October 2
3rd Faze 3rd Faze (GFI/Edel)
Gary Allan Alright Guy (MCA Nashville)
Amps for Christ The Oak in the Ashes (Shrimper)
Diane Arkenstone Aquaria (Paras/Neo Pacifica)
Atombombpocketknife God Save the ABPK (Southern)
The b-Sides Yes Indeed, Quite (Skunk-Ape)
Beenie Man Youth Quake (AO!/Scorpio)
Bruknahm The Bruknahm Project (Knitting Factory Works)
Caribbean Pulse Stand Up (Irie)
Chimaira Pass Out of Existence (Deftones’ Stephen Carpenter guests) (Roadrunner)
George Dalaras The Running Roads (Mondo Melodia/Ark 21)
DavidZ’s Beatbank Ready, Set, Go (District Z)
Alana Davis Fortune Cookies (Elektra)
Lenny Dee Presents Ruffbeats (The Music Cartel)
Default The Fallout (TVT)
Devon Long Sleeve Story (John D’earth guests; produced by Dave Matthews Band’s Stefan Lessard) (Three Word)
DJ Irene Global House Diva 2 (SHR)
Jermaine Dupri Instructions (clean and explicit versions) (So So Def/Columbia)
Electric Hellfire Club Electronomicon (Deadline/Cleopatra)
Danny Federici Danny Federici (Nils Lofgren guests) (Hip-O)
Bèla Fleck Perpetual Motion (Sony Classical)
Flexx G Out of da Shadows (Shanty Town)
Flyte Reaction Sensilla (Rubric)
Bill Frisell With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones (Nonesuch/Atlantic)
Garbage Beautifulgarbage (Interscope)
Gipsy Kings Somos Gitanos (Nonesuch/Atlantic)
Gwens Devil’s Cliff (Happy Birthday to Me)
Pat Haney Ghost of Things to Come (FreeFalls)
Joni Harms After All (Real West)
Idaho Levitate (Idaho Music)
IIIrd Tyme Out Live at the Mac II (Rounder)
Ja Rule Pain Is Love (clean & explicit versions) (Def Jam)
Jackie-O Motherfucker Liberation (Road Cone)
Keith Jarrett with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette Inside Out (ECM)
Billy Joel Music for Solo Piano (Columbia)
Elton John Songs from the West Coast (Universal)
George Jones The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001 (BNA/Bandit)
The Krush Never Felt So Right (HanaOla)
Machine Head Supercharger (Roadrunner)
Mad for the Racket (Wayne Kramer and Brian James’ project) The Racketeers (Stewart Copeland, Clem Burke and Duff McKagan guest) (MuscleTone)
Anni McCann This Moment (Etherean)
Medicine Ball Fresh Ape (Rubric)
Herbie Nichols Project Strange City (Palmetto)
Now It’s Overhead Now It’s Overhead (Saddle Creek)
Bill O’Connell Latin Jazz Project Black Sand (Random Chance)
The Other Quartet Soundstain (Knitting Factory Works)
Sandy Owen One Late Hour... (Paras/Ivory)
Oysterhead (Trey Anastasio, Les Claypool, and Stewart Copeland) The Grand Pecking Order (Elektra)
Pinwheel Trouble Doll (w/cover of English Beat’s "Save It for Later") (Pinch Hit)
Porter Whiskey Hill (Blue Monster)
Pressure 4-5 Burning the Process (DreamWorks)
Refrigerator Comedy Minus One (Shrimper)
The Rembrandts Lost Together (J-Bird)
Billy Joe Royal Now and Then, Then and Now (Chipsmoman.com)
David Sanchez Travesía (Columbia)
Tommy Sands To Shorten the Winter: An Irish Christmas (Green Linnet)
Scorched Earth Fed to Your Head (Rubric)
Seaworthy The Ride (Jetset)
Avery Sharpe Extended Family III: Family Values (JKNM)
Something Corporate Audio Boxer (EP) (MCA)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives Behind the Music (Hidden Agenda/Parasol)
Steve Tyrell Here to Stay (Columbia)
Voice on the Verge Live in Philadelphia (Rykodisc)
The Warlocks Rise and Fall (Bomp)
Peter White Glow (Columbia)
Tanya Woods All That Glitters (Renata/Q&W)
VA Chill Out in the City (w/O.R.G. Lounge, Love Spirals and others) (Water Music)
VA The Django Reinhardt NY Festival: Live at Birdland (Division One/Savoy)
VA Legendary: The Steel Guitar Tribute to Eric Clapton (CMH)
VA Making Spirits Bright: A Smooth Jazz Christmas (GRP)
VA Mixed by Oscar G & Ivano Bellini: Club Space (two CDs) (Bliss)
OST Bully (w/Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Fatboy Slim, Tricky and others) (OCF)
OST Candyman 3: Day of the Dead (score by Adam Gorgoni) (Beyond Music)
OST Choices (music by Three 6 Mafia and Hypnotize Minds w/Ludacris guesting; clean & explicit versions) (Loud)
OST Joy Ride (score by Marco Beltrami) (Varèse Sarabande)
OST Serendipity (new John Cusack/Kate Beckinsale film) (Columbia)
OST Soul Survivors (score by Daniel Licht) (Beyond Music)
OST South of Heaven, West of Hell (music by Dwight Yoakam) (Reprise)
OST
Wishmaster 2 (score by David Williams) (Beyond Music)
October 2 (vaults)
Adam & the Ants The Complete Radio 1 Sessions (Fuel 2000)
Birthday Party The John Peel Sessions (Fuel 2000)
Busta Rhymes Total Devastation: The Best of (Rhino)
Wendy Carlos Switched on Bach and Well-Tempered Synthesizer (East Side Digital)
Julian Cope The Best of the BBC Sessions (Fuel 2000)
The Crowd Pleasers Country Azz Hell (Elektra)
D.R.I. Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (Cleopatra)
Spencer Davis Group Live Anthology 1965-1968 (Varèse Vintage)
Alio Die and Amelia Cuni Apsaras (Projekt)
Dinosaur Jr. Ear Bleeding Country: The Best of (Rhino)
Donovan Greatest Hits Live in Vancouver, 1986 (Varèse Vintage)
Philip Glass Philip on Film (five-CD set of film scores) (Rhino/Nonesuch)
Larry Graham & Graham Central Station The Jam: Anthology (two CDs) (Warner Bros. Archives/Rhino)
Billie Holiday Lady Day: The Best of (two-CD set) and Lady Day: The Complete on Columbia (1933-1944) (ten-CD box set) (Columbia/Legacy)
House of Love The John Peel Sessions 1988-1989 (Fuel 2000)
Billy Joel The Essential (two CDs) (Columbia/Legacy)
Dean Martin Country Style/Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again, Dream with Dean/Everybody Loves Somebody, French Style/Dino Latino, Hits Again/Houston, The Door Is Still Open to Your Heart/(Remember Me) I’m the One Who Loves You and TV Show/Songs from the Silencers (two-fers) (Collectors’ Choice)
Michael Martin Murphey Ultimate Collection (Hip-O)
Shockabilly Vietnam & Heaven (Shimmy Disc)
Sianspheric Dual (Sonic Unyon)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives Extended Revelation and Welcome to the Infant Freebase (Hidden Agenda/Parasol)
The Sunshine Company The Best of (Collectors’ Choice)
Winger The Best of (Rhino)
VA Bare Essentials, Vol. 1 (Naked/Astralwerks)
VA Blue Trail of Sorrow (w/Alison Krauss, Stanley Brothers and others) (Rounder)
VA Carte Blanche, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (Naked/ Astralwerks)
VA Daddy-O Daddy: Rare Family Songs of Woody Guthrie (w/Taj Mahal, Billy Bragg and others) (Rounder Kids)
VA Dancehall Raiders (AO!/Scorpio)
VA Havana, Cuba ca. 1957: Rhythms and Songs for the Orishas (Smithsonian Folkways)
VA Matanzas, Cuba ca. 1957: Afro-Cuban Sacred Music from the Countryside (Smithsonian Folkways)
VA Nude Dimensions, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (Naked/Astralwerks)
VA Rhythm Room Blues (w/Kim Wilson, R.L. Burnside and others) (HighTone)
VA Say It Loud: A History of Black Music in America (Rhino)
VA Swingin’ Christmas (Rhino)
VA Then: Totally Oldies 2 (w/The Searchers, Turtles and others) (Varèse Vintage)
VA This Is Rave 4 (Hypnotic/Cleopatra)
VA
This Is Your Country (w/Shania Twain, Vince Gill and others) (UTV)
October 9
8Ball Lay It Down (Virgin)
Trace Adkins Chrome (Capitol)
Aereogramme A Story in White (Matador)
Agnostic Front Dead Yuppies (Epitaph)
The Klezmatics The Well (Rounder)
Harry Allen Christmas in Swingtime (Koch Jazz)
Anathema A Fine Day to Exit (Music for Nations/ Koch)
Ancient Proxima Centauri (Metal Blade)
Apex Theory The Apex Theory (EP) (DreamWorks)
David Ball Amigo (DualTone)
Banabila Voiz Noiz II (Tone Casualties/Never)
Beachwood Sparks Once We Were Trees (w/cover of Sade’s "By Your Side") (Sub Pop)
Regina Belle This Is Regina (Peak)
Dan Bern New American Language (co- produced by Chuck Plotkin) (Messenger)
Black Lipstick The Four Kingdoms of (Peek-a-Boo)
Deni Bonet Bigger Is Always Better (M-R2)
The Bronx Casket Co. Sweet Home Transylvania (The Music Cartel)
Bubba Sparxxx Dark Days, Bright Nights (Interscope)
Dena Cali Dena Cali (w/DJ Spinderella) (Treydan)
Chipman & the Buckwheat Boyz Peanut Butter & Jelly (Kela/Luke)
Charlotte Church Enchantment (Columbia)
The Clarks Live (Razor & Tie)
Leonard Cohen Ten New Songs (Columbia)
Alice Cooper Dragon Town (Spitfire Active)
Craving Theo Craving Theo (Columbia)
Laura Dawn Believer (Extasy)
Defenestration One Inch God (Spitfire)
Demolition String Band Pulling Up Atlantis (Okra-tone)
The Detroit Grand Pubas Funk All Y’all (Jive Electro)
The Dictators D.F.F.D. (Norton/Dictators)
DJ Garfield Garfield Signatures (Neurodisc/Priority)
Julie Doiron Désormais (Jagjaguwar)
Dr. John Creole Moon (Blue Note)
Greg Ellis Kala Ruba (Narada)
Embodyment Hold Your Breath (Solid State)
Finch Falling Into Place (EP) (MCA)
Five for Fighting America Town (Columbia)
Flaming Stars Ginmill Perfume (Alternative Tentacles)
Peter Green Splinter Group Time Traders (Blue Storm)
Andy Griggs Freedom (RCA)
Tommy Guerrero Junk Collector (EP) (Beggars Banquet)
The Helio Sequence Young Effectuals (Cavity Search)
Richard Hinge Munich Manhattan (Shadow)
Kelly Hogan Because It Feels Good (Bloodshot)
D.D. Jackson Trio Sigame (Justin Time)
Jesus Jones London (MI5)
Jive Jones Me, Myself & I (Jive)
Ronny Jordan Off the Record (Blue Note)
Tonio K. 16 Tons of Monkeys (Gadfly)
Kid Loco Kill Your Darlings (Division One/Atlantic)
Chris Thomas King The Legend of Tommy Johnson (Valley Entertainment)
Kottonmouth Kings Hidden Stash II: The Kream of the Crop (Capitol)
Kenny Lattimore Weekend (Arista)
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Gospel Parade (Sugar Hill)
Lil’ Troy Back to Ballin (Kela/In the Paint)
The Lilac Time Lilac 6 (spinART)
The Line Monsters We Breed (MCA)
Lit Atomic (RCA)
Rebecca Luker Anything Goes: Songs of Cole Porter (Fynsworth Alley)
Dave Matthews Band Live in Chicago 12/19/98 (two CDs) (RCA)
Christina Milian Christina Milian (Def Jam)
Mr. Capone-e Last Man Standing (Thump)
Leona Naess I Tried to Rock You, but You Only Roll (MCA)
Scout Niblett Sweet Heart Fever (Secretly Canadian)
Noogie Remote Controller (w/cover of "Friday on My Mind") (Trauma)
North Mississippi Allstars 51 Phantom (Tone-Cool)
Tim O’Brien Two Journeys (Howdy Skies)
The O’Jays For the Love (MCA)
Shaquille O’Neal Presents His Superfriends, Vol. 1 (Trauma)
Michael Occhipinti Creation Dream: The Songs of Bruce Cockburn (Rounder)
Yoko Ono Blueprint for a Sunrise (Capitol)
Open Loose New School (Enja)
Parker Paul Wingfoot (Jagjaguwar)
Pulley Together Again for the First Time (Epitaph)
Kid Ramos Greasy Kid Stuff (Evidence)
Anthony Rapp (actor from Road Trip) Look Around (Paigow)
Jonathan Richman Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eyeshadow (produced by Niko Bolas) (Vapor)
Cathie Ryan Safe Home (Shanachie)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club Slim Cessna’s Auto Club (Alternative Tentacles)
Sloan Pretty Together (Murder)
Debi Smith Red Bird Red (Shanachie)
Speed Limit 140 BPM + The New Era Mixed by Slipmatt (Moonshine)
Joe Stampley Somewhere Under the Rainbow (Critter)
Student Rick A Soundtrack for a Generation (Victory)
Sean T. Can I Shine? (Asphalt)
T.I. I’m Serious (clean & explicit versions) (Ghet-O-Vision/Arista)
Tall Paul Mixed Live (Moonshine)
Chris Thile Not All Who Wander Are Lost (Sugar Hill)
Henry Threadgill and Make a Move Everybody’s Mouth’s a Book (Pi)
Henry Threadgill’s Zooid Up Popped the Two Lips (Pi)
TKA Forever (Tommy Boy Silver)
Jenny Toomey (ex-Tsunami) Antidote (Misra)
Transatlantic Bridge Across Forever (Metal Blade)
Transmatic Transmatic (Virgin)
Midge Ure Move Me (MI5)
Mike Walker Mike Walker (DreamWorks Nashville)
Waxwing Intervention: Collection+Remixes (Second Nature)
We R Perswaded Give Him Your Life (Werp)
West Coast Bad Poppin’ Collars (clean & explicit versions) (No Limit)
Woodie Demonz in My Sleep (In the Paint/Koch)
Wylie & the Wild West Paradise (Rounder)
Zoot Horn Rollo We Saw a Bozo Under the Sea (ZHR)
VA Brand New Boots and Panties: A Tribute to Ian Dury (Gold Circle)
VA Country Goes Raffi (Rounder)
VA If I Had a Song: The Songs of Pete Seeger Volume II (Appleseed Recordings)
VA Listen to What the Man Said: A Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney (Tribute LLC/Oglio)
OST Bandits (new Bruce Willis/Billy Bob Thornton film) (Columbia)
OST Bones (new Snoop Dogg/Pam Grier film) (Priority)
OST Fiddler on the Roof (30th anniversary edition w/bonus tracks) (EMI/Capitol)
OST Focus (new Laura Dern/William H. Macy film) (Milan)
OST Mulholland Drive (new David Lynch film) (Milan)
OST On the Line (members of *NSYNC star) (Jive Electro)
October 9 (Vaults)
Sheldon Allman Sing Along with Drac (Del-Fi)
The Allman Brothers Band Live at the Fillmore (5.1 surround) (DTS)
Bill Anderson Oh Boy Classics Presents (Oh Boy Classics)
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters The Very Best of (Collectables)
BeauSoleil Best of the Crawfish Years (Rounder)
Black 47 On Fire Live (Gadfly)
Kenny Burrell Blues: The Common Ground (Verve)
Jerry Butler The Gamble & Huff Sessions (Mercury)
Kim Carnes Barking at Airplanes, Cafe Racers and Voyeur (w/three bonus tracks each) (One Way)
Clarence Carter Best of (Koch)
The Castaway Strings Play Peter, Paul & Mary (Collectables)
Tom Chapin Family Tree, Moonboat and Mother Earth (Gadfly)
Boozoo Chavis Down Home on Dog Hill (Rounder)
Gilby Clarke ’99 Live, Hangover and Rubber (Spitfire Masters Series)
Robert Clary Meet/Hooray for Love (two-fer) (Collectables)
Colourbox The Best of (4AD/Beggars Banquet)
Thelma Cooper and Daisy Mae and Her Hepcats Thelma Cooper and Daisy Mae and Her Friends (Gotham/Collectables)
Charlie Daniels Band The Live Record (Blue Hat/Audium)
The dB’s Stands for Decibels/ Repercussion (two-fer) (Collectors’ Choice)
Blossom Dearie Sings Comden & Green (Verve)
Dervish Decade (Compass)
David Diggs E-klek-trik (DVD Audio) (Silverline)
Steve Earle, Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt Together at the Bluebird Café (Kela/Koch)
Earth Crisis 1991-2001 (Victory)
Electronic Twisted Tenderness - Deluxe (two-CD set) (Koch)
Duke Ellington Ebony Rhapsody: The Great Ellington Vocalist (Bluebird)
Fabulous Thunderbirds Live (Sanctuary/CMC Int’l)
The Fall Fiend of a Violin and Sinister Waltz (Sanctuary/Trojan)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (two CDs) (Verve)
Helen Forrest with Benny Goodman The Complete (three CDs) (Collectors’ Choice)
Frost That Was Then, Vol. 1 and That Was Then, Vol. 2 (Thump)
Grateful Dead Dick’s Picks 23 (three CDs recorded 9/17/72 in Baltimore) (Grateful Dead)
Marcia Griffiths The Best of, 1969-1974 (Sanctuary/Trojan)
Tiny Grimes & Friends Tiny Grimes & Friends (Gotham/Collectables)
Lionel Hampton The Quintet (Verve)
John Hartford RCA Country Legends (Buddha)
Hawkwind Anthology 1967-1982 (two CDs w/seven bonus tracks from 1988-93) (Sanctuary/Trojan)
Helloween Better Than Rain and The Time of the Oath (Sanctuary)
John Holt The Reggae Christmas Album (Sanctuary/Trojan)
Harry James The Very Best of (Collectables)
The Jets 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection (MCA)
Little Willie John The Very Best of (Collectables)
K-Otix Universal (Rummonline)
The Kendalls Oh Boy Classics Presents (Oh Boy Classics)
The Langley School’s Music Project Innocence and Despair (1970’s children’s choir covering Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Beatles and others) (Bar/None)
Madonna The Early Years - Give It to Me (10 tracks from Mindfield Records) (Sanctuary)
Bob Marley & the Wailers In the Beginning and The Best of the Early Years (Sanctuary/Trojan)
The Maytals Monkey Man/From the Roots (two-fer) (Sanctuary/Trojan)
Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band (four CDs) (Bluebird)
Rudy Ray Moore Raw, Rude and Real: More Greatest Hits (The Right Stuff)
Motörhead The Chase Is Better Than the Catch and No Sleep at All (Sanctuary/Metal-Is)
Aaron Neville Devotion (DVD Audio) (Silverline)
Christiane Noll A Broadway Love Story (Fynsworth Alley)
Freddie Notes & the Rudies Montego Bay (Sanctuary/Trojan)
Gary Numan Down in the Park - The Alternative Anthology (two CDs) (Sanctuary/ Trojan)
The Original Gospel Harmonettes The Soul of/Peace in the Valley (two-fer) (Collectables)
Lee "Scratch" Perry Battle of Armagideon (Sanctuary/Trojan)
Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends Give Me Power and Words of My Mouth (Sanctuary/Trojan)
Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook (Verve)
Glen Phillips Abulum (DVD Audio) (Silverline)
The Pioneers The Best of - Longshot Kick de Bucket (Sanctuary/Trojan)
The Royals & the Midnighters The Very Best of (Collectables)
Sex Pistols There Is No Future (Sanctuary)
Shankar & Gingger One in a Million (Silverline)
Artie Shaw Self Portrait (five CDs) (Bluebird)
The Sonics The Savage Young Sonics (previously unreleased material) (Norton)
Sonny Stitt The Complete Roost Studio Sessions (nine CDs) (Mosaic)
Tabitha’s Secret Tabitha’s Secret? Don’t Play with Matches (Pyramid)
Toots and the Maytals Live in London (w/four bonus tracks) (Sanctuary/Trojan)
The Upsetters Double Seven and Return of Django (Sanctuary/Trojan)
The Upsetters & Friends Upsetting the Nation (Sanctuary/Trojan)
Uriah Heep Abominog, Fallen Angel and Live in Moscow (w/bonus tracks) (Sanctuary)
Dave Weckl The Zone (Stretch)
Tony Joe White The Beginning (Audium)
Victor Wooten Live in America (Compass)
VA Ambient Boxed: A Guide by Instinct (four CDs) (Instinct)
VA America’s Biggest Dance Hits: Mixed by DJ Riddler (Tommy Boy Silver)
VA The British Are Coming, Vol. 1 (w/David Bowie, Marmalade and others) (Sanctuary)
VA A Country Superstar Christmas 4 (Hip-O)
VA Don Haven & Friends (Gotham/Collectables)
VA Harley Davidson: Southern Road Songs (The Right Stuff)
VA Jazz Romance: A Night in with Verve (four CDs) (Verve)
VA The Randall Hylton Tribute (Pinecastle)
VA Reggae Christmas - 21 Christmas Classics (w/Ethiopians, John Holt and others) (Sanctuary/Trojan)
VA Roots Music: An American Journey (four CDs) (Rounder)
VA Season’s Greetings: The Millennium Christmas Box (three CDs) (Hip-O)
VA A Treasury of Golden Christmas Songs (Koch Jazz)
VA Ultimate Rock and Roll Collections - The ’50s, The ’60s and The ’70s (Collectables)
VA The Very Best of Acid Jazz: 10 Year Celebration (two CDs) (Instinct)
VA We Came from Beyond (w/Dilated Peoples, unreleased Beastie Boys and others) (Razor & Tie)
OST Letterbox Series: Clear & Present Danger, Crash and Mystery Train (Milan)
OST The Final Conflict - Deluxe Edition (Varèse Sarabande)
OST The Omen - Deluxe Edition (Varèse Sarabande)
October 16
40 Below Summer Invitation to the Dance (produced by Slipknot’s M. Shawn Crahan; clean & explicit versions) (Sire)
Abenaa Tuesday’s Child (Nkunim)
AM/FM Getting into Sinking (Polyvinyl)
Asphalt Jungle Electro Ave. (ROIR)
John Berry All the Way to There (Ark 21)
Bionic Jive Armageddon Through Your Speakers (Interscope)
Sam Bisbee Vehicle (Terrible)
Bullfrog Featuring Kid Koala Bullfrog (Ropeadope/Atlantic)
Paula Carino Aquacade (125)
The Celtic Fiddle Festival Rendezvous (Green Linnet)
The Centimeters The Lifetime Achievement Awards (Space Baby)
Cyrus Chestnut Soul Food (Atlantic)
The Chill The Wind Chill Factor (Ark 21)
Sarah Jane Cion Summer Nights (Naxos Jazz)
Con Dolore This Sad Movie (Clairecords)
The Court and Spark Bless You (Absolutely Kosher)
Chaka Demus & Pliers Dangerous (produced by Sly & Robbie) (Fuel 2000)
Fugazi The Argument (Dischord)
Pat Green Three Days (Republic/Universal)
Hakim The Lion Roars (Ark 21)
Hypnotize Minds Presents the Dirty Dirty, Vol. 1 (Loud)
Isobella A 24 Syllable Haiku (Clairecords)
Femi Kuti Fight to Win (MCA)
Lazy Lester Blues Stop Knockin’ (w/ Jimmie Vaughan) (Antone’s)
Lost Prophets The Fake Sound of Progress (Columbia)
James Mathus and His Knockdown Society (of Squirrel Nut Zippers) National Antiseptic (Mammoth)
Michael McDonald In the Spirit - A Christmas Album (MCA Nashville)
Morel Queen of the Highway (Yoshitoshi)
Mr. Cheeks John P. Kelly (clean & explicit versions) (Universal)
Nada Panta Rhei (Naxos Jazz)
New Order Get Ready (Reprise)
Christiane Noll The Ira Gershwin Album (Fynsworth Alley)
Parks and Wilson Painting on Silence (Bliss)
Pekka Pylkkanen Opaque (Naxos Jazz)
Jon Regan Tel Aviv (Q&W)
Dawn Robinson (ex-En Vogue) Dawn (Q/Atlantic)
Schatzi Death of the Alphabet (EP) (Hollywood)
David Sills Bigs (Naxos Jazz)
Stephen Sondheim The Frogs/Evening Primrose (Nonesuch/Atlantic)
Angie Stone Mahogany & Soul (J Records)
Greg Street Six O’Clock Vol. 1 (clean & explicit versions) (Atlantic)
Henry Townsend My Story (APO)
Unhappy Jack Pieces of the Who: A Dedication to Keith Moon (Syberdelix)
Kenny Vance & The Planotones Out of This World: Live at the Bitter End (Varèse Vintage)
Wiz Dinero The Cartel’s Hitman (MCA)
Michael Wolff and Impure Thoughts Intoxicate (Indianola)
VA Chill Out Lounge, Vol. 2 (Water Music)
VA Christmas Cookies (MCA Nashville)
VA Groundwork (Groundwork 2001)
VA Stimulated Vol. 1 (Loud)
OST By Jeeves (score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn) (Universal Classics)
OST Collateral Damage (score by Graeme Revell) (Varèse Sarabande)
OST Don’t Say a Word (score by Mark Isham) (Varèse Sarabande)
OST From Hell (w/remix of Marilyn Manson’s "The Nobodies") (Varèse Sarabande)
OST The Last Castle (score by Jerry Goldsmith) (Universal Classics)
OST Prancer Returns (MCA Nashville)
OST Riding in Cars with Boys (Columbia)
OST Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 (w/Deftones, Papa Roach and others) (Maverick)
OST
The Wash (clean & explicit versions) (Aftermath/Interscope)
October 16 (Vaults)
ABBA ABBA, The Album, Arrival, Ring Ring, Super Trouper, The Visitors, Voulez-Vous and Waterloo (w/same bonus tracks as the imports) (Polydor)
Patti Austin Very Best of (Rhino)
Gene Chandler Get Down (Music Club)
The Cramps Big Beat from Badsville, A Date with Elvis, Look Mom, No Head, Rockinnreelininauklandnewzealandxxx, Smell of Female and Stay Sick! (Vengeance/Mordam)
The Dells Still in Their Corner (Music Club)
Grateful Dead The Golden Road, 1965-1973 (12-CD box set) (Rhino)
Tish Hinojosa Aquella Noche, The Best of Sandia: Watermelon 1991-1992 and Taos to Tennessee (Texas Music Group)
The Impressions Ultimate Collection (Hip-O)
Quincy Jones Q: The Musical Biography of (four CDs) (Rhino)
Journey The Essential (two CDs) (Columbia/Legacy)
Tommy Keene Showtunes (live from 1998 and 2000) (Parasol Direct)
Bob Marley & the Wailers Exodus - Deluxe Edition (two CDs) (Island)
Hugh Masekela Grazing in the Grass: The Best of (Columbia/Legacy)
Dorothy Moore Greatest Hits (Varèse Vintage)
Pedro the Lion The Only Reason I Feel Secure (EP w/bonus tracks) and It’s Hard to Find a Friend (Jade Tree)
Phish 6 (Elektra)
Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Raitt, Nine Lives, Streetlights and Sweet Forgiveness (Warner Bros. Remasters/ Rhino)
Leon Redbone Christmas Island (Blue Thumb)
Archie Shepp Blasé/Live at the Pan-African Festival (two-fer) (Fuel 2000)
This Ascension Sever and Walk Softly a Dream Lies Here (Projekt)
Pete Townshend & Raphael Rudd The Oceanic Concerts (previously unreleased) (Rhino)
Conway Twitty 20 Classics (re-recordings of hits) (Varèse Vintage)
McCoy Tyner Plays John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard (Impulse!)
The Velvet Underground Bootleg Series, Vol. 1: The Quine Tapes (three-CD box set) (Polydor)
Tom Waits Used Songs (1973-1980) (Elektra Traditions/Rhino)
VA Ace’s Blues Aces (Music Club)
VA Appalachian Breakdown (Fuel 2000)
VA Can You Dig It? The ’70s Soul Experience (Rhino)
VA
Underground Airplay Version 1.0 (w/X-ecutioners, Kardinall Offishall
and others) (Ecko/Rummonline)
October 23
100% Storms Ensemble Performing the Music of Eric D. Morrison (Emperor Jones)
Tom Adams Adams County Banjo (Rounder)
Agricantus Ethnosphere (Milan)
Nusrat Ali Khan The Final Moment (Birdman)
Aphex Twin Drukqs (Sire)
Victor Bailey That’s Right (ESC)
Billy Bang Vietnam - Aftermath (Justin Time)
Beatless Life Mirrors (Ubiquity)
Steve Beresford & Tristan Honsinger Double Indemnity (Atavistic/UMS)
Brainstorm Metus Mortis (Metal Blade)
Toni Braxton Snowflakes (La Face/Arista)
Dave Brubeck Quartet The Crossing (Telarc Jazz)
Brujeria Mextremist (Kool Arrow)
T. Bubba I’m Confused (MCA Nashville)
Jane Bunnett Alma de Santiago (Blue Note)
R.L. Burnside Burnside on Burnside (Fat Possum)
Bush Golden State (Atlantic)
Don Byron You Are #6 (Blue Note)
C-Murder C-P-3.com (Frontline/Priority)
Campbell Brothers Sacred Steel for the Holidays and Sacred Steel on Tour (Arhoolie)
Carlito Fame Game (RCA)
Col. Parker Rock ‘N’ Roll Music (V2)
Bobby Conn The Golden Age (Thrill Jockey)
Harry Connick, Jr. 30’s and Songs I’ve Heard (Columbia)
The Cranberries Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (MCA)
Aja Daashuur Before the Beginning (Extasy)
The December People Sounds Like Christmas (w/new Kansas track) (Magna Carta)
Dilated Peoples Expansion Team(Capitol)
Disco D Straight Out tha Trunk (GTI)
DJ Smash Recollection (Instinct)
DMX The Great Depression (clean & explicit versions) (Def Jam)
The Donz Sex, Lies and Audio Tapes (Heartless)
Egill S. Tonk of the Lawn (Thirsty Ear)
Einstürzende Neubauten Strategies Against Architecture III (Mute)
Elk City The Sea Is Fierce (Warm)
Empire State Eternal Combustion (Warm)
Enigma LSD - Love Sensuality Devotion (Virgin)
Fireballs of Freedom Welcome to the Octagon (Estrus)
The Frames For the Birds (Overcoat)
Fu Manchu California Crossing (Circle Jerks’ Keith Morris guests) (Mammoth)
Future Pilot AKA Tiny Waves Mighty Sea (Domino)
Terry Garland Out Where the Blue Begins (w/covers of Muddy Waters, Johnny Winters and Sam Cooke) (Planetary)
Godflesh Hymns (Koch/Music for Nations)
Grand Puba Understand This (note title change from Project Heat) (Kela/In the Paint)
Guitar Shorty I Go Wild (Evidence)
Halou Wiser (Nettwerk)
Happy Baby Breathing Right (Valley Entertainment)
Ginny Hawker Letters from My Father (Rounder)
Hub Daylight (Soul Selects)
Huntingtons Songs in the Key of You (Tooth & Nail)
Incubus Morning View (Epic/Immortal)
The (International) Noise Conspiracy A New Morning, Changing Weather (Epitaph)
Boney James Ride (Warner Bros.)
Peter Jefferies Closed Circuit (Emperor Jones)
The Juliana Theory Music from Another Room (Tooth & Nail)
La Chat Murder She Spoke (Hypnotize/In the Paint)
Anita Lane (ex-Bad Seed) Sex O’Clock (Mute)
The Last Hard Men (Sebastian Bach, Kelley Deal and Jimmy Chamberlain) The Last Hard Men (Spitfire)
Latin Froz And El Movimiento (Trauma)
Tracy Lawrence Tracy Lawrence (Atlantic/Warner Bros.)
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes Supernova (clean & explicit versions) (Arista)
Kelli Mack Kelli Mack (Rising Hi)
Billy Mahonie What Becomes Before (Southern)
Raul Malo (Mavericks’s singer) Today (Omtown)
John Mellencamp Cuttin’ Heads (Columbia)
MEST Destination Unknown (Maverick)
Mogwai My Father, My King (EP) (Matador)
Mr. Len Pity the Fool: Experiments in Therapy Behind the Mask of Music While Handing Out Dummy Smacks (Matador)
Mushroom Foxy Music (innerSPACE)
The Nectarine NO. 9 Received, Transgressed An’ Transmitted (Beggars Banquet)
New Wet Kojak No. 4 (EP) (Beggars Banquet)
Nivea Nivea (Jive)
Willie Norwood No Limit (Chordant/Atlantic)
Petey Pablo Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry (Jive)
Lindsay Pagano Love&Faith&Inspiration (Warner Bros.)
Pilote Do It Now Man (Domino)
Ras Kass Van Gogh (Frontline/Priority)
Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen Runnin’ Wild (Rounder)
Jordan Rudess Feeding the Wheel (w/Terry Bozzio and Steve Morse guesting) (Magna Carta)
Hope Sandoval Bavarian Fruit Bread (Rough Trade)
Erick Sermon The Sermon (clean & explicit versions) (J Records)
Stinking Lizaveta III (Tolotta)
Sorry About Dresden The Convenience of Indecision (Saddle Creek)
Terry Southern The Unspeakable (Koch Progressive)
Adam Steffey Grateful (Mountain Home)
sub.bionic you i lovIII (Warner Bros.)
Sunroof Bliss (VHF)
Craig Taborn Light Made Lighter (Blue Series)
Testament First Strike, Deadly Strike (live album w/accompanying DVD) (Spitfire/Burnt Offering)
Thug Law Thug Life and Outlawz, Chapter 1 (Mack 10 and Krayzie Bone guest) (DNA)
Too $hort Chase the Cat (Jive)
Trans Champs Double Exposure (Thrill Jockey)
Trembling Blue Stars Alive to Every Smile (Sub Pop)
Tricolor Nonparticipant/Milk (Atavistic)
Twisted Sister Never Say Never, Club Daze Vol. II (Rebellion/Spitfire)
Visitations Visitations (Happy Birthday to Me)
Jon Wahl and the Arkadians Sour Suite (Birdman)
Robert "Bilbo" Walker Rock the Night (Rooster Blues)
Dale Watson Christmas Time in Texas (Audium)
Will Haven Carpe Diem (Revelation)
Arthur Williams Midnight Blue (Rooster Blues)
Saul Williams Amethyst Rock Star (American)
VA Blue Xmas: Christmas Blues Instrumentals (Evidence)
VA Coming Up: An Indie Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney (Tribute LLC/Oglio)
VA Maxjazz Holiday (Maxjazz)
VA Mello (Rasa/Tommy Boy)
VA Pickin’ on Elton John (CMH)
VA Pickin’ on Pink Floyd (CMH)
VA Spirit of Africa (Real World)
OCR Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (Universal Classics)
OST K-Pax (Universal Classics)
OST The Man Who Wasn’t There (Universal Classics)
OST
The One (new Jet Li/Carla Gugino film) (Virgin)
October 23 (Vaults)
Jewel Akens The Very Best of (Collectables)
Jan Akkerman Tabernakel (Wounded Bird)
The Allman Brothers Band The Road Goes on Forever (expanded to two CDs) (Mercury)
Backstreet Boys Greatest Hits (one new track) (Jive)
David Bowie I Dig Everything: The 1966 Pye Singles (Sanctuary/Castle)
Paul Brady Primitive Dance and True for You (Compass)
Dorsey Burnette The Very Best of (Collectables)
The Castells The Very Best of (Collectables)
Chubby Checker The Best of: The K-Tel Years (Collectables)
The Chi-Lites 20 Greatest Hits (Brunswick/Mars)
June Christy Something Cool (mono and stereo versions) (Capitol Jazz)
Eric Clapton There’s One in Every Crowd (5.1 surround) (DTS)
Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater Flimdoozie (Rooster Blues)
Jimmy Cliff Give the People What They Want (MCA/Universal Special Products)
Warren Cuccurullo Roadrage and The Blue (One Way)
Larry Davis Funny Stuff (Rooster Blues)
Miles Davis The Complete in a Silent Way Sessions (three-CD box set) (Columbia Legacy Jazz)
Tyrone Davis 20 Greatest Hits (Brunswick/Mars)
Sammy Davis Jr. Live at Caesar’s (Neon Tonic)
DJ Rap Propa Classics, Vol. 1 (Intuit Solar)
Earth Opera Earth Opera and The Great American Eagle Tragedy (Wounded Bird)
Electric Eels Eyeball of Hell (Scat)
Pete Escovedo Whatcha Gonna Do: Yesterday’s Memories/Tomorrow’s Dreams/Mister E (three-fer) (Concord Vista)
Merle Haggard Oh Boy Classics Presents... Again (Oh Boy Classics)
Gary Hoey Best of ’Ho! Ho! Hoey (Surfdog)
Lightnin’ Hopkins Best of (Arhoolie)
Incubus Enjoy Incubus (Epic/ Immortal)
Jan & Dean The Very Best of - The Early Years (Collectables)
Waylon Jennings 3 Pack: Honky Tonk Heroes/The Ramblin’ Man/Dreaming My Dreams (box set) and Dreaming My Dreams (Buddha)
Karma to Burn Wild Wonderful Purgatory (Spitfire)
B.B. King In London (MCA/Universal Special Products)
Klaatu 3:47 EST (Bullseye)
Kool & the Gang Kool Funk Essentials (unreleased tracks from ’73-’75) (Singular)
John Lennon & Yoko Ono Milk and Honey (Capitol)
Lizzy Borden Love You to Pieces and Menace to Society (Metal Blade)
Lords of Acid Lust... Stript (instrumental version) (Antler Subway)
Lyle Lovett Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man (MCA Nashville)
Gloria Lynne I Wish You Love - Deluxe Box Set (two CDs) (Collectables)
Tania Maria Viva Maria: Piquant/Taura (two-fer) (Concord Picante)
Mississippi Fred McDowell Best of (Arhoolie)
Reba McEntire Greatest Hits, Volume III: I’m a Survivor (MCA Nashville)
Joe McPhee Underground Railroad/Live @ St. Helena (Atavistic/UMS)
Millencolin Melancholy Collection (Burning Heart)
No Use for a Name Don’t Miss the Train and Incognito (Fat Wreck Chords)
Ohio Players Honey (5.1 surround) (DTS)
Orange Alabaster Mushroom Space & Time: A Compendium (Hidden Agenda/ Parasol)
Orkestra Roll Over Beethoven (One Way)
Passport Doldinger Jubilee ’75, Garden of Eden and Looking Thru (Wounded Bird)
Charley Patton Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues: The Words of (Revenant)
Lou Rawls Natural Man/Classic Lou (two-fer) (Polydor)
The Replacements Stink (EP), Hootenanny, Let It Be and Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash (Restless)
Leon Russell Hymns of Christmas (Leon Russell)
George Shearing Out of This World (Koch Jazz)
Snoop Doggy Dogg Death Row’s Greatest Hits (Death Row/Frontline/Priority)
Sons of the Pioneers Symphonies of the Sage (Bloodshot/Soundies)
Soul Stirrers A Tribute to Sam Cooke (Chess/Universal Special Products)
Sounds of Blackness Testify: The Very Best of (A&M)
Swing Out Sister 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection (Mercury)
Swingin’ Utters The Streets of San Francisco (Fat Wreck Chords)
Peter Tosh Arise Black Man (Sanctuary/Trojan)
Leroy Vinnegar The Very Best of (Collectables)
David Wilcox The Very Best of (A&M)
Hank Wilson Vol. 2 and Vol. 4: Rhythm & Bluegrass (Leon Russell)
Jesse Winchester Live from Mountain Stage (Blue Plate)
VA Blind Pig 25th Anniversary Collection (Blind Pig)
VA By Special Request (w/U-Roy, the Ethiopians and others) (Heartbeat)
VA Gnawa (two CDs) (Rounder)
VA Hard to Find 45s on CD, Vols. 6 & 7: More Sixties Classics (Eric Records)
VA Lookout Freakout, Episode 2 (w/The Donnas, Bratmobile, bis and others) (Lookout!)
VA Mark Twain - A Film by Ken Burns (Columbia/Legacy)
VA Now That’s What I Call Christmas (UTV)
VA O Sister! The Women’s Bluegrass Collection (Rounder)
VA Street Corner Essentials (two CDs) (Hip-O)
VA The All Star Jock Jams (Tommy Boy)
VA The Very Best of Christmas Jazz (Verve)
VA
Ultimate Soulful Christmas Album (w/Isaac Hayes, Patti LaBelle and
others) (Collectables)
October 30
Ashby Power Ballads (Marina)
The Avalanches Since I Left You (London/Sire)
Benzino The Benzino Project (clean & explicit versions) (Motown)
Chris Botti Night Sessions (Columbia)
Broadway Project Compassion (ESL)
Eagle Eye Cherry Present Future (MCA)
Slaid Cleaves Holiday Sampler (EP) (Rounder)
Joe Diffie In Another World (Monument)
Deryl Dodd Pearl Snaps (Lucky Dog)
Dope Life (Epic)
E-Dub The Prezident (MCA)
Jad Fair and Daniel Johnston The Lucky Sperms (Jagjaguwar)
Flaw Through My Eyes (clean & explicit versions) (Universal)
Flickerstick (VH1’s Band on the Run) Welcoming Home the Astronauts (remixed by Tom Lord-Alge) (Epic)
Himsa Death Is Infinite (EP) (Revelation)
Kittie Oracle (Artemis)
Lenny Kravitz Lenny (Virgin)
Masta Ace Disposable Arts (Rah Digga guests) (Jcor/Interscope)
The Meteors Psycho Down (Cleopatra)
Mykill Myers The Second Coming (Ill Boogie)
New End Original Thriller (Jade Tree)
Pam & Dodi Pam & Dodi (MCA)
Porterhouse Thumbs Up Little Buddy (Lauan)
Collin Raye Can’t Back Down (Epic)
Jeffrey Steele Tip Your Hat (Monument)
Barbra Streisand Christmas Memories (Columbia)
Supertramp It Was the Best of Times (two CDs) (Beyond Music)
June Tabor Rosa Mundi (Green Linnet)
Tomahawk (Mike Patton and members of Helmet, Jesus Lizard and Melvins) Tomahawk (Ipecac)
William Topley Feasting with Panthers (Lost Highway)
Wise Monkey Orchestra Make Believe (Lauan)
KeKe Wyatt Soul Sister (MCA)
Hector Zazou and Sandy Dillon Las Vegas Is Cursed (Lisa Germano, Mark Ribot and The Cure’s Porl Thompson guest) (First World)
VA Better Than the Beatles: A Tribute to the Shaggs (Animal World)
VA Black Magic - A Tribute to Santana (Hypnotic/Cleopatra)
VA Good Rockin’ Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records (London/Sire)
VA MTV TRL Christmas (Lava/Atlantic)
VA So So Def C-Mas (So So Def/Columbia)
VA Three Sets, Vol. 3 (w/Living Daylights, Miracle Orchestra and others) (Lauan)
VA A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 5 (Interscope)
OST Bears (OmniMax film w/Lyle Lovett’s "Bears") (Silver Wave)
OST
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Warner Sunset/Atlantic)
October 30 (Vaults)
ABC Lexicon of Love (remastered) (Mercury)
Big Country The Crossing (Mercury)
Clint Black Greatest Hits II (RCA)
Boyz II Men Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection (Universal)
Eric Clapton Reptile (DVD Audio) (Reprise)
Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
Miles Davis Tu Tu (DVD Audio) (Warner Bros.)
Dexy’s Midnight Runners Too-Rye-Aye (Mercury)
Ernie K. Doe Absolutely the Best (Fuel 2000)
B.B. King & Eric Clapton Riding with the King (DVD Audio) (Duck/Reprise)
Kings of Convenience Versus (remixes featuring Ladytron) (Source/Astralwerks)
Kraftwerk Expo 2000 (Kling Klang Studio mixes and remixes) (Source/Astralwerks)
John Mayall Turning Point (Polydor)
Mississippi Fred McDowell I Don’t Play No Rock & Roll (Fuel 2000)
The Miracles A Soulful Christmas (Big Eye)
The Misfits 12 Hits from Hell (Caroline)
Olivia Newton-John A Christmas Collection (Hip-O)
NRBQ Live at Ludlow’s Garage, 1970 (Sundazed)
The O’Jays The Complete Bell Recordings (Sundazed)
Les Paul 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection (MCA)
The Platters A Classic Christmas (Big Eye)
Smashing Pumpkins Greatest Hits (Virgin)
Cat Stevens On the Road to Find Out (four-CD box set) (A&M)
Nikki Sudden Texas/Dead Men Tell No Tales and Waiting on Egypt/The Bible Belt (two CDs each) (Secretly Canadian)
Zakary Thaks From the Habit (Beat Rocket)
Muddy Waters Fathers and Sons (MCA/Chess)
VA 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection - ’60s, Vol . 1 and 2 (Motown)
VA 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection - ’70s, Vol . 1 and 2 (Motown)
VA Absolutely the Best (w/Yardbirds, Zombies and others) (Fuel 2000)
VA American Roots Music (four-CD box) (Palm)
VA Christmas at Rao’s: A Celebration of Family, Friends & Holiday Spirit (Columbia/Legacy)
VA The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t (w/John Lithgow, Leif Garrett and others) (Big Eye)
VA Country Christmas Hits (w/Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton and others) (Big Eye)
VA The Daisy/Tiger Story (Sundazed)
VA Dimension Dolls (Sundazed)
VA A Motown Christmas, Vol. 2 (Motown)
VA A Rockabilly Christmas (Cleopatra)
VA A Sentimental Christmas (w/Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee and others) (Big Eye)
OST American Beauty (DVD Audio) (Rhino)