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Pazz & Jop 1975: Dean's List
Albums
- Bob Dylan/The Band: The Basement Tapes (Columbia) 24
- Neil Young: Tonight's the Night (Reprise) 11
- Steely Dan: Katy Lied (ABC) 10
- James Talley: Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got a Lot of Love (Capitol) 10
- Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks (Columbia) 10
- Toots and the Maytals: Funky Kingston (Island) 8
- Elton John: Rock of the Westies () 8
- Bob Marley and the Wailers: Natty Dread (MCA) 8
- Patti Smith: Horses (Arista) 6
- Bonnie Raitt: Home Plate (Warner Bros.) 5
- Roxy Music: Siren (Atco)
- Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run (Columbia)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd: Nuthin' Fancy (MCA)
- Neil Young: Zuma (Reprise)
- Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (Island)
- The Band: Northern Lights--Southern Cross (Capitol)
- Fleetwood Mac (Reprise)
- Amazing Rhythm Aces: Stacked Deck (ABC)
- Gary Stewart: Out of Hand (RCA Victor)
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Nightingales & Bombers (Warner Bros.)
- Terry Garthwaite: Terry (Arista)
- Loudon Wainwright III: Unrequited (Columbia)
- John Prine: Common Sense (Atlantic)
- Randall Bramblett: The Other Mile (Polydor)
- K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.)
- Shirley and Company: Shame Shame Shame (Vibration)
- Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (Columbia)
- Al Green: Al Green Is Love (Hi)
- The Meters: Cissy Strut (Island)
- Leon Redbone: On the Track (Warner Bros.)
Village Voice, Dec. 29, 1975
Postscript Notes: Added to 1975 year-end list in
CG 1970s book:
- Dolly Parton: Best of Dolly Parton (RCA Victor)
- Al Green's Greatest Hits (Hi)
- Funkadelic: Funkadelic's Greatest Hits (Westbound)
- The Staple Singers: The Best of the Staple Singers (Stax)
- The Stylistics: The Best of the Stylistics (H&L)
- Andy Fairweather Low: La Booga Rooga (A&M)
- Funkadelic: Let's Take It to the Stage (Westbound)
- Beserkely Chartbusters Volume 1 (Beserkley)
- Leonard Cohen: The Best of (Columbia)
- Parliament: Mothership Connection (Casablanca '76)
- Barry White: Barry White's Greatest Hits (20th Century)
- The Allman Brothers Band: The Road Goes on Forever (Capricorn)
- Bill Withers: The Best of Bill Withers (Sussex)
- John Cale: Slow Dazzle (Island)
- Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (Columbia)
- Stoney Edwards: Mississippi You're on My Mind (Capitol)
- Spinners: Pick of the Litter (Atlantic)
- Bobby Bare: Cowboys and Daddys (RCA Victor)
Dropped in book from Dean's List:
- The Band: Northern Lights--Southern Cross (Capitol)
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Nightingales & Bombers (Warner Bros.)
- Randall Bramblett: The Other Mile (Polydor)
- K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.)
- Al Green: Al Green Is Love (Hi)
- Leon Redbone: On the Track (Warner Bros.)
Finally, Al Green: Al Green Is Love was reviewed again
in 2012 and its grade raised from B+ to A.
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