My Favorite 100 Albums of the 1970's

1. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – David Bowie
2. After the Gold Rush – Neil Young
3. The Slider – T. Rex
4. The Hoople – Mott the Hoople
5. Transformer – Lou Reed
6. The Point! – Harry Nilsson
7. Just a Boy – Leo Sayer
8. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
9. Van Halen – Van Halen
10. At Budokan – Cheap Trick
11. Unknown Pleasures – Joy Division
12. Quadrophenia – The Who
13. Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon
14. The Idiot – Iggy Pop
15. Loaded – The Velvet Underground
16. Full House Live – J Geils Band
17. Thee Imaginary Boys – The Cure
18. Aladdin Sane – David Bowie
19. Killer – Alice Cooper
20. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
21. Station to Station - David Bowie
22. Meddle – Pink Floyd
23. Here Come the Warm Jets – Brian Eno
24. One on One – Seals and Crofts
25. Eat to the Beat – Blondie
26. Low – David Bowie
27. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo - Devo
28. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
29. London Calling – The Clash
30. The Man Machine – Kraftwerk
31. Machine Head – Deep Purple
32. Led Zeppelin IV – Led Zeppelin
33. The Stranger – Billy Joek
34. Kimono My House – Sparks
35. Country Life – Roxy Music
36. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
37. Imagine – John Lennon
38. A Day at the Races – Queen
39. Labour of Lust – Nick Lowe
40. This Year’s Model – Elvis Costello
41. Nilsson Schmilsson – Harry Nilsson
42. Hunky Dory – David Bowie
43. Electric Warrior – T. Rex
44. Trans Europe Express – Kraftwerk
45. Year of the Cat – Al Stewart
46. Magnetic South – Michael Nesmith and the First National Band
47. Love it to Death – Alice Cooper
48. John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
49. Desolation Boulevard – Sweet
50. 2 Years On – The Bee Gees
51. Blank Generation – Richard Hell and the Voidoids
52. Neu! – Neu!
53. Who’s Next – The Who
54. Touch Me – Gary Glitter
55. Roxy Music – Roxy Music
56. Free Your Mind….And Your Ass Will Follow – Funkadelic
57. Repeat When Necessary – Dave Edmunds
58. Nevermind the Bollocks – The Sex Pistols
59. Berlin – Lou Reed
60. Neu! 2 – Neu!
61. Superfly – Curtis Mayfield
62. Every Picture Tells a Story – Rod Stewart
63. Man Who Sold the World – David Bowie
64. Scared to Dance – Skids
65. Rollin’ – Bay City Rollers
66. Diamond Dogs – David Bowie
67. Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
68. Carpenters – The Carpenters
69. Rocket to Russia – The Ramones
70. Static Age – The Misfits
71. Let it Be – The Beatles
72. Lust for Life – Iggy Pop
73. Lodger – David Bowie
74. Mott – Mott the Hoople
75. Barrett – Syd Barrett
76. Pink Moon – Nick Drake
77. American Beauty – The Grateful Dead
78. Ian Hunter – Ian Hunter
79. Jesus of Cool – Nick Lowe
80. My Feet are Smiling – Leo Kottke
81. Nevada Fighter – Michael Nesmith
82. Heroes – David Bowie
83. Play Don’t Worry – Mick Ronson
84. Harvest – Neil Young
85. New York Dolls – New York Dolls
86. Atom Heart Mother – Pink Floyd
87. A Night at the Opera – Queen
88. High Voltage – AC/DC
89. The Cars - The Cars
90. Van Halen II – Van Halen
91. Raw Power – Iggy and the Stooges
92. ’77 – Talking Heads
93. Rocky Horror Picture Show – Richard O’Brien and Cast
94. Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
95. Heaven Tonight – Cheap Trick
96. Destroyer – Kiss
97. You’re Never Alone With A Schizophrenic – Ian Hunter
98. Diamonds and Rust – Joan Baez
99. Young Americans – David Bowie
100. Led Zeppelin III – Led Zeppelin