Top Ranking Albums of October 2016

November 15, 2016November 22, 2016 Jam-TexA Tribe Called Quest, Alborosie, ATO Records, Common, Def Jam Records, Epic Records, Hip Hip, jim james, Mr. Vegas, New Music 2016, rap, Rebelution, reggae, Soja, Studio One, Studio One Records, Suga Roy, Tafari, Van Morrison, VP RecordsLeave a comment

Various Artists – Studio One Radio Show [Studio One 2016]

A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here … Thank You 4 Your Service [Epic 2016]

Rebelution – Live at Red Rocks [Easy Star 2016]

Jim James – Eternally Even [ATO Records 2016]

SOJA – Live in Virginia [ATO Records 2016]

Van Morrison – Keep Me Singing [Caroline International 2016]

Alborosie – Alborosie Presents His Majesty’s Riddim [VP Records 2016]

Tafari – Desire Fulfilled [RUD3 Music 2016]

Mr. Vegas – This Is Dancehall [MV Music 2016]

Common – Black America Again [Def Jam 2016]

Suga Roy & The Fireball Crew – Honoring the King of Reggae [Fire Ball Records 2016]

Top Ranking Albums of October 2014

October 8, 2014October 22, 2014 Jam-TexA Miracle, Adam Carol, Adam Carroll, Alligator Records, Anti Records, Atticus Ross, Columbia Records, Daniel Lanois, Dope House Records, Eipitaph Records, etana, Flava McGregor, George Ezra, Gone Girl, Groundation, Hozier, Interscope Records, Jah Mason, Junction Riddim, Leonard Cohen, Magic!, Marcia Ball, Marty Stuart, Nonesuch Records, Ranch Entertainment, Robert Plant, Shaggy, Sizzla, Sony Records, SPM, Take It Easy Riddim, Trent Reznor, Tweedy, U2, VP Records, Young Tree RecordsLeave a comment

Various Artists – Take It Easy Riddim [Ranch Entertainment 2014]

Robert Plant – lullaby and … The Ceaseless Roar [Nonesuch 2014]

Hozier – Hozier [Columbia 2014]

Groundation – A Miracle [Young Tree Records 2014]

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Gone Girl [Columbia 2014]

Sizzla – Champion Sound [Muti Music 2014]

Daniel Lanois – Flesh and Metal [Anti/Epitaph 2014]

Ali Campbell – Silhouette [Metropolis 2014]

Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love [Sub Pop 2015]

Jah Mason – Miss Your Love [Flava McGregor Records 2014]

Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives – Saturday Night/Sunday Morning [Superlatone Records 2014]

Elle Varner – Don’t Wanna Dance [RCA 2014]

Etana – I Rise [VP Records 2014]

Various Artists – Junction Riddim [Lustre Kings 2014]

Leonard Cohen – Popular Problems [Columbia 2014]

U2 – Songs of Innocence [Interscope 2014]

Marcia Ball – The Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man [Alligator Records 2014]

George Ezra – Did You Hear The Rain [Columbia 2013]

Adam Carroll – Let It Choose You [Adam Carroll 2014]

Tweedy – Sukierae [Anti/Epitaph 2014]

Magic! – Don’t Kill the Music [Sony 2014]

SPM – Son of Norma [Dope House Records 2014]

Top Ranking Albums of July 2014

August 15, 2014 Jam-TexAmid the Noise and Haste, ATO Records, Bleached, Clapton and Cale, Country Funk, Delly Ranx, Derek Trucks, Dre Island, Easy To Love, Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton and Friends, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hypnotic Eye, J Mascis, J.J. Cale, Jenny Lewis, JJ Cale and Tom Petty, JJ Cale Willie Nelson, John Hiatt, Levon Helm, Luluc, Mandatory Fun, Maxi Priest, Old Crow Medicine Show, Petty, RCA Records, Soja, Songbird, Spoon, Sub Pop Records, Tennis, The Breeze, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Tom Petty and J.J. Cale, Trampled by Turtles, VP Records, Weird Al, Weird Al Yankovic, Willie & JJ Cale, willie nelson, Willie Nelson JJ CaleLeave a comment

SOJA – Amid the Noise and Haste [ATO Records 2014]

“Weird Al” Yankovic – Mandatory Fun [RCA 2104]

Maxi Priest – Easy To Love [VP Records 2014]

Old Crow Medicine Show – Remedy [ATO Records 2014]

Delly Ranx – Sweet Reggae [Very Important Sound Records 2014]

Dre Island – Live Forever [Natural High Music 2014]

Various Artists – Country Funk II 1967-1974 [Light in the Attic 2014]

Bleached – For The Feel [Dead Oceans 2014]

Spoon – They Want My Soul [Loma Vista 2014]

J Mascis – Tried A Star [Sub Pop Records 2014]

Various Artists – Guardians of the Galaxy (Awesome Mix Vol. 1) [Hollywood Records 2014]

Eric Clapton & Friends – The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale [Bushbranch Records 2014]

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye [Reprise 2014]

Luluc – Passerby [Sub Pop Records 2014]

Jenny Lewis – The Voyager [Warner Brothers 2014]

Tennis – Ritual in Repeat [Communion Records 2014]

Tramples By Turtles – Wild Animals [Banjodad Records 2014]

John Hiatt – Terms of My Surrender [New West 2014]

Levon Helm – Midnight Ramble, Volume 3 [Vanguard 2014]

Steve Earle – Live Nashville 1995 [Shout Factory Records 2014]

Top Ranking Albums of May 2014

May 25, 2014June 5, 2014 Jam-TexA Tribute To Bob Dylan in the 80s, Ana Tijoux, Anointed, Anthony Cruz, Bad Taste Records, Bless Up, Bob Dylan, Bruce Robison, Brushfire Records, bugle, Cash Money Records, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Columbia Records, Conor Oberst, Count Me In, Crucial World, Cunninlynguists, Dancehall Reggae 2014, Def Jam Records, Dub Thompson, Dubmatix, Duck Sauce, Easy Star Records, Echo Beach, Eels, Eliza Gilkinson, eOne Music, Ernest Ranglin, ESL Music, Food, Fool's Gold, Future, G. Love, G. Love and Special Sauce, Gold Record Music, Honest, I Am I Said, In Dub, Ivan and the Prazol, Joan Osborne, Joe Fraser Records, Johnny Cash, Kelis, Kelly Willis, Love and Hate, michael franti, Mikey Spice, Mode Bizarre, Mykal Rose, New West, Nikki Nack, Ninja Tune, Out Among the Stars, Pressure, Put Your Needle Down, Ragga 2014, Ragga Ragga Ragga, Rap 2014, Rebelution, Reggae 2014, Rise of an Empire, Rodney Crowell, Seeed, Sizzla Reggae, Soja, Soul Music 2014, spearhead, Strange Journey Volume Three, Sturgill Simpson, Sugar, Tarpaper Sky, The Roots, The Secret Sisters, Thievery Corporation, Tune-Yards, Upside Down Mountain, VP Records, Young Money, Ziggi RecadoLeave a comment

Rebelution – Count Me In [Easy Star 2014]

Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music [High Top Mountain Records 2014]

JoMersa – Comfortable [Ghetto Youths International 2014]

Conor Oberst – Upside Down Mountain [Nonesuch Records 2014]

Seeed – Seeed [Seeed Records 2014]

SOJA – I Believe [ATO Records 2014]

Dub Thompson – 9 Songs [Dead Oceans 2014]

Tune-Yards – Nikki Nack [4AD 2014]

Kelly Willis and Bruce Willis – Our Year [Premium Records 2014]

Eels – The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett [PIAS America 2014]

Thievery Corporation – Saudade [ESL Music 2014]

Bugle – Anointed [Zojack World Wide 2014]

Various Artists – Peace and Love Riddim [TJ Records 2014]

Dubmatix – In Dub [Echo Beach 2014]

Various Artists – King Size Dub Dub Visionist Special [Echo Beach 2014]

Ziggi Recado – Therapeutic [Zion High 2014]

Anthony Cruz – Inna Di Dance [Shan Shan Music 2014]

Ivan and the Parazol – Mode Bizarre [Gold Record Music 2014]

Ana Tijoux – Vengo [Nacional Records 2014]

Rodney Crowell – Tarpaper Sky [New West 2014]

Pressure – The Sound [I Grade Records 2014]

Sizzla – Radical [VP Records 2014]

Sizzla – Nuh Worry Unu Self [John John Records 2014]

Sizzla – Born A King [Muti Music 2014]

Future – Honest [Epic 2014]

The Secret Sisters – Put Your Needle Down [Universal Records 2014]

G. Love and Special Sauce – Sugar [Brushfire Records 2014]

Johnny Cash – Out Among the Stars [Columbia 2014]

Kelis – Food [Ninja Tune 2014]

The Roots – …and then you shoot your cousin [Def Jam 2014]

Cunninlynguists – Strange Journey Volume Three [Bad Taste Records 2014]

Various Artists – A Tribute to Bob Dylan in the 80s: Volume 1 [ATO Records 2014]

Ernest Ranglin – Bless up [Avilla Street Records 2014]

Danilo Perez – Panama 500 [Mack Avenue Records 2014]

Duck Sauce – Quack [Fool’s Gold 2014]

Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Phosphorescent Harvest [Silver Arrow Records 2014]

Young Money – Rise of an Empire [Cash Money Records 2014]

Mikey Spice – I Am I Said [Joe Fraser Records 2014]

Joan Osborne – Love and Hate [eOne Music 2014]

Various Artists – Ragga Ragga Ragga 2014 [VP Records 2014]

Eliza Gilkinson – Nocturne Diaries [Red House Records 2014]

Mykal Rose – Crucial World [John John Records 2014]

Top Ranking Albums of June 2013

June 27, 2013June 28, 2013 Jam-TexAllen Toussaint, Allison Moorer, American Kid, Amy Helm, Anti, Billy Bragg, Blues, Blues Rock, bob marley, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Bob Marley Legend, Bob Schneider, Booker T, Bruce Cockburn, Bruce Hornsby, Buddy Miller, Burden of Proof, Byron Isaacs, Country Music, Dale Watson, Dale Watson & His Troopers, damian marley, Dierks Bentley, Don Was, Dylan, El Rancho Azul, Electronic Music, electronica music, Epitaph, Eric Church, folk, Folk Protest, Folk Rock, G.E. Smith, Garth Hudson, Gospel, Grace Potter, Greg Allman, Greg Allman and Warren Haynes, Greg Leisz, Gulf Coast Museum, honky tonk, Jaimoe, Jakob Dylan, Jessi Alender, jim james, Jimmy Cliff, Joan osbourne, Joan Ousbrne, Joe Walsh, john fogerty, John Hiatt, John Mayer, John Prine, Jon Randall, June 2013, June Music 2013, Justin Guip, Larry Campbell, Lee Ann Womack, Legend, Legend Remixed, Let Us In Americana, Levon Helm, Levon Helm Band, Love for Levon, Make Good Choices, Marc Cohn, Marley Brothers, Matt Burr, Mavis Staples, Mike Gordon, my morning jacket, New West, Nine Mile Records, Ollabelle, One True Vine, Patty Griffin, Paul McCartney, Pretty Lights, Protest Rock, RAC, Rami Jaffee, Ray LaMontagne, Red House Records, reggae, Robert Randolph, rock, Rodney Crowell, Roger Waters, Roger Waters and G.E. Smith, Sam Bush, Sean Nelson, Shiny Ribs, Sizzla, Slaid Cleaves, Soul, Sound the Alarm, Staples Singers, Stax Records, stephen marley, Steve Earle, Steve Earle and the Dukes, Steve Jordan, Swamp Rock, Teddy Thompson, Teresa Williams, Texas Country, texas music, Texas Rock, The All Star Band, The Band, The Carper Family, The Low Highway, Thievery Corp, Thievery Corporation, Tooth and Nail, Vanguard, VP Records, Warren Hayes, Warren Hood Band, willie nelson, Wrote a song for everyone, Z Trip, Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers, Ziggy Marley and the Melody MakersLeave a comment

Jimmy Cliff – The KCRW Sessions [Universal 2013]

Sizzla – The Messiah [VP Records 2013]

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Legend Remixed [Tuff Gong 2013]

Various Artists – Love for Levon [Time 2013]

Various Artists – Let Us In Americana [Reviver Records 2013]

Steve Earle – The Low Highway [New West 2013]

Sean Nelson – Make Good Choices [Really Records 2013]

Slaid Cleaves – Still Fighting the War [Music Road Records 2013]

Bob Schneider – Burden of Proof [Kirtland Records 2013]

Dale Watson & His Troopers – El Rancho Azul [Red House Records 2013]

Shiny Ribs – Gulf Coast Museum [Nine Mile Records 2013]

Patty Griffin – American Kid [New West Records 2013]

Billy Bragg – Tooth and Nail [Essential Music 2013]

John Fogerty – Wrote A Song For Everyone [Vanguard 2013]

Warren Hood Band – Warren Hood Band [Red Parlor Records 2013]

The Carper Family – Old-Fashioned Gal [The Carper Family 2013]

Mavis Staples – One True Vine [Anti/Epitaph 2013]

Booker T – Sound the Alarm [Stax 2013]

Top Ranking Albums of April 2013

April 7, 2013April 26, 2013 Jam-Texadowa, Adrian Younge, Adriean Younge, Ancient Power, Bonobo, Brian Eno, bugle, Chezidek, Delfonics, Elephant Man, Free the Universe, Ghostface, Ghostface Killah, Glassnote, Gregory Isaacs, James Blake, Joker, Junior Kelly, Kurt Vile, Mad Decent Records, Major Lazer, Matador Records, Meta and the Cornerstones, Necessary Mayhem, Ninja Tune, Phoenix, Reincarnated, Savages, Shaggy, Silence Yourself, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Lion, Snoop Reggae, Soul Temple, taj weekes, The Delfonics, The North Borders, Tony Starks, Vampire Weekend, VP Records, vybz kartel, Wu Tang Clan, Wyclef Jean, XL Recordings1 Comment

Top Ranking Albums of April 2013

Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City [XL Recordings 2013]

Bonobo – The North Borders [Ninja Tune 2013]

Junior Kelly – Piece of the Pie [VP Records 2013]

Gregory Isaacs – Necessary Mayhem Presents Gregory Isaacs [Necessary Mayhem 2013]

Jherek Bischcoff – Composed [Brassland 2013]

Adrian Younge & Ghostface Killah – Twelve Reasons to Die [Soul Temple 2013]

Snoop Lion – Reincarnated [RCA 2013]

Chezidek – The Order of Melcheidek [JahSolidRock 2013]

Phoenix – Bankrupt! [Glassnote 2013]

Low – The Invisible Way [Sub Pop Record 2013]

Major Lazer – Free the Universe [Mad Decent 2013]

Hey Marsielles – Lines We Trace [Onto 2013]

Meta and the Cornerstones – Ancient Power [VP Records 2013]

Savages – Silence Yourself [Matador 2013]

James Blake – Overgrown [Universal Records 2013]

Wavves – Afraid of Heights [Mom + Pop Records 2013]

Taj Weekes and Adowa – Pariah in Transit [Megawave 2013]

Kurt Vile – Walkin on Pretty Daze [Matador 2013]

Adrian Younge & the Delfonics – Adrian Younge Presents the Delfonics [Wax Poetics 2013]

Joker – The Face Off [Kapsize 2013]

Top Ranking Albums of February 2013

March 8, 2013March 8, 2013 Jam-Tex2013 Music, A$AP Rocky, Aaron Neville, ATO Records, Atoms for Peace, Bambino Musik, Better Tomorrow, Blue Note Records, busy signal, Country Sleep, Dead Oceans, Dub to the Bones, Electric Cowbell Records, etana, February 2013 Music, February Music, Gregory Isaacs, Gyal Season Riddim, Hip-Hop Music, Jah 9, Jazz Age, jim james, Jose James, Juliana Barwick, Long.Live. A$AP, Macklemore, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, My True Story, New Name, NIght Beds, No Beginning No End, Pacing, Phish, rap, Rap Music, reggae, Reggae Music, Regions of Light and Sound, Regions of Light and Sound of God, Rock Music, Ryan Lewis, Stones Throw Records, Super Hi-Fi, Tad's Records, The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, The Heist, The Lions, The Love Box, This Generation, Traveler, Trey Anastasio, Trey Anastasio Band, VP Records, What the Eyeballs DidLeave a comment

Super Hi-Fi – Dub to the Bone [Electric Cowbell Records 2012]

Jose James – No Beginning No End [Blue Note Rcords 2013]

Trey Anastastio – Traveler [ATO Records 2012]

Jim James – Regions of Light and Sound of God [ATO Records 2013]

Various Artists – Gyal Season Riddim [Bambino Musik 2013]

Gregory Isaacs – The Love Box [Tad’s Records 2013]

Protoje – The 8 Year Affair [Don Corleon 2013]

The Lions – This Generation [Stones Throw Records 2013]

The Bryan Ferry Orchestra – Jazz Age [BMG 2013]

Atoms for Peace – Amok [XL 2013]

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – Old Yellow Man [Nonesuch 2013]

Night Beds – Country Sleep [Dead Oceans 2013]

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist [Macklemore 2012]

A$AP ROCKY – Long.Live.A$AP [Polo Grounds 2013]

Aaron Neville – My True Story [Blue Note Records 2013]

Etana – Better Tomorrow [VP Records 2013]

Baauer – Harlem Shake [Mad Decent 2013]

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