Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1977

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Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1977

Listing for 315 records from 1977 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+	Television: *Marquee Moon* [Elektra]
A	The Beach Boys: *The Beach Boys Love You* [Brother/Reprise] The Beatles: *The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl* [Capitol] John Cale: *Guts* [Island] Ornette Coleman: *Dancing in Your Head* [Horizon] Fleetwood Mac: *Rumours* [Reprise] Funkadelic: *The Best of the Early Years Volume One* [Westbound] Al Green: *The Belle Album* [Hi] Hot Chocolate: *10 Greatest Hits* [Big Tree] Andy Fairweather Low: *Be Bop 'n' Holla* [A&M] Lynyrd Skynyrd: *Street Survivors* [MCA] Kate & Anna McGarrigle: *Dancer With Bruised Knees* [Warner Bros.] Parliament: *Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome* [Casablanca] Ramones: *Ramones Leave Home* [Sire] Ramones: *Rocket to Russia* [Sire] Roxy Music: *Greatest Hits* [Atco] Sex Pistols: *Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols* [Warner Bros.] Paul Simon: *Greatest Hits, Etc.* [Columbia]
A-	Ashford & Simpson: *So So Satisfied* [Warner Bros.] Asleep at the Wheel: *The Wheel* [Capitol] Moe Bandy: *The Best of Moe Bandy* [Columbia] Elvin Bishop: *Raisin' Hell* [Capricorn] Bizarros/Rubber City Rebels: *From Akron* [Clone] Cachao: *Cachao y Su Descarga '77* [Salsoul] Ray Charles: *True to Life* [Atlantic] Joe Cocker: *Joe Cocker's Greatest Hits* [A&M] Joe Ely: *Joe Ely* [MCA] Brian Eno: *Discreet Music* [Antilles] Freddy Fender: *The Best of Freddy Fender* [ABC/Dot] Philip Glass: *North Star* [Virgin] Al Green: *Al Green's Greatest Hits Volume II* [Hi] The Guess Who: *The Greatest of the Guess Who* [RCA Victor] Merle Haggard and the Strangers: *Songs I'll Always Sing* [Capitol] Merle Haggard and the Strangers: *A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today* [Capitol] Richard Hell and the Voidoids: *Blank Generation* [Sire] The Jam: *In the City* [Polydor] Garland Jeffreys: *Ghost Writer* [A&M] David Johansen: *David Johansen* [Blue Sky] George Jones: *All-Time Greatest Hits: Volume 1* [Epic] George Jones & Tammy Wynette: *Greatest Hits* [Epic] Kraftwerk: *Trans-Europe Express* [Capitol] Fela Anikulapo Kuti: *Zombie* [M.I.L. Multimedia] Taj Mahal: *The Taj Mahal Anthology: Volume 1* [Columbia] Bette Midler: *Live at Last* [Atlantic] Charles Mingus: *Three or Four Shades of Blue* [Atlantic] Graham Parker: *Stick to Me* [Mercury] Iggy Pop: *The Idiot* [RCA Victor] Iggy Pop: *Lust for Life* [RCA Victor] Bonnie Raitt: *Sweet Forgiveness* [Warner Bros.] Lou Reed: *Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed* [RCA Victor] The Scruffs: *"Wanna' Meet the Scruffs?"* [Power Play] Johnny Shines: *Too Wet to Plow* [Blue Labor] Gary Stewart: *Your Place or Mine* [RCA Victor] Talking Heads: *Talking Heads 77* [Sire] Tavares: *The Best of Tavares* [Capitol] Johnnie Taylor: *Chronicle--The Twenty Greatest Hits* [Stax] Richard Thompson: *Live (More or Less)* [Island] Pete Townshend/Ronnie Lane: *Rough Mix* [MCA] Muddy Waters: *Hard Again* [Blue Sky]
B+	The Gregg Allman Band: *Playin' Up a Storm* [Capricorn] The Alpha Band: *Spark in the Dark* [Arista] Joan Armatrading: *Show Some Emotion* [A&M] Carla Bley: *Dinner Music* [Watt] Blondie: *Plastic Letters* [Chrysalis] Bootsy's Rubber Band: *Ahh . . . The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!* [Warner Bros.] David Bowie: *"Heroes"* [RCA Victor] David Bowie: *Low* [RCA Victor] Dollar Brand: *Cape Town Fringe* [Chiaroscuro] Jackson Browne: *Running on Empty* [Asylum] Jimmy Buffett: *Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes* [ABC] Cerrone: *Love in C Minor* [Cotillion] Cheap Trick: *In Color* [Epic] Chick Corea: *My Spanish Heart* [Polydor] Elvis Costello: *My Aim Is True* [Columbia] Kevin Coyne: *In Living Black and White* [Virgin] Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys: *High Riding* [Polydor] Blind John Davis: *Stomping on a Saturday Night* [Alligator] Detroit Jr.: *Chicago Urban Blues* [Antilles] Earth, Wind & Fire: *All 'n All* [Columbia] Dave Edmunds: *Get It* [Swan Song] Bryan Ferry: *In Your Mind* [Atlantic] Jeffrey Frederick & the Clamtones: *Spiders in the Moonlight* [Rounder] Peter Gabriel: *Peter Gabriel* [Atco] Geils: *Monkey Island* [Atlantic] Steve Gibbons Band: *Caught in the Act* [MCA] Dexter Gordon: *Homecoming* [Columbia] David Grisman: *The David Grisman Quintet* [Kaleidoscope] Daryl Hall & John Oates: *No Goodbyes* [Atlantic] Michael Hurley: *Long Journey* [Rounder] The Isley Brothers: *Forever Gold* [T-Neck] The Jam: *This Is the Modern World* [Polydor] Elton John: *Greatest Hits Volume II* [MCA] The Joy: *The Joy* [Fantasy] Bonnie Koloc: *Close-Up* [Epic] Kongas: *Africanism* [Polydor] Loretta Lynn: *I Remember Patsy* [MCA] Bob Marley & the Wailers: *Exodus* [Island] Hirth Martinez: *Big Bright Street* [Warner Bros.] Mary McCaslin: *Old Friends* [Philo] The Meters: *New Directions* [Warner Bros.] Willie Nelson: *To Lefty from Willie* [Columbia] Michael Nesmith: *Compilation* [Pacific Arts] Randy Newman: *Little Criminals* [Warner Bros.] Tom Newman: *Fine Old Tom* [Antilles] Parliament: *Parliament Live/P-Funk Earth Tour* [Casablanca] The Persuasions: *Chirpin'* [Elektra] Esther Phillips: *You've Come a Long Way, Baby* [Mercury] Pink Floyd: *Animals* [Columbia] The Pop: *The Pop* [Automatic] Steve Reid: *Rhythmatism* [Mustevic] Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers: *Rock & Roll With the Modern Lovers* [Beserkley] Fenton Robinson: *I Hear Some Blues Downstairs* [Alligator] Smokey Robinson: *Deep in My Soul* [Tamla] Linda Ronstadt: *A Retrospective* [Capitol] Linda Ronstadt: *Simple Dreams* [Asylum] The Saints: *(I'm) Stranded* [Sire] Santana: *Moonflower* [Columbia] Jan Steele/John Cage: *Voices and Instruments* [Antilles] Steely Dan: *Aja* [ABC] Lonesome Sundown: *Been Gone Too Long* [Joliet] James Talley: *Ain't It Something* [Capitol] Joe Tex: *Bumps and Bruises* [Epic] Peter Tosh: *Equal Rights* [Columbia] Jerry Jeff Walker: *A Man Must Carry On* [MCA] Johnny "Guitar" Watson: *A Real Mother for Ya* [DJM] Neil Young: *American Stars 'n Bars* [Reprise] *Assalam Aleikoum Africa Volume Two (Traditional and Modern Folk Music of West Africa)* [Antilles] *Saturday Night Fever* [RSO]
B	Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band: *Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band* [MCA] Ashford & Simpson: *Send It* [Warner Bros.] Average White Band & Ben E. King: *Benny and Us* [Atlantic] Bobby Bland: *Reflections in Blue* [ABC] Blue Oyster Cult: *Spectres* [Columbia] Boney M.: *Take the Heat Off Me* [Atco] Peter Brown: *Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me?* [Drive] Burning Spear: *Dry and Heavy* [Mango] Burning Spear: *Live* [Mango] Roy C.: *More Sex and More Soul* [Mercury] Blondie Chaplin: *Blondie Chaplin* [Asylum] Marshall Chapman: *Me, I'm Feelin' Free* [Epic] Cheap Trick: *Cheap Trick* [Epic] Rick Danko: *Rick Danko* [Arista] Dead Boys: *Young Loud and Snotty* [Sire] The Dictators: *Manifest Destiny* [Asylum] Donna Fargo: *The Best of Donna Fargo* [ABC/Dot] Freddy Fender: *Feliz Navidad: Merry Christmas From Freddy Fender* [ABC/Dot] Michael Franks: *Sleeping Gypsy* [Warner Bros.] Robert Gordon With Link Wray: *Robert Gordon With Link Wray* [Private Stock] Grateful Dead: *Terrapin Station* [Arista] Grateful Dead: *What a Long Strange Trip It's Been: The Best of the Grateful Dead* [Warner Bros.] Arlo Guthrie: *The Best of Arlo Guthrie* [Warner Bros.] Hot: *Hot* [Big Tree] The Isley Brothers: *Go For Your Guns* [T-Neck] Millie Jackson: *Feelin' Bitchy* [Spring] George Jones: *I Wanta Sing* [Epic] Little Feat: *Time Loves a Hero* [Warner Bros.] Robert Jr. Lockwood: *Does 12* [Trix] Mallard: *In a Different Climate* [Virgin] Steve Martin: *Let's Get Small* [Warner Bros.] Roger McGuinn: *Thunderbyrd* [Columbia] Mighty Diamonds: *Ice on Fire* [Virgin] Mink DeVille: *Mink DeVille* [Capitol] The Moments: *The Moments Greatest Hits* [Stang] Van Morrison: *A Period of Transition* [Warner Bros.] Junior Murvin: *Police and Thieves* [Mango] NRBQ: *All Hopped Up* [Red Rooster] Ted Nugent: *Cat Scratch Fever* [Epic] Ann Peebles: *If This Is Heaven* [Hi] Teddy Pendergrass: *Teddy Pendergrass* [Philadelphia International] Santa Esmeralda: *Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood* [Casablanca] Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson: *Bridges* [Arista] Phoebe Snow: *Never Letting Go* [Columbia] Sparks: *Introducing Sparks* [Columbia] Spinners: *Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow* [Atlantic] James Taylor: JT [Columbia] George Thorogood and the Destroyers: *George Thorogood and the Destroyers* [Rounder] Libby Titus: *Libby Titus* [Columbia] The Trammps: *Disco Champs* [Philadelphia International] The Trammps: *Disco Inferno* [Atlantic] Ultravox: *Ultravox!* [Island] Voyage: *Voyage* [Marlin] Bunny Wailer: *Protest* [Island] Tom Waits: *Foreign Affairs* [Asylum] War: *Galaxy* [MCA] Jesse Winchester: *Nothing But a Breeze* [Bearsville] ZZ Top: *The Best of ZZ Top* [London] *Assalam Aleikoum Africa Volume One (Progressive and Popular Music of West Africa)* [Antilles]
B-	Aerosmith: *Draw the Line* [Columbia] Amazing Rhythm Aces: *Burning the Ballroom Down* [ABC] Balcones Fault: *It's All Balcones Fault* [Cream] The Beatles: *Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany, 1962* [Lingasong] Belle Epoque: *Miss Broadway* [Big Tree] Otis Blackwell: *These Are My Songs!* [Inner City] Karla Bonoff: *Karla Bonoff* [Columbia] Clarence Gatemouth Brown: *Blackjack* [Music Is Medicine] Chic: *Chic* [Atlantic] Leonard Cohen: *Death of a Ladies Man* [Warner Bros.] Natalie Cole: *Thankful* [Capitol] Detroit Emeralds: *Feel the Need* [Westbound] Eddie and the Hot Rods: *Life on the Line* [Island] George Faith: *To Be a Lover* [Mango] Firesign Theatre: *Just Folks . . . A Firesign Chat* [Butterfly] Dean Friedman: *Dean Friedman* [Lifesong] Marvin Gaye: *Marvin Gaye Live at the London Palladium* [Tamla] Eddie Hazel: *Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs* [Warner Bros.] Loleatta Holloway: *Loleatta* [Gold Mind] Billy Joel: *The Stranger* [Columbia] B.B. King: *King Size* [ABC] The Kinks: *Sleepwalker* [Arista] Kiss: *Rock and Roll Over* [Casablanca] John L.: *Stay Up!* [Virtu] Mac McAnally: *Mac McAnnally* [Ariola America] Delbert McClinton: *Love Rustler* [ABC] Augie Meyers: *Finally in Lights* [Texas Re-Cord] The Steve Miller Band: *Book of Dreams* [Capitol] Joni Mitchell: *Don Juan's Reckless Daughter* [Asylum] Molkie Cole: *Molkie Cole* [Janus] Laura Nyro: *Season of Lights: Laura Nyro in Concert* [Columbia] Odyssey: *Odyssey* [RCA Victor] Ohio Players: *The Best of the Early Years Volume 1* [Westbound] The Original Animals: *Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted* [United Artists/Jet] Dolly Parton: *New Harvest . . . First Gathering* [RCA Victor] Elvis Presley: *Moody Blue* [RCA Victor] The Real Kids: *The Real Kids* [Red Star] Leon Redbone: *Double Time* [Warner Bros.] Smokey Robinson: *Big Time* [Tamla] Diana Ross: *An Evening With Diana Ross* [Motown] Savoy Brown: *The Best of Savoy Brown* [London] Donna Summer: *I Remember Yesterday* [Casablanca] Donna Summer: *"Once Upon a Time . . ."* [Casablanca] James Talley: *Blackjack Choir* [Capitol] Tyla Gang: *Yachtless* [Beserkley] Wet Willie: *Wet Willie's Greatest Hits* [Capricorn]
C+	Artful Dodger: *Babes on Broadway* [Columbia] The Atlanta Rhythm Section: *A Rock and Roll Alternative* [Polydor] The Band: *Islands* [Capitol] George Benson: *In Flight* [Warner Bros.] Dickie Betts & Great Southern: *Dickey Betts & Great Southern* [Arista] Elvin Bishop: *Hometown Boy Makes Good* [Capricorn] The Brothers Johnson: *Right On Time* [A&M] Eric Clapton: *Slowhand* [RSO] Alice Cooper: *Lace and Whiskey* [Warner Bros.] Eddie and the Hot Rods: *Teenage Depression* [Island] The Emotions: *Rejoice* [Columbia] Aretha Franklin: *Sweet Passion* [Atlantic] Millie Jackson: *Lovingly Yours* [Spring] Jefferson Starship: *Flight Log* [Grunt] Grace Jones: *Portfolio* [Island] Ernie Kovacs: *The Ernie Kovacs Album* [Columbia] Barbara Mandrell: *The Best of Barbara Mandrell* [Columbia] The Miracles: *Greatest Hits* [Tamla] The O'Jays: *Collectors' Items* [Philadelphia International] The Rolling Stones: *Love You Live* [Rolling Stones] Diana Ross: *Baby It's Me* [Motown] Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan: *Ask Rufus* [ABC] The Rumour: *Max* [Mercury] The Runaways: *Waitin' for the Night* [Mercury] Santana: *Festival* [Columbia] Spinners: *Spinners/8* [Atlantic] Streetwalkers: *Vicious but Fair* [Mercury] Suicide: *Suicide* [Red Star] Supertramp: *Even in the Quietest Moments . . .* [A&M] War: *Platinum Jazz* [Blue Note] Barry White: *Barry White Sings for Someone You Love* [20th Century] Bill Withers: *Menagerie* [Columbia] *Live at the Rat* [Rat]
C	Abba: *Arrival* [Atlantic] James Brown: *Mutha's Nature* [Polydor] Chunky, Novi and Ernie: *Chunky, Novi and Ernie* [Warner Bros.] Commander Cody: *Rock 'n Roll Again* [Arista] Rita Coolidge: *Anytime . . . Anywhere* [A&M] Lol Creme/Kevin Godley: *Consequences* [Mercury] Burton Cummings: *My Own Way to Rock* [Portrait] Firefall: *Luna Sea* [Atlantic] Foreigner: *Foreigner* [Atlantic] Kris Kristofferson: *Songs of Kristofferson* [Columbia] Nils Lofgren: *I Came to Dance* [A&M] Mary Macgregor: *Torn Between Two Lovers* [Ariola America] Bette Midler: *Broken Blossom* [Atlantic] The Motors: *The Motors* [Virgin] The Osmonds: *Greatest Hits* [Polydor] Pablo Cruise: *A Place in the Sun* [A&M] The Alan Parsons Project: *I Robot* [Arista] Andy Pratt: *Shiver in the Night* [Nemporer] Queen: *News of the World* [Elektra] Kenny Rogers: *Ten Years of Gold* [United Artists] The Runaways: *Queens of Noise* [Mercury] Leo Sayer: *Thunder in My Heart* [Warner Bros.] The Stranglers: *Rattus Norvegicus* [A&M] Billy Swan: *Four* [Columbia] Tangerine Dream: *Stratosfear* [Virgin] Yes: *Going for the One* [Atlantic]
C-	Clover: *Clover* [Mercury] Peter Frampton: *I'm in You* [A&M] Carole King: *Simple Things* [Capitol/Avatar] Taj Mahal: *Brothers* [Warner Bros.] Barry Manilow: *Live* [Arista] Melanie: *The Best of Melanie* [Buddah] Elliott Murphy: *Just a Story from America* [Columbia] Steve Winwood: *Steve Winwood* [Island]
D+	Crosby, Stills & Nash: *CSN* [Atlantic] John Denver: *John Denver's Greatest Hits Volume 2* [RCA Victor] Bob James: *Heads* [Columbia/Tappan Zee] The Walter Murphy Band: *A Fifth of Beethoven* [Private Stock] Stephen Sinclair: *A Plus* [United Artists] Streisand/Kristofferson: *A Star Is Born* [Columbia] 38 Special: *38 Special* [A&M] Topaz: *Topaz* [Columbia] Utopia: RA [Bearsville]
D	Debby Boone: *You Light Up My Life* [Warner Bros.] Leif Garrett: *Leif Garrett* [Atlantic] Rush: *A Farewell to Kings* [Mercury] Ringo Starr: *Ringo the 4th* [Atlantic]
D-	The Mark & Clark Band: *Double Take* [Columbia] Scarlet Rivera: *Scarlet Rivera* [Warner Bros.]

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