All the sixties albums get A minus to A plus, (maybe Got Live gets a As I said in the 'Gunface' thread I like letter grades as I grew up reading Robert Christgau's consumer guide in Creem every month, hence
'70 Ya-Ya's A
'71 Sticky A plus
'72 Exile A plus
'73 Goats A minus
'74 IORR B plus
'75 Metamorphosis B
'76 Black & Blue A minus
'77 Love You Live B minus
'78 Some Girs A
'80 E Rescue A minus
'81 Tattoo A
'82 Still Life B
'83 Undercover B plus (tough one to grade)
'86 Dirty Work A minus
'89 Steel Wheels B plus
'91 Flashpoint B
'94 Voodoo A minus
'95 Stripped A minus
'97 Bridges A minus
'98 No Security B
'02 40 Licks A minus
'04 Live Licks B
'05 BiggerBang A

john r Wrote:
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> All the sixties albums get A minus to A plus,
> (maybe Got Live gets a As I said in the 'Gunface'
> thread I like letter grades as I grew up reading
> Robert Christgau's consumer guide in Creem every
> month, hence

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>

That seems a might generous, I would go with the following


'70 Ya-Ya's A
> '71 Sticky A plus
> '72 Exile A plus
> '73 Goats C
> '74 IORR D
> '75 Metamorphosis F
> '76 Black & Blue B
> '77 Love You Live C
> '78 Some Girs A plus
> '80 E Rescue C plus
> '81 Tattoo A
> '82 Still Life D
> '83 Undercover A Minus
> '86 Dirty Work C plus
> '89 Steel Wheels F
> '91 Flashpoint D
> '94 Voodoo A minus
> '95 Stripped B
> '97 Bridges C
> '98 No Security D
> '02 40 Licks A plus
> '04 Live Licks D
> '05 BiggerBang A minus



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2005-10-09 02:58 by Ket.

Ket Wrote:
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> > '75 Metamorphosis F
> > '89 Steel Wheels F

An F for those two Ket? That's a little harsh isn't it? I know that they're not perfect albums but I'd probably give Metamorphosis a B or a B- and Steel Wheels at LEAST deserves an A- IMO. I thought that SW was a pretty strong album that they came back with.

I agree with you Stones89, Steel Wheels wasn't that bad.
On the other hand these "rate this....rate that" threads are so subjective. Everybody has a different taste. Fun to read once in a while but no more than that.

Exactly Glimmer Twin, & two B plus (or 7.5) albums might have very different qualities & deficiencies