CHARTS

Liz’s Top 2006 -->ALPHABETICAL order

ALBUMS 2006:
Camera Obscura: Let's Get Out of This Country (Merge)
Cat Power: The Greatest (Matador)
Dabrye: Two/Three (Ghostly)
Goldfrapp: Supernature (Mute)
J Dilla/Jay Dee: Donuts (Stones Throw)
The Knife: Silent Shout (Mute)
London Sinfonietta: Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters (Warp)
Jim Noir: Tower of Love (Barsuk)
NOMO: New Tones (Ubiquity)
Ochre: Lemodie (Benbecula)
Beth Orton: Comfort of Strangers (Astralwerks)
Sonic Youth: Rather Ripped (Gef fen)
Bruce Springsteen: We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Columbia)
TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope)
Thom Yorke: The Eraser (XL)

REISSUED 2006:
Jeff Beck: Truth [expanded] (Epic/Legacy)
Laurent Garnier: Retrospective (F Comm/Mute)
John Lee Hooker: Hooker (Shout! Factory)
Ken Nordine: You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters (Hip-O Select/Geffen) [2005]
Talking Heads: DualDisc album reissues (Sire/Warne r/Rhino)

HONORABLE 2006:
The Album Leaf: Into the Blue Again (Sub Pop)
Susana Baca: Travesias (Luaka Bop)
Beck: The Information (Interscope)
Birdy Nam Nam: Birdy Nam Nam (Uncivilized World)
Blanche: What This Town Needs EP (V2)
Johnny Cash: American V: A Hundred Highways (American/Legacy)
Cibelle: The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves (Six Degrees)
The Come Ons: Stars (MoPop)
Carl Craig: Tres Demented 12" (Planet E)
Darondo: Let My People Go (Luv n' Haight)
Elbow: Leaders of the Free World (V2)
The Flaming Lips: At War with the Mystics (Warner Bros.)   
Four Tet: DJ-Kicks (!K7)
Jose Gonzalez: Vaneer (Mute)
Grizzly Bear: Yellow House (Warp)
Miho Hatori: Ecdysis (Ryko)
His Name Is Alive: Detrola (Silver Mountain)
Hot Club of Detroit: Hot Club of Detroit (Mack Avenue)
i:cube: Live at the Planetarium (Versatile)
Jazzanova: ...Broad Casting (Sonar Kollektiv)
Chelonis R. Jones: Dislocated Genius (Get Physical)
Klimek: Music to Fall Asleep (Kompakt)
Jamie Lidell: Multiply Additions (Warp)
Luomo: Paper Tigers (Huume)
Magda: She's a Dancing Machine (Minus)
Miss Kittin: A Bugged Out Mix (Resist)
Ms. John Soda: Notes and the Like (Morr)
Mylo: Destroy Rock & Roll (Breastfed/RCA)
Joanna Newsom: Ys (Drag City)
Nightmares on Wax: In a Space Outta Sound (Warp)
Peaches: Impeach My Bush (XL)
Lee Scratch Perry: Panic in Babylon (Narnack)
Madeleine Peyroux: Half the Perfect World (Rounder)
Phoenix: It's Never Been Like That (Astralwerks)
Ratatat: Classics (XL)
Rekid: Made in Menorca (Soul Jazz)
Jeff Samuel: Step (Trapez)
Henrik Schwarz: DJ-Kicks (!K7)
Senor Coconut and His Orchestra: Yellow Fever! (Essay)
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars: Living Like a Refugee (Anti)
Soledad Brothers: The Hardest Walk (Polydor/Alive)
Sparklehorse: Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain (Astralwerks)
Under Byen: Samme Stof son Stof (Paper Bag)
Tom Waits: Orphans (Anti)
M. Ward: Post-War (Merge)
Paul Weller: Catch-Flame! (Yep Roc)
Yo La Tengo: I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
Various Artists: Idol Tryouts Two (Ghostly)
Various Artists: Jukebox Buddha (Staubgold)
Various Artists: min2MAX (M inus)
Various Artists: Plague Songs (4AD)
Various Artists: Pop Ambient 2007 (Kompakt)

ALBUMS November 2006:
Forro in the Dark: Bonfires of Sao Joao (Nublu)
Joanna Newsom: Ys (Drag City)
Post Industrial Boys: Trauma (max.Ernst)
Reich: Reich Remixed 2006 (Nonesuch)
Jeff Samuel: Step (Trapez)
Tom Waits: Orphans (Anti)
Various Artists: Jukebox Buddha (Staubgold)
Various Artists: Plague Songs (4AD)

ALBUMS October 2006:
Beck: The Information (Interscope)
Jeff Beck: Truth [expanded] (Epic/Legacy)
Fad Gadget: Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey (Mute)
Four Tet: Remixes (Domino)
Miho Hatori: Ecdysis (Ryko)
John Lee Hooker: Hooker (Shout! Factory)
Luomo: Paper Tigers (Huume)
Henrik Schwarz: DJ-Kicks (!K7)

ALBUMS September 2006:
The Album Leaf: Into the Blue Again (Sub Pop)
Laurent Garnier: Retrospective (F Comm/Mute)
Grizzly Bear: Yellow House (Warp)
London Sinfonietta: Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters (Warp)
Madeleine Peyroux: Half the Perfect World (Rounder)
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars: Living Like a Refugee (Anti)
Sparklehorse: Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain (Astralwerks)
TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope)
Under Byen: Samme Stof son Stof (Paper Bag)
Yo La Tengo: I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)

ALBUMS August 2006:
Hot Club of Detroit: Hot Club of Detroit (Mack Avenue)
I:cube: Live at the Planetarium (Versatile)
Magda: She's a Dancing Machine (Minus)
Miss Kittin: A Bugged Out Mix (Resist)
Jim Noir: Tower of Love (Barsuk)
Lee Scratch Perry: Panic in Babylon (Narnack)
Ratatat: Classics (XL)
M. Ward: Post-War (Merge)

ALBUMS July 2006:
Johnny Cash: American V: A Hundred Highways (American/Legacy)
The Knife: Silent Shout (Mute)
Ochre: Lemodie (Benbecula)
Peaches: Impeach My Bush (XL)
Thom Yorke: The Eraser (XL)
Paul Weller: Catch-Flame! (Yep Roc)
Various Artists: Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (motion picture soundtrack) (Verve Forecast)

ALBUMS June 2006:
Camera Obscura: Let's Get Out of This Country (Merge)
Dabrye: Two/Three (Ghostly)
Four Tet: DJ-Kicks (!K7)
Psapp: The Only Thing I Ever Wanted (Domino)
Senor Coconut and His Orchestra: Yellow Fever! (Essay)
Sonic Youth: Rather Ripped (Geffen)

ALBUMS May 2006:
Ellen Allien & Apparat: Orchestra of Bubbles (Bpitch Control)
Susana Baca: Travesias (Luaka Bop)
The Come Ons: Stars (MoPop)
Carl Craig: Tres Demented 12" (Planet E)
Herbert: Scale (!K7)
Chelonis R. Jones: Dislocated Genius (Get Physical)
Jamie Lidell: Multiply Additions (Warp)
NOMO: New Tones (Ubiquity)
Phoenix: It's Never Been Like That (Astralwerks)
Rekid: Made in Menorca (Soul Jazz)
Various Artists: min2MAX (Minus)

ALBUMS April 2006:
The Flaming Lips: At War with the Mystics (Warner Bros.)  
Jose Gonzalez: Vaneer (Mute)
Klimek: Music to Fall Asleep (Kompakt)
Bruce Springsteen: We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Columbia)
Cassandra Wilson: Thunderbird (Blue Note)
Tom Zé: Estudando o Pagode (Luaka Bop)

ALBUMS March 2006:
Birdy Nam Nam: Birdy Nam Nam (Uncivilized World)
Goldfrapp: Supernature (Mute)
Markus Guentner: Lovely Society (Ware)
Willy Mason: Where the Humans Eat (Astralwerks)
Ms. John Soda: Notes and the Like (Morr)
Nightmares on Wax: In a Space Outta Sound (Warp)
Soledad Brothers: The Hardest Walk (Polydor/Alive)
Various Artists: Idol Tryouts Two (Ghostly)

ALBUMS February 2006:
Jason Collett: Idols of Exile (Arts & Crafts)
Jack DeJohnette featuring Bill Frisell: The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers (Golden Beams/Kindred Rhythms)
J Dilla/Jay Dee: Donuts (Stones Throw)
Elbow: Leaders of the Free World (V2)
Jel: Soft Money (Anticon)
Mylo: Destroy Rock & Roll (Breastfed/RCA)
William Orbit: Hello Waveforms (Sanctuary)
Sing-Sing: Sing-Sing and I (Aerial)
Talking Heads: DualDisc album reissues (Sire/Warner/Rhino)

ALBUMS January 2006:
Cat Power: The Greatest (Matador)
Darondo: Let My People Go (Luv n' Haight)
His Name Is Alive: Detrola (Silver Mountain)
Jazzanova: The Remixes 2002-2005 (Ubiquity) [2005]
Ken Nordine: You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters (Hip-O Select/Geffen) [2005]
Beth Orton: Comfort of Strangers (Astralwerks)
Sia: Colour the Small One (Astralwerks)
Tortoise & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: The Brave and the Bold (Overcoat)

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Liz’s Top 2005

Liz's Top2005 lizMix (iMix) sampler
Selections from the Top2005 albums on the CHARTS page are included.
iTunes

--ALL categories are in ALPHABETICAL order--

ALBUMS 2005:
Amadou & Mariam: Dimanche a Bamako (Nonesuch)
Boards of Canada: The Campfire Headphase (Warp)
Kate Bush: Aerial (Columbia)
Brian Eno: Another Day on Earth (Opal/Hannibal)
The Hard Lessons: Gasoline (No Fun)
Isolée: We Are Monster (Playhouse)
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings: Naturally (Daptone)
Daniel Lanois: Belladonna (Anti)
LCD Soundsystem: LCD Soundsystem (Capitol)
Jamie Lidell: Multiply (Warp)
M.I.A.: Arular (XL)
Who Made Who: Who Made Who (Gomma)
Various Artists: Gilles Peterson Digs America: Brownswood USA (Luv n' Haight/Ubiquity)

LIVE/MIX/EP 2005
Blonde Redhead: The Secret Society of Butterflies (4AD)
Kraftwerk: Minimum-Maximum (Astralwerks)
Richie Hawtin: DE9 | Transitions (Mute)

RESURFACED/FROM THE ARCHIVES 2005:
Carl Craig: The Album Formerly Known As… (Planet E/Rush Hour) [reworked versions of songs from Landcrusing + some new material]
The Cure: Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography (deluxe editions) (Epic/Rhino)
Sonic Youth: Goo (deluxe edition) (DGC)
The Stooges: The Stooges and Fun House (deluxe editions) (Elektra/Rhino)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: B-Sides and Rarities (Mute)
Taj Mahal: The Essential Taj Mahal (Columbia/Legacy)
Ravi Shankar: The Essential Ravi Shankar (Columbia/Private/Legacy)
Hank Williams: Turn Back the Years: The Essential Hank Williams Collection (Mercury)

SIGNIFICANT 2005:
Mara Carlyle “Dido’s Lament (Remember Me)” I Blame Dido EP (Accidental)
live : Gang of Four at The Majestic : May 13, 2005
live : The Hard Lessons at 313.jac : July 24, 2005
live : Nathaniel Mayer at the Detroit International Jazz Festival : September 3, 2005
Goldfrapp “Number 1” Number 1 (Mute)
Another year of bringing the life and song of Johnny Cash to the world (via the film Walk the Line (James Mangold) and CD releases and box set)
live : Adult. The Magic Stick : November 26, 2005

HONORABLE 2005:
Adult.: Gimme Trouble (Thrill Jockey)
Beck: Guero (Interscope) [+ remixes by Diplo and Boards of Canada]
Bloc Party: Silent Alarm (Vice)
Boom Bip: Blue Eyed in the Red Room (Lex)
Brazilian Girls: Brazilian Girls (Verve Forecast)
Broken Social Scene: Broken Social Scene (Arts & Crafts)
Solomon Burke: Make Do With What You Got (Shout! Factory)
James Carter, Cyrus Chestnut, Ali Jackson and Reginald Veal: Gold Sounds (Brown Brothers)
Depeche Mode: Playing the Angel (Mute/Reprise)
Donna Regina: Slow Killer (Karaoke Kalk)
Marianne Faithfull: Before the Poison (Anti)
Laurent Garnier: The Cloud Making Machine (Mute)
Matthew Herbert: Plat du Jour (Accidental)
Hot Chip: Coming On Strong (Moshi Moshi/Astralwerks) [originally released on Moshi Moshi in 2004]
Jackson and His Computer Band: Smash (Warp)
The Kills: No Wow (Rough Trade)
Audra Kubat: Since I Fell in Love with the Music (Times Beach)
Bettye Lavette: I've Got My Own Hell to Raise (Anti)
Nouvelle Vague: Nouvelle Vague (Peacefrog/Luaka Bop) [originally released on Peacefrog in 2004]
The Quantic Soul Orchestra: Pushin' On (Ubiquity)
Rainstick Orchestra: The Floating Glass Key in the Sky (Ninja Tune) [released at the tail end of 2004]
Recloose: Hiatus on the Horizon (Peacefrog)
The Royal Garden Trio: The Royal Garden Trio (First Street Electrical)
Royksopp: The Understanding (Astralwerks)
Nick Schillace: Box Canyon (American Sketch)
Spoon: Gimme Fiction (Merge)
Sufjan Stevens: Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
Emiliana Torrini: Fisherman's Woman (Rough Trade)
Tosca: J.A.C. (K7)
James Blood Ulmer: Birthright (Hyena)
Laura Veirs: Year of Meteors (Nonesuch)
Various Artists: Another World is Possible (Uncivilized World)
Various Artists: Searching for Soul: Rare & Classic Soul, Funk and Jazz from Michigan, 1968-1980 (Luv n' Haight/Ubiquity)
Various Artists: Minimize to Maximize (Minus)
Luomo: Vocalcity (Huume) [reissue]
Ulrich Schnauss: Far Away Trains Passing By (Domino) [reissue]
DJ Shadow: Endtroducing (deluxe edition) (Mo'Wax/Island) [reissue]
Johnny Cash: Legend (Columbia/Legacy) [box]
The Dirtbombs: If You Don't Already Have a Look (In the Red) [collection]
Lali Puna: I Thought I Was Over That: Rare, Remixed and B-Sides (Morr) [collection]
Talking Heads: Brick (Rhino) [reissues]

ARCHIVED

Liz's Top 2004 (all alpha order)

ALBUMS 2004:
Air: Talkie Walkie (Astralwerks)
Alter Ego: Transphormer (Klang Elektronik)
Blonde Redhead: Misery is a Butterfly (4AD/Beggars)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (Anti)
Ben Charest: OST The Triplets of Belleville (Higher Octave)
Lloyd Cole: Music in a Foreign Language (One Little Indian)
Alice Coltrane: Translinear Light (Impulse)
Amp Fiddler: Waltz of a Ghetto Fly (Genuine/PIAS)
Bebel Gilberto: Bebel Gilberto (Six Degrees)
Jolie Holland: Escondida (Anti)
Miriam Makeba: Reflections (Heads Up)
NOMO: NOMO (Ypsilanti)
The Orb: Bicycles & Tricycles (Sanctuary)
Sonic Youth: Sonic Nurse (DGC)
Swayzak: Loops from the Bergerie (Studio K7)
TV on the Radio: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (Touch and Go)
Paul Weller: Studio 150 (V2)
Various Artists: But Then Again (~scape)
Various Artists: Movement: Detroit's Electronic Music Festival 2004 (Soundscape/Cisco)
Various Artists: Sacred and Profane: A Collection of Sonic Art (detroitartistsmarket.org)

EXPERIMENTAL/CHALLENGING LISTENING 2004:
Glenn Branca: Lesson No. 1 (Acute) [reissue]
DNA: DNA on DNA (No More) [compilation]
Liars: They Were Wrong So We Drowned (Mute) [album]
Diamanda Galas: Defixiones: Will and Testament (Mute) [album]
Wolf Eyes: Burned Mind (Sub Pop) [album]

RESURFACED/FROM THE ARCHIVES 2004:
James Brown: Soul on Top (Verve)
The Clash: London Calling (25 th Anniversary Legacy Edition) (Epic/Legacy)
The Cure: Three Imaginary Boys (2-CD Edition) (Rhino)
Brian Eno: all the remastered reissues (Astralwerks)
The Kinks: The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society (2004 reissue) (Sanctuary Midline)
Arthur Russell: The World of Arthur Russell (Soul Jazz)
Saint Etienne: Travel Edition 1990-2005 (Sub Pop)
Talking Heads: The Name of this Band is Talking Heads (Rhino)
Fats Waller: Happy Birthday Fats (Fuel2000)
Was (Not Was): (The Woodwork) Squeaks (Ze)
Muddy Waters: Hard Again (Epic/Legacy)

MIX + NON-ALBUM 2004:
Adult./Dirtbombs: Split Split Split. (Ersatz Audio/Cass Records) [split45]
Matthew Dear: Backstroke (Spectral) [miniLP]
Gotan Project: Inspiracion Espiracion (XL) [mix]
Mathew Jonson: Decompression (Minus) [12"]

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Liz’s Top 2003

ALBUMS 2003 (alpha):
Adult.: Anxiety Always (Ersatz Audio)
Natacha Atlas: Something Dangerous (Mantra)
Broker/Dealer: Initial Public Offering (Asphodel)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Nocturama (Mute/Anti)
Common: Electric Circus (MCA)
Chick Corea: Rendezvous in New York (Stretch)
Robin Guthrie: Imperial (Bella Union)
Ahmad Jamal: In Search of Momentum (Dreyfus)
Mojave 3: Spoon & Rafter (4AD)
Juana Molina: Segundo (Domino)
Plastikman: Closer (Mute)
Radiohead: Hail to the Thief (Capitol)
James Blood Ulmer: No Escape from the Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions (Hyena)
Villalobos: Alcachofa (Playhouse)
Various Artists: Idol Tryouts Vol. 1 (Ghostly International)

EXPERIMENTAL/CHALLENGING LISTENING 2003 (alpha):
Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Meeting (Pi)
HIM: Many in High Places Are Not Well (Bubble Core)
Rachel’s: Systems/Layers (Quarterstick)
the | space | between : the | space | between with Joëlle Léandre (482 Music)
David Sylvian: Blemish (Samadhi Sound)

RESURFACED/FROM THE ARCHIVES 2003 (alpha):
Aphex Twin: 26 Mixes for Cash (Warp)
Dorothy Ashby: In a Minor Groove (Prestige) [1958 original issue/2003 reissue]
As One: So Far (So Good) (Ubiquity)
Asha Bhosle: The Rough Guide to Bollywood Legends (World Music Network)
David Bowie: Aladdin Sane (30th Anniversary 2-CD Edition) (EMI)
Johnny Cash: Cash Unearthed (American) [5cd box]
Led Zeppelin: How the West Was Won (Atlantic)
Lizzy Mercier-Decloux: Press Color and Mambo Nassau (Ze) [1979 & 1981/2003 Expanded Editions]
My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (Plain) [2003 gatefold vinyl reissue]
Ken Nordine: Wink (Asphodel) [released in 1967 as Twink]
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues (Sony) [the cd series]
Shirley Scott: Queen of the Organ: The Shirley Scott Memorial Album (Prestige)
Nina Simone: Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings (Verve) [4 cd box]
Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime (Rhino) [3cd/1dvd box]
The Temptations: Psychedelic Soul (Motown)
Caetano Veloso: The Best of Caetano Veloso (Nonesuch)
Mal Waldron: Soul Eyes: The Mal Waldron Memorial Album (Prestige)
Various Artists: New York Noise (Soul Jazz)

MIX 2003 (alpha):
DFA: Dance to the Underground (IPC Media) (Muzik magazine promo]
Swayzak: Fabric 11 (Fabric)

SIGNIFICANT 2003 (chronological):
Thomas Fehlmann (Detroit Art Space, 26apr03)
Adult. (Magic Stick, 17may03)
Senor Coconut and His Orchestra with the final Kraftwerk-only set (Metropolis, Mutek, 31may03)
Matthew Herbert Big Band with guest vocalists Dani Siciliano, Arto Lindsay and Jamie Lidell (L’Auditori, Sónar, 12jun03)
Villalobos: Alcachofa (Playhouse) [haunting 2003]
Iggy & The Stooges and Sonic Youth (DTE Energy Music Theatre, 25aug03)
Johnny Cash RIP (26feb32 - 12sep03)
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues, the television and the cd series (sep03)
Paxahau 5 Year Anniversary with Reinhard Voigt, Michael Meyer & Deadbeat (Times Square, 27sep03)
A True Testimonial – An MC5 documentary (Detroit Film Theatre, 31oct03)

HONORABLE 2003 (alpha):
Ellen Allien: Berlinette (Bpitch Control)
Carla Bley Big Band: Looking for America (Watt Works/ECM)
Blue Series Continuum: GoodandEvil Sessions (Thirsty Ear)
Harold Budd: La Bella Vista (Shout! Factory)
John Cale: Hobo Sapiens (EMI)
Cat Power: You Are Free (Matador)
The Detroit Experiment: The Detroit Experiment (Ropeadope)
The Dirtbombs: Dangerous Magical Noise (In the Red)
Electric Six: Fire (XL)
Goldfrapp: Black Cherry (Mute)
Gotan Project: La Revancha del Tango (XL)
Buddy Guy: Blues Singer (Silvertone)
Emmylou Harris: Stumble Into Grace (Nonesuch)
Matthew Herbert Big Band: Goodbye Swingtime (Accidental)
Audra Kubat: Million Year Old Sand (Times Beach)
Daniel Lanois: Shine (Anti)
Love: The Forever Changes Concert (Snapper)
Madlib: Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note (Blue Note)
Man: Machine (Times Beach)
Massive Attack: 100th Window (Virgin)
Matmos: The Civil War (Matador)
Monolake: Momentum (EFA)
Jeff Parker: Like-Coping (Delmark)
William Parker Violin Trio: Scrapbook (Thirsty Ear)
Iggy Pop: Skull Ring (Virgin)
Rufus Wainwright: Want One (DreamWorks)
Paul Weller: Illumination (Yep Roc)
The White Stripes: Elephant (V2)
Wire: Send (Pinkflag)
Yello: The Eye (Universal)
Yo La Tengo: Summer Sun (Matador)
Neil Young: Greendale (Reprise)
Various Artists: Sonic Mook Experiment 3: Hot Shit (Blast First/Mute UK)
Various Artists: Superlongevity 3 (Perlon)
Various Artists: Total 5 (Kompakt)

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Liz’s Top 2002
“The Year of the Various Artist Collection”

ALBUMS2002 (alpha):
The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Warner Bros.)
Neil Halstead: Sleeping on Roads (4AD)
Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble: Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet (Sony Classical)
Múm: Finally We Are No One (Fat Cat)
The Sights: Got What We Want (Fall of Rome)
Swayzak: Dirty Dancing (Stud!o K7)
Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
Various Artists: Colette No3 (Colette)
Various Artists: Red Hot + Riot (MCA)
Various Artists: Tangent 2002: Disco Nouveau (Ghostly International)

HONORABLE 2002 (alpha):
Akufen: My Way (Force Inc)
Arthur Blythe: Focus (Savant)
Solomon Burke: Don't Give Up on Me (Fat Possum)
Johnny Cash: American IV: The Man Comes Around (American)
Dabrye: Instrmntl (Eastern Developments)
Death in Vegas feat. Nicola Kuperus of Adult.: "Hands Around My Throat (Adult. Remix)" Hands Around My Throat 12" (Concrete)
Pink Elln: The Electronic Dreamplant (Saas Fee)
Kahil El'Zabar Trio: Love Outside of Dreams (Delmark)
ESG: Step Off EP (Universal Sound)
Bryan Ferry: Frantic (Virgin)
The Juan Maclean: "You Can't Have It Both Ways (live)" #2 12" (DFA)
Kronos Quartet: Nuevo (Nonesuch)
Liars: They Threw Us All in a Trench and Threw a Monument on Top (Gern Blandsten/Mute)
Brad Mehldau: Largo (Warner Bros.)
Medusa Cyclone: Tangier (Small Stone)
Midwest Product: Specifics (Ghostly International)
Tadd Mullinix: Panes (Ghostly International)
Beth Orton: "Carmella (Four Tet Remix)" Carmella 12" (Astralwerks)
Pas/Cal: The Handbag Memoirs EP (Le Grand Magistery)
Primal Scream: Evil Heat (Epic)
Saint Etienne: Finisterre (Mantra)
Super_Collider: Raw Digits (Rise Robot Rise)
Wire: Read & Burn 01 and 02 EPs (Pinkflag)
Interpol: Turn On the Bright Lights (Matador)
Various Artists: Blue Skied an' Clear: A Tribute to Slowdive (Morr)
Various Artists: Misery Loves Company (Ersatz Audio)

RESURFACED 2002 (alpha):
David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (30th Anniversary 2CD Edition) (EMI)
Miles Davis: The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux (Columbia/Legacy)
Aretha Franklin: The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (Columbia/Legacy)
Herbert: Secondhand Sounds: Herbert Remixes (Peacefrog)
The Who: My Generation (Deluxe Edition) (MCA)
Various Artists: 24 Hour Party People OST (Warner Bros.)
Various Artists: Rough Trade: Electronic 01 (Rough Trade/Mute)

MIX 2002 (alpha):
Harry the Bastard: Club H Volume 3 (Strata)
Richie Hawtin & Sven Vath: The Sound of the Third Season (Cocoon/Mute)

SIGNIFICANT 2002 (chronological):
Nick Cave at The State Theater (Saturday, April 27th)
Múm: Finally We Are No One (Fat Cat)
Deep Chord at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival (Saturday, May 25th)
Radio Boy (AKA Herbert) at Planet E’s All Access (Sunday, May 26th)
Various Artists: Colette No3 (Colette)
The Gulls (AKA The Sights) at the Garden Bowl (Sunday, September 1st)
Film: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: Wilco documentary (Sam Jones) (September 27th)
Peaches at Majestic Theater (Thursday, October 17th)
Film: Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore) (Fall 2002)
Re:sounding Detroit featuring authors Lars Bjorn, Ben Edmonds and Dan Sicko at Wayne State University, presented by the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (Saturday, November 23rd)

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AUGUST 2002: All charts are in alphabetical order.
Susana Baca: Espiritu Vivo (Luaka Bop)
Bryan Ferry: Frantic (Virgin)
The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Warner Bros.)
Kronos Quartet: Nuevo (Nonesuch)
Brad Mehldau: Largo (Warner Bros.)
Midwest Product: Specifics (Ghostly International)
Múm: Finally We Are No One (Fat Cat)
Various Artists: 24 Hour Party People (Warner)
Various Artists: Colette No. 3 (Colette FR)
Various Artists: Misery Loves Company (Ersatz Audio)

AUGUST 2002 ODD'N'ENDS:
Beth Orton: Carmella (Four Tet Remix) 12" (Astralwerks)
Pas/Cal: Pas/Cal EP (Le Grand Magistery) [out soon]
The Sights: Got What We Want (Fall of Rome) [out soon]

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Top 2001 (mostly alpha):
***Essential Release of the Year*** Herbert: Bodily Functions (Stud!o K7)
Adult.: Resuscitation (Ersatz Audio)
Bj?k: Vespertine (Elektra)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part (Mute/Reprise)
Richie Hawtin: DE9: Closer to the Edit (Mute) [Mix/Production]
His Name Is Alive: Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth (4AD)
Dave Holland Quintet: Not for Nothin? (ECM)
Ken Nordine: A Transparent Mask (Asphodel)
Sigur R?: Agaetis Byrjun (Fat Cat/Play It Again Sam) [released 2000 UK but 2001 US]
Various Artists: Superlongevity (Perlon GERMANY)

Honorable 2001 (alpha):
Ryan Adams: Gold (Lost Highway)
Air: ?Radio #1? Remix by Se?r Coconut (Astralwerks)
Detroit Grand Pubahs: Funk All Y?All (Jive Electro)
Fischerspooner ?Emerge? from #1 (International Deejay Gigolos GERMANY)
Four Tet: Pause (Domino UK)
Herbie Hancock: Future 2 Future (Transparent Music)
Matmos: A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure (Matador)
Radiohead: Amnesiac and I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (Capitol)
The Strokes: Is This It (RCA) Tindersticks: Can Our Love? (BBQ)

Resurfaced 2001 (alpha):
David Bowie: Bowie at the Beeb (Virgin)
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (Deluxe Edition) (Motown)
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Catch a Fire (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong/Island)
George Harrison: All Things Must Pass (30th Anniversary Edition) (Capitol)
Betty Davis Reissues (MPC Ltd. UK) [2000]

Mix 2001 (alpha):
Ellen Allien: Flieg mit Ellen Allien (Bpitch Control GERMANY)
Richie Hawtin: DE9: Closer to the Edit (Mute) [production/mix]

Significant 2001 (chronological):
Documentary: Ken Burns Jazz on PBS Stations Nationwide, aired January 2001
Film: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee [released 2000; Detroit February 2001]
Goldfrapp at Schuba?s (as part of Noise Pop Festival, Chicago), 10 May
People from Good Homes Exhibit and Show at 2 John R, 12 May
Inner City at DEMF, 28 May Herbert, live (at WMF, Berlin) and recorded (Bodily Functions), June
Terry Riley at Sonar (Barcelona, Spain), 14 June
Stevie Wonder at Hart Plaza (as part of the Detroit 300 Festival), 21 July
Roxy Music at DTE Energy Music Theater, 29 July
Carl Craig at Cranbrook (as part of the Bertoia Exhibit), 17 August
Sun Ra Arkestra at Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival, 03 September
Film: Amelie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet [November 2001]