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<em>Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different </em>(Just Sunshine/Light In The Attic)

Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different (Just Sunshine/Light In The Attic)

by E.C. Gladstone

Among '70s Funk aficionados, Betty Davis is something of a Fakahatchee Orchid: truly rare, exquisite, and without peer.

Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room (Legacy Edition)

Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room (Legacy Edition)

by J. Poet

Those that found Songs of Leonard Cohen depressing wouldn't get any relief here. As implied by the black and white cover photo, these songs were darker, more hopeless and more violent than anything on the first collection.

Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen (Legacy Edition)

Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen (Legacy Edition)

by J. Poet

Forty years ago, critics were trying to make a case for rock lyrics as poetry, hailing the work of Dylan, Paul Simon and Jim Morrison, to name three, to make their point.

Sly And The Family Stone - <em>A Whole New Thing, Dance To The Music, Life, Stand!, There's A Riot Goin' On, Fresh, Small Talk</em> (Epic/Legacy)

Sly And The Family Stone - A Whole New Thing, Dance To The Music, Life, Stand!, There's A Riot Goin' On, Fresh, Small Talk (Epic/Legacy)

by E.C. Gladstone

Many classic artists are called "influential," still others frequently tagged "seminal," but few, in fact very few, can inarguably be credited for having changed the course of music.

The Complete Motown Singles, Vol 1-6 (Hip-O-Select) vs. The Complete Stax/Volt Singles, 1959-68 (Atlantic) + The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2-3 (Fantasy)

Various Artists - A Date With John Waters (New Line)

Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out (Hip-O/A&M)

The Shins - Wincing The Night Away (SubPop)

Goodnight, We Love You: The Life And Legend Of Phyllis Diller (Image)

Lee Hazlewood - Cake Or Death (Ever)

Trainwreck Riders - Lonely Road Revival (Alive)

American Music: The HighTone Records Story (HighTone)

George Harrison - Living In The Material World (CD+DVD) (Apple Capitol)

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! (DGC/Chronicles)

The Clash - The Singles (Sony Legacy)

The Addams Family: Season One (MGM)

The Bill Cosby Show: Season One (Shout! Factory)

Bootsy Collins - Christmas Is 4 Ever (Shout! Factory)

Tribal Jazz - Tribal Jazz (Hidden Beach)

John Lee Hooker - Hooker (Shout! Factory)

Bert Jansch - The Black Swan (Drag City)

Mastodon - Blood Mountain (Reprise)

Submarine Races - Submarine Races (In The Red)

Oasis - Stop The Clocks (Epic)

Johnny Cash - At San Quentin (Legacy Edition)

Tales Of The Rat Fink (Shout! Factory)

Keith Moon - Two Sides Of The Moon (Deluxe Edition) (Castle/Sanctuary)

Open Season (Original Soundtrack) (Lost Highway)

John Phillips - John The Wolf King Of LA (Varese Sarabande)

The Tomorrow Show: Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show (Shout! Factory)

The Byrds - There Is A Season (Columbia/Legacy)

The Harder They Come (Special Edition) (Xenon)

Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (Expanded & Remastered) (RCA/Legacy)

Willie Nelson - The Complete Atlantic Sessions (Rhino) vs. Merle Haggard - Hag / Someday We'll Look Back (Capitol)

That's The Way Of The World (BCI Eclipse)

Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country (Merge)

The Clash: Rude Boy (Epic/Legacy)

Three by Roy Orbison

Stoned (Screen Media)

The Weird Al Show: The Complete Series (Shout Factory)

Frank Black - Fastman Raiderman (Back Porch/EMI)

Scott Walker - The Drift (4AD)

Silversun Pickups - Carnavas (Dangerbird)

The Walkmen - A Hundred Miles Off (Record Collection)

Yes - Fragile vs. Boston - Boston(Legacy)

Peaches - Impeach My Bush (XL)

Eugene Mirman - En Garde, Society (SubPop)

Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Downtown)

Jules Shear - Dreams Don't Count (Mad Dragon)

Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River In Reverse (Verve Forecast)

Shearwater - Palo Santo (Misra)

The Red Krayola - Introduction (Drag City)

Espers - II (Drag City)

Howlin Rain - Howlin Rain (Birdman)

Johnny Cash - Personal File (Columbia/Legacy)

Tool - 10,000 Days (Volcano)

Bedroom Walls - All Good Dreamers Pass This Way (Baria)

The Coup - Pick A Bigger Weapon (Epitaph)

Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror (Back Porch)

The Best Of The Electric Company (Shout! Factory)

Blind Arvella Gray - The Singing Drifter (Conjuroo)

Wolfmother - Wolfmother (Interscope)

Don Rickles - Speaks! (JMG Traditions)

Tommy Keene - Crashing The Ether (Eleven Thirty)

Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing And A Curse (New West)

Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (Virgin)

Ms. John Soda - Notes And The Like (Morr Music)

Heartworn Highways - Original Soundtrack (Shout! Factory)

Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - Under The Covers Vol. 1 (Shout! Factory)

Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Columbia)

New York Doll: The Movie (Visual Entertainment/First Independent)

Calexico - Garden Ruin (Quarterstick)

The Television Personalities - My Dark Places (Domino)

Mogwai - Mr. Beast (Matador)

Lambchop - Decline Of Country & Western Civilization Part II: The Woodwind Years (Merge)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (Interscope)

Late Night Tales: Belle And Sebastian (Azuli)

The Dick Cavett Show: Comic Legends (Shout! Factory)

Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat (Reprise)

Billy Bragg Volume 1 (Yep Roc)

Santana III (Legacy Edition) (Columbia/Legacy)

Big Night O.S.T. (Ryko)

Townes Van Zandt: Be Here To Love Me (Palm Pictures)

Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights Re-Whipped (Shout! Factory)

Dean Martin - Sleep Warm (Expanded) (Collectors' Choice)

Van Morrison - Pay The Devil (Lost Highway)

Kris Kristofferson - This Old Road (New West)

Mudhoney - Under A Billion Suns (SubPop)

Dilated Peoples - 20/20 (Capitol)

Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes / Mott (Columbia/Legacy)

Elbow - Leaders Of The Free World (V2)

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Domino)

Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat (Team Love) / The Elected - Sun, Sun, Sun (SubPop)

Jason Collett - Idols Of Exile (Arts & Crafts)

The Minus 5 - The Gun Album (Yep Roc)

The Devics - Push The Heart (Reincarnate)

Th' Legendary Shack Shakers - Pandelirium (Yep Roc)

The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave (Shout! Factory)

Pearls And Brass - The Indian Tower (Drag City)

Three by Nina Simone (RCA/Legacy)

Dream Brother: The Songs Of Tim & Jeff Buckley (Ryko)

Beth Orton - Comfort Of Strangers (Astralwerks)

The Small Faces: Under Review (Chrome Dreams/MVD)

Cat Power - The Greatest (Matador)

Jamie Foxx - Unpredictable (J)

The Strokes - First Impressions Of Earth (RCA)

Higher Ground: Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert (Blue Note)

Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough (Geffen)

Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (Interscope)

Billy Joel - My Lives (Columbia/Legacy)

Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures (SubPop)

Festival! (Eagle Vision)

The Beautiful New Born Children - Hey People! (Domino)

9 Songs (Tartan)

Hasil Adkins - Peanut Butter Rock And Roll / Moon Over Madison (Norton)

Neil Diamond - 12 Songs (Columbia)

The Soul Of Nina Simone (DualDisc) (RCA/Legacy)

Paula Frazer - Leave The Sad Things Behind (Birdman)

Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run: 30th Anniversary Edition (Columbia)

Eurythmics - Ultimate Collection (Arista)

The Dick Cavett Show: John & Yoko Collection (Shout Factory)

Diana Krall - Christmas Songs (Verve)

Christmas With SCTV (Shout Factory)

Bill Withers - Just As I Am (DualDisc) (Columbia/Legacy)

Chocolate Genius Inc. - Black Yankee Rock (Commotion)

The Deadly Snakes - Porcella (In The Red)

Wilco - Kicking Television: Live In Chicago (Nonesuch)

Various Artists - Imaginational Anthem (Tompkins Square)

Big Star - In Space (Rykodisc)

Nada Surf - The Weight Is A Gift (Barsuk)

Dark Holler: Old Love Songs And Ballads (Smithsonian/Folkways)

Sean Paul - The Trinity (Atlantic)

The Lovetones - Meditations (Tee Pee)

John Lennon - Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon (Capitol)

Arrested Development: Season Two (Fox)

Mazarin - We're Already There (I And Ear)

Fursaxa - Lepidoptera / Alexander Tucker - Old Fog (ATP)

Richard Hawley - Coles Corner (Mute)

Dwele - Some Kinda... (Virgin)

Tony Orlando & Dawn: The Ultimate Collection (R2)

Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970 Volume Two (Lost Highway)

Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (Arts & Crafts)

The Best Of The Beta Band (Astralwerks)

No Direction Home (Paramount)

Viva K - Viva K (Stinky)

Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary (SubPop)

Black Sunday - Tronic Blanc / River City Tanlines - All 7 Inches Plus More (Dirtnap)

Paul McCartney - Chaos And Creation In The Backyard (Capitol)

Mick Harvey - One Man's Treasure (Mute)

The Royals Featuring Charles Sutton & Hank Ballard - The Federal Singles (Ace)

The Dick Cavett Show: Ray Charles Collection (Shout Factory)

Calla - Collisions (Beggars Banquet)

The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang (Virgin)

Supergrass - Road To Rouen (Capitol)

Sheryl Crow - Wildflower (A&M)

Morcheeba - The Antidote (Echo)

The 88 - Over And Over (Mootron)

The Sights And Sounds Of Esquivel (Bar None)

David Allan Coe - Penitentiary Blues (Hacktone)

Greg Dulli's Amber Headlights (Infernal)

Kanye West - Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella)

Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow (Beggars/XL)

Modey Lemon - The Curious City (Birdman)

The Muppet Show: Season One (Buena Vista)

Death Cab For Cutie - Plans (Barsuk/Atlantic)

At Last The 1948 Show / Do Not Adjust Your Set (Tango)

The Brian Jonestown Massacre - We Are The Radio (Tee Pee)

The High Dials - War Of The Wakening Phantoms (Rainbow Quartz)

The Coral - The Invisible Invasion (Deltasonic/Columbia)

Ghosty - Grow Up Or Sleep In (Future Farmer)

Oranger - New Comes And Goes (Eenie Meenie)

The Warlocks - Surgery (Mute)

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl (Red Int/Red Ink)

Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike (Side One Dummy)

Teairra Mari - Roc-A-Fella Presents Teairra Mari (Roc-A-Fella)

Chad Vangaalen - Infiniheart (SubPop)

Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw (Hydrahead)

Chris Whitley - Soft Dangerous Shores (Messenger)

Ozomatli - Live At The Fillmore (CD/DVD) (Concord)

Goldrush - Ozona (Better Looking)

Alice Cooper - Dirty Diamonds (New West)

The Brown Bunny (DVD) (Columbia TriStar)

Bob Mould - Body Of Song (Yep Roc)

Fruit Bats - Spelled In Bones (SubPop)

Does Anybody Know I'm Here: Vietnam Through The Eyes Of Black America 1962-1972 (Ace/Kent)

Killer's Kiss - Killer's Kiss (Hook Or Crook)

Keyshia Cole - The Way It Is (A&M)

Otis Taylor - Below The Fold (Telarc)

The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle (Shout Factory)

Terence Blanchard - Flow (Blue Note)

Missy Elliott - The Cookbook (Atlantic)

Willie Nelson - Countryman (Lost Highway)

Fanfare Ciocarlia - Gili Garabdi (Asphalt Tango)

Phosphorescent - Aw Come Aw Wry (Misra)

Innaway - Innaway (Some)

Public Enemy: It Takes A Nation - The First London Invasion Tour 1987 (Music Video Dist.)

The Quarter After - The Quarter After (Bird Song)

Your Black Star - Sound From The Ground (Building)

The Knitters - The Modern Sounds Of The Knitters (Zoe/Rounder)

Me'Shell NdegeOcello - Dance Of The Infidel (Shanachie)

Billy Corgan - The Future Embrace (Reprise)

Missy Higgins - The Sound Of White (Reprise)

MC5: Kick Out The Jams (Music Video Dist.)

Thrones - Day Late, Dollar Short (Southern Lord)

Post Stardom Depression - Prime Time Looks A Lot Like Amateur Night (Control Group)

The Secret Machines - The Road Leads Where It's Led (Warner Bros.)

Kraftwerk - Minimum-Maximum (Astralwerks)

Orange Juice - The Glasgow School (Domino)

Janis Joplin - Pearl Legacy Edition (Sony)

T. Rex: Born To Boogie (Sanctuary)

Leela James - A Change Is Gonna Come (Warner Bros.)

Coldplay - X&Y (Capitol)

Audioslave - Out Of Exile (Interscope/Epic)

Roy Ayers - Virgin Ubiquity Part II (Rapster/BBE)

Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth (Matador)

Teenage Fanclub - Man-Made (Merge)

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (Lost Highway)

The Spinto Band - Nice And Nicely Done (Bar None)

The Partridge Family: The Complete First Season (Columbia TriStar)

Fripp & Eno - The Equatorial Stars (Inner Knot)

Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth (Epic)

Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (SubPop)

Common - Be (Geffen)

Gorillaz - Demon Days (Virgin)

Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman (Epic)

Epic Soundtracks - Good Things (DBK)

Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (RCA)

The Ponys - Celebration Castle (In The Red)

Goldie Lookin Chain - Straight Outta Newport (Music Collection)

Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep (Big Dada)

Spoon - Gimme Fiction (Merge)

Bruce Springsteen - Devils And Dust (Columbia)

Shelby Lynne - Suit Yourself (Capitol)

The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart (Yep Roc)

The Wingdale Community Singers - The Wingdale Community Singers (Plain)

Love As Laughter - Laughter's Fifth (SubPop)

Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic/Radiator/Guerilla/Mwng/Out Spaced (XL/Beggars)

Various Artists - The Jack Nitzsche Story (Ace)

Various Artists - Son Cubano NYC: Cuban Roots, New York Spices 1972-82 (Honest Jons)

Yo La Tengo - Prisoners Of Love (3-Disc) (Matador)

The Blackfire Revelation - Gold And Guns On 51 (Fat Possum)

Ben Watt - Buzzin' Fly Volume 2 (Astralwerks)

New Order - Waiting For The Sirens' Call (Warner Bros.)

Nic Armstrong & The Thieves - The Greatest White Liar (New West)

John Doe - Forever Hasn't Happened Yet (Yep Roc)

Various Artists - Cold Heat: Heavy Funk Rarities 1968-1974, Vol. 1

The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Origin, Volume 1 (Republic)

The Reverend Al Green - Everything's OK (Blue Note)

Various Artists - Lif Up Yuh Leg An Trample (Honest Jons)

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (Vice)

Tweet - It's Me Again (Elektra)

British Sea Power - Open Season (Rough Trade)

Kasabian - Kasabian (RCA)

Bettye Swann - Bettye Swann (Honest Jons)

Solomon Burke - Make Do With What You Got (Shout Factory)

Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze (Interscope)

Brendan Benson - The Alternative To Love (V2)

The Kills - No Wow (RCA)

Beck - Guero (Interscope)

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion - Exploration (New West)

A Frames - Black Forest (SubPop)

Louis XIV - The Best Little Secrets Are Kept (Atlantic)

Akron/Family - Akron/Family (Young God)

Keren Ann - Nolita (Blue Note)

M.I.A. - Arular (XL)

Outrageous Cherry - Our Love Will Change The World (Rainbow Quartz)

Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out (Bar None)

High On Fire - Blessed Black Wings (Relapse)

The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute (Universal)

Aesop Rock - Fast Cars, Danger, Fire And Knives (Definitive Jux)

Ivy - In The Clear (Nettwerk)

Doves - Some Cities (Capitol)

The Brian Jonestown Massacre - ... And This Is Our Music (Tee Pee)

The Distillers - Coral Fang (Warner Bros.)

Mary Gauthier - Mercy Now (Lost Highway)

The Moaners - Dark Snack (Yep Roc)

Black Mountain - Black Mountain (Jagjaguwar)

John Legend - Get Lifted (Sony)

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning / Digital Ash In A Digital Urn (Saddle Creek)

Nirvana - With The Lights Out (Geffen)

Jennifer Gentle - Valende (SubPop)

2Pac - Loyal To The Game (Interscope)

Marianne Faithfull - Before The Poison (Anti)

Vienna Teng - Warm Strangers (Virt)

Alice Coltrane - Translinear Light (Impulse)

Jill Scott - Beautifully Human: Words And Sounds Vol. 2 (Sony)

Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South (New West)

Carl Hancock Rux - Apothecary Rx (Giant Step)

The High Dials - A New Devotion (Rainbow Quartz)

Delays - Faded Seaside Glamour (Rough Trade)

Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days (SubPop)

Califone - Heron King Blues (Thrill Jockey)

Van Hunt - Van Hunt (Capitol)

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