Acclaimed Music - The Top 200 Albums from the 1970s

The Top 200 Albums from the 1970s
Rank	All Time	Artist	Album	Year	Buy at Amazon	Song Samples
1	6	The Rolling Stones	Exile on Main St	1972		Listen
2	8	Marvin Gaye	What's Going On	1971		Listen
3	9	Sex Pistols	Never Mind the Bollocks - Here's the Sex Pistols	1977		Listen
4	10	The Clash	London Calling	1979		Listen
5	16	David Bowie	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars	1972		Listen
6	18	Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run	1975		Listen
7	19	Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon	1973		Listen
8	22	Bob Dylan	Blood on the Tracks	1975		Listen
9	23	Patti Smith	Horses	1975		Listen
10	24	Television	Marquee Moon	1977		Listen
11	31	Led Zeppelin	IV	1971		Listen
12	34	The Who	Who's Next	1971		Listen
13	36	Ramones	Ramones	1976		Listen
14	41	Stevie Wonder	Innervisions	1973		Listen
15	43	Joni Mitchell	Blue	1971		Listen
16	44	Neil Young	After the Goldrush	1970		Listen
17	45	Stevie Wonder	Songs in the Key of Life	1976		Listen
18	48	The Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	1971		Listen
19	50	The Clash	The Clash	1977		Listen
20	52	Sly and the Family Stone	There's a Riot Goin' On	1971		Listen
21	53	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	1977		Listen
22	58	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	1970
23	59	David Bowie	Hunky Dory	1971
24	61	Carole King	Tapestry	1971		Listen
25	70	Derek and The Dominos	Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs	1970		Listen
26	73	Joy Division	Unknown Pleasures	1979		Listen
27	76	Elvis Costello	This Year's Model	1978		Listen
28	79	Lou Reed	Transformer	1972
29	80	Van Morrison	Moondance	1970		Listen
30	88	Elvis Costello	My Aim Is True	1977		Listen
31	89	David Bowie	Low	1977		Listen
32	90	The Stooges	Fun House	1970		Listen
33	93	Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti	1975		Listen
34	94	Kraftwerk	Trans-Europa Express	1977		Listen
35	96	The Eagles	Hotel California	1976
36	97	Miles Davis	Bitches Brew	1970		Listen
37	98	Roxy Music	For Your Pleasure	1973		Listen
38	99	John Lennon	Imagine	1971
39	101	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	1970		Listen
40	102	Iggy and The Stooges	Raw Power	1973		Listen
41	103	Bruce Springsteen	Darkness on the Edge of Town	1978		Listen
42	104	Blondie	Parallel Lines	1978		Listen
43	108	The Allman Brothers Band	At Fillmore East	1971		Listen
44	109	Michael Jackson	Off the Wall	1979		Listen
45	110	Stevie Wonder	Talking Book	1972		Listen
46	111	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Natty Dread	1974		Listen
47	117	Neil Young & Crazy Horse	Rust Never Sleeps	1979		Listen
48	118	Joni Mitchell	Court and Spark	1974		Listen
49	121	The Original Soundtrack	Saturday Night Fever	1977		Listen
50	122	Neil Young	Harvest	1972		Listen
51	134	Gram Parsons	Grievous Angel	1974		Listen
52	139	Neil Young	Tonight's the Night	1975		Listen
53	141	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells a Story	1971		Listen
54	144	New York Dolls	New York Dolls	1973		Listen
55	147	The Wailers	Catch a Fire	1973		Listen
56	151	Curtis Mayfield	Superfly	1972		Listen
57	155	Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	1973		Listen
58	156	Pink Floyd	The Wall	1979		Listen
59	161	Black Sabbath	Paranoid	1970		Listen
60	164	Gang of Four	Entertainment!	1979
61	165	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	1975		Listen
62	166	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	D�j� Vu	1970		Listen
63	170	Marvin Gaye	Let's Get It On	1973		Listen
64	175	T. Rex	Electric Warrior	1971		Listen
65	176	Queen	A Night at the Opera	1975		Listen
66	177	Santana	Abraxas	1970
67	180	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	1970		Listen
68	182	Public Image Ltd.	Metal Box/Second Edition	1979		Listen
69	183	The Velvet Underground	Loaded	1970		Listen
70	184	The Specials	The Specials	1979		Listen
71	189	Eno	Another Green World	1975		Listen
72	194	Janis Joplin	Pearl	1971		Listen
73	196	The Original Soundtrack	The Harder They Come	1972		Listen
74	197	The Modern Lovers	The Modern Lovers	1976		Listen
75	198	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Exodus	1977		Listen
76	208	Roxy Music	Roxy Music	1972		Listen
77	211	Iggy Pop	Lust for Life	1977		Listen
78	215	The Jam	All Mod Cons	1978
79	218	Nick Drake	Bryter Layter	1970		Listen
80	219	Lou Reed	Berlin	1973		Listen
81	225	Pere Ubu	The Modern Dance	1978		Listen
82	226	Wire	Pink Flag	1977		Listen
83	231	Talking Heads	Fear of Music	1979		Listen
84	232	David Bowie	Heroes	1977		Listen
85	243	Nick Drake	Pink Moon	1972		Listen
86	247	The Doors	L.A. Woman	1971		Listen
87	248	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Live!	1975		Listen
88	249	Suicide	Suicide	1977		Listen
89	250	Deep Purple	Machine Head	1972		Listen
90	252	Todd Rundgren	Something/Anything?	1972		Listen
91	255	David Bowie	Station to Station	1976
92	259	Robert Wyatt	Rock Bottom	1974		Listen
93	260	Al Green	Call Me	1973		Listen
94	262	Funkadelic	One Nation Under a Groove	1978		Listen
95	266	Parliament	Mothership Connection	1975		Listen
96	267	Talking Heads	More Songs About Buildings and Food	1978		Listen
97	271	Steely Dan	Pretzel Logic	1974
98	273	Van Halen	Van Halen	1978		Listen
99	278	Ramones	Rocket to Russia	1977
100	285	Steely Dan	Aja	1977		Listen
101	287	Grateful Dead	American Beauty	1970		Listen
102	288	Can	Tago Mago	1971		Listen
103	289	The Who	Live at Leeds	1970
104	292	Talking Heads	Talking Heads: 77	1977		Listen
105	293	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	Armed Forces	1979
106	294	Big Star	The Third Album/Sister Lovers	1978		Listen
107	296	Mike Oldfield	Tubular Bells	1973		Listen
108	302	Kraftwerk	Die Mensch Maschine	1978		Listen
109	303	Bob Dylan and The Band	The Basement Tapes	1975		Listen
110	307	Kraftwerk	Autobahn	1974		Listen
111	309	Richard and Linda Thompson	I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight	1974		Listen
112	322	Ian Dury and The Blockheads	New Boots and Panties!	1977
113	325	James Taylor	Sweet Baby James	1970		Listen
114	329	The Rolling Stones	Some Girls	1978		Listen
115	331	Randy Newman	12 Songs	1970		Listen
116	335	Aerosmith	Toys in the Attic	1975		Listen
117	338	Grateful Dead	Workingman's Dead	1970		Listen
118	346	George Harrison	All Things Must Pass	1970		Listen
119	347	AC/DC	Highway to Hell	1979
120	353	Big Star	Radio City	1974		Listen
121	357	Jackson Browne	Late for the Sky	1974		Listen
122	360	Thin Lizzy	Live and Dangerous	1978		Listen
123	361	Aerosmith	Rocks	1976		Listen
124	368	Eno	Here Come the Warm Jets	1973		Listen
125	372	Steely Dan	Countdown to Ecstasy	1973		Listen
126	380	Devo	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo	1978		Listen
127	381	Bob Dylan	Desire	1976
128	383	Deep Purple	In Rock	1970		Listen
129	384	John Cale	Paris 1919	1973		Listen
130	388	Leonard Cohen	Songs of Love and Hate	1971		Listen
131	389	Randy Newman	Sail Away	1972		Listen
132	391	Led Zeppelin	III	1970		Listen
133	397	Paul McCartney and Wings	Band on the Run	1973
134	399	Eric Clapton	461 Ocean Boulevard	1974
135	403	Funkadelic	Maggot Brain	1971		Listen
136	406	Randy Newman	Good Old Boys	1974		Listen
137	407	Gram Parsons	G.P.	1973		Listen
138	408	Willie Nelson	Red Headed Stranger	1975		Listen
139	409	The Who	Quadrophenia	1973		Listen
140	410	Genesis	The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway	1974		Listen
141	411	Steely Dan	Can't Buy a Thrill	1972		Listen
142	412	Meat Loaf	Bat out of Hell	1977		Listen
143	413	The Undertones	The Undertones	1979		Listen
144	415	James Brown	Sex Machine	1970		Listen
145	418	Chic	Risque	1979		Listen
146	420	Led Zeppelin	Houses of the Holy	1973		Listen
147	425	Burning Spear	Marcus Garvey	1975
148	426	Deep Purple	Made in Japan	1972		Listen
149	433	Augustus Pablo	King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown	1976		Listen
150	434	The Wailers	Burnin'	1973		Listen
151	435	Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers	Damn the Torpedoes	1979		Listen
152	441	David Bowie	Aladdin Sane	1973		Listen
153	453	Big Star	#1 Record	1972		Listen
154	458	The Police	Outlandos D'Amour	1978		Listen
155	461	Neil Young	On the Beach	1974		Listen
156	463	The B-52's	The B-52's	1979		Listen
157	464	Joni Mitchell	Hejira	1976		Listen
158	466	Wire	Chairs Missing	1978		Listen
159	469	The Beach Boys	Surf's Up	1971		Listen
160	470	Joni Mitchell	The Hissing of Summer Lawns	1975		Listen
161	471	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	1970		Listen
162	474	Little Feat	Sailin' Shoes	1972		Listen
163	475	The Rolling Stones	Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out	1970		Listen
164	484	The Police	Regatta De Blanc	1979		Listen
165	485	Jethro Tull	Aqualung	1971
166	487	Dire Straits	Dire Straits	1978		Listen
167	489	Al Green	I'm Still in Love with You	1972		Listen
168	492	Mott the Hoople	Mott	1973		Listen
169	493	Boston	Boston	1976		Listen
170	501	Billy Joel	The Stranger	1977		Listen
171	509	Brian Eno	Before and After Science	1977		Listen
172	511	Van Morrison	It's Too Late To Stop Now	1974		Listen
173	513	Curtis Mayfield	Curtis	1970		Listen
174	516	Traffic	John Barleycorn Must Die	1970		Listen
175	522	Little Feat	Dixie Chicken	1973		Listen
176	523	Herbie Hancock	Head Hunters	1973		Listen
177	525	Roxy Music	Siren	1975		Listen
178	528	Richard Hell & The Voidoids	Blank Generation	1977		Listen
179	529	John Martyn	Solid Air	1973		Listen
180	544	Yes	Fragile	1971		Listen
181	553	Sly and the Family Stone	Fresh	1973		Listen
182	563	Kiss	Alive!	1975		Listen
183	566	Tim Buckley	Starsailor	1970
184	571	The Congos	The Heart of the Congos	1977		Listen
185	573	The Buzzcocks	Another Music in a Different Kitchen	1978		Listen
186	574	Kate Bush	The Kick Inside	1978		Listen
187	576	Neu!	Neu!	1971		Listen
188	578	Roxy Music	Stranded	1973		Listen
189	579	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band	Clear Spot	1972		Listen
190	593	Keith Jarrett	The K�ln Concert	1975		Listen
191	594	Ry Cooder	Paradise and Lunch	1974		Listen
192	598	King Crimson	Red	1974		Listen
193	607	Iggy Pop	The Idiot	1977		Listen
194	608	The Velvet Underground	1969: The Velvet Underground Live with Lou Reed	1974		Listen
195	609	The Pop Group	Y	1979
196	612	The Slits	Cut	1979
197	620	Paul Simon	Paul Simon	1972		Listen
198	621	Graham Parker & The Rumour	Squeezing Out Sparks	1979
199	625	Bruce Springsteen	The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle	1973		Listen
200	627	Can	Future Days	1973		Listen