Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1971

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Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1971

Listing for 278 records from 1971 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+	Ray Charles: *A 25th Anniversary in Show Business Salute to Ray Charles* [ABC] Miles Davis: *Jack Johnson* [Columbia] Sly & the Family Stone: *There's a Riot Goin' On* [Epic] Rod Stewart: *Every Picture Tells a Story* [Mercury]
A	Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: *Motel Shot* [Atco] Tom T. Hall: *In Search of a Song* [Mercury] Jimi Hendrix: *The Cry of Love* [Reprise] Joy of Cooking: *Joy of Cooking* [Capitol] Led Zeppelin: *Led Zeppelin IV* [Atlantic] John Lennon: *Imagine* [Apple] Nils Lofgren/Grin: *1 + 1* [Spindizzy] Mahavishnu Orchestra/John McLaughlin: *The Inner Mounting Flame* [Columbia] Joni Mitchell: *Blue* [Reprise] Harry Nilsson: *Nilsson Schmilsson* [RCA Victor] Wilson Pickett: *The Best of Wilson Pickett Vol. II* [Atlantic] John Prine: *John Prine* [Atlantic] The Rolling Stones: *Sticky Fingers* [Rolling Stones] The Who: *Who's Next* [Decca] Stevie Wonder: *Stevie Wonder's Greatest Hits Vol. 2* [Tamla]
A-	David Bowie: *Hunky Dory* [RCA Victor] James Brown: *Hot Pants* [Polydor] Clarence Carter: *The Best of Clarence Carter* [Atlantic] Ray Charles: *Volcanic Action of My Soul* [ABC] The Chi-Lites: *(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People* [Brunswick] Leonard Cohen: *Songs of Love and Hate* [Columbia] Crazy Horse: *Crazy Horse* [Reprise] Miles Davis: *Live-Evil* [Columbia] The Doors: *L.A. Woman* [Elektra] Faces: *A Nod Is as Good as a Wink . . . to a Blind Horse* [Warner Bros.] Jimi Hendrix: *Rainbow Bridge* [Reprise] Michael Hurley & Pals: *Armchair Boogie* [Raccoon] Jackson 5: *Greatest Hits* [Motown] B.B. King: *Live in Cook County Jail* [ABC] Carole King: *Tapestry* [Ode] Van Morrison: *Tupelo Honey* [Warner Bros.] The Move: *Message from the Country* [Capitol] Dolly Parton: *Coat of Many Colors* [RCA Victor] Bonnie Raitt: *Bonnie Raitt* [Warner Bros.] Helen Reddy: *Helen Reddy* [Capitol] Sir Douglas Quintet: *The Return of Doug Saldana* [Philips] The Stylistics: *The Stylistics* [Avco] Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers: *Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers* [Alligator] The Who: *Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy* [Decca] Bill Withers: *Just As I Am* [Sussex] Howlin' Wolf: *The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions* [Chess]
B+	James Brown: *Revolution of the Mind* [Polydor] Jack Bruce: *Things We Like* [Atco] Joe Cocker: *Mad Dogs and Englishmen* [A&M] Ry Cooder: *Into the Purple Valley* [Reprise] Larry Coryell: *Barefoot Boy* [Flying Dutchman] Larry Coryell: *Larry Coryell at the Village Gate* [Vanguard] Detroit: *Detroit* [Paramount] Fanny: *Charity Ball* [Reprise] Aretha Franklin: *Aretha's Greatest Hits* [Atlantic] Funkadelic: *Maggot Brain* [Westbound] Marvin Gaye: *What's Going On* [Tamla] Grateful Dead: *Grateful Dead* [Warner Bros.] Grin: *Grin* [Spindizzy] The Guess Who: *The Best of the Guess Who* [RCA Victor] Merle Haggard and the Strangers: *Someday We'll Look Back* [Capitol] John Hartford: *Aereo-Plain* [Rounder] Holy Modal Rounders: *Good Taste Is Timeless* [Metromedia] Honey Cone: *Sweet Replies* [Hot Wax] Mary Hopkin: *Earth Song/Ocean Song* [Apple] The Incredible String Band: *Relics* [Elektra] The Isley Brothers & Jimi Hendrix: *In the Beginning . . .* [T-Neck] Etta James: *Losers Weepers* [Cadet] Jo Jo Gunne: *Jo Jo Gunne* [Asylum] Jo Mama: *J Is for Jump* [Atlantic] Joy of Cooking: *Closer to the Ground* [Capitol] The Kinks: *Muswell Hillbillies* [RCA Victor] Taj Mahal: *Happy Just to Be Like I Am* [Columbia] MC5: *High Time* [Atlantic] John McLaughlin, Dave Holland, John Surman, Stu Martin, Karl Berger: *Where Fortune Smiles* [Pye] Ralph McTell: *You Well-Meaning Brought Me Here* [Paramount] Melanie: *Gather Me* [Neighborhood] Moby Grape: *20 Granite Creek* [Reprise] Mother Earth: *Bring Me Home* [Reprise] Willie Nelson: *Yesterday's Wine* [RCA Victor] New Riders of the Purple Sage: *New Riders of the Purple Sage* [Columbia] The Johnny Otis Show: *Live at Monterey* [Epic] The Persuasions: *We Came to Play* [Capitol] Elvis Presley: *Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas* [RCA Victor] Smokey Robinson & the Miracles: *One Dozen Roses* [Tamla] Biff Rose: *Half Live at the Bitter End* [Buddah] Boz Scaggs: *Boz Scaggs & Band* [Columbia] Brinsley Schwarz: *Despite It All* [Capitol] Siren: *Strange Locomotion* [Dandelion/Elektra] Edwin Starr: *Involved* [Gordy] Alice Stuart: *Full Time Woman* [Fantasy] Booker T. & the MG's: *Melting Pot* [Stax] Three Dog Night: *Harmony* [Dunhill] Ike & Tina Turner: *What You Hear Is What You Get* [United Artists] Dave Van Ronk: *Van Ronk* [Polydor] Loudon Wainwright III: *Album II* [Atlantic] War: *All Day Music* [United Artists] Stevie Wonder: *Where I'm Coming From* [Tamla]
B	Eric Burdon/Jimmy Witherspoon: *Guilty!* [MGM] J.J. Cale: *Naturally* [Shelter] Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen: *Lost in the Ozone* [Paramount] Crowbar: *Bad Manors* [Paramount] Detroit Emeralds: *Do Me Right* [Westbound] The Dramatics: *Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get* [Stax] John Entwistle: *Smash Your Head Against the Wall* [Decca] Faces: *Long Player* [Warner Bros.] The Family: *Fearless* [United Artists] Flamin Groovies: *Teenage Head* [Kama Sutra] Fleetwood Mac: *Future Games* [Reprise] Aretha Franklin: *Aretha Live at Fillmore West* [Atlantic] Free: *Highway* [A&M] Lotti Golden: *Lotti Golden* [GRT] Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks: *Where's the Money?* [Blue Thumb] The Isley Brothers: *Givin' It Back* [T-Neck] B.B. King: *B.B. King in London* [ABC] King Floyd: *King Floyd* [Cotillion] Loretta Lynn: *I Wanna Be Free* [Decca] Taj Mahal: *The Real Thing* [Columbia] Jimmy McCracklin: *High on the Blues* [Stax] Mahavishnu John McLaughlin: *My Goal's Beyond* [Douglas] Randy Newman: *Live* [Reprise] Osibisa: *Osibisa* [Decca] Helen Reddy: *I Don't Know How to Love Him* [Capitol] Jeannie C. Riley: *Jeannie C. Riley's Greatest Hits* [Plantation] Diana Ross: *Surrender* [Motown] Runt: *The Ballad of Todd Rundgren* [Ampex] Leon Russell: *Leon Russell and the Shelter People* [Shelter] Leon Russell & Marc Benno: *Asylum Choir II* [Shelter] Santana: *Santana III* [Columbia] The Savage Rose: *Refugee* [Gregar] Boz Scaggs: *Moments* [Columbia] Judee Sill: *Judee Sill* [Asylum] Soft Machine: *"Fourth"* [Columbia] Rosalie Sorrels: *Travelin' Lady* [Sire] Staple Singers: *The Staple Swingers* [Stax] Swampwater: *Swampwater* [RCA Victor] The Temptations: *Sky's the Limit* [Gordy] Allen Toussaint: *Toussaint* [Scepter] Traffic: *The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys* [Island] The Undisputed Truth: *Face to Face With the Truth* [Gordy] Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton: *The Best of Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton* [RCA Victor] Weather Report: *Weather Report* [Columbia] Otis Williams and the Midnight Cowboys: *Otis Williams and the Midnight Cowboys* [Stop] Gary Wright: *Footprint* [A&M] Tammy Wynette: *Tammy's Greatest Hits Volume II* [Epic] *Woodstock II* [Cotillion] *Rio Grande* [RCA Victor]
B-	The Allman Brothers Band: *Live at the Fillmore East* [Capricorn] Ashton, Gardner, Dyke & Co.: *What a Bloody Long Day It's Been* [Capitol] Badfinger: *Straight Up* [Apple] The Band: *Cahoots* [Capitol] Ronnie Barron: *Reverend Ether* [Decca] The Beach Boys: *Surf's Up* [Brother/Reprise] Chuck Berry: *San Francisco Dues* [Chess] Blue Mink: *Real Mink* [Philips] Randy Burns and the Sky Dog Band: *Randy Burns and the Sky Dog Band* [Mercury] The Butterfield Blues Band: *Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin'* [Elektra] The Byrds: *Byrdmaniax* [Columbia] Alice Cooper: *Killer* [Warner Bros.] Alice Cooper: *Love It to Death* [Straight] Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: *4-Way Street* [Atlantic] Dion: *Sanctuary* [Reprise] Swamp Dogg: *Rat On!* [Elektra] Firesign Theatre: *I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus* [Columbia] The J. Geils Band: *The Morning After* [Atlantic] Honey Cone: *Soulful Tapestry* [Hot Wax] Elton John: *Tumbleweed Connection* [Uni] King Crimson: *Lizard* [Atlantic] Jim Kweskin: *Richard D. Herbruck Presents Jim Kweskin's America* [Reprise] Matthews' Southern Comfort: *Later That Same Year* [Decca] Curtis Mayfield: *Roots* [Curtom] Dorothy Morrison: *Brand New Day* [Buddah] Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band: *Rudy the Fifth* [Decca] Don Nix: *In God We Trust* [Shelter] Laura Nyro: *Gonna Take a Miracle* [Columbia] Pink Floyd: *Meddle* [Harvest] Elvis Presley: *Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)* [RCA Victor] Redwing: *Redwing* [Fantasy] The Rolling Stones: *Hot Rocks 1964-1971* [London] Spooky Tooth: *Tobacco Road* [A&M] Cat Stevens: *Tea for the Tillerman* [A&M] Stoneground: *Stoneground* [Warner Bros.] Alex Taylor: *With Friends and Neighbors* [Capricorn] Johnnie Taylor: *One Step Beyond* [Stax] Ten Years After: *A Space in Time* [Columbia] Traffic: *Welcome to the Canteen* [United Artists/Island] Doris Troy: *Doris Troy* [Apple] The Voices of East Harlem: *Right On Be Free* [Elektra] Johnny Winter: *Live* [Columbia] Yes: *The Yes Album* [Atlantic] *The Concert for Bangla Desh* [Apple]
C+	Jeff Beck Group: *Rough and Ready* [Epic] James Brown: *Sho Is Funky Down Here* [King] Jack Bruce: *Harmony Row* [Atco] Rita Coolidge: *Rita Coolidge* [A&M] Dr. John: *The Sun Moon and Herbs* [Atco] The Doors: *Other Voices* [Elektra] Earth, Wind & Fire: *Earth, Wind & Fire* [Warner Bros.] Earth, Wind & Fire: *Need of Love* [Warner Bros.] The Family: *Anyway* [United Artists] Jose Feliciano: *Encore!* [RCA Victor] The Flying Burrito Brothers: *The Flying Burrito Bros.* [A&M] Four Tops: *Greatest Hits Vol. 2* [Motown] George Gerdes: *Obituary* [United Artists] Merle Haggard and the Strangers: *Hag* [Capitol] Isaac Hayes: *Shaft* [Enterprise] Jackson 5: *Maybe Tomorrow* [Motown] Jefferson Airplane: *Bark* [Grunt] Jethro Tull: *Aqualung* [Reprise] Carole King: *Music* [Ode] Clydie King: *Direct Me* [Lizard] Mark-Almond: *Mark-Almond* [Blue Thumb] Paul and Linda McCartney: *Ram* [Apple] Monty Python: *Another Monty Python Record* [Famous Charisma] The Move: *Looking On* [Capitol] Mike Nesmith & the First National Band: *Nevada Fighter* [RCA Victor] Mickey Newbury: *'Frisco Mabel Joy* [Elektra] Wilson Pickett: *Don't Knock My Love* [Atlantic] The Rascals: *Peaceful World* [Columbia] Steppenwolf: *For Ladies Only* [Dunhill] James Taylor: *Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon* [Warner Bros.] Ike & Tina Turner: *Nuff Said* [United Artists] Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia: *Hooteroll* [Douglas] Link Wray: *Link Wray* [Polydor] Gary Wright: *Extraction* [A&M]
C	Audience: *The House on the Hill* [Elektra] Long John Baldry: *It Ain't Easy* [Warner Bros.] Big Brother and the Holding Company: *How Hard It Is* [Columbia] The Byrds: *Farther Along* [Columbia] John Cale and Terry Riley: *Church of Anthrax* [Columbia] Carp: *Carp* [Epic] John Denver: *Poems, Prayers and Promises* [RCA Victor] Jonathan Edwards: *Jonathan Edwards* [Capricorn] Emerson, Lake & Palmer: *Emerson, Lake & Palmer* [Cotillion] Mimi Farina and Tom Jans: *Take Heart* [A&M] Roberta Flack: *Quiet Fire* [Atlantic] Grand Funk Railroad: *E Pluribus Funk* [Capitol] Grand Funk Railroad: *Survival* [Capitol] Cissy Houston: *Cissy Houston* [Janus] Elton John: *Madman Across the Water* [Uni] Paul Kantner/Grace Slick: *Sunfighter* [Grunt] Bonnie Koloc: *After All This Time* [Ovation] Labelle: *Labelle* [Warner Bros.] Mountain: *Flowers of Evil* [Windfall] John Sebastian: *The Four of Us* [Reprise] Stephen Stills: *Stephen Stills 2* [Atlantic] Livingston Taylor: *Liv* [Capricorn] Wet Willie: *Wet Willie* [Capricorn] Edgar Winter: *Edgar Winter's White Trash* [Epic]
C-	Bee Gees: *Two Years On* [Atco] Black Oak Arkansas: *Keep the Faith* [Atlantic] Black Sabbath: *Master of Reality* [Warner Bros.] Blood, Sweat & Tears: *B, S, & T; 4* [Columbia] Chicago: *Chicago at Carnegie Hall* [Columbia] Daddy Cool: *Daddy Who? Daddy Cool?* [Reprise] Jesse Davis: *Jesse Davis* [Atco] Genesis: *Nursery Cryme* [Charisma] Humble Pie: *Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore* [A&M] Kris Kristofferson: *The Silver Tongued Devil and I* [Monument] The Mamas and the Papas: *People Like Us* [Dunhill] Don McLean: *American Pie* [United Artists] Steve Miller: *Rock Love* [Capitol] The Mothers: *Fillmore East, June 1971* [Bizarre] Procol Harum: *Broken Barricades* [A&M] Redeye: *One Man's Poison* [Pentagram] Carly Simon: *Carly Simon* [Elektra] Kate Taylor: *Sister Kate* [Cotillion] Wings: *Wild Life* [Apple]
D+	Eric Burdon and War: *The Black Man's Burdon* [MGM] The New Seekers: *We'd Like to Teach the World to Sing* [Elektra]
D	Bull: *This Is Bull* [Paramount] John Denver: *Aerie* [RCA] Peter Green: *The End of the Game* [Reprise] Mashmakhan: *Mashmakhan* [Epic] The Osmonds: *The Osmonds* [MGM] The Youngbloods: *Ride the Wind* [Raccoon]
D-	David Crosby: *If I Could Only Remember My Name* [Atlantic] Donny Hathaway: *Donny Hathaway* [Atco]
E	Laurie Styvers: *Spilt Milk* [Warner Bros.]

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