Pazz & Jop 1971: Dean's List
Albums
- Joy of Cooking (Capitol) 24
- The Who: Who's Next (Decca) 13
- Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story (Mercury) 12
- Joni Mitchell: Blue (Reprise) 11
- John Lennon: Imagine (Apple) 10
- Sly and the Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin' On (Epic) 10
- Delaney & Bonnie: Motel Shot (Atco) 5
- Van Morrison: Tupelo Honey (Warner Bros.) 5
- Faces: A Nod Is as Good as a Wink . . . to a Blind Horse (Warner Bros.) 5
- Carole King: Tapestry (Ode) 5
- Nils Lofgren and Grin: 1 Plus 1 (Spindizzy)
- Janie Joplin: Pearl (Columbia)
- Hound Dog Taylor (Alligator)
- Three Dog Night: Harmony (Dunhill)
- Detroit (Paramount)
- Al Green Gets Next to You (Hi)
- The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones)
- Crazy Horse (Reprise)
- David Bowie: Hunky Dory (RCA Victor)
- The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (Chess)
- The Move: Message From the Country (Capitol)
- Faces: Long Player (Warner Bros.)
- Smokey Robinson and the Miracles: One Dozen Roses (Tamla)
- Leonard Cohen: Songs of Love and Hate (Columbia)
- Boz Scaggs and Band (Columbia)
- Grateful Dead (Warner Bros.)
- Harry Nilsson: Nilsson Schmilsson (RCA Victor)
- The Rascals: Search and Nearness (Atlantic)
- Helen Reddy (Capitol)
- Tom T. Hall: In Search of a Song (Mercury)
Village Voice, Feb. 10, 1972
Postscript Notes:
The list of 30 albums comes from the Jan. 20, 1972 Consumer Guide. The votes come from the Feb. 10, 1972 Poll article.
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