Consumer Guide

CHOICE CUTS:

Dorsey Dixon, "Babies in the Mill," "I Saw the Wood," "Weave Room Blues" (Babies in the Mill, HMG); Blur, "Song 2" (Blur, Virgin); James Taylor, "Line 'Em Up," "Walking My Baby Back Home" (Hourglass, Columbia); Boyz II Men, "The Girl in the Life Magazine" (Evolution, Motown).

Duds:

Susanna Baca (Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.); Solomon Burke, The Definition of Soul (Pointblank); Dance Hall Crashers, Honey I'm Homely (MCA); the Mavericks, Trampoline (MCA Nashville); Rammstein, Sehnsucht (Slash); LeAnn Rimes, You Light Up My Life (Curb).

Addresses:

Bloodshot, 912 West Addison Street, Chicago IL 60613; HighTone, 220 4th Street #101, Oakland CA 94607; Intersound, Box 1724, Roswell GA 30077; Interworld, RD3 Box 395A, Brattleboro VT 05301; Revenant, PO Box 198732, Nashville TN 37219-8732; Righteous Babe, Box 95, Ellicott Station, Buffalo NY 14205; Smithsonian/Folkways, 955 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Suite 2600, Washington DC 20560.