Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1978

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Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1978

Listing for 362 records from 1978 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A	Blondie: *Parallel Lines* [Chrysalis] Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: *Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)* [Warner Bros.] The Clash: *Give 'Em Enough Rope* [Epic] Elvis Costello: *This Year's Model* [Columbia] Eric Dolphy: *The Berlin Concerts* [Inner City] Joe Ely: *Honky Tonk Masquerade* [MCA] Funkadelic: *One Nation Under a Groove* [Warner Bros.] Keith Jarrett: *Bop-Be* [ABC/Impulse] Nick Lowe: *Pure Pop for Now People* [Columbia] Ramones: *Road to Ruin* [Sire] The Rolling Stones: *Some Girls* [Rolling Stones] Sonny Rollins: *There Will Never Be Another You* [ABC/Impulse] Talking Heads: *More Songs About Buildings and Food* [Sire] The Vibrators: *Pure Mania* [Columbia] Wire: *Pink Flag* [Harvest] Neil Young: *Comes a Time* [Reprise] Neil Young: *Decade* [Reprise]
A-	Ashford & Simpson: *Is It Still Good to Ya* [Warner Bros.] Robert Ashley: *Private Parts* [Lovely Music] David Behrman: *On the Other Ocean/Figure in a Clearing* [Lovely Music] Big Star: *Third* [PVC] Carla Bley: *European Tour 1977* [Watt] Ornette Coleman: *Body Meta* [Artists House] Albert Collins: *Ice Pickin'* [Alligator] Rodney Crowell: *Ain't Living Long Like This* [Warner Bros.] Lee Dorsey: *Night People* [ABC] Ducks Deluxe: *Don't Mind Rockin' Tonite* [RCA Victor] Ian Dury: *New Boots and Panties!!* [Stiff] Earth, Wind & Fire: *The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. 1* [Columbia] Dave Edmunds: *Tracks on Wax 4* [Swan Song] Brian Eno: *Before and After Science* [Island] Steve Gibbons Band: *Down in the Bunker* [Polydor] Stephane Grappelli: *Parisian Thoroughfare* [Arista/Freedom] Merle Haggard and the Strangers: *The Way It Was in '51* [Capitol] Loleatta Holloway: *Queen of the Night* [Gold Mind] Michael Mantler: *Movies* [Watt] Bob Marley & the Wailers: *Kaya* [Island] The Marshall Tucker Band: *Greatest Hits* [Capricorn] Mary McCaslin & Jim Ringer: *The Bramble and the Rose* [Philo] The Steve Miller Band: *Greatest Hits 1974-1978* [Capitol] McKinley Mitchell: *McKinley Mitchell* [Chimneyville] Pablo Moses: *I Love I Bring* [United Artists] David Murray: *Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, Volume 1* [India Navigation] Willie Nelson: *Face of a Fighter* [Lone Star] Willie Nelson: *Stardust* [Columbia] Parliament: *Motor-Booty Affair* [Casablanca] Johnny Paycheck: *Greatest Hits Volume II* [Epic] Pere Ubu: *The Modern Dance* [Blank] Professor Longhair: *Live on the Queen Mary* [Harvest] Raydio: *Raydio* [Arista] Steve Reich: *Music for 18 Musicians* [ECM] The Residents: *Duck Stab/Buster & Glen* [Ralph] Tom Robinson Band: *Power in the Darkness* [Harvest] Sonny Rollins: *Don't Stop the Carnival* [Milestone] Max Romeo: *Open the Iron Gate* [United Artists] Son Seals: *Live and Burning* [Alligator] Archie Shepp: *Steam* [Inner City] Shoes: *Black Vinyl Shoes* [PVC] Patti Smith: *Easter* [Arista] Spinners: *The Best of Spinners* [Atlantic] Billy Swan: *At His Best* [Monument] Television: *Adventure* [Elektra] The Trammps: *The Best of the Trammps* [Atlantic] The Yankees: *High 'n' Inside* [Big Sound] Warren Zevon: *Excitable Boy* [Asylum] Tapper Zukie: *Man Ah Warrior* [Mer] *Steppin' Out: Disco's Greatest Hits* [Polydor]
B+	Charlie Ainley: *Bang Your Door* [Nemporer] The Alpha Band: *The Statue Makers of Hollywood* [Arista] Joan Armatrading: *To the Limit* [A&M] The Band: *The Last Waltz* [Warner Bros.] Elvin Bishop: *Hog Heaven* [Capricorn] The Boomtown Rats: *The Boomtown Rats* [Mercury] Bootsy's Rubber Band: *Bootsy? Player of the Year* [Warner Bros.] David Bowie: *Stage* [RCA Victor] James Brown: *Jam/1980's* [Polydor] Joe "King" Carrasco and El Molino: *Tex-Mex Rock-Roll* [Lisa] The Cars: *The Cars* [Elektra] Cheap Trick: *Heaven Tonight* [Epic] Stanley Cowell: *Waiting for the Moment* [Galaxy] Miles Davis: *Water Babies* [Columbia] Jack DeJohnette: *New Directions* [ECM] Devo: *Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!* [Warner Bros.] Manu Dibango: *Afrovision* [Island] Brian Eno: *Music for Films* [Antilles] Bryan Ferry: *The Bride Stripped Bare* [Atlantic] Tommy Flanagan: *Something Borrowed, Something Blue* [Galaxy] Marvin Gaye: *Here My Dear* [Tamla] Gloria Gaynor: *Love Tracks* [Polydor] Generation X: *Generation X* [Chrysalis] Tom T. Hall: *Greatest Hits--Volume III* [Mercury] Emmylou Harris: *Profile: The Best of Emmylou Harris* [Reprise] The Isley Brothers: *Timeless* [T-Neck] Millie Jackson: *Get It Out'cha System* [Spring] The Jacksons: *Destiny* [Epic] Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson: *Waylon and Willie* [RCA Victor] Roberta Kelly: *Gettin' the Spirit* [Casablanca] Carole King: *Her Greatest Hits* [Ode] Kraftwerk: *The Man-Machine* [Capitol] Latimore: *Dig a Little Deeper* [Glades] Dennis Linde: *Under the Eye* [Monument] Kate & Anna McGarrigle: *Pronto Monto* [Warner Bros.] John McLaughlin: *Electric Guitarist* [Columbia] Mighty Clouds of Joy: *The Very Best of the Mighty Clouds of Joy* [ABC] Jacob Miller: *Dread, Dread* [United Artists] Charles Mingus: *Cumbia and Jazz Fusion* [Atlantic] Van Morrison: *Wavelength* [Warner Bros.] The Motors: *Approved by the Motors* [Virgin] Nilsson: *Greatest Hits* [RCA Victor] NRBQ: *At Yankee Stadium* [Mercury] Peaches & Herb: *2 Hot!* [Polydor] Teddy Pendergrass: *Life Is a Song Worth Singing* [Philadelphia International] Bonnie Pointer: *Bonnie Pointer* [Motown] The Police: *Outlandos d'Amour* [A&M] John Prine: *Bruised Orange* [Asylum] Lou Reed: *Street Hassle* [Arista] Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers: *Back in Your Life* [Beserkley] Otis Rush: *So Many Roads* [Delmark] Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson: *Secrets* [Arista] Siouxsie and the Banshees: *The Scream* [Polydor] Dusty Springfield: *Living Without Your Love* [United Artists] Bruce Springsteen: *Darkness on the Edge of Town* [Columbia] Status Quo: *Rockin' All Over the World* [Capitol] Sylvester: *Step II* [Fantasy] Koko Taylor: *The Earthshaker* [Alligator] Peter Tosh: *Bush Doctor* [Rolling Stones] Ultravox: *Systems of Romance* [Antilles] Village People: *Cruisin'* [Casablanca] Loudon Wainwright III: *Final Exam* [Arista] The Who: *Who Are You* [MCA] Wings: *Wings Greatest* [Capitol] Tammy Wynette: *Greatest Hits Volume 4* [Epic] *Disco Party* [Marlin] *No New York* [Antilles] *Stiffs Live* [Stiff] *Working* [Columbia]
B	Art Bears: *Hopes and Fears* [Random Radar] Tony Bird: *Tony Bird of Paradise* [Columbia] Jimmy Buffett: *Son of a Son of a Sailor* [ABC] Jerry Butler: *Nothing Says I Love You Like I Love You* [Philadelphia International] Chic: *C'est Chic* [Atlantic] Hank Cochran: *With a Little Help from My Friends* [Capitol] The Dells: *New Beginnings* [ABC] Dire Straits: *Dire Straits* [Warner Bros.] Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band: *Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Meets King Penett* [RCA Victor] The Doobie Brothers: *Minute by Minute* [Warner Bros.] Steve Forbert: *Alive on Arrival* [Nemporer] Steve Goodman: *Say It in Private* [Asylum] Merle Haggard and the Strangers: *Eleven Winners* [Capitol] Daryl Hall & John Oates: *Along the Red Ledge* [RCA Victor] Dan Hartman: *Instant Replay* [Blue Sky] The John Herald Band: *The John Herald Band* [Bay] Tommy Hoehn: *Losing You to Sleep* [Power Play] Hot Chocolate: *Every 1's a Winner* [Infinity] Ijahman: *Haile I Hymn (Chapter 1)* [Mango] The Isley Brothers: *Showdown* [T-Neck] Etta James: *Deep in the Night* [Warner Bros.] Jules and the Polar Bears: *Got No Breeding* [Columbia] Chaka Khan: *Chaka* [Warner Bros.] B.B. King: *Midnight Believer* [ABC] The Kinks: *Misfits* [Arista] Kongas: *Anikana-o* [Salsoul] Denise LaSalle: *Under the Influence* [ABC] Lynyrd Skynyrd: *Skynyrd's First and . . . Last* [MCA] Moon Martin: *Shots from a Cold Nightmare* [Capitol] Bat McGrath: *The Spy* [Amherst] The Meditations: *Message from the Meditations* [United Artists] Geoff Muldaur and Amos Garrett: *Geoff Muldaur and Amos Garrett* [Flying Fish] National Lampoon: *That's Not Funny, That's Sick!* [Label 21] The Original Texas Playboys: *Live and Kickin'* [Capitol] Tom Paxton: *Heroes* [Vanguard] Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: *You're Gonna Get It!* [ABC/Shelter] Wilson Pickett: *A Funky Situation* [Big Tree] Iggy Pop & James Williamson: *Kill City* [Bomp] Alan Price: *Alan Price* [Jet/UA] Genya Ravan: *Urban Desire* [20th Century-Fox] Don Ray: *The Garden of Love* [Polydor] The Rezillos: *Can't Stand the Rezillos* [Sire] Linda Ronstadt: *Living in the U.S.A.* [Asylum] Root Boy Slim & the Sex Change Band Featuring the Rootettes: *Root Boy Slim & the Sex Change Band Featuring the Rootettes* [Warner Bros.] Mitch Ryder: *What I Did on My Vacation* [Seeds & Stems] Boz Scaggs: *Down Two Then Left* [Columbia] Sham 69: *Tell Us the Truth* [Sire] Slave: *The Concept* [Cotillion] Dusty Springfield: *It Begins Again* [United Artists] Staple Singers: *Unlock Your Mind* [Warner Bros.] Steel Pulse: *Handsworth Revolution* [Mango] Gary Stewart: *Little Junior* [RCA Victor] Rod Stewart: *Blondes Have More Fun* [Warner Bros.] Stormin' Norman & Suzy: *Ocean of Love* [Polydor] Jack Tempchin: *Jack Tempchin* [Arista] Richard & Linda Thompson: *First Light* [Chrysalis] George Thorogood and the Destroyers: *Move It on Over* [Rounder] Dwight Twilley Band: *Twilley Don't Mind* [Arista] Conway Twitty: *The Very Best of Conway Twitty* [MCA] U.K. Squeeze: *U.K. Squeeze* [A&M] Tom Waits: *Blue Valentine* [Asylum] Muddy Waters: *I'm Ready* [Blue Sky] Weather Report: *Mr. Gone* [Columbia/ARC] Barry White: *Barry White the Man* [20th Century-Fox] Hank Williams Jr.: *The New South* [Warner Bros.] Wings: *London Town* [Capitol] O.V. Wright: *The Bottom Line* [Hi] Tammy Wynette: *Womanhood* [Epic] *Woodstock Mountains: More Music From Mud Acres* [Rounder]
B-	Asleep at the Wheel: *Collision Course* [Capitol] The Band: *Anthology* [Capitol] Elizabeth Barraclough: *Elizabeth Barraclough* [Bearsville] Boney M.: *Nightflight to Venus* [Sire] Boston: *Don't Look Back* [Epic] James Brown: *Take a Look at Those Cakes* [Polydor] Cindy Bullens: *Desire Wire* [United Artists] Johnny Cash: *Greatest Hits Volume 3* [Columbia] Ray Charles: *Love and Peace* [Atlantic] Jimmy Cliff: *Give Thankx* [Warner Bros.] Clover: *Love on the Wire* [Mercury] Commodores: *Greatest Hits* [Motown] Dead Boys: *We Have Come for Your Children* [Sire] The Dictators: *Bloodbrothers* [Asylum] Freddy Fender: *Swamp Gold* [ABC] Firefall: *Elan* [Atlantic] Flamin Groovies: *Now* [Sire] Peter Gabriel: *Peter Gabriel* [Atlantic] The J. Geils Band: *Sanctuary* [EMI America] Al Green: *Love Ritual* [Hi] Dan Hicks: *It Happened One Bite* [Warner Bros.] Eddie Hinton: *Very Extremely Dangerous* [Capricorn] Billy Joel: *52nd Street* [Columbia] Bonnie Koloc: *Wild and Recluse* [Epic] L.T.D.: *Togetherness* [A&M] Bob Marley & the Wailers: *Babylon By Bus* [Island] Dave Mason: *Very Best of Dave Mason* [ABC] Graham Parker and the Rumour: *The Parkerilla* [Mercury] Johnny Paycheck: *Take This Job and Shove It* [Epic] Ann Peebles: *The Handwriting Is on the Wall* [Hi] Esther Phillips: *All About Esther Phillips* [Mercury] The Pointer Sisters: *Energy* [Planet] Prince: *For You* [Warner Bros.] Gerry Rafferty: *City to City* [United Artists] David Ruffin: *At His Best* [Motown] Sea Level: *Cats on the Coast* [Capricorn] Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band: *Stranger in Town* [Capitol] Nina Simone: *Baltimore* [CTI] Sneakers: *In the Red* [Car EP] Edwin Starr: *Clean* [20th Century-Fox] Steely Dan: *Greatest Hits* [ABC] Rod Stewart: *Foot Loose and Fancy Free* [Warner Bros.] The Suicide Commandos: *Make a Record* [Blank] The Sylvers: *Best of the Sylvers* [Capitol] Joe Tex: *Rub Down* [Epic] Joe Walsh: *The Best of Joe Walsh* [ABC] Johnny "Guitar" Watson: *Giant* [DJM] Johnny Winter: *White, Hot and Blue* [Blue Sky] Tammy Wynette: *Just Tammy* [Epic] *Spitballs* [Beserkley] FM [MCA]
C+	Any Old Time String Band: *Any Old Time String Band* [Arhoolie] Bay City Rollers: *Greatest Hits* [Arista] Stephen Bishop: *Careless* [ABC] Blues Brothers: *Briefcase Full of Blues* [Atlantic] Carlene Carter: *Carlene Carter* [Warner Bros.] Marshall Chapman: *Jaded Virgin* [Epic] Bill Chinnock: *Badlands* [Northern State] Lee Clayton: *Border Affair* [Capitol] Joe Cocker: *Luxury You Can Afford* [Asylum] Ry Cooder: *Jazz* [Warner Bros.] Crazy Horse: *Full Moon* [RCA Victor] The Dodgers: *Love on the Rebound* [Polydor] Bob Dylan: *Street-Legal* [Columbia] Emerson, Lake & Palmer: *Works: Volume 2* [Atlantic] Eruption: *Eruption* [Ariola America] Aretha Franklin: *Almighty Fire* [Atlantic] Jerry Garcia: *Cats Under the Stars* [Arista] The Godz: *The Godz* [Millenium] Robert Gordon With Link Wray: *Fresh Fish Special* [Private Stock] Arlo Guthrie: *One Night* [Warner Bros.] Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars: *Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars* [ABC] Jimi Hendrix: *The Essential Jimi Hendrix* [Reprise] Hounds: *Unleashed* [Columbia] Garland Jeffreys: *One Eyed-Jack* [A&M] K.C. & the Sunshine Band: *Who Do Ya (Love)* [T.K.] Eddie Kendricks: *At His Best* [Tamla] Taj Mahal: *Evolution (the Most Recent)* [Warner Bros.] Metro: *Metro* [Sire] Mink DeVille: *Return to Magenta* [Capitol] Musique: *Keep on Jumpin'* [Prelude] The O'Jays: *So Full of Love* [Philadelphia International] Carl Perkins: *Ol' Blue Suede's Back* [Jet] Iggy Pop: *TV Eye* [RCA Victor] Queen: *Jazz* [Elektra] Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan: *Stuck in the Middle With You: The Best of Stealers Wheel* [A&M] Lou Reed: *Lou Reed Live: Take No Prisoners* [Arista] Todd Rundgren: *Hermit of Mink Hollow* [Bearsville] The Saints: *Eternally Yours* [Sire] Santana: *Inner Secrets* [Columbia] Leo Sayer: *Leo Sayer* [Warner Bros.] The Shirts: *The Shirts* [Capitol] Carly Simon: *Boys in the Trees* [Elektra] Snail: *Snail* [Cream] Phoebe Snow: *Against the Grain* [Columbia] The Supremes: *At Their Best* [Motown] A Taste of Honey: *A Taste of Honey* [Capitol] Peter Tosh: *Mystic Man* [Rolling Stones] Allen Toussaint: *Motion* [Warner Bros.] Tanya Tucker: *TNT* [MCA] U.K.: *U.K.* [Polydor] Joe Walsh: *But Seriously Folks* [Asylum] War: *Youngblood* [United Artists] Bob Weir: *Heaven Help the Fool* [Arista] Bob Welch: *French Kiss* [Capitol] *Grease* [RSO]
C	The Atlanta Rhythm Section: *Champagne Jam* [Polydor] The Beach Boys: *M.I.U. Album* [Brother/Reprise] Shaun Cassidy: *Born Late* [Warner Bros.] Dr. Hook: *Pleasure and Pain* [Capitol] Grateful Dead: *Shakedown Street* [Arista] Heart: *Dog and Butterfly* [Portrait] Rupert Holmes: *Pursuit of Happiness* [Private Stock] Jefferson Starship: *Earth* [Grunt] Elton John: *A Single Man* [MCA] Jim Morrison: *An American Prayer* [Elektra] Pablo Cruise: *Worlds Away* [A&M] Dolly Parton: *Heartbreaker* [RCA Victor] Plastic Bertrand: *Ca Plane Pour Moi* [Sire] Elvis Presley: *His Hand in Mine* [RCA Victor] Proctor & Bergman: *Give Us a Break* [Mercury] The Rutles: *The Rutles* [Warner Bros.] Starcastle: *Real to Reel* [Epic] Donna Summer: *Live and More* [Casablanca] The Temptations: *Bare Back* [Atlantic] Robin Trower: *Caravan to Midnight* [Chrysalis] Tuff Darts: *Tuff Darts* [Sire] Bonnie Tyler: *It's a Heartache* [RCA Victor] Van Halen: *Van Halen* [Warner Bros.] Village People: *Macho Man* [Casablanca] Bill Withers: *'Bout Love* [Columbia]
C-	Christ Child: *Hard* [Buddah] Commodores: *Natural High* [Motown] Foreigner: *Double Vision* [Atlantic] Andrew Gold: *All This and Heaven Too* [Asylum] Heatwave: *Central Heating* [Epic] Gladys Knight: *Miss Gladys Knight* [Buddah] Nicolette Larson: *Nicolette* [Warner Bros.] Little River Band: *Sleeper Catcher* [Harvest] Meat Loaf: *Bat out of Hell* [Epic] Eddie Money: *Eddie Money* [Columbia] Leon Russell: *Americana* [Paradise] Sad Cafe: *Misplaced Ideals* [A&M] Sea Level: *On the Edge* [Capricorn] Styx: *Pieces of Eight* [A&M] UFO: *Obsession* [Chrysalis] Jesse Winchester: *A Touch on the Rainy Side* [Bearsville] John Paul Young: *Love Is in the Air* [Scotti Bros.]
D+	Debby Boone: *Midstream* [Warner Bros.] Paul Davis: *Singer of Songs--Teller of Tales* [Bang] Fotomaker: *Fotomaker* [Atlantic] Genesis: *. . . And Then There Were Three . . .* [Atlantic] Madleen Kane: *Rough Diamond* [Warner Bros.] Peter, Paul & Mary: *Reunion* [Warner Bros.] *Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band* [RSO]
D	Millington: *Ladies on the Stage* [United Artists]
E	Jebadiah: *Rock 'n' Soul* [Epic]

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