Best Album of 1971.

[JimJam]

Great year for rock music that later became "classic."
My favorite is Led Zeppelin IV.

Other favorites:
Stones - Sticky Fingers
Allman Brothers - Live at the Fillmore East
Yes - The Yes Album
Yes - Fragile
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
The Doors - L.A Woman
The Who - Who's Next
Grateful Dead - 'Skull & Roses'
Sly - There's a Riot Goin' On
Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Bowie - Hunky Dory
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
John Lennon - Imagine
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

 

[BikerDude]

Ouch!
That is really splitting the baby.
I just could not choose between Live at the Filmore, Sticky Fingers and Who's Next.

What a year for music!

 

[Speed King]

Who was it that mentioned Atomic Rooster "In Hearing of"?....Oh I know, it was the DaKillerWolf (Frosty)

I'm listening to this kick ass killer album right now through a Schiit Asgard 2 (headphone Amp) and a pair of AKG K701 head phones, all I can say is that this has got to be one of the finest rock albums ever made. Why this band isn't remembered is beyond my comprehension . Atomic Rooster for the win!

 

[Nai Noswad]

Gotta be Sticky Fingers..Paul Buckmaster and all the wingmen..a kick in the nuts to Decca and those cheap compilations.

Sway.

 

[Jake T]

Bloodrock 3

 

[BeatleMatt]

Led Zeppelin IV-Led Zeppelin
Ram-Paul and Linda McCartney
Imagine-John Lennon
Aqualung-Jethro Tull
Meddle-Pink Floyd

 

[Vehicle]

Love It To Death ~ Alice Cooper
Poems, Prayers and Promises ~ John Denver
Sticky Fingers ~ Stones
Madman Across the Water ~ Elton John
Killers ~ Alice Cooper

I'm just going on the albums I own

 

[E-Z]

The Who: Who's Next
The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
Jimi Hendrix: Cry of Love (posthumously released after Jimi's death in 1970)

There's probably another 20+ albums from 1971 that were classics but the three above I like a lot.

 

[STATUS QUO]

These aren't in any order of preference

DOG of TWO HEAD by STATUS QUO
TAPESTRY by CAROLE KING
HUNKY DORY by DAVID BOWIE
LA WOMAN by THE DOORS
RAM by PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY
ELECTRIC WARRIOR by T-REX
MASTER of REALITY by BLACK SABBATH
EVERY PICTURE TELLS a STORY by ROD STEWART
A NOD is AS GOOD as a WINK TO a BLIND HORSE by THE FACES.
SOUL REVOLUTION by BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
LIVE-EVIL by MILES DAVIS
THERE'S a RIOT GOING ON by SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
HIGH TIME by MC5
AMERICA by AMERICA
TEASER & THE FIRECAT by CAT STEVENS

Then there are all the Great Aussie albums.