Perfect Scores: Albums I Give a Perfect Four Stars

ABBA – Gold  (1992) 

AC/DC – Back in Black (1980) 

JOHN ADAMS – Nixon In China (1987) 

JOHN LUTHER ADAMS – Become Ocean (2014) 

JOHNNY ADAMS – Heart & Soul (1969) 

JOHNNY ADAMS – The Verdict (1995)

 

JOHNNY ADAMS – South Side Of Soul Street (The SSS Sessions) (2022)  

RYAN ADAMS – Gold (2001) 

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY – Somethin' Else (1958) 

ÁFRICA NEGRA – Antologia Vol. 1 (2022) 

AIR – The Virgin Suicides soundtrack (2000) 

HENRY RED ALLEN – The Incomparable Henry Red Allen: The Golden Years Vol. 1  

  

HENRY RED ALLEN – Ride, Red, Ride In Hi-Fi aka World On A String (1957) 

THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – At Filmore East (1971) 

HERB ALPERT – Christmas Album (1968)

LAURIE ANDERSON  – United States Live (1984) 

LAURIE ANDERSON  – Strange Angels (1989) 

THE ANDREWS SISTERS – Greatest Hits (1961) 

THE ANDREWS SISTERS – Their Complete Recordings (w Bing Crosby) (1996) 

LOUIS ARMSTRONG – The Complete Hot Fives and Sevens **** 

LOUIS ARMSTRONG – The Complete RCA Victor Recordings 1932-1933/1946-1947 

LOUIS ARMSTRONG –  Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: The Decca Duets (eight song playlist) 

LOUIS ARMSTRONG –  Ella and Louis (1956) 
 
LOUIS ARMSTRONG – Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)  

 

LOUIS ARMSTRONG – The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve (1997) 

CHET BAKER – The Best Of Chet Baker Sings (1989) 

THE BAND – Music From Big Pink (1968) 

THE BAND – The Band (1969) 
 
THE BAND – The Basement Tapes (w Bob Dylan) (1975) 

THE BAND/VARIOUS ARTISTS  – The Last Waltz (1978) 

COUNT BASIE – The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958) 

WILLIAM BASINSKI – The Disintegration Loops (2002)

THE BEACH BOYS – Pet Sounds (1966) 

THE BEACH BOYS – Endless Summer (1974) 

BEASTIE BOYS – Paul's Boutique (1989) 

BEASTIE BOYS – Beastie Boys Music (2020) 

THE BEATLES – A Hard Day's Night (1964)

THE BEATLES – Help! (1965) 

THE BEATLES – Rubber Soul (1965) 

THE BEATLES – Revolver (1966) 

THE BEATLES – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

THE BEATLES – Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

THE BEATLES – The Beatles (White Album) (1968) 

THE BEATLES – Abbey Road (1969)

THE BEATLES – The Beatles 1962-1966 (Red Album) (1973)

THE BEATLES – The Beatles 1967-1970 (Blue Album) (1973)

THE BEATLES – Past Masters, Volume Two (1988) 

THE BEATLES – Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999)

THE BEATLES – 1 (2000) 

THE BEATLES – The Beatles In Mono (2014) 

THE BEATLES – The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th Anniversary Boxed Set (2017)

THE BEATLES – The Beatles Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Boxed Set (2019)

THE BEATLES – The Beatles Revolver Super Deluxe Boxed Set  (1966/2022)

BECK – Sea Change (2002) 

BIX BEIDERBECKE – Frankie Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke -- Bix and Tram (1927)

BEMBEYA JAZZ NATIONAL – The Syliphone Years (2009) 

JORGE BEN – Jorge Ben (1969) 

JORGE BEN – Africa Brasil (1976) 

TONY BENNETT – I Left My Heart In San Francisco (1962) 

TONY BENNETT – Tony Bennett At Carnegie Hall (1962) 

TONY BENNETT – When Lights Are Low  (1964) 

TONY BENNETT – If I Ruled The World: Songs For The Jet Set (1965)

TONY BENNETT – The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album (1975)  

CHUCK BERRY – The Great Twenty-Eight (1982) 

THE BETA BAND – The Three E.P.'s (1998)  

BETA RADIO – Seven Sisters (2010) 

BIG STAR – #1 Record (1972) 

BIG YOUTH – Screaming Target (1972)

RUBÉN BLADES – Siembra (w Willie Colón) (1978) 

BOBBY "BLUE" BLAND – Two Steps From The Blues (1961) 

ART BLAKEY / THE JAZZ MESSENGERS – A Night At Birdland, Vol. 1, 2, 3 (1954)

ART BLAKEY / THE JAZZ MESSENGERS – A Night In Tunisia (1957) 

ART BLAKEY / THE JAZZ MESSENGERS – Moanin' (1959) 

THE BLUE NILE – A Walk Across The Rooftops (1984) 

THE BLUE NILE – Hats (1989) 

BOMBINO – Agadez (2011) 

JAMES BOOKER – Classified (1982) 

DAVID BOWIE – Hunky Dory (1971) 

DAVID BOWIE – Low (1977) 

DAVID BOWIE – "Heroes" (1977)

DAVID BOWIE – Lodger (1979)

DAVID BOWIE –  Heathen (2002) 

RUBY BRAFF – Calling Berlin, Vol. 1 (w Ellis Larkins) (1996) 

CLIFFORD BROWN – Clifford Brown and Max Roach -- Study In Brown (1955) 

PAUL BUCHANAN – Mid Air (2012) 

HAROLD BUDD – Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) (w Brian Eno)

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB – Buena Vista Social Club (1997) 

SOLOMN BURKE – Nashville (2006) 

KENNY BURRELL – Ellington Is Forever Vol. 1 (1975) 

KATE BUSH – The Kick Inside (1978) 

KATE BUSH – Hounds Of Love (1985) 

KATE BUSH – Aerial (2005) 

CHARLIE BYRD – Jazz Samba with Stan Getz (1962) 

THE BYRDS – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (1968) 

JOHNNY CASH – At Fulsom Prison (1968) 

JOHNNY CASH – American Recordings (1994) 

JOHNNY CASH – American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002) 

JOHNNY CASH – Unearthed (boxed set) (2003) 

JOHNNY CASH – My Mother's Hymn Book (2004) 

ROSEANNE CASH – King's Record Shop (1987) 

ROSEANNE CASH – Interiors (1990) 

C418 – Minecraft Volume Alpha (2011) 

SERGE CHALOFF – Blue Serge (1956) 

MANU CHAO – Próxima Estació: Esperanza (2001) 

RAY CHARLES – Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (1962) 

RAY CHARLES – Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music Volume Two (1962)

RAY CHARLES – The Birth Of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings (1991) 

RAY CHARLES – Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection (1997) 

JUNE CHRISTY – Something Cool (1955 expanded to 12 songs) 

THE CLASH – London Calling (1979) 

JIMMY CLIFF – The Best Of Jimmy Cliff (1975) 

PATSY CLINE – Showcase (1961) 

PATSY CLINE – The Patsy Cline Story (1963) 

PATSY CLINE – Patsy Cline's 12 Greatest Hits (1967) 

LEONARD COHEN – Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967) 

LEONARD COHEN – Various Positions (1984) 

NAT KING COLE – After Midnight (1957) 

NAT KING COLE – Songs From "St. Louis Blues" (1958) 

ORNETTE COLEMAN–The Shape of Jazz To Come (1959) 

WILLIE COLÓN – Asalto Navideño (w Hector Lavoe)  (1971/1973)

WILLIE COLÓN – Siembra (w Rubén Blades) (1978) 

JOHN COLTRANE – Thelonius Monk Quartet w John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall (1957) 

JOHN COLTRANE – Blue Train (1958) 

JOHN COLTRANE – Giant Steps (1960) 

JOHN COLTRANE – My Favorite Things (1961) 

JOHN COLTRANE – John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963) 

JOHN COLTRANE – A Love Supreme (1965) 

EDDIE CONDON  – The Eddie Condon Collection 1927-1961 (2014) 

CHRIS CONNOR – Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song (1957) 

RY COODER – Talking Timbuktu (w Ali Farka Touré) (1994) 

SAM COOKE – Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 (1963/1985) 

SAM COOKE – Night Beat (1963) 

SAM COOKE – The Man And His Music (1986) 

SAM COOKE – Portrait Of A Legend: 1951-1964 (2003) 

LOS CORRALEROS DE MAJAGUAL–Nuevo Ritmo...! (1966)  

BILL COSBY – To Russell, My Brother, Who I Slept With (1968) 

ELVIS COSTELLO – My Aim Is True (1977) 

ELVIS COSTELLO – This Year's Model (1978) 

ELVIS COSTELLO – Get Happy! (1980) 

ELVIS COSTELLO – Imperial Bedroom (1982) 

ELVIS COSTELLO – King Of America (1986) 

ELVIS COSTELLO – Blood And Chocolate (1986) 

COWBOY JUNKIES – The Trinity Session (1988) 

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Green River (1969) 

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Willy And The Poor Boys (1969) 

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Cosmo's Factory (1970) 

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Chronicle: The Twenty Greatest Hits (1976) 

SONNY CRISS – Sonny's Dream (Birth Of The New Cool) (1968) 

BING CROSBY – Merry Christmas (1945) 

BING CROSBY – Bing Sings While Bregman Swings (1956) 

BING CROSBY – Bing With A Beat (1957) 

BING CROSBY – Bing: His Legendary Years (1931-1957) (1993) 

BING CROSBY – Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters: Their Complete Recordings (1996) 

BING CROSBY – A Merry Christmas With Bing Crosby And The Andrews Sisters (2000) 

CELIA CRUZ – Son Con Guaguanco (1966) 

CELIA CRUZ – Etc. Etc. Etc. (1970) 

CELIA CRUZ – Celia And Johnny (1974) 

THE DAMNED – Machine Gun Etiquette (1979) 

D'ANGELO – Brown Sugar (1995) 

MILES DAVIS – Birth Of The Cool (1957) 

MILES DAVIS – Walkin' (1957) 

MILES DAVIS – Cookin' (1957) 

MILES DAVIS – Relaxin' (1958) 

MILES DAVIS – Workin' (1960) 

MILES DAVIS – Milestones (1958) 

MILES DAVIS – Kind Of Blue (1959) 

MILES DAVIS – In A Silent Way (1969) 

DORIS DAY – Day By Day (1956) 

DORIS DAY – Day By Night (1957) 

DORIS DAY – Annie Get Your Gun (w Robert Goulet) (1963) 

TOUMANI DIABATÈ – In The Heart Of The Moon  (w Ali Farka Toure) (2005) 

TOUMANI DIABATÈ – Ali and Toumani (w Ali Farka Toure) (2010) 

NEIL DIAMOND – His 12 Greatest Hits (1974) 

NEIL DIAMOND – 12 Songs (2005) 

BO DIDDLEY – Bo Diddley (1958) 

BO DIDDLEY – The Chess Box (1990) 

BO DIDDLEY – His Best (1997) 

THE DIXIE CUPS – The Dixie Cups (1964) 

OSCAR D'LEÓN–Y Su Salsa Mayor (1991) 

LOU DONALDSON – Here 'Tis (1961) 

NICK DRAKE – Five Leaves Left (1969) 

NICK DRAKE – Pink Moon (1972) 

BOB DYLAN – Bringing It All Back Home (1965) 

BOB DYLAN – Highway 61 Revisited (1965) 

BOB DYLAN – Blonde On Blonde (1966) 

BOB DYLAN – Greatest Hits (1967) 

BOB DYLAN – The Bootleg Series Vol 10: Another Self Portrait (1970) 

BOB DYLAN – Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. II (1971) 

BOB DYLAN – Blood On The Tracks (1975) 

BOB DYLAN – More Blood More Tracks (New York demos pieced together from boxed set) (1975) 

BOB DYLAN – Time Out Of Mind (1997) 

BOB DYLAN – Fallen Angels (2016) 

THE EAGLES – Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) (1976) 

EARTH, WIND & FIRE – The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. 1 (1978) 

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA aka ELO – A New World Record (1976) 

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA aka ELO  – Zoom (2001) 

DUKE ELLINGTON – The Blanton-Webster Band/1937-1940 on Classics Label 

DUKE ELLINGTON – Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band (2003) 

DUKE ELLINGTON – The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 (1977) 

DUKE ELLINGTON – Ellington At Newport (1956) 

DUKE ELLINGTON – Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1963) 

ELOMAR – Cantoria 2 (1988) (w Gerardo Azevedo, Vital Farias, Xangai) 

EMINEM – The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) 

THE ENGLISH BEAT AKA THE BEAT – What Is Beat? (1983) 

BRIAN ENO – Here Come The Warm Jets (1974) 

BRIAN ENO – Another Green World (1975) 

BRIAN ENO – Discreet Music (1975) 

BRIAN ENO – Ambient 1: Music For Airports (1978) 

BRIAN ENO – Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) (w Harold Budd) 

EURYTHMICS – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983) 

BILL EVANS – Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958) 

BILL EVANS – Sunday At The Village Vanguard (1961) 

BILL EVANS – The Tony Bennett/ Bill Evans Album (1975) 

THE EVERLY BROTHERS – Songs Our Daddy Taught Us (1958) 

THE EVERLY BROTHERS – EB 84 (1984) 

THE EVERLY BROTHERS – Cadence Classics: Their 20 Greatest Hits (1985) 

EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL – Idlewild (1988) 

DONALD FAGEN – The Nightfly (1982) 

ELLA FITZGERALD – Ella Sings Gershwin (1950) 

ELLA FITZGERALD – Ella and Louie (w Louis Armstrong) (1956) 

ELLA FITZGERALD – Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers and Hart Song Book (1956) 

ELLA FITZGERALD – Like Someone In Love (1957) 

ELLA FITZGERALD – Ella Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book (1958) 

ELLA FITZGERALD – Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert (1958/1988) 

ELLA FITZGERALD – Ella Sings The George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959) 

ELLA FITZGERALD – Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas (1960) 

ELLA FITZGERALD – The Intimate Ella aka Ella Fitgerald Sings Songs From The Soundtrack of "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" (1960) 

ELLA FITZGERALD – Ella in Hollywood (1961) 

ELLA FITZGERALD – Twelve Nights In Hollywood (1961/1962; released 2009) 

ELLA FITZGERALD – Take Love Easy (w Joe Pass) (1973) 

ELLA FITZGERALD – Fine and Mellow (1979, recorded 1974, Clark Terry duets) 

ELLA FITZGERALD – The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books (1994) 

ELLA FITZGERALD – The Complete Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong on Verve (1997) 

FLATT & SCRUGGS – Foggy Mountain Jamboree (1957) 

THE FLATLANDERS – More A Legend Than A Band (1990) 

FLEET FOXES – Fleet Foxes (2008) 

FLEETWOOD MAC – Then Play On (1969) 

FLEETWOOD MAC  – Fleetwood Mac (1975) 

FLEETWOOD MAC – Greatest Hits (1988) 

FOTHERINGAY – Fotheringay (1970) 

FRANCO – Omana Wapi (w Tabu Ley Rochereau) (1976) 

ARETHA FRANKLIN – I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You (1967) 

ARETHA FRANKLIN – Lady Soul (1968) 

ARETHA FRANKLIN – Aretha's Gold (1969) 

ARETHA FRANKLIN – Spirit In The Dark (1970) 

ARETHA FRANKLIN – Young Gifted And Black (1972) 

ARETHA FRANKLIN – Amazing Grace (1972) 

ARETHA FRANKLIN – 30 Greatest Hits (1985) 

PETER GABRIEL – Peter Gabriel aka Security (1982) 

PETER GABRIEL – Passion music from and inspired by The Last Temptation Of Christ (1989) 

JUDY GARLAND – Alone (1957) 

JUDY GARLAND – Judy In Love (1958) 

JUDY GARLAND – Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961) 

MARVIN GAYE – What's Goin' On? (1971) 

MARVIN GAYE – Let's Get It On (1973) 

BOBBIE GENTRY – Ode To Billie Joe (1967) 

STAN GETZ – Hamp and Getz (with Lionel Hampton) (1955) 

STAN GETZ – Jazz Samba with Charlie Byrd (1962) 

STAN GETZ – Getz/Gilberto with Joao Gilberto featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim (1963) 

JOAO GILBERTO – Chega de Saudade (1959) 

JOAO GILBERTO – Getz/Gilberto with Stan Getz featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim (1963) 

PHILIP GLASS – Music In 12 Parts (1974) 

PHILIP GLASS – Einstein On The Beach (1976) 

PHILIP GLASS – Satyagraha (1980) 

PHILIP GLASS – Glassworks (1981) 

PHILIP GLASS – Koyaanisqatsi (1982) 

PHILIP GLASS – Akhnaten (1983) 

JERRY GOLDSMITH – The Planet of the Apes soundtrack (1968)

BENNY GOODMAN – At Carnegie Hall (1938) 

GLENN  GOULD – Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1981) 

GLENN  GOULD – Solitude Trilogy: The Idea Of North, The Latecomers, The Quiet In The Land (2007) 

ROBERT GOULET – Annie Get Your Gun (w Robert Goulet) (1963) 

EL GRAN COMBO DE PUERTO RICO – ¡Aqui No Se Siente Nadie! (1979) 

JOHN GRANT – Strongroom (ep) (bootleg?) 

GRATEFUL DEAD – Workingman's Dead (1970) 

GRATEFUL DEAD – American Beauty (1970) 

GRATEFUL DEAD – Europe '72 (1972) 

DAVID GRAY – White Ladder (1998) 

AL GREEN – I'm Still In Love With You (1972) 

AL GREEN – Greatest Hits (1975) 

GRANT GREEN – Idle Moments (1965) 

GREEN DAY – American Idiot (2004) 

VINCE GUARALDI – A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) 

BUDDY GUY – Living Proof (2010) 

CHARLIE HADEN – Haunted Heart (1991) 

MERLE HAGGARD – Same Train,  A Different Time: Merle Haggard Sings The Great Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers (1969) 

DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES – The Very Best Of Daryl Hall/John Oates (2001) 

LIONEL HAMPTON – Hamp and Getz (with Stan Getz) (1955) 

EMMYLOU HARRIS – Roses in The Snow (1980) 

EMMYLOU HARRIS – Trio (w Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) (1987) 

EMMYLOU HARRIS – The Complete Trio Collection (w Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) (2016) 

JOHN HARTFORD – Aero-Plain (1971) 

JOHNNY HARTMAN – John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963) 

PJ HARVEY – To Bring You My Love (1995) 

COLEMAN HAWKINS – The Hawk Flies High (1957) 

COLEMAN HAWKINS – Jazz Reunion (w Pee Wee Russell) (1961) 

ISAAC HAYES – Black Moses (1971) 

DICK HAYMES – Rain Or Shine (1955) 

JIMI HENDRIX – Are You Experienced (1967) 

JIMI HENDRIX – Axis: Bold As Love (1967) 

JIMI HENDRIX – Electric Ladyland (1968) 

BERNARD HERRMANN – Citizen Kane soundtrack (1941) 

BERNARD HERRMANN – Vertigo soundtrack (1958) 

JOHN HIATT – Bring The Family (1987) 

BILLIE HOLIDAY – Billie Holiday Sings (1952; reissued 1956 as Solitude w 4+ tracks) 

BILLIE HOLIDAY – Music For Torching (1955) 

BILLIE HOLIDAY – Solitude (1956; reissue of 1952 Billie Holiday Sings w 4+ tracks) 

BILLIE HOLIDAY – Songs For Distingué Lovers (1957) 

BILLIE HOLIDAY – All Or Nothing At All (1958) 

BILLIE HOLIDAY – Stay With Me (1958) 

BILLIE HOLIDAY – The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 (1992) 

BILLIE HOLIDAY – Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944 (2001) 

BILLIE HOLIDAY – The Complete Commodore and Decca Masters (2009) 

BUDDY HOLLY – 20 Golden Greats (1978) 

LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS – Thinkin' and Worrying: The Aladdin Singles 1947-1952 (2016) 

SHIRLEY HORN – Close Enough For Love (1989) 

HOWLIN' WOLF – Howlin' Wolf (1962) 

HOWLIN' WOLF – The Definitive Collection (2007)

JAMES HUNTER – People Gonna Talk (2006) 

JAMES HUNTER – The Hard Way (2008) 

BURL IVES – Return Of The Wayfaring Stranger (1960) 

MAHALIA JACKSON – Live At Newport 1958 (1958) 

MICHAEL JACKSON – Thriller (1982) 

THE JAM – Snap! (1983)  

ELMORE JAMES – The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James (1993) 

KEITH JARRETT – The Köln Concert (1975) 

JOAN JETT – Bad Reputation (1980) 

JOAN JETT – I Love Rock 'n' Roll (1981) 

ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM – Getz/Gilberto (1963) 

ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM  – Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967) 

ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM  – Sinatra-Jobim (1969) 

ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM  – Sinatra & Company (1971) 

ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM  – Ellis & Tom (1974) (w Ellis Regina) 

ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM  – Sinatra-Jobim Sessions (1979) 

JÓHANN JÓHANNSSON – The Miners' Hymns (2011) 

ELTON JOHN – Greatest Hits (1974) 

ELTON JOHN – Greatest Hits Volume II (1977) 

NORAH JONES – Come Away With Me (2002) 

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS – 100 Days, 100 Nights (2007) 

KAISER CHIEFS – Education, Education, Education and War (2014) 

KATRINA AND THE WAVES – Katrina and the Waves (1985) 

BB KING – Live At The Regal (1965) 

KING CREOSOTE – Diamond Mine (w Jon Hopkins) (2011) 

THE KINKS – The Village Green Preservation Society (1968) 

THE KINKS  – Muswell Hillbillies (1971) 

KRAFTWERK – Trans Europe Express (1977) 

ALISON KRAUSS – Now That I've Found You (1995) 

ALISON KRAUSS – Raising Sand (w Robert Plant) (2007) 

FELA KUTI – The Best Of Fela Kuti aka The Best of the Black President (1999) 

LABELLE – Gonna Take A Miracle (w Laura Nyro) (1971) 

KENDRICK LAMAR – To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) 

k.d. lang – Shadowland (1988) 

k.d. lang – Ingénue (1992) 

ELLIS LARKINS – Calling Berlin, Vol. 1 (w Ruby Braff) (1996) 

HECTOR LAVOE – Asalto Navideño (1971/1973) (w Willie Colon) 

LEAD BELLY – "The Midnight Special" and Other Southern Prison Songs (1940) 

LED ZEPPELIN – Led Zeppelin II (1969) 

LED ZEPPELIN – Led Zeppelin III (1970) 

LED ZEPPELIN – Houses Of The Holy (1973) 

LED ZEPPELIN – Physical Graffiti (1975) 

PEGGY LEE – Black Coffee (1953/1956) 

PEGGY LEE – Miss Peggy Lee Sings The Blues (1988) 

JOHN LENNON – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970) 

JOHN LENNON – Double Fantasy (w Yoko Ono) (1980) 

JERRY LEE LEWIS – Original Golden Hits, Vol. 1 (1969) 

JERRY LEE LEWIS – Live At The Star-Club, Hamburg (1964) 

JERRY LEE LEWIS – Another Time, Another Place (1968) 

LITTLE RICHARD – Here's Little Richard (1957) 

LITTLE RICHARD – 18 Greatest Hits (Rhino) (1985) 

LOS LOBOS – How Will The Wolf Survive? (1984) 

LOS LOBOS – Kiko (1992) 

LOVE – Forever Changes (1967) 

DARLENE LOVE – The Sound Of Love: The Very Best Of Darlene Love (2011) 

LYLE LOVETT – Joshua Judges Ruth (1992) 

SHELBY LYNNE – The Servant (2021) 

BAABA MAAL – Djam Leelii: The Adventurers (w Mansour Seck) (1989) 

MACHITO – Kenya (1957) 

MADNESS – Keep Moving (1984) 

MADONNA – The Immaculate Collection (1990) 

MADONNA – Ray Of Light (1998) 

MAGIC SAM – West Side Soul (1968) 

KALI MALONE – The Sacrificial Code (2019) 

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Catch A Fire (1973) 

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Burnin' (1973) 

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Natty Dread (1974) 

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Live! (1975) 

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Exodus (1977) 

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Legend (1984) 

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On (1995) 

BRANFORD MARSALIS – Four MFs Playin' Tunes (2012) 

WYNTON MARSALIS – Joe Cool's Blues (1995) 

WYNTON MARSALIS – Two Men With The Blues (w Willie Nelson) (2008) 

JOHN MARTYN – Solid Air (1973) 

JOHNNY MATHIS – Johnny's Greatest Hits (1958) 

THE MAVERICKS – Music For All Occasions (1995) 

JOHN MAYER – Born And Raised (2012) 

PAUL MCCARTNEY – McCartney (1970) 

PAUL MCCARTNEY – Ram (1971) 

PAUL MCCARTNEY – Wings Greatest (1978) 

PAUL MCCARTNEY – Flowers In The Dirt Demos (1990) 

PAUL MCCARTNEY – Chaos And Creation In The Backyard (2005) 

TOMMY MCCOOK – Top Secret (1969) 

DEL MCCOURY – The Mountain (w Steve Earle) (1999) 

NELLIE MCKAY – Normal As Blueberry Pie: A Tribute To Doris Day (2009) 

NELLIE MCKAY – Sister Orchid (2018) 

NELLIE MCKAY – Bagatelles ep (2019) 

JACKIE MCLEAN – Bluesnik (1962) 

CARMEN MCRAE – Book Of Ballads (1959) 

CARMEN MCRAE – Carmen Sings Monk (1990) 

MEAT LOAF – Bat Out Of Hell (1977)  

STEPHEN MERRITT – 69 Love Songs (1999) 

CHARLES MINGUS – Mingus Ah Um (1959) 

CHARLES MINGUS – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963) 

MINOR STEP – Out Of Step (1983) 

JONI MITCHELL – Blue (1971) 

JONI MITCHELL – Court and Spark (1974) 

JONI MITCHELL – Both Sides Now (2000) 

THE MODERN LOVERS – The Modern Lovers (1976) 

THELONIUS MONK – Piano Solo (1954) 

THELONIUS MONK – Thelonius Monk and Sonny Rollins (1956) 

THELONIUS MONK – Thelonius Monk Trio (1956) 

THELONIUS MONK – Brilliant Corners (1957) 

THELONIUS MONK – Monk's Music (1957) 

THELONIUS MONK – The Complete Prestige 10 Inch LP Collection (2017) 

THE MONKEES – Head (1968) 

THE MONKEES – The Best of The Monkees (2003) 

WES MONTGOMERY – The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960) 

LEE MORGAN – The Sidewinder (1964) 

ENNIO MORRICONE – The Mission soundtrack (1986) 

VAN MORRISON – Astral Works (1968) 

VAN MORRISON – Moondance (1970) 

JELLY ROLL MORTON–Birth of the Hot: The Classic Chicago "Red Hot Peppers" Sessions (1926-1927) (1985)

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE – The Black Parade (2006) 

NAS – Illmatic (1994) 

NAS – Untitled (2008) 

YOUSSOU N'DOUR  – Nothing's In Vain (2002) 

WILLIE NELSON – Stardust (1978) 

WILLIE NELSON – Two Men With The Blues (w Wynton Marsalis) (2008) 

NEU!  – Neu! '75 (1975) 

MICKEY NEWBURY – Looks Like Rain (1969) 

RANDY NEWMAN – 12 Songs (1970) 

RANDY NEWMAN – Sail Away (1972) 

HARRY NILSSON – Nilsson Sings Newman (1970) 

HARRY NILSSON – A Little Touch of Schmilsson In The Night (1973) 

NIRVANA – Nevermind (1991) 

NIRVANA – MTV Unplugged In New York (1994) 

NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND – Will The Circle Be Unbroken (1972) 

NOVOS BAIANOS – Acabou Chorare (1972) 

LAURA NYRO – Gonna Take A Miracle (w LaBelle) (1971) 

SINÉAD O'CONNOR – The Lion and The Cobra (1987) 

SINÉAD O'CONNOR – Gospel Oak ep (1997) 

ANITA O'DAY – Sings The Most (1957) 

ANITA O'DAY – Sings The Winners (1958) 

ODETTA – Christmas Spirituals (1960) 

ODETTA – Christmas Spirituals aka Beautiful Star (1987/1988) 

ROY ORBISON – The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison (1972) 

ORCHESTRA BAOBAB – Pirates Choice (1982/1989) 

ORCHESTRA BAOBAB – Specialist In All Styles (2002) 

OS TINCOÃS – Os Tincoãs (1973) 

CHARLIE PARKER–Best of the Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings (2002) 

PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC – Standing On The Verge of Getting It On (1974) 

PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC – Mothership Connection (1975) 

PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC – One Nation Under A Groove (1978) 

GRAM PARSONS – Grievous Angel (1974) 

DOLLY PARTON – Trio (w Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris) (1987) 

DOLLY PARTON – The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 2 (1997) 

DOLLY PARTON – The Complete Trio Collection (w Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris) (2016) 

JOE PASS – Take Love Easy (w Ella Fitzgerald) (1974) 

ART PEPPER – Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section (1957) 

TOM PETTY – Greatest Hits (1993) 

EDITH PIAF–The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Édith Piaf (1991)

PINK FLOYD – The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) 

PINK FLOYD – Wish You Were Here (1975) 

ROBERT PLANT – Raising Sand (w Allison Krauss) (2007) 

THE POLICE – Every Breath You Take: The Classics (1995) 

POPOL VUH – Aguirre aka Aguirre, The Wrath of God soundtrack (1975) 

PREFAB SPROUT – Steve McQueen aka Two Wheels Good (1985) 

PREFAB SPROUT – Jordan: The Comeback (1990) 

PREFAB SPROUT – Steve McQueen reissue w acoustic disc (2007) 

ELVIS PRESLEY – Elvis' Golden Records (1958)  

ELVIS PRESLEY – 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records Vol 2 (1959) 

ELVIS PRESLEY – His Hand In Mine (1960) 

ELVIS PRESLEY – The Sun Sessions (1976) 

ELVIS PRESLEY – The King Of Rock N Roll: The Complete 50s Masters (1992) 

ELVIS PRESLEY – From Nashville To Memphis: The Essential 60s Masters (1993) 

ELVIS PRESLEY – 30 #1 Hits (2002) 

THE PRETENDERS – Learning To Crawl (1984) 

LOUIS PRIMA – The Wildest! (1956) 

PRINCE – Purple Rain (1984) 

PRINCE – Parade aka Under The Cherry Moon soundtrack (1986) 

PRINCE – Sign O' The Times (1987) 

RICHARD PRYOR – ...Is It Something I Said? (1975) 

PUBLIC ENEMY – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988) 

TITO PUENTE – Dance Mania (1958) 

TITO PUENTE – Homenaje a Beny (1978) 

RADIOHEAD – OK Computer (1997) 

RADIOHEAD – Kid A (2000) 

BONNIE RAITT – Nick Of Time (1989) 

THE RAMONES – Ramones Mono 40th Anniversary (1976/2016) 

THE RASCALS AKA THE YOUNG RASCALS – TimePeace: The Rascals' Greatest Hits (1968) 

RASPBERRIES – Raspberries' Best (1976) 

OTIS REDDING – Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) 

OTIS REDDING – The Best of Otis Redding (1972) 

MARTHA REEVES AND THE VANDELLAS – Greatest Hits (1981) 

ELLIS REGINA – Ellis & Tom (1974) 

R.E.M. – Murmur (1983) 

R.E.M. – Life's Rich Pageant (1986) 

R.E.M. – Automatic For The People (1992) 

THE REPLACEMENTS – Let It Be (1984) 

THE REPLACEMENTS – Tim (1985) (Ed Stasium Mix) 

THE REPLACEMENTS – Boink!! (1986) 

THE REPLACEMENTS – Pleased To Meet Me (1987) 

TERRY RILEY – In "C" (1968) 

MAX ROACH – Clifford Brown and Max Roach -- Study In Brown (1955)

MARTY ROBBINS – Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959) 

TABU LEY ROCHEREAU – Omana Wapi (w Franco) (1976) 

THE ROLLING STONES – Beggars Banquet (1968) 

THE ROLLING STONES – Let It Bleed (1969) 

THE ROLLING STONES – Sticky Fingers (1971) 

THE ROLLING STONES – Hot Rocks 1964–1971 (1971) 

THE ROLLING STONES – Exile On Main St. (1971) 

THE ROLLING STONES – Some Girls (1978) 

SONNY ROLLINS – Tenor Madness (1956) 

SONNY ROLLINS – Saxophone Colossus (1956) 

SONNY ROLLINS – G-Man (1987) 

LINDA RONSTADT – Heart Like A Wheel (1974) 

LINDA RONSTADT – For Sentimental Reasons (1986) 

LINDA RONSTADT – Trio (w Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton) (1987) 

LINDA RONSTADT – Canciones De Mi Padre (1987) 

LINDA RONSTADT – The Complete Trio Collection (w Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris) (2016) 

THE ROOTS – Things Fall Apart (1999) 

ROXY MUSIC – Avalon (1982) 

RUN-D.M.C. – Raising Hell (1986) 

PEE WEE RUSSELL – Jazz Reunion (w Coleman Hawkins) (1961) 

CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT – Dreams and Daggers (2017) 

BOZ SCAGGS – Silk Degrees (1976) 

BOZ SCAGGS – But Beautiful (2003) 

BOZ SCAGGS – Speak Low (2008) 

GIL SCOTT-HERON – Small Talk At 125th And Lenox (1970) 

RON SEXSMITH – Ron Sexsmith (1995) 

THE SHIRELLES – Greatest Hits (1963) 

BOBBY SHORT – Bobby Short (1956) 

WAYNE SHORTER – Speak No Evil (1966) 

LABI SIFFRE – Remember My Song (1975) 

HORACE SILVER – Horace Silver Quintet (1955) 

HORACE SILVER – Horace Silver Quintet, Vol. 2 (1955) 

HORACE SILVER – Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1956) 

HORACE SILVER – Song For My Father (1964) 

PAUL SIMON – There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973) 

PAUL SIMON – Greatest Hits, Etc. (1977) 

PAUL SIMON – Graceland (1986) 

PAUL SIMON – Negotiations and Love Songs (1988) 

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL – Bridge Over Troubled Waters (1970) 

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL – Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits (1972) 

NINA SIMONE – Nina Simone And Piano (1969) 

FRANK SINATRA – The Voice Of Frank Sinatra (1946) 

FRANK SINATRA – Songs For Young Lovers (1954) 

FRANK SINATRA – Swing Easy! (1954) 

FRANK SINATRA – In The Wee Small Hours (1955) 

FRANK SINATRA – Songs For Swingin' Lovers (1956) 

FRANK SINATRA – Come Fly With Me (1958) 

FRANK SINATRA – Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely (1958) 

FRANK SINATRA – September Of My Years (1965) 

FRANK SINATRA – Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967) 

FRANK SINATRA – Sinatra Jobim (1969) 

FRANK SINATRA – Sinatra Jobim Sessions (1979) 

FRANK SINATRA – The Columbia Years: 1943-1952 -- The Complete Recordings (1993) 

FRANK SINATRA – The Song Is You (Sinatra/Dorsey boxed set) (1994)

MEMPHIS SLIM–At The Gate of Horn (1959) 

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE – There's A Riot Goin' On (1971) 

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE – Greatest Hits (1970) 

BESSIE SMITH – The Collection (1989) 

JIMMY SMITH – Groovin' At Smalls' Paradise Vol. 1 (1957) 

JIMMY SMITH – The Sermon! (1959) 

JOHNNY SMITH – Moonlight In Vermont featuring Stan Getz (1956) 

SAMMI SMITH – He's Everywhere aka Help Me Make It Through The Night (1970) 

THE SMITHS – The Queen Is Dead (1986) 

THE SMITHS – Louder Than Bombs (1987) 

THE SMITHS – The Sound Of The Smiths (2008) 

HANK SNOW – The Essential Hank Snow (1999) 

THE SPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA – Across 110th Street (2004) 

OTIS SPANN – Otis Spann (1964) 

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD – Dusty In Memphis (1969) 

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – The Wild, The Innocent and the E-Street  Shuffle (1973) 

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Born To Run (1975) 

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978) 

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Nebraska (1982) 

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Live: 1975-1985 (1986) 

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (American Land Edition) (2006) 

CARL STALLING – The Carl Stalling Project: Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1936-1958 (1990) 

MAVIS STAPLES – Live: Hope At The Holdout (2008) 

STEELY DAN – Pretzel Logic (1974) 

STEELY DAN – Aja (1977) 

STEELY DAN – A Decade Of Steely Dan (1985) 

SUFJAN STEVENS – Come On Feel The Illinoise (2005) 

SUFJAN STEVENS – Songs For Christmas (2006) 

SUFJAN STEVENS – All Delighted People ep (2010) 

SUFJAN STEVENS – Carrie And Lowell (2015) 

ROD STEWART – Every Picture Tells A Story (1971) 

STING – Bring On The Night (1986) 

THE STONE ROSES – The Stone Roses (1989) 

BARBRA STREISAND – Live At The Bon Soir (1962/2022)

BARBRA STREISAND – The Barbra Streisand Album (1963) 

BARBRA STREISAND – Greatest Hits (1970) 

BARBRA STREISAND – The Broadway Album (1985) 

BARBRA STREISAND – Just For The Record... (boxed set)(1991) 

THE STROKES – Is This It (2001) 

SUPERGRASS – In It For The Money (1997) 

THE SUPREMES – 20 Greatest Hits -- Compact Command Performances (1984) 

RICHARD SWIFT – The Novelist/Walking Without Effort (2003/2005) 

TALKING HEADS – Talking Heads: 77 (1977) 

TALKING HEADS – More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978) 

TALKING HEADS – Fear Of Music (1979) 

TALKING HEADS – Remain In Light (1980) 

THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH – Dark Bird Is Home (2015) 

JAMES TALLEY – Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got A Lot Of Love (1975) 

ART TATUM – The Art Tatum Ben Webster Quartet (1958) 

JAMES TAYLOR – Greatest Hits (1976) 

JAMES TAYLOR – Classic Songs (1987) 

JACK TEAGARDEN -- Mis'ry and the Blues (1961) 

TELEVISION – Marquee Moon (1977) 

THE TEMPTATIONS – 17 Greatest Hits (Compact Command Performances) 

JOE TEX – Greatest Hits (1991) 

IRMA THOMAS – Take A Look (1966) 

RICHARD THOMPSON – Mock Tudor (1999) 

RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (1974) 

RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON – Pour Down Like Silver (1975) 

RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON – Shoot Out The Lights (1982) 

MEL TORMÉ – Sings Fred Astaire (1956) 

MEL TORMÉ – Swings Schubert Alley (1960) 

ALI FARKA TOURÉ – In The Heart Of The Moon (w Toumani Diabate and Ry Cooder) (2005) 

ALI FARKA TOURÉ – Ali and Toumani (w Toumani Diabate) (2010) 

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST – People's Instinctive Travels and The Paths Of Rhythm (1990) 

LENNIE TRISTANO – Lennie Tristano (1956) 

FRANKIE TRUMBAUER – Frankie Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke -- Bix and Tram (1927) 

STANLEY TURRENTINE – Jubilee Shout! (1962) 

UNCLE TUPELO – No Depression (1990) 

THE UNDERTONES–The Undertones (1979) 

U2 – Under A Blood Red Sky (1983) 

U2 – The Unforgettable Fire (1984) 

U2 – Wide Awake In America (1985) 

U2 – Achtung Baby (1991) 

VANGELIS – Blade Runner (1982 film/1994 soundtrack release) 

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND – The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967) 

BUNNY WAILER – Blackheart Man (1976) 

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT – Want One (2003) 

TOM WAITS – Swordfishtrombones (1983) 

TOM WAITS – Rain Dogs (1985) 

TOM WAITS – Bad As Me (2011) 

SCOTT WALKER – Scott 3 (1969) 

JENNIFER WARNES – Famous Blue Raincoat (1986) 

DIONNE WARWICK – The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits (1989; Rhino) 

DINAH WASHINGTON – Dinah Jams (1954) 

DINAH WASHINGTON – The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury (2004) 

THE WATERBOYS – Fisherman's Box (2013) 

MUDDY WATERS – Folk Singer (1964) 

MUDDY WATERS – The Chess Box (1990) 

BEN WEBSTER – The Art Tatum Ben Webster Quartet (1958) 

WEEZER – Pinkerton (1996) 

JUNIOR WELLS – Hoodoo Man Blues (1965) 

WHAM! – The Final Vinyl (1986) 

THE WHITE  STRIPES – Elephant (2003) 

THE WHO – Live At Leeds (1970) 

THE WHO – Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy (1971) 

WILCO – Summer Teeth (1999) 

WILCO – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001) 

HANK WILLIAMS – Moanin' The Blues (1952) 

HANK WILLIAMS – Memorial Album (1953) 

HANK WILLIAMS – Ramblin' Man (1954) 

HANK WILLIAMS – 40 Greatest Hits (1978) **** (despite no "Honky Tonkin'") 

JOHN WILLIAMS – Catch Me If You Can soundtrack (2002) 

JOHN WILLIAMS – E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial soundtrack (1982) 

JOHN WILLIAMS – Star Wars soundtrack (1977) 

MARION WILLIAMS – The Gospel Soul Of Marion Williams (1999) 

NICOL WILLIAMSON – The Hobbit abridged audiobook (1974) 

BRIAN WILSON – Brian Wilson Presents Smile (2004) 

CASSANDRA WILSON – Blue Light 'til Dawn (1993) 

CASSANDRA WILSON – Traveling Miles (1999) 

BILL WITHERS – Just As I Am (1971) 

BILL WITHERS – Still Bill (1972)  

PETER WOLF – Midnight Souvenirs (2010) 

STEVIE WONDER – Innervisions (1973) 

STEVIE WONDER – Songs In The Key Of Life (1976) 

STEVIE WONDER – Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium Vol. 1 (1982) 

WORLD PARTY – Goodbye Jumbo (1990) 

WORLD PARTY – Best In Show (2007) 

ROBERT WYATT – Rock Bottom (1974) 

XTC – Skylarking (original) (1986) 

DWIGHT YOAKAM – This Time (1993) 

LARRY YOUNG – Unity (1966) 

LESTER YOUNG – The Complete Aladdin Recordings Of Lester Young (w Helen Humes and Nat King Cole) (1995) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – The Best Of The Girl Groups Vol 1 (1990) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – The Big Chill soundtrack (1983) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – Camelot Original Broadway Cast Album (1960) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector (1963) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – Country Music (2019 soundtrack to Ken Burns doc) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – The Golden Age Of Popular Music: Jazz Hits From 1958-1966  (2008)

VARIOUS ARTISTS – The Gospel At Colonus Original Broadway Cast Album (1988) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – The Harder They Come soundtrack (1972) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – Hedwig and the Angry Inch soundtrack (2001) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – I Believe To My Soul (2005) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto Volume One (1985) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – Mary Poppins soundtrack (1964) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – My Fair Lady Original Broadway Cast Album (1956) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – Northern Exposure: Music From The Television Series (1992) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – Piconema: East African Hits on the Colombian Coast (2023) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (1977) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – The Sound of Music soundtrack (1965) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – Spring Awakening Orig Cast Album (2006) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – Stay Awake: Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films (1988) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – Sunday in The Park With George Original Broadway Cast Album (1984) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – Tropicalia Ou Panis Et Circensis (1968)