2014: Dean's List

Albums

1. Wussy: Attica! (Shake It) 17
2. Miranda Lambert: Platinum (RCA) 15
3. Withered Hand: New Gods (Slumberland) 14
4. Young Thug & Bloody Jay: Black Portland (free download) 12
5. Drive-By Truckers: English Oceans (ATO) 11
6. Jason Derulo: Talk Dirty (Warner Bros.) 8
7. Beyoncé: Beyoncé (Platinum Edition) [More] (Columbia)
8. Jerry Lee Lewis: The Knox Phillips Sessions: The Unreleased Recordings (Ace) 6
9. Burial: Rival Dealer (Hyperdub '13)
10. Azealia Banks: Broke With Expensive Taste (Prospect Park) 7
11. Willie Nelson and Sister Bobbie: December Day (Legacy)
12. Kool A.D.: Word O.K (Bandcamp mixtape) 5
13. Angaleena Presley: American Middle Class (Slate Creek) 5
14. The Old 97's: Most Messed Up (ATO)
15. Kate Tempest: Everybody Down (Big Dada)
16. Bring It On Home: Black America Sings Sam Cooke (Ace)
17. D'Angelo and the Vanguard: Black Messiah (RCA)
18. Hassan Hakmoun: Unity (Healing)
19. The Coathangers: Suck My Shirt (Suicide Squeeze)
20. Billy Joe Shaver: Long in the Tooth (Lightning Rod)
21. The New Pornographers: Brill Bruisers (Matador)
22. Ex Hex: Rips (Merge)
23. Golem: Tanz (Corason Digital)
24. Lee Ranaldo and the Dust: Last Night on Earth (Matador '13)
25. Hamell on Trial: The Happiest Man in the World (New West)
26. Jenny Lewis: The Voyager (Warner Bros.)
27. Aretha Franklin: Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (RCA)
28. Chromeo: White Women (Atlantic/Big Beat)
29. Iggy Azalea: The New Classic (Def Jam)
30. tUnE-yArDs: Nikki Nack (4AD)
31. Wu-Tang Clan: A Better Tomorrow (Warner Bros.)
32. Lily Allen: Sheezus (Warner Bros.)
33. Sunny Sweeney: Provoked (Thirty Tigers)
34. The Flaming Lips: With a Little Help From My Fwends (Warner Bros.)
35. Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Always With Us (Uyohlale Unathi) (CDBaby)
36. Taylor Swift: 1989 (Big Machine)
37. The Roots: . . . And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (Def Jam)
38. Toni Braxton & Babyface: Love, Marriage & Divorce (Motown)
39. Atmosphere: Southsiders (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
40. Kool A.D.: 63 (Bandcamp mixtape '13)
41. Allo Darlin': We Come From the Same Place (Slumberland)
42. Amy LaVere: Runaway's Diary (Archer)
43. Chumped: Teenage Retirement (Anchorless)
44. Parquet Courts: Sunbathing Animal (What's Your Rupture?)
45. Jon Langford & Skull Orchard: Here Be Monsters (In De Goot)
46. The Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara (World Music Network)
47. Company Freak: Le Disco Social (OpusLabel/Superlatude)
48. Bushwick Gospel Singers: Songs of Worship Vol. 2 (self-released)
49. Shakira: Shakira (RCA)
50. Wormburner: Pleasant Living in Planned Communities (Dive)
51. Kool & Kass: Peaceful Solutions (Bandcamp mixtape)
52. Mary J. Blige: The London Sessions (Capitol)
53. Aby Ngana Diop: Liital (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
54. Bette Midler: It's the Girls! (Warner Bros.)
55. Nicki Minaj: The Pinkprint (Deluxe Edition) (Cash Money/Republic)
56. Homeboy Sandman: Hallways (Stones Throw)
57. Laura Cantrell: No Way There From There (Thrift Shop)
58. TV on the Radio: Seeds (Harvest)
59. Boozoo Bajou: 4 (Apollo)
60. Bob Dylan in the 80's: Volume One (ATO)
61. Link of Chain: A Songwriters Tribute to Chris Smither (Signature Sounds)
62. Loudon Wainwright III: Haven't Got the Blues (Yet) (429)
63. The Baseball Project: 3rd (Yep Roc)
64. Roy Nathanson's Sotto Voce: Complicated Day (Enja/Yellowbird)

Singles

• Beyoncé (ft. Jay-Z): "Drunk in Love"
• Coathangers: "Follow Me"
• Drive-By Truckers: "Shit Shots Count"
• Old 97's: "Longer Than You've Been Alive"
• Angaleena Presley: "Drunk"
• Billy Joe Shaver: "Hard to Be an Outlaw"
• Pharrell Williams: "Happy"
• Withered Hand: "Horseshoe"
• Wussy: "Teenage Wasteland"
• Young Thug & Bloody Jay: "Florida Water"

Barnes & Noble Review, Mar. 10, 2015

2013

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2015