| Race For Titles | Race for Titles | Redemption |
| Race Track Babies | Summer Salt Santiago | Musikministeriet |
| Race, The | Rose | Flameshovel |
| Racetrack | City Lights | Skrocki |
| Rachel's | Selenography | 1/4 Stick |
| Radford | Sleepwalker | Universal |
| Radio 4 | Party Crashers EP | Astralwerks |
| Radio 4 | Gotham | Gern Blandsten |
| Radio Birdman | Zeno Beach | Yep Roc |
| Radio Nationals | Place You Call Home | Roam |
| Radiohead | Hail to the Thief | Capitol |
| Radiohead | I Might Be Wrong- Live Recordings | EMI |
| Radish | Restraining Belt | Mercury |
| Rae, Mark | Into the Depths | Grand Central |
| Raft of Dead Monkeys | Make Believe | DBM |
| Rage Against the Machine | Renegades of Funk | Sony |
| Rage Against the Machine | Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium | Epic |
| Rage Against the Machine | Guerilla Radio | Epic |
| Rage Against the Machine | Testify | Epic |
| Rahim | Ideal Lives | French Kiss |
| Railroad Earth | Bird in a House | Sugarhill |
| Railroad Jerk | One Track Mind | Matador |
| Railroad Jerk | Railroad Jerk | Matador |
| Railroad Jerk | Raise the Plow | Matador |
| Railroad Jerk | We Understand | Matador |
| Raincoats, The | Odyshape | DGC |
| Rainer Maria | Ears Ring EP | Polyvinyl |
| Rainer Maria | Anyone In Love With You (Already Knows) | Polyvinyl |
| Rainer Maria | Catastrophe Keeps Us Together | Grunion |
| Rainer Maria | Long Knives Drawn | Polyvinyl |
| Rakes, The | Retreat EP | Dim Mak |
| Rakes, The | Capture/Release | V2/Dim Mak |
| Ralph Jones Band | Just for the Scenery | State Bird |
| Ralph, Dave | Naturalized | Kimetic |
| Ramallah | But A Whimper | Bridge Nine |
| Rambient | So Many Worlds | Immergent |
| Rammstein | Ich Will (Single) | Universal |
| Rammstein | Rosenrot | Universal |
| Rammstein | Mutter | Universal |
| Rammstein | Amerika (Single) | Universal |
| Rancid | Indestructible | Hellcat |
| Randy | The Human Atom Bombs | Burning Heart/Epitaph |
| Ranelin, Phil | Remixes | Hefty |
| Rank Strangers | Far Cry From Here | Crackpot |
| Rapture, The | Echoes | Universal |
| Rasputina | Frustration Plantation | Instinct |
| Rassberry, Eddie | Eddie Rassberry | Mardi Gras Records |
| Ratatat | Ratatat | XL |
| Ratcat | Tingles | Roo Art/Mercury |
| Rava, Enrico | Tati | ECM |
| Raveonettes, The | A Touch of Black | Columbia |
| Ray, Amy | Stag | Daemon |
| Read Yellow | Read Yellow | Fenway |
| Readyville | Readyville | Antenna Farm |
| Real Kids | The Real Kids | Norton |
| Real People | The Real People | Relativity |
| Realistics | Realistics | Catapult |
| Rebecca's Statue | Drinking From the Water Clock | Livin Live |
| Recoil | Bloodline | Mute |
| Recoil | Faith Healer | Sire/Mute |
| Red & The Black, The | Plans for Next Year EP | Self Starter Foundation |
| Red Five | Flash | Interscope |
| Red Krayola | Hazel | Drag City |
| Red Kross | Show World | Mercury |
| Red Lights | Unlucky Genes | Squid Vs. Whale |
| Red Red Groovy | Another Kind of Find | Continuum |
| Red Red Meat | There's A Star Above The Manger Tonight | Sub Pop |
| Red Red Meat | Jimmywine Majestic | Sub Pop |
| Red Red Meat | Bunny Gets Paid | Sub Pop |
| Red Thread | After the Last | Badman |
| Red West | The Red West | Atlantic |
| Red-Eyed Legends | The High I Feel When I'm Low | GSL |
| Reed, Lou | The Raven | Sire/Reprise |
| Reed, Lou | Power and Glory | Warner Bros. |
| Reel Big Fish | Greatest Hit… And More | Jive |
| Reggie & The Full Effect | Songs Not To Get Married To | Vagrant |
| Reggie & The Full Effect | Greatest Hits '84-'87 | Vagrant |
| Regina Spektor | Begin to Hope | Sire |
| Regina Spektor | Soviet Kitsch | Sire |
| Rehab | Stormchaser | Epic |
| Reid, Terry | Superlungs | EMI |
| Reilly, Ike | Salesman Racists | Universal |
| Reilly, Megan | Let Your Ghosts Go | Carrot Top |
| Relient K | Mmhmm | Capitol |
| REM | Reveal | Warner Bros. |
| REM | Imitation of Life (Single) | Warner Bros. |
| REM | Bad Day | Warner Bros. |
| REM | Everybody Hurts | Warner Bros. |
| REM | Around the Sun | Warner Bros. |
| Remembering Never | She Looks So Good In Red | Ferret |
| Remembering Never | Women and Children Die First | Ferret |
| Rendered Useless | Invisible Audience | Useless |
| Rengade Sound Wave | In Dub | Elektra |
| Reputation, The | The Reputation | Initial |
| Reputation, The | To Force A Fate | Lookout! |
| Res | How I Do | MCA |
| Res | Res (Pronounces Reese) | MCA |
| Retisonic | EP 0.1 | Leisure Class |
| Retisonic | Lean Beat | Silverthree |
| Retsin | Salt Lick | Simple Machines |
| Revenge | Gun World Porn | Capitol |
| Reverend Glasseye and his Wooden Leg | Black River Falls | Coo-Coo Bird |
| Reverend Horton Heat | It's Martini Time | Interscope |
| Reverend Horton Heat | Spend a Night in the Box | Time Bomb |
| Revolutionary Hydra | The Swiss Admiral EP | Burnout |
| Revolutionary Hydra | The Peefs | Skrocki |
| Revolutionary Smile | Above the Noise | Flawless/Geffen |
| Rheostatics | Whale Music | Sire/WB |
| Rhonda | Fairytale Lost | Rhonda |
| Rhonda | Country Breast | Rhonda |
| Rhonda | Secret Anxiety | Rhonda |
| Rhonda | Bedtime Story | Rhonda |
| Rich, Buddy | No Funny Hats | Lightyear |
| Richard Devine | Aleamapper | Schematic |
| Richman, Jonathan | I'm So Confused | Vapor |
| Richman, Jonathan | You Must Ask the Heart | Rounder |
| Riddle of Steel | Burn | Ascetic |
| Riddlin Kids | Stop the World | Columbia |
| Riddlin Kids | Any Day Now | Aware |
| Ridel High | Hi Scores | My Records |
| Right As Rain | Stop! Look & Listen | DB Ress |
| Rigor Moses | Fetch | Creativentives |
| Rilo Kiley | More Adventurous | Brute/Beaute |
| Ris Paul Ric | Purple Blaze | Academy Fight Song |
| Rise Against | The Sufferer and the Witness | Geffen |
| Rise Robots Rise | The Bottle | TVT |
| Rise Robots Rise | Spawn | TVT |
| Ritchie, Brian | I See A Noise | Chameleon/Dali |
| Ritchie, Brian | Sun Ra- Man From Outer Space | SST |
| Ritter, Josh | Golden Age of Radio | Signature Sounds |
| Ritter, Josh | The Animal Years | V2 |
| River City Rebels | Playing to Live, Living To Play | Victory |
| Rivington | Happy on a Sliding Scale | Semaphone |
| Rivulets | Rivulets | Chairkickers |
| Rizzo, Carmen | Lost Art of the Idle Moment | Lab |
| Rob | Rob | Source |
| Roberts, Alasdair | Farewell Sorrow | Drag City |
| Roberts, Sam | We Were Born in a Flame | Universal |
| robin eubanks | mental images | jmt |
| Robinson, Charlie | Step Right Up | Sony |
| Robocop Kraus | They Think They Are… | Epitaph |
| Robot Ate Me, The | On Vacation | Swim Slowly |
| Rochester Fosgate | Rochester Fosgate | Smooth Excavator |
| Rock Band No. 47 | You Can Never Go Home | No Life |
| Rock Kills Kid | Are You Nervous? | Reprise |
| Rock N Roll Soldiers | Two Eps | Gearhead |
| Rock-A-Teens | Golden Time | Merge |
| Rockets To Mars | Underneath the Halflight | Lunch |
| Rockfords | The Rockfords | Epic |
| Rodeo Boy | The Pine and Promise | Sit-N-Spin |
| Rodeo Carburettor | Rodeo Carburettor | Denko Secca |
| Rogers Sisters | Purely Evil | Troubleman |
| Rogers Sisters | Invisible Deck | Beggars Banquet |
| Rogue Wave | 10:1 | Sub Pop |
| Rogue Wave | Descended Like Vultures | Sub Pop |
| Rogue Wave | Out of the Shadow | Sub Pop |
| roky erickson | all that may do my rhyme | trance |
| Rollinghead | Long Black Feeling | Grass/Dutch East India |
| Rollins Band | The End of Silence | Imago |
| Rollins Band | Nice | Sanctuary |
| Roman Candles | Bang! Bang! Bang! | Roman Candles |
| Roman Numerals | Roman Numerals | Anodyne |
| Rooks, The | Christmas (Xmas) | Atlantic/God |
| Ropes, The | Kill Her Off EP | Sinlo |
| Rorschach Test | Peace Minus One | E-Magine |
| Rosa Chance Well | Rosa Chance Well | Kimchee |
| Rose Chronicles | Dead and Gone To Heaven | Nettwerk |
| Rose Chronicles | Shiver | Nettwerk |
| Rosebuds | The Rosebuds Make Out | Merge |
| Rosemarys | Providence | Continuum |
| Rouse, Josh | Under Cold Blue Stars | Rykodisc |
| Rowlf The Dog | Ol' Brown Ears Is Back | EMG |
| Roxy Music | Heart Still Beating | Reprise |
| Roy | Big City Sin and Small Town Redemption | Fueled By Ramen |
| Royal Fingerbowl | Greyhound Afternoons | TVT |
| Rroland | Reflections on a Past Life As Played On A Roland Synthesizer | American Patchwork |
| Ruby Vileos | The King Is Dead | Whee |
| Ruins | Tzomborgha | Ipecac |
| Run On | No Way | Matador |
| Runner and the Thermodynamics | Runner and the Thermodynamics | Ace |
| Rush | One Little Victory (Single) | Atlantic |
| Rush | Vapor Trails | Atlantic |
| Russian Circles | Enter | Flameshovel |
| Russo, Randi | Shout Like A Lady | Olive Juice |
| Rusted Root | Blue Diamonds | Island |
| Rutabega, The | Those Knotty Lines | Johanns Face |
| Ruth Ruth | Are You My Friend? | RCA |
| Ruth Ruth | The Little Death | Epitaph |
| Rutles, The | Archaeology | Virgin |
| RX Bandits | …And The Battle Begun | RDB |
| Rye Coalition | Jersey Girls | Tigerstyle |
| Rye Coalition | On Top | Tigerstyle |
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