Best rock/heavy metal albums of the 70s

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  • Posted: 11/20/2015 12:26
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I'm thinking of getting my dad some albums that he hasn't heard or perhaps bands he's never heard from his era. He loves thin lizzy, Boston, eagles, Queen, the who etc not sure about zep or sabbath but I'd like to know what you think are some of the best rock albums of that decade that may fit into that category.
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  • Posted: 11/20/2015 13:22
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Weeeeeellllllll I don't know how obscure you're looking to go, so there are the obvious dadrocker classics:


The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie


Machine Head by Deep Purple


Abraxas by Santana


After The Gold Rush by Neil Young


The Grand Illusion by Styx


Chicago by Chicago


Fly Like An Eagle by Steve Miller Band


Morrison Hotel by The Doors

But if you want something more obscure(ish) I can do that too
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  • Posted: 11/20/2015 13:48
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A little more obscure perhaps. He likes a lot of power chords/riffs. Thanks for the suggestions so far.
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DarkSideOfTheComputer wrote:
A little more obscure perhaps. He likes a lot of power chords/riffs. Thanks for the suggestions so far.



Captain Beyond by Captain Beyond


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DarkSideOfTheComputer wrote:
A little more obscure perhaps. He likes a lot of power chords/riffs. Thanks for the suggestions so far.



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RockyRaccoon Is it solipsistic in here or is it just me? Moderator Profile
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DarkSideOfTheComputer wrote:
A little more obscure perhaps. He likes a lot of power chords/riffs. Thanks for the suggestions so far.


Cool. I second the Captain Beyond suggestion.

There's also these:

I know this is The Who, but I've always thought it was a criminally underrated album


The Who By Numbers by The Who


Kingdom Come by Sir Lord Baltimore

This might be a bit bluesier than you're looking for but it's great:


Roy Buchanan by Roy Buchanan


Demons & Wizards by Uriah Heep


Blue Öyster Cult by Blue Öyster Cult


Tyranny And Mutation by Blue Öyster Cult


Stampede by The Doobie Brothers


Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow by Rainbow


Fighting by Thin Lizzy

And if he likes Thin Lizzy and hasn't heard this, get it now:

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy
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Not exactly my strongest area (I'm far too hip for that), buuuuut these are pretty neat


Distortions by Blue Phantom

Lord Of The Rings by Bo Hansson

This Heat by This Heat

Som by Persona

Overkill by Motörhead

Reflections On The Future by Twenty Sixty Six and Then

couple of those probably fall more under the category of psychedelic but it's usually at least "heavy psych" or sth
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Warrior On The Edge Of Time by Hawkwind


One More From The Road by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Skinny wrote:

Warrior On The Edge Of Time by Hawkwind

yum

Skinny wrote:

One More From The Road by Lynyrd Skynyrd

ew
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dividesbyzero wrote:
Skinny wrote:

One More From The Road by Lynyrd Skynyrd

ew


Album's dope.
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