Top 2 albums for each year of the 70s

[Black Dahlia]

I like being limited to just two per year, as it makes me really think about what I have and like (and how much I like!) but crap! This was hard!

I excluded live and best-of albums, and stuck with just brand new product for each year.

1970:
1) Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2) In The Wake Of Poseidon - King Crimson

1971: ( I could not believe how many remarkable albums came out in '71! )
1) Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
2) The Yes Album - Yes

1972:
1) Prologue - Renaissance
2) Close To The Edge - Yes

1973:
1) Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2) Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

1974:
1) Red - King Crimson
2) Heart Like A Wheel - Linda Ronstadt

1975:
1) Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
2) Force It - UFO

1976:
1) Rising - Rainbow
2) Night Moves - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

1977:
1) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
2) Rumors - Fleetwood Mac

1978:
1) Infinity - Journey
2) Van Halen - Van Halen

1979:
1) Evolution - Journey
2) John Cougar - John Cougar

 

[Sox]

Right, well I'll give it a whirl ... Some albums very hard to pick a better one between ?

70:
1) Deep Purple - In Rock
2) Led Zeppelin - III

71:
1) Led Zeppelin - IV
2) Jethro Tull - Aqualung / Doors - L.A. Woman (can't choose)

72:
1) Deep Purple - Machine Head
2) Wishbone Ash - Argus / Yes - Close To The Edge

73:
1) Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
2) Pink Floyd - DSOTM / Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced

74:
1) Frank Zappa - Apostrophe '
2) Deep Purple - Burn

75:
1) Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
2) Black Sabbath - Sabotage / Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here / Rush - Caress Of Steel

76:
1) Rainbow - Rising
2) Rush - 2112

77:
1) Rush - A Farewell To Kings
2) Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation / Pink Floyd - Animals

78:
1) Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous / Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo
2) ACDC - Powerage

79:
1) ACDC - Highway To Hell
2) Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East

 

[Speed King]

70:
1) Deep Purple - In Rock
2) Black Sabbath - Paranoid

71:
1) Led Zeppelin - Zoso
2) Ten Years After - A Space in Time

72:
1) Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
2) Deep Purple - Machine Head

73:
1) Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
2) Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny & Mutation

74:
1) UFO - Phenomenon
2) Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties

75:
1) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2) Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

76:
1) Rainbow - Rising
2) Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny

77:
1) Pink Floyd - Animals
2) AC/DC - Let There be Rock

78:
1) Van Halen - STD
2) AC/DC - Powerage

79:
1) Pink Floyd - The Wall
2) UFO - Strangers In The Night

 

[Vader]

Very nice lists @Sox & @Speed King

Was hoping you guys would chime in

Everyone here has legitimate lists obviously...very subjective. But I though that @Black Dahlia also had some great picks .

 

[Speed King]

Very nice lists @Sox & @Speed King

Was hoping you guys would chime in

Everyone here has legitimate lists obviously...very subjective. But I though that @Black Dahlia also had some great picks .

Thanks Vader!, my biggest regret is that I coudn't work Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green into 1970 and Alice Cooper - Killers and Deep Purple - Fireball into 1971 and Alice Cooper - Schools Out and Wishbone Ash - Argus into 1972 and Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies and Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are into 1973, and Deep Purple - Burn and Deep Purple - Stormbringer into 1974 and Nazareth - Hair of the Dog into 1975,...,ect and so on.....

 

[Vader]

Thanks Vader!, my biggest regret is that I coudn't work Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green into 1970 and Alice Cooper - Killers and Deep Purple - Fireball into 1971 and Alice Cooper - Schools Out and Wishbone Ash - Argus into 1972 and Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies and Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are into 1973, and Deep Purple - Burn and Deep Purple - Stormbringer into 1974 and Nazareth - Hair of the Dog into 1975,...,ect and so on.....

Haha.. yeah I understand. Thus my huge lists for the Whats Your Favorite Album From 19-- threads at the other forum.

 

[Speed King]

Haha.. yeah I understand. Thus my huge lists for the Whats Your Favorite Album From 19-- threads at the other forum.

Nope, not at all,....it's more about our frustration at only being allowed to list X amount of albums or songs per year or whatever,...I do the same thing as you,....what I did just now was my way of sneeking more great albums in without being obvious about it,....I can't list just one or two great albums from 1971 or 1972,.........1982,...maybe.....

BTW,...I love your sig pic,...I have that one in my archives as well.

 

[Vader]

Nope, not at all,....it's more about our frustration at only being allowed to list X amount of albums or songs per year or whatever,...I do the same thing as you,....what I did just now was my way of sneeking more great albums in without being obvious about it,....I can't list just one or two great albums from 1971 or 1972,.........1982,...maybe.....

BTW,...I love your sig pic,...I have that one in my archives as well.

Those were all great albums you listed. I own every one of them

 

[Sox]

^^ Hard to pick just two from each year, so many blinding albums. I had to pull hard on the brakes and still couldn't help but list a few at times ?

 

[Hydrazoic Acid]

70:
1) Deep Purple - In Rock
2) Black Sabbath - Paranoid

71:
1) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
2) Deep Purple - Fireball

72:
1) Deep Purple - Machine Head
2) Slade - Slayed?

73:
1) Aerosmith - Aerosmith
2) Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

74:
1) Fly to the Rainbow - Scorpions
2) Bad Company - Bad Company

75:
1) Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow
2) Queen - A Night at the Opera

76:
1) Queen - A Day At The Races
2) UFO - No Heavy Petting

77:
1) Queen - News Of The World
2) Scorpions - Taken by Force

78:
1) Rainbow - Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll
2) Foreigner - Double Vision

79:
1) Scorpions - Lovedrive
2) AC/DC - Highway to Hell