Top Albums of 1975





Rank All Time Rank Artist Album Genres
10cc The Original Soundtrack Art Pop, Pop Rock, Progressive Pop
12
405
Aerosmith Toys in the Attic Hard Rock
Al Green Al Green Is Love Smooth Soul, Southern Soul
Alice Cooper Welcome to My Nightmare Glam Rock, Hard Rock
41
2434
Allen Toussaint Southern Nights New Orleans R&B, Southern Soul
Bee Gees Main Course Pop Rock
Black Sabbath Sabotage Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
2
22
Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
11
389
Bob Dylan and The Band The Basement Tapes Folk Rock, Roots Rock
10
385
Bob Marley and The Wailers Live! Roots Reggae
1
16
Bruce Springsteen Born to Run Heartland Rock
15
607
Burning Spear Marcus Garvey Roots Reggae
Camel The Snow Goose Symphonic Prog
46
2628
Cecil Taylor Silent Tongues Free Jazz
Charles Mingus Changes One Post-Bop
22
1233
Clifton Chenier Bogalusa Boogie Zydeco
34
1958
Curtis Mayfield There's No Place Like America Today Funk, Soul
19
920
David Bowie Young Americans Blue Eyed Soul, Pop Rock, Soul
35
2037
Dion Born to Be with You Baroque Pop, Pop Rock
28
1332
Dr. Feelgood Down by the Jetty British Blues, Pub Rock
47
2675
Dr. Feelgood Malpractice British Blues, Pub Rock
Duke Ellington The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse: A Suite in Eight Parts Big Band
Eagles One of These Nights Country Rock
33
1735
Earth, Wind & Fire That's the Way of the World Funk, Soul
53
2873
Earth, Wind & Fire Gratitude Funk, Soul
32
1529
Elton John Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Pop Rock
36
2101
Emmylou Harris Pieces of the Sky Country
48
2700
Emmylou Harris Elite Hotel Country Rock, Progressive Country
9
290
Eno Another Green World Art Rock
29
1369
Eno Discreet Music Ambient, Modern Classical
Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 Expensive Shit Afrobeat
18
893
Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac Pop Rock
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention One Size Fits All Jazz-Rock, Progressive Rock
Funkadelic Let's Take It to the Stage Funk Rock, P-Funk, Psychedelic Rock
Gary Stewart Out of Hand Honky Tonk
40
2413
Gavin Bryars The Sinking of the Titanic Minimalism
52
2842
Gilberto Gil / Jorge Ben Ogum Xangô/Gil & Jorge MPB
37
2109
Guy Clark Old No. 1 Outlaw Country, Singer/Songwriter
Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams Jr. & Friends Country, Country Rock
42
2501
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Wake Up Everybody Philly Soul
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes To Be True Philly Soul, Smooth Soul
Henry Cow In Praise of Learning Rock in Opposition
James Talley Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got a Lot of Love Country
45
2619
Janis Ian Between the Lines Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
31
1495
Jeff Beck Blow by Blow Blues Rock, Jazz-Rock
Joan Baez Diamonds and Rust Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter
John Cale Slow Dazzle Art Rock, Singer/Songwriter
John Fogerty John Fogerty Boogie Rock, Rock & Roll, Roots Rock
John Handy & Ali Akbar Khan Karuna Supreme Jazz Fusion
John Lennon Rock'n'Roll Rock & Roll
14
559
Joni Mitchell The Hissing of Summer Lawns Jazz Pop, Singer/Songwriter
30
1389
Kate and Anna McGarrigle Kate and Anna McGarrigle Folk Rock
Keith Hudson Flesh of My Skin, Blood of My Blood Roots Reggae
16
608
Keith Jarrett The Köln Concert ECM Style Jazz
Kenny Burrell Ellington Is Forever, Vol. 1 Jazz
17
668
Kiss Alive! Hard Rock
Klaus Schulze Timewind Berlin School
24
1253
Kraftwerk Radio-Aktivität/Radio-Activity Progressive Electronic
21
1044
Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares Bulgarian Folk Music
4
136
Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti Hard Rock
Linda Ronstadt Prisoner in Disguise Yacht Rock
Little Feat The Last Record Album Southern Rock
38
2164
Lou Reed Coney Island Baby Art Rock, Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
50
2745
Mahmoud Ahmed Eré Méla Méla/Ethiopiques 7 Ethio-Jazz, Tizita
McCoy Tyner Trident Post-Bop
Mike Oldfield Ommadawn New Age, Progressive Rock
Miles Davis Agharta Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Funk
Natalie Cole Inseparable Soul
Nazareth Hair of the Dog Hard Rock
6
204
Neil Young Tonight's the Night Country Rock, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
26
1304
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Zuma Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
23
1234
Neu! Neu! 75 Krautrock
Nils Lofgren Nils Lofgren Rock
8
282
Parliament Mothership Connection P-Funk
3
25
Patti Smith Horses Proto-Punk, Singer/Songwriter
27
1309
Paul Simon Still Crazy After All These Years Singer/Songwriter
7
212
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here Art Rock, Progressive Rock
5
147
Queen A Night at the Opera Art Rock, Hard Rock
Ras Michael and The Sons of Negus Rastafari Nyahbinghi, Roots Reggae
Richard and Linda Thompson Pour Down Like Silver Folk Rock
49
2723
Rod Stewart Atlantic Crossing Pop Rock
20
929
Roxy Music Siren Art Rock, Glam Rock, Pop Rock
Roy Harper HQ/When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease Progressive Folk, Progressive Rock
Sisa Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol Psychedelic Folk, Psychedelic Pop
Smokey Robinson A Quiet Storm Smooth Soul
Spinners Pick of the Litter Philly Soul
25
1277
Steely Dan Katy Lied Pop Rock
Tangerine Dream Rubycon Ambient, Berlin School
The Bothy Band The Bothy Band/1975 Irish Folk Music
39
2166
The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! Hard Rock, Proto-Punk
51
2789
The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band Slack-Key Guitar
The Marshall Tucker Band Searchin' for a Rainbow Country Rock, Southern Rock
The Revolutionary Ensemble The People's Republic Free Jazz
The Who The Who by Numbers Hard Rock
Tom Waits Nighthawks at the Diner Piano Blues, Singer/Songwriter
44
2598
Tony Bennett and Bill Evans The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album Standards, Vocal Jazz
Triana El Patio Andalusian Rock
Van der Graaf Generator Godbluff Progressive Rock
Various Artists The Rocky Horror Picture Show OST Film Soundtrack, Glam Rock, Rock Opera
War Why Can't We Be Friends? Funk, Soul
Waylon Jennings Dreaming My Dreams Outlaw Country
43
2548
Wayne Shorter feat. Milton Nascimento Native Dancer Jazz Fusion
13
491
Willie Nelson Red Headed Stranger Outlaw Country
Woody Shaw The Moontrane Jazz