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Book Of Rock Lists - Albums Of The Year

1972

Exile On Main Street

1. "Rolling Stones, The" Exile On Main Street
2. "Wonder, Stevie" Talking Book
3. "Mayfield, Curtis" Super Fly (Soundtrack)
4. "Morrison, Van" Saint Dominic's Preview
5. "Green, Al" I'm Still In Love With You
6. "Mitchell, Joni" For The Roses
7. "O'Jays, The" Back Stabbers
8. "Green, Al" Let's Stay Together
9. "Wonder, Stevie" Music Of My Mind
10. "Simon, Paul" Paul Simon
11. "Stewart, Rod" Never A Dull Moment
12. "Franklin, Aretha" "Young, Gifted And Black"
13. "Hendrix, Jimi" Hendrix In The West
14. "Allman Brothers Band, The" Eat A Peach
15. "Temptations, The" All Directions
16. "Nash, Johnny" I Can See Clearly Now
17. "Gaye, Marvin" Trouble Man (Soundtrack)
18. Steely Dan Can't Buy A Thrill
19. "Persuasions, The" Street Corner Symphony
20. "Band, The" Rock Of Ages
21. "Geils, J. Band, The" Live Full House
22. War The World Is A Ghetto
23. "Rundgren, Todd" Something/Anything?
24. "Kinks, The" Everybody's In Show-Biz
25. "Franklin, Aretha" Amazing Grace
26. "Jackson, Michael" Ben
27. "Simon, Carly" No Secrets
28. "Bowie, David" The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
29. "King, B. B." L. A. Midnight
30. Creedence Clearwater Revival Mardi Gras
31. "Jackson, Michael" Got To Be There
32. "Stylistics, The" Round 2: The Stylistics
33. "Chi-Lites, The" A Lonely Man
34. Mott The Hoople All The Young Dudes
35. Deep Purple Machine Head
36. "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The" Will The Circle Be Unbroken
37. "Staple Singers, The" Beatitude: Respect Yourself
38. "Kinks, The" The Kink Kronikies
39. "Lennon/Ono/Plastic Ono Band With Elephant's Memory" Some Time In New York City
40. "John, Elton" Honky Chateau



Book Of Rock Lists - Albums Of The Year

1973


1. "Wonder, Stevie" Innervisions
2. Mott The Hoople Mott
3. "Spinners, The" The Spinners
4. "Green, Al" Call Me
5. "Who, The" Quadrophenia
6. "Gaye, Marvin" Let's Get It On
7. "Dylan, Bob" Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid (Soundtrack)
8. Lynyrd Skynyrd Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd)
9. "Temptations, The" Masterpiece
10. "Mccartney, Paul And Wings" Band Ott-The Run
11. "Simon, Paul" There Goes Rhymin'simon
12. "Hendrix, Jimi" "Sound Track Recordings From The Film ""Jimi Hendrix"""
13. Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy
14. "Winter, Johnny" Still Alive And Well
15. Steely Dan Countdown To Ecstasy
16. Dr. John In The Right Place
17. "Stylistics, The" Rockin' Roll Baby
18. "Lennon, John" Mind Games
19. "O'Jays, The" Ship Ahoy
20. "Rolling Stones, The" Goat's Head Soup
21. "Allman Brothers Band, The" Brothers And Sisters
22. "Geils, J. Band, The" Ladies Invited
23. "Knight, Gladys And The Pips" Imagination
24. "John, Elton" Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
25. Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon
26. "Chi-Lites, The" A Letter To Myself
27. "Franklin, Aretha" Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky)
28. "Green, Al" Livin' For You
29. "Isley Brothers, The" 3 + 3
30. Blue Ridge Rangers The Blues Ridge Rangers
31. "Geils, J. Band, The" Bloodshot
32. "Browne, Jackson" For Everyman
33. "Gray, Dobie" Drift Away
34. Various Artists American Graffiti (Soundtrack)
35. "Young, Neil" Time Fades Away
36. "Derringer, Rick" All American Boy
37. "Knight, Gladys And The Pips" Neither One Of Us
38. "J. B.'S, The" Doing It To Death
39. "Dibango, Manu" Soul Makossa
40. Deep Purple Made In Japan

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Book Of Rock Lists - Albums Of The Year

1974

1. "Clapton, Eric" 461 Ocean Boulevard
2. "Green, Al" Al Green Explores Your Mind
3. "Morrison, Van" Veedon Fleece
4. "Rolling Stones, The" It's Only Rock 'N' Roll
5. "Wonder, Stevie" Fullfillingness' First Finale
6. "Browne, Jackson" Late For The Sky
7. "Morrison, Van" It's Too Late To Stop Now
8. "Geils, J. Band, The" Nightmares ... And Other Tales From The Vinyl Jungle
9. Lynyrd Skynyrd Second Helping
10. "Swan, Billy" I Can Help
11. "Reed, Lou" Rock 'N' Roll Animal
12. "Dylan, Bob With The Band" Before The Flood
13. "Lennon, John" Walls And Bridges
14. "Jackson 5, The" Dancing Machine
15. "Average White Band, The" Awb
16. "Mitchell, Joni" Court And Spark
17. "Who, The" Odds And Sods
18. "Jackson, Millie" Caught Up
19. "Ronstadt, Linda" Heart Like A Wheel
20. "Spinners, The" Mighty Love
21. "Stylistics, The" Let's Put It All Together
22. Labelle Nightbirds
23. Blue Magic Blue Magic
24. Little Feat Feats Don't Fail Me Now
25. Sly And The Family Stone Small Talk
26. "Pryor, Richard" That Nigger's Crazy
27. "Nilsson, Harry" Pussy Cats
28. "Young, Neil" On The Beach
29. "Franklin, Aretha" Let Me In Your Life
30. Traffic When The Eagle Flies
31. "Newman, Randy" Good Old Boys
32. "Robinson, Smokey" Pure Smokey
33. "King, Carole" Wrap Around Joy
34. Steely Dan Pretzel Logic
35. King Crimson Red
36. Blue Oyster Cult Secret Treaties
37. "Rufus, Featuring Chaka Khan" Rags To Rufus
38. "Knight, Gladys And The Pips" Claudine (Soundtrack)
39. "Rich, Charlie" There Won't Be Anymore
40. King Crimson Starless And Bible Black

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Book Of Rock Lists - Albums Of The Year

1975

1. "Springsteen, Bruce" Born To Run
2. "Dylan, Bob" The Basement Tapes
3. "Smith, Patti" Horses
4. Roxy Music Siren
5. “Simon, Paul" Still Crazy After All These Years
6. "Dylan, Bob" Blood On The Tracks
7. "Who, The" The Who By Numbers
8. "Melvin, Harold And The Blue Notes" To Be True
9. "Hendrix, Jimi" Midnight Lightning
10. Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac
11. "Young, Neil" Zuma
12. "Green, Al" Al Green Is Love
13. "Fogerty, John" John Fogerty
14. "Young, Neil" Tonight's The Night
15. "Melvin, Harold And The Blue Notes" Wake Up Everybody
16. "Nelson, Willie" Red Headed Stranger
17. "Lennon, John" Rock 'N' Roll
18. "Hall, Daryl And John Oates" Daryl Hall And John Oates
19. "Hendrix, Jimi" Crash Landing
20. Roxy Music Country Life
21. "Bowie, David" Young Americans
22. "Summer, Donna" Love To Love You Baby
23. "Robinson, Smokey" A Quiet Storm
24. "Presley, Elvis" Today
25. "King, Carole" Really Rosie
26. "O'Jays, The" Survival
27. "Earth, Wind And Fire" Gratitude
28. "Cole, Natalie" In-Separable
29. "Pryor, Richard" Is It Something I Said?
30. "Earth, Wind And Fire" That's The Way Of The World
31. "Presley, Elvis" Promised Land
32. "Staple Singers, The" Let's Do It Again (Soundtrack)
33. "Kinks, The" Schoolboys In Disgrace
34. War Why Can't We Be Friends?
35. "O'Jays, The" Family Reunion
36. Various Artists More American Graffiti (Soundtrack)
37. Tavares In The City
38. "King, Ben E." Supernatural
39. "Reed, Lou" Lou Reed Live
40. "Stone, Sly" High On You

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Book Of Rock Lists - Albums Of The Year

1976

1. "Presley, Elvis" The Sun Sessions
2. "Wonder, Stevie" Songs In The Key Of Life
3. "Seger, Bob And The Silver Bullet Band" Live Bullet
4. "Stewart, Rod" A Night On The Town
5. "Green, Al" Full Of Fire
6. "Seger, Bob And The Silver Bullet Band" Night Moves
7. "Browne, Jackson" The Pretender
8. "Mitchell, Joni" Hejira
9. Boston Boston
10. "Hall, Daryl And John Oates" Bigger Than Both Of Us
11. Lynyrd Skynyrd One Morefrom The Road
12. Blue Oyster Cult Agents Of Fortune
13. Parliament The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein
14. "Marley, Bob And The Wailers" Live!
15. "Reed, Lou" Coney Island Baby
16. "Dr. Buzzard's Original ""Savannah"" Band" "Dr. Buzzard's Original ""Savannah"" Band"
17. "Collins, Bootsy" Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band
18. Thin Lizzy Jailbreak
19. "Pryor, Richard" Bicentennial Nigger
20. Steely Dan The Royal Scam
21. "Dylan, Bob" Desire
22. "Eagles, The" Hotel Catifomia
23. Wings Wings At The Speed Of Sound
24. "Bowie, David" Station To Station
25. Roxy Music Viva! Roxy Music
26. "Waits, Tom" Small Change
27. "Beck, Jeff" Wired
28. Funkadelic Hardcore Jollies
29. "King, Carole" Thoroughbred
30. "Marley, Bob And The Wailers" Rastaman Vibration
31. Parliament Mothership Connection
32. "Jennings, Waylon, Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser, Jessi Colter" The Outlaws
33. "Gaye, Marvin" I Want You
34. "Robinson, Smokey" Smokey's Family Robinson
35. "Lofgren, Nils" Cry Tough
36. "Mann's, Manfred Earth Band" The Roaring Silence
37. "Trammps, The" Where The Happy People Go
38. Various Artists Car Wash (Soundtrack)
39. "Manhattans, The" The Manhattans
40. "Ross, Diana" Diana Ross


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Book Of Rock Lists - Albums Of The Year

1977

1. Various Artists Saturday Night Fever (Soundtrack)
2. "Costello, Elvis" My Aim Is True
3. Lynyrd Skynyrd Street Survivors
4. Cheap Trick In Color
5. Chic Chic
6. "Townshend, Pete With Ronnie Lane" Rough Mix
7. "Bowie, David" Low
8. "Trammps, The" Disco Inferno
9. Fleetwood Mac Rumours
10. "Ramones, The" Rocket To Russia
11. "Jackson, Millie" Feelin'bitchy
12. "Petty, Tom And The Heartbreakers" Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
13. "Earth, Wind And Fire" All 'N' All
14. Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes This Time It'sfor Real
15. "Pendergrass, Teddy" Teddy Pendergrass
16. "Geils, J. Band, The" Monkey Island
17. "Beatles, The" The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl
18. "Summer, Donna" Once Upon A Time
19. Steely Dan Aja
20. "Gabriel, Peter" Peter Gabriel
21. "Bowie, David" Heroes
22. "Esmeralda, Santa Starring Leroy Gomez" Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
23. "Hall, Daryl And John Oates" Beauty On A Back Street
24. Parliament Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome
25. "Pryor, Richard" Are You Serious?
26. "Band, The" Islands
27. Talking Heads Talking Heads: 77
28. "Daltrey, Roger" One Of The Boys
29. Pink Floyd Animals
30. "Summer, Donna" I Remember Yesterday
31. "Taylor, James" Jt
32. "Ross, Diana" Baby It's Me
33. "Twilley, Dwight Band" Twilley Don't Mind
34. "Newman, Randy" Little Criminals
35. "Robinson, Smokey" Deep In My Soul
36. "Animals, The (The Original)" Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted
37. Bootsy's Rubber Band "Ahh . . . The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!"
38. "Charles, Ray" True To Life
39. Blue Oyster Cult Spectres
40. Little Feat Time Loves A Hero

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Book Of Rock Lists - Albums Of The Year

1978

Darkness On The Edge Of Town


1. "Springsteen, Bruce" Darkness On The Edge Of Town
2. "Costello, Elvis" This Year's Model
3. "Smith, Patti Group, The" Easter
4. Cheap Trick Heaven Tonight
5. Blondie Parallel Lines
6. "Cars, The" The Cars
7. Various Artists The Last Waltz (Soundtrack)
8. "Petty, Tom And The Heartbreakers" You're Gonna Get It!
9. Chic C'est Chic
10. "Morrison, Van" Wavelength
11. "Zevon, Warren" Excitable Boy
12. "Browne, Jackson" Running On Empty
13. "Pryor, Richard" Wanted
14. "Who, The" Who Are You
15. "Geils, J. Band, The" Sanctuary
16. Blondie Plastic Letters
17. "Pendergrass, Teddy" Life Is A Song Worth Singing
18. Talking Heads More Songs About Buildings And Food
19. "Reed, Lou" Street Hassle
20. "Commodores, The" Natural High
21. Lynyrd Skynyrd Skynyrd's First And . . . Last
22. "Rolling Stones, The" Some Girls
23. "Walsh, Joe" But Seriously Folks
24. "Seger, Bob And The Silver Bullet Band" Stranger In Town
25. Bootsy's Rubber Band Bootsy? Player Of The Year
26. "Money, Eddie" Eddie Money
27. "Jennings, Waylon And Willie Nelson" Waylon And Willie
28. "Village People, The" Macho Man
29. Funkadelic One Nation Under A Groove
30. "Jeffreys, Garland" One-Eyed Jack
31. "Gilmour, David" David Gilmour
32. "Nelson, Willie" Stardust
33. "Doobie Brothers, The" Minute By Minute
34. "Kinks, The" Misfits
35. "Jackson, Millie" Get It Out 'Cha System
36. Parliament Motor-Booty Affair
37. "Dr. Buzzard's Original ""Savannah""' Band" "Dr. Buzzard's Original ""Savannah""' Band Meets King Penett"
38. Little Feat Waitingfor Columbus
39. "Gabriel, Peter" Peter Gabriel
40. Peaches And Herb 2 Hot!

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Book Of Rock Lists - Albums Of The Year

1979

1. "Summer, Donna" Bad Girls
2. "Petty, Tom And The Heartbreakers" Damn The Torpedoes
3. "Costello, Elvis" Armed Forces
4. "Jackson, Michael" Off The Wall
5. Cheap Trick Cheap Trick At Budokan
6. "Wonder, Stevie" Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants
7. Chic Risque
8. Fleetwood Mac Tusk
9. Pink Floyd The Wall
10. Led Zeppelin In Through The Out Door
11. "Young, Neil And Crazy Horse" Rust Never Sleeps
12. Blondie Eat To The Beat
13. "Cars, The" Candy-0
14. Funkadelic Uncle Jam Wants You
15. "Mitchell, Joni" Mingus
16. "Gaye, Marvin" "Here, My Dear"
17. Talking Heads Fear Of Music
18. "Pendergrass, Teddy" Teddy
19. "Kinks, The" Low Budget
20. Van Halen Van Halen II
21. Mcfadden And Whitehead Mcfadden And Whitehead
22. "Jackson, Joe" Look Sharp!
23. "Lowe, Nick" Labour Of Lust
24. Sister Sledge We Are Family
25. "Police, The" Outlandos D'amour
26. "Who, The" The Kids Are Alright (Soundtrack)
27. Prince Prince
28. Shalamar Big Fun
29. "Smith, Patti Group, The" Wave
30. "Robinson, Smokey" Where There's Smoke ...
31. Dire Straits Dire Straits
32. ZZ Top Deguello
33. Ashford And Simpson Stay Free
34. Hot Chocolate Every 1's A Winner
35. "O'Jays, The" Identify Yourself
36. "Zappa, Frank" "Joe's Garage, Act I"
37. "Young, Neil And Crazy Horse" Live Rust
38. "Bowie, David" Lodger
39. "Commodores, The" Midnight Magic
40. Cheap Trick Dream Police

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Book Of Rock Lists - Albums Of The Year

1980

1. "Springsteen, Bruce" The River
2. "Summer, Donna" The Wanderer
3. "Clash, The" London Calling
4. "Wonder, Stevie" Hotter Than July
5. "Robinson, Smokey" Warm Thoughts
6. "Police, The" Zenyatta Mondatta
7. "Gabriel, Peter" Peter Gabriel
8. "Townshend, Pete" Empty Glass
9. "Geils, J. Band, The" Love Stinks
10. Prince Dirty Mind
11. "Jacksons, The" Triumph
12. "Costello, Elvis" Get Happy
13. "Browne, Jackson" Hold Out
14. "Morrison, Van" Common One
15. "Clash, The" Black Market Clash
16. "Bowie, David" Scary Monsters
17. "Lennon, John/Yoko Ono" Double Fantasy
18. Chic Real People
19. "Blow, Kurtis" Kurtis Blow
20. Pretenders Pretenders
21. "Jackson, Joe Band, The" Beat Crazy
22. "Marley, Bob And The Wailers" Uprising
23. "Zevon, Warren" Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School
24. Dire Straits Making Movies
25. Shalamar Big Fun
26. "Hall, Daryl" Sacred Songs
27. "Rossington Collins Band, The" "Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere"
28. Goodman And Brown Ray
29. Rockpile Seconds Of Pleasure
30. XTC Black Sea
31. "Costello, Elvis" Taking Liberties
32. "Whispers, The" The Whispers
33. "Simon, Paul" One-Trick Pony
34. Van Halen Women And Children First
35. "Vapors, The" New Clear Days
36. "Nugent, Ted" Scream Dream
37. "Parker, Graham And The Rumour" The Up Escalator
38. "Hall, Daryl And John Oates" Voices
39. Blow Fly Blow Fly's Party
40. AC/ DC Back In Black