Rank (Plays) Artist - "Title of CD/LP/EP/7-inch" (RECORD LABEL)
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  1 (57) V/A - Music of Indonesia vols. 18, 19, & 20 (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
  2 (52) V/A - Times Ain't Like They Used to Be Vol. 3 & 4 (YAZOO)
  3 (50) Sorry About Dresden - The Mayor Will Abdicate (ROUTE FOURTEEN)
  4 (47) Ken Boothe - A Man and His Hits (HEARTBEAT)
  5 (47) Two Dollar Pistols with Tift Merritt - s/t EP (YEP ROC)
  6 (45) Lud - Epiflot (AMERICAN PRIMITIVE)
  7 (45) V/A - WPAQ: the Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains (ROUNDER)
  8 (43) Joe Thompson - Family Tradition (ROUNDER)
  9 (42) Meters - s/t; Look-Ka Py Py; Struttin'   (SUNDAZED)
 10 (41) Papa M - Live From a Shark Cage (DRAG CITY)
 11 (41) V/A - Calypso at Midnight: the 1946 Town Hall Calypso Concert (ROUNDER)
 12 (40) V/A - Projector (YO YO)
 13 (38) Chicken Wire Gang - Galvanized (ROOST ELECTRIC)
 14 (38) V/A - Yeah Yeah Yeah (ARF! ARF!)
 15 (37) Brian and Chris - s/t (THIS RECORD LABEL)
 16 (37) Countdown Quartet - s/t (YEP ROC)
 17 (36) Cesaria Evora - Cafe Atlantico (BMG)
 18 (36) Magick Heads - Transvection (DARK BELOVED CLOUD)
 19 (36) V/A - No No No (ARF! ARF!)
 20 (35) Juan de Marcos' Afro Cuban All Stars  - Distinto, diferente (WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH)
 21 (35) Tom Maxwell - Samsara (self-released)
 22 (35) Tommy McCook - Tribute to Tommy (HEARTBEAT)
 23 (32) DJ Vadim - USSR: Life from the Other Side (NINJA TUNE)
 24 (31) Compay Segundo - Calle Salud (NONESUCH)
 25 (30) Jim O'Rourke - Halfway to a Threeway (DRAG CITY)
 26 (30) John Corbett & Heavy Friends - I'm Sick About My Hat (ATAVISTIC)
 27 (30) V/A - Bamboo on the Mountains: Kmhmu Highlanders (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
 28 (29) K-otix - 'Mind Over Matter' 12-inch (BRONX SCIENCE)
 29 (29) Knit Separates - Swords, then Diamonds (3 ACRE FLOOR)
 30 (27) Algia Mae Hinton - Honey Babe (CELLO/SIRE)
 31 (27) Bablicon - In a Different City (MISRA)
 32 (27) Jeff Mueller - Fold and Perish (MONITOR)
 33 (27) Mountain Goats - Bitter Melon Farm (AJAX)
 34 (27) Unbunny - Fission Romance the West (-ESQUE)
 35 (26) Joe Morris - Racket Club (ABOUT TIME)
 36 (26) V/A - Sonic Circuits VII (INNOVA)
 37 (25) Huon - Songs for Lord Tortoise (ANIMAL WORLD)
 38 (24) John Randall Pelosi - Plus Ultra (UMBRELLA)
 39 (22) Fly Ashtray - Sawgrass Subligette (DARK BELOVED CLOUD)
 40 (22) Robert Pollard with Doug Gillard - Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department  (FADING CAPTAIN SERIES/ROCKATHON)
 41 (21) Tlon Uqbar - La Bola Perdida (SOLEILMOON)
 42 (20) Causey Way - With Loving and Open Arms (ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES)
 43 (20) Mos Def - Black on Both Sides (RAWKUS)
 44 (20) Uncle Wiggly - Farfetchedness (DARK BELOVED CLOUD)
 45 (20) V/A - The New Women's Music Sampler (MR. LADY)
 46 (20) V/A - Caribbean Voyage: Dominica  (ROUNDER)
 47 (20) Mechakucha - One Million Safe Hours (FRENETIC)
 48 (19) Let Downs - 'Atlanta' 7-inch (360 TWIST!)
 49 (19) V/A - La Foresta Della Morte - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (TOYO)
 50 (19) Wicked Farleys/Vehicle Birth - split 7-inch (DOOM NIBBLER)
 51 (19) For Stars - Windows for Stars (FUTURE FARMER)
 52 (18) Bruce Eisenbeil's Crosscurrent Trio - Mural (CIMP)
 53 (18) Hattifatteners - Rabbit Rabbit (DARK BELOVED CLOUD)
 54 (18) Loren Mazzacane Connors  - The Daggett Years (ECSTATIC YOD); Airs (ROAD CONE)
 55 (17) Cobra Killer - s/t (DIGITAL HARDCORE/GRAND ROYAL)
 56 (17) Common - 'Dooinit' 12-inch (MCA)
 57 (17) Grupo Vocal Desandann - Descendants (BEMBE)
 58 (17) King Frog - Cocoanut Grove (FLEECE)
 59 (16) Micro-East Collective - 062099 (UMBRELLA)
 60 (15) BLIM - 'Filterzon' 12-inch (EMOTIF/XSTATIC)
 61 (15) Ken Vandermark's Joe Harriott Project - Straight Lines (ATAVISTIC)
 62 (15) Peace Orchestra - s/t (G-STONE)
 63 (15) T-Power - 'Cuba' 12-inch (BOTCHIT AND SCARPER)
 64 (15) Uakti - Aguas da Amazonia (POINT)
 65 (14) Alec Empire - vs. Elvis Presley (EL TURCO LOCO/DIGITAL HARDCORE)
 66 (14) Disband - 'We Pulled Your Ass Out of the Flame in WWII' 7-inch  (PARKVIEW)
 67 (14) Etta Baker - Railroad Bill (CELLO/SIRE)
 68 (14) Gerty Farish - Deadly Attackers EP (MENLO PARK)
 69 (14) Sally Timms - Cowboy Sally's Twilight Laments...for Lost Buckaroos (BLOODSHOT)
 70 (14) V/A - Warp10 sampler (MATADOR)
 71 (14) V/A - The Half Ain't Never Been Told, Vols. 1 & 2 (YAZOO)
 72 (13) Bukkene Bruse - The Stone Chair (NORTHSIDE)
 73 (13) da Grassroots - Passage Through Time (CONCEPTION)
 74 (13) Drums and Tuba - Flatheads and Spoonies (MY PAL GOD)
 75 (13) Guitar Gabriel - Deep in the South (CELLO/SIRE)
 76 (13) Kampec Dolores - Eye of the Needle (VOICE OF SHADE/BAHIA)
 77 (13) Ken Vandermark's Sound in Action Trio - Design in Time (DELMARK)
 78 (13) Univers Zero - The Hard Quest (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
 79 (13) V/A - Eighteenth Street Lounge Soundtracks: Jet Society (EIGHTEENTH STREET LOUNGE MUSIC)
 80 (12) Herb Ellis - Gravy Waltz: the Best of... (EUPHORIA JAZZ/SUNDAZED)
 81 (12) Ovuca - Lactavent (REPHLEX)
 82 (12) V/A - Connect the Dots: Music 4 All Cities (CONCENTRATED ENTERTAINMENT)
 83 (11) Datach'i - (rec+play) (CAIPIRINHA)
 84 (11) Fura - The Weight of Numbers (self-released)
 85 (11) Lord High Fixers - Is Your Club a Secret Weapon? (ESTRUS)
 86 (11) Luke Slater - Wireless (NOVAMUTE)
 87 (11) New Jakarta Ensemble  - Commonality (SIAM)
 88 (11) Omara Portuondo - Palabras (INTUITION)
 89 (11) T-Cisco - The Destructive Edit (UBIQUITY)
 90 (11) V/A - Stompin' Vol. 26 (STOMPIN')
 91 (10) Accidental Heroes - 'Dragster' 12-inch (EMOTIF/XSTATIC)
 92 (10) Autechre - ep7 (WARP/NOTHING)
 93 (10) Jacques Tremblay - Alibi (EMPREINTES DIGITALES)
 94 (10) Land of the Loops - Hurry Up and Wait (UP)
 95 (10) Ray Wylie Hubbard - Crusades of the Restless Knights (ROUNDER)
 96 (10) Steve Nelson-Raney/Hal Rammel - Breathing (PENUMBRA MUSIC)
 97 (10) V/A - Easy Tempo (EIGHTEENTH STREET LOUNGE MUSIC)
 98 (10) V/A - Harangue 1 (EARSAY)
 99 (9) Castaway Stones - Make Love to You (SHELFLIFE)
100 (9) Comet Gain - Tigertown Pictures (KILL ROCK STARS)
101 (9) DJ Spooky - Subliminal Minded EP (OUTPOST); vs. the Freight Elevator Quartet: File Under Futurism (CAIPIRINHA)
102 (9) Kepa Junkera - Bilbao 00:00h (ALULA)
103 (9) Klute  - Casual Bodies (SMILE)
104 (9) Plone - For Beginner Piano (MATADOR)
105 (9) V/A - Fifties Female ÔUnknowns': Rhythm ÔN'Blues Obscurities Vol. One ()
106 (8) Bruce Haack, Esther Nelson & Dimension 5 Records - Listen Compute Rock Home (EMPEROR NORTON)
107 (8) Charlemagne Palestine - Schlingen-Blangen (NEW WORLD)
108 (8) Charles Ives - Ives Plays Ives  (CRI)
109 (8) Deke Dickerson and the Ecco-Fonics - More Million Sellers (HIGHTONE)
110 (8) Flin Flon - Boo-Boo (TEENBEAT)
111 (8) Joe Puma - It's a Blue World (EUPHORIA JAZZ/SUNDAZED)
112 (8) Lee Hyla - Riff and Transfiguration (TZADIK)
113 (8) Michel F. Cote - Compil Zouave (AMBIANCES MAGNETIQUES/DAME)
114 (8) rhBand - 6.20.98 (KLANG INDUSTRIES)
115 (8) Squarepusher - Selection Sixteen; Maximum Priest EP (WARP/NOTHING)
116 (8) V/A - Surprise Package Vol. 1 & 2 (FLYING BOMB)
117 (8) Emperor Penguin - Extreme Gaming (MY PAL GOD)
118 (7) Atom and His Package - Making Love (NO IDEA)
119 (7) David Doucet - 1957 (ROUNDER)
120 (7) Francisco Lopez - Untitled (1993)  (SOLEILMOON)
121 (7) Harry Partch - Delusion of the Fury (INNOVA)
122 (7) High Llamas - Snowbug (V2)
123 (7) Kent 3/Leatherboy - split 7-inch (EXTRA BALL)
124 (7) Lullaby for the Working Class - Song (BAR/NONE)
125 (7) Pluramon - Render Bandits (MILLE PLATEAUX)
126 (7) Richard Maxfield/Harold Budd - The Oak of the Golden Dreams (NEW WORLD)
127 (7) Sonic Youth - Goodbye 20th Century (SYR)
128 (7) Splash 4 - Shame Shame Shame (DIONYSUS)
129 (7) V/A - Osmosis (LEAF)
130 (6) Alva - Slattery for Ungdom (MENLO PARK)
131 (6) Barcelona - Simon Basic (MARCH)
132 (6) Beck  - Midnite Vultures (DGC/GEFFEN)
133 (6) Big Boy Pete - Psycho-Relics, Part II (BACCHUS/DIONYSUS)
134 (6) Binary System - From the Epicenter (ATAVISTIC)
135 (6) Cabbageboy - Genetically Modified (NINJA TUNE)
136 (6) DJ Dara - Halfway Home (SMILE)
137 (6) Fly Pan Am - s/t (CONSTELLATION)
138 (6) George Van Eps - Mellow Guitar (EUPHORIA JAZZ/SUNDAZED)
139 (6) Hydroplane - Hope Against Hope (DRIVE-IN)
140 (6) Liz Knowles - The Celtic Fiddle of...  (LYRICHORD)
141 (6) Maria Salgado - Mirandote (INTUITION)
142 (6) Mike Vargas - Whispering the Turmoil Down (self-released)
143 (6) Rainer Maria - Atlantic EP (POLYVINYL)
144 (6) V/A - The New Latinaires 2 (UBIQUITY)
145 (6) V/A - Ethiopian Urban and Tribal Music, Vols. 1 & 2 (ROUNDER)
146 (6) V/A - Ethiopiques Vol. 5 (BUDA)
147 (5) Amps for Christ - Electrosphere (SHRIMPER)
148 (5) Bike Ride - Thirty-Seven Secrets I Only Told America (HIDDEN AGENDA/PARASOL)
149 (5) Coyote Men - Two Sides of... (ESTRUS)
150 (5) Doldrums - Desk Trickery (KRANKY)
151 (5) Eric Gaffney - Brilliant Concert Numbers (OLD GOLD)
152 (5) Frantic Flattops - Rock-n-Roll Murder (GET HIP)
153 (5) Krust - Coded Language (MERCURY)
154 (5) Le Forbici di Manitu - play & remix Lieutenant Murnau (1980-1984) (SOLEILMOON)
155 (5) Little Jimmy Scott - Everybody's Somebody's Fool (DECCA/MCA)
156 (5) Muslimgauze - Azad; Speaking with Hamas (STAALPLAAT)
157 (5) Ramesh Mishra - Raga Jog (INDIA ARCHIVE MUSIC)
158 (5) Shujaat Khan - Raga Malkauns (INDIA ARCHIVE MUSIC)
159 (5) Yips - The Seven Pillars of the Yips (MENLO PARK)
160 (5) Zap Mama - A Ma Zone (LUAKA BOP)
161 (5) Highway 13 - Thrill Show (GET HIP)
162 (4) At the Price of the Union - The Mechanics of Wind EP (BUDDY SYSTEM)
163 (4) Beth Custer - In the Broken Fields Where I Lie (self-released)
164 (4) Boys Next Door - s/t (SUNDAZED)
165 (4) Breakestra - 'Getcho Soul Togetha' 7-inch (STONE'S THROW)
166 (4) Brume & Toy Bizarre - s/t (STAALPLAAT)
167 (4) Dynamic Syncopation - Dynamism (NINJA TUNE)
168 (4) Les Savy Fav - The Cat and the Cobra (FRENCHKISS)
169 (4) No-Talents - Want Some More (ESTRUS)
170 (4) S.O.L.O. - Out is In (BEGGARS BANQUET)
171 (4) Simon Joyner - The Lousy Dance (TRUCKSTOP/ATAVISTIC)
172 (4) Stephen Drury - Faith, the Loss of Faith, and the Return of Faith (AVANT)
173 (4) Susie Ibarra Trio - Radiance (HOPSCOTCH)
174 (4) Larry Rice, Tony Rice, Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen - s/t (ROUNDER)

Here's a list of recently added releases that didn't make the big chart:

Otomo Yoshihide - Cathode (TZADIK)
Death Ambient - Synaesthesia (TZADIK)
Television Power Electric - s/t (GENTLE GIANT)
FreQ.Nasty - FreQs, Geeks, & Mutilations (BOTCHIT AND SCARPER)
Andrea Parker - Kiss My Arp (MO WAX)
Kid Loco - DJ-Kicks (K7)
Assif Tsahar & Brass Reeds - The Hollow World (HOPSCOTCH)
Make Up - Save Yourself (K)
Mogwai - EP+2 (MATADOR)
World (of Dreams) - Who is Yahdoosh? (DARK BELOVED CLOUD)
G.E. Stinson - Vapor (ECSTATIC PEACE!)
Roots Manuva - Brand New Second Hand (BIG DADA/NINJA TUNE)
New Flesh for Old - Equilibrium (BIG DADA/NINJA TUNE)
Animals on Wheels - Nuvol I Cadira (NINJA TUNE)
V/A - Negro Work Songs and Calls (ROUNDER)
LeTigre - s/t (MR. LADY)
Rondelles - The Fox (TEENBEAT)
DNA Le Draw D Kee - s/t (SOLEILMOON)
Philosopher's Stone - Apparatus (KRANKY)
James Plotkin/Brent Gutzeit - Mosquito Dream (KRANKY)
Jenny Mae/Gem - split 7-inch (SPARE ME)
Class/Unisex - split 7-inch (DOUBLE AGENT)
Los Ass Draggers - Kings of Cheezy EP (GET HIP)
Blowtops - 'Voodoo Alley' 7-inch (BIG NECK); 'Maniac at Large' 7-inch (FLYING BOMB)
Donald Miller Trio - Here Below (KLANG INDUSTRIES)
Aphrodite - s/t (V2)
Buddhadev Das Gupta - Raga Chhaya (INDIA ARCHIVE MUSIC)
Ustad Vilayat Khan - Raga Shree (INDIA ARCHIVE MUSIC)
Alp - At Home With... (SOLEILMOON)
Nigel Ayers/John Everall/Mick Harris - Mesmeric Enabling Device (SOLEILMOON)