The Past Archives Top 10

What's been on the decks at the Past Archives headquarters

July 2012

1FIONA APPLE The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (Clean Slate/Epic)
2JACK WHITE Blunderbuss (Third Man)
3CASSANDRA WILSON Blue Light 'Til Dawn (Pure Pleasure)
4THE WAR ON DRUGS Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian)
5DAVE DAVIES Hidden Treasures (Universal)
6CLOUD NOTHINGS Attack On Memory (Wichita)
7LEONARD COHEN Old Ideas (Columbia)
8DEXYS One Day I'm Going To Soar (Indigo)
9YO LA TENGO Painful (Matador)
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BURNING SPEAR Marcus Garvey / Garvey's Ghost (Simply Vinyl)

June 2012

1PAUL BUCHANAN Mid Air (Newsroom)
2VAN HALEN 1984 (Warner Bros.)
3THE WEDDING PRESENT Valentina (Psychobabble)
4JACK WHITE Blunderbuss (Third Man)
5CLOUD NOTHINGS Attack On Memory (Wichita)
6BURNING SPEAR Marcus Garvey / Garvey's Ghost (Simply Vinyl)
7PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY Ram (MPL)
8JOAN BAEZ One Day At A Time (Vanguard)
9LAURA VEIRS Tumble Bee (Raven Marching Band)
10

BJÖRK Biophilia (One Little Indian)

May 2012

1PAUL BUCHANAN Mid Air (Newsroom)
2TRICKY Maxinquaye (Music On Vinyl)
3THE BLUE NILE High (Epstein/Sanctuary)
4GRANDADDY Sumday (V2)
5THE KINKS Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) (Sanctuary)
6PETER TOSH Equal Rights (Music On Vinyl)
7GRANDADDY Just Like The Fambly Cat (V2)
8PATTI SMITH GROUP Easter (Arista)
9WILCO The Whole Love (Anti-/dBpm)
10RANDY TRAVIS Storms Of Life (Warner Bros.)

April 2012

1JIMMY SMITH Midnight Special (Analogue Productions)
2THIN LIZZY Black Rose: A Rock Legend (Back On Black)
3PAUL BUCHANAN Mid Air (Newsroom)
4JIMMY SMITH Back At The Chicken Shack (Analogue Productions)
5RANDY TRAVIS Storms Of Life (Warner Bros.)
6PETER TOSH Equal Rights (Music On Vinyl)
7GILLIAN WELCH The Harrow & The Harvest (Acony)
8SHARON VAN ETTEN Tramp (Secretly Canadian)
9LAURA VEIRS Tumble Bee (Raven Marching Band)
10THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Siamese Dream (Virgin/EMI)

March 2012

1PAUL BUCHANAN Mid Air (Newsroom)
2ELVIS PRESLEY That's The Way It Is (Music On Vinyl)
3PAUL SIMON So Beautiful Or So What (Hear Music)
4PERFUME GENIUS Put Your Back N 2 It (Organs/Turnstyle)
5ROY ORBISON The Monument Singles Collection (1960-1964) (Monument/Orbison/Legacy/Music On Vinyl)
6THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Siamese Dream (Virgin/EMI)
7ORBITAL The Altogether (ffrr)
8JOSH T. PEARSON Last Of The Country Gentlemen (Mute)
9ORBITAL Orbital 2 (Internal)
10LAMBCHOP Mr. M (City Slang)

February 2012

1STEPHEN MALKIMUS AND THE JICKS Mirror Traffic (Domino)
2ROBERTO FONSECA Zamazu (Enja)
3MANIC STREET PREACHERS National Treasures - The Complete Single(Columbia/Sony Music)
4ORBITAL The Altogether (ffrr)
5LAMBCHOP Damaged (City Slang)
6ROY ORBISON The Monument Singles Collection (1960-1964) (Monument/Orbison/Legacy/Music On Vinyl)
7JOSH T. PEARSON Last Of The Country Gentlemen (Mute)
8ORBITAL Orbital (ffrr)
9CASSANDRA WILSON Blue Light 'Til Dawn (Pure Pleasure)
10DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA Newport 1958 (Speakers Corner)

January 2012

1

HERB ELLIS Nothing But The Blues (Speakers Corner)
2

STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS Mirror Traffic (Domino)

3

JACKIE McLEAN Destination... Out! (Music Matters)
4

JOÃO GILBETO Chega De Saudade (Doxy)

5

THE LANCASHIRE HOTPOTS Pot Sounds (Fuss)
6

CHARLES MINGUS The Clown (Atlantic)
7

EMPEROR In The Nightside Eclipse (Back On Black)

8

FLEET FOXES Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop)
9

MAGAZINE No Thyself (Wire-Sound)
10OSCAR BROWN JR. Sin & Soul (Speakers Corner)

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