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A curated editorial showcase of A and A+ rated reviews — the site's editor's picks. Each entry featured a header image, album title, letter grade, and a pull-quote excerpt from the full review. Phosphorescent, Sharon Jones, Ricardo Villalobos, Caribou, Prins Thomas — the records the staff officially endorsed. Added later in Stylus's life as a discoverability tool.
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The Black Swans - Change! A Andrew Iliff (0) 2007-10-30
Sam Amidon - All Is Well A Ian Mathers (0) 2007-10-30
Miles Davis - The Complete On the Corner Sessions A+ Tal Rosenberg (0) 2007-10-25
Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover A Jeff Weiss (0) 2007-10-15
The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City A Josh Love (0) 2007-10-11
Picastro - Whore Luck A Ian Mathers (0) 2007-09-12
Ed Askew - Little Eyes A Bob Ham (0) 2007-09-10
Deepchord Presents Echospace - The Coldest Season A Todd Hutlock (0) 2007-09-07
M.I.A. - Kala A Evan McGarvey (0) 2007-08-21
Monkey Swallows the Universe - The Casket Letters A Ian Mathers (0) 2007-08-20
Jimmy Eat World - Clarity A Charles Merwin (0) 2007-08-09
Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective - Watina A Andrew Iliff (0) 2007-08-03
The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism A Andrew Casillas (0) 2007-07-26
Lisa Germano - Lullaby for Liquid Pig A Charles Merwin (0) 2007-07-20
The National - Boxer A Ian Cohen (0) 2007-05-22
Battles - Mirrored A Sam Ubl (0) 2007-05-21
Dungen - Tio Bitar A Jeff Weiss (0) 2007-05-15
Various Artists - Thank You for Being You A Ryan Foley (0) 2007-05-09
Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend A Josh Love (0) 2007-05-08
Kathy Diamond - Miss Diamond to You A Nick Sylvester (0) 2007-05-04
Kevin Drumm - Sheer Hellish Miasma A+ Stewart Voegtlin (0) 2007-05-01
Blonde Redhead - 23 A Liz Colville (0) 2007-04-11
Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall, 1971 A Stewart Voegtlin (0) 2007-04-04
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime A Derek Miller (0) 2007-03-26
El-P - I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead A Jeff Weiss (0) 2007-03-22
Move D - Kunststoff A Peter Chambers (0) 2007-03-15
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible A Derek Miller (0) 2007-03-05
Gui Boratto - Chromophobia A Mallory O’Donnell (0) 2007-03-02
Dälek - Abandoned Language A Ian Cohen (0) 2007-02-27
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position A Nick Southall (0) 2007-02-26
The Trees Community - The Christ Tree A+ Todd Burns (0) 2007-01-19
Girls Aloud - The Sound of Girls Aloud A Paul Scott (0) 2007-01-08
The Lindsay - Dragged Out A Kevin J. Elliott (0) 2007-01-05
Acoustic Ladyland - Skinny Grin A Nick Southall (0) 2007-01-04
Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing A Thomas Inskeep (0) 2006-12-12
Chic - The Definitive Groove Collection A+ Thomas Inskeep (0) 2006-12-08
The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland A Mallory O’Donnell (0) 2006-12-07
MF Grimm - American Hunger A A.J. Henriques (0) 2006-12-04
Josef K - Entomology A Mallory O’Donnell (0) 2006-11-10
Pavement - Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition A+ Tal Rosenberg (0) 2006-11-09
Chavez - Better Days Will Haunt You A Theon Weber (0) 2006-11-01
MONO & world’s end girlfriend - Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain A Ian Mathers (0) 2006-11-01
John Lee Hooker - Hooker A Justin Cober-Lake (0) 2006-10-31
Lindstrøm - It’s a Feedelity Affair A Mallory O’Donnell (0) 2006-10-30
Benoît Pioulard - Précis A Todd Hutlock (0) 2006-10-20
Harvey Milk - Courtesy and Good Will Toward Men A Stewart Voegtlin (0) 2006-09-27
Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye A Derek Miller (0) 2006-09-11
Tortoise - A Lazarus Taxon A Todd Hutlock (0) 2006-09-01
Ali Farka Touré - Savane A Mike Atkinson (0) 2006-08-30
The Roots - Game Theory A Barry Schwartz (0) 2006-08-29
The Glove - Blue Sunshine A Peter Parrish (0) 2006-08-16
Denim - Back in Denim A Paul Scott (0) 2006-08-03
Guillemots - Through the Window Pane A Nick Southall (0) 2006-07-07
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways A Tal Rosenberg (0) 2006-07-03
This Heat - Out of Cold Storage A Patrick McNally (0) 2006-06-29
The Au Pairs - Stepping Out of Line: The Anthology A Mallory O’Donnell (0) 2006-06-09
Shack - ...The Corner of Miles and Gil A Nick Southall (0) 2006-05-23
Lily Allen - My First Mixtape A Josh Timmermann (0) 2006-05-18
Tom Moulton - A Tom Moulton Mix A Mallory O’Donnell (0) 2006-05-17
The Comsat Angels - Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones: BBC Sessions 1979-1984 A Peter Parrish (0) 2006-05-15
The Prodigy - Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005 A Thomas Inskeep (0) 2006-05-08
Tom Zé - Estudando o Pagode A Mike Powell (0) 2006-04-14
Massive Attack - Collected A Nick Southall (0) 2006-04-07
Nasum - Grind Finale A Whitney Strub (0) 2006-03-29
Various Artists - Soul Sides Volume One A Justin Cober-Lake (0) 2006-03-20
The Knife - Silent Shout A Fergal O’Reilly (0) 2006-03-08
Mountains - Sewn A Ryan Potts (0) 2006-02-24
Various Artists - Tropicália: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound A Mike Powell (0) 2006-02-24
Sway - This Is My Demo A Dom Passantino (0) 2006-02-17
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition A Barry Schwartz (0) 2006-01-18
New Order - Singles A Mallory O’Donnell (0) 2005-12-23
Akron/Family & Angels of Light - Akron/Family & Angels of Light A Josh Honn (0) 2005-12-20
Carl Craig - Fabric 25 A Thomas Inskeep (0) 2005-12-12
The Veronicas - The Secret Life of… A Anthony Easton (0) 2005-12-02
Bobby Bare - The Moon Was Blue A Thomas Inskeep (0) 2005-11-04
The Shortwave Set - The Debt Collection A Nick Southall (0) 2005-11-04
Sweet Billy Pilgrim - We Just Did What Happened And No One Came A Ian Mathers (0) 2005-11-02
Sunn O))) - Black One A Stewart Voegtlin (0) 2005-10-31
Simone Cristicchi - Fabbricante di Canzoni A Edward Oculicz (0) 2005-10-10
Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard A Tim Ellison (0) 2005-10-06
Various Artists - Welsh Rare Beat A Patrick McNally (0) 2005-10-05
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner A Jill LaBrack (0) 2005-09-29
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary A Derek Miller (0) 2005-09-26
AMM - Norwich A Wayne Spencer (0) 2005-09-19
Sigur Rós - Takk A Colin Cooper (0) 2005-09-13
Orange Juice - The Glasgow School A Todd Hutlock (0) 2005-09-02
Cyne - Evolution Fight A Adam Park (0) 2005-08-29
Public Enemy - Power to the People and the Beats A+ Thomas Inskeep (0) 2005-08-16
Khanate - Capture & Release A Stewart Voegtlin (0) 2005-08-15
Tod Dockstader - Aerial 1 A Cameron Macdonald (0) 2005-07-06
Missy Elliott - The Cookbook A Richard Juzwiak (0) 2005-07-05
The Chap - Ham A Jeff Siegel (0) 2005-07-05
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing… (Deluxe Edition) A Will Simmons (0) 2005-06-17
Los Super Seven - Heard It On The X A Thomas Inskeep (0) 2005-06-14
Leviathan - Demos 2000 A Stewart Voegtlin (0) 2005-06-10
Embrace - Out Of Nothing A Karim Adab (0) 2005-06-10
Isoleé - Wearemonster A Michael F. Gill (0) 2005-06-06
Smog - A River Ain’t Too Much To Love A Todd Hutlock (0) 2005-05-31
Kylesa - To Walk a Middle Course A Stewart Voegtlin (0) 2005-05-24
Watain - Rabid Death’s Curse A Stewart Voegtlin (0) 2005-05-18
The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart A Alfred Soto (0) 2005-05-12
Eluvium - Talk Amongst The Trees A Ian Mathers (0) 2005-05-02
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree A Mike Powell (0) 2005-04-26
Tiger Bear Wolf - Tiger Bear Wolf A Derek Miller (0) 2005-04-25
Brandy - The Best of Brandy A Thomas Inskeep (0) 2005-04-13
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy A Justin Cober-Lake (0) 2005-04-04
Tom Russell - Hotwalker A Dom Passantino (0) 2005-03-25
Lee Ann Womack - There’s More Where That Came From A Anthony Easton (0) 2005-03-23
Jennifer Gentle - Valende A Tim Ellison (0) 2005-03-17
Mercury Rev - Secret Migration A Bjorn Randolph (0) 2005-03-09
Charming Hostess - Sarajevo Blues A Ryan Hardy (0) 2005-03-08
Axel Dörner and Robin Hayward - Axel Dörner and Robin Hayward A Wayne Spencer (0) 2005-03-07
Kiki and Herb - Kiki and Herb Will Die For You A Mike Powell (0) 2005-03-07
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Naturally A Will Simmons (0) 2005-03-02
Various Artists - ErstLive001 / ErstLive002 / schnee_live / ErstLive004 A Ed Howard (0) 2005-02-25
M.I.A. - Arular A+ Josh Timmermann (0) 2005-02-24
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour A Mike Powell (0) 2005-02-16
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm A+ Nick Southall (0) 2005-02-14
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Downside Up A Peter Parrish (0) 2005-01-12
Archer Prewitt - Wilderness A Peter Funk (0) 2005-01-10
Various Artists - Produced By Trevor Horn A Matthew Weiner (0) 2004-12-17
Organum - Vacant Lights/Rara Avis A Michael Heumann (0) 2004-12-15
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible A Mark Edwards (0) 2004-12-14
Neil Young - Greatest Hits A+ Anthony Miccio (0) 2004-12-09
De La Soul - The Grind Date A Josh Drimmer (0) 2004-12-08
Augie March - Strange Bird A Derek Miller (0) 2004-12-06
Morgan Geist - Unclassics A Nate De Young (0) 2004-11-22
William Basinski - Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive A Michael Heumann (0) 2004-11-15
Pitman - Pit Closure A Dom Passantino (0) 2004-11-08
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus A Peter Parrish (0) 2004-11-02
Converge - You Fail Me A Joe Panzner (0) 2004-10-22
Various Artists - Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the Underground A Andrew Unterberger (0) 2004-10-19
Super Furry Animals - Songbook – The Singles Volume One A Colin Cooper (0) 2004-10-12
Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt A Kyle McConaghy (0) 2004-10-11
Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog A Ian Mathers (0) 2004-10-05
Darren Hayes - The Tension And The Spark A Edward Oculicz (0) 2004-09-22
The Delgados - Universal Audio A William B. Swygart (0) 2004-09-20
Northern State - All City A Josh Timmermann (0) 2004-09-16
The Arcade Fire - Funeral A Josh Drimmer (0) 2004-09-14
Björk - Medulla A Michael Heumann (0) 2004-09-03
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner: The Beserkley Collection A Charlie Frame (0) 2004-08-25
Keren Ann - Not Going Anywhere A Josh Timmermann (0) 2004-08-20
Trouble Everyday - Days Vs. Nights A Anthony Miccio (0) 2004-08-16
Taylor Deupree & Christopher Willits - Mujo A Michael Heumann (0) 2004-08-08
Various Artists - Volga Select Presents So Young But So Cold: Underground French Music 1977-1983 A Todd Burns (0) 2004-08-05
Dock Boggs - Country Blues A+ Stewart Voegtlin (0) 2004-08-04
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters A Ben Welsh (0) 2004-07-30
Bark Psychosis - ///Codename: Dustsucker A Nick Southall (0) 2004-07-26
The Futureheads - The Futureheads A William B. Swygart (0) 2004-07-19
The Fall - 50,000 Fall Fans Can’t Be Wrong: 39 Golden Greats A Andrew Unterberger (0) 2004-07-01
Various Artists - Kompakt 100 A Ronald Schepper (0) 2004-06-28
Wilco - A Ghost Is Born A Akiva Gottlieb (0) 2004-06-21
Junior Boys - Last Exit A Mark Fisher (0) 2004-06-07
Two Lone Swordsmen - From The Double Gone Chapel A Todd Hutlock (0) 2004-06-01
Zeebee - Chemistry A Ian Mathers (0) 2004-05-19
Pan Sonic - Kesto A Michael Heumann (0) 2004-05-17
The Streets - A Grand Don’t Come For Free A Nick Southall (0) 2004-05-10
Caparezza - Verita Supposte A Dom Passantino (0) 2004-05-04
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose A Josh Love (0) 2004-05-03
Todd Rundgren - Liars A Matthew Weiner (0) 2004-04-26
Cee-Lo Green - ...is The Soul Machine A Derek Miller (0) 2004-04-05
Spiritualized - The Complete Works Volume 2 A+ Ian Mathers (0) 2004-03-01
Kanye West - The College Dropout A Josh Love (0) 2004-02-16
Courtney Love - America’s Sweetheart A Dom Passantino (0) 2004-02-13
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops I-IV A+ Michael Heumann (0) 2004-02-02
Guided By Voices - Human Amusements at Hourly Rates A Lisa Oliver (0) 2004-01-20
Jason Molina - Pyramid Electric Co. A Gentry Boeckel (0) 2004-01-19
David Banner - Mississippi: The Screwed and Chopped Album A Gavin Mueller (0) 2004-01-14
The Necks - Drive By A Nick Southall (0) 2004-01-12
John Cale - Hobo Sapiens A Matthew Weiner (0) 2003-12-17
Various Artists - No Thanks! The 70’s Punk Rebellion A Landis Wine (0) 2003-12-12
Riow Arai - Mind Edit A Dave Segal (0) 2003-12-12
Nebula - Atomic Ritual A Dave Queen (0) 2003-12-05
The Cooper Temple Clause - Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose A Clem Bastow (0) 2003-11-28
Café Tacuba - Cuatro Caminos A Derek Miller (0) 2003-11-25
Various Artists - Klangmaschine A Francis Henville (0) 2003-11-19
Jaylib - Champion Sound A Nate De Young (0) 2003-11-14
Ladytron - Softcore Jukebox A Andrew Unterberger (0) 2003-11-12
Diplodocus + Low Budget - Hollertronix: Never Scared A Fredrick Thomas (0) 2003-11-11
Charalambides - Unknown Spin A Mike Shiflet (0) 2003-11-04
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place A+ Ian Mathers (0) 2003-11-03
M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts A Nick Southall (0) 2003-11-01
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow A Ian Mathers (0) 2003-10-22
Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash A Sam Bloch (0) 2003-10-21
Over the Rhine - Ohio A Gentry Boeckel (0) 2003-10-14
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress A Todd Hutlock (0) 2003-10-06
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress A Dom Passantino (0) 2003-10-06
The Clientele - The Violet Hour A Nick Southall (0) 2003-10-01
Outkast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below A+ Nick Southall (0) 2003-09-23
Animal Collective - Here Comes the Indian A Ed Howard (0) 2003-09-10
Villalobos - Alcachofa A Todd Burns (0) 2003-09-04
Gene Clark - No Other A Matthew Weiner (0) 2003-09-01
Keith Rowe, Thomas Lehn, & Marcus Schmickler - Rabbit Run A Ed Howard (0) 2003-09-01
Basement Jaxx - Rooty A Jon Monks (0) 2003-09-01
Mastodon - Remission A Clay Jarvis (0) 2003-09-01
Nirvana - Nirvana A Nick Southall (0) 2003-09-01
M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts A Todd Burns (0) 2003-09-01
Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You A Chris Smith (0) 2003-09-01
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein A+ Gavin Mueller (0) 2003-09-01
Cormega - The True Meaning A Brett Berliner (0) 2003-09-01
Spoon - A Series of Sneaks A Deen Freelon (0) 2003-09-01
The Streets - Original Pirate Material A Scott Plagenhoef (0) 2003-09-01
Ben Weasel - Fitadevi A Leon Neyfakh (0) 2003-09-01
Off Minor - Heat Death of the Universe A Al Charity (0) 2003-09-01
Elbow - Cast of Thousands A Nick Southall (0) 2003-09-01
Buck 65 - Man Overboard A Clay Jarvis (0) 2003-09-01
Various Artists - Star Switch On: Recordings of Organised Sound A tobias van Veen (0) 2003-09-01
Various Artists - New York Noise: Dance Music From the New York Underground 1978-1982 A Nick Phillips (0) 2003-09-01
Various Artists - Boom Selection_Issue 01 A+ Scott Plagenhoef (0) 2003-09-01
Various Artists - Painted Black A Andrew Unterberger (0) 2003-09-01
Various Artists - The Wicker Man A Cam Lindsay (0) 2003-09-01
Various Artists - The Band's Music from Big Pink A+ Colin McElligatt (0) 2003-09-01
Various Artists - Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From the British Empire and Beyond 1964-1969 A Matt Golden (0) 2003-09-01
Various Artists - lowercase-sound 2002 A Michael Heumann (0) 2003-09-01
Various Artists - Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamdown 1973-1980 A Kurt Deschermeier (0) 2003-09-01
Supersilent - 6 A+ tobias van Veen (0) 2003-09-01
Audio Bullys - Ego War A Tyler Martin (0) 2003-09-01
The Decemberists - 5 Songs EP A+ Gentry Boeckel (0) 2003-09-01
William Basinski - The River A Michael Heumann (0) 2003-09-01
Amon Tobin - Supermodified A Chris Andrews (0) 2003-09-01
Slayer - Reign in Blood A+ Clay Jarvis (0) 2003-09-01
Pulp - Hits A+ Andrew Unterberger (0) 2003-09-01
Otomo Yoshihide - Dreams A Ed Howard (0) 2003-09-01
Vida Blue - The Comprehensive List of Anyone Who A Al Charity (0) 2003-09-01
Vida Blue - Our Miracle Point Of Contact A Al Charity (0) 2003-09-01
MIMEO and John Tilbury - The Hands of Caravaggio A Joe Panzner (0) 2003-09-01
Isis - Celestial A Clay Jarvis (0) 2003-09-01
Chairmen of the Board - Finder's Keepers: The Invictus Anthology A Matthew Weiner (0) 2003-09-01
Rich Creamy Paint - Rich Creamy Paint A Katie Imes (0) 2003-09-01
Susumu Yokota - The Boy and the Tree A tobias van Veen (0) 2003-09-01
The Stratford 4 - The Revolt Against Tired Noises A Brett Hickman (0) 2003-09-01
cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD A Clay Jarvis (0) 2003-09-01
Clipse - Lord Willin A Tyler Martin (0) 2003-09-01
Beat Happening - Crashing Through A Keith Gwillim (0) 2003-09-01
Envy - A Dead Sinking Story A Todd Burns (0) 2003-09-01
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun A Keith Gwillim (0) 2003-09-01
Jan Jelinek avec The Exposures - La Nouvelle Pauvrete A tobias van Veen (0) 2003-09-01
Uncle Tupelo - 89/93 An Anthology A Tom Casetta (0) 2003-09-01
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot A Ryan Hamilton (0) 2003-09-01
AZ - AZiatic A Brett Berliner (0) 2003-09-01
The Clean - Anthology A+ Chris Andrews (0) 2003-09-01
Bob Dylan - Live 1975: (The Bootleg Series Volume 5, The Rolling Thunder Revue) A+ Matthew Weiner (0) 2003-09-01
Frank Bretschneider and Taylor Deupree - Balance A tobias van Veen (0) 2003-09-01
Rosie Thomas - When We Were Small A Olav Bjortomt (0) 2003-09-01
Jay Bennett & Edward Burch - The Palace at 4 am (Part 1) A Brett Hickman (0) 2003-09-01
Mouse on Mars - Glam A Kareem Estefan (0) 2003-09-01
Giardini di Miro - Punk...Not Diet A Todd Burns (0) 2003-09-01
City of Caterpillar - City of Caterpillar A Chris Smith (0) 2003-09-01
Ash - Intergalactic Sonic 7" A+ Cam Lindsay (0) 2003-09-01
Plush - Fed A Tyler Martin (0) 2003-09-01
DM and Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life A Dom Passantino (0) 2003-09-01
Random Inc. - Jerusalem: Tales Outside the Framework of Orthodoxy A Michael Heumann (0) 2003-09-01
Edith Frost - Wonder Wonder A Colleen Delaney (0) 2003-09-01
Darcy Clay - Song for Beethoven A Chris Andrews (0) 2003-09-01
Tall Dwarfs - The Sky Above the Mud Below A Chris Andrews (0) 2003-09-01
Shuttle358 - Frame A Todd Burns (0) 2003-09-01
Chic - Real People/Tongue In Chic A Matthew Weiner (0) 2003-09-01
Scott Walker - Scott 4 A Scott Plagenhoef (0) 2003-09-01
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tag And Codes A Keith Gwillim (0) 2003-09-01
Manitoba - Up In Flames A Nick Southall (0) 2003-09-01
 
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