Acclaimed Music - The Top 200 Albums from the 1970s

The Top 200 Albums from the 1970s
Rank	All Time	Artist	Album	Year	Buy at Amazon	Song Samples
1	6	Marvin Gaye	What's Going On	1971		Listen
2	8	The Rolling Stones	Exile on Main St.	1972		Listen
3	9	The Clash	London Calling	1979		Listen
4	10	Sex Pistols	Never Mind the Bollocks - Here's the Sex Pistols	1977		Listen
5	16	David Bowie	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars	1972		Listen
6	18	Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run	1975		Listen
7	19	Patti Smith	Horses	1975		Listen
8	21	Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon	1973		Listen
9	23	Bob Dylan	Blood on the Tracks	1975		Listen
10	25	Television	Marquee Moon	1977		Listen
11	31	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV	1971		Listen
12	33	The Who	Who's Next	1971		Listen
13	37	Ramones	Ramones	1976		Listen
14	42	Stevie Wonder	Innervisions	1973		Listen
15	43	The Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	1971		Listen
16	44	Neil Young	After the Gold Rush	1970		Listen
17	46	Stevie Wonder	Songs in the Key of Life	1976		Listen
18	48	Joni Mitchell	Blue	1971		Listen
19	51	Sly and the Family Stone	There's a Riot Goin' On	1971		Listen
20	56	The Clash	The Clash	1977		Listen
21	58	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	1977		Listen
22	62	David Bowie	Hunky Dory	1971
23	64	Joy Division	Unknown Pleasures	1979		Listen
24	66	Carole King	Tapestry	1971		Listen
25	68	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	1970
26	75	Derek and The Dominos	Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs	1970		Listen
27	78	Lou Reed	Transformer	1972
28	79	Elvis Costello	This Year's Model	1978		Listen
29	83	The Stooges	Fun House	1970		Listen
30	88	Miles Davis	Bitches Brew	1970		Listen
31	89	David Bowie	Low	1977		Listen
32	90	Iggy and The Stooges	Raw Power	1973		Listen
33	92	Kraftwerk	Trans-Europa Express	1977		Listen
34	93	John Lennon	Imagine	1971
35	94	Van Morrison	Moondance	1970		Listen
36	97	Neil Young	Harvest	1972		Listen
37	98	Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti	1975		Listen
38	102	Eagles	Hotel California	1976
39	104	Michael Jackson	Off the Wall	1979		Listen
40	107	Roxy Music	For Your Pleasure	1973		Listen
41	111	Stevie Wonder	Talking Book	1972		Listen
42	112	Bruce Springsteen	Darkness on the Edge of Town	1978		Listen
43	116	Elvis Costello	My Aim Is True	1977		Listen
44	117	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Natty Dread	1974		Listen
45	118	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	1970		Listen
46	120	The Allman Brothers Band	At Fillmore East	1971		Listen
47	121	Blondie	Parallel Lines	1978		Listen
48	122	Gram Parsons	Grievous Angel	1974		Listen
49	129	The Original Soundtrack	Saturday Night Fever	1977		Listen
50	132	Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	1973		Listen
51	133	Neil Young & Crazy Horse	Rust Never Sleeps	1979		Listen
52	134	Queen	A Night at the Opera	1975		Listen
53	135	Black Sabbath	Paranoid	1970		Listen
54	136	New York Dolls	New York Dolls	1973		Listen
55	138	Pink Floyd	The Wall	1979		Listen
56	142	Neil Young	Tonight's the Night	1975		Listen
57	144	The Wailers	Catch a Fire	1973		Listen
58	145	Curtis Mayfield	Superfly	1972		Listen
59	148	Gang of Four	Entertainment!	1979
60	154	T. Rex	Electric Warrior	1971		Listen
61	156	Joni Mitchell	Court and Spark	1974		Listen
62	159	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells a Story	1971		Listen
63	160	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	D�j� Vu	1970		Listen
64	170	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	1975		Listen
65	171	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Exodus	1977		Listen
66	176	Janis Joplin	Pearl	1971		Listen
67	184	Suicide	Suicide	1977		Listen
68	188	Lou Reed	Berlin	1973		Listen
69	193	The Modern Lovers	The Modern Lovers	1976		Listen
70	194	The Specials	Specials	1979		Listen
71	195	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	1970		Listen
72	196	Robert Wyatt	Rock Bottom	1974		Listen
73	202	Marvin Gaye	Let's Get It On	1973		Listen
74	203	Roxy Music	Roxy Music	1972		Listen
75	208	Public Image Ltd.	Metal Box/Second Edition	1979		Listen
76	210	Santana	Abraxas	1970
77	211	The Velvet Underground	Loaded	1970		Listen
78	212	Eno	Another Green World	1975		Listen
79	213	The Original Soundtrack	The Harder They Come	1972		Listen
80	216	The Doors	L.A. Woman	1971		Listen
81	220	Can	Tago Mago	1971		Listen
82	224	David Bowie	"Heroes"	1977		Listen
83	225	Nick Drake	Bryter Layter	1970		Listen
84	226	Pere Ubu	The Modern Dance	1978		Listen
85	227	The Jam	All Mod Cons	1978
86	230	Funkadelic	One Nation Under a Groove	1978		Listen
87	241	Wire	Pink Flag	1977		Listen
88	244	Talking Heads	Fear of Music	1979		Listen
89	254	Deep Purple	Machine Head	1972		Listen
90	255	Van Halen	Van Halen	1978		Listen
91	256	Iggy Pop	Lust for Life	1977		Listen
92	262	Kraftwerk	Die Mensch Maschine	1978		Listen
93	267	Todd Rundgren	Something/Anything?	1972		Listen
94	270	Nick Drake	Pink Moon	1972		Listen
95	273	Kraftwerk	Autobahn	1974		Listen
96	278	AC/DC	Highway to Hell	1979
97	281	David Bowie	Station to Station	1976
98	283	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Live!	1975		Listen
99	287	Parliament	Mothership Connection	1975		Listen
100	290	Al Green	Call Me (Come Back Home)	1973		Listen
101	291	The Who	Live at Leeds	1970
102	292	Steely Dan	Pretzel Logic	1974
103	315	Ramones	Rocket to Russia	1977
104	317	Big Star	The Third Album/Sister Lovers	1978		Listen
105	320	Steely Dan	Aja	1977		Listen
106	321	Mike Oldfield	Tubular Bells	1973		Listen
107	324	George Harrison	All Things Must Pass	1970		Listen
108	330	Serge Gainsbourg	Histoire de Melody Nelson	1971
109	331	Talking Heads	Talking Heads: 77	1977		Listen
110	337	Grateful Dead	American Beauty	1970		Listen
111	343	Big Star	Radio City	1974		Listen
112	348	John Cale	Paris 1919	1973		Listen
113	350	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	Armed Forces	1979
114	352	Richard and Linda Thompson	I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight	1974		Listen
115	356	Deep Purple	Deep Purple in Rock	1970		Listen
116	359	Aerosmith	Toys in the Attic	1975		Listen
117	361	James Brown	Sex Machine	1970		Listen
118	367	Talking Heads	More Songs About Buildings and Food	1978		Listen
119	368	Jackson Browne	Late for the Sky	1974		Listen
120	373	Devo	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!	1978		Listen
121	374	Randy Newman	Sail Away	1972		Listen
122	376	Thin Lizzy	Live and Dangerous	1978		Listen
123	383	Ian Dury	New Boots and Panties!!	1977
124	386	Randy Newman	12 Songs	1970		Listen
125	389	Bob Dylan and The Band	The Basement Tapes	1975		Listen
126	392	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin III	1970		Listen
127	396	Aerosmith	Rocks	1976		Listen
128	397	The Police	Reggatta de Blanc	1979		Listen
129	408	Grateful Dead	Workingman's Dead	1970		Listen
130	409	Gram Parsons	GP	1973		Listen
131	411	James Taylor	Sweet Baby James	1970		Listen
132	415	Leonard Cohen	Songs of Love and Hate	1971		Listen
133	424	Eno	Here Come the Warm Jets	1973		Listen
134	425	Funkadelic	Maggot Brain	1971		Listen
135	429	The Police	Outlandos D'Amour	1978		Listen
136	431	Bob Dylan	Desire	1976
137	432	Herbie Hancock	Head Hunters	1973		Listen
138	433	The Who	Quadrophenia	1973		Listen
139	436	Burning Spear	Marcus Garvey	1975
140	441	The Undertones	The Undertones	1979		Listen
141	445	Genesis	The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway	1974		Listen
142	447	Deep Purple	Made in Japan	1972		Listen
143	448	Paul McCartney and Wings	Band on the Run	1973
144	453	The Rolling Stones	Some Girls	1978		Listen
145	454	Steely Dan	Can't Buy a Thrill	1972		Listen
146	455	David Bowie	Aladdin Sane	1973		Listen
147	456	Willie Nelson	Red Headed Stranger	1975		Listen
148	460	Augustus Pablo	King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown	1977		Listen
149	461	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	1970		Listen
150	462	Jethro Tull	Aqualung	1971
151	463	Meat Loaf	Bat out of Hell	1977		Listen
152	465	Big Star	#1 Record	1972		Listen
153	469	Neil Young	On the Beach	1974		Listen
154	471	Curtis Mayfield	Curtis	1970		Listen
155	479	Randy Newman	Good Old Boys	1974		Listen
156	481	Chic	Risqu�	1979		Listen
157	495	Dire Straits	Dire Straits	1978		Listen
158	498	The Congos	Heart of the Congos	1977		Listen
159	501	Steely Dan	Countdown to Ecstasy	1973		Listen
160	502	The B-52's	The B-52's	1979		Listen
161	504	Traffic	John Barleycorn Must Die	1970		Listen
162	505	The Wailers	Burnin'	1973		Listen
163	506	Joni Mitchell	Hejira	1976		Listen
164	508	John Martyn	Solid Air	1973		Listen
165	511	Wire	Chairs Missing	1978		Listen
166	520	Led Zeppelin	Houses of the Holy	1973		Listen
167	524	The Rolling Stones	Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!	1970		Listen
168	525	Joni Mitchell	The Hissing of Summer Lawns	1975		Listen
169	533	Neu!	Neu!	1972		Listen
170	540	Richard Hell & The Voidoids	Blank Generation	1977		Listen
171	542	Kate Bush	The Kick Inside	1978		Listen
172	552	Brian Eno	Before and After Science	1977		Listen
173	558	The Beach Boys	Surf's Up	1971		Listen
174	562	Eric Clapton	461 Ocean Boulevard	1974
175	563	Mott the Hoople	Mott	1973		Listen
176	569	Van Morrison	It's Too Late To Stop Now	1974		Listen
177	576	Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers	Damn the Torpedoes	1979		Listen
178	583	Al Green	I'm Still in Love with You	1972		Listen
179	594	Little Feat	Sailin' Shoes	1972		Listen
180	596	Buzzcocks	Another Music in a Different Kitchen	1978		Listen
181	598	The Mahavishnu Orchestra	The Inner Mounting Flame	1971		Listen
182	602	Iggy Pop	The Idiot	1977		Listen
183	604	Tim Buckley	Starsailor	1970
184	608	Sly and the Family Stone	Fresh	1973		Listen
185	612	Marianne Faithfull	Broken English	1979		Listen
186	614	Yes	Close to the Edge	1972		Listen
187	615	The Beatles	Let It Be	1970
188	616	Boston	Boston	1976		Listen
189	618	Billy Joel	The Stranger	1977		Listen
190	629	Can	Future Days	1973		Listen
191	631	Keith Jarrett	The K�ln Concert	1975		Listen
192	632	Cat Stevens	Tea for the Tillerman	1970		Listen
193	635	Steve Reich	Music for 18 Musicians	1978		Listen
194	639	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band	Clear Spot	1972		Listen
195	642	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will the Circle Be Unbroken	1972		Listen
196	643	Little Feat	Dixie Chicken	1973		Listen
197	645	Ry Cooder	Paradise and Lunch	1974		Listen
198	650	The Soft Machine	Third	1970		Listen
199	656	Al Green	Let's Stay Together	1972		Listen
200	659	Lynyrd Skynyrd	(Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd)	1973		Listen