLLEY FKA DRAM 

Shelley FKA DRAM ** 1/2


THE SHELTERS 

The Shelters ** 1/2 


NAOMI SHELTON AND THE GOSPEL QUEENS 

What Have You Done, My Brother? ***  


SEAN SHIBE 

Bach (2020) *** 


THE SHIRELLES 

Greatest Hits (1963) **** 
Greatest Hits Vol. II (1967) *** 1/2 
Mama Said: 52 Original Sceptre Records Recordings (2023) *** 1/2 


AMANDA SHIRES 

Take It Like A Man ** 1/2 
Loving You (W Bobbie Nelson) ***


CALLIE SHORR 

Open Book *** 


BOBBY SHORT

Bobby Short (1956) **** 
At Town Hall (w Mabel Mercer) *** 1/2 


WAYNE SHORTER 

Night Dreamers *** 1/2 
Juju *** 1/2 
Speak No Evil **** 


TROMBONE SHORTY 

backatown ** 
Lifted ** 1/2 


SIA

Everyday Is Christmas *** 1/2 
Reasonable Woman ** 1/2 


JANE SIBERRY

When I Was A Boy  
Ulysses' Purse *** 1/2 


SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALL-STARS 

Living Like A Refugee *** 1/2 
Libation *** 


LABI SIFFRE 

Labi Siffre (1970) ***/ 
The Singer and the Song (1971) *** 
Crying Laughing Loving Lying (1972) *** 1/2 
For The Children (1973) *** 
Remember My Song (1975) **** 
Happy (1975) ** 
So Strong (1988) 
Man Of Reason (1991) 
The Last Songs (1998) 
Monument (spoken word) (1998) 
It Must Be Love: The Best of Labi Siffre (2016) 
Watch Me (compilation) (2023) 


SIGUR RÓS 

Agaetis Byrjun *** 1/2 
( ) 
Takk... 
Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endaluast ** 1/2 
Átta *** 1/2

        
HORACE SILVER 

Horace Silver Quintet (1955) **** 
Horace Silver Quintet, Vol. 2 (1955) **** 
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1956) **** (comp of two Quintet LPs) 
Song For My Father (1964) **** 


CARLY SIMON

Carly Simon **
Anticipation (1971) **
No Secrets (1972) ***



PAUL SIMON

The Paul Simon Songbook ***
Paul Simon *** 1/2
There Goes Rhymin' Simon ****
Still Crazy After All These Years *** 1/2 
One-Trick Pony *** 
Hearts And Bones *** 1/2
Graceland ****
Rhythm Of The Saints *** 1/2
Songs From The Capeman ***
You're The One ***
Surprise ** 1/2 
So Beautiful Or So What *** 
Songwriter *** 1/2 
Stranger To Stranger *** 
Graceland: The Remixes * 
In The Blue Light *** 
Seven Psalms ***


SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. * 1/2
Sounds Of Silence ** 
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme *** 
Live From New York City, 1967 ***
The Graduate ** 1/2
Bookends *** 1/2 
Live 1969 *** 1/2
Bridge Over Troubled Waters **** 
Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits **** 
The Concert In Central Park ***


NINA SIMONE

Little Girl Blue (1959) *** 1/2 
Mood Indigo: The Complete Bethlehem Singles ***/
Nina Simone At Town Hall
Nina Simone In Concert 
I Put A Spell On You 
Pastel Blues (1965) *** 1/2 
Wild Is The Wind (1966) ** 1/2 
Nina Simone Sings The Blues  
Nina Simone And Piano (1969) ****
          


SIMPLE MINDS 

New Gold Dream *** 
Sparkle In The Rain *** 1/2 
Once Upon A Time *** 
Street Fighting Years 
Acoustic 
Walk Between Worlds ** 1/2 
Direction of The Heart ** 


SIMPLE PLAN 

Get Your Heart On! *** 


SIMPLY RED 

Picture Book *** 
Men and Women ***/ 
A New Flame ** 1/2 
Stars ** 1/2 
Blue Eyed Soul ** 
Time ** 


STURGILL SIMPSON

High Top Mountain *** 
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music *** 1/2
A Sailor's Guide To Earth *** 1/2
Sound & Fury *** 1/2 
Cuttin' Grass Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions) ***/ 
Cuttin' Grass Vol. 2 (Cowboy Arms Session) *** 
The Ballad of Dood & Juanita *** 
Passage du Desir (2024) *** 1/2 


FRANK SINATRA 

The Song Is You (Sinatra/Dorsey boxed set) ****
The Voice Of Frank Sinatra **** 
Songs By Sinatra **  
Christmas Songs By Sinatra *** 
Frankly Sentimental ** 1/2 
Dedicated To You **  
Sing And Dance With Frank Sinatra *** 1/2 
The Columbia Years: 1943-1952 -- The Complete Recordings **** 
The Columbia Years: The V-Discs *** 
A Voice On Air: 1935-1955 *** 
Songs For Young Lovers **** 
Swing Easy! **** 
In The Wee Small Hours ****
Songs For Swingin' Lovers **** 
Close To You *** 1/2 
A Swingin' Affair *** 
Where Are You? ***/ 
A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra *** 
Come Fly With Me **** 
Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely **** 
Come Dance With Me! *** 
No One Cares *** 
Frank Sinatra with the Red Norvo Quintet Live In Australia 1959 *** 1/2 
Nice 'n' Easy *** 
Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! *** 
Come Swing With Me ** 1/2 
Point Of No Return ** 1/2 
Concepts (boxed set of Capitol years) *** 1/2  
The Complete Capitol Singles Collection (boxed set) ***/ 
Ring-A-Ding-Ding *** 1/2  
Swing Along With Me aka Sinatra Swings *** 
I Remember Tommy ** 1/2 
Sinatra and Strings ** 1/2 
It Might As Well Be Swing (w Count Basie) ***/ 
September Of My Years **** 
Moonlight Sinatra *** 
Strangers In The Night ** 1/2 
Sinatra At The Sands ***/ 
That's Life ** 1/2 
Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim **** 
My Way ** 
A Man Alone * 1/2 
Watertown **  
Sinatra Jobim **** 
Sinatra and Company ** 1/2 
Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back *** 
Sinatra Jobim Sessions **** 
Trilogy: Past, Present and Future *** 
She Shot Me  Down *** 1/2 
L.A. Is My Lady ** 1/2 
Duets ** 
Duets II ** 
The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings *** 1/2 
Frank Sinatra In Hollywood: 1940-1964 *** 
Standing Room Only ** 1/2  
Reprise Rarities ** 1/2 
Reprise Rarities Volume 3: Very Good Years...Indeed! ** 


NANCY SINATRA 

Nancy & Lee (1968) **


SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES 

The Scream (1978) **


FRANKIE SIRAGUSA 

Goodbye, My Love *** 1/2


BALLAKÉ SISSOKO 

Les Égarés (w Vincent Segal, Emile Parisien & Vincent Pierani) *** 1/2 


SISTER SLEDGE 

We Are Family (1979) *** 


THE SISTERS OF MERCY 

Floodland (1987) **


LUKE SITAL-SINGH 

The Fire Inside *** 


TROYE SIVAN 

Blue Neighborhood 
Bloom ***/ 
In A Dream ep *** 
Something To Give Each Other *** 
          

THE 6THS see STEPHEN MERRITT 


RICKY SKAGGS 

Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass: Tribute To 1946 and 1947 *** 


SKATERS 

Manhattan *** 1/2 


SLADE 

Slayed? (1973) ***/


SLEATER-KINNEY 

Dig Me Out (1997) *** 


WATERMELON SLIM 

No Paid Holidays *** 


SLINT 

Spiderland (1991) *** 


SLIPKNOT 

Slipknot -- All Hope Is Gone (2008) *


CAROL SLOANE

Sophisticated Lady ** 


SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE 

Dance To The Music (1968) ** 1/2 
Stand! (1969) *** 1/2 
There's A Riot Goin' On (1971) **** 
Greatest Hits (1970) **** 
Fresh (1973) *** 1/2 


SMALL FACES 

Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake (1968) ** 1/2 


THE SMILE 

A Light For Attracting Attention (2022) *** 1/2 
Wall of Eyes (2024) *** 1/2 
Cutouts (2024) *** 1/2 


BESSIE SMITH 

The Collection **** 


CONNIE SMITH 

Connie Smith (1965) *** 1/2 


ELLIOT SMITH 

Figure 8 (2000) ** 1/2 


JIMMY SMITH 

Groovin' At Smalls' Paradise Vol. 1 (1957) **** 
Groovin' At Smalls' Paradise Vol. 2 (1957) *** 1/2 
The Sermon! (1959) **** 
Home Coookin' (1961) *** 
Back At The Chicken Shack (1963) *** 1/2 
Christmas Cookin' aka Christmas '64 *** 1/2 
Root Down (1972) *** 1/2 


JOHNNY SMITH 

Moonlight In Vermont w Stan Getz (1956) ****  


KEELY SMITH 

Misty and Other Classics *** 


MEAGHAN SMITH 

The Cricket's Orchestra ***            
It Snows ***


MINDY SMITH 

Quiet Town (2024) ** 1/2 


MOTHER WILLIE MAE FORD SMITH 

I Am Bound For Canaan (1983) *** 


PATTI SMITH 

Horses *** 
Radio Ethiopia 
Easter 
Wave 


SAM SMITH

In The Lonely Hour ** 1/2 
The Thrill Of It All *** 
The Holly And The Ivy ** 1/2 


SAMMI SMITH 

He's Everywhere aka Help Me Make It Through The Night (1970) **** 


CHRIS SMITHER 

Hundred Dollar Valentine *** 1/2 


THE SMITHEREENS 

2011 *** 


THE SMITHS

The Smiths *** 1/2
Meat Is Murder *** 1/2 
The Queen Is Dead ****
Louder Than Bombs ****
Strangeways Here We Come *** 1/2 
The Sound Of The Smiths **** 


HANK SNOW 

Hank Snow -- The Essential Hank Snow (1999) ****


JILL SOBULE 

Dottie's Charms *** 


SOFT CELL 

Non Stop Erotic Cabaret (1981) (two good songs; both covers) **


SOFT MACHINE 

The Soft Machine (1968) 
Volume Two (1969) 
Third (1970) *** 1/2 
Fourth (1971) 


CLEO SOL 

Gold *** 


SOLANGE 

Sol-Angel and the Hadley Street Dream 
A Seat At The Table *** 1/2 
When I Get Home *** 1/2 


SONGHOY BLUES

Resistance ** 1/2 
Optimisme ***


SONIC YOUTH 

Evol (1986) ** 1/2
Sister (1987) *** 
Daydream Nation 


ASTRID SONNE 

Great Doubt ** 1/2


SONNY AND CHER 

The Beat Goes On: The Best Of Sonny and Cher ** 1/2 


SON VOLT

Bolts Of Blue *** 
Electro Melodier ** 


OMAR SOULEYMAN 

Wena Wena *** 


THE SOUL OF JOHN BLACK 

Black John *** 


SOUL II SOUL 

Club Classic Vol. One *** 


SOUNDGARDEN 

Superunknown *** 1/2 


SOUNDTRACKS

See Soundtracks at the bottom of the list


J.D. SOUTHER

John David Souther *** 


JERI SOUTHERN 

The Southern Style ** 


SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS 

Southern Culture On The Skids -- At Home With Southern Culture On The Skids ***


SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY 

Grapefruit Moon: The Songs Of Tom Waits (w LaBamba's Big Band) *** 1/2 


SPACEMEN 3 

Playing With Fire (1989) ***


ESPERANZA SPALDING

Chamber Music Society 
Radio Music Society 
Emily's D+Evolution ** 1/2  
Exposure 
12 Little Spells *** 
Songwrighters Apothecary Lab ** 1/2 
Milton + Esperanza (w Milton Nascimento) ** 


THE SPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA 

Across 110th Street (2004) **** 
Viva La Tradicion *** 


OTIS SPANN 

Walking The Blues (1960/1972) *** 1/2 
Otis Spann Is The Blues (1960) *** 1/2 
Otis Spann (1964) **** 
The Blues Never Die! (1965) *** 


SPARKS

Kimono My House (1974) *** 
Franz Ferdinand Sparks aka FFS ***/ 
Hippopotamus ** 1/2 
A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip *** 
The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte *** / 


BRITNEY SPEARS 

...Baby One More Time (1999) * 


THE SPECIALS

The Specials (1979) ***/ 


REGINA SPEKTOR 

Soviet Kitsch 
Begin To Hope *** 1/2 
Far *** 1/2 
What We Saw From the Cheap Seats *** 1/2 
Remember Us To Life *** 1/2 
Home, Before And After ** 1/2 ("What Might Have Been" a keeper)  


ALEXANDER "SKIP" SPENCE 

Oar (1969) ** 1/2 


CAROLINE SPENCE 

Mint Condition *** 


SPINDLE ENSEMBLE 

Inkling ***


SPINNERS

The Spinners (1973) ***/  
Mighty Love (1974) *** 1/2 
Pick of the Litter (1975) ** 1/2 
The Very Best Of the Spinners (1993) *** 1/2 


SPIRIT 

Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) ** 1/2


SPIRITUALIZED 

Ladies And Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space... (1997) ** 1/2 


SPLIT ENZ 

True Colours (1980) *** 


SPOON 

Transference ** 1/2 
Lucifer On The Sofa ** 


DUSTY SPRINGFIELD

A Girl Called Dusty (1964, UK) ***/ 
Dusty (1964) ***/ 
Dusty In Memphis ****
Faithful ***/
White Heat *** 


RICK SPRINGFIELD 

Greatest Hits *** 
The Snake King ***/ 
Automatic *** 


BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 

Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. *** 
The Wild, The Innocent and the E-Street  Shuffle **** 
Born To Run **** 
Darkness On The Edge Of Town ****  
The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concert *** 1/2 
The River *** 1/2 
The River (original single LP version) ** 1/2 
Nebraska **** 
Born In The U.S.A. *** 1/2 
Live: 1975-1985 **** 
Tunnel Of Love *** 1/2 
Human Touch ** 
Lucky Town ** 1/2 
The Ghost Of Tom Joad  ** 
The Rising ** 1/2 
Devils and Dust ** 
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (American Land Edition) **** 
Magic *** 
Working On A Dream ** 1/2 
The Promise (hits set) *** 
Wrecking Ball *** 1/2 
High Hopes ** 1/2 
Western Stars ** 1/2 
Letter To You ** 1/2 
          

SQUEEZE 

Argybargy (1980) *** 1/2 
Squeeze -- East Side Story (1981) ***  
Singles -- 45's and Under (1982) *** 1/2 
Squeeze -- Play (1991) *** 


WESLEY STACE

Wesley Stace's John Wesley Harding ***/ 


JO STAFFORD 

Autumn In New York ** 
Starring Jo Stafford ** 


CHRIS STAPLES

Golden Age ** 1/2 


MAVIS STAPLES

Mavis Staples (1969) ** 1/2 
I Believe To My Soul (w Allen Tousssaint, Billy Preston, Ann Peebles, Irma Thomas) ****
Live: Hope At The Holdout ****    
Have A Little Faith (2004) ** 
One True Vine *** 1/2       
Livin' On A High Note ** 1/2
If All I Was Was Black ** 
Live In London ** 1/2 
Carry Me Home (live album w Levon Helm) *** 


VINCE STAPLES

Summertime '06 *** 1/2 
Big Fish Theory *** 
FM! *** 


CHRIS STAPLETON

Traveller *** 1/2 
From A Room Vol. 1 *** 1/2
From A Room Vol. 2 ***
Starting Over ** 1/2 
Higher *** 


KAY STARR

If You Can't Stand The Heat *** 


RINGO STARR (all graded on a curve because...Ringo!) 

Beaucoups Of Blues (1970) ** 1/2 
Ringo (1973) ***  
Goodnight Vienna (1974) ** 
Blast From Your Past (1975) 
Time Takes Time (1992) ** 1/2 
Photograph: The Very Best Of Ringo Starr (2007) 
What's My Name (2019) ** 



DAKOTA STATON

Dynamic! *** 


STATUS QUO

On The Level ***/ 


THE STAVES 

Good Woman ** 


STEELEYE SPAN 

Parcel Of Rogues (1973) ***


STEELY DAN

Can't Buy A Thrill ** 1/2 
Countdown To Ecstasy *** 
Pretzel Logic **** 
Katy Lied *** 1/2 
The Royal Scam *** 1/2 
Aja **** 
Gaucho ** 1/2 
A Decade Of Steely Dan **** 
Two Against Nature ** 1/2 
Everything Must Go ** 


STEEP CANYON RANGERS 

Deep In The Shade *** 
Radio **  


CAT STEVENS

Tea For The Tillerman ** 
Harold & Maude soundtrack ** 1/2 
Greatest Hits (1975) *** 
Footsteps In The Dark: Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1982) ***  
Tell 'em I'm Gone ** 1/2 
The Laughing Apple ** 
King Of A Land ** 


SUFJAN STEVENS

Michigan *** 1/2
Seven Swans ***
Come On Feel The Illinoise ****
Songs For Christmas **** 
All Delighted People **** 
The Age Of Adz ** 1/2
Silver And Gold *** 1/2
Carrie And Lowell ****
Planetarium (w Nico Muhly, James McAllister) ** 1/2 
The ASCENSION ***  
A Beginner's Mind ***/ 
Javelin *** 1/2


AL STEWART 

Love Chronicles (1969) ** 1/2  
Year Of The Cat *** 
Greatest Hits 
Between The Wars *** 1/2 
A Beach Full Of Shells 


DAVE STEWART 

The Blackbird Diaries ** 1/2 


GARY STEWART 

Out Of Hand ** 1/2 


JOHN STEWART 

California Bloodlines *** 1/2 


ROD STEWART 

Gasoline Alley *** 1/2 
Every Picture Tells A Story **** 
Never A Dull Moment *** 
Smiler ** 1/2 
Atlantic Crossing ** 1/2 
Storyteller: The Complete Anthology 1969-1990 ***\ 


CURTIS STIGERS

Lost In Dreams ** 1/2 
Hooray For Love *** 


STILE ANTICO 

In A Strange Land *** 1/2 
A Spanish Nativity *** 
The Golden Renaissance: William Byrd (2023) ***/ 


STING 

The Dream of The Blue Turtles *** 1/2 
Bring On The Night **** 
...Nothing Like The Sun *** 1/2 
The Soul Cages *** 
Ten Summoner's Tales *** 
Fields Of Gold: The Best Of Sting 1984-1994 *** 1/2 
Mercury Falling 
Brand New Day 
Sacred Love 
If On A Winter's Night ** 
Symphonicities *** 
The Last Ship 
57th and Ninth *** 
44/876 **  
My Songs ** 
The Bridge ** 1/2 


MICHELLE STODART 

Wide-Eyed Crossing ***  
Invitation ** 1/2 


ANGIE STONE 

The Art Of Love & War 
Black Diamond 
Stone Hits: The Very Best Of Angie Stone  
Unexpected 
Dream 


THE STONE ROSES 


The Stone Roses (1989) **** 


THE STOOGES 

Raw Power (1973) *** 


TYSHAWN STOREY 

Continuing *** 


ST PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES 

Sea Of Noise ** 


GEORGE STRAIT 

Strait From The Heart (1982) ** 1/2 
Here For A Good Time *** 
Honky Tonk Time Machine ** 1/2 


THE STRANGLERS 

Rattus Norvegicus (1977) *** 


STRAY CATS 

Built For Speed 
Best of The Stray Cats -- Rock This Town *** 1/2 
40 *** 


THE STREETS 

Original Pirate Material ***  
A Grand Don't Come For Free *** 1/2 
The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living ** 1/2 
Everything Is Borrowed ** 1/2 
The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light ** 


BARBRA STREISAND 

Live At The Bon Soir ****  
The Barbra Streisand Album **** 
The Second Barbra Streisand Album *** 
The Third Album *** 
People *** 
A Christmas Album *** 
Greatest Hits **** 
Stoney End 
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 *** 1/2 
Guilty ***  
Yentl 40th Anniversary Soundtrack (including demos) *** 1/2
Emotion ** 
The Broadway Album **** 
Just For The Record (boxed set) **** 
Till I Loved You * 1/2 
The Essential Barbra Streisand *** 
Back To Broadway ** 1/2  
Higher Ground * 
A Love Like Ours 
Christmas Memories * 1/2 
The Movie Album ** 
Guilty Pleasures ** 1/2 
Love Is The Answer ***/ 
Partners ** 
Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway * 
Walls * 
Release Me 2 * 


KEN STRINGFELLOW 

Danzig In The Moonlight *** 


THE STROKES 

Is This It ****  
Room On Fire *** 1/2 
First Impressions of Earth *** 
Angles ** 
Comedown Machine ** 


THE STRUTS

Everybody Wants Some *** 1/2 
Young and Dangerous *** 
Strange Days *** 1/2 
Pretty Vicious ***/ 


MARTY STUART 

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ** 1/2  
Altitude *** 


ST. VINCENT 

Love This Giant (w David Byrne) ***/ 
St. Vincent ** 1/2 
Masseducation ** 1/2 
Daddy's Home *** 1/2 
All Born Screaming ** 1/2 


THE STYLE COUNCIL 

Cafe Bleu (1984) ** 1/2 


HARRY STYLES

Harry Styles ** 1/2 
Fine Line *** 
Harry's House *** 1/2 


SUEDE 

Suede (1993) ** 1/2


SUGAR 

Copper Blue (1992) *** 1/2 


THE SUGARCUBES 

Life's Too Good (1988) ** 1/2 


SUGARLAND 

Love On The Inside *** 


SUICIDE 

Suicide (1977) *** 1/2 


JAZMINE SULLIVAN 

Heaux Tales *** 


JIM SULLIVAN 

If The Evening Were Dawn ** 1/2 
UFO *** 


DONNA SUMMER 

Bad Girls ** 1/2 
The Wanderer * 1/2 
On The Radio: Greatest Hits Vol. I and II *** (points off for continuous play) 
Endless Summer: Donna Summer's Greatest Hits ***/ 
The Journey: The Very Best Of Donna Summer ***/  


MOSES SUMNEY

Aromanticism *** 1/2 
Black In Deep Red ***/  
Grae, Part 1 *** 1/2 


JOHN SURNAM 

Words Unspoken *** 1/2 


SUPER FURRY ANIMALS 

Fuzzy Logic 
Rings Around The World *** 1/2 
Dark Days/Light Years  ** 1/2 


SUPERGRASS 

I Should Coco *** 1/2 
In It For The Money **** 
Supergrass *** 1/2 
Life On Other Planets 
Road To Rouen 
Diamond Hoo Ha  *** 
The Strange Ones: 1994-2008 *** 1/2 


SUPERTRAMP 

Crime of the Century (1974) ** 


SUPERVIOLET 

Infinite Spring *** 


THE SUPREMES 

Where Did Our Love Go (1964) *** 
20 Greatest Hits -- Compact Command Performances (1984) **** 


STEVE SWALLOW 

Hotel Hello (w Gary Burton) (1975) *** 1/2


BETTYE SWANN 

Make Me Yours (1967) ***
The Complete Atlantic Recordings *** 1/2 


MATTHEW SWEET 

Girlfriend *** 
Under The Covers Vol. 1 (w Susanna Hoffs) *** 1/2 
Sunshine Lies * 1/2 
Under The Covers Vol. 2 (w Susanna Hoffs) *** 
Under The Covers Vol. 3 (w Sussana Hoffs) ** 1/2  
Tomorrow's Daughter *** 
Catspaw ** 1/2 


THE SWELL SEASON 

Strict Joy ** 1/2 


RICHARD SWIFT 

The Novelist/Walking Without Effort **** 
Dressed Up For The Letdown 
Richard Swift as Onasis ** 1/2 
The Atlantic Ocean 
The Hex ** 1/2 
Four Hits & A Miss -- The Essential Richard Swift *** /


TAYLOR SWIFT

Red *** 
1989 ** 
Reputation ** 
Lover ** 1/2 
Folklore ** 1/2 
Evermore ** 
Midnights ** 1/2 
The Tortured Poet Department ** 1/2 


THE SYLVERS 

The Sylvers ** 1/2 


SZA

Ctrl *** 1/2 
SOS ** 1/2 


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