Ahvak, Ahvak (Cuneiform)
Jack Baymoore & the Bandits, Big Boys Rock (Tail)
Blood Red Velvet, Romeo's Bones (DeLvian)
David Bowie, Black Tie White Noise (Virgin)
Chaos Breed, Chaos Breed (Crash Music)
Conspiracy AD, Humanity = Destruction (Crash Music)
Decrypt, Holy Erotic Rapture (Forever Underground)
Earth, Wind & Fire, Love Songs (Sony)
The End, Within Dividia (Relapse)
Evemaster, Wither (Crash Music)
Gonads, Oi! … Back and Barking (Captain Oi!)
Guapo, Five Suns (Cuneiform)
The Jeff Healey Band, Platinum & Gold Collection (Arista)
The Helgas, Till the Wheels Fall Off (Pelado)
Henry Fiat's Open Sore, Parallel Universe Of (Coldfront)
The Honorary Title, Honorary Title (Self-Starter)
Jamie Hoover/Bill Lloyd, Paparazzi (Paisley Pop)
Iced Earth, Glorious Burden (Hunter)
Magnitude 9, Decoding the Soul (Inside Out Music)
Yngwie Malmsteen, Attack (Red Ink)
Mexiclan, Mexiclan (Univision)
Mr. T Experience, Yesterday Rules (Lookout)
Moonbabies, Orange Billboard (Hidden Agenda)
Mungo Jerry, Polydor Years (Glam/7T's)
Nerissa & Katryna Nields, This Town Is Wrong (Rounder)
The Pale, Gravity Gets Things Done (Sidecho)
Pink Swords, One Night High (Mortville)
Lou Reed/John Cale/Nico, Bataclan '72 (Pilot)
Resistance, Plague the Nation (Lonely Tree)
Diana Ross/The Supremes, #1's (Utv)
Skrape, Up the Dose (RCA)
Eddie Spaghetti, Sauce (Mid Fi Recordings)
Stagga Lee, Game of Breath (BMG)
Keith Sweat, Best of Keith Sweat: Make You Sweat (Warner Strategic)
Sweethearts, L.U.V. (Mortville)
Various Artists, Hipsters a Go-Go (Past & Present)
Various Artists, Oh! From the Girls (Nettwerk)
Bob Weir, Best of Bob Weir (Hybrid Red)
Vanessa Williams, Love Songs (Mercury)
—Cooper Cruz
This article appears in Jan 8-14, 2004.