Top 250 Albums From The 70's

[hawk11]

Well Joe I guess beat you to it and it seems that I had more time on my hands than I thought. And would be interested in seeing your list whenever you're ready and anyone else who's as nutty as me for doing something like this.

Anyway here's my list and it wasn't easy to say the least. I must have changed it a thousand times (and still want to change it) though have left it like this for better of for worse.

1. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
2. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
3. Mott The Hoople - Mott
4. The Who - Who’s Next
5. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
6. Steely Dan - Can’t Buy A Thrill
7. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
8. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
9. Deep Purple - Machine Head
10. Neil Young - Harvest
11. Jethro Tull - Living In The Past
12. Aerosmith - Rocks
13. Black Sabbath - Vol 4
14. Mountain - Climbing!
15. Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
16. Deep Purple - Fireball
17. Rainbow - Rainbow Rising
18. Neil Young - Zuma
19. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
20. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
21. Derek And The Dominos - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
22. Jethro Tull - Benefit
23. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
24. Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
25. Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
26. Paul McCartney - Band On The Run
27. Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs
28. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
29. The Rolling Stones - Goat’s Head Soup
30. Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
31. Montrose - Montrose
32. Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
33. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
34. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
35. Black Sabbath - Sabotage
36. Jethro Tull - Songs From The Woods
37. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
38. Taste - On The Boards
39. Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green
40. The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out At Night
41. Rory Gallagher - Rory Gallagher
42. Van Halen - Van Halen
43. Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter And
44. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
45. Bad Company - Bad Company
46. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
47. Steely Aja -Aja
48. Yes - Fragile
49. Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
50. Queen - Queen
51. Neil Young - Comes A Time
52. Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds
53. Kiss - Hotter than Hell
54. Van Morrison - St Dominic’s Preview
55. Alice Cooper - Muscle Of Love
56. Rush - 2112
57. Elton John - Captain Fantastic
58. Rainbow - Rainbow
59. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
60. Emerson Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
61. The Who - Who Are You
62. Cactus - Cactus
63. Eric Clapton : 461 Ocean Blvd
64. Jack Bruce - Songs For a Tailor
65. Led Zeppelin - Houses of The Holy
66. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
67. Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection
68. Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
69. Yes - The Yes Album
70. Rush - Rush
71. Aerosmith - Draw The Line
72. Slade - Slayed
73. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
74. Yes - Close To The Edge
75. Jethro Tull - War Child
76. Boston - Boston
77. Mott The Hoople - The Hoople
78. Humble Pie - Humble Pie
79. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
80. Cactus - Restrictions
81. Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill
82. Rainbow - Long Live Rock And Roll
83. Deep Purple - Who Do You Think We Are
84. Led Zeppelin - Presence
85. Yes - Close To The Edge
86. Dust - Hard Attack
87. Jerusalem - Jerusalem
88. Blodwyn Pig - Getting To This
89. Queen - A Night At The Opera
90. Van Morrison - Moondance
91. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
92. Lucifer's Friend : Lucifer's Friend
93. Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
94. Robin Trower - Long Misty Days
95. Angel - Helluva Band
96. Aerosmith - Aerosmith
97. AC/DC - High Voltage
98. Nazareth - Hair Of The Dog
99. Johnny Winter - Still Alive And Well
100. Robin Trower : For Earth Below
101. The Allman Brothers - Idlewild South
102. Beck Bogert & Appice
103. Leafhound - Growers Of Mushroom
104. Mick Abrahams - Mick Abrahams
105. Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time
106. Kiss - Dressed To Kill
107. Cactus - One Way Or Another
108. Neil Young - Tonight’s The Night
109. Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery
110. Mott The Hoople - Brain Capers
111. Queen - Queen II
112. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
113. Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond
114. John Lennon - Imagine
115. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
116. The Allman Brothers - Eat A Peach
117. Colosseum - Daughter Of Time
118. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
119. The Sex Pistols - Nevermind The Bullocks
120. Budgie - Budgie
121. The Rolling Stones - It’s Only Rock And Roll
122. Bachman Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile
123. Alice Cooper - Love It To Death
124. The Stooges - Raw Power
125. The Edgar Winter Group - Shock Treatment
126. Grand Funk - Grand Funk
127. Queen - News Of The World
128. Humble Pie - Rock On
129. Bad Company - Straight Shooter
130. Ten Years After - A Space In Time
131. John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
132. Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton
133. Paul McCartney - Venus and Mars
134. The Stooges - Fun House
135. The Allman Brothers - The Allman Brothers Band
136. ZZ Top - Degüello
137. Johnny Winter - Saints And Sinners
138. Rory Gallagher - Tattoo
139. Kiss - Kiss
140. Spooky Tooth - You Broke My Heart, So I Busted Your Jaw
141. Van Halen - Van Halen II
142. Emerson Lake & Palmer - Trilogy
143. Wild Turkey - Battle Hymn
144. Rush - Fly By Night
145. Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy
146. Deep Purple - In Rock
147. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
148 Angel - Angel
149. Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage
150. Status Quo - Dog Of Two Head
151. Foreigner:- Foreigner
152. Electric Light Orchestra - Face the Music
153. Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On A Friend
154. Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare
155. The Move - Shazam
156. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
157. Mountain - Flowers Of Evil
158. Judas Priest - Stained Class
159. Nazareth - Loud And Proud
160. Bachman Turner Overdrive - Four Wheel Drive
161. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Lynyrd Skynyrd
162. Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
163. AC/DC - Dirty Deeds
164. John Lennon - Walls And Bridges
165. The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
166. Pink Floyd - The Wall
167. Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue
168. Paul McCartney - Ram
169. Rush - Caress Of Steel
170. Elton John -Madman Across The Water
171. Spooky Tooth - Tobacco Road
172. Skid Row - Skid
173. Pink Fairies : Never Never Land
174. Moby Grape : 20 Granite Creek
175. David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
176. Sweet - Desolation Angels
177. T-Rex - Electric Warrior
178. Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres
179. Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride
180. King Crimson - In The Wake Of The Poseidon
181. Deep Purple - Burn
182. Frank Marino And Mahogany Rush - World Anthem
183. Queen - A Day At The Races
184. Kiss - Destroyer
185. Johnny Winter - Nothing But The Blues
186. Rory Gallagher : Against the Grain
187. The Allman Brothers - Brothers And Sisters
188. The Scorpions - Fly To The Rainbow
189. Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
190. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
191. Steely Dan - Katy Lied
192. Free - Fire And Water
193. Ten Years After : Watt
194. Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather
195. Black Sabbath - Never Say Die
196. Budgie : In For the Kill
197. Pink Fairies - Kings Of Oblivion
198. N.Y. Dolls - Too Much Too Soon
199. Kansas - Point Of No Return
200. Elf - Trying To Burn The Sun
201. Hawkwind - Zones
202. Pink Floyd - Animals
203. The Who - Odds & Sods
204. Ringo Starr - Ringo
205. Cactus - Ot' And Sweaty
207. Kiss - Rock And Roll Over
208. Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
209. Slade - Play It Loud
210. Free - Highway
211. Wild Turkey - Turkey
212. Yes : Time And A Word
213. Ronnie Montrose - Open Fire
214. Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune
215. Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
216. The Grateful Dead - American Beauty
217. Emerson Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
218. King Crimson - Starless And Bible Black
219. Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado
220. Aerosmith - Night In The Ruts
221. Alice Cooper - Killers
222. Kiss - Love Gun
223. Angel - White Hot
224. Meat Loaf - A Bat Out Of Hell
225. Humble Pie - Eat It
226. Bachmann Turner Overdrive - Bachmann Turner Overdrive II
227. Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
228. Frank Marino And Mahogany Rush - Tales Of The Unexpected
229. ZZ Top - Fandango
230. Johnny Winter - John Dawson Winter III
231. Jethro Tull - Stormwatch
232. Mountain - Avalanche
233. Eric Clapton -: No Reason To Cry
234. The Edgar Winter Group - The Edgar Winter Group With Rick Derringer
235. Armageddon - Armageddon
236. The Grateful Dead : Aoxomoxoa
237. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
238. Hawkwind - The Xeon Code
239. Boston - Don't Look Back
240. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
241. Savoy Brown - Looking In
242. Rory Gallagher - Calling Card
243. John Lennon - Rock 'n' Roll
244. Eric Clapton - Another Ticket
245. Humble Pie - Smokin’
246. Ace Frehley - Ace Frehley
247. King Crimson - Lark's Tounge In Aspic
248. Jeff Beck - Wired
249. Rory Gallagher - Jinx
250. Robin Trower - In City Dreams

 

[LG]

That is one Mother of a list Hawk...when I look at the bands/albums it is no wonder the 70's is my favorite decade of contemporary music.

Well done.

 

[Death on Credit]

Excellent list, hawk...It's really quite remarkable that you could actually come up with 250 albums, and RANK them, no less.

I've had my top 50 prepared since we started discussing the matter in the 60's thread...I was just waiting for someone else to post their list first.

1. Exile on Main St – the Rolling Stones
2. Raw Power – the Stooges
3. London Calling – the Clash
4. Blood on the Tracks – Bob Dylan
5. The Ramones – the Ramones
6. After the Gold Rush – Neil Young
7. The New York Dolls – the New York Dolls
8. Warren Zevon – Warren Zevon
9. Aladdin Sane – David Bowie
10. Never Mind the Bollocks – the Sex Pistols
11. Sticky Fingers – the Rolling Stones
12. Transformer – Lou Reed
13. Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era
14. Lick My Decals Off, Baby – Captain Beefheart
15. Blank Generation – Richard Hell & the Voidoids
16. Fun House – the Stooges
17. LAMF – Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers
18. Desire – Bob Dylan
19. Horses – Patti Smith
20. The Clash – the Clash
21. The Slider – T. Rex
22. Songs of Love and Hate – Leonard Cohen
23. Love it to Death – Alice Cooper
24. Back in the USA – the MC5
25. Diamond Dogs – David Bowie
26. Apostrophe – Frank Zappa
27. Harvest – Neil Young
28. Young, Loud, & Snotty – the Dead Boys
29. Rocket to Russia – The Ramones
30. Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon
31. Some Girls – the Rolling Stones
32. (GI) – the Germs
33. Roxy Music – Roxy Music
34. Leave Home – the Ramones
35. Give ‘Em Enough Rope – the Clash
36. Singles Going Steady – the Buzzcocks
37. Too Much Too Soon – the New York Dolls
38. Lust for Life – Iggy Pop
39. So Alone – Johnny Thunders
40. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – David Bowie
41. Electric Warrior – T. Rex
42. Moondance – Van Morrison
43. Rock & Roll Animal – Lou Reed
44. Planet Waves – Bob Dylan
45. Killer – Alice Cooper
46. For Your Pleasure – Roxy Music
47. Road to Ruin – the Ramones
48. Grievous Angel – Gram Parsons
49. Goat’s Head Soup – the Rolling Stones
50. Loaded – the Velvet Underground

 

[electric funeral]

Great great list. I'm a sucker for lists.

 

[joe]

Holy smokes hawk! Fantastic. I'm impressed.

It's a lot of work isn't it? I was thinking for the 70's that I would do it year by year. I think for me, being that the 70's is my favourite decade of music it would easier. I admit that it is the easy way out, but will still be a lot work.

Again, great job.

I'm very impressed with your list as well Death on Credit. For 20 years old and having an appreciation for the 70's decade of music is very refreshing to me. A very eclectic range of artists on your list.

Excellent work buddy.

I will post my top albums from 1970 tomorrow. You guys have given me inspiration.

 

[Bryter Later]

Wow !! That's what I call devotion to a forum . Excellent lists guys,and thank you for the hard work in compiling them.

Bryter.

 

[LG]

I agree Joe, DOC shows a lot of in depth knowledge about all the bands we grew up with, his list is top shelf as well.

Bryter I am not even going to attempt to write a list like my friends have, it would be impossible for me to rate my favorites, but I thoroughly enjoy reading my esteemed colleagues selections.

 

[Death on Credit]

Wow...Thanks, guys.

I could never hope to have the same musical knowledge/scope of any of you folks, though.

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

My first thought when checking out your list Hawk was "Holy hell! Mott's at #3! That's amazing." You have a number of other phenominal albums that follow and many of them are top choices for me as well.

Great work.

 

[hawk11]

Thanks guys and appreciate you justfying my insanity .

Joe And LG, I see that we agree that the 70's was a great era for music which spawned so many amazing bands. Even some bands that started out in the 60's did their best work in the 70's. The 60's was a great era as well but thought the 70's had a better variety. The 80's was a great era for metal though not so much for rock IMO. The 90's and up had grunge and some good bands here and there though nothing compared to the 60's-70's IMO.

Nice list DOC and are also impressed with your taste in music for someone of your younger years, which goes to show that great music is timeless and can appeal to any generation. Though I have a brother who's 38 and probably never heard of 90% of the bands listed in this thread. And you would think that the music I listened to when he was growing up would have rubbed off on him....oh well.

Nice to see another Mott fan Cosmic. I've been a fan for years and always felt that they were one of the most underrated bands along with Slade, Mountain and Humble Pie. I think Mott was a masterpiece and even Rolling Stone gave it 5 stars and called it the most brilliant mood piece since Love's Forever Changes.