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edit| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paranoid | Black Sabbath | ||||
| After The Gold Rush | Neil Young | ||||
| Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel | ||||
| All Things Must Pass | George Harrison | ||||
| Led Zeppelin III | Led Zeppelin | ||||
| John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band | John Lennon | ||||
| Let It Be | The Beatles | ||||
| Moondance | Van Morrison | ||||
| Bitches Brew | Miles Davis | ||||
| Fun House | The Stooges | ||||
| Cosmo's Factory | Creedence Clearwater Revival | ||||
| Loaded | The Velvet Underground | ||||
| Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | ||||
| Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs | Derek & The Dominos | ||||
| Déjà Vu | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | ||||
| Abraxas | Santana | ||||
| American Beauty | Grateful Dead | ||||
| Deep Purple In Rock | Deep Purple | ||||
| Tea For The Tillerman | Cat Stevens | ||||
| Live At Leeds | The Who | ||||
| Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One | The Kinks | ||||
| Curtis | Curtis Mayfield | ||||
| Band Of Gypsys | Jimi Hendrix | ||||
| Third | Soft Machine | ||||
| Starsailor | Tim Buckley | ||||
| Workingman's Dead | Grateful Dead | ||||
| Sweet Baby James | James Taylor | ||||
| Cold Fact | Rodriguez | ||||
| Yeti | Amon Düül II | ||||
| Exuma | Exuma | ||||
| 1971 | Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) | Led Zeppelin | |||
| Who's Next | The Who | ||||
| Hunky Dory | David Bowie | ||||
| Sticky Fingers | The Rolling Stones | ||||
| What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | ||||
| Blue | Joni Mitchell | ||||
| Meddle | Pink Floyd | ||||
| L.A. Woman | The Doors | ||||
| Tago Mago | Can | ||||
| Tapestry | Carole King | ||||
| Imagine | John Lennon | ||||
| Fragile | Yes | ||||
| Electric Warrior | T. Rex | ||||
| Aqualung | Jethro Tull | ||||
| Bryter Layter | Nick Drake | ||||
| Master Of Reality | Black Sabbath | ||||
| Maggot Brain | Funkadelic | ||||
| There's A Riot Goin' On | Sly & The Family Stone | ||||
| At Fillmore East | The Allman Brothers Band | ||||
1971
edit| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) | Led Zeppelin | ||||
| Ram | Paul & Linda McCartney | ||||
| Who's Next | The Who | ||||
| Hunky Dory | David Bowie | ||||
| Sticky Fingers | The Rolling Stones | ||||
| What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | ||||
| Blue | Joni Mitchell | ||||
| Meddle | Pink Floyd | ||||
| L.A. Woman | The Doors | ||||
| Tago Mago | Can | ||||
| Tapestry | Carole King | ||||
| Imagine | John Lennon | ||||
| Fragile | Yes | ||||
| Electric Warrior | T. Rex | ||||
| Aqualung | Jethro Tull | ||||
| Bryter Layter | Nick Drake | ||||
| Master Of Reality | Black Sabbath | ||||
| Maggot Brain | Funkadelic | ||||
| There's A Riot Goin' On | Sly & The Family Stone | ||||
| At Fillmore East | The Allman Brothers Band | ||||
| Songs Of Love And Hate | Leonard Cohen | ||||
| Pearl | Janis Joplin | ||||
| The Yes Album | Yes | ||||
| Histoire De Melody Nelson | Serge Gainsbourg | ||||
| Surf's Up | The Beach Boys | ||||
| Every Picture Tells A Story | Rod Stewart | ||||
| Madman Across The Water | Elton John | ||||
| In The Land Of Grey And Pink | Caravan | ||||
| Teaser And The Firecat | Cat Stevens | ||||
| Journey In Satchidananda | Alice Coltrane | ||||
| The Inner Mounting Flame | The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin | ||||
| Nilsson Schmilsson | Harry Nilsson | ||||
| If I Could Only Remember My Name | David Crosby | ||||
| Pawn Hearts | Van Der Graaf Generator | ||||
| John Prine | John Prine | ||||
| Pieces Of A Man | Gil Scott-Heron | ||||
| Construção | Chico Buarque | ||||
| In Den Gärten Pharaos | Popol Vuh | ||||
1972
edit| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars | David Bowie | ||||
| Exile On Main St. | The Rolling Stones | ||||
| Pink Moon | Nick Drake | ||||
| Close To The Edge | Yes | ||||
| Harvest | Neil Young | ||||
| Transformer | Lou Reed | ||||
| Machine Head | Deep Purple | ||||
| Thick As A Brick | Jethro Tull | ||||
| Foxtrot | Genesis | ||||
| Ege Bamyası | Can | ||||
| #1 Record | Big Star | ||||
| Clube Da Esquina | Milton Nascimento / Lô Borges | ||||
| Can't Buy A Thrill | Steely Dan | ||||
| Superfly | Curtis Mayfield | ||||
| Acabou Chorare | Novos Baianos | ||||
| Talking Book | Stevie Wonder | ||||
| Eat A Peach | The Allman Brothers Band | ||||
| Argus | Wishbone Ash | ||||
| Vol 4 | Black Sabbath | ||||
| Neu! | Neu! | ||||
| Roxy Music | Roxy Music | ||||
| Paul Simon | Paul Simon | ||||
| On The Corner | Miles Davis | ||||
| The Slider | T. Rex | ||||
| Made In Japan | Deep Purple | ||||
| Acabou Chorare | Novos Baianos | ||||
| Something/Anything? | Todd Rundgren | ||||
| Let's Stay Together | Al Green | ||||
| Hosianna Mantra | Popol Vuh | x |
1973
edit| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dark Side Of The Moon | Pink Floyd | ||||
| Innervisions | Stevie Wonder | ||||
| Houses Of The Holy | Led Zeppelin | ||||
| Selling England By The Pound | Genesis | ||||
| Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Elton John | ||||
| Quadrophenia | The Who | ||||
| Band On The Run | Paul McCartney & Wings | ||||
| Raw Power | Iggy And The Stooges | ||||
| Aladdin Sane | David Bowie | ||||
| (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) | Lynyrd Skynyrd | ||||
| Tubular Bells | Mike Oldfield | ||||
| Future Days | Can | ||||
| For Your Pleasure | Roxy Music | ||||
| Head Hunters | Herbie Hancock | ||||
| Berlin | Lou Reed | ||||
| Closing Time | Tom Waits | ||||
| Let's Get It On | Marvin Gaye | ||||
| The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle | Bruce Springsteen | ||||
| Larks' Tongues In Aspic | King Crimson | ||||
| Catch A Fire | The Wailers | ||||
| New York Dolls | New York Dolls | ||||
| Countdown To Ecstasy | Steely Dan | ||||
| Paris 1919 | John Cale | ||||
| Artaud | Pescado Rabioso | ||||
| A Wizard, A True Star | Todd Rundgren | ||||
| Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh | Magma | ||||
1974
| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red | King Crimson | ||||
| On The Beach | Neil Young | ||||
| The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway | Genesis | ||||
| Crime Of The Century | Supertramp | ||||
| Diamond Dogs | David Bowie | ||||
| Court And Spark | Joni Mitchell | ||||
| Here Come The Warm Jets | Brian Eno | ||||
| Rock Bottom | Robert Wyatt | ||||
| Pretzel Logic | Steely Dan | ||||
| Autobahn | Kraftwerk | ||||
| Radio City | Big Star | ||||
| Phaedra | Tangerine Dream | x | |||
| I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight | Richard & Linda Thompson | ||||
| Natty Dread | Bob Marley & The Wailers | ||||
| Kimono My House | Sparks | ||||
| Grievous Angel | Gram Parsons | ||||
| Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) | Brian Eno | x | |||
| Zuckerzeit | Cluster | ||||
1975
| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | ||||
| Blood On The Tracks | Bob Dylan | ||||
| Born To Run | Bruce Springsteen | ||||
| A Night At The Opera | Queen | ||||
| Physical Graffiti | Led Zeppelin | ||||
| Horses | Patti Smith | ||||
| Another Green World | Eno | ||||
| Tonight's The Night | Neil Young | ||||
| Mothership Connection | Parliament | ||||
| The Hissing Of Summer Lawns | Joni Mitchell | ||||
| The Basement Tapes | Bob Dylan & The Band | ||||
| The Köln Concert | Keith Jarrett | ||||
| Neu! '75 | Neu! | ||||
1976
| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Songs In The Key Of Life | Stevie Wonder | ||||
| Station To Station | David Bowie | ||||
| Ramones | Ramones | ||||
| Hotel California | Eagles
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| Boston | Boston | ||||
| 2112 | Rush | ||||
| Desire | Bob Dylan | ||||
| The Modern Lovers | The Modern Lovers | ||||
| Hejira | Joni Mitchell | ||||
| Oxygène | Jean Michel Jarre | x | |||
| Arrival | ABBA | ||||
| King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown | Augustus Pablo | ||||
| El Jardín De Los Presentes | Invisible | ||||
| Music From The Penguin Cafe | Penguin Cafe Orchestra | x | |||
1977
| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | ||||
| Animals | Pink Floyd | ||||
| Marquee Moon | Television | ||||
| Low | David Bowie | ||||
| Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols | The Sex Pistols | ||||
| The Clash | The Clash | ||||
| "Heroes" | David Bowie | ||||
| Aja | Steely Dan | ||||
| Exodus | Bob Marley & The Wailers | ||||
| Trans Europa Express | Kraftwerk | ||||
| The Stranger | Billy Joel | ||||
| Pink Flag | Wire | ||||
| My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | ||||
| Talking Heads: 77 | Talking Heads | ||||
| Lust For Life | Iggy Pop | ||||
| Rocket To Russia | Ramones | ||||
| Out Of The Blue | Electric Light Orchestra | ||||
| The Idiot | Iggy Pop | ||||
| Bat Out Of Hell | Meat Loaf | ||||
| Suicide | Suicide | ||||
| A Farewell To Kings | Rush | ||||
| Before And After Science | Brian Eno | ||||
| Zombie | Fela Kuti & Africa 70 | ||||
| Saturday Night Fever | Various Artists | ||||
| Heart Of The Congos | The Congos | ||||
| (I'm) Stranded | The Saints | ||||
1978
| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darkness On The Edge Of Town | Bruce Springsteen | ||||
| Parallel Lines | Blondie | ||||
| This Year's Model | Elvis Costello | ||||
| The Cars | The Cars | ||||
| Van Halen | Van Halen | ||||
| Die Mensch·Maschine | Kraftwerk | ||||
| Some Girls | The Rolling Stones | ||||
| More Songs About Buildings And Food | Talking Heads | ||||
| The Kick Inside | Kate Bush | ||||
| Outlandos D'Amour | The Police | ||||
| Dire Straits | Dire Straits | ||||
| Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! | Devo | ||||
| All Mod Cons | The Jam | ||||
| 3rd | Big Star | ||||
| Ambient 1: Music For Airports | Brian Eno | ||||
| Chairs Missing | Wire | ||||
| The Modern Dance | Pere Ubu | ||||
| Music For 18 Musicians | Steve Reich | ||||
| Give 'Em Enough Rope | The Clash | ||||
| Real Life | Magazine | ||||
| Lanquidity | Sun Ra | ||||
1979
| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Calling | The Clash | ||||
| The Wall | Pink Floyd | ||||
| Unknown Pleasures | Joy Division | ||||
| Fear Of Music | Talking Heads | ||||
| Off The Wall | Michael Jackson | ||||
| Entertainment! | Gang Of Four | ||||
| Rust Never Sleeps | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | ||||
| Highway To Hell | AC/DC | ||||
| Breakfast In America | Supertramp | ||||
| Reggatta De Blanc | The Police | ||||
| Tusk | Fleetwood Mac | ||||
| Damn The Torpedoes | Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers | ||||
| The B-52's | The B-52's | ||||
| Specials | The Specials | ||||
| Metal Box | Public Image Ltd. | ||||
| Armed Forces | Elvis Costello And The Attractions | ||||
| Drums And Wires | XTC | ||||
| 154 | Wire | ||||
| The Pleasure Principle | Gary Numan | ||||
| Y | The Pop Group | ||||
| Cut | The Slits | ||||
| One Step Beyond... | Madness | ||||
| The Undertones | The Undertones | ||||
| Inflammable Material | Stiff Little Fingers | x | |||
| Machine Gun Etiquette | The Damned | ||||
| Solid State Survivor | Yellow Magic Orchestra | x | |||