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Best Albums of the 1970s

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  1. John Prine

    John Prine

    John Prine

    Atlantic, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  2. Album II

    Album II

    Loudon Wainwright III

    Atlantic, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  3. Regatta de Blanc

    Regatta de Blanc

    The Police

    A&M, 1979

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  4. Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon

    Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon

    James Taylor

    Warner Bros., 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  5.  Manassas

    Manassas

    Steven Stills

    Atlantic, 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  6. Ramones

    Ramones

    Ramones

    Sire, 1976

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  7. Horses

    Horses

    Patti Smith

    Arista, 1975

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  8. Led Zeppelin IV

    Led Zeppelin IV

    Led Zeppelin

    Atlantic, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  9. A Fire Somewhere

    A Fire Somewhere

    Ray Stinnett

    TK, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  10. Brothers and Sisters

    Brothers and Sisters

    Allman Brothers Band

    PCLC, 1973

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  11. Songs in the Key of Life

    Songs in the Key of Life

    Stevie Wonder

    Tamla, 1976

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  12. A Nod Is As Good As a Wink

    A Nod Is As Good As a Wink… to a Blind Horse…

    Faces

    Warner Bros., 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  13. Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ

    Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ

    Bruce Springsteen

    Columbia, 1973

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  14. Funky Serenity

    Funky Serenity

    Ramsey Lewis

    Columbia, 1973

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  15. Paranoid

    Paranoid

    Black Sabbath

    Warner Bros., 1970

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  16. Workingman's Dead

    Workingman’s Dead

    Grateful Dead

    Warner Bros., 1970

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  17. Long May You Run

    Long May You Run

    Stills Young Band

    Reprise, 1976

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  18. Tupelo Honey

    Tupelo Honey

    Van Morrison

    Warner Bros., 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  19. Takin' My Time

    Takin’ My Time

    Bonnie Raitt

    Warner Bros., 1973

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  20. Making Music

    Making Music

    Bill Withers

    Columbia, 1975

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  21. Sweet Forgiveness

    Sweet Forgiveness

    Bonnie Raitt

    Warner Bros., 1977

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  22. Band on the Run

    Band on the Run

    Wings

    Capitol, 1973

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  23. Deja Vu

    Déjà vu

    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

    Atlantic, 1970

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  24. Natty Dread

    Natty Dread

    Bob Marley

    Tuff Gong, 1974

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  25. Rust Never Sleeps

    Rust Never Sleeps

    Neil Young & Crazy Horse

    Reprise, 1979

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  26. Excitable Boy

    Excitable Boy

    Warren Zevon

    Elektra, 1978

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  27. Songs for Beginners

    Songs for Beginners

    Graham Nash

    Atlantic, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  28. Link Wray

    Link Wray

    Link Wray

    Polydor, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  29. Jolene

    Jolene

    Dolly Parton

    RCA, 1974

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  30. Goats Head Soup

    Goats Head Soup

    The Rolling Stones

    Rolling Stones, 1973

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  31. Veedon Fleece

    Veedon Fleece

    Van Morrison

    Warner Bros., 1974

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  32. Sweet Revenge

    Sweet Revenge

    John Prine

    Atlantic, 1973

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  33. Honky Chateau

    Honky Chateau

    Elton John

    Uni, 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  34. Loaded

    Loaded

    The Velvet Underground

    Cotillion, 1970

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  35. Teaser and the Firecat

    Teaser and the Firecat

    Cat Stevens

    A&M, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  36. Toys in the Attic

    Toys in the Attic

    Aerosmith

    Columbia, 1975

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  37. Paul Simon

    Paul Simon

    Paul Simon

    Columbia, 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  38. Good Old Boys

    Good Old Boys

    Randy Newman

    Reprise, 1974

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  39. Cosmo's Factory

    Cosmo’s Factory

    Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Fantasy, 1970

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  40. Talking Heads 77

    77

    Talking Heads

    Sire, 1977

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  41. Kristofferson

    Kristofferson

    Kris Kristofferson

    Monument, 1970

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  42. Cold Fact

    Cold Fact

    Rodriguez

    Sussex, 1970

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  43. You're Gonna Get It

    You’re Gonna Get It

    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

    MCA, 1978

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  44. Rocky Mountain High

    Rocky Mountain High

    John Denver

    RCA, 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  45. Naturally

    Naturally

    J.J. Cale

    Polygram, 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  46. Fear of Music

    Fear of Music

    Talking Heads

    Sire, 1979

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  47. Sunday's Child

    Sunday’s Child

    John Martyn

    Island, 1975

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  48. Lola vs Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One

    Lola vs Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One

    The Kinks

    Pye, 1970

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  49. Call Me

    Call Me

    Al Green

    Hi, 1973

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  50. E Street Shuffle

    The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle

    Bruce Springsteen

    Columbia, 1973

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  51. On the Beach

    On the Beach

    Neil Young

    Reprise, 1974

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  52. Freedom Flight

    Freedom Flight

    Shuggie Otis

    Epic, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  53. Imagine

    Imagine

    John Lennon

    Apple, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  54. Album III

    Album III

    Loudon Wainwright III

    Columbia, 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  55. Exodus

    Exodus

    Bob Marley & the Wailers

    Island, 1977

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  56. Give It Up

    Give It Up

    Bonnie Raitt

    Warner Bros., 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  57. Fulfillingness' First Finale

    Fulfillingness’ First Finale

    Stevie Wonder

    Tamla, 1974

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  58. Born to Run

    Born to Run

    Bruce Springsteen

    CBS, 1975

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  59. What's Going On

    What’s Going On

    Marvin Gaye

    Tamla, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  60. City to City

    City to City

    Gerry Rafferty

    Parlophone, 1978

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  61. All Day Music

    All Day Music

    War

    United Artists, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  62. The Stranger

    The Stranger

    Billy Joel

    Columbia, 1977

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  63. Sneakin Sally Through the Alley

    Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley

    Robert Palmer

    Island, 1974

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  64. Saint Dominic's Preview

    Saint Dominic’s Preview

    Van Morrison

    Warner Bros., 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  65. Aja

    Aja

    Steely Dan

    MCA, 1977

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  66. Sticky Fingers

    Sticky Fingers

    The Rolling Stones

    Rolling Stones, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  67. Every Picture Tells a Story

    Every Picture Tells a Story

    Rod Stewart

    Mercury, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  68. Madman Across the Water

    Madman Across the Water

    Elton John

    Uni, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  69. Exile on Main Street

    Exile on Main Street

    The Rolling Stones

    Rolling Stones, 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  70. #1 Record

    #1 Record

    Big Star

    Ardent, 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  71. There Goes Rhymin' Simon

    There Goes Rhymin’ Simon

    Paul Simon

    Columbia, 1973

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  72. Talking Book

    Talking Book

    Stevie Wonder

    Motown, 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  73. Some Girls

    Some Girls

    The Rolling Stones

    Virgin, 1978

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  74. That's the Way of the World

    That’s the Way of the World

    Earth, Wind & Fire

    Columbia, 1975

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  75. Let It Be

    Let It Be

    The Beatles

    EMI, 1970

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  76. Dreamboat Annie

    Dreamboat Annie

    Heart

    Capitol, 1976

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  77. My Aim Is True

    My Aim Is True

    Elvis Costello

    Stiff, 1977

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  78. The Harder They Come

    Various Artists

    The Harder They Come

    Mango, 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  79. There's a Riot Going On

    There’s a Riot Going On

    Sly & the Family Stone

    Epic, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  80. Sweet Baby James

    Sweet Baby James

    James Taylor

    Warner Bros., 1970

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  81. American Stars N Bars

    American Stars ’N Bars

    Neil Young

    Reprise, 1977

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  82. Bridge Over Troubled Water

    Bridge Over Troubled Water

    Simon & Garfunkel

    Columbia, 1970

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  83. Still Bill

    Still Bill

    Bill Withers

    Columbia, 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  84. Still Crazy After All These Years

    Still Crazy After All These Years

    Paul Simon

    Columbia, 1975

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  85. Blood on the Tracks

    Blood on the Tracks

    Bob Dylan

    Columbia, 1975

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  86. Never a Dull Moment

    Never a Dull Moment

    Rod Stewart

    Mercury, 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  87. Moondance

    Moondance

    Van Morrison

    Warner Bros., 1970

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  88. Young Americans

    Young Americans

    David Bowie

    RCA, 1975

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  89. Off the Wall

    Off the Wall

    Michael Jackson

    Epic, 1979

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  90. Who's Next

    Who’s Next

    The Who

    MCA, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  91. Outlandos d'Amour

    Outlandos d’Amour

    The Police

    A&M, 1978

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  92. Tea for the Tillerman

    Tea for the Tillerman

    Cat Stevens

    A&M, 1970

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  93. Solid Air

    Solid Air

    John Martyn

    Island, 1973

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  94. Damn the Torpedoes

    Damn the Torpedoes

    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

    MCA, 1979

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  95. Harvest

    Harvest

    Neil Young

    Reprise, 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  96. Rumours

    Rumours

    Fleetwood Mac

    Reprise, 1977

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  97. Just As I Am

    Just As I Am

    Bill Withers

    Columbia, 1971

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  98. Innervisions

    Innervisions

    Stevie Wonder

    Motown, 1973

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  99. Bryter Layter

    Bryter Layter

    Nick Drake

    Hannibal, 1970

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”

  100. Pink Moon

    Pink Moon

    Nick Drake

    Hannibal, 1972

    Read Notes

    Choice Cuts: “TK”, “TK”, “TK”