Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
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Honorable Mentions:
The Who - Who's Next
Roxy Music | For Your Pleasure | (1973)
Genesis | Nursery Cryme | (1971)
Curtis Mayfield | Super Fly | (1972)
Big Star | 3rd | (1978)
Pere Ubu | The Modern Dance | (1978)
Neu! | Neu! | (1972)
Kraftwerk | Autobahn | (1974)
Elvis Costello And The Attractions | Armed Forces | (1979)
King Crimson - Red (1974)

T. Rex | The Slider | (1972)
Roxy Music | Country Life | (1974)
Ramones | Leave Home | (1977)
Mike Oldfield | Ommadawn | (1975)
Magazine | Real Life | (1978)
Roxy Music | Stranded | (1973)
New York Dolls | In Too Much Too Soon | (1974)
Television | Adventure | (1978)
X-Ray Spex | Germfree Adolescents | (1978)
Sparks | Indiscreet | (1975)

Yellow Magic Orchestra | Solid State Survivor | (1979)
Can | Landed | (1975)
Bill Evans | Symbiosis | (1974)
Jean Michel Jarre | Equinoxe | (1978)
Blondie | Blondie | (1976)
The Walker Brothers | Nite Flights | (1978)
Nationalteatern | Livet Är En Fest | (1974)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Déjà Vu | (1970)
The Who | Live At Leeds | (1970)
The Kinks | Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One | (1970)

Syd Barrett | The Madcap Laughs | (1970)
Vashti Bunyan | Just Another Diamond Day | (1970)
Elton John | Tumbleweed Connection | (1970)
Joni Mitchell | Ladies Of The Canyon | (1970)
The Beach Boys | Sunflower | (1970)
Pink Floyd | Meddle | (1971)
Yes | Fragile | (1971)
Paul & Linda McCartney | Ram | (1971)
Leonard Cohen | Songs Of Love And Hate | (1971)
Caravan | In The Land Of Grey And Pink | (1971)

Chico Buarque | Construção | (1971)
The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin | The Inner Mounting Flame | (1971)
David Crosby | If I Could Only Remember My Name | (1971)
Yes | Close To The Edge | (1972)
Stevie Wonder | Signed, Sealed & Delivered | (1970)
The Allman Brothers Band | Eat A Peach | (1972)
The Alan Parsons Project | I Robot | (1977)
Rush | Hemispheres | (1978)
Various Artists | The Harder They Come | (1972)
David Bowie | Young Americans | (1975)

The Beatles | Let It Be | (1970)
Bob Dylan | Desire | (1976)
Neil Young | On The Beach | (1974)
Led Zeppelin | Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) | (1971)
Joni Mitchell | Blue | (1971)
Queen | A Night At The Opera | (1975)
The Who | Quadrophenia | (1973)
The Doors | L.A. Woman | (1971)
The Stooges | Fun House | (1970)
Creedence Clearwater Revival | Cosmo's Factory | (1970)

The Clash | The Clash | (1977)
Jethro Tull | Thick As A Brick | (1972)
Elvis Costello | This Year's Model | (1978)
Genesis | Foxtrot | (1972)
Michael Jackson | Off The Wall | (1979)
Supertramp | Breakfast In America | (1979)
Funkadelic | Maggot Brain | (1971)
Genesis | A Trick Of The Tail | (1976)
Ramones | Rocket To Russia | (1977)
Kate Bush | The Kick Inside | (1978)

Queen | Sheer Heart Attack | (1974)
Fleetwood Mac | Tusk | (1979)
Fleetwood Mac | Fleetwood Mac | (1975)
Marvin Gaye | Let's Get It On | (1973)
The Police | Reggatta De Blanc | (1979)
Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak | (1976)
Public Image Ltd. | Metal Box | (1979)
John Cale | Paris 1919 | (1973)
The Specials | Specials | (1979)
Queen | News Of The World | (1977)

The Jam | Setting Sons | (1979)
XTC | Drums And Wires | (1979)
The Cure | Three Imaginary Boys | (1979)
Genesis | Trespass | (1970)
Siouxsie And The Banshees | The Scream | (1978)
Blondie | Eat To The Beat | (1979)
Ramones | Road To Ruin | (1978)
Kate Bush | Lionheart | (1978)
Nico | The End... | (1974)
Ebba Grön | We're Only In It For The Drugs | (1979)

Sparks | Big Beat | (1976)
Derek & The Dominos | Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs | (1970)
Grateful Dead | American Beauty | (1970)
Deep Purple | Deep Purple In Rock | (1970)
Santana | Abraxas | (1970)
The Doors | Morrison Hotel | (1970)
Soft Machine | Third | (1970)
Rodriguez | Cold Fact | (1970)
Tim Buckley | Lorca | (1970)
Syd Barrett | Barrett | (1970)

Carole King | Tapestry | (1971)
The Allman Brothers Band | At Fillmore East | (1971)
Rod Stewart | Every Picture Tells A Story | (1971)
Gil Scott-Heron | Pieces Of A Man | (1971)
Harry Nilsson | Nilsson Schmilsson | (1971)
Steely Dan | Can't Buy A Thrill | (1972)
Novos Baianos | Acabou Chorare | (1972)
Stevie Wonder | Talking Book | (1972)
Black Sabbath | Vol 4 | (1972)
Popol Vuh | Hosianna Mantra | (1972)

Todd Rundgren | Something/Anything? | (1972)
Genesis | ...And Then There Were Three | (1978)
John Cale | Fear | (1974)
Santana | Caravanserai | (1972)
David Bowie | Pin Ups | (1973)
Bob Dylan | Blood On The Tracks | (1975)
The Rolling Stones | Exile On Main St. | (1972)
Nick Drake | Pink Moon | (1972)
The Rolling Stones | Sticky Fingers | (1971)
Black Sabbath | Paranoid | (1970)

Led Zeppelin | Houses Of The Holy | (1973)
Miles Davis | Bitches Brew | (1970)
The Rolling Stones | Some Girls | (1978)
Brian Eno | Ambient 1: Music For Airports | (1979)
Queen | Queen II | (1974)
The Jam | All Mod Cons | (1978)
Queen | A Day At The Races | (1976)
Tom Waits | The Heart Of Saturday Night | (1974)
The Clash | Give 'Em Enough Rope | (1978)
Queen | Jazz | (1978)