1970s

Top 20

1. The Dark Side Of The Moon — Pink Floyd (1973)
2. Wish You Were Here — Pink Floyd (1975)
3. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars — David Bowie (1972)
4. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) — Led Zeppelin (1971)
5. Rumours — Fleetwood Mac (1977)
6. London Calling — The Clash (1979)
7. The Wall — Pink Floyd (1979)
8. Animals — Pink Floyd (1977)
9. Unknown Pleasures — Joy Division (1979)
10. Who's Next — The Who (1971)
11. Blood On The Tracks — Bob Dylan (1975)
12. Marquee Moon — Television (1977)
13. Exile On Main St. — The Rolling Stones (1972)
14. Hunky Dory — David Bowie (1971)
15. What's Going On — Marvin Gaye (1971)
16. Paranoid — Black Sabbath (1970)
17. Pink Moon — Nick Drake (1972)
18. Sticky Fingers — The Rolling Stones (1971)
19. Low — David Bowie (1977)
20. Blue — Joni Mitchell (1971)

1970

• Paranoid — Black Sabbath
• After The Gold Rush — Neil Young
• All Things Must Pass — George Harrison
• Bridge Over Troubled Water — Simon & Garfunkel
• John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band — John Lennon
• Bitches Brew — Miles Davis
• Moondance — Van Morrison
• Cosmo's Factory — Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Led Zeppelin III — Led Zeppelin
• Fun House — The Stooges
• Let It Be — The Beatles
• Black Sabbath — Black Sabbath
• Loaded — The Velvet Underground
• Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs — Derek & The Dominos
• Déjà Vu — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
• American Beauty — Grateful Dead
• Deep Purple In Rock — Deep Purple
• Abraxas — Santana
• Tea For The Tillerman — Cat Stevens
• Morrison Hotel — The Doors

1971

• Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) — Led Zeppelin
• Who's Next — The Who
• Hunky Dory — David Bowie
• What's Going On — Marvin Gaye
• Sticky Fingers — The Rolling Stones
• Blue — Joni Mitchell
• Tago Mago — Can
• Meddle — Pink Floyd
• L.A. Woman — The Doors
• Tapestry — Carole King
• Fragile — Yes
• Bryter Layter — Nick Drake
• Master Of Reality — Black Sabbath
• Aqualung — Jethro Tull
• Ram — Paul & Linda McCartney
• Electric Warrior — T. Rex
• Imagine — John Lennon
• Maggot Brain — Funkadelic
• There's A Riot Goin' On — Sly & The Family Stone
• At Fillmore East — The Allman Brothers Band

1972

• 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
• Ege Bamyası — Can
• Foxtrot — Genesis
• Clube Da Esquina — Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges
• #1 Record — Big Star
• Can't Buy A Thrill — Steely Dan
• Super Fly — Curtis Mayfield
• Acabou Chorare — Novos Baianos
• Talking Book — Stevie Wonder
• Eat A Peach — The Allman Brothers Band
• Neu! — Neu!
• Vol 4 — Black Sabbath
• Argus — Wishbone Ash

1973

• 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
• Aladdin Sane — David Bowie
• Raw Power — Iggy And The Stooges
• Future Days — Can
• (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) — Lynyrd Skynyrd
• For Your Pleasure — Roxy Music
• Head Hunters — Herbie Hancock
• Tubular Bells — Mike Oldfield
• Closing Time — Tom Waits
• Berlin — Lou Reed
• The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle — Bruce Springsteen
• Let's Get It On — Marvin Gaye
• Artaud — Pescado Rabioso
• Larks' Tongues In Aspic — King Crimson

1974

• Red — King Crimson
• On The Beach — Neil Young
• The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway — Genesis
• Crime Of The Century — Supertramp
• Rock Bottom — Robert Wyatt
• Court And Spark — Joni Mitchell
• Here Come The Warm Jets — Brian Eno
• A Tábua De Esmeralda — Jorge Ben
• Sheer Heart Attack — Queen
• Diamond Dogs — David Bowie
• Mirage — Camel
• Queen II — Queen
• Radio City — Big Star
• Pretzel Logic — Steely Dan
• Autobahn — Kraftwerk
• Kimono My House — Sparks
• No Other — Gene Clark
• I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight — Richard & Linda Thompson
• Country Life — Roxy Music
• Fulfillingness' First Finale — Stevie Wonder

1975

• Wish You Were Here — Pink Floyd
• Blood On The Tracks — Bob Dylan
• Born To Run — Bruce Springsteen
• Physical Graffiti — Led Zeppelin
• A Night At The Opera — Queen
• Another Green World — Brian Eno
• Horses — Patti Smith
• Tonight's The Night — Neil Young
• Fleetwood Mac — Fleetwood Mac
• The Hissing Of Summer Lawns — Joni Mitchell
• Mothership Connection — Parliament
• Toys In The Attic — Aerosmith
• The Köln Concert — Keith Jarrett
• Zuma — Neil Young & Crazy Horse
• Young Americans — David Bowie
• The Basement Tapes — Bob Dylan & The Band
• Expensive Shit — Fela Kuti & Africa 70
• Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy — Elton John
• Sabotage — Black Sabbath
• Ommadawn — Mike Oldfield

1976

• Songs In The Key Of Life — Stevie Wonder
• Station To Station — David Bowie
• Ramones — Ramones
• Hotel California — Eagles
• Boston — Boston
• Desire — Bob Dylan
• Hejira — Joni Mitchell
• 2112 — Rush
• The Modern Lovers — The Modern Lovers
• A New World Record — Electric Light Orchestra
• A Trick Of The Tail — Genesis
• Rising — Rainbow
• Jailbreak — Thin Lizzy
• Oxygène — Jean Michel Jarre
• A Day At The Races — Queen
• The Royal Scam — Steely Dan
• Rocks — Aerosmith
• África Brasil — Jorge Ben
• Moonmadness — Camel
• Arrival — ABBA

1977

• Rumours — Fleetwood Mac
• Animals — Pink Floyd
• Marquee Moon — Television
• Low — David Bowie
• Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols — Sex Pistols
• Aja — Steely Dan
• The Stranger — Billy Joel
• Exodus — Bob Marley & The Wailers
• "Heroes" — David Bowie
• The Clash — The Clash
• Trans Europa Express — Kraftwerk
• Pink Flag — Wire
• My Aim Is True — Elvis Costello
• Lust For Life — Iggy Pop
• Out Of The Blue — Electric Light Orchestra
• Talking Heads: 77 — Talking Heads
• Rocket To Russia — Ramones
• Suicide — Suicide
• Bat Out Of Hell — Meat Loaf
• The Idiot — Iggy Pop

1978

• Darkness On The Edge Of Town — Bruce Springsteen
• Parallel Lines — Blondie
• The Cars — The Cars
• This Year's Model — Elvis Costello
• Van Halen — Van Halen
• Die Mensch·Maschine — Kraftwerk
• Music For 18 Musicians — Steve Reich
• Some Girls — The Rolling Stones
• The Kick Inside — Kate Bush
• More Songs About Buildings And Food — Talking Heads
• Hemispheres — Rush
• Dire Straits — Dire Straits
• Outlandos D'Amour — The Police
• All Mod Cons — The Jam
• 3rd — Big Star
• Chairs Missing — Wire
• Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! — Devo
• The Modern Dance — Pere Ubu
• Real Life — Magazine
• Powerage — AC/DC

1979

• 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
• Breakfast In America — Supertramp
• Rust Never Sleeps — Neil Young & Crazy Horse
• Highway To Hell — AC/DC
• Tusk — Fleetwood Mac
• Reggatta De Blanc — The Police
• Damn The Torpedoes — Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
• Ambient 1: Music For Airports — Brian Eno
• Metal Box — Public Image Ltd.
• The B-52's — The B-52's
• Armed Forces — Elvis Costello And The Attractions
• Specials — The Specials
• 154 — Wire
• Singles Going Steady — Buzzcocks
• Setting Sons — The Jam