Friday, June 19, 2009

History Of Music 2003

To which we discovered Elizabeth Cook, The Libertines and welcomed back Fleetwood Mac.  And a few others that I forgot about till I compiled this list and forgot them all over again.

1.  Elizabeth Cook-Hey Y'all (Warner Brothers 42:46) A-
2.  System Of A Down-Steal This Record (American 43:31) B+
3.  Porcupine Tree-In Absentia (Lava 68:18) A-
4.  House Of Large Sizes (What Are Records 39:03) B+
5.  Audioslave (Epic 65:26)  C+
6.  Jim & Jessie  First Sounds (Capitol 39:43) B+
7.  Semisonic-20th Century Masters (MCA 47:56) B+
8.  Primal Scream-Evil Heat (Epic 41:49) B
9.  Ministry-Animositisomina (Sanctuary 53:42) A-
10.Ozark Mountain Daredevils-20th Century Masters (Interscope 42:44) B+

11.  American Hi Fi-The Art Of Losing (Island 36:38) B-
12.  Jennifer Hanson (Capitol 43:33) A-
13.  Blue Oyster Cult-A Long Day's Night (Sanctuary 79:00) B
14.  King Crimson-USA (Caroline 68:39) A-
15.  King Crimson-Earthbound (Caroline 45:00) B-
16.  Humble Pie-Back On Track (Sanctuary 39:40) B+
17.  Boston-Corporate America (Armtemis 44:30) B+
18.  Foo Fighters-One By One (RCA 53:02) C+
19.  Warren Zevon-Genius (Rhino/Elektra 78:31) B+
20.  The Bad Plus-These Are The Times (Columbia 52:33) B-

21.  Hootie And The Blowfish (Atlantic 47:41) C+
22.  Hawks-Perfect World Radio (Not Lame 59:05) B
23.  Allman Brothers-Hitting The Note (Sanctuary/Peach 75:06) A-
24.  George Thorogood-Ride Till I Die (Eagle Rock 46:54) B+
25.  Amy Rigby-Till The Wheels Fall Off (Signature Sounds 51:55) B
26.  The Mooney Suzuki-Electric Sweat (Columbia 34:40) B+
27.  Libertines-Up The Bracket (Rough Trade 43:48) A-
28.  Fleetwood Mac-Say You Will (Reprise 76:05) B
29.  Leonard Cohen-The Essensial (Columbia 77:46-78:24) A-
30.  Bruce Cockburn-Anything Anytime Anywhere (Rounder 71:43) A-

31.  King Crimson-The Power To Believe (Sanctuary 51:11) B-
32.  The Thorns (Aware/Columbia 40:48) B-
33.  Rank And File-The Slash Years (Rhino Handmade 76:43) A+
34.  Less Than Jake-Anthem (Sire 43:50) A-
35.  Linda Thompson-One Clear Moment (Rhino Handmade 53:55) B+
36.  Led Zeppelin-How The West Was Won (Atlantic 56:05-53:10-40:50) A-
37.  The Donnas-Spend The Night (Atlantic 39:55) A-
38.  Kentucky Headhunters-Soul (Audium 48:29) B
39.  Richard Thompson-The Old Kilt Bag (Cooking Vinyl 58:46) B
40.  Roger Miller-All Time Greatest Hits (Mercury 50:25) A-

41.  Fountains Of Wayne-Welcome Interstate Managers (S Curve 55:00) A-
42.  Drive By Truckers-Decoration Day (New West 64:50) A-
43.  Bleu-Redhead (Aware 55:00) C-
44.  Mest (Maverick 49:00) B-
45.  Liz Phair (Capitol 50:16) B
46.  Dwight Yoakum-Population Me (Audium 31:51) B
47.  Temptations-Psycheldelic Soul (Motown 71:39-75:42) B+
48.  Foghat-Family Jewels (Fuel/Varese  57:25) B+
49.  Status Quo-Heavy Traffic (Hip O 52:27) B+
50.  Yardbirds-Birdland (Favored Nations 56:54) C

51.  Queensryche-Tribe (Sanctuary 41:35) B-
52.  Eve 6-It's All In Your Head (RCA 44:41) B-
53.  Fred McDowell-Heritage Of The Blues (Hightone 35:50) B+
54.  Killing Joke (Epic 59:18) A-
55.  Brothers Johnson-Strawberry Letter 23 Best Of (A&M 79:20) A-
56.  Kings Of Leon-Youth And Young Manhood (RCA 46:06) B+
57.  Grand Drive (Private Music 61:22) B+
58.  Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-Take Them On Your Own (Virgin 55:50)B-
59.  Ravonettes-Chain Gang Of Love (Columbia 33:19) A-
60.  ZZ Top-Mescalero (RCA 66:15) B

61.  Andrew WK-The Wolf (Island 43:24) C+
62.  Ratt-Metal Hits (Flashback 41:50) B+
63.  Willie Nelson/Ray Price Run That By Me One More Time (Lost Highway 38:25) B
64.  Six Degrees Of Funk-Best Of George Clinton (Epic 72:56) B+
65.  MxPx-Before Everything And After (A&M 46:52) C
66.  A Perfect Circle-The Thirteen Step (Virgin 50:31) A-
67.  My Morning Jacket-It Still Moves (ATO 71:48) C+
68.  James Brown-50th Anniversity Collection (Polydor 77:05-79:27) A
69.  Fred McDowell-Heroes Of The Blues (Shout Factory 49:00) A
70.  When The Sun Goes Down-Poor Man's Heaven (RCA 73:05) B+

71.  Martin Scorace Presents Son House (Columbia 59:40) A-
72.  Martin Scorace Presents J B Lenoir (Chess/MCA 37:54) A-
73.  Martin Scorace Presents Keb Mo (Epic 60:45) B+
74.  John Mellencamp-Trouble No More (Columbia 46:41) B-
75.  Rev Gary Davis-Heroes Of The Blues (Shout Factory 60:35) B+
76.  Leadbelly-Take This Hammer (Bluebird 79:47) A-
77.  The Strokes-Room On Fire (RCA 33:00) B
78.  Bottle Rockets-Blue Sky (Sanctuary 42:52) A-
79.  David Bowie-Reality (ISO/Columbia 49:17) B+
80.  REM Best Of 1988-2003 (Warner Brothers 76:15) A-

81.  Jet-Get Born (Elektra 48:33) B+
82.  16 Horsepower-Olden (Jetset 63:22) B+
83.  Sonny Boy Williamson-Bluebird Blues (Bluebird 73:58) A-
84.  Blue Rodeo-Palace Of Gold (Rounder 69:56) B-
85.  Chris Knight-The Jealous Kind (Dualtone 45:56) B+
86.  Supergrass-Life On Other Planets (Island 42:17) A-
87.  Romantics-61/49 (Webb 36:53) A-
88.  Old And In The Gray (Acoustic Disc 51:20) A-
89.  Living Colour-Collide-scope (Sanctuary 60:39) C+
90.  Steely Dan-Everything Must Go (Reprise 42:24) B

91.  Legendary Shack Shakers-Cockadooledont (Bloodshot 33:30) B-
92.  Warren Zevon-The Wind (Sheridan Square 45:07) A-
93.  Iggy Pop-Skull Ring (Virgin 61:38) B+
94.  Beatles-Let It Be Naked (Apple 35:00) B
95.  Fefe Dobson (Island 49:57) B+
96.  Marshall Tucker Band-Stompin Room Only (Shout Factory 72:42) B
97.  Kid Rock (Atlantic 67:46) B-
98.  The Darkness-Permission To Land (Atlantic 38:10) A-

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