Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1970

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Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1970

Listing for 281 records from 1970 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+	Derek and the Dominos: *Layla* [Atco] Firesign Theatre: *Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers* [Columbia] Van Morrison: *Moondance* [Warner Bros.] Randy Newman: *12 Songs* [Reprise] Sly & the Family Stone: *Greatest Hits* [Epic] Neil Young: *After the Gold Rush* [Reprise]
A	The Beatles: *Hey Jude* [Apple] James Brown: *Sex Machine* [King] Lenny Bruce: *To Is a Preposition; Come Is a Verb* [Douglas] Creedence Clearwater Revival: *Cosmo's Factory* [Fantasy] Aretha Franklin: *Spirit in the Dark* [Atlantic] Grateful Dead: *Workingman's Dead* [Warner Bros.] Al Green: *Al Green Gets Next to You* [Hi] The Insect Trust: *Hoboken Saturday Night* [Atco] John Lennon: *Plastic Ono Band* [Apple] John McLaughlin: *Devotion* [Douglas] Van Morrison: *His Band and Street Choir* [Warner Bros.] Tracy Nelson: *Mother Earth Presents Tracy Nelson Country* [Mercury] Dolly Parton: *The Best of Dolly Parton* [RCA Victor] Leon Thomas: *The Leon Thomas Album* [Flying Dutchman] The Velvet Underground: *Loaded* [Cotillion]
A-	The Beach Boys: *Sunflower* [Brother/Reprise] The Beatles: *Let It Be* [Apple] Big Brother and the Holding Company: *Be a Brother* [Columbia] James Brown: *Super Bad* [King] Jerry Butler: *The Best of Jerry Butler* [Mercury] Canned Heat: *Future Blues* [BGO] Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: *Lick My Decals Off, Baby* [Bizarre/Straight] Hoagy Carmichael: *Mr. Music Master* [Coral] Creedence Clearwater Revival: *Pendulum* [Fantasy] Miles Davis: *Bitches Brew* [Columbia] Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: *To Bonnie from Delaney* [Atco] Delaney & Bonnie & Friends With Eric Clapton: *On Tour* [Atco] The Doors: 13 [Elektra] Lee Dorsey: *Yes We Can* [Polydor] Bob Dylan: *New Morning* [Columbia] Fairport Convention: *Unhalfbricking* [A&M] Fleetwood Mac: *Kiln House* [Reprise] Allen Ginsberg: *William Blake, Songs of Innocence and Experience* [Verve/Forecast] Grateful Dead: *American Beauty* [Warner Bros.] Janis Joplin: *Pearl* [Columbia] Gladys Knight & the Pips: *Greatest Hits* [Soul] Jerry Lee Lewis: *The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis* [Smash] Love: *False Start* [Blue Thumb] Loretta Lynn: *Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em and Sings 'Em* [Decca] MC5: *Back in the U.S.A.* [Atlantic] Joni Mitchell: *Ladies of the Canyon* [Reprise] Mother Earth: *Satisfied* [Mercury] Nolan: *No Apologies* [Lizard] Ann Peebles: *Part Time Love* [Hi] Otis Redding/The Jimi Hendrix Experience: *Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival* [Reprise] Charlie Rich: *The Fabulous Charlie Rich* [Epic] Rod Stewart: *Gasoline Alley* [Mercury] The Stooges: *Fun House* [Elektra] Booker T. & the MG's: *Greatest Hits* [Stax] Johnnie Taylor: *Johnnie Taylor's Greatest Hits Vol. 1* [Stax] The Temptations: *Greatest Hits, Volume 2* [Gordy] Ike & Tina Turner and the Ikettes: *Come Together* [Liberty] Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson: *The Original Cleanhead* [Blues Time] Jesse Winchester: *Jesse Winchester* [Ampex]
B+	The Allman Brothers Band: *Idlewild South* [Atco] The Band: *Stage Fright* [Capitol] Jimmy Cliff: *Wonderful World, Beautiful People* [A&M] Larry Coryell: *Coryell* [Vanguard Apostolic] Johnny Darrell: *California Stop-Over* [United Artists] Dr. John: *Remedies* [Atco] The Doors: *Morrison Hotel* [Elektra] Dyke and the Blazers: *Dyke's Greatest Hits* [Original Sound] Flamin Groovies: *Flamingo* [Kama Sutra] Fleetwood Mac: *Fleetwood Mac in Chicago* [Blue Horizon] The Flying Burrito Brothers: *Burrito Deluxe* [A&M] Aretha Franklin: *This Girl's in Love With You* [Atlantic] The Fugs: *Golden Filth* [Reprise] The J. Geils Band: *The J. Geils Band* [Atlantic] Merle Haggard and the Strangers: *A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World* [Capitol] Tom T. Hall: *I Witness Life* [Mercury] Jimi Hendrix: *Band of Gypsys* [Capitol] John Lee Hooker: *Endless Boogie* [ABC] Hot Tuna: *Hot Tuna* [RCA Victor] Jackson 5: *ABC* [Motown] Jefferson Airplane: *The Worst of Jefferson Airplane* [RCA Victor] George Jones: *The Best of George Jones* [Musicor] Led Zeppelin: *Led Zeppelin III* [Atlantic] Louis and the Lovers: *Rise* [Epic] Curtis Mayfield: *Curtis* [Curtom] The Meters: *Struttin'* [Josie] The Mothers of Invention: *Weasels Ripped My Flesh* [Bizarre/Reprise] Mike Nesmith & the First National Band: *Loose Salute* [RCA Victor] Nilsson: *Nilsson Sings Newman* [RCA Victor] 100 Proof Aged in Soul: *Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed* [Hot Wax] Esther Phillips: *Burnin'* [Atlantic] John Phillips: *John Phillips* [Dunhill] Wilson Pickett: *In Philadelphia* [Atlantic] The Rascals: *Search and Nearness* [Atlantic] Otis Redding: *Tell the Truth* [Atco] Charlie Rich: *Boss Man* [Epic] Smokey Robinson & the Miracles: *What Love Has Joined Together* [Gordy] Leon Russell: *Leon Russell* [Shelter] John Simon: *John Simon's Album* [Warner Bros.] Sir Douglas Quintet: *Together After Five* [Smash] Al Stewart: *Love Chronicles* [Epic] Leon Thomas: *Spirits Known and Unknown* [Flying Dutchman] The Tony Williams Lifetime: *Turn It Over* [Polydor] Johnny Winter: *Johnny Winter And* [Columbia] Stevie Wonder: *Signed, Sealed and Delivered* [Tamla] *Super Black Blues Volume II* [BluesTime]
B	Argent: *Argent* [Epic] Badfinger: *No Dice* [Apple] Chuck Berry: *Back Home* [Chess] Canyon: *High Mountain* [Columbia] Ray Charles: *Love Country Style* [ABC] Eric Clapton: *Eric Clapton* [Polydor] Ry Cooder: *Ry Cooder* [Reprise] Larry Coryell: *Spaces* [Vanguard Apostolic] Miles Davis: *Miles Davis at Fillmore* [Columbia] Willie Dixon: *I Am the Blues* [Columbia] The Doors: *Absolutely Live!* [Elektra] Edison Electric Band: *God Bless You, Dr. Woodward* [Cotillion] Free: *Fire and Water* [A&M] Grinder's Switch Featuring Garland Jeffreys: *Grinder's Switch Featuring Garland Jeffreys* [Vanguard] The Guess Who: *American Woman* [RCA Victor] Hackamore Brick: *One Kiss Leads to Another* [Kama Sutra] Merle Haggard and the Strangers: *Okie from Muskogee* [Capitol] Wilbert Harrison: *Anything You Want* [Wet Soul] The Hollies: *He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother* [Epic] The Isley Brothers: *Get into Something* [T-Neck] Etta James: *Etta James Sings Funk* [Cadet] Elton John: *Elton John* [Uni] B.B. King: *Indianola Mississippi Seeds* [ABC] Carole King: *Carole King: Writer* [Ode] Jerry Lee Lewis: *Live at the International, Las Vegas* [Smash] Little Feat: *Little Feat* [Warner Bros.] Dave Mason: *Alone Together* [Blue Thumb] Paul McCartney: *McCartney* [Apple] McGuinness Flint: *McGuinness Flint* [Capitol] Steve Miller: *Number 5* [Capitol] Geoff & Maria Muldaur: *Pottery Pie* [Reprise] Mungo Jerry: *Mungo Jerry* [Janus] Mike Nesmith & the First National Band: *Magnetic South* [RCA Victor] Pacific Gas & Electric: *Are You Ready?* [Columbia] Parliament: *Osmium* [Invictus] Carl Perkins and NRBQ: *Carl Perkins and NRBQ* [Columbia] Wilson Pickett: *Right On* [Atlantic] The Rolling Stones: *Get Yer Ya-Yas Out!* [London] Linda Ronstadt: *Silk Purse* [Capitol] The Ruffin Brothers: *I Am My Brother's Keeper* [Soul] Runt: *Runt* [Ampex] Ed Sanders: *Sanders' Truck Stop* [Reprise] John B. Sebastian: *John B. Sebastian* [Reprise] Simon & Garfunkel: *Bridge Over Troubled Water* [Columbia] Soft Machine: *Third* [Columbia] Soup: *Soup* [Soup] Spirit: *The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus* [Epic] Ringo Starr: *Beaucoups of Blues* [Apple] Howard Tate: *Howard Tate's Reaction* [Turntable] The Temptations: *Psychedelic Shack* [Gordy] Three Dog Night: *It Ain't Easy* [Dunhill] Ike & Tina Turner: *Workin' Together* [Liberty] The Who: *Live at Leeds* [Decca] *Woodstock* [Cotillion]
B-	Brewer & Shipley: *Tarkio* [Kama Sutra] Jerry Butler: *You and Me* [Mercury] Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: *Deja Vu* [Atlantic] Fairport Convention: *Liege and Lief* [A&M] The 5 Stairsteps: *Stairsteps* [Buddah] John Fred and His Playboy Band: *Love My Soul* [Uni] Funkadelic: *Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow* [Westbound] Grateful Dead: *Vintage Dead* [Sunflower] Arlo Guthrie: *Washington County* [Warner Bros.] Jackson 5: *Third Album* [Motown] James Gang: *James Gang Rides Again* [ABC] Johnny Jenkins: *Ton-Ton Macoute!* [Atco] Jethro Tull: *Benefit* [Reprise] The Kinks: *Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround* [Reprise] The Move: *Shazam* [A&M] Anne Murray: *Snowbird* [Capitol] Mickey Newbury: *Looks Like Rain* [Mercury] Phil Ochs: *Greatest Hits* [A&M] Danny O'Keefe: *Danny O'Keefe* [Cotillion] Quicksilver Messenger Service: *Just for Love* [Capitol] Emitt Rhodes: *Emitt Rhodes* [Dunhill] Tom Rush: *Tom Rush* [Columbia] Sir Douglas Quintet: *1 + 1 + 1 = 4* [Philips] Dusty Springfield: *A Brand New Me* [Atlantic] Cat Stevens: *Mona Bone Jakon* [A&M] James Taylor: *Sweet Baby James* [Warner Bros.] Ten Years After: *Cricklewood Green* [Deram] Thunderclap Newman: *Hollywood Dream* [Track] Happy and Artie Traum: *Happy and Artie Traum* [Capitol] Gene Vincent: *Gene Vincent* [Kama Sutra] Loudon Wainwright III: *Loudon Wainwright III* [Atlantic] *Performance* [Warner Bros.] *Zabriskie Point* [MGM]
C+	Blues Image: *Open* [Atco] The Byrds: *(Untitled)* [Columbia] John Cale: *Vintage Violence* [Columbia] Merry Clayton: *Gimme Shelter* [Ode] Judy Collins: *Whales & Nightingales* [Elektra] Cream: *Live Cream* [Atco] Bob Dylan: *Self-Portrait* [Columbia] Elephant's Memory: *Taking It to the Streets* [Metromedia] The 5th Dimension: *Greatest Hits* [Soul City] Funkadelic: *Funkadelic* [Westbound] Grand Funk Railroad: *Closer to Home* [Capitol] The Grease Band: *The Grease Band* [Shelter] Great Speckled Bird: *Great Speckled Bird* [Ampex] The Guess Who: *Share the Land* [RCA Victor] Charlie Haden: *Liberation Music Orchestra* [Impulse] Merle Haggard and the Strangers: *The Fightin' Side of Me* [Capitol] The Hollies: *Moving Finger* [Epic] Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship: *Blows Against the Empire* [RCA Victor] King Crimson: *In the Wake of Poseidon* [Atlantic] Little Richard: *The Rill Thing* [Reprise] Manfred Mann: *Chapter 3* [Polydor] Matthews' Southern Comfort: *Matthews' Southern Comfort* [Decca] Jimmy McGriff and Junior Parker: *The Dudes Doin' Business* [Capitol] Mott the Hoople: *Mott the Hoople* [Atlantic] Mountain: *Mountain Climbing* [Windfall] Rick Nelson: *In Concert* [Decca] Laura Nyro: *Christmas and the Beads of Sweat* [Columbia] Carl Oglesby: *Carl Oglesby* [Vanguard] Freda Payne: *Band of Gold* [Invictus] The Pentangle: *Cruel Sister* [Reprise] The Persuasions: *Acappella* [Straight] Poco: *Poco* [Epic] Elvis Presley: *That's the Way It Is* [RCA Victor] Procol Harum: *Home* [A&M] Jerry Reed: *Cookin'* [RCA Victor] Diana Ross: *Diana Ross* [Motown] Diana Ross: *Everything Is Everything* [Motown] Santana: *Abraxas* [Columbia] The Savage Rose: *Your Daily Gift* [Gregar] Bob Seger System: *Mongrel* [Capitol] Small Faces: *The First Step* [Warner Bros.] Spooky Tooth Featuring Mike Harrison: *The Last Puff* [A&M] Stairsteps: *Stairsteps* [Buddah] Stephen Stills: *Stephen Stills* [Atlantic] Ten Wheel Drive With Genya Ravan: *Brief Replies* [Polydor] Ten Years After: *Watt* [Deram] Traffic: *John Barleycorn Must Die* [Island] Tony Joe White: *Tony Joe* [Monument] The Deirdre Wilson Tabac: *The Deirdre Wilson Tabac* [RCA Victor] Frank Zappa: *Chunga's Revenge* [Bizarre]
C	Alice Cooper: *Easy Action* [Straight] Jackie DeShannon: *To Be Free* [Imperial] Fanny: *Fanny* [Reprise] George Harrison: *All Things Must Pass* [Apple] Isaac Hayes: *The Isaac Hayes Movement* [Enterprise] Kris Kristofferson: *Kristofferson* [Monument] Matthews' Southern Comfort: *Second Spring* [Decca] Eric Mercury: *Electric Black Man* [Avco Embassy] Buddy Miles: *Them Changes* [Mercury] Nico: *Desertshore* [Reprise] Redbone: *Redbone* [Epic] Southwind: *Ready to Ride* [Blue Thumb] Ike & Tina Turner: *Her Man . . . His Woman* [Capitol] Edgar Winter: *Entrance* [Epic] Yes: *Time and a Word* [Atlantic] *The Naked Carmen* [Mercury]
C-	Black Sabbath: *Black Sabbath* [Warner Bros.] Black Sabbath: *Paranoid* [Warner Bros.] Blood, Sweat & Tears: 3 [Columbia] Tim Buckley: *Starsailor* [Straight] Dreams: *Dreams* [Columbia] Frummox: *Here to There* [Probe] Chris Gantry: *Motormouth* [Magic Carpet] Grand Funk Railroad: *Live Album* [Capitol] The Ides of March: *Vehicle* [Warner Bros.] The Jaggerz: *We Went to Different Schools Together* [Kama Sutra] Gene McDaniels: *Outlaw* [Atlantic] Quicksilver Messenger Service: *What About Me* [Capitol] Seals and Crofts: *Seals & Crofts* [TA] Ringo Starr: *Sentimental Journey* [Apple] Steppenwolf: *Steppenwolf 7* [Dunhill] *Jesus Christ Superstar* [Decca]
D+	Ginger Baker's Air Force: *Ginger Baker's Air Force* [Atco] Fresh: *Fresh Out of Borstal* [RCA Victor] Pink Floyd: *Atom Heart Mother* [Harvest]
D	Exuma: *Exuma* [Mercury] The Mandrake Memorial: *Puzzle* [Poppy]
E	Kay Huntington: *What's Happening to Our World?* [United Artists]

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