.38 Special, Very Best of the A&M Years, 1977-88 (Interscope)
AC/DC, For Those About to Rock We Salute You (Sony)
Trey Anastasio, Plasma (Elektra)
Louis Armstrong, Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Vol. 1-3 (Sony)
The Band, Moon Struck One (Simply the Best)
David Banner, Mississippi: The Album (Universal)
Chic, Real People/Tongue in Chic (Wounded Bird)
Cold, Year of the Spider (Interscope)
Deep Purple, In Concert: 1970-72 (Japanese Import)
Elliott, Song in the Air (Revelation)
Martin L. Gore, Counterfeit (Mute-Reprise)
Herbie Hancock, Prisoner [Bonus Tracks] (Japanese Import)
Hooverphonic, Jackie Cane (Sony International)
Hyper, Bedrock Breaks: Fractured (Bedrock Breaks)
The Influents, Some of the Young (Adeline)
Elton John, Greatest Hits (Universal International)
Mr. Cheeks, Back Again! (Universal)
Keith Murray, He's Keith Murray (Def Jam)
Maceo Parker, Made by Maceo (W.A.R.)
Pinback, Offcell (Absolutely Kosher)
Pop Will Eat Itself, Box Frenzy [Bonus Tracks] (Castle)
Prince, For the Six [EP] (Lightyear)
Santana, Birth of Santana: The Complete Early Years (Cleopatra)
Wayne Shorter, All Seeing Eye (Japanese Import)
Slut, Sensation [EP] (Stickster)
Rick Springfield, Legendary (BMG International)
Sticky Fingaz, Decade (Riviera)
John Travolta, Collection (Madacy)
Various Artists, Female Tribute to Creed (Reverberations)
Various Artists, Wu Tang Collective (Empire Music)
Rhonda Vincent, One Step Ahead (Rounder)
Jody Watley, Remixes of Love (Japanese Import)
Barry White, Love Songs (Universal International)
Wink, Profound Sounds Volume 2 (Ovum)
Wire, Send (Pink Flag)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever to Tell (Interscope)
This article appears in Apr 23-29, 2003.