50 Cent, 50 Cent: The New Breed (Interscope)
3LW, Remixes (Sony)
Jessica Andrews, Now (DreamWorks)
Chet Baker, Chet Is Back (RCA)
Duster Bennett, Bright Lights Big City (Sanctuary)
Black Dynasty, Reality Check: Deep East (Community)
Kurtis Blow, 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (Universal)
Bluegrass All-Stars, Bluegrass All-Stars Play Country Classics (Varese)
Briggs, Numbers (Disaster)
Jimmy Buffett, Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection (Universal)
Bug, Pressure (Tigerbeat 6)
Benny Carter/Bill Coleman/Henri Chaix, Three C's (Sackville)
James Carr, Man Needs a Woman (Kent)
Ward Churchill, Pacifism As Pathology (Alternative Tentacles)
Petula Clark, Ultimate Petula Clark (Buddha)
Stanley Clarke, 1, 2 to the Bass (Sony)
The Compulsive Gamblers, Live and Deadly: Memphis-Chicago (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
Paolo Conte, Reveries (Nonesuch)
The Cramps, Fiends of Dope Island (Vengeance)
Lucio Dalla, Historias y Cuentos: Sus Mas Grandes Exitos (RCA International)
Deadly Snakes, Ode to Joy (In the Red)
Paul Desmond with Gerry Mulligan, Two of a Mind (RCA)
Dion, Drip Drop: His Greatest Hits on Columbia (Collectables)
DJ Ton TB, In Trance We Trust 008 (Black Hole)
Andrew Drury, Momentary Lapse (Innova)
The Dudoos, Specium Sommer (Sound Pollution)
The Ebonys, The Best of the Ebonys (Epic-Legacy)
Effections, Soundtrack to a Moment (Adeline)
Ennis Sisters, It's Not About You (Rounder)
Epoca de Duro, Cafe Brasil, Vol.2 (Elektra)
E-Town Concrete, Renaissance (Razor & Tie)
The Everly Brothers, Essential Cadence Singles (Varese)
Evolution Control Committee, Plagiarhythm Nation V 2.0 (Seeland)
FBC, Born to Hustle (Shot Callin)
Fleetwood Mac, Say You Will (Warner Brothers)
Fleshies, Sicilian (Alternative Tentacles)
Foghat, Decades Live (Sanctuary)
Bill Frisell, Intercontinentals (Nonesuch)
Galactic, Best Of (Volcano)
Lisa Germano, Lullaby for Liquid Pig (Artist Direct BMG)
Carroll Gibbons, Sand in My Shoes (Memoir)
Billy Gilman, Music Through Heartsongs (Sony)
Quinn Golden, Bottoms Up (Ecko)
Bobby Goldsboro, Absolutely the Best (Varese)
Dexter Gordon, Our Man in Amsterdam (Varese)
Fred Hess, Between the Lines (Tapestry)
Fred Hess, Ninth Street Park (Tapestry)
Herb Wiedoeft & Jesse Stafford Orchestra, 1922-30 (Timeless)
Hidden Cameras, The Smell of Our Own (Rough Trade)
The High Llamas, Retrospective Rarities & Instrumentals (V2)
The Horrors, Vent (In the Red)
Marques Houston, MH (Interscope)
Isley Brothers, 3+3 (Epic-Legacy)
Michael Jackson, 12 Inch Remixes (Mushroom)
Jaga Jazzist, Animal Chin (Gold Standard)
Alexis Korner, Musically Rich…and Famous (Sanctuary)
Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng, Afrijazz (Elektra)
The Land of Nod, Reality Channel: An Introduction to the Land of Nod (Orange Sky)
Lazily Spun, Lazily Spun (Camera Obscura)
The Lovetones, Be What You Want (Committee to Keep Music Evil)
MC Lyte, Undaground Heat, Vol. 1 (Artist Direct BMG)
Carlos Malcolm, Bustin' Outta the Ghetto (BGP)
The Manhattans, The Manhattans (Columbia-Legacy)
Ziggy Marley, Dragonfly (Private Music/RCAVG)
Mates of State, My Solo Project (Polyvinyl)
Mellowdrone, Demonstration of Intellectual Property (Artist Direct BMG)
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Wake Up Everybody (Epic-Legacy)
Mott the Hoople, The Best of Mott the Hoople (Columbia-Legacy)
Mountain, The Best of Mountain (Columbia-Legacy)
Nineteen Twenty Nine, Last But Not Leased (Siltbreeze)
O'Jays, Ship Ahoy (Epic-Legacy)
Wilson Pickett, Midnight Hour (Collectables)
The Prisoners, Taste of Pink! (Big Beat UK)
Kenny Rogers, Best Of (Collectables)
Sid Phillips and His Band, Hors d'Oeuvres (Memoir)
Static Taxi, Closer 2 Normal (Birdman)
Sterling, Sterling (File 13)
The Stranglers, Singles Box 2 (EMI)
Ike & Tina Turner, Love Sessions (Madacy)
White Light Motorcade, Thank You, Goodnight! (Octone)
Widespread Panic, Ball (Sanctuary)
Various Artists, Lonesome On'ry and Mean: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings (Dualtone)
Various Artists, Modern Downhome Blues Sessions, Vol. 1 (Ace)
Various Artists, Surefire Hits on Central Avenue (Ace)
Bob Wills, Great Bob: Remembering Bob Wills Greatest Hits (Collectables)
Wu Man, Pipa from a Distance (Naxos)
Pete Yorn, Day I Forgot (Sony)
ZZ Top, Mescalero (RCA)—compiled by Ana Lopez
This article appears in Apr 9-15, 2003.