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Mark Richardson

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Mark Richardson is The Wall Street Journal’s rock and pop critic. He’s written for Pitchfork since 1998 and served variously as the site’s managing editor, editor-in-chief, and executive editor from 2007 to 2018.

This Is the Sea

The Waterboys

Pharoah

Pharoah Sanders
Best New Reissue

Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne

Keith Jarrett

Harold and Maude (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Yusuf / Cat Stevens
Best New Reissue

A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle

John Coltrane
Best New Reissue

Made Out of Sound

Chris Corsano / Bill Orcutt

Promises

Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / The London Symphony Orchestra
Best New Album

Comma

Sam Prekop

Live in Paris (1975)

Pharoah Sanders
Best New Reissue

F♯ A♯ ∞

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

We’re New Again: A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven

Gil Scott-Heron / Makaya McCraven
Best New Album

The Legendary Riverside Albums

Chet Baker

Katy Lied

Steely Dan

Dead Man’s Pop

The Replacements
Best New Reissue

Buckingham Nicks

Buckingham Nicks

Low Fi EP

Stereolab

Water Memory / Mount Vision

Emily A. Sprague
Best New Reissue

Agora

Fennesz
Best New Album

TNT

Tortoise

Buoys

Panda Bear

Pop Ambient 2019