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You might've listened to this back when it first came out, but it's definitely worth a revisit. I know my ears were a little more biased a decade and
View full detailsl'original downtempo lounge soundtrack
You might've listened to this back when it first came out, but it's definitely worth a revisit. I know my ears were a little more biased a decade and
View full detailsBossa-influenced new wave from 1982 Belgium, all-time Lab fave
Antena's Camino Del Sol is a classic work of dark psychedelic pop, made way back in 1982. It meets all reissue hype requirements: Factory Records con
View full detailsBossa-influenced new wave from 1982 Belgium, all-time Lab fave!
Antena's Camino Del Sol is a classic work of dark psychedelic pop, made way back in 1982. It meets all reissue hype requirements: Factory Records con
View full detailsquintessential IDM full length reissued
An indispensible artifact from an era when the Aphex Twin could do no wrong. In the mid 90s, Richard D. James led the charge of the IDM world, lived
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Aphex Twin ’s Selected Ambient Works 85-92 was released in 1992 by R&S offshoot Apollo Records after Richard D. James had just two singles to his nam
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Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II has maintained its status as one of the landmark albums of electronic music 30 years after its initial
View full detailslost Brazilian psych-funk classic reissued
Absolutely essential Brazilian jazz funk from Arthur Verocai. What was a rather deep cut at the beginning of this century has become an indispensable
View full detailscult classic '89 sophomore album in original gatefold single LP configuration
Ahh, this one brings me back. The Dust Brothers -produced sophomore album from the Beastie Boys , when the OG white rappers were turning their sound
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Capacity is the second album by Big Thief , recorded in snowbound upstate New York with now-frequent collaborator Andrew Sarlo . The tracks on Capaci
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Best album of the 90s? Possibly maybe! For her second album, Bjork and her cast of collaborators escaped to the Bahamas to record at Compass Point St
View full detailsdebut album from the experimental pop group
Debut full-length from Birmingham, England’s Broadcast . The Noise Made By People came after the band signed to Warp Records and spent nearly three y
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Will power, self discipline, circumstances... Burial ’s Untrue continued to refine the damp sonics and urban mood exhibited on his self-titled album
View full details1990 masterwork of ethereal dream pop
Dreampop essential! By the time Cocteau Twins released Heaven Or Las Vegas , they had been perfecting their singular sound for nearly 10 years, recor
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Common 's first album (Can I Borrow A Dollar?) had some promise, but he really solidified himself with Resurrection , one of the best full lengths of
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30 years old and still potent as ever... Cypress Hill's self-titled debut. The album, available on colored vinyl, features audio remastered from the
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After a spell of being aggravatingly out of print, Daft Punk 's Discovery finally repressed on their own Daft Life imprint. Here's Woodman's OG Lab r
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Daft Punk 's 1997 debut album took the raw foundation of Chicago house to prog rock levels of high concept and grandiosity... looking over the odd ph
View full detailsclassic 1989 debut finally available again on wax
Finally reissued! In the grand scheme of things, 10 years isn't really THAT long for a record to be out of print... but for an album as seminal as 3
View full detailsclassic 1989 debut finally available again on wax
Finally reissued! In the grand scheme of things, 10 years isn't really THAT long for a record to be out of print... but for an album as seminal as 3
View full detailsperfect 1991 hip-hop album
Finally repressed! Here's our original review circa early 2000 (sku: hh-009!) When this came out everybody I know was feelin' exactly the same way as
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"Bump into each other..." Originally released in 1990, World Clique is the debut album from Lady Miss Keir , Supa Dj Dimitry , and Towa Tei , better
View full detailstheir biggest and best album; high-quality European import pressing
High quality 180 gram import of the British synthpop titans' 1990 full-length. Depeche Mode 's first album of the 90s saw the group taking a new appr
View full detailsrestrained 4th lp, inc'l rare b-sides and live cuts
Green Mind was the major label debut ( Sire ) of Dinosaur Jr ., in addition to their first without Lou Barlow (who founded Sebadoh shortly after.) Th
View full details1996 downtempo/instrumental beats masterpiece, essential
You know that really impressionable period in your life where you don't really know anything about anything, and you meet a bunch of cool people and
View full detailswonderfully odd + classic 1978 rub-a-dub showcase
This was the first LP released on Greensleeves, and it couldn't get much more classic than this. It's basically a showcase for Dr. Alimantado , compi
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"Bitches ain't shit but hos and tricks, lick on the nuts and suck the dick..." Ahhh, quality ish. My earliest memory of this record was when Dr. Dre
View full detailspeople's favorite from Guru & Primo, ft. 'Mass Appeal,' 'Dwyck,' 'Code of the Streets'
Classic '94 full length from Guru and Primo on official double vinyl. Hard To Earn was finally supposed to make Gang Starr go gold, but was once agai
View full details2002 debut album from NYC band
Interpol's infamous debut LP for Matador , back in print! Here's what we said back when: Once I got over my Joy Division loyalties, I finally discove
View full detailsbeats masterpiece from influential Detroit producer
When Donuts first rolled into the Lab, I gave it a cursory listen, and, wanting to get home to the new episode of Lost as quickly as possible, tossed
View full detailsbeats masterpiece from influential Detroit producer
By special request, Stones Throw has pressed up copies of Dilla's beat sketch masterpiece Donuts with the "smile" cover, originally used for the CD v
View full detailsfinal album before 1991 breakup
The last real Janes' Addiction album. By this time in their history, the band could not stand each other, so they recorded each of their parts separa
View full detailsColtrane's defining album; official color pressing, Impulse orange!
My favorite jazz record of all time . Anytime a record can both drive you mad and ease your soul at different times is classic in my eyes. This Impul
View full detailslandmark downtempo compilation
Classic classic classic material! It's hard to believe that this is the first time that Kruder & Dorfmeister's genre defining K&D Sessions has ever b
View full detailslandmark collection of remixes + downtempo classics, anniversary edition w/ 6 bonus tracks
Classic classic classic material! It's hard to believe that this is the first time that Kruder & Dorfmeister's genre defining K&D Sessions has ever b
View full detailstimeless James Brown produced funk album w/ heavily-rinsed title track break
You all know the "Think" break. You've heard it on "It Takes Two" and countless hip hop, B-more and jungle records. And by now you know it comes from
View full detailsclassic indy hip-hop, Doom + Madlib collab
I don't know how Stones Throw are going to top this. Without exaggeration, this is one of the greatest meeting of the minds of this whole SP1200-abus
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Simply put, this is one of the most important records of all-time and a damn good listen to boot. If you don’t already own it, you should pick up thi
View full details1 of DOOM's most beloved projects, 20th anniv pressing
20th anniversary edition! To celebrate 2 decades with one of MF DOOM's most beloved projects, Big Dada have made the album available in its original
View full details2004 album w/ edible metaphors for days, 20th anniversary edition
Rhymesayers celebrate 20 years of MF DOOM 's Mm.. Food , largely self-produced by the villain himself save for 1 lone Madlib production (the modern c
View full detailsseminal DC punk band's first two 7" releases compiled
What can you say about Minor Threat that hasn't already been said? The DC punk band, fronted by Ian MacKaye , launched the straight edge hardcore mov
View full detailsclassic 1999 debut on official Rawkus double vinyl
Mos' classic full length solo debut, back on official double vinyl! Black On Both Sides is one of the crown jewels in the Rawkus catalog - an essenti
View full detailsall-analog remaster overseen by Kevin Shields, deluxe import
Official import pressing of MBV's Loveless ! This reissue was overseen by Kevin Shields and is fully analog cut, resulting in the truest representati
View full detailsclassic NY hip-hop album, limited clear pressing
What can I say about this album? Easily in the top 10 of all time, there is no way to pick favorites on this album. Not even one okay track on here.
View full detailsentire album + 2 remixes on 7"s, 64 page book
"To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the release of Illmatic , Get On Down in partnership with Sony's CERTIFIED is proud to present the entire alb
View full detailsclassic NY hip-hop album
What can I say about this album? Easily in the top 10 of all time, there is no way to pick favorites on this album. Not even one okay track on here.
View full details1986 Lab fav, a bit indie w/ a twist of electronica
I have a folder with every Lab review written for the site. There's definite themes that emerge when you read the older ones. Let me set this one up.
View full detailsessential 1987 comp featuring orig. 12" extended mixes; 1st ever vinyl reissue
"Remastered 2LP vinyl version of the classic 1987 compilation originally released via the legendary Factory Records. Substance compiles all of New Or
View full detailsdebut masterpiece from industrial rockers NIN
HEAD LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS YOUR SOUL!!! Nine Inch Nails debut album reissued in all its original glory. Back in 89 I was just a young goth trying to
View full details1989 debut, industrial masterpiece feat. 'Head Like A Hole'
HEAD LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS YOUR SOUL!!! Nine Inch Nails debut album reissued in all its original glory. Back in 89 I was just a young goth trying to
View full detailsclassic 1994 debut, 180g 20th anniversary pressing
20th anniversary pressing of Portishead's classic 1994 debut, now on 180 gram vinyl. I don't care what kind of music you listen to, production-wise,
View full detailstriumphant 2008 full length recorded after a long period of inactivity, perhaps their best work
Original Lab review: Third full length from the UK trip hop powerhouse. I know you've all been waiting for another installment from our favorite down
View full detailsmature 1987 double album from the Purple One, remastered
Originally released in 1987, Sign 'O' The Times is the 9th album from Prince . Recorded between 1986 and 1987 during sessions for three full-lengths
View full details1st double LP pressing, Radiohead's 4th from 2000
It’s hard to imagine a world today without Kid A. In October of 2000, the incorporation of sampling, synthesizers and computers in rock music was any
View full detailsshoegaze essential, 1990
It's impossible to overstate how important this debut LP was when it was originally released in October 1990. Nowhere was the pinnacle of a year in w
View full detailsclassic 1971 French concept album ft. a young Jane Birkin, remastered
First time domestic reissue of this classic from B-Music and Light In The Attic. This deluxe version pressed on crystal clear wax features glossy gat
View full details1999 Icelandic post-rock epic
180g edition of Sigur Ros ' seminal Agaetis Byrjun . Their sophomore LP released in 1999 saw the Icelandic 4-piece move further away from the traditi
View full detailslimited color reissue of the Detroit trio's debut
Fresh off high-profile remixes and collaborations with A Tribe Called Quest , Janet Jackson and The Pharcyde , Jay Dee aka J Dilla was eager to draw
View full detailsthis is how we chill; Bay Area hip hop classic
Back on double vinyl! A daunting task reviewing this record, but here's a try. Not to get all textbook, but 93 Til Infinity is one of finest embodime
View full detailsarguably their best, increasingly electronic sound in 1997, ft. 'The Flower Called Nowhere'
Stereolab 's fifth studio album from 1997, and arguably their best! Their sound here had tightened up even more (read: less rock-ish) since Emperor T
View full detailssophomore indie smash from '93
There's so much to the Breeders' Last Splash. The sophomore album, from what was originally Kim Deal's side project from the Pixies , packs in a bevy
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