Various Artist Compilations: S

• ¡Sabroso! [1990, Earthworks/Virgin] ***
• Sacred Soul of North Carolina [2021, Bible & Tire/Music Maker Foundation] A
• Salsa Around the World [2003, Putumayo World Music] *
• Salsa Clasica [2000, Music Club] A-
• Sampa Nova [2003, Sterns Brasil] **
• The Sandinista! Project [2007, 00:02:59]
• San Francisco Blues Festival Vol. 1 [1981, Solid Smoke] B-
• Sarafina! [1988, Shanachie] B
• Sarafina! The Music of Liberation--Broadway Cast Recording [1988, RCA Victor/Novus] B-
• Saturday Night Fever [1977, RSO] B+
• Saucy Calypsos Volume One [2003, Ice] ***
• Scandal Ska [1989, Mango] B+
• School Daze [1988, EMI-Manhattan] B
• Scion CD Sampler v. 28--Dub Police [2010, Scion AV] B+
• The Secret Museum of Mankind, Vol. 1 [1995, Yazoo] ***
• The Secret Museum of Mankind, Vol. 2 [1996, Yazoo] B+
• The Secret Museum of Mankind, Vol. 3 [1996, Yazoo] *
• The Secret Museum of Mankind: Music of East Africa [1998, Yazoo] *
• The Secret Policeman's Ball [1981, Island] B+
• Seize the Beat (Dance Ze Dance) [1981, ZE/Island] B+
• Select Cuts from Blood and Fire [2000, Select Cuts] A-
• Select Cuts From Blood & Fire Chapter Two [2001, Select Cuts] A-
• Senegal 70 [2015, Analog Africa] B+
• Senegambia Rebel [2016, Voodoo Rebel] A-
• September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill [1997, Sony Classics]
• Seriously Good Music: Gypsy Beats [2007, Petrol] *
• Set It Off [1996, Elektra] **
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [1978, RSO] D+
• Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa [2010, Honest Jon's] A-
• Shango, Shouter and Obeah: Supernatural Calypso From Trinidad 1934-1940 [2001, Rounder] B+
• Sheshwe: The Sound of the Mines [1988, Rounder] B-
• The Sidewalks of New York [1999, Winter & Winter] A-
• Sif Safaa: New Music from the Middle East [1995, Hemisphere] ***
• Silencio = Muerte: Red Hot + Latin [1996, Red Hot]
• Singing for Life: Songs of Hope, Healing, and HIV/AIDS in Uganda [2007, Smithsonian/Folkways] **
• Singing in an Open Space: Zulu Rhythm and Harmony [1990, Rounder] *
• Singles [1992, Epic] **
• Singles: The Great New York Singles Scene [1982, ROIR] B+
• Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle [2013, Nonesuch] A-
• Si, Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba: Volume 1 [2007, Waxing Deep]
• Sí, Soy Llanero: Joropo Music From the Orinoco Plains of Colombia [2004, Smithsonian/Folkways] **
• Sister Act 2 [1993, Hollywood]
• Ska Beats, Vol. 1 [1990, ROIR] A-
• Smooth Grooves: The Essential Collection [2000, Rhino] A
• Snoop Dogg Presents the West Coast Blueprint [2010, Priority] *
• Sofrito: International Soundclash [2012, Strut] **
• Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque [2011, Strut] A-
• A Soldier's Sad Story: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Black America 1966-1973 [2001, Kent] A
• Solesides Greatest Bumps [2000, Quannum Projects] ***
• Something Wild [1986, MCA] B+
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow: The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals [2003, Rhino] ***
• Son Cubano NYC [2005, Honest Jon's] ***
• Songs and Artists That Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11 [2004, Epic] **
• Songs for Desert Refugees [2012, Glitterhouse] A-
• Songs from Chippy [1994, Hollywood] ***
• The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute [1997, Columbia/Egyptian] A
• Songs of Protest [1991, Rhino]
• The Songs of West Side Story [1996, RCA] **
• Soul Food [1997, LaFace] **
• Soundbombing [1997, Rawkus] A-
• Soundbombing III [2002, Rawkus]
• Sound d'Afrique [1981, Mango] A-
• Sound d'Afrique II: Soukous [1982, Mango] A-
• The Sound of Kinshasa: Guitar Classics From Zaire [1983, Original Music] A-
• The Sound of the City: Memphis [2002, EMI]  
• The Sound of the City: New Orleans [2003, EMI] A
• Sound of the World [2005, Wrasse] *
• Sounds of Soweto [1987, Capitol] B+
• Soup for One [1982, Mirage] B
• South African Freedom Songs [2002, Making Music] A-
• South African Rhythm Riot: The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Vol. 6 [1999, Sterns/Earthworks] A-
• South African Trade Union Worker Choirs [1987, Rounder] B+
• South Central [1992, Hollywood Basic] **
• Southern Family [2016, Low Country Sound] *
• South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut [1999, Atlantic] A-
• Soweto [1982, Rough Trade] B+
• Soweto Never Sleeps [1986, Shanachie] A-
• Space Jam [1996, Warner Sunset/Atlantic] **
• Spinal Tap [1984, Polydor] B+
• Spin Control [1996, Imix]
• Spirit of '73: Rock for Choice [1995, 550 Music/Epic]
• Spirit of Africa [2001, RealWorld] **
• The Spirit of Cape Verde [1999, Tinder] B+
• Spirit of the Eagle: Zimbabwe Frontline (Vol. 2) [1990, Earthworks] A-
• Spitballs [1978, Beserkley] B-
• Stars of the Apollo [1993, Columbia/Legacy]
• Starstruck [1983, A&M] B+
• Start the Party! Volume 1 [1994, Big Beat]
• Stay Awake [1988, A&M] C+
• Steppin' Out: Disco's Greatest Hits [1978, Polydor] A-
• Step Up 2 the Streets [2008, Atlantic]
• Stiffs Live [1978, Stiff] B+
• Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot [2003, Archeophone] B+
• Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix [1993, Reprise]
• Stop the War: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Black America 1965-1974 [2021, Kent] ***
• Street Jams: Hip-Hop from the Top, Vol. 4 [1994, Rhino] **
• Street Music of Java [1993, Original Music] ***
• Streets of Dakar: Generation Bool Falé [1999, Sterns] A-
• Strength Magazine Presents Subtext [1999, London/Strength] *
• Strip Jointz [1997, Robbins] A-
• Suburbia [1997, DGC] **
• Suck It and See [1999, Palm Pictures]
• Sugar and Poison [1996, Virgin] A
• Super Black Blues [1969, BluesTime] B+
• Super Black Blues Volume II [1970, BluesTime] B+
• Sweet and Lowdown [2001, Justin Time]
• Sweet as Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From the Horn of Africa [2017, Ostinato] ***
• Sweet Relief: A Tribute to Victoria Williams [1993, Thirsty Ear/Chaos]
• Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation [1996, Columbia] **