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Top 137 1. Ella Jenkins -- Call-And-Response; African American Folk Rhythms (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS) 2. V/A -- The Bridges of Dissonant County (2A) 3. Elizabeth Cotten -- Live! (ARHOOLIE) 4. God is My Co-Pilot -- Get Busy (ATAVISTIC) 5. Duotron -- The Complete Book of Duotron, Illustrated (SCRATCH) 6. Ghazal -- As Night Falls on the Silk Road (SHANACHIE) 7. Brian and Chris -- self-titled (self-released) 8. Sulukule -- Rom Music of Istanbul (TRADITIONAL CROSSROADS) 9. Art Ensemble of Chicago -- Coming Home Jamaica (ATLANTIC) 10. Deux Filles -- Silence & Wisdom (HUMBUG) 11. Hourly Radio -- Inverted Guitars and Concentric Amplifiers (FABLE CLASSICS) 12. V/A -- Ethiopiques Vols. 1, 3, and 4 (BUDA) 13. Jaz Klash -- Thru the Haze (WORLD DOMINATION) 14. Cassiber -- Live in Tokyo (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED) 15. Udi Yorgo Bacanos -- self-titled (TRADITIONAL CROSSROADS) 16. V/A -- Best of Godzilla, 1954-1975 (GNP/CRESCENDO) 17. Boxhead Ensemble -- The Last Place To Go (ATAVISTIC) 18. Linton Kwesi Johnson -- Independant Intavenshan: The Island Anthology (ISLAND) 19. Low Res -- Approximate Love Boat (PLUG RESEARCH) 20. Ugly Duckling -- "Fresh Mode" 12-inch (1500) 21. V/A -- Mississippi String Bands, Vols. 1 & 2 (COUNTY) 22. V/A -- Zum Audio Vol. 2 (ZUM) 23. Anthony Coleman/Sephardic Tinge -- Morenica (TZADIK) 24. John Gavanti -- self-titled (ATAVISTIC) 25. John Lurie -- Fishing With John; African Swim and Manny & Lo (STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL) 26. Pish Posh -- Up Jumps the Boogie (RAW.KUTS/RAWKUS) 27. V/A -- My Rough and Ready Ways, Vols. 1 & 2 (YAZOO) 28. V/A -- IPS: Live Performances on WNYU 89.1 FM (WNYU) 29. V/A -- Electroacoustic Music from Latin America (OOdiscs) 30. V/A/Andrea Parker -- DJ Kicks (K7) 31. Csokolom -- May I Kiss Your Hand (ARHOOLIE) 32. Arthur Jarvinen -- Erase the Fake (OOdiscs) 33. Dilated Peoples -- "Rework the Angles" 12-inch (ABB) 34. Gladiators -- Bongo Red (HEARTBEAT) 35. Julie Ruin -- self-titled (KILL ROCK STARS/5 RUE CHRISTINE) 36. Knit Separates -- "In the Sea at Night" 7-inch (3 ACRE FLOOR) 37. Lucksmiths -- "Untidy Towns" 7-inch (DRIVE-IN) 38. Oneida -- "Best Friends" 7-inch (TURNBUCKLE) 39. V/A -- El Lobo: Songs and Games of Latin America (ROUNDER) 40. DJ Faust, Shortee, and Craze -- Fathomless (BOMB HIP-HOP) 41. Momus -- The Little Red Songbook (LE GRAND MAGISTERY) 42. Busta Rhymes -- "Tear the Roof Off" 12-inch (ELEKTRA) 43. Derf Reklaw -- From the Nile (UBIQUITY) 44. Faustina -- Brittle Star (self-released) 45. Fortune & Maltese and the Phabulous Pallbearers -- "Leave No Stone Unturned" 7-inch (GET HIP) 46. Orlando Jacinto Garcia -- Celestial Voices (OOdiscs) 47. Betty Hutton -- The Best of the RCA Years (ONE WAY) 48. Junior Varsity -- "Juvenile" 7-inch (REMEDIAL) 49. Lounge Lizards -- Queen of All Ears (STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL) 50. Malachi Thompson -- Freebop Now! (DELMARK) 51. Silver Scooter -- "A Tribute to the Phone Calls" 7-inch (PEEK-A-BOO) 52. Slaves -- "Chemical Priest" 12-inch (LOVELETTER) 53. V/A -- Heartbeat 2: More Voices of First Nations Women (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS) 54. V/A -- Taking a Chance on Chances (TROUBLEMAN/SLAMPT) 55. V/A -- It's the Cheap Damaged Goods Sampler (DAMAGED GOODS) 56. V/A -- Sci-Fi's Greatest Hits (TVT) 57. V/A -- All Done With Mirrors (LE GRAND MAGISTERY) 58. Badar Ali Khan -- Lost in Qawwali II (TRILOKA) 59. Junior Byles and Friends -- 129 Beat Street: Ja-Man Special 75-78 (BLOOD AND FIRE) 60. Eugene Chadbourne -- Volume 2: Solo Acoustic Guitar (RASTASCAN); Jungle Cookies (OLD GOLD) 61. Fresh Fish -- "Pork Chop" 7-inch (VILLA VILLAKULA) 62. Sabir Mateen Trio -- Divine Mad Love (EREMITE) 63. Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her -- "It's Brand New" 12-inch (DETECTOR) 64. Third Eye Foundation -- You Guys Kill Me (MERGE) 65. V/A -- Studio One Dancehall Selection (HEARTBEAT) 66. Badawi -- Final Warning (ASPHODEL) 67. Bonga -- Angola 74 (TINDER) 68. Chicago Underground Duo -- 12 Degrees of Freedom (THRILL JOCKEY) 69. Elton Dean -- Just Us (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED) 70. London/Sklamberg/Caine -- Nigunim (TZADIK) 71. Rondelles -- Fiction Romance, Fast Machines (SMELLS LIKE) 72. V/A -- Laugh Hard, It's a Long Way to the Bank. (RESEARCH AND DESTROY) 73. Blythe/Eyges/Ditmas -- Synergy (IN & OUT) 74. Bright Moments -- Return of the Lost Tribe (DELMARK) 75. Do Make Say Think -- self-titled (CONSTELLATION) 76. Eleanor Hovda -- Ariadne Music (OOdiscs) 77. Great Kat -- Bloody Vivaldi (TPR) 78. Kruder Dorfmeister -- K&D Sessions (K7) 79. Charline Arthur -- Welcome to the Club (BEAR FAMILY) 80. Eminem -- "Just Don't Give a Fuck" 12-inch (AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE) 81. Retsin -- Sweet Luck of Amaryllis (CARROT TOP) 82. Two Dollar Guitar -- Train Songs (SMELLS LIKE) 83. V/A -- Various 500 Lock-Grooves by 500 Artists (RRR) 84. V/A -- Afro-American Spirituals, Work Songs, and Ballads (ROUNDER) 85. V/A -- Orbitones, Spoon Harps, & Bellowphones (ELLIPSIS ARTS) 86. V/A -- Next Stop Wonderland soundtrack (VERVE) 87. 16 -- Scott Case (out of print material) (PESSIMISER/THEOLOGIAN) 88. Hive -- Devious Methods (FFRR) 89. icu -- Chotto Matte A Moment! (K) 90. PhonosycographDISK -- Ancient Termites (BOMB HIP-HOP) 91. V/A -- Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 3 (ROUNDER) 92. Butchies -- Are We Not Femme? (MR. LADY) 93. Outkast -- Aquemini (LAFACE) 94. Squarepusher -- Music is Rotted One Note (NOTHING/INTERSCOPE) 95. V/A -- Multi-Vitamin Comp (PUNK IN MY VITAMINS) 96. Bandway -- Balls Out (HIGH IMPEDANCE) 97. Brand Nubian -- "Back Up Off the Wall" 12-inch (ARISTA) 98. Grooverider -- Mysteries of Funk (HIGHER GROUND) 99. Mice Parade -- The True Meaning of Boodleybaye (BUBBLECORE) 100. Ninety Nine -- 767 (ENDEARING) 101. V/A -- Spike's Choice (DESCO) 102. V/A -- Two Cries of Freedom: Gypsy Flamenco from the Prisons of Spain (ROIR) 103. Guigou Chenevier -- Rumours of the City (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED) 104. Starpoint -- "Chains" 7-inch (self-released) 105. Blacks -- Dolly Horrorshow (BLOODSHOT) 106. Chessie -- Signal Series (DROP BEAT) 107. Elliott Sharp -- ARC 3: Cyberpunk and the Virtual Stance 1984-88 (ATAVISTIC) 108. Gisburg -- Trust (TZADIK) 109. Hazeldine -- Orphans (ALL SWOLL) 110. Paris Combo -- self-titled (TINDER) 111. Ryuichi Sakamoto -- Love is the Devil (ASPHODEL) 112. Virginia Rodrigues -- Sol Negro (HANNIBAL/RYKODISC) 113. Bonnie Prince Billie -- "Black Dissimulation" 7-inch (ALL CITY NOMAD) 114. Cursive/Silver Scooter -- split 10-inch (CRANK!) 115. Fartz -- Because This Fuckin' World Still Stinks... (ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES) 116. Jason Bill/Jack Rose -- Via St. Louis (DRUNKEN FISH) 117. Neotropic -- Mr Brubakers Strawberry Alarm Clock (NINJA TUNE) 118. Notwist -- Shrink (ZERO HOUR) 119. Pullman -- Turnstyles & Junkpiles (THRILL JOCKEY) 120. Split Lip Rayfield -- self-titled (BLOODSHOT) 121. V/A -- Train 45: Railroad Songs of the Early 1900s (ROUNDER) 122. V/A -- From Where I Stand (WARNER BROTHERS) 123. Dave Pike Set -- Got the Feelin' (WAGRAM) 124. Heltah Skeltah -- "Brownsville II Long Beach" 12-inch (DUCKDOWN/PRIORITY) 125. Istuan Martha -- The Wind Rises (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED) 126. Paco El Lobo -- Cante Flamenco (BUDA) 127. Prince Charming -- Fantastic Voyage (WORDSOUND) 128. rhBand -- First Tone (DRUNKEN FISH) 129. V/A -- S.F. Unscrubbed: Live from the Laundromat II (TOY GUN MURDER) 130. V/A -- Even More Original Soul (INSTINCT) 131. Birchville Cat Motel -- Siberian Earth Curve (DRUNKEN FISH) 132. Ida Retsin Family -- Volume One (MUSS MY HAIR) 133. Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo -- Strange But True (MATADOR) 134. Jets to Brazil -- Orange Rhyming Dictionary (JADE TREE) 135. Macha -- self-titled (JETSET) 136. Rammel/Mallozi -- Whole or By the Slice (PENUMBRA MUSIC) 137. Scaries -- Over You (FAB DEL RAY) Also, here are some other releases that we've recently added that aren't reflected on this chart: V/A -- The Spirit of Cape Verde (TINDER) Panacea -- Twisted Designz (MUSIC CARTEL) Club 8 -- The Friend I Once Had (MARCH) Marie McAuliffe -- plays the music of Burt Bacharach (AVANT) V/A -- Versatility compilation (EVIL TEEN) Henrys -- Desert Cure (TRAINREC) Graham Connah's Sour Note Seven -- Gurney to the Lincoln Center of Your Mind (RASTASCAN) Medusa Cyclone -- Mr. Devil (THIRD GEAR) Boy Wonder Jinx -- The Problem With Fun (SLINGSHOT) V/A -- Saigon Incoming (SOUND GIZMO) Whistling Hangmen -- Barhopping (AVANT) V/A -- QUIET! (WIFFLEFIST) Foom -- No Fidelity Audio (SWILL RADIO) Gloworm -- Glimmer (K) Buttercup -- self-titled (SPIRIT OF ORR) Plaid -- Not For Threes (NOTHING/INTERSCOPE) Joe Morris Quartet -- A Cloud of Black Birds (AUM FIDELITY) Wagon Christ -- Tally Ho! (ASTRALWERKS) V/A -- Sounds from the Electronic Lounge (MUSIC CARTEL) Minders -- Hooray for Tuesday (SPINART) Lothars -- Meet the Lothars (CAMERA OBSCURA) V/A -- In the Wrong (IGNIVOMOUS) Long Hind Legs -- Feb. 4th - 14th 1998 (KILL ROCK STARS) William Parker/In Order to Survive -- The Peach Orchard (AUM FIDELITY) Irresistible Force -- It's Tomorrow Already (NINJA TUNE) Matthew Shipp Horn Quartet -- Strata (HAT HUT) Be/Non -- Meet the Person Most Responsible For Your Safety (TURNBUCKLE) You Fantastic! -- self-titled (SKIN GRAFT) Mount Shasta -- Watch Out (SKIN GRAFT) Brass Knuckles for Tough Guys -- Noise Man Kills Him (DIVOT) Colossamite -- Economy of Motion (SKIN GRAFT) Cecil Seaskull -- Whoever (TEENAGE USA) Delusion Valley -- "Jinsei" 7-inch (DETECTOR) Cycling -- "Why Don't You Go to the Beach" 7-inch (DETECTOR) Hugh Davies -- Interplay (FMR) Dominions -- self-titled (TURDUCKEN) Bill Fox -- Shelter from the Smoke (SPINART) Bart & Friends -- 10 Songs About Cars & Girls (DRIVE-IN) |