Music Archive: R

Röyksopp

• Röyksopp's Night Out (Astralwerks)
• The Understanding (Astralwerks)
• Melody A.M. (Astralwerks)

R.E.M.

• Feature: Best Reissues of 2006
• Reveal (Warner Brothers)
• Around the Sun (Warner Bros.)
• Life's Rich Pageant (I.R.S.)
• Accelerate (Warner Bros.)
• News: R.E.M. gains momentum with 'Accelerate'

RAMP

• Come Into Knowledge (Verve)

RBX

• Broken Silence (Technicali Sound)

The RH Factor (Roy Hargrove)

• Strength EP (Roy Hargrove)

RJD2

• The Horror (Definitive Jux)
• Since We Last Spoke (Definitive Jux)
• Concert: 2 May 2008: Bowery Ballroom — New York, NY

RZA

• Birth of a Prince (Sanctuary)
• RZA as Bobby Digital: Digi Snacks

Ra

• From One (Universal)
• Wxfdswxc2 (Sublight)

Ra Ra Riot

• Ra Ra Riot EP (Rebel Group)

Raccoon

• Strange Terrain (Le Bande-Magnetique)

Race for Titles

• Race for Titles (The Redemption Recording Company)

The Race

• If You Can (Flameshovel)
• Ice Station (Flameshovel)

Rachel Z

• Everlasting (Tone Center)

Rachel's

• Systems/Layers (Quarterstick)

Rachel's / Matmos

• Full on Night (Quarterstick)

The Raconteurs

• Broken Boy Soldiers (V2/Third Man)
• Consolers of the Lonely (Warner Bros./Third Man)

Racoon

• Another Day (Red Eye)

Bogdan Raczynski

• Alright! (Rephlex)

Radar Bros.

• Auditorium (Merge)

Radar Brothers

• And the Surrounding Mountains (Merge)
• The Fallen Leaf Pages (Merge)

Radiation Kings

• The Early Years (Stubborn)

The Radiators

• Earth Vs. the Radiators: the First 25 (Image Entertainment)

Radical Face

• Ghost (Morr Music)

Radicalfashion

• Odori (Hefty)

Radio 4

• Enemies Like This (Astralwerks)
• Stealing of a Nation (Astralwerks)
• Gotham! (Gern Blandsten)

Radio Birdman

• Zeno Beach (Yep Roc)
• Feature: Radio Birdman Does the Pop Again: An Interview

The Radio Dept.

• Lesser Matters (Labrador/Shelflife)
• Pulling Our Weight (Labrador)

Radio Massacre International

• Emissaries (Cuneiform)
• Rain Falls in Grey (Cuneiform)

Radio Moscow

• Radio Moscow (Alive)

Radiogram

• All the Way Home (Endearing)

Radiohead

• Kid A (Capitol)
• Kid A (Capitol)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Kid A forces its patrons to submerge themselves into the wiles of noise, to work for melody and signifieds, to seek within and find something that wants, needs, and is able to understand.

   
• Hail to the Thief (Capitol)
• I Might Be Wrong -- Live Recordings (Capitol)
• Pyramid Song #1 & #2 (EMI)
• Feature: Beating the System: Radiohead Gives The Man the Middle Finger
• In Rainbows (self-released)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Put all the marketing talk aside, because what's going on musically on In Rainbows is the best we've seen from Radiohead in quite some time.

   
• The Best Of (Capitol)
• Feature: Rainyhead
• Various Artists: Exit Music: Songs for Radio Heads
• Concert: 17 May 2008: Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion — The Woodlands, TX

Radioinactive

• Soundtrack to a Book (Stranger Touch)

Radioinactive and Antimc

• Free Kamal (Mush)

The Radishes

• Strychnine (Standoffish Productions)

The Radishes

• Good Machine (Standoffish Productions)

Rae & Christian

• Sleepwalking (Grand Central/Studio K7)
• Anotherlatenight (Kinetic)

Corinne Bailey Rae

• Corinne Bailey Rae (Capitol/EMI)

Raekwon

• Immobilarity (Loud Records/WuTang)
• The Lex Diamond Story (Universal/Ice Water)

Christos Rafalides

• Manhattan Vibes (Khaeon)

Mohd Rafi

• The Rough Guide to Bollywood Legends: Mohd Rafi (World Music Network)

Raft of Dead Monkeys

• Thoroughlev (Burnout)

Rafter

• Music for Total Chickens (Asthmatic Kitty)
• Sex Death Cassette (Asthmatic Kitty)

Chuck Ragan

• Los Feliz (SideOneDummy)

Rage Against the Machine

• Renegades (Epic)
• Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium (Epic)

The Raging Teens

• Rock 'n' Roll Party! (Rubric)

Kristoffer Ragnstam

• Sweet Bills (Bluhammock)

Suzi Ragsdale

• Future Past (VnS)

Rah Bras

• WHOHM (Lovitt)
• EPS (Lovitt)

Rahbi

• Yes Sir Productions Presents Rahbi: The E.P. (Yes Sir Productions)

Rahim

• Ideal Lives (French Kiss)

Idan Raichel

• The Idan Raichel Project (Cumbancha)
• News: Ethiopian CDs put the world at your fingertips
• News: Keyboardist is stirring the melting pot of Israel

Railroad Earth

• Bird in the House (Sugar Hill)

The Rain Band

• The Rain Band (Temptation/Universal)

Rainbow

• Live in Munich 1977 (Eagle Records)
• The Best of Rainbow: 20th Century Masters: the Millennium Collection (Universal/Polydor)
• Catch the Rainbow: the Anthology (Universal)

The Raincoats

• The Kitchen Tapes (ROIR)

Rainer Maria

• Catastrophe Keeps Us Together (Grunion)
• Atlantic EP (Polyvinyl)
• A Better Vision of Me (Polyvinyl)
• Long Knives Drawn (Polyvinyl)
• Anyone in Love with You (Already Knows) (Already Knows)

Rainman

• Bigga Than Life (Chime)

Rainy Day Saints

• Diamond Star Highway (Get Hip)

Raising the Fawn

• The Maginot Line (Sonic Unyon)
• The North Sea (Sonic Unyon)
• Sleight of Hand (Sonic Unyon)

Bonnie Raitt

• Silver Lining (Capitol)

The Rakes

• Capture/Release (V2)

Rakim

• Concert: 25 November 2006: B. B. King Blues Bar — New York, NY

Ral Partha Vogelbacher

• Shrill Falcons (Monotreme)

Raleigh

• The House on Seedling Lane (Self-released)

Dave Ralph

• Resident Alien (System Recordings)

John Ralston

• Needle Bed (Vagrant)
• Sorry Vampire (Vagrant)

Susheela Raman

• Love Trap (Narada)
• Salt Rain (Narada World)

Rambient

• So Many Worlds (Immergent)
• Hurricane (Immergent)

The Ramblin' Ambassadors

• Vista Cruiser Country Squire (Mint)

The Rammellzee

• Bi-Conicals of the Rammellzee (Gomma)

Rammer

• Cancer (Blue Fog)

Rammstein

• Rosenrot (Republic/Universal)
• Reise Reise (Republic/Motor/Universal)

Joey Ramone

• Don't Worry About Me (Sanctuary)

Marky Ramone

• Start of the Century (Fuel 2000)

The Ramones

• Leave Home (Rhino/Warner Bros.)
• Feature: Part 4: Heaven 17 to N.W.A. (1981-1988)

Kid Ramos

• Greasy Kid Stuff (Evidence)

Bo Ramsey

• Fragile (Bo Ramsey Records)

Tyler Ramsey

• A Long Dream About Swimming Across the Sea (Echo Mountain)

Ranarim

• Morning Star (North Side)

  Featured Article

  

  The apple-cheeked bounce of a hopped-up village green.

   
• Feature: Kids Don't Go and Buy Anything Out of This Section: World Music 2007
• Till the Light of Day (NorthSide)

Rancid

• Indestructible (Hellcat)

Randolph

• Lonely Eden (Still Music)

Robert Randolph and the Family Band

• Colorblind (Warner Bros.)
• Unclassified (Warner Bros./Dare)

Phil Ranelin

• Vibes from the Tribe / The Time Is Now! (Hefty)

Andrew Rangell

• Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier; Book I (Bridge)

  Featured Article

  

  In a crowded field of WTC recordings, there's room for one more.

   

Ernest Ranglin

• Surfin' (Telarc)

Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem

• Big Old Life (Signature Sounds)

Rankin' Scroo

• Godfada (Crucial Youth)

The Rapture

• Pieces of the People We Love (Universal Motown/Vertigo)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Record of the year candidate from one of dance-punk's enduring bright spots.

   
• Echoes (Strummer/Universal)
• Concert: 10 February 2007: Pearl Street — Northampton, MA

Rare Earth

• The Best of Rare Earth (Motown)

Rascal Flatts

• Me and My Gang (Lyric Street)

The Rascals

• Feature: The Cost of Freedom: The Rascals' Struggle for Change

Rasco

• Escape from Alcatraz (Coup D'Etat)

Rasheeda

• Dat Type of Gurl (D-Lo/Imperial)

Raspberries

• Feature: All By Himself No More: An Interview With Eric Carmen
• Raspberries Live on Sunset Strip (Rykodisc)

Rasputina

• A Radical Recital (Filthy Bonnet)
• Frustration Plantation (Instinct)
• Oh Perilous World (Filthy Bonnet)

Ratatat

• LP3 (XL)

The Ratchets

• Glory Bound (Pirates Press)

Ratdog

• Concert: 24 October 2006: The Agora Theater — Cleveland, OH

Joe Rathbone

• Under the Scorpio Moon (Zakz)

The Rational Academy

• A Heart Against Your Own (Someone Good)

Ratt

• Tell the World: The Very Best of Ratt (Rhino/Atlantic)
• Ratt: Videos from the Cellar: The Atlantic Years [DVD]

Jon Rauhouse

• Steel Guitar Heart Attack (Bloodshot)
• Steel Guitar Rodeo (Bloodshot)

T. Raumschmiere

• Random Noize Sessions Vol.1 (Shitkatapult)
• Blitzkreig Pop (Novamute)

Enrico Rava

• Tati (ECM)

Genya Ravan

• For Fans Only (self-released)

The Raveonettes

• Chain Gang of Love (Sony)
• Pretty in Black (Columbia/The Orchard)
• Whip It On (Sony)
• Lust Lust Lust (Vice)
• News: For The Raveonettes, 'Lust Lust Lust' rekindles fans' love

Ray J

• All I Feel (Koch)

Ray Mason Band

• Three Dollar Man (Captivating)

Ray Paul

• The Charles Beat (Permanent Press)

Ray Wonder

• A New Kind of Love (North of No South)

Ray's Vast Basement

• Starvation Under Orange Trees (Howells Transmitter)

Amy Ray

• Feature: Amy Ray

Amy Ray and the Volunteers

• Live from Knoxville (Daemon)

Ray, Goodman & Brown

• 20th Century Masters: the Millennium Collection (Universal)

Razorlight

• Razorlight (Vertigo)
• Up All Night (Universal)

ReKid

• Made in Menorca (Soul Jazz)

Eddi Reader

• Sings the Songs of Robert Burns (Compass)

Ready Fire Aim

• This Changes Nothing (Expansion Team)

Ready for the World

• The Best of Ready for the World (20th Century Masters - the Millennium Collection) (20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection)

Richard Reagh

• Is This the Blues I’m Singing (This Is Pop)

Toshi Reagon

• Have You Heard (Righteous Babe)

The Real Tuesday Weld

• The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid (Six Degrees)
• L'Amour et la Morte (Kindercore)
• The London Book of the Dead (Six Degrees)
• The End of the World (Six Degrees)

Realistic

• Perpetual Memory Loss (Illegal Art)

The Realistics

• Go Ahead (Catapult)

Rebecca Riots

• Gardener (Appleseed)

Rebecca's Statue

• Drinking from the Water Clock (Livin' Live)

Rebuilding the Rights of Statues

• Cut Off! (Tag Team)

Receiver

• Inspiration Overload (Not Lame)

The Receiver

• Decades (Stunning Models on Display)

Reckless Kelly

• Wicked Twisted Road (Sugar Hill)
• Under the Table & Above the Sun (Sugar Hill)
• The Day (Reckless Records/Valley Entertainment)
• Bulletproof (Yep Roc)

Recoil

• subHuman (Mute)

The Record Time

• Dream in Color, Dream in Sound (My Automation)

Red Animal War

• Seven Year War (End Sounds)

The Red Button

• She's About to Cross My Mind (November Nights)

The Red Chord

• Column: Bruce Willis, Genghis Khan, and Ravioli: Inside the Red Chord's Prey for Eyes

Red Elephant

• More Sounds from Spaghetti Westerns (Aware)

Red Eyed Legends

• Mutual Insignificance (File 13)

The Red Eyed Legends

• The High I Feel When I'm Low (Gold Standard Laboratories)

Red Hot Chili Peppers

• Stadium Arcadium (Warner Bros.)
• Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Warner Bros.)
• By the Way (Warner Bros.)
• Concert: 12 March 2007: Cox Convention Center Arena — Oklahoma City, OK
• Concert: 12 March 2007: Cox Convention Center Arena — Oklahoma City, OK

The Red Hot Chili Peppers

• The Red Hot Chili Peppers / Freakey Styley / The Uplift Mofo Party Plan / Mother's Milk (Capitol/EMI)

The Red Hot Valentines

• Summer Fling (Polyvinyl)

Red House Painters

• Old Ramon (Sub Pop)

The Red Krayola

• Fingerpainting (Drag City)
• Singles 1968-2002 (Drag City)

Red Monkey

• Difficult Is Easy (Troubleman Unlimited/Slampt)

Red Planet

• Let's Degenerate (Gearhead)

Red Pony Clock

• God Made Dirt (Happy Happy Birthday To Me)

Red Sparowes

• Every Red Heart Shines Towards the Red Sun (Neurot Recordings)
• Feature: Take Flight: An Interview with Red Sparowes

Red Star Belgrade

• Telescope (Checkered Past)

The Red Stick Ramblers

• Made in the Shade (Sugar Hill)

Redd Kross

• Neurotica (Five Foot Two/Oglio)

Paul Reddick

• Revue (Northern Blues)

Otis Redding

• Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul: (Collector’s Edition) (Rhino)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Essential listening for anyone interested in the artistic and emotional depth of American popular music, Redding’s Otis Blue is nothing short of spectacular.

   

Helen Reddy

• News: Helen Reddy's miles away from her singing days

Rediscover

• Call Me When You Get This (One Big Spark/East West)

Redman

• Red Gone Wild: Thee Album (Def Jam)

Joshua Redman Elastic Band

• Momentum (Nonesuch)

Joshua Redman

• Beyond (Warner Bros.)

The Redwalls

• Universal Blues (Undertow)

Eli 'Paperboy' Reed & the True Loves

• Roll With You (Q Division)

Eric Reed

• Pure Imagination (Impulse!)

Jimmy Reed

• Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (Vee-Jay/Shout! Factory)

  Featured Article

  

  The blues had a baby and they named it rock and roll. Jimmy Reed was one of the few visionaries to make it happen, as this outstanding 23-song compilation proves.

   

Lou Reed

• Coney Island Baby (RCA/Legacy)
• Ecstasy (Reprise)
• The Raven (Reprise)
• News: Influential rock pioneer Lou Reed's eyes are on the future
• Concert: 16 December 2006: St. Ann's Warehouse — Brooklyn, NY
• Feature: Why Does the Music Have to End?: An Interview with Lou Reed

Dan Reeder

• Sweetheart (Oh Boy)

Reel Big Fish

• We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy (Mojo/Jive)

Reeve Oliver

• Reeve Oliver (The Militia Group)

Dianne Reeves

• When You Know (Blue Note)

Garth Reeves

• Nothing But Time (Chroma Sound)

Jason Reeves

• The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache

Refrigerator

• Upstairs in Your Room (Shrimper)

The Refugee All Stars

• News: Dispatches from the front are in searing protest music

Refused

• New Noise Theology EP (Epitaph/Burning Heart)

Donna Regina

• More (Karaoke Kalk)

Steve Reich

• Triple Quartet (Nonesuch)
• Feature: Part 2: Janis Ian to Jimi Hendrix (1966-1970)
• Daniel Variations (Nonesuch)

Keali'i Reichel

• Ke'alaokamaile: the Scent of Maile (Punahele Productions)

Vernon Reid & Masque

• Known Unknown (Favored Nations)

Steve Reid Ensemble

• Daxaar (Domino)

Terry Reid

• River (Water)
• Superlungs (Astralwerks)

Tim Reid

• Any Given Day (Popboomerang)

Vernon Reid and Masque

• Other True Self (Favored Nations)

Ike Reilly

• Poison the Hit Parade (Rock Ridge Music)
• Feature: Ike Reilly

The Reindeer Section

• Y'all Get Scared Now, Ya'hear (PIAS America)

The Reivers

• SaturdayEnd of the Day (Dualtone Vintage)

Relative Ash

• Our Time With You (Island)

Relient K

• Mmhmm (Gotee)

The Remains

• The Remains (Epic/Legacy)

Remake Remodel

• 12345 Accelerate (Popboomerang)

The Rembrandts

• Lost Together (J-Bird)

Remote Islands

• Smother Party (Isota)

The Remote Viewer

• Let Your Heart Draw a Line (City Centre Offices)

Remy Zero

• Villa Elaine (DGC)

Renminbi

• The Phoenix (Self-released)

The Rentals

• Seven More Minutes (Maverick)

The Replacements

• Don't Tell a Soul (Sire/Warner Bros.)
• Feature: Anyone Can Play Guitar: The Replacements on Twin/Tone, 1981-1984

Replikants

• Slickaphonics (5RC/Kill Rock Stars)

The Reports

• Run Into the Night (Satellite Transmission)

Corrina Repp

• It's Only the Future (Hush)

The Republic Tigers

• Keep Color (Chop Shop)

The Republic Tigers

• EP (Chop Shop)

Republic of Safety

• Vacation (Ta Da Recordings)

The Reputation

• To Force a Fate (Lookout!)

Res

• How I Do (MCA)

The Residents

• The Residents Present The River of Crime Episodes 1 - 5 (Cordless)

  Featured Article

  

  Always on the cutting edge of the cultural hub, The Residents has returned to one of entertainments oldest formats -- the radio drama -- for their latest exercise in oddness.

   
• Freak Show (Mute)
• Demons Dance Alone (East Side Digital)
• Commercial Album: 25th Anniversary Special Edition (Mute)
• Animal Lover (Mute)

The Resonars

• Nonetheless Blue (Get Hip)

The Rest

• Atlantis, Oh Our Saviour (Self-released)

The Retardos

• The Retardos (Scooch Pooch)

Retisonic

• Return to Me (Silverthree Sound Recordings)

Bill Retoff

• Reanimation (Maize)

Retribution Gospel Choir

• Retribution Gospel Choir (Caldo Verde)

Retriever

• Greatest Moments of Doubt (Anisette)

Retsin

• Moon Money Moon (Acuarela)

John Reuben

• Word of Mouth (Gotee)

The Revelers

• Day In, Day Out (spinART)

Reverb

• Swirl (Elephant Stone)

Reverbaphon

• Here Comes Everyone (Benbecula)

Reverend Horton Heat

• Lucky 7 (Artemis)
• Revival (Yep Roc)

Reverend Organdrum

• Hi-Fi Stereo (Yep Roc)

Reverse

• Reverse (Reverse Operations)

Revolting Cocks

• Cocked and Loaded (13th Planet)

The Revolutionary Hydra

• The Antiphony (Elsinor)

Roman Revutsky

• Incomplete (Sound Sister)

The Rewinds

• The Rewinds (Livewire/Ryko)

Scott Reynolds and the Steaming Beast

• Adventure Boy (Boss Tuneage/Suburban Home)

Tim Reynolds

• Concert: 18 September 2007: Satellite Ballroom — Charlottesville, VA
• Feature: The Shredder Cometh: An Interview with Tim Reynolds

Rhapsody of Fire

• Triumph or Agony (SPV)

Rhband

• First Tone (Drunken Fish)

The Rhinos

• Year of the Rhinos (Rainbow Quartz)

Bill Rhoades and the Party Kings

• Voodoo Lovin' (White Owl)

Emitt Rhodes

• Emitt Rhodes (One Way)

Lou Rhodes

• Beloved One (Cooking Vinyl)

Rhymefest

• Blue Collar (J)
• Rhymefest: Man In the Mirror: Michael Jackson Dedication Album (Allido Records)
• Column: El Che & the Thriller

Busta Rhymes

• Genesis (J)

Gruff Rhys

• Yr Atal Genhedlaeth (Placid Casual/Rough Trade)

The Rhythm Devils

• Concert: 19 October 2006: Lifestyles Community Pavilion — Columbus, OH
• Concert: 22 October 2006: The House of Blues — Cleveland, OH

Rhythm of Black Lines

• Human Hand, Animal Band (Gold Standard Laboratories)

Rialto

• Night on Earth (Eagle/Koch)
• Rialto (China/Sire)

Rita Ribeiro

• Perolas Aos Povos (Putumayo)

The Ribeye Brothers

• Bar Ballads... and Cautionary Tales (Times Beach)

Greg Ribot & Cumbia Del Norte

• The International Conspiracy (Cathexis)

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog

• Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog: Party Intellectuals

Marc Ribot

• Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog: Party Intellectuals

Bill Ricchini

• Tonight I Burn Brightly (Transdreamer)

Damien Rice

• Nine (Warner Bros.)
• B-Sides (Vector)
• O (Vector)
• Live From the Union Chapel (Warner Brothers)

Johnathan Rice

• Trouble Is Real (Reprise)
• Further North (Warner Bros.)

Rich Boy

• Rich Boy (Zone 4/Interscope)

Rich Creamy Paint

• Rich Creamy Paint (Hollywood)

Charlie Rich

• Behind Closed Doors (Expanded Edition) (Expanded Edition)
• The Essential Charlie Rich (Epic/Legacy)

Richard Ho'opi'i

• Ululani (Mountain Apple Company)

Calvin Richardson

• Country Boy (Universal)
• 2:35 PM (Hollywood)

Kim Richey

• Chinese Boxes (Vanguard)

Lionel Richie

• Coming Home (Island)
• Can't Slow Down (Deluxe Edition) (Deluxe Edition)
• The Best of Lionel Richie (20th Century Masters: the Millennium Collection) (20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection)

The Richies

• Forever and Today (Popboomerang)

Adam Richman

• Patience and Science (Or Music)

Jonathan Richman

• Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow (Vapor)
• Action Packed: the Best of Jonathan Richman (Rounder)

The Richmond Sluts

• The Richmond Sluts (Disaster)

Max Richter

• The Blue Notebooks (Fat Cat)

Rick Ross

• Port of Miami (Def Jam/Slip'n'Slide)

Rick of the Skins

• Here Comes the Weekend (MAPL)

Riddlin' Kids

• Stop the World (Aware/Columbia)
• Hurry Up and Wait (Sony/Columbia)

Ride

• OX4_ the Best of Ride (The First Time)

Bonnie Rideout

• Scottish Fire (Maggie's Music)

Stan Ridgway

• Snakebite: Blacktop Ballads and Fugitive Songs (redFLY)
• Holiday in Dirt (New West)

Tim Ries

• The Rolling Stones Project (Concord)

Amy Rigby

• Little Fugitive (Signature Sounds)

Righteous Boy

• I Sing Because of You (Future Farmer)

Rihanna

• A Girl Like Me (Def Jam)
• Good Girl Gone Bad (Island/Def Jam)

Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet

• Memories of T (Concord)

Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys

• Happytown (Rounder)

Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys

• Dominos (Rounder)

Rilo Kiley

• More Adventurous (Brute/Beaute)
• Under the Blacklight (Warner Bros)

Rima

• This World (Jazzanova)

Bokar Rimpoche

• Sacred Chants and Tibetan Rituals from the Monastery of Mirik (Sub Rosa)

Rinaldi Sings

• What's It All About? (Tangerine)

Jason Ringenberg

• Empire Builders (Yep Roc)
• A Day at the Farm with Farmer Jason (Yep Roc)
• Best Tracks and Side Tracks: 1979-2007 (Yep Roc)

Rings

• Black Habit (Paw Tracks)

The Rippingtons

• Let It Ripp (Peak)

Riptones

• Slant 6 (Sparkletone)
• Buckshot (Bloodshot)

Ris Paul Ric

• Purple Blaze (Academy Fight Song)

Rise Against

• The Sufferer and the Witness (Geffen)

Lee Ritenour

• Overtime (Peak/Concord)
• The Best of Lee Ritenour (Epic/Legacy)

Rites of Spring

• End on End (Dischord)

Rithma

• Music Fiction (Om)

Josh Ritter

• Feature: Best Folk of 2006
• Golden Age of Radio (Signature)
• The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter (Sony)
• Feature: The Best Singer-Songwriter Albums of 2007
• Feature: The Best Americana of 2007

Rival Schools United By Onelinedrawing

• Rival Schools United by Onelinedrawing (Some)

River City Tanlines

• I'm Your Negative (Dirtnap)

Robbie Rivera

• Wicked (Juicy Music/SFP)

Riverboat Gamblers

• To the Confusion of Our Enemies (Volcom)

Johnny Rivers

• Last Boogie in Paris: the Complete Concert (Shout! Factory)

Riviera

• Capital (Glorious Noise)

Rivulets

• You Are My Home (Important)
• Debridement (Chair Kickers' Union)

Rjd2

• The Third Hand (XL)
• Feature: Since He Last Recorded: An Interview With RJD2

Rl

• RL:Ements (J)

Max Roach

• News: Jazz drummer Max Roach dies

Steve Roach

• Light Fantastic (Fathom)

The Roadside Graves

• What Happened to Him Could Happen to Anyone (Kill Buffalo)
• No One Will Know Where You've Been (Kill Buffalo)

Rob Sonic

• Sabotage Gigante (Definitive Jux)

Rob da Bank and Chris Coco

• Listen Again (Ether)

Robbers on High Street

• Tree City (New Line)
• The Fatalist and Friends (New Line)

Marty Robbins

• The Essential Marty Robbins (Columbia/Legacy)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Marty Robbins should be in the all-time top echelon of country artists even if we're just only talking about "El Paso," one of the 10 greatest songs of all time.

   

The Robert Cray Band

• Live From Across The Pond (Nozzle Records/Vanguard)

Alasdair Roberts

• Farewell Sorrow (Drag City)
• No Earthly Man (Drag City)
• The Amber Gatherers (Drag City)

Julie Roberts

• Men and Mascara (Mercury Nashville)
• Feature: Best Country of 2006

Sam Roberts

• Chemical City (Universal International)
• We Were Born in a Flame (Lost Highway)

Stuart Robertson

• World Figured Out (Prime Sound)

Duke Robillard

• Guitar Groove-a-Rama (Stony Plain)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  This is the rare guitar CD that displays both virtuosity and a sense of history and style, performed with class and substance.

   

RobinElla

• Solace for the Lonely (Dualtone)

Robinella and the Ccstringband

• Robinella and the CCStringband (Columbia)

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

• Ooo Baby: the Anthology (Motown/Universal)

Aaron Robinson

• We Are Racing Ghosts (Undertow)

Dawn Robinson

• Dawn (Q)

Eugene S. Robinson

• Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking But Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking (Hydra Head)

Rich Robinson

• Paper (Keyhole)

Smokey Robinson

• Timeless Love (Universal/New Door Records)

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles