Post by pacinoyes on Feb 6, 2024 17:01:51 GMT
This is not his "GOAT" albums list - it is merely the albums he gave an A+ that he reviewed - he's got my 2 favorite albums : The Mats "Let it Be" .......Rolling Stones "Exile on Main Street" and an album that just mises my all-time top 10 The Clash "London Calling" both New York Dolls first 2 albums which would make my top 50 (at least, higher?)........X - "Wild Gift" (a classic), Television "Marquee Moon" (another classic).........several faves tbh - Dylan Love & Theft.........The Who Sell Out
On the other hand - um - Vampire Weekend and Arcade Fire
67 non-compilation albums that earned an A+ rating from Christgau over 50+ years:
Laurie Anderson: Heart of a Dog [2015, Nonesuch]
Arcade Fire: Neon Bible [2007, Merge]
The Beach Boys: Wild Honey [1967, Capitol]
The Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill [1986, Def Jam]
The Clash: London Calling [1980, Epic]*
Ornette Coleman: Of Human Feelings [1982, Antilles]
The Robert Cray Band: Strong Persuader [1986, Mercury]
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Willy and the Poorboys [1969, Fantasy]
Marshall Crenshaw: Field Day [1983, Warner Bros.]
Culture: Two Sevens Clash [1987, Shanachie]
Miles Davis: Jack Johnson [1971, Columbia]
DeBarge: In a Special Way [1983, Gordy]
Iris DeMent: My Life [1994, Warner Bros.]
Derek and the Dominos: Layla [1970, Atco]
DJ Shadow: Endtroducing . . . DJ Shadow [1996, Mo Wax/FFFR]
Double Dee & Steinski: The Payoff Mix/Lesson Two/Lesson 3 [1985, Tommy Boy]
Bob Dylan: Love and Theft [2001, Columbia]
Bob Dylan: Modern Times [2006, Columbia]
Bob Dylan/The Band: The Basement Tapes [1975, Columbia]
Brian Eno: Another Green World [1976, Island]
Firesign Theatre: How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere At All [1969, Columbia]
Firesign Theatre: Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers [1970, Columbia]
Franco & Rochereau: Omona Wapi [1985, Shanachie]
Ghostface Killah: Fishscale [2006, Def Jam]
Gogol Bordello: Super Taranta! [2007, Side One Dummy]
Grateful Dead: Live/Dead [1969, Warner Bros.]
Al Green: Call Me [1973, Hi]
PJ Harvey: Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea [2000, Island]
Michael Hurley/The Unholy Modal Rounders/Jeffrey Fredericks & the Clamtones: Have Moicy! [1976, Rounder]
Freedy Johnston: Can You Fly [1992, Bar/None]
Latin Playboys: Latin Playboys [1994, Slash/Warner Bros.]
Arto Lindsay: Mundo Civilizado [1997, Bar/None]
Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs [1999, Merge]
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Manfred Mann's Earth Band [1972, Polydor]
The Mekons: Fear and Whiskey [1985, Sin]
M.I.A.: Kala [2007, Interscope]
Moby: Play [1999, V2]
Van Morrison: Moondance [1970, Warner Bros.]
David Murray: Shakill's Warrior [1992, DIW/Columbia]
New York Dolls: New York Dolls [1973, Mercury]*
New York Dolls: In Too Much, Too Soon [1974, Mercury] *
New York Dolls: One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This [2006, RoadRunner]
Prince: Sign o' the Times [1987, Paisley Park]
Procol Harum: A Salty Dog [1969, A&M]
Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back [1988, Def Jam]
The Replacements: Let It Be [1984, Twin/Tone] *
The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street [1972, Rolling Stones]*
Sonny Rollins: G-Man [1987, Milestone]
Run the Jewels: RTJ4 [2020, BMG Rights Management]
Paul Simon: Paul Simon [1972, Columbia]
Sly & the Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin' On [1971, Epic]
Sonic Youth: A Thousand Leaves [1998, Geffen]
Bruce Springsteen: Born in the USA [1984, Columbia]
Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic [1974, ABC]
Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story [1971, Mercury]
Television: Marquee Moon [1977, Elektra]*
A Tribe Called Quest: We Got It From Here . . . Thank You 4 Your Service [2016, Epic]
Tricky: Maxinquaye [1995, Island]
Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires in the City [2013, XL]
Kanye West: Late Registration [2005, Roc-A-Fella]
The Who: The Who Sell Out [1995, MCA]
Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road [1998, Mercury]
Brian Wilson: SMiLE [2004, Nonesuch]
Wussy: Attica! [2014, Shake It]
X: Wild Gift [1981, Slash]*
Neil Young: After the Gold Rush [1970, Reprise]
Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps [1979, Reprise]
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