Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1975

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Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1975

Listing for 311 records from 1975 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+	Bob Dylan/The Band: *The Basement Tapes* [Columbia] Dolly Parton: *Best of Dolly Parton* [RCA Victor]
A	Bob Dylan: *Blood on the Tracks* [Columbia] Al Green: *Al Green Is Love* [Hi/The Right Stuff] Al Green: *Al Green's Greatest Hits* [Hi] Bob Marley & the Wailers: *Natty Dread* [Island] Richard Pryor: *. . . Is It Something I Said?* [Reprise] Bonnie Raitt: *Home Plate* [Warner Bros.] Patti Smith: *Horses* [Arista] Bruce Springsteen: *Born to Run* [Columbia] James Talley: *Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got a Lot of Love* [Capitol] Neil Young: *Tonight's the Night* [Reprise]
A-	The Allman Brothers Band: *The Road Goes On Forever* [Capricorn] Amazing Rhythm Aces: *Stacked Deck* [ABC] Bobby Bare: *Cowboys and Daddys* [RCA Victor] John Cale: *Slow Dazzle* [Island] Leonard Cohen: *The Best of Leonard Cohen* [Columbia] Stoney Edwards: *Mississippi, You're on My Mind* [Capitol] Eno: *Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)* [Island] Fleetwood Mac: *Fleetwood Mac* [Reprise] Sonny Fortune: *Awakening* [Horizon] Funkadelic: *Funkadelic's Greatest Hits* [Westbound] Funkadelic: *Let's Take It to the Stage* [Westbound] Terry Garthwaite: *Terry* [Arista] Michael Jackson: *Forever, Michael* [Motown] Elton John: *Rock of the Westies* [MCA] K.C. & the Sunshine Band: *K.C. & the Sunshine Band* [T.K.] Andy Fairweather Low: *La Booga Rooga* [A&M] Lynyrd Skynyrd: *Nuthin' Fancy* [MCA] The Meters: *Cissy Strut* [Island] Pink Floyd: *Wish You Were Here* [Columbia] John Prine: *Common Sense* [Atlantic] Sonny Rollins: *Nucleus* [Milestone] Roxy Music: *Siren* [Atco] Spinners: *Pick of the Litter* [Atlantic] Staple Singers: *The Best of the Staple Singers* [Stax] Steely Dan: *Katy Lied* [ABC] Gary Stewart: *Out of Hand* [RCA Victor] The Stylistics: *The Best of the Stylistics* [Avco] Toots and the Maytals: *Funky Kingston* [Island] Loudon Wainwright III: *Unrequited* [Columbia] Barry White: *Barry White's Greatest Hits* [20th Century] Hank Williams Jr.: *Hank Williams Jr. and Friends* [MGM] Bill Withers: *The Best of Bill Withers* [Sussex] Neil Young: *Zuma* [Reprise] *Beserkley Chartbusters Volume 1* [Beserkley]
B+	Aerosmith: *Toys in the Attic* [Columbia] Asleep at the Wheel: *Texas Gold* [Capitol] The Band: *Northern Lights--Southern Cross* [Capitol] Bee Gees: *Main Course* [RSO] Bobby Bland: *Get On Down With Bobby Bland* [ABC] Randall Bramblett: *That Other Mile* [Polydor] Brass Construction: *Brass Construction* [United Artists] Anthony Braxton: *New York, Fall 1974* [Arista] Albert Brooks: *A Star Is Bought* [Asylum] Clifton Chenier: *Bogalusa Boogie* [Arhoolie] Guy Clark: *Old No. 1* [RCA Victor] Kevin Coyne: *Matching Head and Feet* [Virgin] The Dictators: *Go Girl Crazy* [Epic] Dr. Hook: *Bankrupt* [Capitol] Swamp Dogg: *Have You Heard This Story?* [Island] Dudes: *We're No Angels* [Columbia] Earth, Wind & Fire: *That's the Way of the World* [Columbia] Narvel Felts: *Narvel Felts* [ABC/Dot] Free: *The Best of Free* [A&M] Fripp & Eno: *No Pussyfooting* [Antilles] The Fugs: *Fugs 4, Rounders Score* [ESP-Disk'] Hannibal: *Hannibal* [MPS] Jimi Hendrix: *Crash Landing* [Reprise] Bill Holland & Rent's Due: *If It Ain't One Thing . . .* [Adelphi] Hot Chocolate: *Hot Chocolate* [Big Tree] Helen Humes: *The Talk of the Town* [Columbia] Millie Jackson: *Still Caught Up* [Spring] George Jones: *The Best of George Jones* [Epic] Si Kahn: *New Wood* [June Appal] B.B. King: *Lucille Talks Back* [ABC] Carole King: *Really Rosie* [Ode] King Crimson: *USA* [Atlantic] Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance: *Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance* [A&M] Latimore: *Latimore III* [Glades] Led Zeppelin: *Physical Graffiti* [Swan Song] John Lennon: *Shaved Fish* [Apple] Nils Lofgren: *Nils Lofgren* [A&M] The Lost Gonzo Band: *The Lost Gonzo Band* [MCA] Melissa Manchester: *Melissa* [Arista] Manfred Mann's Earth Band: *Nightingales and Bombers* [Warner Bros.] Hirth Martinez: *Hirth from Earth* [Warner Bros.] Delbert McClinton: *Victim of Life's Circumstances* [ABC] Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes: *To Be True* [Philadelphia International] Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes: *Wake Up Everybody* [Philadelphia International] Ohio Players: *Honey* [Mercury] Leon Redbone: *On the Track* [Warner Bros.] Maggie and Terre Roche: *Seductive Reasoning* [Columbia] The Rolling Stones: *Metamorphosis* [Abkco] Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson: *From South Africa to South Carolina* [Arista] Archie Shepp: *A Sea of Faces* [Black Saint] Shirley and Company: *Shame Shame Shame* [Vibration] Silver Convention: *Save Me* [Midland International] Ringo Starr: *Blast from Your Past* [Capitol] Gary Stewart: *You're Not the Woman You Used to Be* [MCA] Rod Stewart: *Atlantic Crossing* [Warner Bros.] Billy Swan: *Rock 'n' Roll Moon* [Monument] Koko Taylor: *I Got What It Takes* [Alligator] The Trammps: *The Legendary Zing Album Featuring the Fabulous Trammps* [Buddah] The Trammps: *Trammps* [Golden Fleece] Tanya Tucker: *Tanya Tucker's Greatest Hits* [Columbia] The Who: *The Who by Numbers* [MCA] Larry Jon Wilson: *New Beginnings* [Monument] Wings: *Venus and Mars* [Capitol]
B	Moe Bandy: *Bandy the Rodeo Clown* [GRC] Elvin Bishop: *Juke Joint Jump* [Capricorn] Hamilton Bohannon: *Bohannon's Greatest Disco Hits* [Dakar] James Brown: *Hot* [Polydor] Ray Charles: *Renaissance* [Crossover] Natalie Cole: *Inseparable* [Capitol] Commodores: *Caught in the Act* [Motown] The Dynamic Superiors: *The Dynamic Superiors* [Motown] Earth, Wind & Fire: *Gratitude* [Columbia] Dave Edmunds: *Subtle as a Flying Mallet* [RCA Victor] John Fogerty: *John Fogerty* [Asylum] Gloria Gaynor: *Never Can Say Goodbye* [MGM] Steve Goodman: *Jessie's Jig & Other Favorites* [Asylum] Bob Hadley: *Tunes From the Well* [Kicking Mule] John Hiatt: *Overcoats* [Epic] Holy Modal Rounders: *Alleged in Their Own Time* [Rounder] Ian Hunter: *Ian Hunter* [Columbia] Isis: *Ain't No Backin' Up Now* [Buddah] The Isley Brothers: *The Heat Is On* [T-Neck] Keith Jarrett: *Death and the Flower* [Impulse] Elton John: *Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy* [MCA] Jerry Jordan: *Phone Call From God* [MCA] King Floyd: *Well Done* [Chimneyville] Kiss: *Dressed to Kill* [Casablanca] Denise LaSalle: *Here I Am Again* [Westbound] Gwen McCrae: *Rockin' Chair* [Cat] The Meters: *Fire on the Bayou* [Reprise] Frankie Miller: *The Rock* [Chrysalis] The Miracles: *City of Angels* [Tamla] Joni Mitchell: *The Hissing of Summer Lawns* [Asylum] Keith Moon: *Two Sides of the Moon* [Track] Mungo Jerry: *Mungo Jerry* [Pye] Elliott Murphy: *Lost Generation* [RCA Victor] Ohio Players: *Greatest Hits* [Westbound] Parliament: *Chocolate City* [Casablanca] Esther Phillips With Beck: *What a Diff'rence a Day Makes* [Kudu] Elvis Presley: *Promised Land* [RCA Victor] Smokey Robinson: *A Quiet Storm* [Tamla] Linda Ronstadt: *Prisoner in Disguise* [Asylum] Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan: *Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan* [ABC] Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson and the Midnight Band: *The First Minute of a New Day* [Arista] Paul Simon: *Still Crazy After All These Years* [Columbia] Stormin' Norman & Suzy: *Fantasy Rag* [Perfect Crime] Lily Tomlin: *Modern Scream* [Polydor] Tina Turner: *Acid Queen* [United Artists] Tom Waits: *Nighthawks at the Diner* [Asylum] Don Williams: *Greatest Hits* [ABC/Dot] David Wills: *Barrooms to Bedrooms* [Epic] Ron Wood: *Now Look* [Warner Bros.] Frank Zappa/Captain Beefheart/The Mothers: *Bongo Fury* [DiscReet]
B-	Bachman-Turner Overdrive: *Head On* [Mercury] Bad Company: *Straight Shooter* [Swan Song] Jeff Beck: *Blow by Blow* [Epic] Chuck Berry: *Chuck Berry* [Chess] Elvin Bishop: *The Best of Elvin Bishop: Crabshaw Rising* [Epic] David Bowie: *Young Americans* [RCA Victor] James Brown: *Everybody's Doin' the Hustle and Dead on the Double Bump* [Polydor] Felix Cavaliere: *Destiny* [Bearsville] Eric Clapton: *E.C. Was Here* [RSO] Commodores: *Movin' On* [Motown] Alice Cooper: *Welcome to My Nightmare* [Atlantic] Crack the Sky: *Crack the Sky* [Lifesong] Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: *So Far* [Atlantic] Jackie DeShannon: *New Arrangement* [Columbia] Richard Digance: *Richard Digance* [Mercury] Joe Droukas: *Shadowboxing* [Southwind] Bob Dylan: *Desire* [Columbia] John Entwistle's Ox: *Mad Dog* [Track] Aretha Franklin: *You* [Atlantic] Rupert Holmes: *Rupert Holmes* [Epic] Bill Horwitz: *Lies, Lies, Lies* [ESP-Disk'] Hot Tuna: *Yellow Fever* [Grunt] Janis Ian: *Between the Lines* [Columbia] Michael Jackson: *The Best of Michael Jackson* [Motown] Jefferson Starship: *Red Octopus* [Grunt] Kiss: *Alive* [Casablanca] Kraftwerk: *Autobahn* [Vertigo] John Lennon: *Rock 'n Roll* [Apple] Little Feat: *The Last Record Album* [Warner Bros.] Mighty Clouds of Joy: *Kickin'* [ABC] Willie Nelson: *Red Headed Stranger* [Columbia] Nilsson: *Duit on Mon Dei* [RCA Victor] Nilsson: *Sandman* [RCA Victor] Laura Nyro: *Smile* [Columbia] Ann Peebles: *Tellin' It* [Hi] Elvis Presley: *Today* [RCA Victor] Suzi Quatro: *Your Mama Won't Like Me* [Arista] Queen: *A Night at the Opera* [Elektra] The Red Clay Ramblers: *Stolen Love* [Flying Fish] Helen Reddy: *Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits* [Capitol] Lou Reed: *Lou Reed Live* [RCA Victor] Leo Sayer: *Another Year* [Warner Bros.] Bob Seger: *Beautiful Loser* [Capitol] Spinners: *Spinners Live!* [Atlantic] Cat Stevens: *Greatest Hits* [A&M] Sly Stone: *High on You* [Epic] Donna Summer: *Love to Love You Baby* [Oasis] The Sweet: *Desolation Boulevard* [Capitol] 10cc: *100cc* [UK] Allen Toussaint: *Southern Nights* [Warner Bros.] Happy and Artie Traum: *Hard Times in the Country* [Rounder] The Tubes: *The Tubes* [A&M] UFO: *Force It* [Chrysalis] Sammy Walker: *Song for Patty* [Folkways] Grover Washington Jr.: *Mister Magic* [Kudu] Weather Report: *Tale Spinnin'* [Columbia]
C+	Ace: *Five-a-Side* [ABC] Terry Allen: *Juarez* [Landfall] Average White Band: *Cut the Cake* [Atlantic] Bachman-Turner Overdrive: *Four Wheel Drive* [Mercury] Blue Oyster Cult: *On Your Feet or on Your Knees* [Columbia] Bonnie Bramlett: *It's Time* [Capricorn] James Brown: *Sex Machine Today* [Polydor] Eric Carmen: *Eric Carmen* [Arista] Eric Clapton: *There's One in Every Crowd* [RSO] Jimmy Cliff: *Follow My Mind* [Reprise] Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen: *Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen* [Warner Bros.] Johnny Darrell: *Water Glass Full of Whiskey* [Capricorn] The Eagles: *One of These Nights* [Asylum] Narvel Felts: *Greatest Hits Volume 1* [ABC/Dot] Focus: *Mother Focus* [Atco] Emmylou Harris: *Elite Hotel* [Reprise] Joe Henderson: *Canyon Lady* [Milestone] Janis Joplin: *Janis Joplin* [Columbia] Freddie King: *The Best of Freddie King* [Shelter] The Kinks: *The Kinks Present Schoolboys in Disgrace* [RCA Victor] The Kinks: *Soap Opera* [RCA Victor] Gladys Knight & the Pips: *Second Anniversary* [Buddah] Reggie Knighton: *Reggie Knighton* [Columbia] Kokomo: *Kokomo* [Columbia] Taj Mahal: *Music Keeps Me Together* [Columbia] Mahavishnu Orchestra: *Visions of the Emerald Beyond* [Columbia] Mandrill: *The Best of Mandrill* [Polydor] The O'Jays: *Survival* [Philadelphia International] Dolly Parton: *Dolly* [RCA Victor] Philip & Lloyd (the Blues Busters): *Philip & Lloyd (the Blues Busters)* [Scepter] Wilson Pickett: *Join Me and Let's Be Free* [RCA Victor] Pilot: *Pilot* [EMI] Lou Reed: *Metal Machine Music* [RCA Victor] The Rolling Stones: *Made in the Shade* [Rolling Stones] Leo Sayer: *Just a Boy* [Warner Bros.] Neil Sedaka: *The Hungry Years* [Rocket] Dee Dee Sharp: *Happy 'Bout the Whole Thing* [TSOP] Carly Simon: *The Best of Carly Simon* [Elektra] Steppenwolf: *Sixteen Great Performances* [ABC] Streetwalkers: *Streetwalkers* [Mercury] James Taylor: *Gorilla* [Warner Bros.] The Undisputed Truth: *Higher Than High* [Gordy] Leslie West: *The Great Fatsby* [Phantom] Barry White: *Just Another Way to Say I Love You* [20th Century] Bill Withers: *Making Music* [Columbia] Tammy Wynette: *Tammy Wynette's Greatest Hits Volume Three* [Epic] Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: *One Size Fits All* [DiscReet]
C	The Allman Brothers Band: *Win, Lose or Draw* [Capricorn] Joan Baez: *Diamonds and Rust* [A&M] Bay City Rollers: *Bay City Rollers* [Arista] Joe Cocker: *Jamaica Say You Will* [A&M] Hidden Strength: *Hidden Strength* [United Artists] Labelle: *Phoenix* [Epic] Roger McGuinn: *Roger McGuinn & Band* [Columbia] Anne Murray: *Together* [Capitol] The O'Jays: *Family Reunion* [Philadelphia International] Stephen Stills: *Stills* [Columbia] The Temptations: *A Song for You* [Gordy] The Troggs: *The Troggs* [Pye] Wild Cherry: *Wild Cherry* [Epic/Sweet City] Gary Wright: *The Dream Weaver* [Warner Bros.] *Nashville* [ABC]
C-	America: *History/America's Greatest Hits* [Warner Bros.] David Bowie: *David Live* [RCA Victor] Teresa Brewer: *Unliberated Woman* [Signature] Crackin': *Crackin'-1* [Polydor] The Deadly Nightshade: *The Deadly Nightshade* [Phantom] John Denver: *Windsong* [RCA Victor] Dr. John: *Hollywood Be Thy Name* [United Artists] Grateful Dead: *Blues for Allah* [Grateful Dead] George Harrison: *Extra Texture* [Apple] Barry Manilow: *Tryin' to Get the Feeling* [Arista] John Mayall: *New Year, New Band, New Company* [Blue Thumb] The Outlaws: *The Outlaws* [Arista] Lou Rawls: *She's Gone* [Bell] Leon Russell: *Will o' the Wisp* [Shelter] Tom Scott and the L.A. Express: *Tom Cat* [Ode] Souther-Hillman-Furay Band: *Trouble in Paradise* [Asylum] Sparks: *Propaganda* [Island] Robin Trower: *For Earth Below* [Chrysalis]
D+	Dan Fogelberg: *Captive Angel* [Epic] Tom T. Hall: *Greatest Hits Volume 2* [Mercury] Herbie Mann: *Discotheque* [Atlantic] Barbara Mason: *Love's the Thing* [Buddah] Dave Mason: *Dave Mason at His Best* [ABC] Curtis Mayfield: *America Today* [Curtom] Olivia Newton-John: *Have You Never Been Mellow* [MCA] The Sunshine Band: *The Sound of Sunshine* [T.K.] 10cc: *The Original Soundtrack* [Mercury] Stanley Turrentine: *In the Pocket* [Fantasy] Van Der Graf Generator: *Godbluff* [Mercury]
D	The Golliwogs: *Pre-Creedence* [Fantasy] Staple Singers: *Let's Do It Again* [Curtom]
D-	The Captain and Tennille: *Love Will Keep Us Together* [A&M] Jon Mark: *Songs for a Friend* [Columbia] Shoji Tabuchi: *Country Music My Way* [ABC/Dot]

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