Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1976

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Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1976

Listing for 320 records from 1976 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+	Eno: *Another Green World* [Island] Michael Hurley/The Unholy Modal Rounders/Jeffrey Fredericks & the Clamtones: *Have Moicy!* [Rounder]
A	Paul Bley: *Live at the Hillcrest Club 1958* [Inner City] David Bowie: *Changesonebowie* [RCA Victor] David Bowie: *Station to Station* [RCA Victor] Creedence Clearwater Revival: *Chronicle* [Fantasy] Miles Davis: *Agharta* [Columbia] Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band: *Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band* [RCA Victor] Kate & Anna McGarrigle: *Kate & Anna McGarrigle* [Warner Bros.] The Modern Lovers: *The Modern Lovers* [Home of the Hits] Graham Parker: *Heat Treatment* [Mercury] Graham Parker: *Howlin' Wind* [Mercury] Ramones: *Ramones* [Sire] The Wild Tchoupitoulas: *The Wild Tchoupitoulas* [Island] Stevie Wonder: *Songs in the Key of Life* [Tamla]
A-	Aerosmith: *Rocks* [Columbia] Burning Spear: *Marcus Garvey* [Island] Harry Edison: *Edison's Lights* [Pablo] Fairport Convention: *Fairport Chronicles* [A&M] Funkadelic: *Hardcore Jollies* [Warner Bros.] Gasolin': *Gasolin'* [Epic] Al Green: *Full of Fire* [Hi] Grin: *The Best of Grin Featuring Nils Lofgren* [Epic] Arlo Guthrie: *Amigo* [Reprise] Hi Rhythm: *On the Loose* [Hi] Hot Chocolate: *Man to Man* [Big Tree] George Jones: *Alone Again* [Epic] Lynyrd Skynyrd: *One More From the Road* [MCA] Bob Marley & the Wailers: *Live!* [Island] Ken McIntyre: *Home* [Inner City] Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes: *Collector's Item* [Philadelphia International] Mighty Diamonds: *Right Time* [Virgin] Mott the Hoople: *Greatest Hits* [Columbia] New York Shakespeare Festival: *Threepenny Opera* [Columbia] Ohio Players: *Gold* [Mercury] Parliament: *Mothership Connection* [Casablanca] Esther Phillips: *Confessin' the Blues* [Atlantic] The Raspberries: *Raspberries Best Featuring Eric Carmen* [Capitol] The Rolling Stones: *Black and Blue* [Rolling Stones] Boz Scaggs: *Silk Degrees* [Columbia] Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson: *It's Your World* [Arista] Son Seals: *Midnight Son* [Alligator] Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band: *Night Moves* [Capitol] Patti Smith: *Radio Ethiopia* [Arista] Billy Swan: *Billy Swan* [Monument] James Talley: *Tryin' Like the Devil* [Capitol] Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers: *Beware of the Dog* [Alligator] Ike & Tina Turner: *Greatest Hits* [United Artists] Bunny Wailer: *Blackheart Man* [Island] War: *Greatest Hits* [United Artists]
B+	The Alpha Band: *The Alpha Band* [Arista] Artful Dodger: *Honor Among Thieves* [Columbia] Bachman-Turner Overdrive: *Best of B.T.O. (So Far)* [Mercury] Tony Bird: *Tony Bird* [Columbia] Elvin Bishop: *Struttin' My Stuff* [Capricorn] Blondie: *Blondie* [Private Stock] Blue Oyster Cult: *Agents of Fortune* [Columbia] Bootsy's Rubber Band: *Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band* [Warner Bros.] Boxer: *Below the Belt* [Virgin] Randall Bramblett: *Light of the Night* [Polydor] Burning Spear: *Garvey's Ghost* [Mango] Burning Spear: *Man in the Hills* [Island] Ray Charles/Cleo Laine: *Porgy and Bess* [RCA Victor] Don Cherry: *Don Cherry* [Horizon] Ted Curson: *Tears for Dolphy* [Arista/Freedom] The Doobie Brothers: *Best of the Doobies* [Warner Bros.] Stoney Edwards: *Blackbird* [Capitol] Electric Light Orchestra: *A New World Record* [United Artists] Faces: *Snakes and Ladders/The Best of Faces* [Warner Bros.] Freddy Fender: *Rock 'n' Country* [ABC/Dot] Fripp & Eno: *Evening Star* [Antilles] Funkadelic: *Tales of Kidd Funkadelic* [Westbound] Grand Funk: *Grand Funk Hits* [Capitol] Al Green: *Have a Good Time* [Hi] Tom T. Hall: *Faster Horses* [Mercury] Hawkwind: *Quark, Strangeness and Charm* [Sire] Jimi Hendrix: *Midnight Lightning* [Reprise] Justin Hines & the Dominoes: *Jezebel* [Island] Larry Hosford: *Cross Words* [Shelter] Millie Jackson: *Free and in Love* [Spring] Jackson 5: *Anthology* [Motown] Syl Johnson: *Total Explosion* [Hi] K.C. & the Sunshine Band: *Part 3* [T.K.] The Kinks: *Celluloid Heroes* [RCA Victor] Gladys Knight & the Pips: *The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips* [Buddah] Lynyrd Skynyrd: *Gimme Back My Bullets* [MCA] Cledus Maggard & the Citizen's Band: *The White Knight* [Mercury] Bob Marley & the Wailers: *Rastaman Vibration* [Island] Mary McCaslin: *Prairie in the Sky* [Philo] Chuck McDermott and Wheatstraw: *Last Straw* [Back Door] Bat McGrath: *From the Blue Eagle* [Amherst] The Steve Miller Band: *Fly Like an Eagle* [Capitol] Joni Mitchell: *Hejira* [Asylum] Parliament: *The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein* [Casablanca] Dolly Parton: *All I Can Do* [RCA Victor] Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: *Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers* [MCA] The Pointer Sisters: *The Best of the Pointer Sisters* [ABC/Blue Thumb] Lou Reed: *Coney Island Baby* [RCA Victor] Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers: *Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers* [Beserkley] Max Romeo: *War ina Babylon* [Island] Linda Ronstadt: *Greatest Hits* [Asylum] Diana Ross: *Diana Ross' Greatest Hits* [Motown] Leon Russell: *Best of Leon* [Shelter] Gunther Schuller: *Country Fiddle Band* [Columbia] Phoebe Snow: *It Looks Like Snow* [Columbia] Rod Stewart: *The Best of Rod Stewart* [Mercury] Tavares: *In the City* [Capitol] Richard & Linda Thompson: *Pour Down Like Silver* [Island] Toots and the Maytals: *Reggae Got Soul* [Island] The Trammps: *Where the Happy People Go* [Atlantic] Dwight Twilley Band: *Sincerely* [Shelter] Loudon Wainwright III: *T Shirt* [Arista] Warren Zevon: *Warren Zevon* [Asylum] *Get Down and Boogie* [Casablanca] *The Outlaws* [RCA Victor]
B	Joan Armatrading: *Joan Armatrading* [A&M] Artful Dodger: *Artful Dodger* [Columbia] Asleep at the Wheel: *Wheelin' and Dealin'* [Capitol] The Beach Boys: *15 Big Ones* [Brother/Reprise] Bee Gees: *Children of the World* [RSO] Jackson Browne: *The Pretender* [Asylum] Jimmy Buffett: *Havana Daydreamin'* [ABC] Joseph Byrd: *Yankee Transcendoodle* [Takoma] The Jimmy Castor Bunch: *E-Man Grooving* [Atlantic] The Chi-Lites: *Greatest Hits, Vol. 2* [Brunswick] Ry Cooder: *Chicken Skin Music* [Reprise] Crack the Sky: *Animal Notes* [Lifesong] The Crusaders: *The Best of the Crusaders* [ABC/Blue Thumb] Burton Cummings: *Burton Cummings* [Portrait] Dr. Feelgood: *Malpractice* [Columbia] The Eagles: *Hotel California* [Asylum] The Eagles: *Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)* [Asylum] Earth, Wind & Fire: *Spirit* [Columbia] John Edwards: *Life Love and Living* [Cotillion] The Emotions: *Flowers* [Columbia] Bryan Ferry: *Let's Stick Together* [Atlantic] Flamin Groovies: *Shake Some Action* [Sire] David Forman: *David Forman* [Arista] Aretha Franklin: *Sparkle* [Atlantic] Jerry Garcia: *Reflections* [Round] Dirk Hamilton: *You Can Sing on the Left or Bark on the Right* [ABC] Emmylou Harris: *Luxury Liner* [Reprise] John Hartford: *Mark Twang* [Flying Fish] Fuzzy Haskins: *A Whole Nother Thang* [Westbound] The Heptones: *Night Food* [Island] Ray Wylie Hubbard & the Cowboy Twinkies: *Ray Wylie Hubbard & the Cowboy Twinkies* [Warner Bros.] Etta James: *Etta Is Betta Than Evvah!* [Chess] George Jones: *The Battle* [Epic] Doug Kershaw: *Ragin' Cajun* [Warner Bros.] Led Zeppelin: *Presence* [Swan Song] Loretta Lynn: *When the Tingle Becomes a Chill* [MCA] Taj Mahal: *Music fuh Ya (Musica para Tu)* [Warner Bros.] The Manhattan Transfer: *Coming Out* [Atlantic] Curtis Mayfield: *Give, Get, Take and Have* [Curtom] Delbert McClinton: *Genuine Cowhide* [ABC] Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co.: *Like a Duck to Water* [Earthquack] Paris: *Big Towne, 2061* [Capitol] Andy Pratt: *Resolution* [Nemporer] Clarence Reid: *On the Job* [Alston] The Residents: *Fingerprince* [Ralph] Vicki Sue Robinson: *Never Gonna Let You Go* [RCA Victor] Roxy Music: *Viva! Roxy Music* [Atco] Todd Rundgren: *Faithful* [Bearsville] Santana: *Amigos* [Columbia] Leo Sayer: *Endless Flight* [Warner Bros.] Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band: *Live Bullet* [Capitol] Sid Selvidge: *The Cold of the Morning* [Peabody] Silver Convention: *Madhouse* [Midland International] Sir Douglas & the Texas Tornados: *Texas Rock for Country Rollers* [ABC/Dot] Phoebe Snow: *Second Childhood* [Columbia] Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes: *I Don't Want to Go Home* [Epic] Steely Dan: *The Royal Scam* [ABC] Gary Stewart: *Steppin' Out* [RCA Victor] Rod Stewart: *A Night on the Town* [Warner Bros.] The Stills Young Band: *Long May You Run* [Reprise] Mel Street: *Mel Street's Greatest Hits* [GRT] Streetwalkers: *Red Card* [Mercury] Donna Summer: *A Love Trilogy* [Oasis] Ten Years After: *The Classic Performances of Ten Years After* [Columbia] Peter Tosh: *Legalize It* [Columbia] Tower of Power: *Live and in Living Color* [Warner Bros.] The Andrea True Connection: *More, More, More* [Buddah] Tanya Tucker: *Livin' and Learnin'* [MCA] Conway Twitty: *Conway Twitty's Greatest Hits Volume II* [MCA] Martha Velez: *Escape From Babylon* [Sire] Bill Withers: *Naked and Warm* [Columbia] Betty Wright: *Explosion* [Alston] Mighty Joe Young: *Mighty Joe Young* [Ovation] *Disco-Trek* [Atlantic]
B-	The Allman Brothers Band: *Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas* [Capricorn] Amazing Rhythm Aces: *Too Stuffed to Jump* [ABC] Bad Company: *Run With the Pack* [Swan Song] Jeff Beck: *Wired* [Epic] The Beckies: *The Beckies* [Sire] Bobby Bland and B.B. King: *Together Again . . . Live* [ABC] James Brown: *Get Up Offa That Thing* [Polydor] Paul Butterfield: *Put It in Your Ear* [Bearsville] J.J. Cale: *Troubadour* [Shelter] Cate Bros.: *Cate Bros.* [Asylum] Eric Clapton: *No Reason to Cry* [RSO] Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys: *Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys* [Long Neck] Derringer: *Derringer* [Blue Sky] Dr. Hook: *Revisited* [Columbia] Bob Dylan: *Hard Rain* [Columbia] 15-60-75 the Numbers Band: *Jimmy Bell's Still in Town* [Water Bros.] Peter Frampton: *Frampton Comes Alive!* [A&M] Marvin Gaye: *Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits* [Tamla] Gong: *Shamal* [Virgin] George Harrison: *The Best of George Harrison* [Capitol] George Harrison: *Thirty-Three & 1/3* [Dark Horse] Murray Head: *Say It Ain't So* [A&M] Ian Hunter: *All-American Alien Boy* [Columbia] Janis Ian: *Aftertones* [Columbia] The Isley Brothers: *Harvest for the World* [T-Neck] Jade and Sarsparilla: *Jade and Sarsparilla* [Submaureen] Bonnie Koloc: *At Her Best* [Ovation] Labelle: *Chameleon* [Epic] Latimore: *It Ain't Where You Been* [Glades] Jerry Lee Lewis: *The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis Volume II* [Mercury] Nils Lofgren: *Cry Tough* [A&M] Taj Mahal: *Satisfied 'n Tickled Too* [Columbia] Mahavishnu Orchestra/John McLaughlin: *Inner Worlds* [Columbia] Diana Marcovitz: *Joie de Vivre!* [Kama Sutra] Roger McGuinn: *Cardiff Rose* [Columbia] Willie Nelson: *The Sound in Your Mind* [Columbia] Ted Nugent: *Free-for-All* [Epic] Ohio Players: *Contradiction* [Mercury] The O'Jays: *Message in the Music* [Philadelphia International] Gram Parsons/The Flying Burrito Brothers: *Sleepless Nights* [A&M] Esther Phillips: *Capricorn Princess* [Kudu] Esther Phillips With Beck: *For All We Know* [Kudu] Charley Pride: *The Best of Charley Pride Vol. III* [RCA Victor] John Prine: *Prime Prine: The Best of John Prine* [Atlantic] Lou Reed: *Rock and Roll Heart* [Arista] Linda Ronstadt: *Hasten Down the Wind* [Asylum] Diana Ross: *Diana Ross* [Motown] Silver Convention: *Silver Convention* [Midland International] Sly & the Family Stone: *Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back* [Epic] Spinners: *Happiness Is Being With the Spinners* [Atlantic] Al Stewart: *Year of the Cat* [Janus] Rod Stewart: *The Best of Rod Stewart Volume II* [Mercury] Tavares: *Sky-High!* [Capitol] Thin Lizzy: *Jailbreak* [Mercury] The Tubes: *Young and Rich* [A&M] Tom Waits: *Small Change* [Asylum] War: *Why Can't We Be Friends?* [United Artists] Wings: *Wings at the Speed of Sound* [Capitol] Ron Wood & Ronnie Lane: *Mahoney's Last Stand* [Atco] *Live at CBGB's* [Atlantic]
C+	Abba: *Greatest Hits* [Atlantic] Argent: *The Argent Anthology: A Collection of Greatest Hits* [Epic] Bay City Rollers: *Rock 'n' Roll Love Letter* [Arista] Jimmy Cliff: *In Concert/The Best of Jimmy Cliff* [Reprise] Joe Cocker: *Stingray* [A&M] Natalie Cole: *Natalie* [Capitol] R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders: *Number 2* [Blue Goose] Neil Diamond: *Beautiful Noise* [Columbia] The Doobie Brothers: *Takin' It to the Streets* [Warner Bros.] Flamin Groovies: *Still Shakin* [Kama Sutra] Marvin Gaye: *I Want You* [Tamla] Mickey Gilley: *Gilley's Greatest Hits Vol. 1* [Playboy] The Great Tompall and His Outlaw Band: *The Great Tompall and His Outlaw Band* [MGM] Daryl Hall & John Oates: *Bigger Than Both of Us* [RCA Victor] Heart: *Dreamboat Annie* [Mushroom] Iggy and the Stooges: *Metallic K.O.* [Import] The Jacksons: *The Jacksons* [Epic] Al Jarreau: *Glow* [Reprise] Billy Joel: *Turnstiles* [Columbia] Kiss: *Destroyer* [Casablanca] Led Zeppelin: *The Song Remains the Same* [Swan Song] Loggins and Messina: *The Best of Friends* [Columbia] Man: *The Welsh Connection* [MCA] John Mayall: *Notice to Appear* [ABC] Melanie: *Photograph* [Atlantic] The Meters: *Trick Bag* [Reprise] Bette Midler: *Songs for the New Depression* [Atlantic] Elliott Murphy: *Street Lights* [RCA Victor] Robert Palmer: *Some People Can Do What They Like* [Island] Johnny Rodriguez: *The Greatest Hits of Johnny Rodriguez* [Mercury] The Sweet: *Give Us a Wink* [Capitol] Johnnie Taylor: *Eargasm* [Columbia] Jesse Winchester: *Let the Rough Side Drag* [Bearsville] Bill Wyman: *Stone Alone* [Rolling Stones] Joel Zoss: *Joel Zoss* [Arista] ZZ Top: *Tejas* [London]
C	George Benson: *Breezin'* [Warner Bros.] Black Sabbath: *We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n' Roll* [Warner Bros.] Boston: *Boston* [Epic] James Brown: *Bodyheat* [Polydor] Kinky Friedman: *Lasso from El Paso* [Epic] Jefferson Starship: *Spitfire* [Grunt] Elton John: *Blue Moves* [MCA] Elton John: *Here and There* [MCA] Manfred Mann's Earth Band: *The Roaring Silence* [Warner Bros.] Tom Pacheco: *Swallowed Up in the Great American Heartland* [RCA Victor] Flora Purim: *Open Your Eyes You Can Fly* [Milestone] Red Shadow: *Live from the Panacea Hilton* [Physical] Ringo Starr: *Ringo's Rotogravure* [Atlantic] The Sylvers: *Showcase* [Capitol] James Taylor: *Greatest Hits* [Warner Bros.] 10cc: *How Dare You?* [Mercury] *Max's Kansas City 1976* [Ram]
C-	Donovan: *Slow Down World* [Epic] Fania All-Stars: *Delicate and Jumpy* [Columbia] Fools Gold: *Fools Gold* [Morning Sky] Andrew Gold: *What's Wrong With This Picture?* [Asylum] Grateful Dead: *Steal Your Face* [Grateful Dead] Larry Groce: *Junkfood Junkie* [Warner Bros.] Melissa Manchester: *Better Days and Happy Endings* [Arista] Jane Olivor: *First Night* [Columbia] Pablo Cruise: *Lifeline* [A&M] The Runaways: *The Runaways* [Mercury] Rod Stewart: *A Shot of Rhythm and Blues* [Private Stock]
D+	Kansas: *Leftoverture* [Kirshner] KGB: *KGB* [MCA] New Riders of the Purple Sage: *The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage* [Columbia] Return to Forever: *Romantic Warrior* [Columbia] The Stanky Brown Group: *Our Pleasure to Serve You* [Sire]
D	The Shakers: *Yankee Reggae* [Asylum] Gino Vannelli: *The Gist of the Gemini* [A&M]

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