New Albums

* Lee “Scratch” Perry, “Jamaican E.T.,” Sanctuary/Trojan. The “dub” producing legend sings and rants to the point of total obfuscation on this mad babel of sound.

Also:

Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise, “New Ground,” Vanguard

Dennis Brown, “In Dub,” Heartbeat

The Church, “After Everything ... Now This,” Thirsty Ear

Norman Cook, “All Star Breakbeats,” Hypnotic/Cleopatra

Deepsky, “In Silico,” Kinetic

Kyle Fischer, “Open Ground,” Polyvinyl

Fu Manchu, “California Crossing,” Mammoth

John Thomas Griffith, “Aluminum,” Valley Entertainment

John Paul Jones, “Thunderthief,” Discipline Global Mobile

The Lords of Altamont, “To Hell With the Lords,” Sympathy for the Record Industry

John Michael Montgomery, “Love Songs,” Warner Bros.

Gurf Morlix, “Fishin’ in the Muddy,” Catamount

Kelly Joe Phelps, “Beggar’s Oil,” Rykodisc

South, “From Here On In,” Mo’ Wax/Kinetic Records

Ian Tyson, “Live at the Longview,” Vanguard

Various Artists, “Grammy Nominees 2002,” Universal/UTV

Various Artists, “Totally Country,” BNA