Compilations

Postpunk/New Wave

• Attack of the Killer B's (Warner Bros.)
• The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young (Caroline)
• Carry On Oi! (Secret import)
• The Decline of Western Civilization (Slash)
• Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (Gasatanka)
• A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse (Giorno Poetry Systems)
• Hicks from the Sticks (Antilles)
• I.R.S. Greatest Hits Vols. 2 & 3 (I.R.S.)
• Let Them Eat Jellybeans! (Virus import)
• Oi!--The Album (EMI import)
• Party Party (A&M)
• Peripheral Vision (Zoar)
• Propeller (Propeller)
• Rainy Day (Llama)
• Repo Man (San Andreas)
• Singles: The Great New York Singles Scene (ROIR)
• The Wailing Ultimate (Homestead)
• Urgh! A Music War (A&M)
• Wanna Buy a Bridge? (Rough Trade)
• Zetrospective: Hope Springs Eternal (ZE)

Rap

• Beat Street (Atlantic)
• Beat Street Vol. 2 (Atlantic)
• Christmas Rap (Profile)
• Colors (Warner Bros.)
• The Great Rap Hits (Sugarhill)
• Greatest Rap Hits Vol. 2 (Sugarhill)
• Hip House (DJ International)
• Krush Groove (Warner Bros.)
• Mr. Magic's Rap Attack Volume 2 (Profile)
• Mr. Magic's Rap Attack Volume 4 (Profile)
• Rap's Greatest Hits (Priority)
• Wild Style (Animal)
• Yo! MTV Raps: The Album (Jive)

Dance

• Best of House Music (Profile)
• Black Havana (Capitol)
• Breakin' (Polydor)
• Dance Traxx (Atlantic)
• Flashdance (Casablanca)
• Go Go Crankin' (4th & B'way)
• Go Go Live at the Capital Centre (I Hear Ya)
• The Go Go Posse (I Hear Ya)
• Good To Go (Island)
• Hip House (DJ International)
• House Hallucinates: Pump Up the World Volume One (Vendetta)
• Prelude's Greatest Hits (Prelude)
• Zetrospective: Dancing in the Face of Adversity (ZE)

African

• African Connection Vol. II: West Africa (Celluloid import)
• African Connection Vol. I: Zaire Choc! (Celluloid import)
• The African Typic Collection (Virgin)
• Black Star Liner: Reggae From Africa (Heartbeat)
• The Heartbeat of Soweto (Shanachie)
• Heartbeat Soukous (Earthworks/Virgin)
• Homeland (Rounder)
• The Indestructible Beat of Soweto (Shanachie)
• Iscathamiya: Zulu Worker Choirs in South Africa (Heritage import)
• The Kampala Sound (Original Music)
• The Kinshasa Sound (Original Music)
• Mbube!: Zulu Men's Singing Competition (Rounder)
• The Nairobi Beat: Kenyan Pop Music Today (Rounder)
• The Nairobi Sound (Original Music)
• Phezulu Eqhudeni (Carthage)
• Sarafina! (Shanachie)
• Sarafina! The Music of Liberation--Broadway Cast Recording (RCA Victor/Novus)
• Sheshwe: The Sound of the Mines (Rounder)
• Sound d'Afrique (Mango)
• Sound d'Afrique II: Soukous (Mango)
• Sounds of Soweto (Capitol)
• South African Trade Union Worker Choirs (Rounder)
• Soweto (Rough Trade import)
• Soweto Never Sleeps (Shanachie)
• Take Cover (Shanachie)
• The Tanzania Sound (Original Music)
• Thunder Before Dawn--The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Volume Two (Earthworks/Virgin)
• Viva Zimbabwe! (Earthworks import)
• Zimbabwe Frontline (Virgin)
• Zulu Jive/Umbaqanga (Earthworks import)

Reggae

• Black Star Liner: Reggae from Africa (Heartbeat)
• Calling Rastafari (Nighthawk)
• Club Ska '67 (Mango)
• Crucial Reggae Driven by Sly & Robbie (Mango)
• Dancehall Stylee: The Best of Reggae Dancehall Music Vol. 1 (Profile)
• Fresh Reggae Hits (Pow Wow)
• Fresh Reggae Hits--Vol. 2 (Pow Wow)
• The "King" Kong Compilation (Mango)
• Knotty Vision (Nighthawk)
• More Intensified! Volume 2 Original Ska 1963-67 (Mango)
• Ram Dance Hall (Mango)
• Reggae Dance Hall Classics (Sleeping Bag)
• Reggae Dance Party (RAS)
• Reggae Greats: Strictly for Lovers (Mango)
• Rockers (Mango)
• Scandal Ska (Mango)
• This Are Two Tone (Chrysalis)

World Music

• Brazil Classics 1: Beleza Tropical (Sire)
• Crossover Dreams (Elektra)
• Hurricane Zouk (Earthworks/Virgin)
• Konbit!: Burning Rhythms of Haiti (A&M)
• Nuestras Mejores Cumbias (Globo)
• Phases of the Moon: Traditional Chinese Music (Columbia)
• Rai Rebels (Virgin)
• Red Wave: 4 Underground Bands From the USSR (Big Time)
• Tango Argentino (Atlantic)
• You Can Tell the World About This: Classic Ethnic Recordings From the 1920's (Morning Star)

Etc.

• Attack of the Killer B's (Warner Bros.)
• The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young (Caroline)
• Christmas Rap (Profile)
• A Christmas Record (ZE import)
• Conjure (American Clavé)
• A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse (Giorno Poetry Systems)
• Every Man Has a Woman (Polydor)
• Everything New Is Old . . . Everything Old Is New (Ambient Sound)
• Folkways: A Vision Shared--A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (Columbia)
• The Gospel at Colonus (Warner Bros.)
• Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill (A&M)
• The Official Music of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 (Columbia)
• Remember Soweto 76-86: Bullets Won't Stop Us Now (Mordam)
• Sarafina! (Shanachie)
• Sarafina! The Music of Liberation--Broadway Cast Recording (RCA Victor/Novus)
• Stay Awake (A&M)
• Tango Argentino (Atlantic)
• Television's Greatest Hits (TVT)
• That's the Way I Feel Now: A Tribute to Thelonious Monk (A&M)
• Tribute to Steve Goodman (Red Pajamas)
• A Very Special Christmas (A&M)
• Zetrospective: Hope Springs Eternal (ZE)

Soundtracks

• Back to the Beach (Epic)
• Beat Street (Atlantic)
• Beat Street Vol. 2 (Atlantic)
• Beverly Hills Cop (MCA)
• The Breakfast Club (A&M)
• Breakin' (Polydor)
• Colors (Warner Bros.)
• Crossover Dreams (Elektra)
• The Decline of Western Civilization (Slash)
• Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (Gasatanka)
• Dirty Dancing (RCA Victor)
• Do the Right Thing (Motown)
• Flashdance (Casablanca)
• Footloose (Columbia)
• Get Crazy (Morocco)
• Ghostbusters II (MCA)
• Good To Go (Island)
• The Goonies (Epic)
• Krush Groove (Warner Bros.)
• La Bamba (Slash)
• Less Than Zero (Def Jam)
• Party Party (A&M)
• Repo Man (San Andreas)
• Rockers (Mango)
• Scandal Ska (Mango)
• School Daze (EMI-Manhattan)
• Something Wild (MCA)
• Soup for One (Mirage)
• Spinal Tap (Polydor)
• Starstruck (A&M)
• Vision Quest (Geffen)
• Who's That Girl (Sire)
• Wild Style (Animal)
• The Woman in Red (Motown)

Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s, 1990

New Wave

Rock Library: Before 1980