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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. Machine Head by Deep Purple
9. Rumors by Fleetwood Mac
8. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
7. Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack by Bee Gees & Others
Sorry, but it was a great album.
6. Alive! by Kiss
The greatest live album of all-time hands down.
5. Who's Next by The Who
4. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
What a great album.
3. Highway To Hell by AC/DC
2. Dressed To Kill by Kiss
Kiss' best album, not Destroyer!
1. Van Halen by Van Halen
The album that launched the 80's

10. Morrison Hotel by Doors
Wonderful album, and the Doors� best along with their first two LPs.
9. Just A Poke by Sweet Smoke
Impressive album consisting only of two very complex songs.
8. Share The Land by The Guess Who
Some great songs from Canada�s premier band.
7. Rebirth by Blonde On Blonde
Masterpiece from this Welsh prog/art rock/folk band. Essential.
6. Blast Furnace by Blast Furnace
Very strong prog album from Denmark!
5. The Going Is Easy by Greatest Show On Earth
Very complex heavy prog with horns, blows away the likes of Zep & Purple. ;)
4. Asylum by Cressida
Fantastic art rock album from 1971!
3. Tago Mago by Can
Incredible stuff from Germany.
2. Mr. Albert Show by Mr. Albert Show
Great jazzy prog from the Netherlands.
1. High Tide by High Tide
Mind-blowing psych-freak-folk-prog from this great band!

10. John Ono Lennon Platic Ono Band by John Lennon
first real Lp he did after the Beatle breakup. "mother" say's it all.
9. Rumors by Fleetwood Mac
Solid all the way
8. Exile On Mainstreet by Rolling Stones
Just when we thought they were done.
7. Who's Next by The Who
Never could live up to the STones, Beatles and Zeppelin but did it right on this one.
6. Machine Head by Deep Purple
Jimmy Blackmore playing lead, Space truckin, Smoke on the Water and Lazy. They couldn't keep this one in stock.
5. Led Zeppelin 1V by Led Zeppelin
Page wasn't Clapton,Hendrix or Burton but he was pretty darn good.
4. All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
3 LP set. First two Lp's great. George was only allowed one song per Beatle LP. Lots of material on this LP
3. 12 Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit
Natures Way, Mr. Skin........great Lp. If, have never heard this record GET IT.
2. Band On The Run by Paul Mccarntey And Wings
Jet, 1984, Helen Wheels etc, should of been a Beatle LP. Still sounds great today.
1. Abbey Road by Beatles
I know, releaesd in 1969 but this LP is so good its hard to beleive they Packed it in after this recording. It's still magic even today.

10. American Beauty by Grateful Dead
Actually, I don't nothing about the Grateful Dead, but they must have one of the biggest impact on American rock without never hitting it mainstream. They deserve my respect!
9. First Aerosmith Album by Aerosmith
Along with Kiss, they helped propell into the mainstream big time! Aerosmith actually has big time talent, my only problem is that they sometimes use to much of a blues sound, and I don't like feeling depressed
8. Cat Scratch Fever by Ted Nugent
Mananimal with music to go along with wild stage antics!
7. Van Halen by Van Halen
The album doesn't talk about love, and the launching of the first metal awesome guitar solo!
6. Double Vision by Foreigner
Speaks for itself!
5. Night Moves by Bog Segar
The best in rock history who can touch all cultures and life situations with pure heart
4. Hotel California by Eagles
The best at singing in Harmony, and of course they have a song about James Dean on another album!
3. Live: You Should Have Been There by Jimmy Buffet
Living life the way its meant to be!
2. Gold And Platnium by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Pure raw rock n' roll in which they all could knock your teeth out, and they also think a lot like kiss.
1. Kiss Alive by Kiss
First American/not british hard rock/metal band in America! They were the first to turn of the amps in America, and the first in which all four members would probably steal there own best friends wives and see nothing wrong with it.

10. Elvis Presely The Sun Sessions by The King Of Rock N Roll!
tho' the songs are pre 70 the album came out in the 70s and I believe it is a must have
9. Never Mind The Bollocks Heres The Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols
8. New York Dolls by New York Dolls
years before the Clash and the Pistols
7. Ramones by Ramones
6. The Idiot by Iggy Pop
5. Whos Next by The Who
4. Ziggy Stardust And The Siders From Mars by David Bowie
toss up with album #3 - did coin flips hear
3. Transformer by Lou Reed
An album ahead of its time
2. Exile On Main Street by Rolling Stones
1. Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
I stuck with true albums of the 70s on this list and this bands album speeks for itself.

10. Carole King by Carole King
Or maybe 'Sweet baby James' by James Taylor
9. Breakfast In America by Supertramp
8. Molly Hatchet by Molly Hatchet
7. Boston by Boston
6. Autobahn by Kraftwerk
5. Live At The Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
4. Any Album by Led zeppelin
3. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
2. Hotel California by The Eagles
1. Pronounced Leh-nerd sky-nerd by Lynyrd skynyrd