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Top Ten Albums of the Seventies

What are your top ten favorite albums from the 70s?

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10. One Year by Colin Blunstone
One for the ladies. Quality stuff from the mighty Blunstone.
9. Overnite Sensation by Frank Zappa
Most consistent Zappa album. Great band too.
8. Don't Look Back by Boston
Great party record. Nice "space-age" guitar bizness.
7. A Night At The Opera by Queen
Yeah i know it's a bit obvious but it's way cool.
6. Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
Dancing Days. `Nuff said
5. Morin Heights by Pilot
Possibly the greatest scottish piano-pop album recorded in Canada of all time.
4. Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren
Cool stuff from the rundgren. Like, a million songs or something.
3. Are You Serious? by Van Duren
Bit of an obscurity I reckon seeing as no-one i knows even heard of it. Groovy piano pop stuff plus a big star connection.
2. Aja by Steely Dan
mmm...nice. Dead suave.
1. Dressed To Kill by Kiss
Kazam! Total a**-shaking klassik! Bubblegum to the max.

10. Maschinenstil (1998) by Merzbow
9. ...A Mere Coincidence... (1999) by The Science Group
8. Object Holder (1995) by Biota
7. California (1999) by Mr. Bungle
6. Pony Express Record (1994) by Shudder to Think
5. On Avery Island (1996) by Neutral Milk Hotel
4. Ruby Vroom (1994) by Soul Coughing
3. Hunger's Teeth (1994) by 5uu's
2. Black Foliage: Animation Music Vol. 1 (1999) by The Olivia Tremor Control
1. Emergency & I (1999) by The Dismemberment Plan

10. Guitar Man by Bread
Pure feeling, clean performance and the sense of a choir whith only four voices.
9. Lace And Wiskey by Alice Cooper
Shows his technical and emotional side.
8. Infinity by Journey
Not yet developed as a top hitter, but beautyfull album.
7. Hotel California by Eagles
You can search the roots of this songs if you listen to POCO.
6. Christopher Cross by Christopher Cross
A lot of people felt in love listening to this songs.
5. Frampton by Peter Frampton
The album whith the originals studio versions of the famed live performance.
4. Eve by Alan Parsons
The seed for lots of new age and progresive music.
3. Rumors by Fleetwood Mac
One of the top, if not the most, selling album of all times.
2. Paris by Supertramp
One of the best live performances yet.
1. Hydra by Toto
Late 70?s showing just what was to come from this classical formed musicans.

10. 2112 by Rush
Can you play those drum parts in your head after hearing this album a thousand times????????
9. Cat Scratch Fever by Ted Nugent
One listen of this album and everybody got the cat scratch fever!!!!!!!!
8. Feels So Good by Chuck Mangione
The man with the horn came up big with this album and today were still feeling good because of this album!!!!!
7. Rocks by Aerosmith
If you liked heavy metal blues,you had this album!steven tyler and the bad boys from bosten really belted it out on this album.......i love it!
6. Fragile by Yes
just about anyone who loves proggressive rock had this album,i know i do and still play it to this day.Its simply a masterpeice of music!
5. Breakfast In America by Supertramp
supertramp added this to there endless list of great albums but this was there swan song!!
4. Little Queen by Heart
probably the best album heart ever recorded ever producing several hits like barracuda,kick it out,little queen etc!
3. Second Helping by Lynyrd Sknyrd
southern rock doesnt get much better then this as this album has one great song after another
2. Grand Illusion by Styx
this album pushed styx over the top and put them on the map as one of the most popular bands to come out of the 70,s
1. Christopher Cross by Self Titled
one of the greatest debut albums by any contemporary artists ever and 7 grammys to go with it.