The Best Rock Albums of 1971

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1971


    9.5/10
  1. Faust: Faust (Polydor)
    8/10
  2. John Fahey: America (Takoma)
  3. Captain Beefheart: Mirror Man (Buddah)
  4. Can: Tago Mago (Spoon)
  5. Amon Duul II: Tanz der Lemminge (Liberty)
  6. Robbie Basho: Song of The Stallion (Takoma)
  7. Joni Mitchell: Blue (Reprise)
  8. David Crosby: If I Could Only Remember My Name (Atlantic)
  9. Van Der Graaf Generator: Pawn Hearts (Charisma)
  10. Hampton Grease Band: Music To Eat (Columbia)
  11. Kraftwerk: 2 (Philips)
    7.5/10
  12. Tangerine Dream: Alpha Centauri (Ohr)
  13. Allman Brothers: Live at Fillmore East (Capricorn)
  14. Yes: Fragile (Atlantic)
  15. Roy Harper: Stormcock (Harvest)
  16. Family: Fearless (UA)
  17. Bruce Palmer: Cycle Is Complete (Verve)
    7/10
  18. Paul Kantner and Grace Slick: Sunfighter (Grunt)
  19. Tonto's Expanding Head Band: Zero Time (Embryo)
  20. Led Zeppelin: IV (Atlantic)
  21. Popol Vuh: Affenstunde (Liberty)
  22. Cluster: Cluster (Philips)
  23. Mort Garson: Lucifer - Black Mass (United Artists)
  24. Mu: Mu (RTV)
  25. Flower Traveling Band: Satori (1971)
  26. Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (Motown)
  27. Jethro Tull: Aqualung (Chrysalis)
  28. Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers (RollingStones)
  29. Doors: LA Woman (Elektra)
  30. Taj Mahal: Real Thing (CBS)
  31. King Crimson: Islands (Island)
  32. Beaver & Krause: Gandharva (Warner)
  33. Deuter: D (Kuckuck)
  34. Leonard Cohen: Songs Of Love And Hate (CBS)
  35. Joy Of Cooking: self-titled (Capitol)
  36. Genesis: Nursery Crime (Charisma)
  37. Mountain: Flowers Of Evil (Windfall)
  38. Mark-Almond: Mark-Almond (Harvest)
  39. Gong: Camembert Electrique (Caroline)
  40. Egg: The Polite Force (Deram)
  41. Centipede: Septober Energy (Neon)
  42. Mountain: Nantucket Sleighride (Windfall)
  43. New Riders Of The Purple Sage: New Riders Of The Purple Sage (CBS)
  44. Chicago: III (CBS)
  45. Carole King: Tapestry (Ode)
  46. Pink Fairies: Never Never Land (Polydor)
  47. Samla Mammas Manna: Samla Mammas Manna (Silente)
  48. Black Sabbath: Master Of Reality (Vertigo)
  49. Emerson Lake & Palmer: Tarkus (Island)
  50. Spirit: The Twelve Dreams Of Dr Sardonicus (Epic)
  51. Caravan: In The Land Of Grey And Pink (Decca)
  52. Soft Machine: 4 (CBS)
  53. Comus: First Utterance (Dawn)
  54. Alice Cooper: Love It To Death (Warner)
  55. Who: Who's Next (Track)
  56. Yes: The Yes Album (Atlantic)
  57. Anthony Moore: Pieces From The Cloudland Ballroom (Polydor)
  58. Judee Sill: Judee Sill (Asylum)
  59. Grand Funk Railroad: E Pluribus Funk (Capitol)
  60. Faces: A Nod's As Good As A Wink (Warner)
  61. Funkadelic: Maggot Brain (Westbound)
  62. John Martyn: Bless The Weather (Islad)
  63. T. Rex: Electric Warrior (Fly)
  64. Hawkwind: In Search Of Space
  65. Gene Clark: White Light (A&M)
  66. Annette Peacock: Improvisie (America)
  67. Keith Tippett: Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening (Vertigo)
  68. Alan Stivell: Renaissance De L'Harpe Celtique (Fontana)
  69. John Hartford: Aereo-plain (Warner)
  70. Commander Cody: Lost In The Ozone (Paramount)
  71. John Prine: John Prine (Atlantic)
  72. J.J. Cale: Naturally (Shelter)
  73. Cat Stevens: Teaser & The Firecat (Island)
  74. Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells A Story (Vertigo)
  75. Chico Buarque: Construcao
  76. Curtis Mayfield: Curtis
  77. Jan Dukes De Grey: Mice And Rats In The Loft
  78. Taj Mahal Travellers: Live Stockholm July 1971
  79. Anima-Sound: Stuermischer Himmel (1971)

Playlist
  1. ... In preparation
  2. Rolling Stones: Brown Sugar
  3. Roxy Music: Virginia Plain
  4. Who: We Won't Get Fooled Again
  5. Jethro Tull: Aqualung
  6. David Crosby: Laughing
  7. Kantner and Slick: When I Was a Boy I Watched the Wolves
Extended tracks
  1. ... In preparation
  2. Faust: Miss Fortune
  3. John Fahey: Voice of the Turtle
  4. Can: Halleluhwah
  5. Captain Beefheart: Mirror Man
  6. Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven
  7. Van der Graaf Generator: A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
  8. Caravan: Nine Feet Underground
  9. Yes: Roundabout
  10. Genesis: The Musical Box
  11. Mark-Almond: The City

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