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This is turning out to be one of the best years for country albums ever: A few weeks ago, six of Billboard's top seven were hard-to-resist sets by Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Kenny Chesney, Montgomery Gentry, Loretta Lynn, and Toby Keith. So if more than the genre's share wind up at the top of my pile, blame the music.

Best Stone Temple Pilots album ever!

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T. GRAHAM BROWN
The Next Right Thing
(Intersound country album)
tgrahambrown.com

BILLY BUTCHER
Penny Dreadful
(Outlaw import hard rock album)
billybutcher.com

DJ ENUFF FEATURING THIRST
Are You Thirsty?
(Cornerstone Mixtape/Sprite promo hip hop mix CD)
djenuff.net

HEART
Jupiters Darling
(Sovereign Artists hard-rock album)
heart-music.com

R. KELLY "Happy People"
(Jive r&b single)
r-kelly.com

KONK
The Sound of Konk: Tales of the New York Underground 1981–88
(Soul Jazz import punk-funk reissue)
souljazzrecords.co.uk

NOMEANSNO
The People's Choice
(AntAcidAudio '80s-'90s art-punk reissue)
antacidaudio.com

RIC-A-CHE "Coo-Coo Chee"
(Universal quasi-dancehall hip-hop single)
ric-a-che.com

JULIE ROBERTS
Julie Roberts
(Mercury country album)
julieroberts.com

SHEDAISY
Sweet Right Here
(Lyric Street country album)
shedaisy.com

RICK SPRINGFIELD
Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance
(Gomer powerpop album)
rickspringfield.com

GENE WATSON . . . Sings
(Intersound country album)