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	20	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	32	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV	1971		Listen
12	33	The Who	Who's Next	1971		Listen
13	34	Ramones	Ramones	1976		Listen
14	41	Stevie Wonder	Innervisions	1973		Listen
15	42	The Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	1971		Listen
16	43	Stevie Wonder	Songs in the Key of Life	1976		Listen
17	45	Neil Young	After the Gold Rush	1970		Listen
18	46	Joni Mitchell	Blue	1971		Listen
19	48	Sly and the Family Stone	There's a Riot Goin' On	1971		Listen
20	53	The Clash	The Clash	1977		Listen
21	57	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	1977		Listen
22	63	Carole King	Tapestry	1971		Listen
23	64	David Bowie	Hunky Dory	1971
24	66	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	1970
25	69	Joy Division	Unknown Pleasures	1979		Listen
26	72	Derek and The Dominos	Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs	1970		Listen
27	76	Lou Reed	Transformer	1972
28	77	Elvis Costello	This Year's Model	1978		Listen
29	82	The Stooges	Fun House	1970		Listen
30	85	David Bowie	Low	1977		Listen
31	88	Kraftwerk	Trans-Europa Express	1977		Listen
32	90	Miles Davis	Bitches Brew	1970		Listen
33	91	Iggy and The Stooges	Raw Power	1973		Listen
34	92	Van Morrison	Moondance	1970		Listen
35	93	John Lennon	Imagine	1971
36	97	Neil Young	Harvest	1972		Listen
37	98	Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti	1975		Listen
38	100	Eagles	Hotel California	1976
39	104	Roxy Music	For Your Pleasure	1973		Listen
40	107	Michael Jackson	Off the Wall	1979		Listen
41	111	Elvis Costello	My Aim Is True	1977		Listen
42	112	Stevie Wonder	Talking Book	1972		Listen
43	113	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Natty Dread	1974		Listen
44	114	Bruce Springsteen	Darkness on the Edge of Town	1978		Listen
45	118	Blondie	Parallel Lines	1978		Listen
46	119	The Allman Brothers Band	At Fillmore East	1971		Listen
47	120	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	1970		Listen
48	121	Gram Parsons	Grievous Angel	1974		Listen
49	125	The Original Soundtrack	Saturday Night Fever	1977		Listen
50	128	Neil Young & Crazy Horse	Rust Never Sleeps	1979		Listen
51	130	Queen	A Night at the Opera	1975		Listen
52	131	New York Dolls	New York Dolls	1973		Listen
53	132	Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	1973		Listen
54	135	The Wailers	Catch a Fire	1973		Listen
55	138	Neil Young	Tonight's the Night	1975		Listen
56	139	Black Sabbath	Paranoid	1970		Listen
57	141	Curtis Mayfield	Superfly	1972		Listen
58	144	Pink Floyd	The Wall	1979		Listen
59	145	T. Rex	Electric Warrior	1971		Listen
60	147	Gang of Four	Entertainment!	1979
61	149	Joni Mitchell	Court and Spark	1974		Listen
62	152	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells a Story	1971		Listen
63	155	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	D�j� Vu	1970		Listen
64	171	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	1975		Listen
65	173	Janis Joplin	Pearl	1971		Listen
66	177	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Exodus	1977		Listen
67	180	Suicide	Suicide	1977		Listen
68	183	Lou Reed	Berlin	1973		Listen
69	185	The Modern Lovers	The Modern Lovers	1976		Listen
70	186	Robert Wyatt	Rock Bottom	1974		Listen
71	187	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	1970		Listen
72	190	Marvin Gaye	Let's Get It On	1973		Listen
73	193	The Specials	Specials	1979		Listen
74	195	Santana	Abraxas	1970
75	199	Roxy Music	Roxy Music	1972		Listen
76	201	Public Image Ltd.	Metal Box/Second Edition	1979		Listen
77	205	The Original Soundtrack	The Harder They Come	1972		Listen
78	206	The Velvet Underground	Loaded	1970		Listen
79	207	The Doors	L.A. Woman	1971		Listen
80	208	Eno	Another Green World	1975		Listen
81	209	Can	Tago Mago	1971		Listen
82	212	Pere Ubu	The Modern Dance	1978		Listen
83	214	David Bowie	Heroes	1977		Listen
84	218	Funkadelic	One Nation Under a Groove	1978		Listen
85	219	The Jam	All Mod Cons	1978
86	220	Nick Drake	Bryter Layter	1970		Listen
87	226	Wire	Pink Flag	1977		Listen
88	235	Talking Heads	Fear of Music	1979		Listen
89	237	Van Halen	Van Halen	1978		Listen
90	241	Deep Purple	Machine Head	1972		Listen
91	243	Iggy Pop	Lust for Life	1977		Listen
92	244	Kraftwerk	Die Mensch Maschine	1978		Listen
93	249	Kraftwerk	Autobahn	1974		Listen
94	250	Todd Rundgren	Something/Anything?	1972		Listen
95	258	AC/DC	Highway to Hell	1979
96	265	Steely Dan	Pretzel Logic	1974
97	266	David Bowie	Station to Station	1976
98	267	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Live!	1975		Listen
99	268	Al Green	Call Me	1973		Listen
100	270	Nick Drake	Pink Moon	1972		Listen
101	275	The Who	Live at Leeds	1970
102	283	Parliament	Mothership Connection	1975		Listen
103	290	Big Star	The Third Album/Sister Lovers	1978		Listen
104	292	Steely Dan	Aja	1977		Listen
105	295	Mike Oldfield	Tubular Bells	1973		Listen
106	304	Talking Heads	Talking Heads: 77	1977		Listen
107	309	Serge Gainsbourg	Histoire de Melody Nelson	1971
108	312	George Harrison	All Things Must Pass	1970		Listen
109	315	Ramones	Rocket to Russia	1977
110	318	Big Star	Radio City	1974		Listen
111	320	Grateful Dead	American Beauty	1970		Listen
112	323	John Cale	Paris 1919	1973		Listen
113	327	Aerosmith	Toys in the Attic	1975		Listen
114	331	Devo	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo	1978		Listen
115	333	Richard and Linda Thompson	I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight	1974		Listen
116	336	Talking Heads	More Songs About Buildings and Food	1978		Listen
117	344	James Brown	Sex Machine	1970		Listen
118	345	Jackson Browne	Late for the Sky	1974		Listen
119	346	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	Armed Forces	1979
120	348	Thin Lizzy	Live and Dangerous	1978		Listen
121	350	Randy Newman	Sail Away	1972		Listen
122	352	Deep Purple	Deep Purple in Rock	1970		Listen
123	354	Bob Dylan and The Band	The Basement Tapes	1975		Listen
124	358	Randy Newman	12 Songs	1970		Listen
125	360	Aerosmith	Rocks	1976		Listen
126	362	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin III	1970		Listen
127	372	Ian Dury	New Boots and Panties!!	1977
128	378	Gram Parsons	GP	1973		Listen
129	379	The Police	Reggatta de Blanc	1979		Listen
130	381	Grateful Dead	Workingman's Dead	1970		Listen
131	382	James Taylor	Sweet Baby James	1970		Listen
132	383	Leonard Cohen	Songs of Love and Hate	1971		Listen
133	391	Funkadelic	Maggot Brain	1971		Listen
134	392	Herbie Hancock	Head Hunters	1973		Listen
135	393	Bob Dylan	Desire	1976
136	397	The Police	Outlandos D'Amour	1978		Listen
137	398	Eno	Here Come the Warm Jets	1973		Listen
138	402	Burning Spear	Marcus Garvey	1975
139	406	The Rolling Stones	Some Girls	1978		Listen
140	409	Steely Dan	Can't Buy a Thrill	1972		Listen
141	411	Genesis	The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway	1974		Listen
142	413	Deep Purple	Made in Japan	1972		Listen
143	415	Willie Nelson	Red Headed Stranger	1975		Listen
144	416	Augustus Pablo	King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown	1977		Listen
145	424	David Bowie	Aladdin Sane	1973		Listen
146	426	Big Star	#1 Record	1972		Listen
147	427	Neil Young	On the Beach	1974		Listen
148	429	Curtis Mayfield	Curtis	1970		Listen
149	432	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	1970		Listen
150	434	The Undertones	The Undertones	1979		Listen
151	435	Paul McCartney and Wings	Band on the Run	1973
152	436	Jethro Tull	Aqualung	1971
153	438	Randy Newman	Good Old Boys	1974		Listen
154	448	Chic	Risque	1979		Listen
155	459	Dire Straits	Dire Straits	1978		Listen
156	460	The Who	Quadrophenia	1973		Listen
157	461	Steely Dan	Countdown to Ecstasy	1973		Listen
158	462	Meat Loaf	Bat out of Hell	1977		Listen
159	463	Joni Mitchell	Hejira	1976		Listen
160	464	The Congos	Heart of the Congos	1977		Listen
161	468	The Wailers	Burnin'	1973		Listen
162	469	The B-52's	The B-52's	1979		Listen
163	476	Traffic	John Barleycorn Must Die	1970		Listen
164	481	Wire	Chairs Missing	1978		Listen
165	482	Joni Mitchell	The Hissing of Summer Lawns	1975		Listen
166	485	Led Zeppelin	Houses of the Holy	1973		Listen
167	490	The Rolling Stones	Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!	1970		Listen
168	494	Neu!	Neu!	1972		Listen
169	497	Richard Hell & The Voidoids	Blank Generation	1977		Listen
170	505	Kate Bush	The Kick Inside	1978		Listen
171	507	John Martyn	Solid Air	1973		Listen
172	514	Brian Eno	Before and After Science	1977		Listen
173	520	The Beach Boys	Surf's Up	1971		Listen
174	525	Eric Clapton	461 Ocean Boulevard	1974
175	529	Mott the Hoople	Mott	1973		Listen
176	538	Van Morrison	It's Too Late To Stop Now	1974		Listen
177	542	Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers	Damn the Torpedoes	1979		Listen
178	548	Al Green	I'm Still in Love with You	1972		Listen
179	552	The Mahavishnu Orchestra	The Inner Mounting Flame	1971		Listen
180	554	Little Feat	Sailin' Shoes	1972		Listen
181	555	Boston	Boston	1976		Listen
182	557	Iggy Pop	The Idiot	1977		Listen
183	559	Buzzcocks	Another Music in a Different Kitchen	1978		Listen
184	565	Sly and the Family Stone	Fresh	1973		Listen
185	573	Yes	Close to the Edge	1972		Listen
186	574	Marianne Faithfull	Broken English	1979		Listen
187	577	Billy Joel	The Stranger	1977		Listen
188	580	Tim Buckley	Starsailor	1970
189	583	The Beatles	Let It Be	1970
190	586	Keith Jarrett	The K�ln Concert	1975		Listen
191	591	Can	Future Days	1973		Listen
192	594	Steve Reich	Music for 18 Musicians	1978		Listen
193	597	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band	Clear Spot	1972		Listen
194	601	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will the Circle Be Unbroken	1972		Listen
195	603	Ry Cooder	Paradise and Lunch	1974		Listen
196	608	Little Feat	Dixie Chicken	1973		Listen
197	615	Lynyrd Skynyrd	(Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd)	1973		Listen
198	616	Al Green	Let's Stay Together	1972		Listen
199	619	Jimi Hendrix	Band of Gypsys	1970		Listen
200	622	Kiss	Alive!	1975		Listen