WXYC
Top 85 May 18-24 >> 1997
 1. Yo La Tengo -- I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One (MATADOR)
 2. v/a -- Cuban Gold 3 (QBADISC)
 3. Irving Klaw Trio -- Utek Pahtoo Mogoi (ROAD CONE)
 4. v/a -- White Elephants and Golden Ducks (SHANACHIE)
 5. Fuzzhead -- I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Rock (NEW WORLD OF SOUND); Mind Soup (HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS OF SOUND)
 6. Abida Parveen -- Best of Abida Parveen (SHANACHIE)
 7. v/a -- Edge of the Forest (MUSIC OF THE WORLD)
 8. Electric Company -- Electric Company Plays Amnesia (SUPREME)
 9. Folk Implosion -- Dare to be Surprised (COMMUNION)
10. Edith Frost -- Calling Over Time (DRAG CITY)
11. Speedy J -- Public Energy No. 1 (PLUS 8)
12. Third Eye Foundation -- Ghost (MERGE)
13. v/a -- Ngoma - Music from Uganda (MUSIC OF THE WORLD)
14. Rahsaan Roland Kirk -- I, Eye, Aye (RHINO)
15. Yande Codou Sene -- Night Sky in Sine Saloum (SHANACHIE)
16. Najat Aatabu -- Country Girls & City Women (ROUNDER)
17. v/a -- Merengue - Dominican Music... (ROUNDER)
18. Wu-Tang Clan -- "Triumph"  (LOUD/RCA)
19. Analogue/Cruise Control Pills -- split 7-inch (SIT-N-SPIN)
20. Cubanismo -- Malembe (HANNIBAL)
21. DJ Cam -- 2 x 10" No. 1 (SHADOW)
22. "Harmonica" Frank Floyd -- The Great Medical Menagerist (ADELPHI)
23. Lata Mangeshkar -- Mata (INTERRA)
24. Tower Recordings -- The Fraternity of Moonwalkers (AUDIBLE HISS)
25. v/a -- This is Home Entertainment Vol. 3 (LIQUID SKY)
26. v/a -- Deep Concentration (OM)
27. Andrew Barker/Charles Waters Duo -- self-titled (EARMARK)
28. Coldcut/DJ Krush -- Cold Krush Cuts (NINJA TUNE)
29. Crawling With Tarts -- I Am Telephoning a Star (ASP)
30. Kronos Quartet w/ Wu Man -- Ghost Opera (NONESUCH)
31. Serge Gainsbourg -- Comic Strip, Couleur Cafe, Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin (MERCURY)
32. Shok Therapy -- "Padlock" b/w "S.O.S." 12-inch (MASS VINYL)
33. Sonar Senghor & his Troupe -- Lost Africa (TRADITION)
34. v/a -- Alan Lomax Collection Sampler (ROUNDER)
35. v/a -- Negro Blues and Hollers (ROUNDER)
36. v/a -- Songs and Ballads of the Anthracite Miners (ROUNDER)
37. v/a -- MRG 100 (MERGE)
38. Mark Eitzel -- West (WARNER BROTHERS)
39. John Fahey -- The Mill Pond double 7-inch (LITTLE BROTHER)
40. Olivia Tremor Control -- "The Opera House" double 7-inch; Dusk at Cubist Castle, disc 2 (FLYDADDY)
41. Andrew Bird -- Music of Hair (Andrew Bird)
42. Phong Nguyen Ensemble -- Song of the Banyan (LATITUDES/MUSIC OF THE WORLD)
43. v/a -- Shake Your Congas (RCA)
44. Jelly Roll Kings -- Off Yonder Wall (FAT POSSUM)
45. v/a -- Sacrilege: The Can Remix Album (MUTE)
46. Borges & Piazzolla -- Tangos & Milongas (MILAN)
47. Simon Joyner -- Songs for the New Year (SHRIMPER)
48. Brokeback -- ...Returns to the Orange Grove 7-inch (THRILL JOCKEY)
49. Need -- "Jacky O' Lantern" 7-inch (OUTPUNK)
50. Orange Cake Mix -- Silver Lining Underwater (DARLA)
51. Rampage the Last Boyscout -- "Take it to the Streets" 12" (ELEKTRA)
52. Soul Assassins (DJ Muggs) -- self-titled (COLUMBIA)
53. v/a -- Artcore 3 (REACT)
54. We -- As Is (ASPHODEL)
55. Volume All Stars -- Close Encounters of the Bump and Grind (SLABCO)
56. Cecil Taylor -- Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come (REVENANT)
57. DJ Shadow -- "Midnight in a Perfect World" CDep (MO WAX)
58. Him/The Dylan Group -- collaboration LP (BUBBLECORE)
59. Pansy Division -- "Manada" 7-inch (MINT)
60. Bug -- Taping the Conversation (WORDSOUND)
61. v/a -- Rural String Bands of Tennessee (COUNTY)
62. Akira Satake -- Cooler Heads Prevail (ALULA)
63. Gavin Bryars -- Farewell to Philosophy (POINT)
64. Helium -- No Guitars (MATADOR)
65. Hungry Ghost -- The Man Ray Sessions (TONE CASUALTIES)
66. Moped -- Naked, Sharp & Plastic 7-inch (VITAL COG)
67. Junior Kimbrough -- Most Things Haven't Worked Out (FAT POSSUM)
68. Lake of Dracula -- self-titled (SKIN GRAFT)
69. Bevis Frond -- Son of Walter (FLYDADDY)
70. Euphone -- self-titled (HEFTY)
71. Antediluvian Rocking Horse -- Music for the Odd Occasion (SEELAND)
72. Belle and Sebastian -- If You're Feeling Sinister (THE ENCLAVE)
73. Boogiemonsters -- 12" (PENDULUM/EMI)
74. Dropouts -- Come On! (UNCLEAN)
75. Hi-Tech -- 24/7 (MASS VINYL)
76. Insomniacs -- Out of It (ESTRUS)
77. Jonny Cohen's Love Machine -- If 6 were 8 (TEENBEAT)
78. Modzilla -- Welcome to Our Island (POTEET)
79. Ron Miles -- Woman's Day (GRAMAVISION)
80. Sleater-Kinney -- Dig Me Out (KILL ROCK STARS)
81. Tarnation -- Mirador (REPRISE)
82. Tranquility Bass -- Let the Freak Flag Fly (ASTRALWERKS)
83. Tricky -- "Makes Me Wanna Die" 12-inch (ISLAND)
84. v/a -- Trans Europe Express 5 (VOLUME)
85. v/a -- Abstract Vibes 2: More Vibes (QUANGO)