Village Voice Pazz & Jop (USA)
1. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark (Asylum)
2. Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (ABC)
3. Randy Newman - Good Old Boys (Reprise)
4. Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale (Tamla)
5. Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'n Roll (Rolling Stones)
6. Bob Dylan and the Band - Before the Flood (Asylum)
7. Roxy Music - Stranded (Atco)
8. Jackson Browne - Late for the Sky (Asylum)
9. Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (RSO)
10. New York Dolls - In Too Much Too Soon (Mercury)
11. Linda Rondstadt - Heart Like a Wheel (Capitol)
12. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel (Reprise)
13. Raspberries - Starting Over (Capitol)
14. Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (Atlantic)
15. Ry Cooder - Paradise and Lunch (Reprise)
16. Average White Band - Average White Band (Atlantic)
Velvet Underground - 1969 Velvet Underground Live (Mercury)
18. Bob Dylan - Planet Waves (Asylum)
19. Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets (Island)
20. Van Morrison - It's Too Late to Stop Now (Warner Bros.)
21. 10cc - Sheet Music (UK)
22. Willie Nelson - Phases and Stages (Atlantic)
Lou Reed - Rock n Roll Animal (RCA Victor)
24. Spinners - Mighty Love (Atlantic)
25. Blue Magic (Atco)
Little Feat - Feats Don't Fail Me Now (Warner Bros.)
27. Big Star - Radio City (Ardent)
28. Bad Company - Bad Co. (Swan Song)
29. Ohio Players - Skin Tight (Mercury)
Kinks - Preservation Act 2 (RCA Victor)
Maria Muldaur - Waitress in a Donut Shop (Reprise)
OOR (The Netherlands)
1. Sailor - Sailor
2. Randy Newman - Good old boys
3. Jackson Browne - Late for the sky
4. Jerry Riopelle - Saving grace
Steely dan - Pretzel logic
6. Eagles - On the border
7. 10 CC - Sheet music
8. Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean boulevard
9. Sparks - Propaganda
10. Rolling stones - It's only rock and roll
11. Todd Rundgren - Todd
12. Joni Mitchell - Court and spark
13. Lou Reed - Rock 'n' roll animal
14. Little feat - Feats don't fail me now
15. Dr. John - Desitively bonnaro
16. Bobby "Blue" Bland - Dreamer
17. Van Morrison - Veedon fleece
18. Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' first finale
19. Bad company - Bad co
20. Captain Beefheart - Unconditionally guaranteed
21. J. Geils band - Nightmares
22. Ry Cooder - Paradise and lunch
23. Captain Beefheart - Bluejeans & moonbeams
24. Janis Ian - Stars
Bonnie Raitt - Takin' my time
26. John Lennon - Walls and bridges
27. Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally through the alley
28. Richard & Linda Thompson - I want to see the bright lights tonight
29. Boz Scaggs - Slow dancer
30. Gram Parsons - Grievous angel
31. Bob Dylan & The band - Before the flood
32. Bobby "Blue" Bland - His California album
Traffic - When the eagle flies
34. Sparks - Kimono my house
35. Syreeta - Stevie Wonder presents
36. Link Wray - Beans & fatback
37. Van Morrison - It's too late to stop now
38. Bob Dylan - Planet waves
39. Joe Cocker - I can stand a little rain
40. Lynyrd skynyrd - Second helping
41. Meters - Rejuvenation
42. Wet Willie - Keep on smilin'
43. Souther, Hillman & Furay band - Souther, Hillman & Furay band
44. Tanya Tucker - Would you lay with me in a field of stone?
45. Andy Fairweather Low - Spider jiving
Neil Young - On the beach
47. Roxy music - Country life
48. J.J. Cale - Okie
Seventh wave - Things to come
Bruce Springsteen - The wild, the innocent and the E street
NME (UK)
1. Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
2. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll - Rolling Stones
3. Before The Flood - Bob Dylan
4. 461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
5. Todd - Todd Rundgren
6. On The Beach - Neil Young
7. Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt
8. Fulfillingness First Finale - Stevie Wonder
9. Country Life - Roxy Music
10. Average White Band - Average White Band
11. Future Days - Can
12. Smiler - Rod Stewart
13. Secret Treaties - Blue Oyster Cult
14. Maria Muldaur - Maria Muldaur
15. Another Saturday Night - Various
16. Sold American - Kinky Friedman
17. On The Border - Eagles
18. Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell
19. Odds And Sods - The Who
20. Kimono My House - Sparks
21. Okie - J.J. Cale
22. Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
23. Radio City - Big Star
24. Mysterious Traveller - Weather Report
== Sheer Heart Attack - Queen
== Big Fun - Miles Davis
27. Rock 'n' Roll Animal - Lou Reed
28. Deal Gone Down - Michael Chapman
== I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard And Linda Thompson
== It's Too Late To Stop Now - Van Morrison
31. Teasin' - Cornel Dupree
== Close Up The Honky Tonks - Flying Burrito Brothers
33. Feats Don't Fail Me Now - Little Feat
== Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison
35. Paradise And Lunch - Ry Cooder
== Dreamer - Bobby Bland
37. In Concert - Beach Boys
== Fear - John Cale
== For Everyman - Jackson Browne
== His California Album - Bobby Bland
41. Limited Edition - Can
42. The Psychomodo - Cockney Rebel
== Good For You Too - Toni Brown
== Live - Marvin Gaye
45. Live From Deep In The Heart Of Texas - Commander Cody
46. All American Boy - Rick Derringer
== Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash - Mike Nesmith
== Streetwalkers - Chapman-Whitney
== Keep On Smilin' - Wet Willie
== Planet Waves - Bob Dylan
51. Anthology - Marvin Gaye
52. Soon Over Babaluma - Can
== Spyglass - Greenslade
54. Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley - Robert Palmer
55. Propaganda - Sparks
56. The Shipbuilder - Bob Pegg & Nick Strutt
== Learn To Love It - Jesse Winchester
== Guitar Solos - Fred Frith
59. Angel's Egg - Gong
== Good Old Boys - Randy Newman
Sounds (UK)
In Camera - Peter Hammill
Madruga - Melanie
Bad Co. - Bad Company
Hydra - Hydra
Out Of The Storm - Jack Bruce
On The Beach - Neil Young
Before The Flood - Bob Dylan & The Band
Fear - John Cale
Escalator Over The Hill - Carla Bley
Band On The Run - Wings
Piano Man - Billy Joel
I Can Stand a Little Rain - Joe Cocker
Paradise And Lunch - Ry Cooder
Stormbringer - Deep Purple
Apostrophe - Frank Zappa
It's Too Late To Stop Now - Van Morrison
Second Helping - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sheet Music - 10cc
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard And Linda Thompson
Phaedra - Tangerine Dream
Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell