Best Albums of the 70s

Here's my picks for Best Albums of the 70s

1. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band (1970)
2. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1972)
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
5. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street (1971)

6. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (1973)
7. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
8. David Bowie - Low (1977)
9. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975)
10. Neil Young - On the Beach (1974)

11. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)
12. Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On (1971)
13. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)
14. Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
15. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (1970)

16. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars (1972)
17. David Bowie - Station to Station (1976)
18. The Clash - London Calling (1979)
19. Talking Heads - Fear of Music (1979)
20. Iggy & The Stooges - Fun House (1970)

21. Grateful Dead - American Beauty (1970)
22. Elton John - Honky Chateau (1972)
23. Nick Drake - Pink Moon (1972)
24. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)
25. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)

26. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory (1970)
27. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush (1970)
28. Wire - Pink Flag (1977)
29. John Lennon - Imagine (1971)
30. Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978)

31. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma (1975)
32. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (1975)
33. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run (1973)
34. Eagles - Desperado (1973)
35. Pink Floyd - Animals (1977)

36. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1975)
37. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus (1977)
38. Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power (1973)
39. Lou Reed - Transformer (1972)
40. Neil Young - Time Fades Away (1973)

41. Chris Bell - I Am The Cosmos (1978)
42. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life (1977)
43. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
44. Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
45. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)

46. Donna Summer - Bad Girls (1979)
47. Yoko Ono - Approximately Infinite Universe (1972)
48. David Bowie - Heroes (1977)
49. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
50. Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly (1973)



51. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
52. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
53. The Beatles - Let It Be (1970)
54. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (1970)
55. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)

56. Television - Marquee Moon (1977)
57. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (1970)
58. The Doors - LA Woman (1971)
59. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate (1971)
60. Patti Smith - Horses (1975)

61. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (1975)
62. Creedence Clearwater Revivial - Pendulum (1970)
63. The Who - Who's Next (1971)
64. Roxy Music - self-titled (1972)
65. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (1971)

66. Santana - Abraxas (1970)
67. Bob Dylan - Planet Waves (1974)
68. Elvis Costello - My Aim is True (1977)
69. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy (1973)
70. Neil Young - Harvest (1972)

71. Marvin Gaye - I Want You (1976)
72. Prince - Prince (1979)
73. Elton John - Elton John (1970)
74. Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)
75. Marvin Gaye - Here My Dear (1978)

76. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (1979)
77. Marianne Faithful - Broken English
78. Eric Burdon & War - Eric Burdon Declares War (1970)
79. Kiss - Destroyer (1976)
80. Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (1978)

81. The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
82. Steely Dan - Aja (1977)
83. Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming (1979)
84. Billy Joel - The Stranger (1977)
85. Gene Clark - No Other (1974)

86. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
87. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall (1979)
88. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - déjà vu (1970)
89. Carole King - Tapestry (1971)
90. Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle (1979)

91. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel (1974)
92. Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly (1972)
93. Deep Purple - Machine Head (1972)
94. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure (1973)
95. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)

96. Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)
97. Gang of Four - Entertainment (1979)
98. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)
99. Magazine - Real Life (1978)
100. John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)

101. David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1971)
102. Blondie - Eat to The Beat (1979)
103. Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)
104. Kiss - Love Gun (1977)
105. Joni Mitchell - Blue (1971)

106. Heart - Dreamboat Annie (1976)
107. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Stranger in Town (1978)
108. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
109. David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
110. Judee Sill - Judee Sill (1971)

111. Pere Ubu - Dubhousing (1978)
112. Bob Dylan - New Morning (1970)
113. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Songs (1970)
114. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player (1973)
115. Magazine - Secondhand Daylight (1979)

116. Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
117. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (1978)
118. Big Star - #1 Record (1972)
119. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (1977)
120. Roy Buchanan - Roy Buchanan (1972)

121. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express (1977)
122. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
123. Velvet Underground - Loaded (1970)
124. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972)
125. Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)

126. Eagles - Hotel California (1976)
127. Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
128. Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers (1976)
129. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night (1975)
130. Roberta Flack - Chapter Two (1970)

131. T. Rex - Electric Warrior (1971)
132. Kiss - Rock and Roll Over (1976)
133. Kraftwerk - Autobahn (1974)
134. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (1978)
135. The Rolling Stones - Some Girls (1978)

136. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy (1978)
137. Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic (1975)
138. Jackson Browne - Running on Empty
139. Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop (1973)
140. Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)

141. Roxy Music - Siren (1975)
142. Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information (1974)
143. Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)
144. The Only Ones - self-titled (1978)
145. Talking Heads - Talking Heads 77 (1977)

146. Patti Smith Group - Wave (1979)
147. Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
148. The Doors - Morrison Hotel (1970)
149. The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)
150. Neu! - self-titled (1972)

151. Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)
152. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel II (1978)
153. John Lennon - Walls and Bridges (1974)
154. The Jam - In The City (1977)
155. The Cars - self-titled (1978)

156. Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979)
157. Queen - A Night at the Opera (1975)
158. Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979)
159. Ike & Tina Turner - Workin' Together (1971)
160. Roxy Music - Country Life (1974)

161. Santana - Marathon (1979)
162. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain (1974)
163. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves (1976)
164. David Bowie - Young Americans (1975)
165. Human League - Reproduction (1979)

166. Yoko Ono - Fly (1971)
167. David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (1970)
168. Suicide - Suicide (1977)
169. Grace Jones - Muse (1974)
170. Kris Kristofferson - The Silver Tongued Devil and I (1971)

171. Rush - 2112 (1976)
172. Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey (1971)
173. Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)
174. Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)
175. Bread - Baby I'm-a Want You (1972)

176. George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973)
177. Dead Boys - Young, Loud & Snotty
178. Grateful Dead - Wake of the Flood (1973)
179. Genesis - A Trick of the Tail (1976)
180. Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs (1974)

181. Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
182. The Knack - Get The Knack (1979)
183. The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973)
184. Elton John - Blue Moves (1976)
185. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel I (1977)

186. Fleetwood Mac - Mystery To Me (1973)
187. The Records - The Records (1979)
188. Tim Buckley - Starsailor (1970)
189. Heart - Little Queen (1977)
190. Kate Bush - Lionheart (1979)

191. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces (1979)
192. Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Scream (1978)
193. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
194. The B-52's - The B-52's (1979)
195. Yes - Close To The Edge (1972)

196. Television - Adventure (1978)
197. Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
198. Pink Floyd - Meddle (1971)
199. Pat Benetar - In The Heat of the Night (1979)
200. Martha and the Muffins - Metro Music (1979)