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Shabaka
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
On his second album as Shabaka, the multi-instrumentalist performs a completely solo outing that includes a return to the saxophone.
- Thom Jurek
London/Sire / Rhino / Sire / Warner Records
AllMusic Rating: 2.5 stars
The 14th solo album from the former Smiths vocalist cultivates a mood that's largely plodding and uneasy.
- Fred Thomas
Rhino
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
Extensive collection of previously unreleased demos and live recordings from the earliest phases of the band when they were still an art punk trio.
- Fred Thomas
BMG / BMG
AllMusic Rating: 3.5 stars
The U.K. pop heroes take a few steps backwards, reviving a song cycle they first conceived in the mid-'70s.
- Mark Deming
Fire Records
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
Tightly wound indie rock that balances noisy arrangements with sparse ballads, all delivered with intense, precise emotion.
- Tim Sendra
Blue Note
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
The second album from the saxophonist's playful trio, featuring guests Ron Carter and Branford Marsalis.
- Matt Collar
Sub Pop
AllMusic Rating: 3.5 stars
The Swedish alt-pop artist embraces intricate, mostly acoustic arrangements on a full-length debut that plays like turning pages in a diary.
- Marcy Donelson
HHBTM
AllMusic Rating: 3.5 stars
Full of punky, glammy indie pop, the hooky solo debut of Dressy Bessy leader Tammy Ealom was entirely self-recorded.
- Marcy Donelson

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Already a respected arranger and pianist who'd contributed to dozens of records (by artists ranging from the Impressions to Carla Thomas to Woody Herman), with this debut LP Donny Hathaway revealed yet another facet of his genius -- his smoky, pleading voice, one of the best to ever grace a soul record.
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