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I could go into a lot of blather about how much shit has gone down this month, but I think there's a certain YouTube clip that pretty much sums it all up:

And with that, here's my October journal...

Love 2 by Air
Billed as a return to the lo-fi swoonisms of their debut full-length release, 1998’s Moon Safari, Air’s sixth studio album is also the first to have been recorded and produced at their self-built recording facility; and unfortunately that would appear to be where the only vestiges of novelty lie on this release. For ambient, loungified Europop, it ticks all of the boxes, even if most of the tracks here err on the slightly more boring and pedestrian side of elegant levity (hear Be A Bee, which manages to sound like an Air track with none of the warmth or humour prevalent in their earlier work). There are times when the album passes for something more interesting, most arguably on seven-minute centrepiece Tropical Disease which features some nice arpeggios, jazzy horns and chirpy woodwinds, and you can argue that Godin and Dunckel have matured in their sound in their attempt to deliver something a little more understated. On the flip-side of the same coin though, it would appear there is a distinct lack of imagination present, and the album unfortunately does suffer from a lack of guest vocalists such as Beth Hirsch and Jarvis Cocker from previous albums. At its best, Love 2 is a lighter-than-air trifle, but too often, it fades into easygoing non-distinction.

Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know by múm
Arriving amidst the post-millennial rush of Icelandic alt-pop wonderments led by Sigur Rós, múm have held fast on to their international cult following via a charmingly left-of-centre mixture of glitch-infused post-rock that has slowly but surely moved further into the realms of folktronica. With this, their fifth studio album, it would appear they have reached this target head on, eschewing the more overt electronic elements for their most straight-sounding folk outing yet. This means that, fans of their minimal electro beats and warm bass synths are to be a little dismayed, in their place being plenty of lovely acoustic interludes and wistfully sung tunes backed with plaintively arranged string sections and sweet percussive elements, which is never less than lovely, but certainly inhabits a soundscape much more twee and less resonant than previous releases. There are moments where the eight-strong band hit something vaguely akin in quality to their past works with this more streamlined sound, such as the percussive Pong noises found The Smell Of Today Is Sweet Like Breastmilk In The Wind electronically whipping the traditional instrumentation into something almost-frantically cute, but missteps such as The Last Shapes of Never and the glockenspiel-led Prophecies and Reversed Memories stray the wrong side of disarming to almost disappear completely from the memory.

Beauty Killer by Jeffree Star
Self-styled genderfuck drag artist Jeffree Star’s debut studio album has been in the offing for two years, finally seeing release after finding Internet fame via MySpace and two self-released EP’s, having started out as a makeup artist to the stars in his mid-teens. As you can imagine, with an inbuilt obsession with vanity and fashion already dominating his persona, Killer doesn’t go for anything less than acidic, trendy electroclash, Star’s voice electronically altered in almost every instance to wallow in his accusatory diatribes of sexual submission and confrontation, at times coming across as Blackout-era Britney Spears crossed with John Waters’ muse, Divine. Sometimes, as on opening one-two Get Away With Murder and Prisoner, Star strikes his target with some style, even if it is mired in noticeably less substance that what would most likely be coursing through most L.A. clubkids’ veins; but often, some fatal missteps kill the party dead in its tracks, key offender being Love Rhymes With Fuck You, which appears to confuse controversial cool with rampant obnoxiousness. However, the major grind against the album is that Star himself never appears less than rabidly sex-hungry and fame-obsessed, which means he doesn’t come across as the most appealing electro-diva to hit the airwaves; however, you can bet he doesn’t really give a fuck about issues like that.

Rokstarr by Taio Cruz
Not letting slightly-disappointing sales of his debut last year get him down, Mr Cruz has done well to make sure he gets on top this year. Constantly popping up in Internet news with regards to the likes of Tinchy Stryder (with whom he shared a Top 3 UK single earlier in the year), Sugababes (he’s on Keisha’s side, by the by!) and Cheryl Cole (who passed on the single that became his first chart topper, Break Your Heart), Cruz’s profile as the UK’s multi-hyphenate pop star of the moment is more than assured, in time to give his follow-up album a better shot at the charts. However, the fact that he re-named his sophomore effort after his own range of sunglasses probably suggests what kind of a glossy, shiny and ultimately shallow record Rokstarr is. Last time around, Cruz was accused of being a little too schmaltzy on his debut Departure (whose opener I'll Never Love Again bafflingly features here midway through the action), and possibly as a result, there’s a bit more of a shade of the lothario about him here, highlighted by Break and its follow-up Dirty Picture, the latter featuring up-and-coming Lady GaGa clone Ke$ha. However, it’s soon dispelled by efforts such as Best Girl and Falling In Love, and it isn’t helped that Cruz and co-producer Fraser T. Smith are fond of the same production gimmicks throughout. Another notch on the disposable pop belt then...

Overcome by Alexandra Burke
Though it provided an important stepping stone in launching Leona Lewis as an international pop star, success proved elusive for the rest of the winners of UK TV’s ultimate Reality show crown. True, Shayne Ward continues to sell admirably well in the UK, but Lewis’ success across the pond helped transform the show from a national talent show to an important pitching tool for the American market. However, whether last year’s worthy winner Alexandra Burke can crack America remains to be seen because, in spite of proving her mettle as quite an endearingly physical performer on the show, the material with which she has been foisted for her debut album is dispiritingly low on character and soul. They’ve done well to differentiate Burke from Lewis by giving her a more uptempo modus operandi for her wannabe divahood (working best on Broken Heels and standout track Dumb, both RedOne cuts) and her voice shows a more relatable grit on the ballads than her fellow winner’s galvanising trills, but even with the amount of star-heavy assignments from the likes of Brian Kennedy, Stargate and Ne-Yo filling up the credits, Burke never rises further than as a notably capable young singer rather than a star in her own right. The second album better show some growth, girlie, I didn’t finally vote for a winner to see her become an autonomous would-be star.

Straight No Chaser by Mr Hudson
With regards to current trends in popular culture, it would appear that we really ought to be proud to be British. The latest success story to emerge from our humble isles is that of Mr Hudson and the Library, who’ve been snapped up by none other than Kanye West himself in a bid to reinvent their lead singer as a siècle nouveau pop star for the masses after picking up a copy of their humble debut a tale of two cities. Identity confusion aside (according to the albums liner notes, The Library members are still present in their playing on most tracks), what remains is a confusingly odd affair with its share of bombastic moments (second single Supernova and Everything is Broken in particular) with Hudson coming across often times as an immensely Autotune-altered Sting, which is as wary as it sounds! The production, co-administered by West and Hudson themselves, often throws up some nice touches (such as the delicate glitches found on premiere single There Will Be Tears), but its all held together by a leading man suffering from a rather acute case of a personality vacuum; between this and Malik Yusef’s lamentable double-disc behemoth released earlier this year, West’s stock on talentspotting is certainly on the wane.

Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful? by Paloma Faith
Sometime actress and full time warbler Paloma Faith is the latest in a longline to court the Winehouse Comparison, with her husky soulful voice at odds with the frankly less-than-disarming daffiness displayed in interviews. Even though she arrives at least two years late to the party (in fact just in time to get a little spotlight space ahead of Amy’s own replacement relative, who features much later in this entry), Faith’s emphasis on theatricality and histrionics is a welcome break from the overrated likes of Duffy and Adele, taking full advantage of a full orchestra to add some galvanising swoon to the proceedings (particularly on previous single New York and the Bond theme-esque drama of the title track). Often times though, it can get the better of Faith’s songs, content to sweep themselves off in whatever superficiality they create, much like Faith’s own skills as a singer. There’s no doubt that hers is a voice that can technically soar past many of her contemporaries and given the right collaborator she can indeed be very good (her track on Basement Jaxx’s recent album is one of its highlights), but here she is prone to too many moments where her performance becomes too much of an act to take her seriously. She certainly can’t be accused of being bland and using cyncial retro arrangements to grab our attention though, which means she remains someone to watch in the future.

Where the Wild Things Are Motion Picture Soundtrack: Original Songs By Karen O And The Kids by Karen O and the Kids
Anyone who knows me personally and has seen the trailer for Spike Jonze’s upcoming adaptation of Maurice Setzler’s classics children’s book Where The Wild Things Are will know how excited I’ve been since first seeing it in the summer months (if you haven’t, find it here). Opening at number one at the American box office with a decent gross for what has been billed as more of a director’s vision than a bona fide blockbuster, distributor Warner Bros. wisely advertised the film towards a more adult audience who would appreciate its earthy charms rather than to tweenyboppers weaned onto plastic paradises of the ilk of Disney and DreamWorks. This has followed through to the musical soundtrack, composed by Jonze’s then-girlfriend Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs (but you knew that!), which works more as a retracing of childhood “rumpuses” and traumas than a straight-up kiddie tie-in. At times brash, unwieldy, whimsical and more than a little noisy (and even committing a cardinal soundtrack sin of featuring dialogue from the film itself throughout), it certainly sounds like the perfect compliment to such an intimately epic visual piece. As a stand alone album, it has its moments (the best being the quieter ones such as Hideaway and the soothing howls found on Cliffs) but may need the film itself to inspire magic within the listener to fully work.

Break Up by Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson
Though the sessions predate those for her divisive, Dave Sitek-helmed debut Anywhere I Lay My Head, Johansson’s collaboration with singer-songwriter Yorn has now been released little more than three years later; whether this is due to Johansson’s hectic filming schedules or the success (re: failure?) of her debut album is unclear, but the result is rather innocuous and charming enough in its own right to see the light of day. Critics of Johansson’s Tom Waits project will be relieved to find her in a more wistful and sweeter voice here first of all, hers a perfect complement to Yorn’s guileless melodies and strumming, charting with winsome earnestness the twilight of a once loving relationship, a standout being the confused yearning of I Don't Know What To Do. However, one tidbit of trivia about the disc does reveal something about the collaboration itself in that Scarlett’s vocals were recorded in all of two afternoon sessions, which may help to explain the genuinely inconsequential nature of the music itself (and, at 29 minutes, an EP-shaped running time!). Granted, it’s textured and sweet, with Yorn and Johansson providing a likeable foil for each other throughout, but even as a gossamer-light acoustic delight, it falls just shy of being truly memorable, never mind remarkable.

Sub Focus by Sub Focus
Having enjoyed decent airplay on Radio 1 as well as remix duties for the likes of The Prodigy and Empire of the Sun previously, drum’n’bass artist Nick Douwma makes his debut as a solo artist in his own right with his self-titled LP. Now admittedly things get off to a bad start on opening track Let the story begin, where a formidable brass section is reduced to a single, ear-splitting screech from which it cannot recover. Thankfully, the rest of the album takes a more subtle cue with which to blast the listener with resonant bass lines and samples, particularly on the dubstep flirting found on Last Jungle and on Deep Space, a fine piece of dirty retro d’n’b which has the added bonus of being one of the better TV show themes never composed. Another encouraging feature of Douwma’s music is that he’s more than happy to switch up his genres more than once, often, as on the electro-house number Could This Be Real with its oldschool piano line; however, this doesn’t mean that Dowma evades the risk of his sounds appearing more than a little dated as opposed to paying homage whilst pressing his ear toward future dance movements, most tracks here sounding like Liam Howlett cuts before Maxim and Keith Flynt could yell any sort of chant on top of them.

100% by Beverley Knight
Keeping your head above water for over fifteen years in the world of UK soul and R&B is no small feat, but Ms Knight’s success has been hard-fought, bewitching her fans with that hella-wonderful voice of hers. The first album out of the gate of her own record label after eleven years with Parlophone (who most likely wanted to push her towards more classic R&B standards after her last cover album), 100% sees Knight take on more contemporary-flavoured jams than her last two albums and its testament to her musical smarts that, even when she falls on so rare an instance such as the ill-advised Autotune interlude on In Your Shoes, she still dusts off enough charisma and full-throated delivery to let it slide past. Enlisting old friends Guy Chambers and DJ Munro from Affirmation as well as some impressively-established outsiders (Amanda Ghost, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Chaka Khan herself), it’s as solidly entertaining as any of her previous work, if not groundbreaking enough to breakout past her loyal fanbase. Highlights here include Bee Gees cover Too Much Heaven and Gold Chain.

Wordshaker by The Saturdays
Despite having a platinum-selling debut album under their belt, it still doesn’t quite feel as though the Great British Public have taken this hardworking girl group into their hearts quite as much as they should have. Perhaps suffering from the sheer amount of female-fronted power pop that has cropped up on the radio throughout the year (made ironic by the fact that their biggest competition from last year, labelmates Girls Aloud, have been strangely absent for most of it), even the customary glut of superstar producers (The Runaways, Steve Mac, Per Magnusson and David Kreuger) haven’t allowed the girls to make the same impact that the likes of Kelly Clarkson and Jordin Sparks have had this year. Which is a shame, because they’re backed up with better tunes than most popstrels of their profile and know how to sell them better too; it’s testament to The Runaways’ production skills and the girls themselves that lead single Forever Is Over belies its credentials as a James 'Busted' Bourne composition, whilst tracks such as Ego and Open Up are unabashedly uplifting in their sassiness and sold through with enough panache as to not seem gimmicky. They deserve better from their press team, and for a fledgling girlgroup that’s no faint praise!

Origin:Orphan by The Hidden Cameras
Headed by singer/songwriter Joel Gibb, The Hidden Cameras have remained elusive with regards to being embraced by the mainstream, in spite of various alumnus finding international recognition in their own works (the most quoted being one-time member Mike Olsen’s Arcade Fire, whom undeniably draw influences from Gibb’s collective). Celebrated for his prior works’ sexual overtones and raucous playfulness dressed up in charmingly subversive folk-pop, it would appear that this fifth album foretells an upcoming period of jadedness for the Cameras, if the high-drama of the opener Ratify The New and the title track are anything to go by. Which isn’t to say that Gibb has lost his playful touch entirely; highlight Underage is as familiar a kinky, lyrical lightning rod as any other in the Cameras back catalogue, whilst Colour Of A Man and closer Silence Can Be A Deadline in particular play as sweetly and elegantly as anything on The Smell of Our Own. Then again, following an album titled Awoo with one that suggests more than a hint of loneliness and trepidation within a new world was always going to bring its share of changes (Gibb has since moved from Canada to Berlin since the previous Cameras album, Awoo, so perhaps that was a factor?), so let’s hope Gibb rediscovers his playful mojo fully in time for the next Cameras album.

Tongue'n'Cheek by Dizzee Rascal
For all of Dylan Mills’ detractors who upon the release of his best-selling single of last year, Dance Wiv Me, began throwing accusations of the East London MC selling out, the title of his commercial breakthrough record pretty much says it all. Mr Rascal has always shown a degree of humour in his rhymes, but he lets his inner prankster loose full blast here, recounting tales of high-flyer clichés of freaky groupies, fly cars and new money wealth that would sound bizarre if they weren’t filtered through aspirational MTV programming every day (Freaky Freaky has been a lightning rod for its apparent misogyny for those who can’t see through the pastiche). Even a passing listen though reveals that Dizzee’s not lost his edge on social commentary, despite what the critics of his singles say, as found on album highlights Can't Tek Me No More and forthcoming single Dirtee Cash. However, there are wrinkles in Dizzee’s self-effacing suit; there is still a frisson running through the entire album wherein the rapper’s intentions may be misinterpreted by some as condoning all of this vacuousness rather than commenting upon it, and tapping the likes of Armand van Helden, Calvin Harris and Tiësto smacks of cynically utilising the UK dance market for some 24-karat hits. Or, you can just let the guy have a laugh at the height of his career, take your pick...

3 Words by Cheryl Cole
And The Award For The Album That I Had No Idea I Was Going To Like Quite As Much As I Ended Up Doing So Far This Year goes to... Seriously though, when I heard that Mrs Cole was going to be the first member of Girls Aloud to dip her toes into the popworld realms as a solo music artist, I was a little confused; Cole has, Aloud aside, always marketed herself as more of a media mogul and a fashion glamourpuss than someone passionate about making music, as her gig as a judge/mentor on TV’s The X Factor has established. But with this solo album, Cole has almost single-handedly raised her game as a pop star in her own right; in spite of there being recorded proof that she isn’t exactly a premier vocalist, she still has enough of an intelligent and classy edge to differentiate herself for the robodivas lying in the wake of GaGa’s all-out pop offensive. Whilst she solidly holds court here and shares a few writing credits, plaudits must also be given to her team at play behind the studio glass; contributions here from Ingrid Michaelson, Taio Cruz and in particular will.i.am, whose 3 Words is quite possibly the most surprisingly great pop moment of the year so far and on. Sure, it’s hard to imagine her crying over anyone like she does in the less-than-convincing Make Me Cry and any album featuring a Bedingfield composition has a strike against it in my book, but Cole may have done the impossible and convinced the music fans she is in fact a star.

My Way by Ian Brown
It takes an artist of either grandly justified confidence or vastly questionable ambition to compare their upcoming album to what is largely considered the greatest album ever made in recording history. Therefore, it says something about Northern monkey Ian Brown that, when he began promoting his sixth album whilst alluding to its inspiration, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, a lot of people weren’t immediately incensed to shocked aghastness. Eye-rolling bemusement, certainly, but reminding the press of mastering said album on the day the King Of Pop shifted his mortal coil didn’t do any favours, surely? Well, Thriller it certainly isn’t, but Brown survives grand pitfall of egotism with some assurance on this LP, the allusion to Jackson’s classic obviously referring to the pop-friendly sounds permeating throughout. Opener Stellify was actually written for Rihanna until Brown claimed it for himself, Vanity Kills features beats that wouldn’t go amiss on a Timbaland record and Always Remember Me is so classily cheesy that, if it weren’t for Brown’s unmistakably tuneless voice lending it something palpably moving, it wouldn’t have gone amiss a latter-day Take That album. Though in the long run the record becomes quite creaky, it’s testament to Brown and long-time collaborator Dave McCracken that they get away with something like this with some panache really.

Monsters of Folk by Monsters of Folk
Four years in the making accounting for its members’ various day jobs, this latest American supergroup consists of some of the finest folk musicians currently strumming their way through America (Yim Yames, Conor Oberst, M. Ward and producer Mike Mogis) carry with them a reputation more high-profile than most. Now, other than Ward, I’m at a disadvantage reviewing this LP with regards to how it differs from each of the components’ solo works; what I can tell though is that there are few supergroups who have gelled together quite so comfortably and enjoyably as these four troubadours, on fine evidence throughout this first (hopefully of a few more) albums. Completely bereft of ego, grandstanding and creative shoehorning, these four peers have come together to craft one of the finer folk albums of the year thus far; according to their website, it was born out of an immense interest on each of their parts to see how each of the other players worked in the studio with the intention of creating their own beast rather than solo spots with cameo appearances. And the results are often rather lovely, particularly on the harmonies of Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.) and the rock-leaning brashness of Losin’ Yo’ Head.

I Told You I Was Freaky by Flight of the Conchords
Better listened to as a commemorative soundtrack compilation to their Emmy-nominated second series for HBO, Jemaine and Bret’s sophomore studio album rather unfortunately suffers from a bit of a slump when compared to their debut last year precisely because it doesn’t hold as well without the second series of the intrepid Kiwi folk duo’s comedy show as a reference point. Which isn’t to say that there isn’t a shortage of chortlesome pitch-perfect parody to be had; highlights here include We're Both in Love with A Sexy Lady, with its beats and synths playfully licked from R Kelly’s mixing desk as the guys argue over a girl who may or may not be named “Brabara”, and Sting pastiche You Don’t Have To Be a Prostitute (easy targets, but there you go!) However, the record still feels like it comes up a little short with a lack of tunes compared to those featured in the actual series, which included a paean to psycho-fan Mel’s Conchord-featured dreams and a Magnolia-style reprise of Hurt Feelings, and the visual accompaniment is obviously lost and cannot enhance the comedy (particularly on Carol Brown from the episode directed by Michel Gondry). Still, with tunes as delightfully silly as Rambling Through the Avenues of Time and Petrov, Yelyena and Me (the latter one of the duo’s first ever tunes from years before), there’s still plenty of laughter to be had.

After Robots by BLK JKS
Forming in 2003 and eventually signed on to Secretly Canadian after a successful limited independent release back in 2007 that found their recordings being sold in the trendier music markets of the world, BLK JKS (a sort-of acronym for Black Jacks) are enjoying quite the fine hum of buzz in the indie/prog rock/world music arena for their heady mix of psychedelic rock, ska punk and traditional African music, having already shared stages with the likes of Santigold and Dirty Projectors and being particularly well-received at 2008’s SXSW festival. Co-produced by Secret Machines’ Brandon Curtis in the US earlier this year, their debut long-player does well to incorporate each of those elements and not only give each of the quartet a chance to shine (be it Tshepang Ramoba’s peerless command of the drum kit or Lindani Buthelezi’s evocative vocals) but also not to overegg certain influences for the sake of sounding ‘authentically’ indigenous to their roots in Soweto, South Africa. The album does close on the rather lovely acoustic number Tselane that will play up those cards, but before that we have the explosive charms of Skeleton and Kwa Nqingetje, predominantly surging hard rock performances that present a fine meshing of Western rock and Afrobeat but ultimately transcends both genres to provide something for everyone to listen to.

East Of Eden by Taken By Trees
Taking in a band of Pakistani players for her second album under her solo moniker, Victoria Bergsman’s knowing wistfulness is on full display on this acoustic delight of an album, relocating wholesale to Pakistan to record with Sufi musicians partly in reverence of two of her favourite singers in particular Abida Parveen and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and also in an effort to avoid the clinical creative drain from the modern studio recording experience. The result is never less than lovely, not just with regards to Bergsman’s sweet vocals (particularly in fine fetter on her Animal Collective cover, My Boys) but also in her utilisation of the Sufi arrangements, famed for their trance-like qualities and put to beguiling effect here, particularly on Day By Day. In direct contrast to the ambient delights found on the disc, Bergsman admittedly suffered some setbacks on this delicate delight of an album (highlighted in this short film here); it says something though that, even at nine songs long and a running time of little over thirty-minutes, the album represents something of a triumph for Bergsman, not just as a fitting tribute to an often-overlooked genre of world music, but also to her own songwriting pluck and talent.

Declaration Of Dependence by Kings of Convenience
For those who like their folk-pop light as air and sad-eyed as a defenseless puppy that’s been kicked in the gut (sorry for the offensive imagery, but I’m only describing what you’re in for if you listen to this album), the Norwegian duo strike those heartstrings again with their third studio album of wounded acousticisms. Ornate in its simplicity but direct in its emotional attack, brother troubadours Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe take no prisoners with their stripped-bare aesthetic, more often than not eschewing percussiove elements altogether and creating broken fragments of beautifully candid intimacy; this is just two men and their instruments hushedly reminding themselves they are still alive amidst the destruction done unto and by them. At times, the emotionally rich vocals and elegant melodies almost suggest a jazz like quality, further adding to the elegiac effect of the songs on offer here (standouts being Renegade and Riot On An Empty Street, the latter arriving a whole album late, it would appear). For all of the desolation permeating throughout the piece though, as evidenced by the title, these two would appear to have found each other again in time, not only to exchange tales of woe and missed chances, but to ultimately affect a change and start over together.

Kamaal The Abstract by Q-Tip
Shelved over seven years ago because of his then-label Arista’s reluctance to release such a non-commercially viable record off the back of his more mainstream-infused debut solo LP Amplified, Q-Tip’s critically lauded sophomore album finally sees the light of day, no doubt due to renewed interest kick-started by The Renaissance from last year. Following a jazz-funk groove deeper and more, for lack of a better word, abstract than most established rap acts would dare to tread, Q’s lack of artistic restraint and evident love of his jazz influences is laid bare for all to hear and still holds a significant thrall even after collecting dust over so many years. Entirely self-produced and on its nine tracks highlighting a lyrical maturity unheard from most urban musicians in their entire careers (Q’s optimism wins out on opener Feelin' and it’s nice to listen to pro-female lyrics as found on Even If It Is So for once), it represents a minor triumph for Q’s back catalogue, precisely because he doesn’t let his mouth run away from him and the laidback nature of the music proves more uplifting and cathartic than any mountain of petty, speed-of-sound cussing can try to emulate.

Embryonic by The Flaming Lips
Still flying in the face of their critics after twenty-six years together that includes eleven studio albums, eight extended plays and a film score to their very own sci-fi opus that finally saw release in the US last year after spending seven years in the making, it would appear that the Lips have confounded their listeners once again, their modus operandi on this double-disc behemoth being to cram absolutely everything that they couldn’t on their last few, more mainstram efforts. The result is a disjointed, dark journey through some impenetrably forboding psych-rock that either contains the Lips’ finest work or their most infuriatingly puzzling, depending on the mood that you find yourself in whilst listening to it, unless your mood happens to run the haphazard emotional gamut that the Lips are content to throw the listener into (for every sweetly disturbed ode such as Gemini Syringes, there is a ear-splitting rabble of The Sparrow In The Machine). However, one cannot deny the sheer gravitas of what is certainly one of the only genuine event records to see release this year; one gets the impression that, even if you cannot honestly summise the motives behind the Lips anarchic offerings here (featuring Karen O and MGMT as key special guests also), there is still something beyond the usual hard rock tropes at work here... Approach with caution.

She Wolf by Shakira
Given the emergence of electro-pop in its various guises over the last year or so, you can’t really blame Shakira for wanting to take it by the horns and try her hand at it. Now whether its down to her own mercurial likeability (and let’s face it, she’s pretty damned cute!) or her choice of collaborators on this latest effort (which include sort-of past it hitmakers The Neptunes, alongside Santigold’s co-producer John Hill and old friends Wyclef Jean and Jerry Duplessis), she’s hit paydirt with her third English language studio album. Sure, she may be taking cues from prior efforts by Britney Spears (Why Wait borderline threatens to turn into a Gimme More sequel before the maybe-genius Bollywood influence hits), but Shakira’s own influence can be felt here because she isn’t subsumed by the threat of crushing electro beats á la RedOne, rather more content to rely on some exceptional songwriting (The Bravery’s Simon Endicott contributes the two standouts, including the title track and Men In This Town) and imprinting her own sassy Latin roots on the proceedings, heard best here on possible future single Good Stuff. It’s the difference between a good pop star and a great one that can adapt to a new sound without letting it crush them into submission and still sound fresh and interesting; i.e., let’s see if Lady GaGa can pull this off later down the line!

The BQE by Sufjan Stevens
Originally written for a one-off performance run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House in November of 2007, composer Stevens has taken all of two years to put a multi-media package together for those who weren’t able to attend those three sold out nights. Straying further from his established oeuvre of classically-infused folk music, Stevens has delivered what could be described as his Rhapsody In Blue, as the spectre of George Gershwin in particular looms especially large over his almost entirely orchestral ode to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, bar the more electronically inclined Movement IV: Traffic Shock, which provides a quite-awesome break to the otherwise lovely, often beautiful passages illustrated here. Granted, it’s stunted when presented as simply a stand alone disc (the actual package contains an accompanying DVD of the motorway itself as filmed by Stevens, but not of any of the live performances, which featured a full-orchestra and a group of hula-hoop girls choreographed to the pieces), Stevens’ indulgence barrier will have been breached for a few of his less ardent listeners and members of the classical community may turn their noses up at yet another pop artist making an ill-fated stab at contemporary classical arrangements, but even all of that won’t detract from one of the more beauteous curios 2009 will have yet heard.

Introducing Dionne Bromfield by Dionne Bromfield
The phrase “hook ‘em when they’re young” feels semi-appropriate when writing about Miss Bromfield, Goddaughter to one Amy Winehouse and now a fledgling bona fide soul singer, cultivated by Ms Winehouse via her homegrown Lioness Records label. One comparison to be made other than her famous relative also is that of Joss Stone, who similarly set the recording world alight at a tender age with her The Soul Sessions album, a roster of carefully chosen covers that helped catapult her star into the stratosphere. However, whilst Stone came to prominence primarily by covering an indie anthem with a vintage Motown edge, Bromfield and her team have done well to transport her straight into the old-soul aesthetic with some carefully chosen classics, primarily because her voice, for a 13 year-old girl especially, is truly something to behold. Taking such sultry and galvanising command of standards such as Ain't No Mountain High Enough, My Boy Lollipop and Until You Come Back To Me, she strikes a prodigiously appealing chord that puts singers three times her age in her place. However, where she can go from here is an intriguing question (following her mentor’s example has its obvious pitfalls, after all), but for now, we can for once enjoy a kiddie cover album that no hip adult music listener should do without.

Album by Girls
A certainty to feature most prominently on Pitchfork’s Best Of ‘09 list, given their rapturous reception on the alt-music trendniks’ website along with many others, this indie rock group from San Francisco have ticked all of the boxes with regards to breakout success, with lead man Christopher Owens generating plenty of press via his personal history (being a former member of the Children Of God cult) and his blasé admission that the band’s debut disc was fermented via the method of copious drug-taking. Which, in of itself, doesn’t mean the listener is in for an infuriatingly bizarre audio misadventure nor the closest thing to an audio ascension to nirvana possible (the state of being, not the band!), as the quartet have gone and produced an almost-delicate alt-pop record awash in gorgeous feedback and timeless walls-of-noise. Described by the band themselves as a break-up record, it takes in serene psychedelic tropes as often as it does earthy ska punk, examples of each being gorgeous centrepiece Hellhole Ratrace (already earmarked by the ‘fork as a standout track of the last decade) and the joyous rabble of Morning Light, and as a result definitely cements its reputation as one of the more legitimately esteemed releases of 2009 thus far and, unfortunately for Pitchfork detractors, whilst it doesn’t quite scale the heights of hype prescribed, it comes very close!

Warp20 (Recreated) by Various Artists
In order to celebrate releasing some of the best avant-garde electronic/dance/pop/rock/alternative music to have been composed over the last two decades, those fellows at Warp have decided to go all out with a rather delectable deluxe box set in honest, spastic funk celebration. However, for those who can’t afford to purchase said limited edition set, two facets of Warp20 can be purchased individually. The first is a double disc extravaganza of previous releases (disc one by fans on the Warp website, disc deux by co-founding label head Steve Beckett), featuring hits from the likes of Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Battles, Plaid and Squarepusher. Up for review here is the second compilation, for those who probably have most of those tunes already in their previous incarnations, which is essentially a covers album from Warp’s current roster performing their personal favourites from the Warp back catalogue. Of the notable successes here are avant-folk outfit Born Ruffians covering Aphex Twin’s Milkman and To Cure A Weakling Child, Tim Exile’s heavily-processed take on Jamie Lidell’s A Little Bit More and Leila’s gorgeous piano work of Twin’s Vordhosbn. Well worth a look and contender for compilation of the year.

Tarot Sport by Fuck Buttons
After courting generous indie press plaudits for their debut Street Horrrsing last year (and pretty much alienating most readers who tried to listen to it in the process), Bristolian electronic drone meisters Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power have done well to reign in their inner noisenik to deliver an album that develops further from the art noise of their debut and yet retain an air of accessibility so as to endear them to a wider audience. Sure, you wouldn’t think upon listening to single Surf Solar’s frankly insane build which leads into Rough Steez’s reverb heavy power-slog that there was anything less commercial on the electro side of things, but the duo appear to have mastered the slow-build almost perfectly, because by the time The Lisbon Maru has segued into standout track olympians with through a mix of distorted guitar and heavy beats shot through with serene synths, you’re more than likely to be sold on this seven-track gem of an LP. Please bear in mind that for those who don’t like their jams at once trance-like in their ambience and positively ear-ringing in their drones, Tarot Sport will be a little too hard to swallow... For the more adventurous listener though, it’s a sonic highlight of the year!

And that is why Tarot Sport is my Album Of The Month For October...

Am knacked after that! Didn't check for typos this time so please feel free to make fun of any and everything in this journal! I'm game... ;^)

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1 Them - It's All Over Now Baby Blue
as used in "Basquiat"
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2 Underworld - Born Slippy
as used in "Trainspotting"
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3 Gioacchino Rossini - The Thieving Magpie
as used in "Clockwork Orange"
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4 Love and Rockets - This Heaven
as used in "The Doom Generation"
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5 Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
as used in "Fritz The Cat"
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6 Tom Waits - Innocent When You Dream (78)
as used in "Smoke"
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7 M.I.A. - Paper Planes
as used in "Slumdog Millionaire"
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8 Dick Dale - Misirlou
as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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9 Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy in New York
as used in "Garden State"
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10 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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11 T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer
as used in "Billie Elliott"
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12 Joy Division - Atmosphere
as used in "Control"
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13 Mulatu Astatke - Yekermo Sew
as used in "Broken Flowers"
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14 Laura Nyro - It's Gonna Take a Miracle
as used in "A Home At The End Of The World"
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15 Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
as used in "Trainspotting"
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16 Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
as used in "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas"
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17 Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears)
as used in "Gegen Die Wand"
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18 Dinah Washington - What A Difference A Day Makes
as used in "Lola Rennt"
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19 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
as used in "Jackie Brown"
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20 Iron & Wine - Such Great Heights
as used in "Garden State"
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21 The Stranglers - Golden Brown
as used in "Snatch"
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22 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love
as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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23 The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
as used in "O Brother Where Art Thou"
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24 The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs
as used in "The Doors"
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25 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand
as used in "Scream"
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26 The Doors - The End
as used in "Apocalypse Now"
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27 Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
as used in "Malcolm X"
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28 DeVotchKa - How It Ends
as used in "Little Miss Sunshine"
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29 Esquivel - Mucha Muchacha
as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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30 Van Morrison - Gloria
as used in "The Outsiders"
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31 Tom Waits - Little Drop of Poison
as used in "Shrek 2"
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32 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Burnin' And Lootin'
as used in "La Haine"
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33 Eddie Vedder - The Wolf
as used in "Into The Wild"
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34 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
as used in "Bowling For Columbine"
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35 Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
as used in "Kill Bill"
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36 Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
as used in "Boogie Nights"
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37 Folk Implosion - Nothing Gonna Stop
as used in "Kids"
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38 Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.3
as used in "Shine"
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39 Nine Inch Nails - Closer
as used in "Se7en"
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40 Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle
as used in "The Graduate"
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41 Derek and the Dominos - Layla
as used in "GoodFellas"
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42 Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
as used in "Airplane"
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43 Death in Vegas - Girls
as used in "Lost In Translation"
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44 Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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45 Ludwig van Beethoven - Für Elise
as used in "Elephant"
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46 Public Enemy - Fight The Power
as used in "Do The Right Thing"
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47 The Pogues - Summer In Siam
as used in "Basquiat"
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48 Smith - Baby It's You
as used in "Death Proof"
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49 Daniel Lanois - The Maker
as used in "Sling Blade"
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50 Harry Nilsson - Coconut
as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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51 Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
as used in "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas"
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52 David Bowie - Cat People
as used in "Inglorious Basterds"
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53 The Pogues - The Old Main Drag
as used in "My Own Private Idaho"
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54 Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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55 Blind Willie Johnson - Let Your Light Shine On Me
as used in "The Ladykillers"
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56 Sigur Rós - Samskeyti
as used in "Mysterious Skin"
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57 Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
as used in "Fight Club"
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58 Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk
as used in "La Bamba"
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59 Gary Jules - Mad World
as used in "Donnie Darko"
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76 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem
as used in "Amadeus"
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61 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her To Eternity
as used in "Der Himmel Über Berlin"
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62 Marilyn Manson - I Put A Spell On You
as used in "Lost Highway"
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63 Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
as used in "Philadelphia"
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64 Carl Orff - O Fortuna
as used in "The Doors"
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65 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
as used in "Forrest Gump"
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66 George Gershwin - An American In Paris
as used in "As Good As It Gets"
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67 Seu Jorge - Rebel Rebel
as used in "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou"
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68 Elliott Smith - Between The Bars
as used in "Good Will Hunting"
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69 The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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70 Patsy Cline - Crazy
as used in "C.R.A.Z.Y."
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71 Smog - Cold Blooded Old Times
as used in "High Fidelity"
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72 Charles Trenet - La Mer
as used in "The Diving Bell and The Butterfly"
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73 Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls
as used in "The Crow"
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74 Meat Beat Manifesto - Paradise Now
as used in "The Doom Generation"
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75 U2 - Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car
as used in "The Pillow Book"
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76 Richard Berry - Loui Loui
as used in "Coffee And Cigarettes"
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77 Giacomo Puccini - Madame Butterfly
as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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78 Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot
as used in "The Basketball Diaries"
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79 The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy
as used in "The People vs Larry Flynt"
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80 Boy George - The Crying Game
as used in "The Crying Game"
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81 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - If 6 Was 9
as used in "Point Break"
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82 Girls Against Boys - Kill the Sexplayer
as used in "Clerks"
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83 The Young Rascals - Groovin'
as used in "Platoon"
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84 Portishead - Roads
as used in "Tank Girl"
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85 Ben E. King - Stand by me
as used in "Stand By Me"
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86 Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves
as used in "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"
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87 Annie Lennox - Don't Let It Bring You Down
as used is "American Beauty"
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88 Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra: Einleitung
as used in "2001: A Space Odyssey"
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89 Frank Zappa - Dirty Love
as used in "The Ice Storm"
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90 The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
as used in "500 Days Of Summer"
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91 Ali Farka Touré - Ai Du
as used in "L'Auberge Espagnole"
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92 George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag
as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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93 Charlie Parker - April In Paris
as used in "Basquiat"
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94 Nena - 99 Luftballons
as used in "Boogie Nights"
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95 Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
as used in "The Lost Boys"
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96 Richard Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
as used in "Apocalypse Now"
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97 Tommy James and The Shondells - Crimson and Clover
as used in "Coffee And Cigarettes"
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98 Bono & Gavin Friday - In the Name of the Father
as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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99 Brian Eno - By This River
as used in "Y Tu Mama Tambien"
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100 Louis Armstrong - La Vie En Rose
as used in "Wall-E"
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101 Sonic Youth - Superstar
as used in "Juno"
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102 Ludwig van Beethoven - 9th Symphony
as used in "Clockwork Orange"
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103 Nortec Collective - Babel
as used in "Babel"
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104 Johnny Cash - Tennessee Stud
as used in "Jackie Brown"
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105 Elton John - Tiny Dancer
as used in "Almost Famous"
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106 Big Mama Thornton - Sing Out For Jesus
as used in "Vanishing Point"
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107 ZZ Top - Tush
as used in "Dazed and Confused"
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108 Gerard McMann - Cry Little Sister
as used in "The Lost Boys"
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109 Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
as used in "Boys Don't Cry"
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110 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - American Girl
as used in "Silence Of The Lambs"
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111 Pat Travers - Snortin' Whiskey
as used in "Sideways"
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112 Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation
as used in "Oceans Eleven"
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113 Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon
as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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114 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
as used in "Milk"
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115 Massive Attack - Daydreaming
as used in "Nowhere"
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116 Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
as used in "Full Metal Jacket"
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117 The Troggs - Love Is All Around
as used in "Get Real"
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118 Chavela Vargas - Paloma negra
as used in "Frida"
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119 The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
as used in "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"
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120 Bill Withers - Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
as used in "Jackie Brown"
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121 The Church - Under The Milky Way
as used in "Donnie Darko"
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122 Roy Orbison - In Dreams
as used in "Blue Velvet"
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123 The Coasters - Down In Mexico
as used in "Death Proof"
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124 Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
as used in "Midnight Cowboy"
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125 Diamanda Galas - I Put A Spell On You
as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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126 Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine
as used in "Terminator II"
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127 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
as used in "Velvet Goldmine"
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128 Ludwig van Beethoven - Ode to Joy
as used in "Raising Arizona"
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129 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds
as used in "I Am Legend"
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130 Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
as used in "Groundhog Day"
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131 Zapp & Roger - More Bounce to the Ounce
as used in "La Haine"
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132 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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133 Ray LaMontagne - You Are The Best Thing
as used in "I Love You, man"
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134 P.I.L. - This is Not A Love Song
as used in "Waltz With Bashir"
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135 The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird
as used in "Full Metal Jacket"
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136 Celia Cruz - La Vida Es Un Carnaval
as used in "Amores Perros"
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137 Georg Friedrich Händel - Atalanta, HWV 35, Act I: Care selve, ombre beate
as used in "Funny Games"
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138 Nirvana - Something In The Way
as used in "Jarhead"
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139 ZZ Top - Mexican Blackbird
as used in "From Dusk 'Till Dawn"
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140 Alphaville - Forever Young
as used in "Lilya 4-Ever"
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141 Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me
as used in "Shallow Grave"
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142 Soft Cell - Tainted Love
as used in "Bruno"
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143 Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell
as used in "Blow"
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144 Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
as used in "Bachelor Party"
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145 Bryan Ferry - More Than This
as used in "Lost In Translation"
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146 Edith Piaf - Milord
as used in "The Bucket List"
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147 David Bowie - Let's Dance
as used in "Charlie Wilson's War"
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148 Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire
as used in "U-Turn"
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149 Selena - God's Child (Baila Conmigo)
as used in "Blue In The Face"
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150 Nina Simone - I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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2 Fast 2 Furious
3 Doors Down - Away From The Sun
30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie
The 69 Eyes - Devils
80s Explosion

A Fine Frenzy - Almost Lover (mp3)
A Fine Frenzy - One Cell In The Sea (mp3)
A Very Potter Musical (mp3)
ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
The Academy Is... - Almost Here
The Academy Is... - Santi
The Academy Is... - Fast Times At Barrington High
Ace of Base - The Sign
Across the Universe
Bryan Adams - So Far, So Good
A Tribute to Bryan Adams
Aerosmith - O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits
AFI - Black Sails in the Sunset
AFI - The Art of Drowning
AFI - Sing the Sorrow
AFI - DECEMBERUNDERGROUND
Aiden - Nightmare Anatomy
Aiden - Rain In Hell
Aiden - Conviction
Clay Aiken - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Clay Aiken - Measure of a Man
Alkaline Trio - Crimson
The All American Rejects - The All American Rejects
The All American Rejects - Move Along
Kris Allen - She Works Hard for the Money (mp3)
Kris Allen - Remember the Time (mp3)
Kris Allen - Heartless (mp3)
Kris Allen - Ain't No Sunshine (mp3)
America - History: America's Greatest Hits
American Idol Finalists: Season 2 - God Bless the USA
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
Apocalyptica - Inquisition Symphony
The Arcade Fire - Funeral (mp3)
Atreyu - Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen
Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil
Avenged Sevenfold - Walk

Back to School Facebook Sampler: Alternative Vol. 1 (mp3)
Back to School Facebook Sampler: Alternative Vol. 2 (mp3)
Back to School Facebook Sampler: Alternative Vol. 3 (mp3)
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back
Backstreet Boys - For The Fans
Backstreet Boys - Black and Blue
Batman Forever
The Beach Boys - The Very Best Of The Beach Boys: Sounds Of Summer
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - 1967-1970
Bee Gees - Greatest
Joshua Bell - Sibelius and Goldmark Concertos
The Black Crowes - Greatest Hits 1990-1999: A tribute to a work in progress...
Blase Debris - Bury The Hatchet
Blink 182 - Blink 182
Blue Oyster Cult - Super Hits
Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi - 7800 Farenheit
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi - New Jersey
Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith
Bon Jovi - Cross Road
Bon Jovi - These Days
Bon Jovi - Crush
Bon Jovi - One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001
Bon Jovi - Bounce
Bon Jovi - Target Exclusive
Bon Jovi - Bounce: The Tour Edition
Bon Jovi - This Left Feels Right
Bon Jovi - 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong...
Bon Jovi - Have A Nice Day
Bon Jovi - Live from the Have A Nice Day Tour
Bon Jovi - Lost Highway
Bon Jovi - The Circle
David Bowie - Best Of Bowie
Bowling for Soup - A Hangover You Don't Deserve
Boys Like Girls - Boys Like Girls
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Bright Eyes - Four Winds
Marc Broussard - Carencro
Buzz

Ryan Cabrera - Take It All Away
Ryan Cabrera - You Stand Watching
Marty Casey and Lovehammers - Marty Casey and Lovehammers
Marty Casey and Lovehammers - Merry Christmas (All Year Long) (mp3)
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
Celtic Odyssey
Celtic Traditions
Chocolat
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Cirque du Soleil - Alegria
Cirque du Soleil - O
Civil Twilight - Quiet In My Town (mp3)
Civil Twilight - Civil Twilight (mp3)
Eric Clapton - The Cream Of Clapton
The Click Five - Greetings From Imrie House
The Click Five - Catch Your Wave (mp3)
Cobra Starship - While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Street
Coldplay - X&Y
David Cook - Analog Heart (mp3)
David Cook - Billie Jean (mp3)
David Cook - Always Be My Baby (mp3)
David Cook - The Music of the Night (mp3)
David Cook - The Time Of My Life (mp3)
David Cook - David Cook
Creed - Weathered
Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Ultimate Collection

The Darkness - Permission to Land
Howie Day - Stop All The World Now
Death Cab for Cutie - Live at Street Scene (mp3)
Def Leppard - Vault
Gavin DeGraw - Chariot
Gavin DeGraw - Live at Northern Lights (mp3)
Gavin DeGraw - Chariot Stripped
Gavin DeGraw - Live at Skidmore College (mp3)
Gavin DeGraw - Live At Alice Lounge (mp3)
Gavin DeGraw - In Love With A Girl (mp3)
Gavin DeGraw - Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw - Free
Joey DeGraw - Midnight Audio
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Disturbed - Believe
Doghouse Records: Soundtrack to Your Summer
The Doors - The Best of The Doors
Draco and the Malfoys - Live at San Diego County Library (mp3)
The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia...
Drive Thru Records 2006 Sampler
Dropping Daylight - Brace Yourself
Duffy - Rockferry

Envy on the Coast - EP (mp3)
Evanescence - Fallen

Fall Out Boy - Evening Out With Your Girlfriend
Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave
Fall Out Boy - My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue
Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree: Tour Edition
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High
Fall Out Boy/Less Than Jake - Split Single
Fall Out Boy/Project Rocket - Split EP
Fearless Summer 2006 Sampler
Finch - Say Hello to Sunshine
Florez - EP
Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left to Lose
Foo Fighters - One by One
Gideon Freudmann - Holiday Clocks
Gideon Freudmann - Hologram Crackers
From First to Last - Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Bodycount
From First to Last - Heroine
Fuel - Sunburn
Fuel - Something Like Human
Fuel - Natural Selection
Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance Hot in 2006 Sampler

Garden State
Godsmack - Faceless
Godsmack - IV
Goo Goo Dolls - Superstar Car Wash
Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl
Goo Goo Dolls - What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art, and Commerce
Goo Goo Dolls - Gutterflower
Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love in
Goo Goo Dolls - Before its too late (mp3)
Goo Goo Dolls - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: The Singles (mp3)
Good Charlotte - Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte - The Young and the Hopeless
Good Charlotte - The Anthem
Good Charlotte - The Chronicles of Life and Death
Good Charlotte - Good Morning Revival
Dean Gray - American Edit (mp3)
Grease
Greatest Hits of the 70s
Green Day - Kerplunk
Green Day - Dookie
Green Day - Live at Woodstock 1994 (mp3)
Green Day - Insomniac
Green Day - Nimrod
Green Day - Warning
Green Day - International Superhits
Green Day - Shenanigans
Green Day - American Idiot
Green Day - Bullet in a Bible
Josh Groban - Josh Groban
Josh Groban - Closer
Josh Groban - Remember (mp3)
Guster - Amsterdam (mp3)
Gym Class Heroes - The Papercut Chronicles
Gym Class Heroes - As Cruel As School Children

Hairspray (movie)
Hall and Oates - Ultimate Daryl Hall and John Oates
Hanson - Middle Of Nowhere
Hanson - I Will Come To You
Hanson - This Time Around
Hanson - Underneath Acoustic
Hanson - Underneath
Hanson - The Walk
Hard-Fi - Stars Of CCTV
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Hawthorne Heights - The Silence in Black and White
Hawthorne Heights - If Only You Were Lonely
Heart - The Essential Heart
Hellogoodbye - Hellogoodbye
Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
High School Musical 3
Tyler Hilton - The Tracks Of
HIM - Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666
HIM - Dark Light
Hinder - Extreme Behavior
Earl Hines - Piano Solos
Holes
Hoobastank - Hoobastank
Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
House of Wax

Billy Idol - Greatest Hits
Enrique Iglesias - Escape
In the Heights OBC
Incubus - Make Yourself
Incubus - Morning View
Introduction to Victory Records 2006 Sampler
INXS - The Best of INXS
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Jane's Addiction - Strays
Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Collision Course
Michael Johns - Dream On (mp3)
Journey - Inifinity
Journey - Evolution
Journey - Departure
Journey - Escape
Journey - Frontiers
Journey - Greatest Hits
Journey - The Essential Journey
Journey - Revelation
Juno

Kansas - Live: Dust in the Wind
Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor
Kill Hannah - For Never and Ever
Kill Hannah - The Curse of Kill Hannah
Kill Hannah - Lips Like Morphine (mp3)
Kill Hannah - Until There's Nothing Left Of Us
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night
KISS - The Very Best Of Kiss

Lacuna Coil - Comalies
Lady GaGa -The Fame
Adam Lambert - Ring of Fire (mp3)
Adam Lambert - Mad World (mp3)
Adam Lambert - Whole Lotta Love (mp3)
Adam Lambert - Tracks of My Tears (mp3)
Storm Large - Ladylike (mp3)
Leaves' Eyes - Vinland Saga (mp3)
Less Than Jake - Anthem
Lifehouse - Who We Are
Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and Hot Dog Flavored Water
Linkin Park - Meteora
Litte White Lie (mp3)
Live - Throwing Copper
Lola Ray - I Don't Know You
Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission

Barry Manilow - The Greatest Songs Of The Eighties (mp3)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane
Maroon 5 - Live: Friday the 13th
Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long
Matchbox Twenty - Exile On Mainstream
John Mayer - Room for Squares
Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell
Men in Black II
Mest - Destination Unknown
Mest - Mest
Mest - Photographs
Metallica - Metallica
Metallica - St. Anger
Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
Moments in Grace - Moonlight Survived
Motion City Soundtrack - I Am the Movie
Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This to Memory
Motley Crue & Chester Bennington - Home Sweet Home (mp3)
Moulin Rouge
Jason Mraz - Waiting for My Rocket to Come
Jason Mraz - Live at Radio City Music Hall (mp3)
MrNorth - Lifesize
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Muse - The Resistance
Music: An Appreciation
MxPx - Panic
My Chemical Romance - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
My Chemical Romance - Life on the Murder Scene
My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade (mp3)
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade

Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope
Nelly - Country Grammar
New Found Glory - From the Screen to Your Stereo
New Found Glory - New Found Glory
New Found Glory - Sticks and Stones
Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
Nightmare Before Christmas
Nightwish - Over The Hills And Far Away
Nightwish - Once
Nightwish - Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish
Nirvana - Nirvana
NOW 4
NOW 5
NOW 6
NOW 11
NOW 12
*NSYNC - *NSYNC
*NSYNC - Thinking Of You
*NSYNC - Home for Christmas
*NSYNC - No Strings Attached
*NSYNC - Its Gonna Be Me
*NSYNC - Celebrity

O.A.R. - Live at SPAC
OK Go - Oh No
One Tree Hill Vol. 1
One Tree Hill Vol. 2
Only Rock n Roll 1975-1979
Over It - Welcome To Virginia: The Ready Series
Over It - Outer Banks
Over It - Step Outside Yourself
Owl City - Ocean Eyes

Panic! At the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
Papa Roach - Infest
Papa Roach - Getting Away With Murder
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Jam - Ten
Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl (mp3)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits
Phantom of the Opera OBC
Phantom of the Opera (movie)
Phantom Planet - The Guest
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Spiders - Teenage Graffiti
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah (mp3)
Plain White T's - Hate (I Really Don't Like You) (mp3)
Poison - Greatest Hits 1986-1996
Puddle of Mudd - Come Clean

Rancid - Indestrubtible
The Rasmus - Dead Letters
The Rasmus - Hide From The Sun
The Receiving End of Sirens - Demo
Red Car Wire - Red Car Wire (mp3)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits and Videos
Rent OBC
REO Speedwagon - Live: You Get What You Play For
REO Speedwagon - You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish
REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
Kyle Riabko - 3 From Before
Riverdance
Rock Against Bush Vol. 1
Rock Against Bush Vol. 2
Rock Star Supernova - Rock Star Supernova
Rock This
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Rooney - Rooney

sAMPler Vol. 22
sAMPler Vol. 25
Santana - Supernatural
Saosin - Saosin
Selena - All My Hits: Todos Mis Exitos
Shadows Fall - The Art of Balance
Shakira - Laundry Service
Shinedown - Leave a Whisper
Silverchair - Neon Ballroom
Simple Plan - No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls
Simple Plan - Still Not Getting Any...
Simple Plan - Simple Plan
Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography
Sixx:AM - Life Is Beautiful (mp3)
Sleeveless: A Purevolume Digital Collection (mp3)
SMG Digital Music Sampler 2007 (mp3)
Smile Empty Soul - Smile Empty Soul
Smile Empty Soul - Anxiety (mp3)
Will Smith - Big Willie Style
Snow Patrol - Final Straw
Something Corporate - Audioboxer
Something Corporate - Leaving Through the Window
Something Corporate - North
Britney Spears - Oops...i Did It Again
Spice Girls - Spice
Spider Man
Spring Awakening OBC
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
Bruce Springsteen - The Essential Bruce Springsteen
Ryan Star - Songs From The Eye Of An Elephant
Ryan Star - Breathe
The Starting Line - Say It Like You Mean It
Steriogram - Schmack!
Styx - The Grand Illusion
Styx - Greatest Hits
Styx - Greatest Hits Part 2
Styx - Cyclorama
Sub Pop Facebook Sampler (mp3)
Sugarcult - Start Static
Sum 41 - All Killer, No Filler
Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected?
Supertramp - Classics, Volume 9
Sweeney Todd (movie)

Taking Back Sunday - Tell All Your Friends
Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want to Be
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
Teitur - Poetry and Aeroplanes
T.I. - Paper Trail
Three Days Grace - Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace - One X
Tokio Hotel - Scream
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve
Trapt - Trapt
Trustkill 2004 Summer Sampler
Trustkill 2006 Spring Sampler
Twilight
Twilight Saga: New Moon

Under the Influence of Giants - Under The Influence of Giants
Uprising Sound Revolution Summer 2006 Sampler
Keith Urban - Be Here
The Used - The Used
The Used - In Love and Death
Usher - 8701

Van Halen - Van Halen
Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want
The Vines - Winning Days

Walk the Line
Butch Walker - Letters
Butch Walker - Cover Me Badd
Butch Walker - The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites
Butch Walker - Leavin' the Game on Luckie Street (mp3)
Butch Walker - Here Comes The... (mp3)
Fats Waller - The Very Best Of Fats Waller
Warped Tour 2002
Warped Tour 2003
Warped Tour 2004
Warped Tour 2005
Warped Tour 2006
Warped Tour 2007
Ricky Warwick - Tattoos and Alibis
Ben Webster - Masters of Jazz: Ben Webster
White Lies - To Lose My Life
The Who - Tommy
Wilco - Wilco (mp3)
Within Temptation - The Silent Force
World Music Facebook Sampler (mp3)

Weird Al Yankovic - Poodle Hat
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue

Zoolander

How does the world see me?
Prisoner of Love - Utada Hikaru
Hah, I'm not love's prisoner at all.

Will I have a happy life?
And The Sun Will Shine - Bee Gees
I'll take that as a good thing ^__^.

What do my friends really think of me?
Jesus to a Child - George Michael
Errr... sure, thanks guys.

Do people secretly lust after me?
Arabian Nights - Sarah Brightman
Yep, that explains everything.

How can I make myself happy?
Passion ~after the battle~ - Utada Hikaru
Ah, so after the trauma, new passion will make me happy? How accurate. ^__^

What should I do with my life?
Work - The Saturdays
Well, that's pretty telling. Thank you Captain Obvious.

Will I ever have children?
We've Got Tonight -Ronan Keating
Explains a lot...

What is some good advice for me?
Revolution in the Head - Girls Aloud
True enough. But I've already had my revolution.

How will I be remembered?
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - George Michael
Aw, how sweet XD.

What is my signature dance song?
Set Me Off - The Saturdays
Well, it is funky and I do love it so, sure.

What do I think my current theme song is?
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Oh hell yes! Love it =D

What song will play at my funeral?
When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating
I guess I can't when I'm dead huh?

What type of men do I like?
Guilty - Bee Gees
I like guilty men? Oh I think not.

What is my day going to be like?
Mysterious Days - Sarah Brightman
Mysterious? I could go for that.

This sounds like a fun song title exercise... alright here we go:

Sunday
Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning
The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
No Doubt - Sunday Morning
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

Monday
Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays
The Mamas & The Papas - Monday, Monday
New Order - Blue Monday

Tuesday
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone
The Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon
The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday

Wednesday
Simon & Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.

Thursday
David Bowie - Thursday's Child

Friday
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

Saturday
Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever
Chicago - Saturday in the Park
Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
Kaiser Chiefs - Saturday Night
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Come Saturday

1. little bag of gloom - Monster Magnet
2. Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
3. Alone Again - Biz Markie
4. I Fall To Pieces - Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
5. Underdog (Single Version) - Sly & The Family Stone
6. Shot In The Back Of The Head - Moby
7. Downbound Train - Bruce Springsteen
8. Air - Onyx
9. Thank You For The Music - ABBA
10. Flamboyant - Pet Shop Boys
11. Better the Devil You Know - Kylie Minogue
12. Wheels Of Steel - OutKast
13. Fast Fuse - Kasabian
14. The Pulse - Digitalism
15. Don't Change - INXS
16. Nights on Broadway - Bee Gees
17. Miss It So Much - Röyksopp
18. Les Fleurs - 4hero
19. Love and Only Love - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Сегодня - обзор статистики тега pop.
Today is pop's statistics overview.

предыдущие посты / previous entries
mainstream
russian rock
progressive rock
black metal
jazz


Сначала наше традиционное упорядочение по количеству прослушиваний и слушателей.

First of all, our traditional arrangement with respect to number of plays and number of listeners.








Здесь - никаких сюрпризов, лидируют всем известные персонажи: Britney Spears, Madonna, Michael Jackson. Слушают мэйнстримный поп довольно бодро: миллионы слушателей, десятки миллионов прослушиваний.

There's no surprise here, well-known persons Britney Spears, Madonna and Michael Jackson are the leaders. The mainstream pop is rather popular: millions of listeners, dozens of millions of plays.




А вот из этого графика видно, что четверка лидеров довольно сильно отрывается от основной массы. Любопытно.
Далее - график удельного числа прослушиваний для поп-исполнителей.

From the last plot we can see, that the four leaders are rather far from the main massive of artists. Interesting.
The next one is the chart of specific number of scrobbles for pop artists.




А вот здесь забавно. Лидирует поп-панк группа McFly с удельным числом прослушиваний 48.5, при среднем значении 18. На втором месте опять Britney Spears с 44 песнями на слушателя.

And here the things go funny. Pop-punk band McFly leads the chart with specific number of scrobbles 48.5, when the average value is 18. Britney Spears with 44 plays per listener takes the second place.




Несколько необычно выглядит гистограмма распределения по удельному числу прослушиваний: плато вблизи среднего значения резко обрывается как с той, так и с другой стороны.

The distribution through specific number of scrobbles looks a bit surprising: a plateau near the average breaks toughly from both sides.




Сам по себе график зависимости активности в рупоре от числа слушателей ничего особо интересного из себя не представляет. Интересно то, что в рупоре поп-исполнителей содержится поистине огромное число сообщений. Особенно отличилась Britney Spears.

The graph of shoutbox activity to number of listeners is nothing interesting itself. The really interesting thing is a terribly high number of messages in pop artists' shoutboxes. Britney Spears is especially notable.




А вот здесь я вновь вижу подтверждение того, что только исполнители с удельным числом прослушиваний выше среднего могут иметь много сообщений в рупоре. Этот эффект наблюдался уже в трех довольно разных жанрах.

And here I see the effect of "potential barrier" again: only artists with more-than-average number plays per listener can have a lot of shouts. I've already seen the effect for three rather different genres.

P.S. Суммарное число прослушиваний в pop-top-100 - больше миллиарда.
The total playcount in pop-top-100 is a bit more, than one billion.


P.P.S. Спасибо Hzlqgmnzhh за полезный скрипт.
Thanks to Hzlqgmnzhh for his script.

List of considered artists:

Michael Jackson, Madonna, Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, Lily Allen, ABBA, Robbie Williams, Christina Aguilera, Lady GaGa, Nelly Furtado, Pink, Pet Shop Boys, Kelly Clarkson, Justin Timberlake, Backstreet Boys, Avril Lavigne, a-ha, Elton John, Mariah Carey, Girls Aloud, Sugababes, The Beach Boys, Dido, Katy Perry, Roxette, The Corrs, George Michael, Maroon 5, Gwen Stefani, Phil Collins, Mika, Rihanna, P!nk, Shakira, Jason Mraz, The Cardigans, Hilary Duff, Prince, Westlife, James Blunt, t.A.T.u., Enrique Iglesias, Spice Girls, Jennifer Lopez, The Pussycat Dolls, Duran Duran, Natasha Bedingfield, Ashlee Simpson, Natalie Imbruglia, Janet Jackson, Scissor Sisters, Ce'line Dion, Savage Garden, Seal, Jonas Brothers, Ace of Base, The Veronicas, Anastacia, Ashley Tisdale, Sting, Take That, Simply Red, No Doubt, Beyoncé, Maria Mena, Bee Gees, Mandy Moore, Black Eyed Peas, Cyndi Lauper, Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, James Morrison, Fergie, Miley Cyrus, Jewel, Leona Lewis, Cher, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Jesse McCartney, Lindsay Lohan, Whitney Houston, Robyn, Texas, The Beautiful South, *NSYNC, Alanis Morissette, McFly, Crowded House, Michelle Branch, KT Tunstall, Darren Hayes, Kate Bush, Vanessa Carlton, Jordin Sparks, Jessica Simpson

- 13th Floor Elevators, The psychedelic sounds of 13th Floor Elevators (Sunspots, 1966);
- MC5, Kick out the jams (Wrong, 1969);
- Adriano Correia de Oliveira, O canto e as armas (Orfeu, 1969);
- Afterglow, Afterglow (Sundazed, 1968);
- Al Wilson, Searching for the dolphins (Soul City, 1969);
- Alexander "Skip" Spence, Oar (Sundazed, 1969);
- Amon Düül II, Phallus Dei (Liberty, 1969);
- Andrew Hill, Point of departure (Blue Note, 1964);
- Andromeda, Andromeda (Angel Air, 1969);
- António Carlos Jobim, Wave (Polygram, 1967);
- Arcadium, Breathe awhile (Akarma, 1969);
- Archie Shepp, Kwanza (Impulse, 1969);
- Argent, Argent (BSO, 1969);
- Art, Supernatural fairy tales (Fontana, 1969);
- Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, A night in Tunisia (EMI, 1960);
- Arthur Brown, The crazy world of Arthur Brown (Polydor, 1967);
- Arzachel, Arzachel (Akarma, 1969);
- The Association, Renaissance (Collectors’ Choice Music, 1967);
- Astrud Gilberto, Beach samba (Verve, 1967);
- Bakerloo, Bakerloo (Akarma, 1969);
- The Band, Music from big pink (Capitol, 1968);
- The Band, The Band (Toshiba, 1969);
- The Battered Ornaments, A meal we can shake hands with in the dark (Repertoire, 1969);
- The Beach Boys, Surfin' safari (Capitol, 1962);
- The Beach Boys, Surfer girl (Capitol, 1963);
- The Beach Boys, Little deuce coupe (Capitol, 1963);
- The Beach Boys, Today (Capitol, 1965);
- The Beach Boys, Pet sounds (Capitol, 1966);
- The Beach Boys, Smiley smile (Capitol, 1967);
- The Beach Boys, Wild honey (Capitol, 1968);
- The Beach Boys, Friends (Capitol, 1968);
- The Beach Boys, 20/20 (Capitol, 1969);
- The Beatles, A hard day’s night (Parlophone, 1964);
- The Beatles, Help! (Parlophone, 1965);
- The Beatles, Rubber soul (Parlophone, 1965);
- The Beatles, Revolver (Parlophone, 1966);
- The Beatles, Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (EMIv);
- The Beatles, Magical mystery tour (EMI, 1967);
- The Beatles, The Beatles (Apple, 1968);
- The Beatles, Abbey Road (Apple, 1969);
- Bee Gees, First (RSO, 1967);
- Bee Gees, Horizontal (Polydor, 1968);
- Bee Gees, Odessa (Polydor, 1969);
- Bert Jansch, Bert Jansch (Transatlantic, 1965);
- Big Brother & The Holding Company, Cheap thrills (Columbia, 1968);
- Bill Evans Trio, Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside, 1961);
- Bill Evans Trio, Waltz for Debby (Riverside, 1961);
- Billy Nicholls, Would you believe (Castle, 1968);
- Blind Faith, Blind Faith (Polydor, 1969);
- Blodwyn Pig, Ahead rings out (BGO, 1969);
- Blonde on Blonde, Contrasts (Sanctuary, 1969);
- Blood, Sweat & Tears, Child is father to the man (Columbia, 1968);
- Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia, 1969);
- Blue Cheer, Vincebus eruptum (Universal, 1967);
- Blue Cheer, New! Improved! (Akarma, 1969);
- Blue Mitchell, The thing to do (Blue Note, 1964);
- The Blues Magoos, Psychedelic lollipop (Repertoire, 1966);
- Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan (Columbia, 1962);
- Bob Dylan, The freewheelin´ Bob Dylan (Columbia, 1963);
- Bob Dylan, The times they are a-changin' (Columbia, 1964);
- Bob Dylan, Another side of Bob Dylan (Columbia, 1964);
- Bob Dylan, Bringing it all back home (Columbia, 1965);
- Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisted (Columbia, 1965);
- Bob Dylan, Blonde on blonde (Columbia, 1966);
- Bob Dylan, Nashville skyline (Columbia, 1969);
- Bobby Hutcherson, Dialogue (Blue Note, 1965);
- The Bonzo Dog Band, Gorilla (BGO, 1967);
- Booker T. & The MG's, Green onions (Atlantic, 1962);
- Brian Auger & The Trinity, Definitely what!... (Disconforme, 1969);
- Bridget St. John, Ask me no questions (Cherry Red, 1969);
- Buddy Emmons, Steel guitar jazz (Verve/Mercury, 1963);
- Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield (Atco, 1966);
- Buffalo Springfield, Again (ATCO, 1967);
- The Byrds, Mr. Tambourine Man (Columbia, 1965);
- The Byrds, Turn! Turn! Turn! (Columbia, 1965);
- The Byrds, Fifth dimension (Columbia, 1966);
- The Byrds, Younger than yesterday (Columbia, 1967);
- The Byrds, The notorious Byrd brothers (Columbia, 1968);
- The Byrds, Sweetheart of the rodeo (Columbia, 1968);
- The Byrds, Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde (Columbia, 1969);
- The Byrds, Ballad of Easy Rider (Columbia, 1969);
- Can, Monster movie (Spoon, 1969);
- Canned Heat, Boogie with Canned Heat (EMI, 1968);
- Canned Heat, Living the blues (Akarma, 1968);
- Canned Heat, Hallelujah (BGO, 1969);
- Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Mercy, mercy, mercy! Live at The Club (Capitol, 1967);
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Safe as milk (Buddah, 1967);
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Strictly personal (Liberty, 1968);
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Trout mask replica (Reprise, 1969);
- Caravan, Caravan (Verve, 1968);
- Charles Mingus, The black saint and the sinner lady (Impulse!, 1963);
- Charles Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (Impulse!, 1963);
- Charlie Haden, Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse! , 1969);
- Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority (Columbia, 1969);
- Chick Corea, Inner space (Atlantic, 1967);
- Chick Corea, Sundance (Charly, 1969);
- Chicken Shack, O.K. Ken? (Blue Horizon, 1969);
- Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan (Capitol, 1961);
- Clark Hutchinson, A=MH2 (Repertoire, 1969);
- Climax Blues Band, Plays on (C-Five, 1969);
- Clouds, The clouds scrapbook (BGO, 1969);
- Colosseum, Those who are about to die salute you (Fontana, 1969);
- Colosseum, Valentyne Suite (Castle, 1969);
- Cream, Fresh cream (Polydor, 1966);
- Cream, Disraeli gears (Polydor, 1967);
- Cream, Wheels of fire (Polydor, 1968);
- Creation, We are paintermen (Repertoire, 1967);
- Creedence Clearwater Revival, Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy, 1968);
- Crosby, Stills & Nash, Crosby, Stills & Nash (Atlantic, 1969);
- David Ackles, David Ackles (Elektra, 1968);
- David Bowie, Space oddity (EMI, 1969);
- Davy Graham, Folk, blues & beyond... (DECCA, 1964);
- Davy Graham, Midnight man (Fledgling, 1966);
- Davy Graham/Shirley Collins, Folk roots, new routes (Fledg'ling UK, 1964);
- Deep Purple, Shades of Deep Purple (EMI, 1968);
- Deep Purple, Concerto for Group and Orchestra (Warner Bros., 1969);
- Deep Purple, Deep Purple (EMI, 1969);
- Deep Purple, The book of Taliesyn (EMI, 1969);
- Dexter Gordon, Go (Blue Note, 1962);
- Dexter Gordon, Our man in Paris (Blue Note, 1963);
- Dizzy Gillespie, Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note, 1967);
- Donald Byrd, A new perspective (Blue Note, 1963);
- Donovan, Sunshine superman (PYE, 1966);
- The Doors, The Doors (Elektra, 1966);
- The Doors, Strange days (Elektra, 1967);
- The Doors, Waiting for the sun (Elektra, 1968);
- The Doors, The soft parade (Elektra, 1969);
- Duke Ellington, Money jungle (Blue Note, 1962);
- Duke Ellington/John Coltrane, Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Impulse, 1962);
- Duncan Browne, Give me take you (Immidiate, 1968);
- Dusty Springfield, A girl called Dusty (Philips, 1964);
- Dusty Springfield, Dusty (Mercury, 1964);
- Dusty Springfield, Where am I going (Philips, 1967);
- Dusty Springfield, The look of love (Philips, 1967);
- Dusty Springfield, Dusty in Memphis (Mercury, 1969);
- Earth Opera, Earth Opera (Elektra, 1968);
- East of Eden, Mercator projected (DECCA, 1969);
- Eire Apparent, Sunrise (Sequel, 1969);
- The Electric Prunes, I had too much to dream (Last night) (Rhino, 1967);
- Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera (Repertoire, 1967);
- The End, Introspection (DECCA, 1969)
- Eric Dolphy, Out there (Universal, 1960);
- Eric Dolphy, Out to lunch (Blue Note, 1964);
- Eyes of Blue, In fields of Ardath (Black Rose, 1969);
- Fairport Convention, Fairport Convention (Polydor, 1968);
- Fairport Convention, What we did on our holidays (Island, 1969);
- Fairport Convention, Unhalfbricking (Island, 1969);
- Fairport Convention, Liege & lief (Island, 1969);
- Family, Music in a doll's house (Reprise, 1968);
- Family, Family entertainment (See for Miles, 1969);
- The Five Day Week Straw People, The Five Day Week Straw People (Akarma, 1968);
- Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (Blue Horizon, 1968);
- Fleetwood Mac, Mr.Wonderful (Blue Horizon, 1968);
- Fleetwood Mac, English rose (Epic, 1969);
- Fleetwood Mac, Then play on (Reprise, 1969);
- The Flock, The Flock (Sony, 1969);
- Forest, Forest (BGO, 1969);
- Frank Zappa,, Absolutely free (Ryko, 1967);
- Frank Zappa,, Lumpy gravy (Ryko, 1967);
- Frank Zappa, Uncle Meat (Ryko, 1969);
- Frank Zappa, Hot rats (Ryko, 1969);
- Freddie Hubbard, Open Sesame (Blue Note, 1960);
- Freddie Hubbard, Ready for Freddie (Blue Note, 1961);
- Freddie Hubbard, The body & the soul (Impulse!, 1963);
- Free, Free (A&M, 1969);
- Free, Tons of sobs (Fontana, 1968);
- The Fugs, The Fugs (Fugs, 1966);
- Gene Clark, Gene Clark with The Gosdin Brothers (Columbia, 1967);
- George Benson, It's uptown (Columbia, 1965);
- George Benson, Shape of things to come (A&M, 1968);
- George Benson, Giblet gravy (Verve, 1968);
- George Harrison, Wonderwall music (Apple, 1968);
- George Harrison, Electronic sounds (Apple, 1969);
- George Russell Sextet, Ezz-thetics (Riverside, 1961);
- Giles, Giles & Fripp, The cheerful insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp (DECCA, 1968);
- Grachan Moncur III, Some other stuff (Blue Note, 1964);
- Grant Green, Idle moments (Blue Note, 1964);
- Grateful Dead, Anthem of the sun (Rhino, 1968);
- Grateful Dead, Aoxomoxoa (Warner, 1969);
- Grateful Dead, Live/Dead (Warner, 1969);
- Hank Mobley, Soul station (Blue Note, 1960);
- Herbie Hancock, Takin' off (Blue Note, 1962);
- Herbie Hancock, Inventions and dimensions (Blue Note, 1963);
- Herbie Hancock, Empyrean isles (Blue Note, 1964);
- Herbie Hancock, Maiden voyage (Blue Note, 1965);
- The Herd, Paradise lost (Repertoire, 1968);
- High Tide, Sea shanties (Repertoire, 1969);
- Holger Czukay, Canaxis (Spoon, 1969);
- Horace Parlan, Happy frame of mind (Blue Note, 1963);
- Horace Silver Quintet, Song for my father (Blue Note, 1964);
- Horace Silver Quintet/J.J. Johnson, The Cap Verdean blues (Blue Note, 1965);
- Humble Pie, As safe as yesterday is (Immediate, 1969);
- Igginbottom, Igginbottom’s wrench (Angel Air, 1969);
- Ike Quebec, Blue and sentimental (Blue Note, 1962);
- Ike Quebec, It might a well be spring (Blue Note, 1964);
- The Incredible String Band, The Incredible String Band (Elektra, 1966);
- The Incredible String Band, 5000 spirits or the cayers of the onion (Elektra, 1967);
- The Incredible String Band, The hangman's beautiful daughter (Elektra, 1968);
- The Incredible String Band, The big huge (Elektra, 1968);
- The Incredible String Band, Changing horses (Hannibal, 1969);
- Iron Butterfly, In-a-gadda-da-vida (Atco, 1968);
- Isaac Hayes, Hot buttered soul (Stax, 1969);
- Jack McDuff, Down home style (Blue Note, 1969);
- Jackie McLean, Destination out! (Blue Note, 1963);
- Jackson C. Frank, Jackson C. Frank (Columbia, 1965);
- Jefferson Airplane, Takes off (RCA, 1966);
- Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic pillow (RCA, 1967);
- Jefferson Airplane, Crown of creation (RCA, 1968);
- Jefferson Airplane, Volunteers (RCA, 1969);
- Jesse Colin Young, The soul of a city boy (Capitol, 1964);
- Jimi Hendrix Experience, Are you experienced? (Polydor, 1967);
- Jimi Hendrix Experience, Axis, bold as love (Polydor, 1967);
- Jimi Hendrix Experience, Electric ladyland (Polydor, 1968);
- Jimmy McGriff, Electric funk (Blue Note, 1969);
- Jimmy Smith/Wes Montgomery, The dynamic duo (Verve, 1966);
- Joe Henderson, Page one (Blue Note, 1963);
- Joe Henderson, Inner urge (Blue Note, 1964);
- John Coltrane, Giant steps (Atlantic, 1960);
- John Coltrane, Coltrane plays the blues (WEA, 1960);
- John Coltrane, My favorite things (Audiophile, 1960);
- John Coltrane, Africa/Brass (Impulse!, 1961);
- John Coltrane, Olé (Atlantic, 1962);
- John Coltrane, Impressions (Impulse!, 1963);
- John Coltrane, Stardust (Prestige, 1963);
- John Coltrane, A love supreme (Impulse!, 1964);
- John Coltrane, Ascension (Impulse! , 1965);
- John Coltrane, Meditations (Impulse!, 1966);
- John Coltrane, A love supreme (Impulse!, 1966);
- John Coltrane Quartet, Crescent (Impulse!, 1964);
- John Fahey, The dance of death & other plantation favorites (Takoma, 1964);
- John Martyn, The tumbler (Fontana, 1969);
- John Mayall, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (DECCA, 1966);
- John Mayall, A hard road (London, 1967);
- John Mayall, Crusade (DECCA, 1967);
- John Mayall, The blues alone (DECCA, 1967);
- John Mayall, Bare wires (London, 1968);
- John Mayall, Blues from Laurel Canyon (DECCA, 1968);
- John McLaughlin, Extrapolation (Polygram, 1969);
- Johnny Cash, Ride this train (Columbia, 1960).
- Johnny Cash, Orange blossom special (Columbia, 1965);
- Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash at Folsom prison (Columbia, 1968);
- Johnny Winter, The progressive blues experiment (BGO, 1969);
- Joni Mitchell, Song to a seagull (Reprise, 1968);
- Joni Mitchell, Clouds (Reprise, 1969);
- José Afonso, Cantares de andarilho (Movieplay, 1968);
- Kaleidoscope, Side trips (Epic, 1967);
- Karen Dalton, It's so hard to tell who's going to love you the best (Capitol, 1969);
- Kenny Burrell, Midnight blue (Blue Note, 1963);
- Kenny Dorham, Whistle stop (Blue Note, 1961);
- Kevin Ayers, Joy of a toy (EMI, 1969);
- King Crimson, In the court of the crimson king (EG, 1969);
- The Kinks, Face to face (Essential, 1966);
- The Kinks, Something else (Essential, 1967);
- The Kinks, The Kinks are Village Green Preservation Society (Essential, 1968);
- The Kinks, Arthur or the decline and fall of the british empire (Essential, 1969);
- La Monte Young, The black record (Edition X, 1969);
- Larry Young, Unity (Blue Note, 1966);
- Laura Nyro, Eli and the thirteenth confession (Columbia, 1968);
- Laura Nyro, New York tendaberry (Columbia, 1969);
- Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic, 1969);
- Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II (Atlantic, 1969);
- Lee Morgan, The sidewinder (Blue Note, 1963);
- Lee Morgan, In search of the new land (Blue Note, 1964);
- Leonard Cohen, Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia, 1968);
- Leonard Cohen, Songs from a room (Columbia, 1969);
- Love, Da Capo (Elektra, 1966);
- Love, Forever changes (Elektra, 1967);
- The Lovin' Spoonful, Daydream (Buddah, 1966);
- The Lovin' Spoonful, Hums of the Lovin’ Spoonful (Buddah, 1966);
- Lucky Thompson Quartet, Lucky strikes (Prestige, 1964);
- Luiz Bonfá, Plays and sings Bossa Nova (Verve, 1963);
- The Mamas & The Papas, If you can believe your eyes and ears (Dunhill, 1966);
- Manfred Mann, The five faces of Manfred Mann (EMI, 1964);
- The Meters, The Meters (Sundazed, 1969);
- Miles Davis, Someday my prince will come (Columbia, 1961);
- Miles Davis, ’Round about midnight (Columbia, 1962);
- Miles Davis, E.S.P. (Columbia, 1965);
- Miles Davis, Miles smiles (Columbia, 1966);
- Miles Davis, In Berlin (Sony BMG, 1966);
- Miles Davis, Filles de Kilimanjaro (Columbia, 1968);
- Miles Davis, Nefertiti (Columbia, 1968);
- Miles Davis, In a silent way (Columbia, 1969);
- Moby Grape, Moby Grape (Sundazed, 1967);
- The Monks, Black monk time (Repertoire, 1966);
- The Moody Blues, Days of future passed (DECCA, 1967);
- The Moody Blues, In search of the lost chord (DECCA, 1968);
- The Moody Blues, To our children's children's children (DECCA, 1969);
- The Mothers of Invention, Freak out! (Rykodisc, 1966);
- The Mothers of Invention, We're only in it for the money (Verve, 1968);
- The Move, The Move (Repertoire, 1968);
- Music Emporium, Music Emporium (Sundazed, 1969);
- The Music Machine, Turn on (Repertoire, 1966);
- Os Mutantes, Os Mutantes (Omplatten, 1969);
- Nazz, Nazz (Castle, 1968);
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Everybody knows this is nowhere (Reprise, 1969);
- The Nice, The thoughts of Emerlist Davjack (Immediate, 1967);
- The Nice, Ars longa vita brevis (Immediate, 1968);
- The Nice, The Nice (Essential, 1969);
- Nick Drake, Five leaves left (Island, 1969);
- Nico, Chelsea girl (Verve, 1967);
- Nico, The marble index (Sundazed, 1968);
- Nirvana (UK), All of us (Island, 1968);
- Open Mind, Open Mind (Philips, 1969);
- Ornette Coleman Double Quartet, Free jazz (Atlantic, 1961);
- Oscar Peterson Trio, Night train (Verve, 1962);
- Otis Redding, The soul album (Stax/Volt, 1966);
- Otis Redding, Dock of the bay (Atco, 1968);
- Paul Desmond, Bossa Antigua (BMG, 1964);
- Pearls Before Swine, One nation underground (ESP-Disk, 1967);
- The Pentangle, Basket of light (Sanctuary, 1969);
- The Pentangle, The Pentangle (Transatlantic, 1968);
- The Pentangle, Sweet child (Transatlantic, 1968);
- Peter, Paul & Mary, See what tomorrow brings (Warner Bros. , 1965);
- Pharoah Sanders, Karma (Impulse! , 1969);
- Pierre Henry, Le voyage, d'après le livre des morts tibétain (ECM, 1962);
- Pierre Henry, Messe de Liverpool (Philips, 1967);
- Pierre Henry, Messe pour le temps présent (Philips, 1967);
- Pink Floyd, The piper at the gates of dawn (EMI, 1967);
- Pink Floyd, A saucerful of secrets (EMI, 1968);
- Pink Floyd, More (EMI, 1969);
- Pink Floyd, Ummagumma (EMI, 1969);
- The Pretty Things, S.F. Sorrow (Snapper, 1969);
- Procol Harum, A whiter shade of pale (Repertoire, 1967);
- Procol Harum, Shine on brightly (Repertoire, 1968);
- Procol Harum, A salty dog (Repertoire, 1968);
- Pussy, Pussy plays (Edsel, 1969);
- Quicksilver Messenger Service, Happy trails (Repertoire, 1969);
- Ravi Shankar/Yehudi Menuhin, West meets east (Angel, 1967);
- Renaissance, Renaissance (Island, 1969);
- Robert Johnson, King of the delta blues singers (Columbia, 1961);
- The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones (England's newest hitmakers) (Abkco, 1964);
- The Rolling Stones, 12 X 5 (London Records, 1964);
- The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones N°2 (DECCA, 1965);
- The Rolling Stones, Now! (Abkco, 1965);
- The Rolling Stones, Out of our heads (Abkco, 1965);
- The Rolling Stones, December's Children (And everybody's) (London Records, 1965);
- The Rolling Stones, Aftermath (DECCA, 1966);
- The Rolling Stones, Between the buttons (Abkco, 1967);
- The Rolling Stones, Their satanic majesties request (Abkco, 1967);
- The Rolling Stones, Beggars banquet (DECCA, 1968);
- The Rolling Stones, Let it bleed (Abkco, 1969);
- Roy Harper, Sophisticated beggar (Sundown, 1967);
- Sam Rivers, Contours (Blue Note, 1965);
- The Savage Rose, In the plain (Polydor, 1969);
- Scott Walker, Scott (Fontana, 1967);
- Scott Walker, Scott 2 (Fontana, 1968);
- Scott Walker, Scott 3 (Fontana, 1969);
- Scott Walker, Scott 4 (Fontana, 1969);
- Silver Apples, Silver Apples (MCA, 1968);
- Simon & Garfunkel, Sounds of silence (Columbia, 1966);
- Simon & Garfunkel, Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme (Columbia, 1966);
- Simon & Garfunkel, Bookends (Columbia, 1968);
- Skin Alley, Skin Alley (Akarma, 1969);
- Sonny Rollins, The bridge (RCA, 1962);
- The Small Faces, The Small Faces (DECCA, 1966);
- The Small Faces, From the beginning (DECCA, 1967);
- The Small Faces, Ogden's nut gone flake (EMI, 1968);
- Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Make it happen (Motown, 1963);
- Soft Machine, Soft Machine (Probe, 1968);
- Soft Machine, Volume Two (One Way, 1969);
- Spirit, Spirit (Epic Legacy, 1968);
- Spirit, The family that plays together (Ode, 1969);
- Spooky Tooth, It's all about (Edsel, 1968);
- Spooky Tooth/Pierre Henry, Ceremony, An electronic mass (Edsel, 1969);
- Stan Getz, Getz Au Go Go (Verve, 1964);
- Stan Getz/João Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto (Verve, 1963);
- Status Quo, Picturesque matchstickable messages from the Status Quo (Essential, 1968);
- Status Quo, Spare parts (Sanctuary, 1968);
- Steve Miller Band, Children of the future (Capitol, 1968);
- Steve Miller Band, Sailor (Capitol, 1968);
- Stevie Wonder, For once in my life (Tamla Motown, 1968);
- Stevie Wonder, My cherie amour (Tamla Motown, 1969);
- The Stooges, The Stooges (WEA, 1969);
- Strawberry Alarm Clock, Incense and peppermints (Big Beat, 1967);
- Tea & Symphony, An asylum for the musically insane (Si-Wan, 1969);
- The Temptations, Cloud nine (Tamla Motown, 1969);
- Terry Riley, Reed streams (Mass Arts, 1966);
- Terry Riley, A rainbow in curved air (Columbia, 1967);
- Thelonious Monk, Monk's dream (Columbia, 1962);
- Thelonious Monk, Big band and quartet in concert (Columbia, 1964);
- Thelonious Monk, Straight, no chaser (Columbia, 1967);
- Thelonious Monk, Underground (Columbia, 1968);
- Them, The angry young Them (DECCA, 1965);
- Them, Them again (DECCA, 1966);
- Tim Buckley, Tim Buckley (Elektra, 1966);
- Tim Buckley, Goodbye and hello (Elektra, 1967);
- Tim Buckley, Happy sad (Elektra, 1969);
- Tim Hardin, 1 (Verve, 1966);
- Tina Brooks, True blue (Blue Note, 1960);
- Tom Rush, Circle game (Elektra, 1968);
- Townes Van Zandt, Our mother the mountain (Tomato, 1969);
- Townes Van Zandt, Townes van Zandt (Tomato, 1969);
- Traffic, Mr Fantasy (Island, 1967);
- Traffic, Last exit (Fontana, 1969);
- Tyrannosaurus Rex, My people were Fair and had sky in their hair... (A&M, 1967);
- Tyrannosaurus Rex, Prophets, seers & sages, the angels of the ages (A&M, 1968);
- Tyrannosaurus Rex, Unicorn (A&M, 1969);
- Ultimate Spinach, Ultimate Spinach (Akarma, 1968);
- Ultimate Spinach, Behold & see (Akarma, 1968);
- Ultimate Spinach, Ultimate Spinach III (Akarma, 1969);
- The United States of America, The United States of America (Edsel, 1968);
- Van der Graaf Generator, The aerosol grey machine (Fontana, 1969);
- Van der Graaf Generator, The least we can do is wave to each other (Virgin, 1969);
- Van Morrison, Blowin' your mind! (Epic/Legacy, 1967);
- Van Morrison, Astral weeks (Warner Bros. , 1968);
- Vanilla Fudge, Vanilla Fudge (Atco, 1967);
- Vanilla Fudge, Near the beginning (Repertoire, 1969);
- The Velvet Underground, White light/White heat (Polydor, 1968);
- The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground (Polydor, 1969);
- The Velvet Underground/Nico, The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve/MGM, 1967);
- Wayne Shorter, Speak no evil (Blue Note, 1964);
- Wayne Shorter, Schizophrenia (Blue Notev);
- White Noise, An electric storm (Island, 1969);
- The Who, My generation (Brunswick, 1965);
- The Who, A quick one (Reaction, 1966);
- The Who, The Who sell out (MCA, 1967);
- The Who, Tommy (Polydor, 1969);
- Wooden O, A handful of pleasant delites (Akarma, 1969).
- Xhol Caravan, Electrip (Garden of Delights, 1969);
- The Yardbirds, For your love, heart full of soul & others (Sunspots, 1965);
- The Yardbirds, Roger the engineer (Warner Bros., 1966);
- The Yardbirds, Little games (EMI, 1967);
- Yes, Yes (Atlantic, 1969);
- The Youngbloods, Elephant Mountain (Edsel, 1969);
- The Zombies, Odessey & oracle (Repertoire, 1967).