Monday, March 25, 2024

Music Library Artist List T-Z

TAINY 

Data *** 


TALKING HEADS 

Talking Heads: 77 **** 
More Songs About Buildings And Food **** 
Fear Of Music **** 
Remain In Light **** 
The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads *** 1/2 
Speaking In Tongues *** 1/2 
Stop Making Sense (film) ****  
Little Creatures ** 1/2 
True Stories *** 
Naked *** 


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  
Too Late For Edelweiss ** 1/2 
Henry St. ** 


JAMES TALLEY 

Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got A Lot Of Love (1975) **** 
Tryin' Like The Devil (1976) *** 


TAME IMPALA 

Lonerism *** 1/2 
The Slow Rush *** 


C. TANGANA 

El Madrileño *** 1/2 


TANGERINE DREAM 

Phaedra (1974) *** 1/2 
Rubycon (1975) *** 
Risky Business score (1983/1984) *** 1/2 
Legend (1985) ***


AARON LEE TASJAN 

Silver Tears *** 
Stellar Evolution ** 


HOWARD TATE 

Get It While You Can (1966) *** 1/2 
Howard Tate's Reaction (1970) *** 
Howard Tate (1972) *** 1/2 
Rediscovered (2003) *** 1/2 
A Portrait Of Howard Tate (2006) *** 1/2 
Blue Day (2008) 


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 
American Standard ** 


OTIS TAYLOR

Recapturing The Banjo *** 1/2 
My World Is Gone *** 


TEYANA TAYLOR 

Teyana Taylor -- The Album *** 1/2 

          
TCHOTCHKE 

Tchotchke *** 1/2 


JACK TEAGARDEN

Think Well Of Me (1962) *** 1/2


THE TEARDROP EXPLODES

Kilimanjaro (1980) ** 1/2


TEARS FOR FEARS

The Hurting (1983) ***/ 
Songs From The Big Chair ** 1/2 
Sowing The Seeds Of Love ** 
Rule The World: The Greatest Hits *** 
The Tipping Point ** 1/2 


WILLIE TEE 

I'm Only A Man (1971) ***


TEEENAGE FANCLUB

Bandwagonesque *** 1/2 
Grand Prix 
Here ** 1/2 
Endless Arcade **


TELEVISION 

Marquee Moon (1977) **** 
Adventure (1978) ***


HECTOR TELLEZ JR. 

The Great Unknown ** 


TEMPLES 

Exotico *** 


NINO TEMPO & APRIL STEVENS 

All Strung Out (1966) ***


TEMPOREX 

Care ** 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) 
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 (1972) *** 
Masterpiece 
17 Greatest Hits (Compact Command Performances) **** 


10CC 

Sheet Music ** 1/2 


TAMMI TERRELL 

Irresistible *** 


CLARK TERRY 

Color Changes (1961) *** 


SONNY TERRY

At Sugar Hill (w Brownie McGee) ***


JOE TEX 

Greatest Hits (1991) ****


THE THE 

Soul Mining (1983) *** 
Infected (1986) *** 
Mind Bomb (1989) ** 1/2 
Dusk (1993) ***
Hanky Panky (1995) *** 1/2 
Ensoulment (2024) *** 1/2 


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 
Book *** 
          

CHRIS THILE

Bass and Mandolin (w Edgar Meyer) ** 1/2 
Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau ** 1/2 
Laysongs ** 


THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS 

The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators (1966) *** 1/2 


HENRY THOMAS 

Bulldoze Blues (1927-1929) *** 1/2 


IRMA THOMAS 

Wish Someone Would Care *** 1/2 
Take A Look **** 
In Between Tears *** 1/2 
Live! At New Orleans Heritage & Jazz Festival 1976 *** (great perf, mic in next room) 
Soul Queen Of New Orleans 
The New Rules 
The Way I Feel 
Live: Simply The Best 
True Believer 
Walk Around Heaven: New Orleans Gospel Soul 
Turn My World Around 
The Story Of My Life ** 
Sing It! 
My Heart's In Memphis: The Songs Of Dan Penn 
After The Rain (2006) *** 1/2 
Simply Grand ** 1/2 
The Soul Queen Of New Orleans 50th Anniversary Celebration (comp w three new tracks) *** 1/2 
Full Time Woman: The Lost Cotillion Album ** 1/2 
Love Is The Foundation (2021) *** 1/2 


LINDA THOMPSON

One Clear Moment (1985) *** 1/2 
Dreams Fly Away (1996 comp) *** 1/2 
Give Me A Sad Song (2001 demos, rarities) *** 
Fashionably Late (2002) *** 1/2
Versatile Heart (2007) ***
Won't Be Long Now (2013) *** 1/2
My Mother Doesn't Know I'm On The Stage (2018) *** 1/2 
Proxy Music (2024) *** 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 
Grizzly Man soundtrack *** 
Sweet Warrior
Dream Attic **
Electric *** 1/2
Acoustic Classics ***
Still ** 1/2
Acoustic Classics II ***
Acoustic Rarities ** 1/2
13 Rivers *** 1/2 
The Cold Blue (soundtrack) *** 
Bloody Noses eo *** 
Serpent's Tears ep ** ("Tinker's Rhapsody" a keeper) 
Ship To Shore **** 


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 
Heartbreaker Please *** 1/2   
Teddy & Jenni Do Porter & Dolly: A Tribute To Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton *** 1/2 (w Jenni Muldaur) 
My Love Of Country *** 1/2 
Once More: Jenni Muldaur & Teddy Thompson Sing The Great Country Duets *** 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 


THE THRILLS 

So Much For The City (2003) ** 


THROBBING GRISTLE 

D.o.A.: The Third And Final Report of Throbbing Gristle (1978) *** 


BILLY TIBBALS 

Stay Teenage ep *** 
Nightlife Stories ep *** 


TIGERS ON TRAINS 

Antarctica In Color *** 1/2 


LE TIGRE 

Le Tigre (1999) ** 1/2


DWIGHT TILLEY 

Sincerely *** 


'TIL TUESDAY 

Voices Carry (1985) ** 
Welcome Home (1986) *** 
Everything's Different Now (1988) *** 1/2 
Coming Up Close: A Retrospective (1996) 


TINY TIM

God Bless Tiny Tim (1968) *** 1/2
Tiny Tim's 2nd Album (1968) *** 


THE TIME JUMPERS 

The Time Jumpers *** 1/2 


MARGO TIMMINS (see also Cowboy Junkies) 

The Ty Tyrfu Sessions *** 1/2 


TINARIWEN 

Aman Iman: Water Is Life (2007) *** 1/2 
Imidiwan: Companions (2009) *** 1/2 
Tassili (2011) *** 1/2 
Emmar (2014) *** 1/2 
Elwan (2017) ** 1/2 
Amadjar (2019) *** 1/2 
Amatssou (2023) *** 


TIPICA 73 

Tipica 73 (1973) *** 1/2 


TOBYMAC 

Eye On It *** 


T.O.L.D.

Witches ** 


TOM TOM CLUB 

Tom Tom Club (1987) * 1/2 


TOOTS & THE MAYTALS 

Funky Kingston *** 
Got To Be Tough ** 1/2 
Sweet and Dandy (1969) *** 


MEL TORMÉ 

It's A Blue World (1955) ** 
Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette (1956) ** 1/2 
Sings Fred Astaire (1956) **** 
At The Crescendo (1957) ** 1/2 
California Suite (1957) * 
Meets The British (1957) * 1/2 
Songs For Any Taste (1957) ** 1/2 
Prelude To A Kiss (1958) ** 
Tormé (1958) ** 1/2 
¡Olé Tormé! Mel Tormé Goes South Of The Border with Billy May (1959) * 1/2 
Back in Town (1959) * 1/2 
Swings Schubert Alley (1960) **** 
I Dig The Duke, I Dig The Count (1962) *** 
Together Again For The First Time (1978) (w Buddy Rich) ** 1/2 (an extra half for the scatting on Ella tribute "First Lady Of Song") 
An Evening With George Shearing (1982) *** 
An Elegant Evening (w George Shearing) (1985) *** 1/2 
Mel Tormé's Finest Hour (2001 comp) ** 


PETER TOSH 

Legalize It (1976) ***   
Equal Rights (1977) *** 1/2 
Bush Doctor (1978) 
Mystic Man (1979) 



ALI FARKA TOURÉ 

In The Heart Of The Moon (w Toumani Diabate and Ry Cooder) **** 
Savane *** 1/2 
Ali and Toumani (w Toumani Diabate) **** 
Voyageur ** 1/2 


VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ 

Ali (w Khruangbin) *** 
Les Racines ** 1/2 


ALLEN TOUSSAINT

Life, Love and Faith  
Southern Nights *** 1/2 
Allen Toussaint & Friends -- A New Orleans Christmas (1997) ** 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 *** 


PETE TOWNSEND 

Rough Mix w Ronnie Lane (1977) ** 1/2 
Empty Glass (1980) 
All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes (1982) 
Scoop (1983) 
White City: A Novel (1985) 
Another Scoop (1987) 
The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townsend (1989) 
The Very Best of Pete Townsend (1996) 


TRAFFIC 

Mr. Fantasy (1967) *** 
Traffic (1968) ** 1/2 



KRISTINA TRAIN 

Spilled Milk *** 1/2 


MEGHAN TRAINOR 

The Love Train ** 1/2 
Takin' It Back ***/ 


BOUBACAR TRAORÉ

Mali Denhou *** 1/2 
Dounia Tabolo ** 


ROKIA TRAORE 

Beautiful Africa *** 


RANDY TRAVIS 

Storms of Life (1986) *** 1/2 
An Old Time Christmas ** 1/2 
Worship & Faith ** 
Around The Bend *** 1/2 
Influence Vol. 2: The Man I Am ** 1/2  


T. REX 

Electric Warrior (1971) *** 1/2 
The Slider *** 


A TRIBE CALLED QUEST 

People's Instinctive Travels and The Paths Of Rhythm (1990) **** 
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 *** 


THE TRIFFIDS 

Calenture (1987) ** 1/2 


LENNIE TRISTANO 

Lennie Tristano (1956) **** 
The New Tristano (1962) *** 1/2 


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) ** 


FRANKIE TRUMBAUER 

Frankie Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke -- Bix and Tram (1927) ****


ERNEST TUBB 

The Ernest Tubb Story (1959) ** 1/2 (just don't like his voice)


ROSIE TUCKER 

Utopia Now! ***/


TANYA TUCKER 

While I'm Living *** 1/2 
Sweet Western Sound *** 1/2 


TUCKY BUZZARD  

Tucky Buzzard (1971) *** 


JETHRO TULL 

Aqualung *** 


tUnE yArDs 

Nikki Nack ***/ 


TUNS 

Duly Noted ***


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 
Buddies II: Still Buddies (w Jon Snodgrass) ** (but amusing) 
FTHC *** 
Undefeated *** 


IKE & TINA TURNER 

River Deep -- Mountain High (1966) *** (poorly produced!) 
Greatest Hits *** 1/2 
Come Together ** 1/2 
Proud Mary: The Best Of Ike & Tina Turner (1991) ** 1/2


TINA TURNER 

Private Dancer *** 1/2 
Simply The Best *** 
All The Best *** 


STANLEY TURRENTINE 

Jubilee Shout! (1962) **** 
Never Let Me Go (1963) *** 1/2


TUSCADERO 

The Pink Album *** 


TV ON THE RADIO 

Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes (2004) ** 1/2 
Dear Science ** 1/2 


SHANIA TWAIN 

Come On Over ** 1/2  


JEFF TWEEDY 

Together At Last 
Warm *** 
Warmer 
Love Is The King *** 


FKA TWIGS 

LP1 (2024) ** 1/2 


DWIGHT TWILLEY/THE DWIGHT TWILLEY BAND 

Sincerely (1976) ***/ 
Twilley Don't Mind (1977) *** 


TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB 

Tourist History *** 
 

STEVEN TYLER 

We're All Somebody Somewhere **  


WILLIAM TYLER 

Behold The Spirit *** 
Impossible Truth 
Modern Country *** 
Goes West ** 
New Vanitas ** 1/2 
First Cow soundtrack *** 


TYLER THE CREATOR 

Goblin 
Wolf ** 1/2 
Cherry Bomb 
Flower Boy ** 1/2 
The Grinch ** 
Igor *** 1/2 
Call Me If You Get Lost *** 


PERE UBU 

Dub Housing (1976) *** 


KALI UCHIS  

Red Moon In Venus ** 1/2 


CARRIE UNDERWOOD 

Some Hearts 
Carnival Ride 
Play On *** 
Blown Away ** 1/2 
Storyteller *** / 
Cry Pretty 
My Gift * 1/2 
My Savior ** 
Denim and Rhinestones * 1/2 


UNDERWORLD 

Impossible Truth 
Barbara, Barbara, We Face A Shining Future  *** 


U.S. GIRLS 

Bless This Mess **


UTOPIA (see also TODD RUNDGREN) 

Oops! Wrong Planet *** 1/2 
Adventures in Utopia *** 
Utopia 


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 **** 
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 
Only God Was Above Us ** 1/2 


FOY VANCE

The Wild Swan ***


LUTHER VANDROSS

The Night I Fell In Love (1985) ***


VAN HALEN

Van Halen (1978) ***/
MCMLXXXIV ** 
A Different Kind Of Truth ** 1/2 


VANGELIS 

Chariots Of Fire *** (but *** 1/2 as score in film) 
Juno To Jupiter ** 


VARIOUS ARTISTS

See separate category VARIOUS ARTISTS 


SARAH VAUGHAN

Sarah Vaughan aka Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1954) *** 1/2
Live At Rosy's ** 1/2 


RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 

The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis etc performed by Sir Neville Mariner conducting Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (1969) ***


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 *** 
An Evening Of New York Songs And Stories *** 


LAURA VEIRS 

July Flame *** 


CAETANO VELOSO 

Caetano Veloso aka Tropicalia (1968) *** 1/2 
Transa (1972) *** 
Meu Coco ** 1/2


THE VELVET UNDERGROUND 

The Velvet Underground and Nico ****  
White Light/White Heat ** 1/2 
The Velvet Underground 
Loaded *** 1/2 


ARTHUR VEROCAI 

Arthur Verocai (1972) ** 1/2


THE VERONICAS 

The Veronicas ***/ 


VERUCA SALT 

Ghost Notes ***/ 


THE VERVE 

A Northern Soul (1995) ***


ADIA VICTORIA 

A Southern Gothic *** 


VIGÜELA 

A La Manera Artesana *** 1/2 


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 *** 


VOLCANO 

Jungle (2023) ** 1/2 


MORGAN WADE 

Reckless ** 1/2


BUNNY WAILER 

Blackheart Man (1976) ****


THE WAILERS (see also BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS) 

The Wailing Wailers 
Soul Rebels 
Soul Revolution Part II 
The Best Of The Wailers 


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) *** 
I'd Rather Lead A Band ** 1/2  
Lifetime Achievement *** 


MARTHA WAINWRIGHT 

I Know You're Married ** 1/2 
Love Will be Reborn ** 


RUFUS WAINWRIGHT 

Rufus Wainwright *** 1/2 
Poses *** 
Want One **** 
Want Two *** 
Release The Stars ** 1/2 
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 
Unfollow The Stars ***  
Rufus Wainwright and the Amsterdam Sinfonietta (Live) ** 1/2 
Rufus Does Judy At Capitol ** 
Folkocracy *** 


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 **** 


MAL WALDRON 

On Steinway (1972) *** 


BUTCH WALKER 

I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart ** 1/2 
Stay Gold *** 


JERRY JEFF WALKER 

Viva Terlingua (1973) *** 


RYLEY WALKER 

Golden Sings That Have Been Sung *** 


SCOTT WALKER 

Scott (1967) *** 1/2 
Scott 2 (1968) *** 1/2 
Scott 3 (1969) **** 
Scott 4 (1969) *** 1/2 
'Til The Band Comes In (1970) ** 1/2 
Climate Of Hunter (1984) ** 1/2 (but "Blanket Roll" great) 
Tilt (1995) 
The Drift (2006) 


COLTER WALL 

Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs ** 1/2 


MORGAN WALLEN 

Dangerous: The Double Album ** 


WAR 

The World Is A Ghetto (1972) ** 1/2 


M WARD (see also She & Him) 

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 
Migration Stories *** 
Think Of Spring ** 1/2 
Supernatural Things *** 1/2 
For Beginners: The Best of M. Ward *** 1/2


JESSIE WARE 

What's Your Pleasure? *** \
That! Feels! Good! ***


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 
Music For Late Hours (1956) *
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) 
September In The Rain ** 1/2 
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 
Kamasi Washington -- Becoming soundtrack ** 1/2 
Fearless Movement ** 


KENNY WASHINGTON 

What's The Hurry *** 


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 *** 
Good Luck, Seeker ** 
All Souls Hill *** 


MUDDY WATERS 

At Newport 1960 (1960) ***\  
Folk Singer (1964) **** 
Hard Again (1977) *** 1/2 
The Chess Box (1990) **** 


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 
Storm Damage ** 1/2 
Storm Shelter ep *** 


GERARD WAY 

Hesitant Alien *** 


LIL WAYNE 

Tha Carter **            
Tha Carter IV ** 


WEATHER REPORT 

Heavy Weather *** 


THE WEATHER STATION 

Ignorance ** 


CHICK WEBB 

The Complete Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald *** 1/2 
The Complete Decca Singles 1935-1939 with Chick Webb & His Orchestra (2017) *** 


FLORIAN WEBER 

Imaginary Cycle *** 1/2 


BEN WEBSTER 

Ben and "Sweets" (w Harry "Sweets" Edison) *** 1/2 


FAYE WEBSTER 

Atlanta Millionaire's Club ** 1/2 


THE WEEKND 

Beauty Behind The Madness ** 1/2


WEEZER

Blue Album 
Pinkerton **** 
Green Album *** 1/2 
Everything Will Be Alright In The End ***
Weezer (White Album) *** 
Teal ** 
OK Human ** 


GILLIAN WELCH 

The Harrow and the Harvest *** 1/2  
All The Good Times (w David Rawlings) ** 


PAUL WELLER 

Wild Wood *** 1/2 
Stanley Road *** 1/2 
Heavy Soul 
22 Dreams 
Wake Up The Nation ** 
Saturn's Pattern ***  
In Another Room ep ** 
On Sunset ***/ 
66 (2024) ** 1/2 


JUNIOR WELLS 

Hoodoo Man Blues (1965) **** 


KANYE WEST 

The College Dropout ***  
Late Registration  
Graduation  
808s and Heartbreak 
My Beautiful Dark, Twisted Fantasy *** 1/2  
Watch The Throne (w Jay-Z) *** 1/2 
Yeezus  ***  
The Life Of Pablo *** 1/2  
Ye  ** 1/2  
Donda 


PAUL WESTERBERG 

14 Songs 
Eventually 


WET LEG  

Wet Leg *** 1/2 


WEYES BLOOD 

Titanic Rising *** 1/2 
And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow *** 1/2  


JAY WHEELER 

Música Buena Para Días Malos *** 1/2 


THE WHIFFS 

Take A Whiff (2017) *** 1/2 
Another Whiff (2019) *** 1/2 
Scratch 'N' Sniff (2023) *** 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  
Fear Of The Dawn ** 
Entering Heaven Alive ** 
No Name ***

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 Sings My Generation *** 1/2 
A Quick One aka Happy Jack ** 1/2 
The Who Sell Out *** 1/2 
Tommy ** 1/2 
Live At Leeds **** 
Who's Next *** 1/2 
Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy **** 
Quadrophenia 
The Who By Numbers *** 1/2 
Who Are You *** 
Face Dances 
It's Hard 
Endless Wire 
Who *** 


WILCO

A.M. (1995) ** 1/2     
Being There (1996) *** 1/2 
Mermaid Avenue (w Billy Bragg) *** 1/2 
Summer Teeth ****  
Mermaid Avenue II (w Billy Bragg) *** 1/2 
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot ****   
A Ghost Is Born  *** 1/2 
Sky Blue Sky (2007) *** 
Wilco (The Album) *** 
The Whole Love ** 1/2 
Star Wars 
Schmilco ** 1/2 
Ode To Joy *** 1/2 
Cruel Country ** 1/2 
Hot Sun Cool Shroud ep *** 


THE WILD TCHOUPITOULAS 

The Wild Tchoupitoulas (1976) *** 


WILDER WOODS 

Wilder Woods *** 


WILD FLAG 

Wild Flag *** 1/2 


IMMANUEL WILKINS 

Omega *** 1/2 


HANK WILLIAMS 

Sings (1951) *** 1/2 
Moanin' The Blues (1952) **** 
Memorial Album (1953) **** 
Hank Williams As Luke The Drifter (1953) 
Honky Tonkin' (1954) *** 1/2 
I Saw The Light (1954) ** 1/2 
Ramblin' Man (1954) **** 
Sing Me A Blue Song (1957) *** 
40 Greatest Hits (1978) **** (despite the bizarre omission of  "Honky Tonkin'") 
The Complete Hank Williams *** 1/2 
The Garden Spot Programs *** 


HOLLY WILLIAMS 

The Highway *** 1/2 


JOE WILLIAMS 

Count Basie Swings Joe Williams Sings (1955) *** 
One O'Clock Jump (w Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald) *** 


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 *** 


YASMIN WILLIAMS 

Urban Driftwood ***


NICOL WILLIAMSON 

The Hobbit abridged audiobook (1974) ****


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 


BOB WILLS & HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS 

The Essential Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (2013) *** / (importance ****) 


WILLOW 

Empathogen *** 1/2 


BRIAN WILSON 

Brian Wilson *** 
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times 
Orange Crate Art (w Van Dyke Parks) ***  
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 
At My Piano *** 


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 *** 
A Nancy Wilson Christmas **
                         

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) ** 


GEORGE WINSTON 

December *** 1/2 
Restless Wind ** 
Night ** 
Eastern Montana (2024) ** 


PAUL WINTER CONSORT 

 Concert in The Park ** 


STEVE WINWOOD 

Arc Of A Diver ***
Back In The High Life ***
Roll With It ** 1/2 
Greatest Hits Live (2017) ** 1/2 


WIRE 

Pink Flag (1977) *** 1/2


MAC WISEMAN

I Sang The Song ***/ 


BILL WITHERS 

Just As I Am **** 
Still Bill **** 
Live At Carnegie Hall *** 1/2 
+'Justments *** 1/2 
Making Music ***
Naked & Warm *** 
Menagerie ** 1/2 
'Bout Love ** 
Watching You Watching Me ** 1/2 


PATRICK WOLF 

Lupercalia *** 


PETER WOLF

Sleepless ***           
Midnight Souvenirs ****  
A Cure For Loneliness *** 


WOLF ALICE 

Blue Weekend *** 


NAT AND ALEX WOLFF

Public Places ** 1/2 


BOBBY WOMACK 

The Poet (1981) *** 
The Bravest Man In The Universe (2012) *** 


LEE ANN WOMACK

Call Me Crazy *** 1/2 
The Way I'm Livin' ** 1/2           
The Lonely The Lonesome and the Gone *** 


STEVIE WONDER 

For Once In  My Life 
My Cherie Amour 
Signed, Sealed & Delivered 
Where I'm Coming From 
Music Of My Mind *** 
Talking Book *** 1/2 
Innervisions **** 
Fulfillingness' First Finale *** 1/2 
Songs In The Key Of Life **** 
Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life Of Plants"  ** 1/2 
Hotter Than July *** 1/2 
Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium Vol. 1 **** 
The Woman In Red * 1/2  
In Square Circle  ** 
Characters ** 1/2 
Jungle Fever ** 
Conversation Peace ** 1/2 
A Time To Love ** 
          

CAROLYN WONDERLAND 

Peace Meal *** 


BILLY WOODS 

Maps (w Kenny Segal) *** 


DONOVAN WOODS 

Without People (2020) ** 1/2


WORLD PARTY 

Private Revolution (1987) *** 
Goodbye Jumbo (1990) **** 
Bang! (1993) ** 1/2 
Egyptology (1997) *** 1/2  
Dumbing Up (2000) *** 1/2 
Best In Show (2007) **** 
Arkeology (2012) 


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 *** 


TAMMY WYNETTE 

D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1968) *** 


X

Los Angeles (1980) ** 
Smoke & Fiction *** 1/2 


X-RAY SPEX 

Germ Free Adolescence (1978) ** 


XTC 

English Settlement 
Mummer 
The Big Express 
Skylarking (original) ****  
Skylarking (US w "Dear God") *** 1/2 (great song, just doesn't belong)
Oranges & Lemons (1989) *** 1/2 
Nonsuch 
Apple Venus Volume 1 ** 1/2 
Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) 


THE XX 

The XX *** 1/2 
I See You (2017) ** 1/2 


YAEJI 

With A Hammer *** 


YAHRITZA Y SU ESENCIA 

Obsessed *** 


THE YARDBIRDS  

Roger The Engineer aka Yardbirds aka Over Under Sideways Down (1966) ***


SEBASTIAN YATRA 

Dharma ***\ 


YEARS AND YEARS 

Communion ** 1/2  
Palo Santo *** 


TRISHA YEARWOOD 

Every Girl ** 


YEBBA  

Dawn ***


YELLOWCARD 

Ocean Avenue (2003) ***/ 
Childhood Eyes ep (2023) *** 


YES

Yes (1969) *** 
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 *** 1/2 
Second-Hand Heart *** 1/2 
Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars *** 1/2  
Brighter Days ***/ 


YOLA 

Walk Through Fire ** 


YO LA TENGO 

Fade *** 


HIROSHI YOSHIMURA 

Music For Nine Post Cards (1982) *** 1/2 
Green (1986) *** 1/2 
Soundscape 1: Surround (1986) *** 1/2 


CHRIS YOUNG 

Neon **


LESTER YOUNG 

The Complete Aladdin Recordings Of Lester Young (w Helen Humes and Nat King Cole) (1995) **** 
A Musical Romance (w Billie Holiday) (2002) *** 1/2 


NEIL YOUNG

Neil Young *** 1/2 
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere *** 1/2 
After The Gold Rush *** 1/2 
Live At The Cellar Door *** 
Young Shakespeare ***
Harvest ***
On The Beach *** 1/2 
Homegrown (2020 release recorded in 1975) *** 1/2 
Tonight's The Night *** 1/2 
Hitchhiker (2017 release recorded in 1976) ***
Zuma *** 1/2 
Chrome Dreams aka American Chrome Rust Stars N Bars Never Sleeps Dreams (1977/2023) *** 1/2 
American Stars N Bars ** 1/2 
Decade *** 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 *** 
Archives Vol. I: 1963-1972 *** 1/2 
Americana ** 
Psychedelic Pill *** 1/2 
A Letter Home *** 
Storytone ***          
The Monsanto Years ** 
Peace Trail **
Earth * 
The Visitor ** 
Colorado *** 1/2 
Archives Vol. II: 1972-1976 *** 1/2 
Carnegie Hall 1970 (Live) *** 
World Record * 1/2 
Molina, Talbot, Lofgren & Young -- All Roads Lead Home ** (but Young's "Song Of The Seasons"!) 
Before and After ** 1/2 (1/2 off because of its continuous play mode) 
Fu##ing Up ** 1/2 


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. 


PAUL YOUNG 

No Parlez (1983) ** 


THE YOUNGBLOODS 

Elephant Mountain (1969) ** 1/2 


YOUNG FATHERS 

Dead *** 


THE YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS 

The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest (1984) *** 1/2


THE YOUNG GODS 

L'eau Rouge/Red Water (1989) ** 1/2


YOUNG GUN SILVER FOX 

AM Waves *** 1/2 


YOUNG MIKO 

Att. (2024) *** 


THE YOUNG RASCALS see THE RASCALS 


YOUTH LAGOON 

Heaven Is A Junkyard *** 


TOWNES VAN ZANDT 

Townes Van Zandt (1969) *** 1/2 


FRANK ZAPPA 

Freak Out! (1966) *** 1/2 
We're Only In It For The Money (1968) 
The Yellow Shark (1993) *** 1/2 


ZUCHERO 

Chocabek *** 


ZULI

On Human Freakout Mountain *** 1/2 
Supernatural Voodoo ** 1/2 


ZZ TOP 

Tres Hombres (1973) ** 
Eliminator ** 1/2 
Greatest Hits * 1/2  
La Futura **  
Goin' 50 * 1/2 


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