1. Make It With You – Bread – David Gates could sure write a terrific melody and this mainstream beauty of wimp rock stands as a seduction so sweet, he means both make it thru life and make out, it remains a memory of a kindre gentler world – Grade: A+
2. Rat-A-Tat-Tat – Dr. Dre – "And I never hesitate to put a jerkie on his back…" – Grade: A
3. Starlet – Matt Pond – Indie stalwart is back and this is a pretty song, the band do it very well and have for a decade – Grade: B
4. 80 In 30 – Avant – Born to be sampled whenever a rapper has decided to stop calling women hoes and actually get laid – Grade: A-
5. Skin – Chris Stamey – First track off the newbie, it is like Stamey stopped doing what he did and did something else, about as mainstream as he will ever get for the "Ask For Jill" man – Grade: B+
6. Top Of The World – Joe Budden – I am all over the world on the new album, but this spooked out piece of woman fear misogyny – Grade: A-
7. R.I.P. – Young Jeezy – Young? Average g rap, nice real simple hook – Grade: B-
8. Number City – Coheed And Cambria – A strange mix of Rush and Taking Back Sunday… again – Grade: C+
9. State Of The Art – A.E.I.O.U. – Is there a market for me? I mean except for writers at Pitchfork? – Grade: B
10. Salford Sunday – Richard Thompson – Did you see the setlist at Joe's Pub? All he did was play the new album. Thompson? The man knows better than that… – Grade: B