Best rock albums of the 1970's

The Best Rock Albums of the 1970's

Appendix to my book "A History of Rock Music"

Selected by piero scaruffi
and revised in 2010 by Jakub Krawczynski

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9.5/10

Faust: Faust (1971)
Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom (1974)

9/10

8.5/10

Chrome: Half Machine Lip Moves (1979)
Gong: Flying Teapot - Radio Gnome Invisible (1973)
Harold Budd: Pavilion Of Dreams (1978)
Jon Hassell: Vernal Equinox (1977)
Residents: Meet The Residents (1974)
Klaus Schulze: Cyborg (1973)
Popol Vuh: In Den Gaerten Pharaos (1972)
Syd Barrett: Barrett (1970)
Taj Mahal Travellers: July 15 1972 (1972)
Tim Buckley: Starsailor (1970)
Van Morrison: Moondance (1970)

8/10

Amon Duul: Tanz Der Lemminge (1971)
Amon Duul: Yeti (1970)
Aphrodite's Child: 666 (1970)
Brian Eno: Before And After Science (1977)
Brian Eno: Music For Airports (1978)
Brian Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy (1974)
Can: Tago Mago (1971)
Captain Beefheart: Mirror Man (1971)
Clash: Clash (1977)
Contortions: Buy Contortions (1979)
David Crosby: If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971)
Faust: IV (1973)
Frank Zappa: Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970)
Frank Zappa: Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970)
Germs: GI (1979)
Hampton Grease Band: Music To Eat (1971)
Henry Cow: In Praise Of Learning (1975)
Henry Cow: Unrest (1974)
Jean-Luc Ponty: King Kong (1970)
John Fahey: America (1971)
John Martyn: Inside Out (1973)
Joni Mitchell: Blue (1971)
Joni Mitchell: Hejira (1976)
Kevin Ayers: Shooting At The Moon (1970)
Kevin Coyne: Marjory Razorblade (1973)
Klaus Schulze: X (1978)
Kraftwerk: 2 (1971)
Magma: Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh (1973)
Michael Hoenig: Departure From The Northern Wasteland (1978)
Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells (1973)
Mnemonists: Mnemonist Orchestra (1979)
Neil Young: Tonight's The Night (1975)
New York Dolls: New York Dolls (1973)
Nick Drake: Pink Moon (1972)
Patti Smith: Radio Ethiopia (1976)
Penguin Cafè Orchestra: Music From The Penguin Cafè (1976)
Pere Ubu: New Picnic Time (1979)
Peter Green: The End Of The Game (1970)
Public Image Ltd: Metal Box (1979)
Ramones: Rocket To Russia (1977)
Residents: Eskimo (1979)
Rickie Lee Jones: Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Robbie Basho: Song Of The Stallion (1971)
Robert Wyatt: End Of An Ear (1970)
Rolling Stones: Exile On Main Street (1972)
Roxy Music: Roxy Music (1972)
Stephan Micus: Implosions (1977)
Talking Heads: 77 (1977)
Tangerine Dream: Zeit (1972)
Television: Marquee Moon (1977)
This Heat: This Heat (1979)
Throbbing Gristle: Second Annual Report (1977)
Van Der Graaf Generator: Pawn Hearts (1971)
Velvet Underground: Live (1974)
Warren Zevon: Warren Zevon (1976)
Wire: 154 (1979)
Yes: Close To The Edge (1972)

7.5/10

Allman Brothers Band: Eat A Peach (1972)
Allman Brothers Band: Live At Fillmore East (1971)
Area: Arbeit Macht Frei (1973)
Art Bears: Winter Songs (1979)
Back Door: Back Door (1972)
Bruce Palmer: The Cycle Is Complete (1971)
Bruce Springsteen: The Wild The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle (1973)
Can: Future Days (1973)
Captain Beefheart: Lick My Decals Off Baby (1970)
Cluster: Cluster II (1972)
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo's Factory (1970)
David Bowie: Heroes (1977)
Deep Purple: Made in Japan (1972)
Eberhard Schoener: Meditation (1973)
Family: Fearless (1971)
Frank Zappa: Grand Wazoo (1973)
Hawkwind: Doremi Fasol Latido (1972)
Heartbreakers: L.A.M.F. (1977)
Jackson Browne: Late For The Sky (1974)
Jade Warrior: Waves (1975)
Jasun Martz: The Pillory (1978)
Jean-Michel Jarre: Equinoxe (1978)
Joan LaBarbara: Voice Is The Original Instrument (1976)
John Cale: Fear (1974)
John Martyn: Solid Air (1973)
Joni Mitchell: For The Roses (1972)
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures (1979)
King Crimson: Red (1974)
Klaus Schulze: Timewind (1975)
LA Dusseldorf: LA Dusseldorf (1976)
Lee "Scratch" Perry: Super Ape (1976)
Matching Mole: Matching Mole (1972)
Michael Hurley: Have Moicy (1976)
Mick Farren: Mona The Carnivorous Circus (1970)
Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company: Portable Masterpiece Company (1973)
Muffins: Manna/Mirage (1978)
Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music (1975)
Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
Neu: Neu! 2 (1973)
Parliament: Funkentelechy Vs The Placebo Syndrome (1977)
Pere Ubu: Dub Housing (1978)
Randy Newman: Good Old Boys (1974)
Randy Newman: Twelve Songs (1970)
Red Crayola: Soldier Talk (1979)
Stooges: Fun House (1970)
Richard Thompson: I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Richard Thompson: Pour Down Like Silver (1975)
Roy Harper: Stormcock (1971)
Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks (1977)
Soft Machine: 6 (1972)
Stiff Little Fingers: Inflammable Material (1979)
Syd Barrett: Madcap Laughs (1970)
Talking Heads: Fear Of Music (1979)
Talking Heads: More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978)
Tangerine Dream: Alpha Centauri (1971)
Tangerine Dream: Atem (1973)
Todd Rundgren: Something/Anything (1972)
Todd Rundgren: Todd (1974)
Tom Petty: Damn The Torpedoes (1979)
Tom Petty: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)
Ultravox: Ultravox (1977)
Van Der Graaf Generator: H To He Who Am The Only One (1970)
Vangelis: Heaven And Hell (1975)
Vangelis: L'Apocalypse Des Animaux (1973)
Warren Zevon: Excitable Boy (1978)
XTC: White Music (1978)
Yes: Fragile (1971)

7/10

10cc: The Original Soundtrack (1975)
AC/DC: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
Aerosmith: Rocks (1976)
Aerosmith: Toys In The Attic (1975)
Agitation Free: Malesch (1972)
Alan Parsons Project: Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)
Alan Stivell: Renaissance De La Harpe Celtique (1971)
Algarnas Tradgard: Framtiden Ar Ett Svavande Skepp Forankrat I Forntiden (1972)
Alice Cooper: Love It To Death (1971)
Amboy Dukes: Marriage On The Rocks (1970)
Anima-Sound: Stuermischer Himmel (1971)
Annette Peacock: Dual Unity (1971)
Annette Peacock: I'm The One (1972)
Annette Peacock: Improvisie (1971)
Anthony Moore: Flying Doesn't Help (1979)
Anthony Moore: Pieces From The Cloudland Ballroom (1971)
Area: Caution Radiation Area (1974)
Art Bears: Hopes And Fears (1978)
Art Zoyd: Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cites (1976)
Ash Ra Tempel: Schwingungen (1972)
Augustus Pablo: East of the River Nile (1977)
Augustus Pablo: This Is Augustus Pablo (1973)
B52's: B-52's (1979)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive: Not Fragile (1974)
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso: Darwin (1972)
Beaver & Krause: Gandharva (1971)
Beaver & Krause: In A Wild Sanctuary (1970)
Between: Dharana (1974)
Big Star: Radio City (1974)
Big Star: Third (1978)
Bill Bruford: Feels Good To Me (1977)
Black Sabbath: Master Of Reality (1971)
Black Sabbath: Paranoid (1971)
Black Widow: Sacrifice (1970)
Blue Oyster Cult: Agents of Fortune (1976)
Blue Oyster Cult: Blue Oyster Cult (1972)
Blue Oyster Cult: Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
Bob Dylan: Desire (1976)
Bob Marley: Exodus (1977)
Bob Marley: Soul Rebels (1970)
Bob Seger: Beautiful Loser (1975)
Bob Seger: Night Moves (1976)
Bola Sete: Ocean (1972)
Bonnie Raitt: Give It Up (1972)
Boston: Boston (1976)
Brand X: Moroccan Roll (1977)
Brand X: Unorthodox Behaviour (1976)
Brian Eno: Another Green World (1975)
Brian Eno: Discreet Music (1975)
Brian Eno: Music For Films (1978)
Bruce Cockburn: In the Falling Dark (1976)
Bruce Springsteen: Born To Run (1975)
Burning Spear: Marcus Garvey (1976)
Butch Hancock: West Texas Waltzes & Dust-Blown Tractor Tunes (1978)
Cabaret Voltaire: Mix-up (1978)
Caetano Veloso: Muito (1978)
Camel: Rain Dances (1977)
Can: Ege Bamyasi (1972)
Captain Beefheart: Shiny Beast (1978)
Caravan: If I Could Do It All Over Again (1970)
Caravan: In The Land Of Grey And Pink (1971)
Caravan: Waterloo Lily (1972)
Carole King: Tapestry (1971)
Cat Stevens: Catch Bull At Four (1972)
Cat Stevens: Tea For The Tillerman (1970)
Cat Stevens: Teaser And The Firecat (1971)
Centipede: Septober Energy (1971)
Chicago: Chicago II (1970)
Chicago: Chicago III (1971)
Chico Buarque: Construcao (1971)
Chrome: Alien Soundtracks (1977)
Clash: London Calling (1979)
Clearlight: Clearlight Symphony (1974)
Cluster: Cluster (1971)
Cluster: Grosses Wasser (1979)
Cluster: Zuckerzeit (1974)
Commander Cody: Lost In The Ozone (1971)
Comus: First Utterance (1971)
Conrad Schnitzler: Rot (1973)
Cosmic Jokers: Cosmic Jokers (1974)
Crass: Stations Of The Crass (1979)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Deja Vu (1970)
Cure: Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
Curtis Mayfield: Curtis (1971)
Curved Air: Phantasmagoria (1972)
Damned: Damned Damned Damned (1977)
David Ackles: American Gothic (1972)
David Axelrod: Seriously Deep (1975)
David Bowie: Low (1977)
David Grisman: The David Grisman Quintet (1977)
Dead Boys: Young Loud And Snotty (1977)
Deep Purple: Machine Head (1972)
Deuter: Aum (1972)
Deuter: D (1971)
Deuter: Ecstasy (1979)
Deuter: Haleakala (1978)
Devo: Are We Not Men (1978)
Dickies: Dawn (1979)
Dictators: Go Girl Crazy (1975)
Diga Rhythm Band: Diga (1976)
Dixie Dregs: What If (1978)
Doobie Brothers: Toulouse Street (1972)
Doors: Absolutely Live (1970)
Doors: L.A. Woman (1971)
Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band: Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (1976)
Dr John: In The Right Place (1973)
Dzyan: Time Machine (1973)
Eagles: Desperado (1972)
Eagles: Hotel California (1976)
Edgar Froese: Aqua (1974)
Egg: Egg (1970)
Egg: The Civil Surface (1974)
Egg: The Polite Force (1971)
Electric Light Orchestra: Eldorado (1974)
Electric Light Orchestra: II (1973)
Elliott Murphy: Aquashow (1973)
Eloy: Ocean (1977)
Elvis Costello: Armed Forces (1979)
Elvis Costello: This Year's Model (1978)
Embryo: Opal (1970)
Emerald Web: Dragon Wings And Wizard Tales (1979)
Emerson Lake & Palmer: Tarkus (1971)
Eric Andersen: Blue River (1972)
Eric Andersen: Stages (1973)
Eugene Chadbourne: Solo Acoustic Guitar (1975)
Exuma: Exuma (1970)
Faces: A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse (1971)
Fairport Convention: Full House (1970)
Fall: Live At the Witch Trials (1979)
Family: Bandstand (1972)
Family: It's Only A Movie (1973)
Faust: So Far (1972)
Faust: Tapes (1973)
Finch: Beyond Expression (1976)
Flamin' Groovies: Teenage Head (1971)
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1977)
Fleetwood Mac: Tusk (1979)
Flower Travellin' Band: Satori (1971)
Flying Lizards: Flying Lizards (1979)
Focus: Moving Waves (1972)
Foreigner: Double Vision (1978)
Franco Battiato: Pollution (1973)
Frank Zappa: Orchestral Favourites (1979)
Frank Zappa: Roxy And Elsewhere (1974)
Frank Zappa: Waka/Jawaka (1972)
Funkadelic: Maggot Brain (1971)
Funkadelic: One Nation Under A Groove (1978)
Gang Of Four: Entertainment (1979)
Gene Clark: White Light (1971)
Generation X: Generation X (1978)
Genesis: Nursery Crime (1971)
Genesis: Trespass (1970)
Gentle Giant: In A Glass House (1973)
Gentle Giant: Three Friends (1972)
Giorgio Moroder: From Here To Eternity (1977)
Go: Go (1976)
Godley & Creme: Consequences (1976)
Gong: Angel's Egg (1973)
Gong: Camembert Electrique (1971)
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (1970)
Graham Parker: Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Gram Parsons: Grievous Angel (1973)
Grand Funk Railroad: E Pluribus Funk (1971)
Grateful Dead: Workingman's Dead (1970)
Guy Clark: Old Number One (1975)
Happy The Man: Happy The Man (1977)
Harmonia: Musik Von Harmonia (1974)
Hatfield And The North: Hatfield And The North (1974)
Hawkwind: In Search Of Space (1971)
Heldon: Agneta Nilsson (1976)
Heldon: Electronique Guerilla (1974)
Heldon: It's Always Rock And Roll (1975)
Heldon: Stand By (1979)
Henry Cow: Desperate Straights (1974)
Henry Cow: Leg End (1973)
High Tide: High Tide II (1970)
Hot Tuna: Burgers (1972)
Hugh Hopper: 1984 (1973)
Idio Savant: Shakers In A Tantrum Landscape (1979)
Ivor Cutler: Dandruff (1974)
J. Geils Band: Monkey Island (1977)
J.J. Cale: Naturally (1971)
Jackson Browne: For Everyman (1973)
Jackson Browne: Jackson Browne (1972)
Jackson Browne: Pretender (1976)
Jade Warrior: Kites (1976)
Jade Warrior: Last Autumn's Dream (1972)
Jade Warrior: Way Of The Sun (1978)
James Chance: Off White (1979)
James Gang: Rides Again (1970)
James Taylor: Sweet Baby James (1970)
Jan Dukes De Grey: Mice And Rats In The Loft (1971)
Janis Joplin: Pearl (1970)
Jean-Claude Vannier: L'Enfant Assassin des Mouches (1972)
Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygene (1976)
Jeff Beck: Blow By Blow (1975)
Jefferson Starship: Blows Against The Empire (1970)
Jeffrey Frederick: Spiders In The Moonlight (1977)
Jerry Garcia: Garcia (1972)
Jethro Tull: Aqualung (1971)
Jimi Hendrix: Band Of Gypsys (1970)
Jimmy Buffett: A White Sport Coat & A Pink Crustacean (1973)
Joan Armatrading: Joan Armatrading (1976)
Joe Ely: Honky Tonk Masquerade (1978)
Joe Jackson: Look Sharp (1979)
John Cale: The Academy In Peril (1972)
John Hartford: Aereo-plain (1971)
John Hartford: Mark Twang (1976)
John Hiatt: Slug Line (1979)
John Martyn: Bless The Weather (1971)
John Martyn: Sunday's Child (1975)
John Prine: John Prine (1971)
Jon Hassell: Earthquake Island (1978)
Jonathan Richman: Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers (1977)
Joni Mitchell: Court And Spark (1974)
Joni Mitchell: Ladies Of The Canyon (1970)
Journey: Journey (1975)
Joy Of Cooking: Joy Of Cooking (1971)
Judas Priest: Sad Wings Of Destiny (1976)
Judee Sill: Judee Sill (1971)
Judee Sill: Heart Food (1973)
Kansas: Kansas (1974)
Kate Bush: Kick Inside (1978)
Keiji Haino: Ama No Gawa - Milky Way (1973)
Keith Tippett: Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening (1971)
Kevin Ayers: The Confessions Of Dr. Dream (1974)
King Crimson: Islands (1971)
King Crimson: Lark's Tongues In Aspic (1973)
King Tubby: Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
Kiss: Kiss (1974)
Klaus Schulze: Blackdance (1974)
Klaus Schulze: Picture Music (1973)
Kraftwerk: Autobahn (1974)
Kraftwerk: Kraftwerk (1970)
Kraftwerk: Ralf & Florian (1973)
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Lee "Scratch" Perry: Double Seven (1974)
Lee "Scratch" Perry: Revolution Dub (1975)
Leo Kottke: Greenhouse (1972)
Leo Kottke: My Feet Are Smiling (1973)
Leonard Cohen: Songs Of Love And Hate (1971)
Little Feat: Dixie Chicken (1973)
Little Feat: Feats Don't Fail Me Now (1974)
Little Feat: Sailin' Shoes (1972)
Lou Reed: Berlin (1973)
Lou Reed: Street Hassle (1978)
Loudon Wainwright: Album III (1972)
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Second Helping (1974)
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Street Survivors (1977)
Magma: Kohntarkosz (1974)
Magma: Magma (1970)
Manuel Gottsching: Inventions For Electric Guitar (1975)
Marianne Faithful: Broken English (1979)
Mark Almond: Mark-Almond (1971)
Mark Almond: Mark-Almond II (1972)
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (1971)
Matching Mole: Little Red Record (1972)
MC5: Back In The USA (1970)
McGarrigle Sisters: Dancer With Bruised Knees (1977)
McGarrigle Sisters: Kate And Anna McGarrigle (1976)
Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1977)
Mekons: Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen (1979)
Michael Hurley: Long Journey (1976)
Mike Oldfield: Hergest Ridge (1974)
Milton Nascimento: Clube Da Esquina (1972)
Milton Nascimento: Milagre Dos Peixes (1973)
Modern Lovers: Modern Lovers (1976)
Montrose: Montrose (1973)
Mort Garson: Lucifer (1971)
Mott The Hoople: Mott (1973)
Mountain: Flowers Of Evil (1971)
Mountain: Nantucket Sleighride (1971)
Mu: Mu (1971)
Muleskinner: Muleskinner (1973)
National Health: National Health (1978)
National Health: Of Queues And Cures (1978)
Neil Young: After The Gold Rush (1970)
Neil Young: Harvest (1972)
Neil Young: On The Beach (1974)
Neil Young: Zuma (1975)
Neu: Neu! 75 (1975)
New Riders Of The Purple Sage: New Riders Of The Purple Sage (1971)
Nick Drake: Bryter Layter (1970)
Nick Lowe: Jesus Of Cool (1978)
Nico: The End (1974)
Norman Blake: The Fields Of November (1974)
Nucleus: Belladonna (1972)
Nucleus: We'll Talk About It Later (1970)
Parliament: Clones of Dr Funkenstein (1976)
Parliament: Mothership Connection (1976)
Patti Smith: Easter (1978)
Patti Smith: Horses (1975)
Paul Kantner & Grace Slick: Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun (1973)
Paul Kantner & Grace Slick: Sunfighter (1971)
Paul Horn: Inside The Great Pyramid (1976)
Paul Winter: Common Ground (1978)
Pentangle: Cruel Sister (1970)
Peter Baumann: Romance '76 (1976)
Peter Blegvad: Kew Rhone (1976)
Peter Hammill: Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night (1973)
Peter Hammill: Nadir's Big Chance (1975)
Peter Michael Hamel: Aura (1972)
Pink Fairies: Kings Of Oblivion (1974)
Pink Fairies: Never Never Land (1971)
Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (1975)
Popol Vuh: Affenstunde (1971)
Popol Vuh: Das Hohelieds Salomons (1975)
Popol Vuh: Einsjaeger & Siebenjaeger (1974)
Popol Vuh: Letzte Tage Letzte Naechte (1976)
Public Image Ltd: First Issue (1978)
Quatermass: Quatermass (1970)
Queen: A Night At The Opera (1975)
Radio Birdman: Radios Appear (1977)
Raincoats: Raincoats (1979)
Ramones: Ramones (1976)
Randy Newman: Sail Away (1972)
Ras Michael: Dadawah (1974)
Real Kids: Real Kids (1978)
Residents: Fingerprince (1976)
Richard "Hell": Blank Generation (1977)
Richard Lloyd: Alchemy (1979)
Rick Danko: Rick Danko (1977)
Robert Calvert: Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters (1974)
Robert Calvert: Lucky Leif and the Longships (1975)
Robert Fripp: Exposure (1979)
Robert Fripp & Brian Eno: No Pussyfooting (1973)
Roches: Roches (1979)
Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells A Story (1971)
Rod Stewart: Gasoline Alley (1970)
Rodney Crowell: Ain't Living Long Like This (1978)
Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers (1971)
Roxy Music: For Your Pleasure (1973)
Roxy Music: Stranded (1973)
Roy Harper: Flat Baroque And Berserk (1970)
Roy Loney: Out After Dark (1979)
Rush: 2112 (1976)
Ry Cooder: Paradise And Lunch (1974)
Saints: Eternally Yours (1978)
Saints: I'm Stranded (1976)
Samla Mammas Manna: Samla Mammas Manna (1971)
Sandy Bull: E Pluribus Unum (1970)
Santana: Lotus (1974)
Shawn Phillips: Contribution (1970)
Shawn Phillips: Second Contribution (1970)
Shoes: Black Vinyl Shoes (1977)
Shoes: Present Tense (1979)
Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over The Troubled Water (1970)
Soft Machine: 4 (1971)
Sparks: Kimono My House (1974)
Spirit: Twelve Dreams Of Dr Sardonicus (1971)
Split Enz: Mental Notes (1975)
Spooky Tooth: Ceremony (1970)
Steely Dan: Countdown To Ecstasy (1973)
Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic (1974)
Steve Hillage: L (1976)
Stevie Moore: Phonography (1976)
Stevie Wonder: Innervisions (1973)
Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life (1976)
Stevie Wonder: Talking Book (1972)
Stooges: Raw Power (1973)
Strawbs: Grave New World (1972)
Styx: The Grand Illusion (1977)
Supertramp: Breakfast In America (1979)
Swamp Dogg: Total Distruction To Your Mind (1970)
Swell Maps: A Trip To Marineville (1979)
Synergy: Cords (1978)
Synergy: Electronic Realizations For Rock Orchestra (1975)
T.Rex: Electric Warrior (1971)
Taj Mahal Travellers: August 1974 (1974)
Taj Mahal Travellers: Live Stockholm July 1971 (1971)
Taj Mahal: Real Thing (1971)
Taj Mahal: Recycling The Blues (1972)
Tangerine Dream: Phaedra (1974)
Tangerine Dream: Ricochet (1976)
Tangerine Dream: Rubycon (1975)
Television: Adventure (1978)
Terry Allen: Lubbock (1979)
Terry Garthwaite: Terry (1975)
Third Ear Band: Macbeth (1972)
Throbbing Gristle: 20 Jazz Funk Greats (1979)
Throbbing Gristle: D.O.A. (1978)
Todd Rundgren: A Wizard A True Star (1973)
Tom Petty: You're Gonna Get It (1978)
Tom Verlaine: Tom Verlaine (1979)
Tom Waits: Blue Valentine (1978)
Tom Waits: Foreign Affairs (1977)
Tonto's Expanding Head Band: Zero Time (1971)
Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)
Twink: Think Pink (1970)
UK: UK (1978)
Ultravox: Ha Ha Ha (1977)
Univers Zero: Univers Zero (1978)
Univers Zero: Heresie (1979)
Upsetters: Blackboard Jungle (1973)
Urban Sax: I (1977)
Utopia: Utopia (1974)
Van Der Graaf Generator: The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other (1970)
Van Dyke Parks: Discover America (1972)
Van Halen: Van Halen (1978)
Van Morrison: Into The Music (1979)
Van Morrison: Veedon Fleece (1974)
Vashti Bunyan: Just Another Diamond Day (1970)
Vibrators: Pure Mania (1977)
Vivian Stanshall: Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead (1974)
Wendy Carlos: Sonic Seasonings (1972)
Who: Quadrophenia (1973)
Who: Who's Next (1971)
Wild Tchoupitoulas: Wild Tchoupitoulas (1976)
William Ackerman: It Takes A Year (1977)
Willie Nelson: Red Headed Stranger (1975)
Wire: Chairs Missing (1978)
Wire: Pink Flag (1977)
Wishbone Ash: Argus (1972)
X-Ray Spex: Germfree Adolescents (1978)
Ya Ho Wha 13: Penetration (1974)
Yellow Magic Orchestra: Solid State Survivor (1979)
Yes: The Yes Album (1971)
Zoogz Rift: Idiots On The Miniature Golf Course (1979)
Zweistein: Trip Flip Out Meditation (1970)
ZZ Hill: The Brand New ZZ Hill (1972)
ZZ Top: Tres Hombres (1973)

Eps and Minis

Negative Trend: Mercenaries (1978) (EP)

Nick Vieira's graphical summary:

The greatest of the 1970s

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