Label: Columbia

Artists

• Gregory Abbott:
  • Shake You Down [1986] B+
• Roy Acuff:
  • Columbia Historic Edition [1985] A-
• Adele:
  • 30 [2021] A-
• Aerosmith:
  • Get Your Wings [1974] B-
  • Toys in the Attic [1975] B+
  • Rocks [1976] A-
  • Draw the Line [1977] B-
  • Night in the Ruts [1979] C+
  • Greatest Hits [1980] A-
  • Classics Live II [1987] B+
  • Gems [1988] B
  • Nine Lives [1997]
  • Just Push Play [2001]
• Afghan Whigs:
  • 1965 [1998]
• Alice in Chains:
  • Dirt [1992] B
  • Jar of Flies [1994]
• Eric Andersen:
  • Blue River [1972] C
• Anjani:
  • Blue Alert [2006]
• Aorta:
  • Aorta [1969] E-
• Arcade Fire:
  • WE [2022] *
• Artful Dodger:
  • Honor Among Thieves [1976] B+
  • Artful Dodger [1976] B
  • Babes on Broadway [1977] C+
• Chet Atkins/Mark Knopfler:
  • Neck and Neck [1990]
• Aster Aweke:
  • Kabu [1992]
• Hoyt Axton:
  • My Griffin Is Gone [1969] D+
• Katy B:
  • On a Mission [2011] ***
  • Little Red [2014] ***
• Burt Bacharach:
  • At This Time [2005] C-
• Philip Bailey:
  • Chinese Wall [1984] B+
• Moe Bandy:
  • The Best of Moe Bandy [1977] A-
• Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley:
  • Just Good Ol' Boys Featuring "Holding the Bag" [1979] B
• The Bangles:
  • All Over the Place [1984] A-
  • Different Light [1986] B
  • Everything [1988] B-
  • Greatest Hits [1990] A-
• Bobby Bare:
  • Sleeper Wherever I Fall [1979] C+
• The Beat:
  • The Beat [1979] B
• Tony Bennett:
  • MTV Unplugged [1994]
• Beyoncé:
  • Dangerously in Love [2003] *
  • B'Day [2006] A-
  • Beyoncé [2013]  
  • Beyoncé (Platinum Edition) [2014] A
  • Lemonade [2016] A-
• Big Audio Dynamite:
  • This Is Big Audio Dynamite [1985] B-
  • Megatop Phoenix [1989] C+
• Big Brother and the Holding Company:
  • Big Brother & the Holding Company [1967]  
  • Be a Brother [1970] A-
  • How Hard It Is [1971] C
• Tony Bird:
  • Tony Bird [1976] B+
  • Tony Bird of Paradise [1978] B
• Black Kids:
  • Partie Traumatic [2008] A-
• Blood, Sweat & Tears:
  • 3 [1970] C-
  • B, S, & T; 4 [1971] C-
  • Greatest Hits [1972] C
• Blue Oyster Cult:
  • Blue Oyster Cult [1972] B+
  • Tyranny and Mutation [1973] B+
  • Secret Treaties [1974] B
  • On Your Feet or on Your Knees [1975] C+
  • Agents of Fortune [1976] B+
  • Spectres [1977] B
  • Mirrors [1979] C
• Arthur Blythe:
  • Lenox Avenue Breakdown [1979] A
  • Da-Da [1986] B
• Michael Bolton:
  • Soul Provider [1990] C-
  • Time, Love and Tenderness [1991]
• Karla Bonoff:
  • Karla Bonoff [1977] B-
• The Boomtown Rats:
  • The Fine Art of Surfacing [1979] B-
  • A Tonic for the Troops [1979] B+
  • Greatest Hits [1987] B-
• Bonnie Bramlett:
  • Sweet Bonnie Bramlett [1973] C+
• Delaney Bramlett:
  • Some Things Coming [1973] D+
• Broken Bells:
  • Broken Bells [2010] **
• David Bromberg:
  • Wanted Dead or Alive [1973] B+
• The Dave Brubeck Quartet:
  • Jazz Goes to College [1989] A
• B.T. Express:
  • Greatest Hits [1980] B
• Jeff Buckley:
  • Live at Sin-é [1993]
  • Grace [1994] C
• Buckshot Le Fonque:
  • Buckshot Le Fonque [1994]
• T-Bone Burnett:
  • The Talking Animals [1988] B-
• Kate Bush:
  • The Sensual World [1989] B
  • The Red Shoes [1993]
  • Aerial [2005]
• The Byrds:
  • The Byrds' Greatest Hits [1967]  
  • Younger Than Yesterday [1967] B-
  • Sweetheart of the Rodeo [1968]  
  • The Notorious Byrd Brothers [1968]  
  • Ballad of Easy Rider [1969] B+
  • (Untitled) [1970] C+
  • Farther Along [1971] C
  • Byrdmaniax [1971] B-
  • The Best of the Byrds: Greatest Hits Volume II [1972] B
• John Cale:
  • Vintage Violence [1970] C+
• John Cale and Terry Riley:
  • Church of Anthrax [1971] C
• Stacy Dean Campbell:
  • Lonesome Wins Again [1992] A-
  • Hurt City [1995] *
• C+C Music Factory:
  • Gonna Make You Sweat [1990] ***
• Canyon:
  • High Mountain [1970] B
• Mariah Carey:
  • Mariah Carey [1990] C
  • Emotions [1991]
  • Music Box [1993]
  • Butterfly [1997]
  • #1's [1998]
  • Rainbow [1999] **
• Mary Chapin Carpenter:
  • Come On Come On [1992]
  • A Place in the World [1996] B-
  • Party Doll and Other Favorites [1999]
• Johnny Cash:
  • Johnny Cash at San Quentin [1969] B-
  • Greatest Hits Volume 3 [1978] B-
  • Rockabilly Blues [1980] B-
  • Columbia Records 1958-1986 [1987] A-
  • The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 [1992] A
• Johnny Cash/Jerry Lee Lewis/Carl Perkins:
  • The Survivors [1982] B-
• Rosanne Cash:
  • Right or Wrong [1979] B
  • Seven Year Ache [1981] B+
  • Somewhere in the Stars [1982] B+
  • Rhythm and Romance [1985] A-
  • King's Record Shop [1987] A-
  • Hits 1979-1989 [1989] A-
  • Interiors [1990] A-
  • The Wheel [1993] A-
• The Chambers Brothers:
  • Love, Peace, and Happiness [1969] C-
• Champaign:
  • How About Us [1981] B-
  • Modern Heart [1983] B+
• Ray Charles:
  • Wish You Were Here Tonight [1983] B
• Doc Cheatham:
  • The Eighty-Seven Years of Doc Cheatham [1993] **
• Cherub:
  • Year of the Caprese [2014] **
• Chicago:
  • Chicago [1969] D+
  • Chicago at Carnegie Hall [1971] C-
  • Chicago VI [1973] C
• The Chicks:
  • Gaslighter [2020] A-
• The Chimes:
  • The Chimes [1990]
• Clams Casino:
  • 32 Levels [2016] **
• David Clayton-Thomas:
  • David Clayton-Thomas [1972] C
• Clear Light:
  • Clear Light [1967] D-
• Jimmy Cliff:
  • The Power and the Glory [1983] C+
• Clipse:
  • Til the Casket Drops [2009] **
• Amber Coffman:
  • City of No Reply [2017] A-
• Adam Cohen:
  • Adam Cohen [1998]
• Leonard Cohen:
  • Songs of Love and Hate [1971] A-
  • Live Songs [1973] B+
  • New Skin for Old Ceremony [1974] A-
  • The Best of Leonard Cohen [1975] A-
  • Recent Songs [1979] B
  • I'm Your Man [1988] A-
  • The Future [1992] A-
  • Cohen Live! [1994]
  • Ten New Songs [2001] A-
  • Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979 [2001]
  • The Essential Leonard Cohen [2002] A
  • Dear Heather [2004] B
  • Live in London [2009] A
  • Old Ideas [2012] A-
  • Popular Problems [2014] B+
  • You Want It Darker [2016] A-
• Bootsy Collins:
  • What's Bootsy Doin'? [1988] A-
• Chi Coltrane:
  • Chi Coltrane [1972] C-
• Shawn Colvin:
  • Fat City [1992] C
  • Whole New You [2001]
• Harry Connick Jr.:
  • Blue Light, Red Light [1991]
  • She [1994] C+
• The Coral:
  • The Coral [2002] *
• Elvis Costello:
  • My Aim Is True [1977] B+
  • This Year's Model [1978] A
  • Armed Forces [1979] A-
  • Taking Liberties [1980] B
• Elvis Costello and the Attractions:
  • Get Happy! [1980] B
  • Trust [1981] A
  • Almost Blue [1981] B-
  • Imperial Bedroom [1982] B+
  • Punch the Clock [1983] B+
  • Goodbye Cruel World [1984] B+
  • The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions [1985] A-
  • Blood and Chocolate [1986] A-
• The Costello Show (Featuring Elvis Costello):
  • King of America [1986] A-
• Court Yard Hounds:
  • Court Yard Hounds [2010]
• Rodney Crowell:
  • Life Is Messy [1992]
  • The Outsider [2005] ***
• Daft Punk:
  • Random Access Memories [2013] *
• Terence Trent D'Arby:
  • Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby [1987] B+
  • Neither Fish Nor Flesh [1989] A-
  • Symphony or Damn [1993]
• Mac Davis:
  • Greatest Hits [1979] D
• Miles Davis:
  • Bitches Brew [1970] A-
  • Miles Davis at Fillmore [1970] B
  • Jack Johnson [1971] A+
  • Live-Evil [1971] A-
  • On the Corner [1972] B+
  • Miles Davis in Concert [1973] A-
  • Get Up With It [1974] A-
  • Big Fun [1974] A-
  • Agharta [1976] A
  • Water Babies [1978] B+
  • Circle in the Round [1979] B+
  • Star People [1983] A-
  • Decoy [1985] B+
  • Pangaea [1990] **
  • Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974 [1998] A
  • Bitches Brew Live [2011] B+
• Miles Davis/Various DJs:
  • Panthalassa: The Remixes [1999] **
• Jackie DeShannon:
  • New Arrangement [1975] B-
• Destiny's Child:
  • The Writing's on the Wall [1999] B+
  • Survivor [2001] **
• D-Generation:
  • No Lunch [1996]
• Neil Diamond:
  • Beautiful Noise [1976] C+
  • 12 Songs [2005]
• Joe Diffie:
  • Regular Joe [1992]
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band:
  • Voodoo [1989] B
• Sweet Linda Divine:
  • Sweet Linda Divine [1969] D+
• Willie Dixon:
  • I Am the Blues [1970] B
• Dr. Feelgood:
  • Malpractice [1976] B
• Dr. Hook:
  • Revisited [1976] B-
• Dreams:
  • Dreams [1970] C-
• Dudes:
  • We're No Angels [1975] B+
• Bob Dylan:
  • The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan [1963]  
  • Highway 61 Revisited [1965]  
  • Bringing It All Back Home [1965]  
  • Blonde on Blonde [1966]  
  • John Wesley Harding [1968]  
  • Nashville Skyline [1969]  
  • Self-Portrait [1970] C+
  • New Morning [1970] A-
  • Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume II [1972] A
  • Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid [1973] C+
  • Dylan [1973] E
  • Blood on the Tracks [1975] A
  • Desire [1975] B-
  • Hard Rain [1976] B-
  • Street-Legal [1978] C+
  • Slow Train Coming [1979] B+
  • Bob Dylan at Budokan [1979] C+
  • Saved [1980] C+
  • Shot of Love [1981] B-
  • Infidels [1983] B-
  • Real Live [1984] B
  • Empire Burlesque [1985] B+
  • Knocked Out Loaded [1986] B
  • Down in the Groove [1988] C+
  • Oh Mercy [1989] B
  • Under the Red Sky [1990] A-
  • The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare and Unreleased) [1991] **
  • Good As I Been to You [1992] B+
  • World Gone Wrong [1993] A-
  • Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 [1994] B+
  • Unplugged [1995] *
  • Time Out of Mind [1997] A-
  • Love and Theft [2001] A+
  • Modern Times [2006] A+
  • Together Through Life [2009] B+
  • Christmas in the Heart [2009] *
  • Tempest [2012] B+
  • 1965-1966: The Best of the Cutting Edge [2015] *
  • Rough and Rowdy Ways [2020] A-
• Bob Dylan/The Band:
  • The Basement Tapes [1975] A+
• Jakob Dylan:
  • Seeing Things [2008]
  • Women + Country [2010]
• Dylan & the Dead:
  • Dylan & the Dead [1989] C-
• Earth, Wind & Fire:
  • Last Days and Time [1972] C+
  • Head to the Sky [1973] B-
  • Open Our Eyes [1974] A-
  • Gratitude [1975] B
  • That's the Way of the World [1975] B+
  • Spirit [1976] B
  • All 'n All [1977] B+
  • The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. 1 [1978] A-
  • I Am [1979] B
  • Raise! [1981] B+
  • Electric Universe [1983] B
  • Powerlight [1983] A-
  • Touch the World [1987] B+
  • The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. II [1988] A-
• Easterhouse:
  • Contenders [1986] B
• Dave Edmunds:
  • D.E. 7th [1982] B+
  • Information [1983] B-
• The Emotions:
  • Flowers [1976] B
  • Rejoice [1977] C+
• E.S.T.:
  • Somewhere Else Before [2001]
• Fania All-Stars:
  • Delicate and Jumpy [1976] C-
• Dionne Farris:
  • Wild Seed--Wild Flower [1994]
• W.C. Fields:
  • The Further Adventures of Larson E. Whipsnade and Other Taradiddles [1974] A-
• Firehose:
  • Live Totem Pole EP [1992]
  • Mr. Machinery Operator [1993]
• Firehouse:
  • Hold Your Fire [1992] C-
• Firesign Theatre:
  • How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere At All [1969] A+
  • Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers [1970] A+
  • I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus [1971] B-
  • Not Insane [1972] C-
  • Everything You Know Is Wrong [1974] A-
• Fishbone:
  • Fishbone [1985] B+
  • In Your Face [1986] B-
  • It's a Wonderful Life (We Gonna Have a Good Time) [1987] B+
  • The Reality of My Surroundings [1991]
  • Give a Monkey a Brain . . . and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe [1993]
• Bela Fleck and the Flecktones:
  • Outbound [2000] C
• Flo & Eddie:
  • Illegal, Immoral and Fattening [1974] C-
• Lefty Frizzell:
  • Lefty Frizzell's Greatest Hits [1966]  
  • Columbia Historic Edition [1982]  
• Full Force:
  • Full Force [1985] B-
• Garfunkel:
  • Angel Clare [1973] C
• Marvin Gaye:
  • Midnight Love [1982] A-
  • Dream of a Lifetime [1985] C+
  • Romantically Yours [1986] C+
• Glasvegas:
  • Glasvegas [2009] A
• Gogol Bordello:
  • Trans-Continental Hustle [2010] ***
• Dexter Gordon:
  • Homecoming [1977] B+
• The Go! Team:
  • Thunder, Lightning, Strike [2005] A-
• Boris Grebenshikov:
  • Radio Silence [1989] C
• Nina Hagen:
  • Nunsexmonkrock [1982] C+
• Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson:
  • Pancho and Lefty [1982] B+
• Haim:
  • Days Are Gone [2013] **
  • Women in Music Pt. III [2020] A-
• Herbie Hancock:
  • Thrust [1974] C+
  • The Best of Herbie Hancock [1979] C+
  • Future Shock [1983] B+
  • Sound-System [1984] A-
  • Perfect Machine [1988] C+
• Sophie B. Hawkins:
  • Tongues and Tails [1992]
  • Whaler [1994]
• The Highwaymen:
  • Super Hits [1999]
• Lauryn Hill:
  • MTV Unplugged 2.0 [2002] D-
• Susanna Hoffs:
  • When You're a Boy [1991]
• Hooters:
  • Nervous Night [1985] C+
• Hounds:
  • Unleashed [1978] C+
• Helen Humes:
  • The Talk of the Town [1975] B+
• Alberta Hunter:
  • Amtrak Blues [1980] A
  • The Glory of Alberta Hunter [1982] A-
  • Look for the Silver Lining [1983] B-
• Ian Hunter:
  • Ian Hunter [1975] B
  • All-American Alien Boy [1976] B-
  • Shades of Ian Hunter: The Ballad of Ian Hunter and Mott the Hoople [1979] A-
• Janis Ian:
  • Between the Lines [1975] B-
  • Aftertones [1976] B-
• Iggy and the Stooges:
  • Raw Power [1973] B+
• The Internet:
  • Ego Death [2015] A-
  • Hive Mind [2018] A-
• Irakere:
  • Irakere [1979] A-
• Mark Isham:
  • Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project [1999] B+
• It's a Beautiful Day:
  • It's a Beautiful Day [1969] D
• Mick Jagger:
  • She's the Boss [1985] C
  • Primitive Cool [1987] B-
• The Jayhawks:
  • Smile [2000] C
• Wyclef Jean:
  • The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book [2000] A-
  • Masquerade [2002] **
• Lyfe Jennings:
  • Lyfe Change [2008]
• Billy Joel:
  • Piano Man [1973] C
  • Streetlife Serenade [1974] C
  • Turnstiles [1976] C+
  • The Stranger [1977] B-
  • 52nd Street [1978] B-
  • Glass Houses [1980] B-
  • The Nylon Curtain [1982] B
  • An Innocent Man [1983] B+
  • Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 and 2 (1973-1985) [1985] A-
  • The Bridge [1986] B
  • Storm Front [1989] B
  • River of Dreams [1993]
• Janis Joplin:
  • I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! [1969] A-
  • Pearl [1970] A-
  • Joplin in Concert [1972] A-
  • Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits [1973] A
  • Janis Joplin [1975] C+
  • Farewell Song [1982] B-
• Journey:
  • Frontiers [1983] D+
• Jules and the Polar Bears:
  • Got No Breeding [1978] B
• Junie:
  • Bread Alone [1980] B+
• Ini Kamoze:
  • Here Comes the Hotstepper [1995] **
• Kandi:
  • Hey Kandi . . . [2000] **
• Kassav':
  • Vini Pou [1988] B
  • Majestik Zouk [1989] B
• Kid Creole and the Coconuts:
  • Private Waters in the Great Divide [1990] B+
  • You Shoulda Told Me You Were . . . [1991] A-
• Angelique Kidjo:
  • Black Ivory Soul [2002]
• Gladys Knight & the Pips:
  • Visions [1984] B
  • Life [1985] B-
  • The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips: The Columbia Years [1988] B
• Reggie Knighton:
  • Reggie Knighton [1975] C+
• Kokomo:
  • Kokomo [1975] C+
• Al Kooper:
  • You Never Know Who Your Friends Are [1969] D
  • A Possible Projection of the Future/Childhood's End [1972] B+
• Ernie Kovacs:
  • The Ernie Kovacs Album [1977] C+
• Kreayshawn:
  • Somethin 'Bout Kreay [2012] **
• Kris Kristofferson:
  • Songs of Kristofferson [1977] C
• Kula Shaker:
  • K [1996] C
• Miranda Lambert:
  • Revolution [2009] A-
• Kenny Lattimore:
  • From the Soul of Man [1998]
• LCD Soundsystem:
  • American Dream [2017] **
• Alvin Lee:
  • In Flight [1974] B-
• John Legend:
  • Once Again [2006] *
  • Darkness and Light [2016] **
• LeRoi Brothers:
  • Forget About the Danger Think of the Fun [1984] B+
• Lil Nas X:
  • Montero [2021] ***
• Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam:
  • Spanish Fly [1987] C+
• Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force:
  • Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force [1985] C+
• Nils Lofgren:
  • Flip [1985] C+
• Kenny Loggins:
  • Keep the Fire [1979] C+
  • Vox Humana [1985] C+
• Loggins and Messina:
  • Sittin' In [1972] C
  • The Best of Friends [1976] C+
• The London Suede:
  • Suede [1993] A-
• Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz:
  • Make It Reign [1998]
• Love:
  • Forever Changes [1967] A-
• Love/Hate:
  • Black Out in the Red Room [1990]
• Loverboy:
  • Get Lucky [1981] C+
• Nick Lowe:
  • Pure Pop for Now People [1978] A
  • Labour of Lust [1979] A
  • Nick the Knife [1982] B+
  • The Abominable Showman [1983] B+
  • Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit [1984] B+
  • The Rose of England [1985] B+
  • Pinker and Prouder Than Previous [1988] B+
  • Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe [1989] A-
• Loretta/Dolly/Tammy:
  • Honky Tonk Angels [1993]
• Maddox Brothers and Rose:
  • Columbia Historic Edition [1985] B+
• Taj Mahal:
  • Taj Mahal [1968]  
  • The Real Thing [1971] B
  • Happy Just to Be Like I Am [1971] B+
  • Sounder [1972] C+
  • Recycling the Blues and Other Related Stuff [1972] B
  • Ooh So Good 'n Blues [1973] A-
  • Mo' Roots [1974] B+
  • Music Keeps Me Together [1975] C+
  • Satisfied 'n Tickled Too [1976] B-
  • The Taj Mahal Anthology: Volume 1 [1977] A-
• Mahavishnu Orchestra/John McLaughlin:
  • The Inner Mounting Flame [1971] A
• Mahavishnu Orchestra:
  • Birds of Fire [1973] A-
  • Between Nothingness and Eternity [1973] B+
  • Apocalypse [1974] C
  • Visions of the Emerald Beyond [1975] C+
• Mahavishnu Orchestra/John McLaughlin:
  • Inner Worlds [1976] B-
• Barbara Mandrell:
  • The Best of Barbara Mandrell [1977] C+
• Manhattans:
  • Greatest Hits [1980] A-
• Jon Mark:
  • Songs for a Friend [1975] D-
• The Mark & Clark Band:
  • Double Take [1977] D-
• Branford Marsalis:
  • Royal Garden Blues [1986] B+
• Wynton Marsalis:
  • J Mood [1985] B+
• Dave Mason:
  • It's Like You Never Left [1973] C
• Matching Mole:
  • Matching Mole's Little Red Record [1973] C+
• Johnny Mathis:
  • The Ultimate Hits Collection [1998] A-
• Maxwell:
  • Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite [1996]
  • Embrya [1998]
  • Now [2001] **
  • BLACKsummers'night [2009] *
• John Mayer:
  • Battle Studies [2009] **
  • Born and Raised [2012] ***
  • The Search for Everything [2017] **
• Paul McCartney:
  • McCartney II [1980] C
  • Tug of War [1982] B
  • Pipes of Peace [1983] B-
• Roger McGuinn:
  • Roger McGuinn [1973] B
  • Peace on You [1974] C+
  • Roger McGuinn & Band [1975] C
  • Cardiff Rose [1976] B-
  • Thunderbyrd [1977] B
• Nellie McKay:
  • Get Away From Me [2004] A-
• John McLaughlin:
  • Electric Guitarist [1978] B+
• John McLaughlin with the One Truth Band:
  • Electric Dreams [1979] B-
• James McMurtry:
  • Too Long in the Wasteland [1989] B+
• John Mellencamp:
  • Trouble No More [2003]
• Melton, Levy and the Dey Brothers:
  • Melton, Levy and the Dey Brothers [1972] C
• Men at Work:
  • Business as Usual [1982] B+
  • Cargo [1983] B
• MGMT:
  • Oracular Spectacular [2007] ***
  • Congratulations [2010] C+
• George Michael:
  • Faith [1987] B+
  • Listen Without Prejudice: Vol. 1 [1990] C+
• Lee Michaels:
  • Tailface [1973] B+
• Midi, Maxi and Efti:
  • Midi, Maxi and Efti [1992] **
• Midnight Oil:
  • 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 [1983] C+
  • Diesel and Dust [1987] B+
  • Blue Sky Mining [1990]
• Roger Miller:
  • Dear Folks Sorry I Haven't Written Lately [1973] D-
• Moby Grape:
  • Moby Grape [1967] A-
  • Truly Fine Citizen [1969] C+
• Eddie Money:
  • Eddie Money [1978] C-
• Montgomery Gentry:
  • Carryin' On [2001] B-
  • You Do Your Thing [2004]
• Megan Moroney:
  • Lucky [2023] A-
• Mott the Hoople:
  • All the Young Dudes [1972] A-
  • Mott [1973] A-
  • The Hoople [1974] B
  • Greatest Hits [1976] A-
• Alison Moyet:
  • Alf [1985] C+
• Shawn Mullins:
  • Soul's Core [1998] C+
• Eddie Murphy:
  • How Could It Be [1985] C-
  • So Happy [1989] B+
• Elliott Murphy:
  • Just a Story from America [1977] C-
• Mutiny:
  • Mutiny on the Mamaship [1979] A-
• Nas:
  • Illmatic [1994] A-
  • It Was Written [1996]
  • Nastrademus [1999]
  • I Am . . . [1999] B-
  • Stillmatic [2001]
  • The Lost Tapes [2002] B+
  • God's Son [2002] ***
  • Street's Disciple [2004] A-
• Youssou N'Dour:
  • Eyes Open [1992] B+
• Ned's Atomic Dustbin:
  • God Fodder [1991]
• Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth:
  • Poor Man's Paradise [1973] C+
• Willie Nelson:
  • Red Headed Stranger [1975] B-
  • The Sound in Your Mind [1976] B-
  • To Lefty from Willie [1977] B+
  • Stardust [1978] A-
  • Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson [1979] B-
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow [1981] B+
  • Willie Nelson's Greatest Hits (and Some That Will Be) [1981] B+
  • Tougher Than Leather [1983] C+
  • Without a Song [1983] C+
  • Me and Paul [1985] A-
  • A Horse Called Music [1989] B
  • Across the Borderline [1993] ***
  • Bluegrass [2023] **
  • The Border [2024] ***
• Willie Nelson with Waylon Jennings:
  • Take It to the Limit [1983] B-
• Willie Nelson & Roger Miller:
  • Old Friends [1982] B
• Willie Nelson & Webb Pierce:
  • In the Jailhouse Now [1982] A-
• Willie Nelson & Ray Price:
  • San Antonio Rose [1980] B+
• Willie Nelson & Leon Russell:
  • One for the Road [1979] B-
• Willie Nelson & Hank Snow:
  • Brand on My Heart [1985] A
• New Kids on the Block:
  • Hangin' Tough [1988] C+
• New Riders of the Purple Sage:
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage [1971] B+
  • Powerglide [1972] C-
  • The Adventures of Panama Red [1973] C-
  • The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage [1976] D+
• New York Shakespeare Festival:
  • Threepenny Opera [1976] A-
• Northern State:
  • All City [2004] A
• NRBQ:
  • NRBQ [1969] A-
• Laura Nyro:
  • Christmas and the Beads of Sweat [1970] C+
  • Gonna Take a Miracle [1971] B-
  • Smile [1975] B-
  • Season of Lights: Laura Nyro in Concert [1977] B-
  • Mother's Spiritual [1984] C+
• The Offspring:
  • Ixnay on the Hombre [1997]
  • Americana [1998] A-
  • Conspiracy of One [2000]
  • Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace [2008]
• Jane Olivor:
  • First Night [1976] C-
• Pacific Gas & Electric:
  • Pacific Gas & Electric [1969] A-
  • Are You Ready? [1970] B
• Leon Parker:
  • Belief [1996] A-
• Dolly Parton:
  • White Limozeen [1989] B
  • Eagle When She Flies [1991]
  • Slow Dancing With the Moon [1993]
• Carl Perkins and NRBQ:
  • Boppin' the Blues [1969] B-
  • Carl Perkins and NRBQ [1970] B
• Steve Perry:
  • Street Talk [1985] C
• PG&E:
  • The Best of PG&E [1973] B-
• Pink Floyd:
  • Wish You Were Here [1975] A-
  • Animals [1977] B+
  • The Wall [1979] B-
  • A Collection of Great Dance Songs [1981] B+
  • The Final Cut [1983] C+
  • A Momentary Lapse of Reason [1987] C
  • Delicate Sound of Thunder [1988] C
  • The Division Bell [1994]
• Pistol Annies:
  • Hell on Heels [2011] A
• Poi Dog Pondering:
  • Poi Dog Pondering [1989] B+
• Andy Pratt:
  • Andy Pratt [1973] C
• The Presidents of the United States of America:
  • The Presidents of the United States of America [1995] *
• Ray Price:
  • Super Hits [1997] *
• Prince:
  • Musicology [2004]  
• The Psychedelic Furs:
  • The Psychedelic Furs [1980] A-
  • Talk Talk Talk [1981] A
  • Forever Now [1982] A-
  • Mirror Moves [1984] B+
  • Midnight to Midnight [1987] B
  • All of This and Nothing [1988] A
  • Book of Days [1989] C+
  • World Outside [1991]
  • Should God Forget: A Retrospective [1997] A-
• Shabba Ranks:
  • As Raw As Ever [1991]
• The Rascals:
  • Peaceful World [1971] C+
  • The Island of Real [1972] B-
• Raury:
  • All We Need [2015] **
• The Raveonettes:
  • Chain Gang of Love [2003]
• Collin Raye:
  • In This Life [1992]
• Return to Forever:
  • Romantic Warrior [1976] D+
• Terry Riley:
  • A Rainbow in Curved Air [1969] A-
• Maggie and Terre Roche:
  • Seductive Reasoning [1975] B+
• Rockpile:
  • Seconds of Pleasure [1980] A-
• Rosalía:
  • Motomami [2022] ***
• Tom Rush:
  • Tom Rush [1970] B-
• Raphael Saadiq:
  • The Way I See It [2008] A
  • Stone Rollin' [2011] A-
  • Jimmy Lee [2019] A-
• Santana:
  • Santana [1969] C-
  • Abraxas [1970] C+
  • Santana III [1971] B
  • Caravanserai [1972] B-
  • Welcome [1973] B+
  • Borboletta [1974] C+
  • Santana's Greatest Hits [1974] B-
  • Amigos [1976] B
  • Moonflower [1977] B+
  • Festival [1977] C+
  • Inner Secrets [1978] C+
  • Marathon [1979] C
• Carlos Santana:
  • Havana Moon [1983] B+
• Carlos Santana/Mahavishnu John McLaughlin:
  • Love Devotion Surrender [1973] B-
• Devadip Carlos Santana:
  • Silver Dreams Golden Reality [1979] B-
• Devadip Carlos Santana/Turiya Alice Coltrane:
  • Illuminations [1974] C-
• Savage Garden:
  • Savage Garden [1997] **
  • Affirmation [1999]
• Boz Scaggs:
  • Boz Scaggs & Band [1971] B+
  • Moments [1971] B
  • My Time [1972] B
  • Slow Dancer [1974] B-
  • Silk Degrees [1976] A-
  • Down Two Then Left [1978] B
  • Middle Man [1980] B-
  • Hits! [1980] B+
  • Some Change [1994]
• Scandal Featuring Patty Smyth:
  • Warrior [1984] C
• Gunther Schuller:
  • Country Fiddle Band [1976] B+
• Patti Scialfa:
  • Play It as It Lays [2007]
• The Earl Scruggs Revue:
  • Rockin' Cross the Country [1974] B-
• The Shins:
  • Heartworms [2017] ***
• Bobby Sichran:
  • From a Sympathetical Hurricane [1994]
• Stanley Silverman:
  • Elephant Steps [1974] C-
• Simon & Garfunkel:
  • Bridge Over Troubled Water [1970] B
• Paul Simon:
  • Paul Simon [1972] A+
  • There Goes Rhymin' Simon [1973] B+
  • Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' [1974] C+
  • Still Crazy After All These Years [1975] B
  • Greatest Hits, Etc. [1977] A
• Jessica Simpson:
  • Sweet Kisses [2000] D
• The Sinceros:
  • The Sound of Sunbathing [1979] B-
• Bessie Smith:
  • The Essential Bessie Smith [1997] A-
• Carl Smith:
  • Columbia Historic Edition [1984] A-
• Patti Smith:
  • Trampin' [2004] B+
  • Twelve [2007] ***
• Will Smith:
  • Big Willie Style [1997]
  • Willennium [1999]
• Patty Smyth:
  • Never Enough [1987] B-
• Phoebe Snow:
  • Second Childhood [1976] B
  • It Looks Like Snow [1976] B+
  • Never Letting Go [1977] B
  • Against the Grain [1978] C+
  • The Best of Phoebe Snow [1981] A-
• Soft Machine:
  • Third [1970] B
  • "Fourth" [1971] B
  • Six [1973] B-
  • "7" [1974] C+
• Soul Asylum:
  • Grave Dancers Union [1992] *
  • Let Your Dim Light Shine [1995] B+
  • Candy from a Stranger [1998]
• Sparks:
  • Introducing Sparks [1977] B
• Alexander Spence:
  • Oar [1969] C-
• Dusty Springfield:
  • A Very Fine Love [1995]
• Bruce Springsteen:
  • The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle [1973] A-
  • Greetings from Asbury Park NJ [1973] B+
  • Born to Run [1975] A
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town [1978] B+
  • The River [1980] A-
  • Nebraska [1982] A-
  • Born in the USA [1984] A+
  • Tunnel of Love [1987] A
  • Chimes of Freedom [1987] B-
  • Human Touch [1992] *
  • Lucky Town [1992]
  • The Ghost of Tom Joad [1995] *
  • Tracks [1998]
  • Live in New York City [2001]
  • The Rising [2002]
  • Devils and Dust [2005] A-
  • Born to Run (30th Anniversary Edition) [2005]  
  • We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [2006] B
  • Bruce Springsteen and the Session Band Live in Dublin [2007] **
  • Magic [2007] **
  • Working on a Dream [2009]
  • Wrecking Ball [2012] A-
  • High Hopes [2014] *
  • Springsteen on Broadway [2018] A
  • Western Stars [2019] *
• Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band:
  • Live/1975-1985 [1986] A-
• Chuck Stanley:
  • The Finer Things in Life [1987] B
• Stephen Stills:
  • Stills [1975] C
• Streisand/Kristofferson:
  • A Star Is Born [1977] D+
• Barbra Streisand:
  • The Way We Were [1974] B-
  • Guilty [1980] C+
  • The Broadway Album [1986] C
• Harry Styles:
  • Harry Styles [2017] A-
  • Fine Line [2019] *
  • Harry's House [2022] A
• Sunscreem:
  • O3 [1993]
• Super Cat:
  • Don Dada [1992]
  • The Struggle Continues [1995]
• Surface:
  • The Best of Surface . . . A Nice Time 4 Lovin' [1991]
• Billy Swan:
  • Four [1977] C
• Earl Sweatshirt:
  • Doris [2013] *
• Switchfoot:
  • The Beautiful Letdown [2004] *
• James Taylor:
  • JT [1977] B
  • Flag [1979] C+
  • New Moon Shine [1991]
  • Hourglass [1997]
• Johnnie Taylor:
  • Eargasm [1976] C+
• Ten Years After:
  • A Space in Time [1971] B-
  • Rock & Roll Music to the World [1972] B
  • The Classic Performances of Ten Years After [1976] B
• Henry Threadgill:
  • Where's Your Cup? [1997]
• Floyd Tillman:
  • Columbia Historic Edition [1984] A-
• The Ting Tings:
  • We Started Nothing [2008] **
  • Sounds From Nowheresville [2012] *
• Libby Titus:
  • Libby Titus [1977] B
• Mia Doi Todd:
  • The Golden State [2002]
• Topaz:
  • Topaz [1977] D+
• Peter Tosh:
  • Legalize It [1976] B
  • Equal Rights [1977] B+
• Toto:
  • Toto IV [1982] B-
• Train:
  • Drops of Jupiter [2001] C-
• Translator:
  • Everywhere That I'm Not--A Retrospective [1986] C+
• Travis:
  • The Man Who [2000] B-
• Tanya Tucker:
  • Would You Lay With Me (in a Field of Stone) [1974] B-
  • Tanya Tucker's Greatest Hits [1975] B+
  • Super Hits [1998] ***
• Tyler, the Creator:
  • Chromakopia [2024] **
• James Blood Ulmer:
  • Free Lancing [1981] B+
  • Black Rock [1982] A-
  • Odyssey [1983] A
• The Vaccines:
  • Come of Age [2012] *
• Vampire Weekend:
  • Father of the Bride [2019] B+
  • Only God Was Above Us [2024] A-
• Ricky Van Shelton:
  • Wild-Eyed Dream [1987] B
  • Greatest Hits Plus [1992] ***
• The Vibrators:
  • Pure Mania [1978] A
• Loudon Wainwright III:
  • Album III [1972] A-
  • Attempted Mustache [1973] A-
  • Unrequited [1975] A-
• David S. Ware:
  • Surrendered [2000] A-
• Warrant:
  • Cherry Pie [1990]
• Roger Waters:
  • Radio KAOS [1987] B
• Mike Watt:
  • Contemplating the Engine Room [1997] C+
• The Weather Girls:
  • Success [1984] B+
  • Big Girls Don't Cry [1985] B
• Weather Report:
  • Weather Report [1971] B
  • I Sing the Body Electric [1972] B
  • Sweetnighter [1973] B
  • Mysterious Traveler [1974] B
  • Tale Spinnin' [1975] B-
• Wham!:
  • Make It Big [1984] B
• Wheatus:
  • Wheatus [2000] *
• Chris Whitley:
  • Living With the Law [1991]
  • Din of Ecstasy [1995]
• Deniece Williams:
  • I'm So Proud [1983] B
• Pharrell Williams:
  • Girl [2014] ***
• Tony Williams:
  • The Joy of Flying [1979] B-
• Wings:
  • Back to the Egg [1979] C
• Johnny Winter:
  • Johnny Winter And [1970] B+
  • Live [1971] B-
  • Still Alive and Well [1973] B+
  • Saints and Sinners [1974] B
• Bill Withers:
  • Making Music [1975] C+
  • Naked and Warm [1976] B
  • Menagerie [1977] C+
  • 'Bout Love [1978] C
• Wood:
  • Songs from Stamford Hill [1999]
• Ron Wood:
  • Gimme Some Neck [1979] B-
• The Woodentops:
  • Giant [1986] B
• Xzibit:
  • Man Vs. Machine [2002] **
• Pete Yorn:
  • Musicforthemorningafter [2001] B-
• Paul Young:
  • No Parlez [1984] B+
  • The Secret of Association [1985] B+
• Zebrahead:
  • Playmate of the Year [2000]

Compilations/Soundtracks

• Back to the Beach [1987] C+
• Blazin' Hip Hop & R&B [2002] **
• Dead Man Walking [1995]
• 18 Original King Size Rhythm & Blues Hits [1967]  
• Folkways: A Vision Shared -- A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly [1988] A-
• Footloose [1984] C
• Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: The Fire of the Fundamentals [1994] ***
• Muggs Presents . . . The Soul Assassins, Chapter 1 [1997] A-
• The Official Music of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 [1984] D+
• Off the Hook [2002]
• Phases of the Moon: Traditional Chinese Music [1981] A
• Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation [1996] **
• 121212: The Concert for Sandy Relief [2013] *
• Working [1978] B+
• Y2K: Beat the Clock Version 1.0 [1999] A-