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Label: Mercury
Artists
ABC
:
The Lexicon of Love
[1982]
A-
Beauty Stab
[1983]
A-
How to Be a Zillionaire
[1985]
B-
Absolutely
[1990]
*
The Best of ABC: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection
[2001]
A-
King Sunny Ade
:
The Return of the Juju King
[1987]
B+
Adventures of Stevie V
:
Adventures of Stevie V
[1990]
John Anderson
:
Takin' the Country Back
[1997]
A-
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
:
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
[1973]
B+
Bachman-Turner Overdrive II
[1973]
B+
Not Fragile
[1974]
B
Four Wheel Drive
[1975]
C+
Head On
[1975]
B-
Best of B.T.O. (So Far)
[1976]
B+
Buju Banton
:
Voice of Jamaica
[1993]
*
David Barretto
:
David Barretto
[1974]
B
The Beautiful South
:
Carry On Up the Charts: The Best of the Beautiful South
[1995]
A-
Quench
[1998]
*
Brook Benton
:
It's Just a Matter of Time: His Greatest Hits
[1984]
B+
Sandra Bernhard
:
I'm Your Woman
[1985]
C+
Big Country
:
The Crossing
[1983]
B
The Bizarros
:
The Bizarros
[1979]
B+
Black Sheep
:
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
[1991]
Kurtis Blow
:
Kurtis Blow
[1980]
B+
Deuce
[1981]
B+
Tough
[1982]
B
Party Time?
[1983]
A-
Ego Trip
[1984]
B-
America
[1985]
B
Blue Ash
:
No More, No Less
[1973]
B
Bon Jovi
:
Slippery When Wet
[1986]
B-
New Jersey
[1988]
C+
The Boomtown Rats
:
The Boomtown Rats
[1978]
B+
Duke Bootee
:
Bust Me Out
[1984]
B+
The Brains
:
The Brains
[1980]
A-
Electronic Eden
[1981]
B
Randy Burns and the Sky Dog Band
:
Randy Burns and the Sky Dog Band
[1971]
B-
Jerry Butler
:
Ice on Ice
[1969]
A-
The Best of Jerry Butler
[1970]
A-
You and Me
[1970]
B-
Only the Strong Survive: The Legendary Philadelphia Hits
[1984]
A-
The Best of Jerry Butler: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection
[2001]
A-
Roy C.
:
Sex and Soul
[1973]
B+
More Sex and More Soul
[1977]
B
J.J. Cale
:
Special Edition
[1984]
B+
Cameo
:
The Best of Cameo
[1993]
*
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
:
Unconditionally Guaranteed
[1974]
B-
Bluejeans and Moonbeams
[1974]
B-
The Cardigans
:
First Band on the Moon
[1996]
B+
Johnny Cash
:
Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town
[1987]
B+
The Mystery of Life
[2003]
Terri Clark
:
Pain to Kill
[2003]
**
Greatest Hits 1994-2004
[2004]
**
Clover
:
Clover
[1977]
C-
Love on the Wire
[1978]
B-
Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach
:
Painted from Memory
[1998]
***
The Robert Cray Band
:
Strong Persuader
[1986]
A+
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
[1988]
A-
Midnight Stroll
[1990]
**
I Was Warned
[1992]
A-
Shame and a Sin
[1993]
A-
Some Rainy Morning
[1995]
Sweet Potato Pie
[1997]
Heavy Picks: The Robert Cray Collection
[1999]
A-
Lol Creme/Kevin Godley
:
Consequences
[1977]
C
Billy Currington
:
Little Bit of Everything
[2008]
Mary Cutrufello
:
When the Night Is Through
[1998]
Billy Ray Cyrus
:
Some Gave All
[1992]
C+
Chuck D
:
Autobiography of Mistachuck
[1996]
A-
Def Leppard
:
Pyromania
[1983]
C
Hysteria
[1987]
C
Adrenalize
[1992]
Vault 1980-1995: Def Leppard Greatest Hits
[1995]
Richard Digance
:
Richard Digance
[1975]
B-
The Everly Brothers
:
EB 84
[1984]
C+
Exuma
:
Exuma
[1970]
D
The Fall
:
Extricate
[1990]
*
Peter Gabriel
:
Peter Gabriel
[1980]
B-
Serge Gainsbourg
:
Comic Book
[1997]
Gap Band
:
The 12" Collection
[1986]
A
The Best of Gap Band: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection
[2001]
A-
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
:
Introducing Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
[1996]
Green on Red
:
No Free Lunch
[1985]
B+
The Killer Inside Me
[1987]
C+
Steven Grossman
:
Caravan Tonight
[1974]
B
Tom T. Hall
:
I Witness Life
[1970]
B+
In Search of a Song
[1971]
A
Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits
[1972]
B
The Storyteller
[1972]
B
The Rhymer and Other Five and Dimers
[1973]
A-
Greatest Hits Volume 2
[1975]
D+
Faster Horses
[1976]
B+
Greatest Hits--Volume III
[1978]
B+
Everything from Jesus to Jack Daniels
[1983]
B+
The Essential Tom T. Hall: The Story Songs
[1988]
A
Home Grown
[1997]
Hamell on Trial
:
Big as Life
[1995]
*
The Chord Is Mightier Than the Sword
[1997]
*
Herbie Hancock
:
Dis Is Da Drum
[1995]
Hanson
:
Middle of Nowhere
[1997]
**
Eric Heatherly
:
Swimming in Champagne
[2000]
Hole
:
Nobody's Daughter
[2010]
A-
Ida Maria
:
Fortress Round My Heart
[2009]
***
Jaz B. Lat'n
:
Street Gamins
[1994]
Jamey Johnson
:
Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran
[2012]
A-
The Johnstons
:
The Johnstons
[1972]
C
Junior
:
Ji
[1982]
B
The Kentucky Headhunters
:
Electric Barnyard
[1991]
*
Klover
:
Feel Lucky Punk
[1995]
C+
Bobby Konders & Massive Sounds
:
Bobby Konders & Massive Sounds
[1992]
Kool and the Gang
:
Forever
[1986]
C-
Everything's Kool and the Gang: Greatest Hits and More
[1988]
B
The Best of Kool & the Gang (1969-1976)
[1993]
*
Fela Anikulapo Kuti
:
Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense
[1986]
B+
Lamb
:
Lamb
[1997]
Jerry Lee Lewis
:
The "Killer" Rocks On
[1972]
B
The Session
[1973]
B+
The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis Volume II
[1976]
B-
Linn County
:
Fever Shot
[1969]
D
Shelby Lynne
:
I Am Shelby Lynne
[2000]
A-
Cledus Maggard & the Citizen's Band
:
The White Knight
[1976]
B+
Miriam Makeba
:
Welela
[1989]
B+
Carolyne Mas
:
Carolyne Mas
[1979]
B-
Kathy Mattea
:
A Collection of Hits
[1990]
*
Mary McCaslin
:
Sunny California
[1979]
B-
Reba McEntire
:
The Best of Reba McEntire
[1985]
B+
Brian McKnight
:
Anytime
[1997]
Ian McLagan
:
Troublemaker
[1979]
B
John Mellencamp
:
Whenever We Wanted
[1991]
Dance Naked
[1994]
The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988
[1997]
*
John Cougar Mellencamp
:
The Lonesome Jubilee
[1987]
A-
Big Daddy
[1989]
B-
Human Wheels
[1993]
Buddy Miles
:
Them Changes
[1970]
C
Van Morrison
:
A Sense of Wonder
[1985]
C+
Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast
[1985]
B
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
[1986]
B-
Poetic Champions Compose
[1987]
B+
Avalon Sunset
[1989]
A-
Enlightenment
[1990]
B+
The Best of Van Morrison
[1990]
A
Hymns to the Silence
[1991]
B+
Van Morrison & the Chieftains
:
Irish Heartbeat
[1988]
C+
Morrissey
:
Maladjusted
[1997]
Mother Earth
:
Make a Joyful Noise
[1969]
A
Satisfied
[1970]
A-
Motorhead
:
Ace of Spades
[1980]
B
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
[1981]
B+
Kacey Musgraves
:
Same Trailer Different Park
[2013]
A-
Pageant Material
[2015]
*
Tracy Nelson
:
Mother Earth Presents Tracy Nelson Country
[1970]
A
Mickey Newbury
:
Looks Like Rain
[1970]
B-
New York Dolls
:
New York Dolls
[1973]
A+
In Too Much, Too Soon
[1974]
A+
The Noisettes
:
Wild Young Hearts
[2009]
NRBQ
:
At Yankee Stadium
[1978]
B+
The Ocean Blue
:
See the Ocean Blue
[1996]
Ohio Players
:
Skin Tight
[1974]
B
Fire
[1974]
B
Honey
[1975]
B+
Contradiction
[1976]
B-
Gold
[1976]
A-
Graham Parker
:
Howlin' Wind
[1976]
A
Heat Treatment
[1976]
A
Stick to Me
[1977]
A-
Graham Parker and the Rumour
:
The Parkerilla
[1978]
B-
Esther Phillips
:
You've Come a Long Way, Baby
[1977]
B+
All About Esther Phillips
[1978]
B-
Here's Esther . . . Are You Ready
[1979]
B+
Good Black Is Hard to Crack
[1981]
B+
The Platters
:
Encore of Golden Hits
[1960]
Polecats
:
Make a Circuit With Me
[1983]
B+
Proctor & Bergman
:
Give Us a Break
[1978]
C
Radish
:
Restraining Bolt
[1997]
**
The Rainmakers
:
The Rainmakers
[1986]
B
René & Angela
:
Street Called Desire
[1985]
B+
Burt Reynolds
:
Ask Me What I Am
[1973]
E+
Kim Richey
:
Kim Richey
[1995]
Glimmer
[1999]
Lionel Richie
:
Louder Than Words
[1996]
Johnny Rodriguez
:
The Greatest Hits of Johnny Rodriguez
[1976]
C+
Kevin Rowland and Dexys Midnight Runners
:
Too-Rye-Ay
[1982]
B+
Rubber Rodeo
:
Scenic Views
[1984]
C
The Rumour
:
Max
[1977]
C+
The Runaways
:
The Runaways
[1976]
C-
Waitin' for the Night
[1977]
C+
Queens of Noise
[1977]
C
The Best of the Runaways
[1982]
C+
Rush
:
A Farewell to Kings
[1977]
D
Doug Sahm
:
Rough Edges
[1973]
B+
Mike Seeger
:
Music from the True Vine
[1972]
B+
The Second Annual Farewell Reunion
[1973]
A-
The Shangri-Las
:
Golden Hits of the Shangri-Las
[1984]
A-
The Best of the Shangri-Las
[1996]
A-
Michelle Shocked
:
The Texas Campfire Tapes
[1986]
B+
Short Sharp Shocked
[1988]
A-
Captain Swing
[1989]
B
Arkansas Traveler
[1992]
B+
Dusty Springfield
:
Dusty Springfield's Greatest Hits
[1984]
B+
The Very Best of Dusty Springfield
[1998]
A-
George Stanford
:
Big Drop
[2008]
Rod Stewart
:
The Rod Stewart Album
[1969]
A-
Gasoline Alley
[1970]
A-
Every Picture Tells a Story
[1971]
A+
Never a Dull Moment
[1972]
A-
Sing It Again Rod
[1973]
B+
Smiler
[1974]
B-
The Best of Rod Stewart
[1976]
B+
The Best of Rod Stewart Volume II
[1976]
B-
Rod Stewart/Faces
:
Live: Coast to Coast/Overture and Beginners
[1973]
C-
Streetwalkers
:
Streetwalkers
[1975]
C+
Red Card
[1976]
B
Vicious but Fair
[1977]
C+
The Stylistics
:
Love Spell
[1979]
C+
Donna Summer
:
She Works Hard for the Money
[1983]
B+
Endless Summer
[1994]
A
Howard Tate
:
Get It While You Can: The Legendary Sessions
[1995]
A-
The Teardrop Explodes
:
Kilimanjaro
[1980]
B
Tears for Fears
:
Songs from the Big Chair
[1985]
B
10cc
:
The Original Soundtrack
[1975]
D+
How Dare You?
[1976]
C
Thin Lizzy
:
Jailbreak
[1976]
B-
Tony Toni Toné
:
House of Music
[1996]
A
Hits
[1997]
A-
Trio
:
Trio and Error
[1983]
B+
Shania Twain
:
Shania Twain
[1993]
The Woman in Me
[1995]
*
Come on Over
[1997]
A-
Up!
[2002]
*
Uriah Heep
:
The Magician's Birthday
[1972]
B-
Van Der Graf Generator
:
Godbluff
[1975]
D+
The Veldt
:
Afrodisiac
[1994]
The Vels
:
Velocity
[1984]
B+
The Velvet Underground
:
1969 Velvet Underground Live
[1974]
A-
Crystal Waters
:
Surprise
[1991]
Storyteller
[1994]
Barry White
:
All-Time Greatest Hits
[1994]
A-
Hank Williams
:
Alone With His Guitar
[2000]
A-
The Essential Hank Williams Collection: Turn Back the Years
[2005]
A
Lucinda Williams
:
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
[1998]
A+
Vanessa Williams
:
Next
[1997]
Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years
[1999]
Yaggfu Front
:
Action Packed Adventure
[1994]
Yarbrough & Peoples
:
The Two of Us
[1980]
B
Compilations/Soundtracks
Funky Stuff: The Best of Funk Essentials
[1993]
A-
Girls Town
[1996]
***
The Glory of Gershwin
[1994]
The Naked Carmen
[1970]
C
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
[2000]
Red Hot + Country
[1994]