Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt

8.5

don, waits for no one, only the finest, the firm, raising stakes

Standouts:

"Dead Presidents II"

"Can't Knock the Hustle"

"Feelin' It"

Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day

8.2

setting off, northbound, idyll, standpoint, illuminated path

Standouts:

"Timothy Grub"

"Glow Worms"

"Jog Along Bess"

Aaliyah - One in a Million

8.4

gift that keeps on giving, sent from above, specialist, know every inch, unsealed

Standouts:

"4 Page Letter"

"One in a Million"

"Choosey Lover (Old School/New School)"

The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America

8.7

in a haze, social decline, insatiable, an excursion, trial and error

Standouts:

"First Night"

"Girls Like Status"

"You Can Make Him Like You"

Zola Jesus - Okovi

8.5

forsaken, transfigured, basin, cold and dead, hollows

Standouts:

"Witness"

"Soak"

"Wiseblood"

The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding

9.1

towards the night sky, upon a time, laid out, blinding shine, have to see

Standouts:

"Nothing to Find"

"You Don't Have to Go"

"Strangest Thing"

Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat

8.8

awe-inspired, herald angels, precious slumber, child of the light, born anew

Standouts:

"Morning Has Broken"

"Peace Train"
"Changes IV"