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editRelease Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
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Paranoid | Black Sabbath | ||||
After The Gold Rush | Neil Young | ||||
Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel | ||||
All Things Must Pass | George Harrison | ||||
Led Zeppelin III | Led Zeppelin | ||||
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band | John Lennon | ||||
Let It Be | The Beatles | ||||
Moondance | Van Morrison | ||||
Bitches Brew | Miles Davis | ||||
Fun House | The Stooges | ||||
Cosmo's Factory | Creedence Clearwater Revival | ||||
Loaded | The Velvet Underground | ||||
Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | ||||
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs | Derek & The Dominos | ||||
Déjà Vu | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | ||||
Abraxas | Santana | ||||
American Beauty | Grateful Dead | ||||
Deep Purple In Rock | Deep Purple | ||||
Tea For The Tillerman | Cat Stevens | ||||
Live At Leeds | The Who | ||||
Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One | The Kinks | ||||
Curtis | Curtis Mayfield | ||||
Band Of Gypsys | Jimi Hendrix | ||||
Third | Soft Machine | ||||
Starsailor | Tim Buckley | ||||
Workingman's Dead | Grateful Dead | ||||
Sweet Baby James | James Taylor | ||||
Cold Fact | Rodriguez | ||||
Yeti | Amon Düül II | ||||
Exuma | Exuma | ||||
1971 | Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) | Led Zeppelin | |||
Who's Next | The Who | ||||
Hunky Dory | David Bowie | ||||
Sticky Fingers | The Rolling Stones | ||||
What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | ||||
Blue | Joni Mitchell | ||||
Meddle | Pink Floyd | ||||
L.A. Woman | The Doors | ||||
Tago Mago | Can | ||||
Tapestry | Carole King | ||||
Imagine | John Lennon | ||||
Fragile | Yes | ||||
Electric Warrior | T. Rex | ||||
Aqualung | Jethro Tull | ||||
Bryter Layter | Nick Drake | ||||
Master Of Reality | Black Sabbath | ||||
Maggot Brain | Funkadelic | ||||
There's A Riot Goin' On | Sly & The Family Stone | ||||
At Fillmore East | The Allman Brothers Band | ||||
1971
editRelease Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
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Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) | Led Zeppelin | ||||
Ram | Paul & Linda McCartney | ||||
Who's Next | The Who | ||||
Hunky Dory | David Bowie | ||||
Sticky Fingers | The Rolling Stones | ||||
What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | ||||
Blue | Joni Mitchell | ||||
Meddle | Pink Floyd | ||||
L.A. Woman | The Doors | ||||
Tago Mago | Can | ||||
Tapestry | Carole King | ||||
Imagine | John Lennon | ||||
Fragile | Yes | ||||
Electric Warrior | T. Rex | ||||
Aqualung | Jethro Tull | ||||
Bryter Layter | Nick Drake | ||||
Master Of Reality | Black Sabbath | ||||
Maggot Brain | Funkadelic | ||||
There's A Riot Goin' On | Sly & The Family Stone | ||||
At Fillmore East | The Allman Brothers Band | ||||
Songs Of Love And Hate | Leonard Cohen | ||||
Pearl | Janis Joplin | ||||
The Yes Album | Yes | ||||
Histoire De Melody Nelson | Serge Gainsbourg | ||||
Surf's Up | The Beach Boys | ||||
Every Picture Tells A Story | Rod Stewart | ||||
Madman Across The Water | Elton John | ||||
In The Land Of Grey And Pink | Caravan | ||||
Teaser And The Firecat | Cat Stevens | ||||
Journey In Satchidananda | Alice Coltrane | ||||
The Inner Mounting Flame | The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin | ||||
Nilsson Schmilsson | Harry Nilsson | ||||
If I Could Only Remember My Name | David Crosby | ||||
Pawn Hearts | Van Der Graaf Generator | ||||
John Prine | John Prine | ||||
Pieces Of A Man | Gil Scott-Heron | ||||
Construção | Chico Buarque | ||||
In Den Gärten Pharaos | Popol Vuh | ||||
1972
editRelease Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
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The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars | David Bowie | ||||
Exile On Main St. | The Rolling Stones | ||||
Pink Moon | Nick Drake | ||||
Close To The Edge | Yes | ||||
Harvest | Neil Young | ||||
Transformer | Lou Reed | ||||
Machine Head | Deep Purple | ||||
Thick As A Brick | Jethro Tull | ||||
Foxtrot | Genesis | ||||
Ege Bamyası | Can | ||||
#1 Record | Big Star | ||||
Clube Da Esquina | Milton Nascimento / Lô Borges | ||||
Can't Buy A Thrill | Steely Dan | ||||
Superfly | Curtis Mayfield | ||||
Acabou Chorare | Novos Baianos | ||||
Talking Book | Stevie Wonder | ||||
Eat A Peach | The Allman Brothers Band | ||||
Argus | Wishbone Ash | ||||
Vol 4 | Black Sabbath | ||||
Neu! | Neu! | ||||
Roxy Music | Roxy Music | ||||
Paul Simon | Paul Simon | ||||
On The Corner | Miles Davis | ||||
The Slider | T. Rex | ||||
Made In Japan | Deep Purple | ||||
Acabou Chorare | Novos Baianos | ||||
Something/Anything? | Todd Rundgren | ||||
Let's Stay Together | Al Green | ||||
Hosianna Mantra | Popol Vuh | x |
1973
editRelease Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
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The Dark Side Of The Moon | Pink Floyd | ||||
Innervisions | Stevie Wonder | ||||
Houses Of The Holy | Led Zeppelin | ||||
Selling England By The Pound | Genesis | ||||
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Elton John | ||||
Quadrophenia | The Who | ||||
Band On The Run | Paul McCartney & Wings | ||||
Raw Power | Iggy And The Stooges | ||||
Aladdin Sane | David Bowie | ||||
(pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) | Lynyrd Skynyrd | ||||
Tubular Bells | Mike Oldfield | ||||
Future Days | Can | ||||
For Your Pleasure | Roxy Music | ||||
Head Hunters | Herbie Hancock | ||||
Berlin | Lou Reed | ||||
Closing Time | Tom Waits | ||||
Let's Get It On | Marvin Gaye | ||||
The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle | Bruce Springsteen | ||||
Larks' Tongues In Aspic | King Crimson | ||||
Catch A Fire | The Wailers | ||||
New York Dolls | New York Dolls | ||||
Countdown To Ecstasy | Steely Dan | ||||
Paris 1919 | John Cale | ||||
Artaud | Pescado Rabioso | ||||
A Wizard, A True Star | Todd Rundgren | ||||
Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh | Magma | ||||
1974
Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
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Red | King Crimson | ||||
On The Beach | Neil Young | ||||
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway | Genesis | ||||
Crime Of The Century | Supertramp | ||||
Diamond Dogs | David Bowie | ||||
Court And Spark | Joni Mitchell | ||||
Here Come The Warm Jets | Brian Eno | ||||
Rock Bottom | Robert Wyatt | ||||
Pretzel Logic | Steely Dan | ||||
Autobahn | Kraftwerk | ||||
Radio City | Big Star | ||||
Phaedra | Tangerine Dream | x | |||
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight | Richard & Linda Thompson | ||||
Natty Dread | Bob Marley & The Wailers | ||||
Kimono My House | Sparks | ||||
Grievous Angel | Gram Parsons | ||||
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) | Brian Eno | x | |||
Zuckerzeit | Cluster | ||||
1975
Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
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Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | ||||
Blood On The Tracks | Bob Dylan | ||||
Born To Run | Bruce Springsteen | ||||
A Night At The Opera | Queen | ||||
Physical Graffiti | Led Zeppelin | ||||
Horses | Patti Smith | ||||
Another Green World | Eno | ||||
Tonight's The Night | Neil Young | ||||
Mothership Connection | Parliament | ||||
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns | Joni Mitchell | ||||
The Basement Tapes | Bob Dylan & The Band | ||||
The Köln Concert | Keith Jarrett | ||||
Neu! '75 | Neu! | ||||
1976
Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
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Songs In The Key Of Life | Stevie Wonder | ||||
Station To Station | David Bowie | ||||
Ramones | Ramones | ||||
Hotel California | Eagles
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Boston | Boston | ||||
2112 | Rush | ||||
Desire | Bob Dylan | ||||
The Modern Lovers | The Modern Lovers | ||||
Hejira | Joni Mitchell | ||||
Oxygène | Jean Michel Jarre | x | |||
Arrival | ABBA | ||||
King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown | Augustus Pablo | ||||
El Jardín De Los Presentes | Invisible | ||||
Music From The Penguin Cafe | Penguin Cafe Orchestra | x | |||
1977
Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
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Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | ||||
Animals | Pink Floyd | ||||
Marquee Moon | Television | ||||
Low | David Bowie | ||||
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols | The Sex Pistols | ||||
The Clash | The Clash | ||||
"Heroes" | David Bowie | ||||
Aja | Steely Dan | ||||
Exodus | Bob Marley & The Wailers | ||||
Trans Europa Express | Kraftwerk | ||||
The Stranger | Billy Joel | ||||
Pink Flag | Wire | ||||
My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | ||||
Talking Heads: 77 | Talking Heads | ||||
Lust For Life | Iggy Pop | ||||
Rocket To Russia | Ramones | ||||
Out Of The Blue | Electric Light Orchestra | ||||
The Idiot | Iggy Pop | ||||
Bat Out Of Hell | Meat Loaf | ||||
Suicide | Suicide | ||||
A Farewell To Kings | Rush | ||||
Before And After Science | Brian Eno | ||||
Zombie | Fela Kuti & Africa 70 | ||||
Saturday Night Fever | Various Artists | ||||
Heart Of The Congos | The Congos | ||||
(I'm) Stranded | The Saints | ||||
1978
Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
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Darkness On The Edge Of Town | Bruce Springsteen | ||||
Parallel Lines | Blondie | ||||
This Year's Model | Elvis Costello | ||||
The Cars | The Cars | ||||
Van Halen | Van Halen | ||||
Die Mensch·Maschine | Kraftwerk | ||||
Some Girls | The Rolling Stones | ||||
More Songs About Buildings And Food | Talking Heads | ||||
The Kick Inside | Kate Bush | ||||
Outlandos D'Amour | The Police | ||||
Dire Straits | Dire Straits | ||||
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! | Devo | ||||
All Mod Cons | The Jam | ||||
3rd | Big Star | ||||
Ambient 1: Music For Airports | Brian Eno | ||||
Chairs Missing | Wire | ||||
The Modern Dance | Pere Ubu | ||||
Music For 18 Musicians | Steve Reich | ||||
Give 'Em Enough Rope | The Clash | ||||
Real Life | Magazine | ||||
Lanquidity | Sun Ra | ||||
1979
Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
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London Calling | The Clash | ||||
The Wall | Pink Floyd | ||||
Unknown Pleasures | Joy Division | ||||
Fear Of Music | Talking Heads | ||||
Off The Wall | Michael Jackson | ||||
Entertainment! | Gang Of Four | ||||
Rust Never Sleeps | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | ||||
Highway To Hell | AC/DC | ||||
Breakfast In America | Supertramp | ||||
Reggatta De Blanc | The Police | ||||
Tusk | Fleetwood Mac | ||||
Damn The Torpedoes | Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers | ||||
The B-52's | The B-52's | ||||
Specials | The Specials | ||||
Metal Box | Public Image Ltd. | ||||
Armed Forces | Elvis Costello And The Attractions | ||||
Drums And Wires | XTC | ||||
154 | Wire | ||||
The Pleasure Principle | Gary Numan | ||||
Y | The Pop Group | ||||
Cut | The Slits | ||||
One Step Beyond... | Madness | ||||
The Undertones | The Undertones | ||||
Inflammable Material | Stiff Little Fingers | x | |||
Machine Gun Etiquette | The Damned | ||||
Solid State Survivor | Yellow Magic Orchestra | x | |||