2006: Dean's List

Albums

1. New York Dolls: One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (RoadRunner) 17
2. Bob Dylan: Modern Times (Columbia) 15
3. Todd Snider: The Devil You Know (New Door) 12
4. Crunk Hits Vol. 2 (TVT) 12
5. Sonic Youth: Rather Ripped (Geffen) 10
6. Maria Muldaur: Heart of Mine--Love Songs of Bob Dylan (Telarc) 8
7. Ornette Coleman: Sound Grammar (Sound Grammar) 8
8. Ghostface Killah: Fishscale (Def Jam) 8
9. The Klezmatics: Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah (JMG) 5
10. OutKast: Idlewild (LaFace) 5
11. Romica Puceanu & the Gore Brothers: Sounds From a Bygone Age: Vol. 2 (Asphalt Tango)
12. Tom Waits: Orphans (Anti-)
13. Clipse: Hell Hath No Fury (Zomba/Star Trek/Re-Up Gang)
14. The Coup: Pick a Bigger Weapon (Epitaph)
15. The Streets: The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living (Vice/Atlantic)
16. The Klezmatics: Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie (JMG)
17. Africa Remix: Ah Freak Iya (Milan)
18. Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars: Carnival Conspiracy (Piranha)
19. Lupe Fiasco: Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (Atlantic)
20. Golden Afrique Vol. 2 (Network)
21. TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope)
22. Nils Petter Molvaer: Streamer (Thirsty Ear)
23. Mariem Hassan con Leyoad: Mariem Hassan con Leyoad (Nubenegra '03)
24. Public Enemy: Rebirth of a Nation (Guerrilla Funk '05)
25. Jenny Lewis With the Watson Twins: Rabbit Fur Coat (Team Love)
26. Rhymefest: Blue Collar (J/All I Do)
27. Sir Douglas Quintet: Live From Austin TX (New West)
28. Lee "Scratch" Perry: Panic in Babylon (Narnack)
29. The Handsome Family: Last Days of Wonder (Carrot Top)
30. Crunk Hits (TVT '05)
31. Nils Petter Molvaer: An American Compilation (Thirsty Ear)
32. Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Domino)
33. Ion Petre Stoican: Sounds From a Bygone Age: Vol. 1 (Asphalt Tango)
34. Fats Domino: Alive and Kickin' (tipitinasfoundation.org)
35. The Rough Guide to Bhangra Dance (World Music Network)
36. Beyoncé: B'Day (Sony Urban Music/Columbia)
37. Golem: Fresh Off Boat (JDub)
38. From Bakabush: The First Ten Years of Stonetree (Stonetree)
39. Nils Petter Molvaer: ER (Thirsty Ear)
40. The Knife: Silent Shout (Mute)
41. The Hold Steady: Boys and Girls in America (Vagrant)
42. Grandaddy: Just Like the Fambly Cat (V2)
43. Kimya Dawson: Remember That I Love You (K)
44. The David S. Ware Quartets: Live in the World (Thirsty Ear '05)
45. DJ Bootsie: The Silent Partner (Ugar)
46. The Gothic Archies: The Tragic Treasury (Nonesuch)
47. Thunderbirds Are Now!: Make History (Frenchkiss)
48. Prince: 3121 (Universal)
49. Be Your Own Pet: Be Your Own Pet (Ecstatic Peace!)
50. The Rakes: Capture/Release (V2)
51. Jamie Lidell: Multiply (Warp '05)
52. Pink: I'm Not Dead (LaFace/Zomba)
53. Tom Zé: Estudando O Pagode (Luaka Bop)
54. Tropicália (Soul Jazz)
55. Yo La Tengo: I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
56. Burning Spear: Creation Rebel: The Original Classic Recordings From Studio One (Heartbeat '04)
57. Bell Orchestre: Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light (Rough Trade '05)
58. Congotronics 2 (Crammed Discs)
59. Tartit: Abacabok (Crammed Discs)
60. Tokyo Police Club: A Lesson in Crime (Paper Bag)
61. Love Is All: Nine Times That Same Song (What's Your Rupture?)
62. Rhett Miller: The Believer (Verve Forecast)
63. Teddybears: Soft Machine (Big Beat/Atlantic)
64. Jesus H. Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse: Jesus H. Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse (jesushchristrocks.com)
65. Hamell on Trial: Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs (Righteous Babe)
66. Dr. John: Right Place, Right Time (Hyena)
67. The McKay Brothers: Cold Beer and Hot Tamales (Medina River)
68. Odyssey the Band: Back in Time (Pi '05)
69. Kékélé: Kinavana (Stern's Africa '05)
70. The Rapture: Pieces of the People We Love (Motown/Vertigo)
71. James Carter Organ Trio: Out of Nowhere (Half Note '05)
72. Ghostface Killah: More Fish (Def Jam)
73. Taraf de Haïdouks: The Continuing Adventures of Taraf de Haïdouks: The DVD (Crammed Discs)
74. Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra: Boulevard de l'Indépendance (Nonesuch)
75. Journey Into Paradise: The Larry Levan Story (Rhino)
76. Buck 65: Secret House Against the World (WEA '05)
77. The Rough Guide to Planet Rock (World Music Network)
78. Placebo: Meds (Virgin)
79. Run the Road 2 (Vice)
80. KRS-One: Life (Antagonist)
81. The Mighty Sparrow: First Flight (Smithsonian Folkways '05)

Singles

1. Todd Snider: "You Got Away With It" (New Door)
2. Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.: "My Love" (Jive)
3. New York Dolls: "Dance Like a Monkey" (Roadrunner)
4. Ice Cube: "Go to Church" (Lench Mob)
5. B.G.: "Move Around" (Chopper City)

Feb. 14, 2007

2005

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2007