The Beatles – Let It Be
Bruce Springsteen -Greetings from Asbury Park, The Wild, The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town
The Who – Who’s Next, Quadrophenia, Who by Numbers, Who are You
Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks, Desire, Street Legal
The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street, Some Girls
The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies, Preservation Act 1, Preservation Act 2
Neil Young – After the Gold Rush, Harvest, Tonight’s the Night, Rust Never Sleeps
David Bowie – The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Station to Station, Lodger
Elvis Costello – My Aim is True, This Year’s Model, Armed Forces
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Damn the Torpedoes
Aerosmith – Get Your Wings, Toys in the Attic, Rocks, Draw the Line
The Grateful Dead – Workingman’s Dead, American Beauty
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall
The Clash – The Clash, London Calling
Stevie Wonder – Innervisions, Songs in the Key of Life
Talking Heads – ‘77, Fear of Music
Led Zeppelin – III, IV, Houses of the Holy, Physical Grafitti
Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
Queen – A Night at the Opera, Jazz, News of the World
Billy Joel – Piano Man, Turnstiles, The Stranger
The Police – Outlandos d’ Amour
Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, A Trick of the Tail
Steely Dan – Catch Buy a Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy, Pretzel Logic
Elton John – Tumbleweed Connection, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Paul Mccartney – Ram, Band on the Run, Venus and Mars
John Lennon – Plastic Ono band, Imagine
George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
Ringo Starr – Ringo
The Eagles – Hotel California
Fleetwood Mac – Rumors
Van Morrison – Moondance
Van Halen – Van Halen
Bob Seger – Night Moves, Stranger in Town
Meatloaf – Bat Out of Hell
Graham Parker – Squeezing Out the Sparks
Elton John- Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run
Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Amalia Rodrigues- Com que Voz
Elton John- Tumbleweed Connection
Hm,I should listen more Elton John it seems.I have only Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
Oh,some great choises Brad,I have forgotten Paul McCartney,Eagles,George Harrison,Neil Young,Rolling Stones and The Who in my list.
Magma – Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
Art Ensemble of Chicago – Les stances à Sophie
Exuma – Exuma
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes – N.2
Pharoah Sanders – Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun)
Alice Coltrane – Journey in Satchidananda
Harry Partch – Delusion of the Fury
Södra Bergens Balalaikor – Södra Bergens Balalaikor
Comus – First Utterance
Van der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts
Fela Kuti – Roforofo Fight
London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra – Ode
Charles Mingus – Let My Children Hear Music
Ornette Coleman – Skies of America
Genesis – Foxtrot
Jazz Contemporaries – Reasons in Tonality
Planxty – Planxty
Bobby Few – More or Less Few
Robert Wyatt – Rock Bottom
Sam Rivers – Crystals
Harmonium – Si on avait besoin d’une cinquième saison
The Trees Community – The Christ Tree
Yezda Urfa – Boris
Henry Cow – In Praise of Learning
Taj Mahal Travellers – August 1974
Maneige – Les porches
George Antheil – Ballet Mécanique, Jazz Symphony, Violin Sonata 1 & 2
Dorothy Carter – Troubadour
The Congos – Heart of The Congos
Bubu – Anabelas
Johnny Dyani – Witchdoctor’s Son
Louis Moholo – Spirits Rejoice!
Alec R. Costandinos – Romeo and Juliet
The Residents – Duck Stab / Buster & Glen
Oh, what the hell….two for Neil, because he’s Neil.
Live Rust – Neil Young
Tonight’s the Night – Neil Young
Houses of the Holy – Led Zeppelin
Muswell Hillbillies – The Kinks
Phases and Stages – Willie Nelson
Band on the Run – Paul McCartney
London Calling – The Clash
Chairs Missing – Wire
Workingman’s Dead – Grateful Dead
Moondance – Van Morrison
Radio City – Big Star
The Slider – T. Rex
Delta Momma Blues – Townes Van Zandt
Amazing list, Balder Strååt.
here’s some albums I like that hadn’t been mentioned yet:
Nico- Desertshore
Big Star- 3rd
Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance
Can- Tago Mago
Serge Gainsbourg – Histoire de Melody Nelson
Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
Suicide- Suicide
Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Press Color
John Fahey – Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier’s Choice)
Wire – Chairs Missing
Neil Young- On The Beach
Yes- Close To The Edge
Jehtro Tull- Thick as a Brick
Dadawah – Peace and Love
Leonard Cohen – Songs of Love and Hate
rateyourmusic.com
^that is the only website you need to see a customized chart of albums by year, decade, genre, filtered out genres…or perhaps you’re into EPs, live albums, compilations.
Deja Vu- CSN&Y
Transformer- Lou Reed
Off the Wall- Michael Jackson
Rumours- Fleetwood Mac
Stranger- Billy Joel
that’s just a short list, need to think more on it
The Who – Quardrophenia, The Who By Numbers, Who’s Next, Live At Leeds
Kinks – School Boys In Disgrace, Muswell Hillbillies
Steely Dan – Aja, The Royal Scam
Beatles – Let It Be
Pink Floyd – Animals, Dark Side Of The Moon, The Wall
Jethro Tull – Benefit
Rolling Stones – It’s Only Rock And Roll
Yes – The Yes Album
Elton John – Tumbleweed Connection, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Mad Man Across The Water
Pink Flyod- The Wall, Dark side of the mooon
Led Zeppelin-IV, Houese of the Holy
The Doors- LA Woman
The Who-Quardrophenia
The Beatles-Let it Be
The Clash-London Calling
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
Queen – A night at the opera
The Rolling Stones – It’s Only Rock And Roll
1. Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
2. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
3. Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bullocks
4. Led Zeppelin IV
5. David Bowie – Hunky Dory
6. Misfits – Misfits
7. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
8. T. Rex – Electric Warrior
9. Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady
10. Marvin Gaye – What’s Goin On?
11. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
12. Led Zeppelin – III
13. Van Morrison – Moondance
14. Stooges – Raw Power
15. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
16. Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
17. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
18. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
19. Led Zeppelin – Physical Grafitti
20. The Clash – London Calling
Ramones – Ramones
Ramones – Leave Home
Ramones – Rocket to Russia
1. Tim Buckley – Starsailor
2. Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
3. Led Zeppelin – IV
4. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St
5. Patti Smith – Horses
6. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
7. The Clash – London Calling
8. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
9. Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance
10. Neil Young – On The Beach
11. The Who – Who’s Next
12. Neil Young – Tonight’s The Night
13. Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True
14. Robert Wyatt – Rock Bottom
15. Lou Reed – Transformer
16. Joni Mitchell – Blue
17. Elvis Costello – Armed Forces
18. The Stooges – Raw Power
19. Pere Ubu – Dub Housing
20. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
21. Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model
22. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
23. Tangerine Dream – Phaedra
24. Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark
25. Stevie Wonder – Talking Book
26. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On?
27. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
28. Jethro Tull – Aqualung
29. Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks
30. Joni Mitchell – The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
In case these haven’t been mentioned yet (not in order)…
SHAFT Music from the Film – Isaac Hayes
AUTOBAHN – Kraftwerk
I WANT YOU – Marvin Gaye
STRANDED – Roxy Music
The STOOGES – Iggy & the Stooges
EXPLORES YOUR MIND – Al Green
TRIBUTE TO JACK JOHNSON – Miles Davis
GRATITUDE – Earth, Wind & Fire
CHICAGO II – Chicago
THERE’S A RIOT GOIN’ ON – Sly & the Family Stone
HERE COME THE WARM JETS – Brian Eno
TOWER OF POWER – Tower of Power
ABRAXAS – Santana
IT’S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW – Van Morrison
CLOSE TO YOU – Carpenters
TALKING BOOK – Stevie Wonder
BOB MARLEY LIVE AT THE ROXY – Bob Marley & the Wailers
STRAIGHT SHOOTER – Bad Company
MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS – Brian Eno
LIVE AT COOK COUNTY JAIL – BB King
That Stooges s/t album was released late sixties I believe, or were you referring to Raw Power?
I second the votes for Pere Ubu, Buzzcocks, The Congos, James Brown, Fela Kuti, Neil Young – On the Beach, Ramones, Sly Stone, Wire
Add: Brian Eno- Here Comes the Warm Jets, Dictators- Go Girl Crazy, New York Dolls- Too Much Too Soon, Stooges – Funhouse, Kraftwerk- Trans Europe Express, Rolling Stones – Exile on Mainstreet, Modern Lovers – S/T, Black Sabbath – Paranoid, Curtis Mayfield – Curtis, The Fall- Live At The Witch Trials, Al Green- Lets Stay Togethor….
probably a bunch more……but my mind is spent.
A few more i like:
Elis Regina & Antonio Carlos Jobim- Elis & Tom
Bruce Springsteen- Darkness of the Edge of Town, The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
Stranglers- Rattus Norvegicus
Patti Smith- Horses
Billy Joel- Stranger
Arthur Blythe – Lenox Avenue Breakdown
Keith Jarrett – Koln Concert
The Trees – On the Shore
Fripp/Eno – Evening Star
Leonard Cohen – Songs of Love and Hate
Hawkwind – Doremi Fasol Latido
Harmonium – Harmonium
Fairport Convention – The Bonny Bunch of Roses
King Crimson – Red
Yes – Fragile
Yes – Close to the Edge
Iggy Pop – The Idiot
Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
Throbbing Gristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats
Spyrogyra – St. Radigunds
Jeff Beck – Blow by Blow
Wire – Pink Flag
Wire – Chairs Missing
Bowie – “Heroes”
Floyd – Meddle
Eno – Another Green World
Bowie – Low
Heads – More Songs About..
Yes – Relayer
Nick Drake – Bryter Layter / Pink Moon
Aphrodite’s Child 666 is quite the trip (1972). I’ve never heard anything like it.
Bowie – Hunky Dory
Fela Kuti – Lady / Shakara
Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
Can – Tago Mago
Wire – Pink Flag
Joni Mitchell – Blue
Carole King – Tapestry
Television – Marquee Moon
Misfits – Static Age
Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
James Brown – The Payback
Stevie Wonder – Innvervisons
NEU! – NEU!
Dead Boys – Young, Loud and Snotty
The Stooges – Raw Power
Television – Marquee Moon
Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd – Animals
Pink Floyd – The Wall
Pink Floyd – Meddle
Neu! – Neu!
Nick Drake – Bryter Layter / Pink Moon
Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
Patti Smith – Horses
Talking Heads – ‘77, Fear of Music
Simon & Garfunkel-Bridge Over Troubled Water
Jethro Tull-Aqualung
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin IV
Bob Dylan – Self Portrait
Most of my favorites have been mentioned, but here are a few omissions off the top of my head:
Faust – Faust IV
Black Sabbath – Vol. 4
Can – Ege Bamyasi
The Slits – Cut
Max Romeo & The Upsetters – War Ina Babylon
NEU! – NEU! 75
Iggy Pop – New Values
Miles Davis – On The Corner
Back in Black _ AC/DC
Diamond Dogs – David Bowie
Singles Going Steady – Buzzcocks
This Year’s Model – Elvis Costello
A Tribute to Jack Johnson – Miles Davis
The Basement Tapes – Bob Dylan / The Band
(No Pussyfooting) – Fripp & Eno
Red – King Crimson
Houses of the Holy – Led Zeppelin
Moondance – Van Morrison
Back Stabbers – The O’Jays
Leave Home – Ramones
Exile on Main St. – Rolling Stones
Never Mind the Bullocks – Sex Pistols
Wave – Patti Smith Group
Darkness on the Edge of Town – Bruce Springsteen
More Songs About Buildings and Food – Talking Heads
Tonight’s the Night – Neil Young
Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder
@JUNDERHUMP- “That Stooges s/t album was released late sixties I believe, or were you referring to Raw Power?”
– Ooops, you’re right. Mind-slip!
YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK – Aretha Franklin
SOUNDS & STUFF LIKE THAT – Quincy Jones
LIVE IN LONDON – O’Jays
KOLN CONCERT – Keith Jarret
MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION – Parliament
WILD & PEACEFUL – Kool & The Gang
EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING – Donny Hathaway
IMAGES – Phil Woods, Michel Legrand
CLOSING TIME – Tom Waits
LIVE EVIL – Miles Davis
Self Portrait? LOL
Paul Simon – Self-Titled
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
Talking Heads – Fear Of Music
Serge Gainsbourg – Histoire de Melody Nelson
Joni Mitchell – Blue
Man, most of my favorites are already mentioned, but here’s some more
Carole King Tapestry Mud slide slim and Sweet baby james
James Taylor
Jesus christ superstar
Chicago III-Chicago
Nick Drake – Bryter Layter, Pink Moon
Tim Buckley – Starsailor
Sibylle Baier – Green Color (even though it was released in 2006, but the songs was recorded in early 70’s)
Judee Sill – Judee Sill
uhhh
lou reed: street hassle
david bowie: station to station and the berlin stuff
throbbing gristle: 20 jazz funk greats (i THINK that one was in 79)
the jam: all mod cons
public image ltd: metal box (likewise, i THINK this was 79)
iggy and the stooges: raw power
wire: pink flag, chairs missing
gang of four: entertainment!
various other albums by opinionated and artsy white people, i guess
god this is unfair i can’t answer this completely while i’m at work, i haven’t even started thinking about disco
Jake La Motta
Ok,we have 60s and 80s,but we don’t have 70s!!!For me,70s was equal to the golden decade of the 60s.
Marvin Gaye-What’s Going On
Stevie Wonder-Innervisions
Tom Waits-Blue Valentines
Led Zeppelin-IV
James Brown-In the Jungle Groove
Simon & Garfunkel-Bridge Over Troubled Water
The Beatles-Let it Be
David Bowie-Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Pink Floyd-The Dark Side of the Moon
Tom Waits-Small Change
Bruce Springsteen-Born to Run
Bob Dylan-Desire
Jethro Tull-Aqualung
Al Green-I’m Still in Love with You
Willie Nelson-Red Headed Stranger
Kris Kristofferson-The Silver Tongued Devil and I
Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here
John Lehnon-Imagine
Rainbow-Rising
Tom Waits-Small Change
Marvin Gaye-Let’s Get it On
Pink Floyd-The Wall
Judas Priest-Unleashed in the East
Willie Nelson-Stardust
Tom Waits-Closing Time
And surely there are more that I forget right now.