Aina, Days of Rising Doom: The Metal Opera (The End)
Ambulance Ltd, Ambulance Ltd (TVT)
David Banner, MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water (Universal)
Blonde Redhead, Misery is a Butterfly (4AD)
Borialis, What You Thought You Heard (Capitol)
Broken Social Scene, Bee Hives (Arts & Crafts)
Cypress Hill, Till Death Do Us Apart (Sony)
Angel Dean & Sue Garner, Pot Liquor (Diesel Only)
Descendents, Cool to Be You (Fat Wreck Chords)
dios, dios (Star Time)
Exodus, Tempo of the Damned (Nuclear Blast America)
Eyedea & Abilities, E & A (Epitaph)
Eyes of Fire, Ashes to Embers (Century Media)
46 Short, Just a Liability (Go Kart)
Guns N' Roses, Greatest Hits (Geffen)
Iron & Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop)
Jem, Finally Woken (Ato)
Leftover Salmon, Leftover Salmon (Compendia)
Lucero, That Much Further West (Tiger Style)
Master P, Good Side, Bad Side (Koch)
Monet, Essence (Purpose)
Van Morrison, Music Legends: Van Morrison, The Early Years (Brentwood)
Muse, Absolution (Warner Brothers)
Murs, Murs 3:16 (Definitive Jux)
N.E.R.D., Fly or Die (Virgin)
Panurge, Throw Down the Reins (Nettwerk)
The Alan Parsons Project, Ultimate the Alan Parsons Project (Arista)
Pastor Troy, By Any Means Necessary (Universal)
The Rasmus, Dead Letters (Interscope)
Lou Reed, Animal Serenade (Warner Brothers)
Slade, Get Yer Boots On: The Best of Slade (Sony)
The Smugglers, Mutiny in Stereo (Lookout)
Soil, re.de.fine (J-Records)
Start Trouble, Every Solution Has Its Problem (Sony)
Karin Strom, Karin Strom (Nettwerk)
Usher, Confessions (La Face)
Various Artists, Neo-Soul United, Vol. 2 (Glory)
The Vines, Winning Days (Capitol)
Bob Weir, Weir Here: The Best of Bob Weir (Hybrid)
Widespread Panic, Night of Joy (Sanctuary)
This article appears in Mar 18-24, 2004.