some of this will rule, other bits will suck ass. i think its quite easy to tell which is which:

* Sufjan Stevens - Free Man In Paris
* Bjork - The Boho Dance
* Caetano Veloso - Dreamland
* Brad Mehldau - Don't Interrupt the Sorrow
* Cassandra Wilson - For the Roses
* Prince - A Case of You
* Sarah McLachlan - Blue
* Annie Lennox - Ladies of the Canyon
* Emmylou Harris - Magdalene Laundries
* Elvis Costello - Edith and the Kingpin
* K.D. lang - Help Me
* James Taylor - River