Acclaimed Music - The Top Albums from 1971
The Top Albums from 1971





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Time
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Song
Samples
1 8 Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
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2 31 Led Zeppelin
IV
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3 34 The Who
Who's Next
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4 43 Joni Mitchell
Blue
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5 48 The Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers
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6 52 Sly and the Family Stone
There's a Riot Goin' On
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7 59 David Bowie
Hunky Dory

8 61 Carole King
Tapestry
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9 99 John Lennon
Imagine

10 108 The Allman Brothers Band
At Fillmore East
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11 141 Rod Stewart
Every Picture Tells a Story
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12 175 T. Rex
Electric Warrior
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13 194 Janis Joplin
Pearl
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14 247 The Doors
L.A. Woman
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15 288 Can
Tago Mago
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16 388 Leonard Cohen
Songs of Love and Hate
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17 403 Funkadelic
Maggot Brain
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18 469 The Beach Boys
Surf's Up
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19 485 Jethro Tull
Aqualung

20 544 Yes
Fragile
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21 576 Neu!
Neu!
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22 657 Serge Gainsbourg
Histoire de Melody Nelson

23 661 The Mahavishnu Orchestra
Inner Mounting Flame
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24 710 David Crosby
If I Could Only Remember My Name
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25 711 John Prine
John Prine
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26 775 Bob Marley and The Wailers
Soul Revolution/African Herbsman
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27 860 Yes
The Yes Album
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28 900 The Flamin' Groovies
Teenage Head
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29 906 Miles Davis
A Tribute to Jack Johnson
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30 927 Nilsson
Nilsson Schmilsson
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31 994 The Faces
A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...to a Blind Horse
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32 995 Black Sabbath
Master of Reality
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33 1023 Alice Cooper
Killer
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34 1111 Miles Davis
Live Evil
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35 1157 Van Morrison
Tupelo Honey
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36 1258 Pink Floyd
Meddle
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37 1323 Alice Cooper
Love It to Death
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38 1330 Van der Graaf Generator
Pawn Hearts
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39 1344 The Kinks
Muswell Hillbillies
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40 1381 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Four-Way Street
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41 1454 Isaac Hayes
Shaft
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42 1490 Dolly Parton
Coat of Many Colors
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43 1506 Curtis Mayfield
Curtis/Live
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44 1516 Paul and Linda McCartney
Ram
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45 1528 Al Green
Al Green Gets Next to You
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46 1563 Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Pictures at an Exhibition
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47 1623 Herbie Hancock
Mwandishi

48 1658 Cat Stevens
Teaser and the Firecat
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49 1688 Charles Mingus
Let My Children Hear Music
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50 1776 Elvis Presley
Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)
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51 1792 Tom T. Hall
In Search of a Song
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52 1886 B.B. King
Live in Cook County Jail
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53 1931 Shirley Collins
No Roses
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54 1937 War
All Day Music
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55 2020 Various Artists
The Concert for Bangladesh
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56 2021 Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Tarkus
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57 2040 Roy Harper
Stormcock

58 2057 Chick Corea
Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1
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59 2119 Caravan
In the Land of Grey and Pink

60 2204 The Last Poets
This Is Madness

61 2226 Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers
Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers
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62 2335 Santana
III
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63 2338 Traffic
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
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64 2351 Chick Corea
Piano Improvisations, Vol. 2
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65 2382 Laura Nyro and Labelle
Gonna Take a Miracle
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66 2429 Michel Polnareff
Polnareff's

67 2481 Bill Withers
Just as I Am
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68 2525 Don McLean
American Pie
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69 2537 The Maytals
Monkey Man
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70 2590 Nico
Desertshore
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71 2647 Earl Hines
Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington
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72 2729 Jimi Hendrix
Cry of Love

73 2856 Little Feat
Little Feat
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74 2861 Master Musicians of Jajouka
Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka
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75 2870 King Crimson
Islands
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76 2872 Blue Oyster Cult
Blue Oyster Cult
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77 2873 Badfinger
Straight Up
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78 2898 The Faces
Long Player
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79 2902 Brigitte Fontaine
Comme a la Radio

80 2903 Alice Coltrane
Universal Consciousness
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81 2904 The Stylistics
The Stylistics
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82 2952 The Chi-Lites
(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People
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83 2997 Osibisa
Woyaya

Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Steeleye Span
Please to See the King

Waylon Jennings
The Taker/Tulsa

Comus
First Utterance

J.J. Cale
Naturally
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Judee Sill
Judee Sill

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Mirror Man

James Taylor
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon
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Hawkwind
In Search of Space

Bridget St. John
Songs for the Gentle Man

The Move
Message from the Country
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Rory Gallagher
Deuce

Stevie Wonder
Where I'm Coming From

Deep Purple
Fireball
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Aretha Franklin
Live at Fillmore West
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Fela Kuti
Open & Close

Link Wray
Link Wray

Elton John
Madman Across the Water

Duke Ellington
Afro-Eurasian Eclipse: A Suite in Eight Parts

Gene Clark
Gene Clark/White Light

The Mothers
Fillmore East - June 1971
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