The Top 200 Albums from the 1970s

Rank	All Time	Artist	Album	Year	Buy at Amazon	Song Samples
1	7	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	17	Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run	1975		Listen
7	20	Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon	1973		Listen
8	22	Patti Smith	Horses	1975		Listen
9	23	Bob Dylan	Blood on the Tracks	1975		Listen
10	25	Television	Marquee Moon	1977		Listen
11	28	Led Zeppelin	IV	1971		Listen
12	34	The Who	Who's Next	1971		Listen
13	35	Ramones	Ramones	1976		Listen
14	41	Stevie Wonder	Songs in the Key of Life	1976		Listen
15	42	Stevie Wonder	Innervisions	1973		Listen
16	43	Neil Young	After the Goldrush	1970		Listen
17	45	Joni Mitchell	Blue	1971		Listen
18	48	The Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	1971		Listen
19	51	Sly and the Family Stone	There's a Riot Goin' On	1971		Listen
20	52	The Clash	The Clash	1977		Listen
21	53	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	1977		Listen
22	57	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	69	Derek and The Dominos	Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs	1970		Listen
26	71	Joy Division	Unknown Pleasures	1979		Listen
27	75	Elvis Costello	This Year's Model	1978		Listen
28	79	Lou Reed	Transformer	1972
29	81	Van Morrison	Moondance	1970		Listen
30	86	The Eagles	Hotel California	1976
31	87	The Stooges	Fun House	1970		Listen
32	89	Elvis Costello	My Aim Is True	1977		Listen
33	91	David Bowie	Low	1977		Listen
34	92	Miles Davis	Bitches Brew	1970		Listen
35	93	Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti	1975		Listen
36	94	Roxy Music	For Your Pleasure	1973		Listen
37	95	John Lennon	Imagine	1971
38	97	Kraftwerk	Trans-Europa Express	1977		Listen
39	98	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	1970		Listen
40	99	Iggy and The Stooges	Raw Power	1973		Listen
41	102	The Allman Brothers Band	At Fillmore East	1971		Listen
42	108	Blondie	Parallel Lines	1978		Listen
43	109	Stevie Wonder	Talking Book	1972		Listen
44	110	Bruce Springsteen	Darkness on the Edge of Town	1978		Listen
45	114	Michael Jackson	Off the Wall	1979		Listen
46	118	Neil Young	Harvest	1972		Listen
47	119	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Natty Dread	1974		Listen
48	125	Neil Young & Crazy Horse	Rust Never Sleeps	1979		Listen
49	132	The Original Soundtrack	Saturday Night Fever	1977		Listen
50	134	Joni Mitchell	Court and Spark	1974		Listen
51	139	New York Dolls	New York Dolls	1973		Listen
52	140	Gram Parsons	Grievous Angel	1974		Listen
53	142	Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	1973		Listen
54	145	Neil Young	Tonight's the Night	1975		Listen
55	146	Black Sabbath	Paranoid	1970		Listen
56	151	Curtis Mayfield	Superfly	1972		Listen
57	152	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells a Story	1971		Listen
58	154	Pink Floyd	The Wall	1979		Listen
59	158	The Wailers	Catch a Fire	1973		Listen
60	159	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Déjà Vu	1970		Listen
61	161	Gang of Four	Entertainment!	1979
62	166	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	1975		Listen
63	167	Queen	A Night at the Opera	1975		Listen
64	171	Santana	Abraxas	1970
65	176	T. Rex	Electric Warrior	1971