The Newt’s 300 Best Rock Albums of the 1970s

By Steve Newton

You had to be there.

Abraxas: Santana (“Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen”, “Oye Coma Va”, “Samba Pa Ti”) 1970

A Day at the Races: Queen (“Tie Your Mother Down”, “Somebody to Love”, “Long Away”) 1976

Aerosmith: Aerosmith (“Make It”, “Dream On”, “Mama Kin”) 1973

After the Gold Rush: Neil Young (“Tell Me Why”, “Southern Man”, “When You Dance I Can Really Love”) 1971

Against the Grain: Rory Gallagher (“Bought and Sold”, “Out on the Western Plain”, “Lost at Sea”) 1975

Agents of Fortune: Blue Oyster Cult (“[Don’t Fear] the Reaper”, “Sinful Love”, “The Revenge of Vera Gemini”) 1976

Aja: Steely Dan (“Peg”, “Deacon Blues”, “Josie”) 1977

Aladdin Sane: David Bowie (“Watch That Man”, “Panic in Detroit”, “Cracked Actor”) 1973

All the Young Dudes: Mott the Hoople (“Sweet Jane”, “One of the Boys”, “Mama’s Little Jewel”) 1972

All Things Must Pass: George Harrison (“My Sweet Lord”, “What is Life”, “If Not for You”) 1970

America’s Choice: Hot Tuna (“Sleep Song”, “Hit Single #1″, “Serpent of Dreams”) 1975

American Beauty: The Grateful Dead (“Box of Rain”, “Friend of the Devil”, “Sugar Magnolia”) 1970

American Stars n’ Bars: Neil Young (“Hey Babe”, “Will to Love”, “Like a Hurricane”) 1977

American Woman: The Guess Who (“American Woman”, “No Time”, “No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature”) 1970

A Million Vacations: Max Webster (“Paradise Skies”, “A Million Vacations”, “Let Go the Line”) 1979

A Night at the Opera: Queen (“Death on Two Legs”, “You’re My Best Friend”, “39”) 1975

A Nod is as Good As a Wink…: The Faces (“Miss Judy’s Farm”, “Stay With Me”, “Too Bad”) 1972

Aqualung: Jethro Tull (“Aqualung”, “Locomotive Breath”, “Cross-Eyed Mary”) 1971

Argus: Wishbone Ash (“The King Will Come”, “Throw Down the Sword”, “Warrior”) 1972

A Space in Time: Ten Years After (“One of These Days”, “I’d Love to Change the World”, “Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock ‘n’ Roll You?”) 1971

At Fillmore East: The Allman Brothers Band (“Statesboro Blues”, “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed”, “Whipping Post”) 1971

Atlantic Crossing: Rod Stewart (“Three Time Loser”, “Alright For an Hour”, “Stone Cold Sober”) 1975

Axe Victim: Be Bop Deluxe (“Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape”, “No Trains to Heaven”, “Rocket Cathedrals”) 1974

Bachman-Turner Overdrive: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (“Gimme Your Money Please”, “Hold Back the Water”, “Blue Collar”) 1973

Back in ’72: Bob Seger (“Rosalie”, “Turn the Page”, “Back in ’72”) 1974

Back on the Streets: Gary Moore (“Parisienne Walkways”, “Don’t Believe a Word”, “Flight of the Snow Moose”) 1978

Bad Company: Bad Company (“Rock Steady”, “Ready For Love”, “Movin’ On”) 1974

Bad Reputation: Thin Lizzy (“Opium Trail”, “Bad Reputation”, “Southbound”) 1977

Band of Gypsys: Band of Gypsys (“Hear My Train a Comin”, “Machine Gun”, “Ezy Ryder”) 1970

Band on the Run: Paul McCartney & Wings (“Band on the Run”, “Mrs Vandebilt”, “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five”) 1973

Beautiful Loser: Bob Seger (“Beautiful Loser, Katmandu”, “Nutbush City Limits”) 1975

The B-52s: The B-52s (“Planet Claire”, “Rock Lobster”, “Lava”) 1979

Billion Dollar Babies: Alice Cooper (“Elected”, “No More Mr. Nice Guy”, “Raped and Freezin’”) 1973

Black and Blue: The Rolling Stones (“Hand of Fate”, “Hot Stuff”, “Memory Motel”) 1976

Black Rose–A Rock Legend: Thin Lizzy (“Waiting for an Alibi”, “Got to Give It Up”, “Sarah”) 1979

Bloodshot: The J. Geils Band (“[Ain’t Nothin’ But a] Houseparty”, “Back to Get Ya”, “Give it to Me”) 1973

Blow By Blow: Jeff Beck (“Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers”, “Freeway Jam”, “Scatterbrain”) 1975

Blue Oyster Cult: Blue Oyster Cult (“Transmaniacon MC”, “Stairway to the Stars”, “Workshop of the Telescopes”) 1972

Book of Dreams: The Steve Miller Band (“Jet Airliner”, “Winter Time”, “Jungle Love”) 1977

Boston: Boston (“More Than a Feeling”, “Something About You”, “Rock and Roll Band”) 1976

Bridge of Sighs: Robin Trower (“Day of the Eagle”, “The Fool and Me”, “Lady Love”) 1974

Bring It Back Alive: The Outlaws (“Song For You”, “Hurry Sundown”, “Green Grass and High Tides”) 1978

Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band (“Ramblin’ Man”, “Southbound”, “Jessica”) 1973

Burgers: Hot Tuna (“Keep on Truckin’”, “Water Song”, “99 Year Blues”) 1972

Burn: Deep Purple (“Burn”, “Might Just Take Your Life”, “You Fool No One”) 1974

Calling Card: Rory Gallagher (“Moonchild”, “Secret Agent”, “Edged in Blue”) 1976

Candy-O: The Cars (“It’s All I Can Do”, “Got a Lot on My Head”, “Dangerous Type”) 1979

Can’t Buy a Thrill: Steely Dan (“Do It Again”, “Dirty Work”, “Only a Fool Would Say That”) 1972

The Captain and Me: The Doobie Brothers (“Long Train Runnin’”, “Dark Eyed Cajun Woman”, “Ukiah”) 1973

Caravanserai: Santana (“Waves Within”, “Song of the Wind”, “Future Primitive”) 1972

The Cars: The Cars (You’re All I’ve Got Tonight”, “My Best Friend’s Girl”, “Just What I Needed”) 1978

Cheap Trick: Cheap Trick (“Hot Love”, “ELO Kiddies”, “Oh, Candy”) 1977

The Clash: The Clash (“White Riot”, “Career Opportunities”, “Janie Jones”) 1977

Climbing: Mountain (“Mississippi Queen”, “Theme For an Imaginary Western”, “Never In My Life”) 1970

Close to the Edge: Yes (“Close to the Edge”, “And You and I”, “Siberian Khatru”) 1972

Cold Chisel: Cold Chisel (“Juliet”, “Home and Broken Hearted”, “Northbound”) 1978

Comes a Time: Neil Young (“Human Highway”, “Lotta Love”, “Four Strong Winds”) 1978

Cosmo’s Factory: Creedence Clearwater Revival (“Travelin’ Band”, “Who’ll Stop the Rain”, “Up Around the Bend”) 1970

Countdown to Ecstasy: Steely Dan (“Bodhissatva”, “Razor Boy”, “My Old School”) 1973

The Cry of Love: Jimi Hendrix (“Ezy Ryder”, “Freedom”, “Angel”) 1971

CSN: Crosby, Still & Nash (“Shadow Captain”, “Dark Star”, “Just a Song Before I Go”) 1977

Dark Side of the Moon: Pink Floyd (“Time”, “The Great Gig in the Sky”, “Money”) 1973

Deep Purple in Rock: Deep Purple (“Speed King”, “Bloodsucker”, “Flight of the Rat”) 1970

Deguello: ZZ Top (“I Thank You”, “I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide”, “Cheap Sunglasses”) 1979

Deja Vu: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (“Teach Your Children”, “Woodstock”, “Helpless”) 1970

Derringer Live: Derringer (“Beyond the Universe”, “Let Me In”, “Still Alive and Well”) 1977

Desire: Bob Dylan (“Hurricane”, “Sara”, “Black Diamond Bay”) 1976

Desolation Angels: Bad Company (“Evil Wind”, “Rhythm Machine”, “Gone, Gone, Gone”) 1979

Deuce: Rory Gallagher (“I’m Not Awake Yet”, “In Your Town”, “Used to Be”) 1971

Diamond Dogs, David Bowie (“Diamond Dogs”, “Rebel Rebel”, “1984”) 1974

Dire Straits: Dire Straits (“Down to the Waterline”, “Sultans of Swing”, “Lions”) 1978

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap: AC/DC (“Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”, “Problem Child”, “Jailbreak”) 1976

Drastic Plastic: Be-Bop Deluxe (“Love in Flames”, “New Mysteries”, “Panic in the World”) 1978

Draw the Line: Aerosmith (“Draw the Line”, “I Wanna Know Why”, “Sight for Sore Eyes”) 1977

Dreamboat Annie: Heart (“Crazy On You”, “Magic Man”, “White Lightning and Wine”) 1975

Eagles: The Eagles (“Take it Easy”, “Chug All Night”, “Peaceful Easy Feeling”) 1972

Eat a Peach: The Allman Brothers Band (“One Way Out”, “Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More”, “Blue Sky”) 1972

Electric Warrior: T-Rex (“Jeepster”, “Get It On”, “Rip Off”) 1971

Energized: Foghat (“Honey Hush”, “Home in My Hand”, “Step Outside”) 1974

Eric Clapton: Eric Clapton (“After Midnight”, “Blues Power”, “Let it Rain”) 1970

Every Picture Tells a Story: Rod Stewart (“Every Picture Tells a Story”, “Maggie May”, “That’s All Right”) 1971

Exile on Main Street: The Rolling Stones (“Rip This Joint”, “Rocks Off”, “Tumbling Dice”) 1972

Excitable Boy: Warren Zevon (“Werewolves of London”, “Lawyers, Guns and Money”, “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner”) 1978

Face to Face: Angel City (“After the Rain”, “Marseilles”, “Take a Long Line”) 1978

Fandango: ZZ Top (“Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings”, “Balinese”, “Heard It on the X”) 1975

Fighting: Thin Lizzy (“Rosalie”, “Wild One”, “Spirit Slips Away”) 1975

Fire and Water: Free (“Fire and Water”, “Mr. Big”, “All Right Now”) 1970

First Pull Up, Then Pull Down: Hot Tuna (“Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning”, “Candy Man”, “John’s Other”) 1971

Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac (“Monday Morning”, “Blue Letter”, “Landslide”) 1975

Flirtin’ with Disaster: Molly Hatchet (“Flirtin’ With Disaster”, “Good Rockin’”, “Whiskey Man”) 1979

Fly Like an Eagle: The Steve Miller Band (“Fly Like an Eagle”, “Take the Money and Run”, “Rock’n Me”) 1976

Foghat: Foghat (“I Just Want to Make Love to You”, “Fool’s Hall of Fame”, “Maybellene”) 1972

Fool for the City: Foghat (“Fool for the City”, “Slow Ride”, “Take It or Leave It”) 1975

Force It: UFO (“Shoot Shoot”, “Too Much of Nothing”, “Love Lost Love”) 1975

For Earth Below: Robin Trower (“Shame the Devil”, “Alethea”, “Gonna Be More Suspicious”) 1975

Fragile: Yes (“Roundabout”, “Long Distance Runaround”, “Mood For a Day”) 1971

Gamma 1: Gamma (“I’m Alive”, “Razor King”, “Wish I Was”) 1979

Gasoline Alley: Rod Stewart (“Gasoline Alley”, “It’s All Over Now”, “Cut Across Shorty”) 1970

George Thorogood and the Destroyers: George Thorogood and the Destroyers (“Madison Blues”, “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”, “You Got to Lose”) 1977

Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!: The Rolling Stones (“Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, “Midnight Rambler”, “Sympathy for the Devil”) 1970

Get Your Wings: Aerosmith (“Same Old Song and Dance”, “Seasons of Wither”, “Spaced”) 1974

Give ‘Em Enough Rope: The Clash (“Safe European Home”, “English Civil War”, “Tommy Gun”) 1978

Gimme Some Neck: Ron Wood (“Seven Days”, “F.U.C. Her”, “Buried Alive”) 1979

Grey Ghost: The Henry Paul Band (“Crossfire”, “So Long”, “Grey Ghost”) 1979

Hard Again: Muddy Waters (“I Can’t Be Satisfied”, “Mannish Boy”, “Crosseyed Cat”) 1977

Harvest: Neil Young (“Heart of Gold”, “Old Man”, “The Needle and the Damage Done”) 1972

Heaven Tonight: Cheap Trick (“Surrender”, “California Man”, “Auf Wiedersehen”) 1978

Hendrix in the West: Jimi Hendrix (“Johnny B. Goode”, “Little Wing”, “Red House”) 1972

“Heroes”: David Bowie (“Joe the Lion”, “Heroes”, “The Secret Life of Arabia”) 1977

Highway to Hell: AC/DC (“Girls Got Rhythm”, “Touch Too Much”, “Shot Down in Flames”) 1979

The Hoople: Mott the Hoople (“Born Late ’58”, “Golden Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, “Roll Away the Stone”) 1974

Hoppkorv: Hot Tuna (“Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man”, “Extrication Love Song”, “Song from the Strainless Cymbal”) 1976

Hot Tuna: Hot Tuna (“Hesitation Blues”, “Know You Rider”, “Winin’ Boy Blues”) 1970

Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers: Hound Dog Taylor (“44 Blues”, “She’s Gone”, “Phiilips’ Theme”) 1971

Houses of the Holy: Led Zeppelin (“Over the Hills and Far Away”, “Dancing Days”, “No Quarter”) 1973

Hunky Dory: David Bowie (“Changes”, “Life on Mars?”, “Queen Bitch”) 1971

Hurry Sundown: The Outlaws (“Gunsmoke”, “Heavenly Blues”, “Hurry Sundown”) 1977

Ian Hunter: Ian Hunter (“Once Bitten Twice Shy”, “3,000 Miles From Here”, “I Get So Excited”) 1975

Idlewild South: The Allman Brothers Band (“Midnight Rider”, “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed”, “Revival”) 1970

If You Want Blood You’ve Got It: AC/DC (“Riff Raff”, “Whole Lotta Rosie”, “Let There Be Rock”) 1978

Imagine: John Lennon (“Imagine”, “Jealous Guy”, “How Do You Sleep?”) 1971

I’m Ready: Muddy Waters (“I’m Ready”, “Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl”, “That’s Alright”) 1978

In City Dreams: Robin Trower (“Somebody Calling”, “Sweet Wine of Love”, “Smile”) 1977

In Color: Cheap Trick (“Clock Strikes Ten”, “Southern Girls”, “Come On, Come On”) 1977

Indianola Mississippi Seeds: B.B. King (“Nobody Loves Me But My Mother”, “King’s Special”, “Hummingbird”) 1970

Infinity: Journey (“Wheel in the Sky”, “WInds of March”, “Lights”) 1978

In the Skies: Peter Green (“A Fool No More”, “Proud Pinto”, “Slabo Day”) 1979

In Through the Out Door: Led Zeppelin (“In the Evening”, “Hot Dog”, “All My Love”) 1979

Irish Tour ’74: Rory Gallagher (“Cradle Rock”, “A Million Miles Away”, “Tattoo’d Lady”) 1974

Jailbreak: Thin Lizzy (“Jailbreak”, “Cowboy Song”, “Romeo and the Lonely Girl”) 1976

James Gang Rides Again: The James Gang (“Funk 49″, “Tend My Garden”, “Ashes, the Rain and I”) 1970

Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live: Jeff Beck (“Freeway Jam”, “Scatterbrain”, “Blue Wind”) 1977

The J. Geils Band: The J. Geils Band (“Homework”, “Hard Drivin’ Man”, “First I Look at the Purse”) 1970

Johnny the Fox: Thin Lizzy (“Johnny”, “Don’t Believe a Word”, “Fool’s Gold”) 1976

Johnny Winter And: Johnny Winter (“Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo”, “Prodigal Son”, “Funky Music”) 1970

Katy Lied: Steely Dan (“Black Friday”, “Rose Darling”, “Doctor Wu”) 1975

Killer: Alice Cooper (“Halo of Flies”, “Desperado”, “Under My Wheels”) 1971

Kiss: Kiss (“Strutter”, “Deuce”, “Black Diamond”) 1975

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway: Genesis (“In the Cage”, “The Carpet Crawlers”, “In the Rapids”) 1974

Larry Carlton: Larry Carlton (“Room 335″, “Don’t Give It Up”, “Point It Up”) 1978

The Last Waltz: The Band (“The Shape I’m In” “Baby, Let Me Follow You Down”, “Mystery Train”) 1978

L.A. Woman: The Doors (“Love Her Madly”, “L.A. Woman”, “Riders On the Storm”) 1971

Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs: Derek & the Dominos (“I Looked Away”, “Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad”, “Little Wing”) 1970

Leave Home: The Ramones (“California Sun”, “I Remember You”, “Swallow My Pride”) 1977

Led Zeppelin III: Led Zeppelin (“Immigrant Song”, “Celebration Day”, “Gallows Pole”) 1970

Led Zeppelin 4: Led Zeppelin (“Black Dog”, “Rock and Roll”, “Stairway to Heaven”) 1971

Let It Be: The Beatles (“Two Of Us”, “Don’t Let Me Down”, “Get Back”) 1970

Let There Be Rock: AC/DC (“Whole Lotta Rosie”, “Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be”, “Problem Child”) 1977

Lights Out: UFO (“Too Hot to Handle”, “Lights Out”, “Love to Love”) 1977

Live and Dangerous: Thin Lizzy (“Still in Love With You”, “Cowboy Song”, “Suicide”) 1978

Live at Leeds: The Who (“Young Man Blues”, “Substitute”, “Summertime Blues”) 1970

“Live” Full House: J. Geils Band (“First I Look at the Purse”, “Hard Drivin’ Man”, “Homework”) 1972

Live! Go For What You Know: The Pat Travers Band (“Stevie”, “Heat in the Street”, “Boom Boom [Out Go the Lights]”) 1979

Live in Europe: Rory Gallagher (“Messin’ With the Kid”, “Going to My Home Town”, “Bullfrog Blues”) 1972

Live Johnny Winter And: Johnny Winter (“Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, “Mean Town Blues”, “Johnny B. Goode”) 1971

Live Rust: Neil Young & Crazy Horse (“The Needle and the Damage Done”, “Cortez the Killer”, “Like a Hurricane”) 1979

Loading Zone: Roy Buchanan (“Ramon’s Blues”, “Green Onion”, “Adventures of Brer Rabbit and Tar Baby”) 1977

London Calling: The Clash (“Train in Vain”, “Lost in the Supermarket”, “Clampdown”) 1979

The London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions: Howlin’ Wolf (“Built For Comfort”, “Highway 49″, “The Red Rooster”) 1971

Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll: Rainbow (“L.A. Connection”, “Gates of Babylon”, “Kill the King”) 1978

Long May You Run: The Stills-Young Band (“Long May You Run”, “Midnight On the Bay”, “Let it Shine”) 1976

Long Misty Days: Robin Trower (“Same Rain Falls”, “Pride”, “Caledonia”) 1976

The Long Run: The Eagles (“I Can’t Tell You Why”, “King of Hollywood”, “In the City”) 1979

Look Sharp!: Joe Jackson (“Got the Time”, “Is She Really Going Out WIth Him?”,  “Sunday Papers”) 1979

Loud ‘N’ Proud: Nazareth (“Go Down Fighting”, “Turn on Your Receiver”, “This Flight Tonight”) 1973

Love It to Death: Alice Cooper (“Caught In a Dream”, “I’m Eighteen”, “The Ballad of Dwight Fry”) 1971

Low: David Bowie (“Always Crashing in the Same Car”, “Speed of Life”, “Be My Wife”) 1977

Machine Head: Deep Purple (“Highway Star”, “Smoke On the Water”, “Space Truckin’”) 1972

The Magician’s Birthday: Uriah Heep (“Blind Eye”, “Rain”, “Echoes in the Dark”) 1972

Master of Reality: Black Sabbath (“Sweet Leaf”, “Children of the Grave”, “After Forever”) 1971

McCartney: Paul McCartney (“Maybe I’m Amazed”, “Every Night”, “That Would Be Something”) 1970

Meddle: Pink Floyd (“One of These Days”, “Fearless”, “Echoes”) 1971

Mirrors: Blue Oyster Cult (“I Am the Storm”, “The Vigil”, “In Thee”) 1979

Montrose: Montrose (“Rock the Nation”, “Rock Candy”, “Make It Last”) 1973

Moondance: Van Morrison (“And It Stoned Me”, “Crazy Love”, “Into the Mystic”) 1970

Moonflower: Santana (“I’ll Be Waiting”, “She’s Not There”, “Bahia”) 1977

Morrison Hotel: The Doors (“Roadhouse Blues”, “Peace Frog”, “Ship of Fools”) 1970

Mott: Mott the Hoople (“All the Way from Memphis”, “Honaloochie Boogie”, “Drivin’ Sister”) 1973

Move It On Over: George Thorogood and the Destroyers (“Cocaine Blues”, “It Wasn’t Me”, “Move It On Over”) 1978

Muddy “Mississippi” Waters–Live: Muddy Waters (“She’s Nineteen Years Old”, “Mannish Boy”, “Nine Below Zero”) 1979

Muscle of Love: Alice Cooper (“Big Apple Dreamin’ [Hippo]”, “Working Up a Sweat”, “Teenage Lament ’74”) 1973

Nantucket Sleighride: Mountain (“Don’t Look Around”, “Nantucket Sleighride”, “The Great Train Robbery”) 1971

Naturally: J.J. Cale(“Call Me the Breeze”, “Crazy Mama”, “After Midnight”) 1971

Never a Dull Moment: Rod Stewart (“You Wear It Well”, “Twisting the Night Away”, “Los Paraguayos”) 1972

New York Dolls: The New York Dolls (“Personality Crisis”, “Vietnamese Baby”, “Frankenstein”) 1973

Night Moves: Bob Seger (“Night Moves”, “Fire Down Below”, “Ship of Fools”) 1976

Not Fragile: Bachman Turner Overdrive (“Blue Moanin’”, “Roll On Down the Highway”, “Second Hand”) 1974

Nothin’ But the Blues: Johnny Winter (“TV Mama”, “Mad Blues”, “Tired of Tryin’”) 1977

Nuthin’ Fancy: Lynyrd Skynyrd (“Saturday Night Special”, “Am I Losin’”, “Railroad Song”) 1975

Obsession: UFO (“One More for the Rodeo”, “Only You Can Rock Me”, “Hot ‘n’ Ready”) 1978

Okie, J.J. Cale (“Cajun Moon”, “I’ll Be There If You Ever Want Me”, “Anyway the Wind Blows”) 1974

On the Beach: Neil Young (“Walk On”, “For the Turnstiles”, “Revolution Blues”) 1974

On the Border: The Eagles (“Already Gone”, “James Dean”, “Good Day in Hell”) 1974

One More From the Road: Lynyrd Skynyrd (“Call Me the Breeze”, “Crossroads”, “Searching”) 1976

Oneness–Silver Dreams, Golden Reality: Carlos Santana (“Song for Devadip”, “Arise Awake”, “Oneness”) 1979

Oops! Wrong Planet: Todd Rundgren (“Love in Action”, “Love is the Answer”, “Trapped”) 1977

Open Fire: Ronnie Montrose (“Town Without Pity”, “Heads Up”, “My Little Mystery”) 1978

Outlaws: The Outlaws (“Green Grass & High Tides”, “There Goes Another Love Song”, “Cry No More”) 1975

Outlandos d’Amour: The Police (“So Lonely”, “Roxanne”, “Can’t Stand Losing You”) 1978

Paper Money: Montrose (“Underground”, “The Dreamer”, “I Got the Fire”) 1974

Parallel Lines: Blondie (“Hanging on the Telephone”, “One Way or Another”, “Heart of Glass”) 1978

Paranoid: Black Sabbath (“War Pigs”, “Iron Man”, “Paranoid”) 1970

Pat Travers: Pat Travers (“Makes No Difference”, “Hot Rod Lincoln”, “As My Life Flies”) 1976

Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel (“Solsbury Hill”, “Slowburn”, “Here Comes the Flood”) 1977

Phenomenon: UFO (“Doctor Doctor”, “Rock Bottom”, “Too Young to Know”) 1974

Photo-Finish: Rory Gallagher (“Shin Kicker”, “Cloak & Dagger”, “Shadow Play”) 1978

Physical Graffiti: Led Zeppelin (“The Rover”, “In the Light”, “In My Time of Dying”) 1975

Powerage: AC/DC (“Rock ‘n’ Roll Damnation”, “Sin City”, “Gone Shootin’”) 1978

Power in the Darkness: The Tom Robinson Band (“Up Against the Wall”, “Long Hot Summer”, “The Winter of ’79”) 1978

Presence: Led Zeppelin (“Achilles Last Stand”, “Nobody’s Fault But Mine”, “Tea For One”) 1976

Pretzel Logic: Steely Dan (“Night By Night”, “Barrytown”, “Any Major Dude Will Tell You”) 1974

Pronounced ‘Leh-nerd Skin-nerd’: Lynyrd Skynyrd (“I Ain’t the One”, “Poison Whiskey”, “Free Bird”) 1973

Quadrophenia: The Who (“The Real Me”, “5:15″, “Doctor Jimmy”) 1973

Queen: Queen (“Keep Yourself Alive”, “Doing All Right”, “The Night Comes Down”) 1973

Queen 2: Queen (“White Queen (As It Began)”, “Ogre Battle”, “The March of the Black Queen”) 1974

Rainbow Rising: Rainbow (“A Light in the Black”, “Tarot Woman”, “Stargazer”) 1976

Razamanaz: Nazareth (“Razamanaz”, “Woke Up This Morning”, “Bad Bad Boy”) 1973

Reggatta de Blanc: The Police (“Message in a Bottle”, “Bring on the Night”, “Walking on the Moon”) 1979

Rio Grande Mud: ZZ Top (“Francine”, “Just Got Paid”, “Ko Ko Blue”) 1972

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: David Bowie (“Ziggy Stardust”, “Moonage Daydream”, “Hang on to Yourself”) 1972

Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow: Rainbow (“Man on the Silver Mountain”, “Black Sheep of the Family”, “Sixteenth Century Greensleeves”) 1975

Rock & Roll Music to the World: Ten Years After (“You Give Me Loving”, “Choo Choo Mama”, “Tomorrow I’ll Be Out of Town”) 1972

Rock n Roll Animal: Lou Reed (“White Light/White Heat”, “Rock ‘n’ Roll”, “Sweet Jane”) 1974

Rocks: Aerosmith (“Back in the Saddle”, “Lick and a Promise”, “Sick as a Dog”) 1976

Rory Gallagher: Rory Gallagher (“Laundromat”, “Sinner Boy”, “I Fall Apart”) 1971

Roy Buchanan: Roy Buchanan (“Sweet Dreams”, “The Messiah Will Come Again”, “John’s Blues”) 1972

The Royal Scam: Steely Dan (“Kid Charlemagne”, “Don’t Take Me Alive”, “The Fez”) 1976

Rumours: Fleetwood Mac (“Go Your Own Way”, “Dreams”, “The Chain”) 1977

Run With the Pack: Bad Company (“Honey Child”, “Silver, Blue & Gold”, “Sweet Lil’ Sister”) 1976

Rush: Rush (“Finding My Way”, “In the Mood”, “Working Man”) 1974

Rust Never Sleeps: Neil Young & Crazy Horse (“Powderfinger”, “Pocahontas”, “My My, Hey Hey [Out of the Blue]”) 1979

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: Black Sabbath (“Sabbra Cadabra”, “Killing Yourself to Live”, “Looking for Today”) 1973

Saints & Sinners: Johnny Winter (“Stone County”, “Boney Moronie”, “Feedback on Highway 101″) 1974

School’s Out: Alice Cooper (“School’s Out”, “Looney Tune”, “Public Animal #9) 1972

Second Helping: Lynyrd Skynyrd (“Don’t Ask Me No Questions”, “The Needle and the Spoon”, “Call Me the Breeze”) 1974

Secret Treaties: Blue Oyster Cult (“Career of Evil”, “ME262″, “Astronomy”) 1974

Selling England By the Pound: Genesis (“I Know What I Like [In Your Wardrobe]”, “Firth of Fifth”, “The Cinema Show”) 1973

Seven: Bob Seger (“Get Outta Denver”, “Long Song Comin’”, “Schoolteacher”) 1974

Siren: Roxy Music (“Love Is the Drug”, “Both Ends Burning”, “She Sells”) 1975

Slayed?: Slade (“How D’You Ride”, “Gudbuy T’Jane”, “Mama Weer All Crazee Now”) 1972

The Slider: T-Rex (“Rock On”, “Telegram Sam”, “Baby Boomerang”) 1972

Slowhand: Eric Clapton (“Wonderful Tonight”, “Lay Down Sally”, “Cocaine”) 1977

Smokin’: Humble Pie (“30 Days in the Hole”, “Hot ‘N’ Nasty”, “C’mon Everybody”) 1972

Some Girls: The Rolling Stones (“When the Whip Comes Down”, “Respectable”, “Shattered”) 1978

Songs in the Key of Life: Stevie Wonder (“Love’s in Need of Love Today”, “Isn’t She Lovely”, “Another Star”) 1976

Spectres: Blue Oyster Cult (“Golden Age of Leather”, “Searching for Celine”, “Fireworks”) 1977

Station to Station: David Bowie (“Station to Station”, “Wild is the Wind”, “TVC 15″) 1976

Starz: Starz (“Live Wire”, “Over and Over”, “Detroit Girls”) 1976

Stick to Me: Graham Parker and the Rumour (“I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down”, “Heat in Harlem”, “Stick to Me”) 1977

Sticky Fingers: The Rolling Stones (“Brown Sugar”, “Dead Flowers”, “Bitch”) 1971

Still Alive and Well: Johnny Winter (“Can’t You Feel It”, “All Tore Down”, “Still Alive and Well”) 1973

Straight Shooter: Bad Company (“Good Lovin’ Gone Bad”, “Deal With the Preacher:”, “Feel Like Making Love”) 1975

Straight Up: Badfinger (“Baby Blue”, “Day After Day”, “Suitcase”) 1971

Stranger in Town: Bob Seger (“Still the Same”, “Till it Shines”, “Feel Like a Number”) 1978

Strangers in the Night: UFO (“Doctor Doctor”, “Lights Out”, “Rock Bottom”) 1979

Street Survivors: Lynyrd Skynyrd (“That Smell”, “I Know a Little”, “You Got that Right”) 1977

Stormbringer: Deep Purple (“”Lady Double Dealer”, “The Gypsy”, “Soldier of Fortune”) 1974

Strikes: Blackfoot (“I Got a Line on You”, “Wishing Well”, “Train, Train”) 1979

Sunburst Finish: Be-Bop Deluxe (“Sleep That Burns”, “Ships in the Night”, “Blazing Apostles”) 1976

Talking Book: Stevie Wonder (“You Are the Sunshine of My Life”, “You’ve Got it Bad Girl”, “Superstition”) 1972

Tanx: T-Rex (“Rapids”, “Electric Slim and the Factory Hen”, “The Street and Babe Shadow”) 1973

Tapestry: Carole King (“I Feel the Earth Move”, “It’s Too Late”, “So Far Away”) 1971

Tattoo: Rory Gallagher (“Tattoo’d Lady”, “Who’s That Coming”, “A Million Miles Away”) 1973

Teaser: Tommy Bolin (“Dreamer”, “Wild Dogs”, “Savannah Woman”) 1975

Ted Nugent: Ted Nugent (“Stormtroopin’”, “Snakeskin Cowboys”, “Just What the Doctor Ordered”) 1975

Tejas: ZZ Top (“Pan Am Highway Blues”, “Ten Dollar Man”, “She’s a Heartbreaker”) 1976

There’s the Rub: Wishbone Ash (“Persephone”, “Don’t Come Back”, “F.U.B.B.”) 1974

They Only Come Out a Night: The Edgar Winter Group (“Free Ride”, “Frankenstein”, “Round and Round”) 1972

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (“Breakdown”, “American Girl”, “Anything That’s Rock and Roll”) 1976

Tonight’s the Night: Neil Young (“Tonight’s the Night”, “Tired Eyes”, “World on a String”) 1975

Too Much Too Soon: The New York Dolls (“Babylon”, “Who Are the Mystery Girls?”, “Human Being”) 1974

Top Priority: Rory Gallagher (“Follow Me”, “Wayward Child”, “Bad Penny”) 1979

Toulouse Street: The Doobie Brothers (“Listen to the Music”, “Jesus Is Just Alright”, “Disciple”) 1972

Toys in the Attic: Aerosmith (“Sweet Emotion”, “No More No More”, “Walk This Way”) 1975

Tres Hombres: ZZ Top (“Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers”, “Master of Sparks”, “Move Me on Down the Line”) 1973

2112: Rush (“2112″, “A Passage to Bangkok”, “Something for Nothing”) 1976

Twice Removed From Yesterday: Robin Trower (“I Can’t Wait Much Longer”, “Man of the World”, “Twice Removed From Yesterday”) 1973

Twin Peaks: Mountain (“Never in My Life”, “Nantucket Sleighride”, “Mississippi Queen”) 1974

Tyranny and Mutation: Blue Oyster Cult (“O.D.’d on Life Itself”, “Hot Rails to Hell”, “Baby Ice Dog”) 1973

You’re Never Alone with a Shizophrenic: Ian Hunter (“Just Another Night”, “Cleveland Rocks”, “Bastard”) 1979

Vagabonds of the Western World: Thin Lizzy (“Slow Blues”, “The Rocker”, “Little Girl in Bloom”) 1973

Van Halen: Van Halen (“Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love”, “Eruption”, “Little Dreamer”) 1978

Van Halen II: Van Halen (“Dance the Night Away”, “D.O.A.”, “Beautiful Girls”) 1979

Venus and Mars: Paul McCartney & Wings (“Rock Show”, “Letting Go”, “Medicine Jar”) 1975

Vol. 4: Black Sabbath (“Supernaut”, “Snowblind”, “Tomorrow’s Dream”) 1972

The Wall: Pink Floyd (“In the Flesh?”, “Another Brick in the Wall Part 1″, “Comfortably Numb”) 1979

Warren Zevon: Warren Zevon (“Frank and Jesse James”, “Hasten Down the Wind”, “Poor Poor Pitiful Me”) 1976

What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits: The Doobie Brothers (“Black Water” “Eyes of Silver”, “Another Park, Another Sunday”) 1974

White, Hot and Blue: Johnny Winter (“Divin’ Duck Blues”, “E.Z. Rider”, “Messin’ WIth the Kid”) 1978

The Who By Numbers: The Who (“Slip Kid”, “Squeeze Box”, “How Many Friends”) 1975

Who’s Next: The Who (“Going Mobile”, “Behind Blue Eyes”, “Won’t Get Fooled Again”) 1971

Wired: Jeff Beck (“Come Dancing”, “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat”, “Blue Wind”) 1976

Wishbone Ash: Wishbone Ash (“Blind Eye”, “Lady Whiskey”, “Phoenix”) 1970

Wish You Were Here: Pink Floyd (“Shine On You Crazy Diamond”, “Welcome to the Machine”, “Wish You Were Here”) 1975

Workingman’s Dead: The Grateful Dead (“Uncle John’s Band”, “New Speedway Boogie”, “Casey Jones”) 1970

The Yes Album: Yes (“Yours Is No Disgrace”, “Starship Trooper”, “I’ve Seen All Good People”) 1971

Young Americans: David Bowie (“Young Americans”, “Fascination”, “Fame”) 1975

You’re Gonna Get It: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (“When the Time Comes”, “Magnolia”, “Listen to Her Heart”) 1978

Zuma: Neil Young & Crazy Horse (“Don’t Cry No Tears”, “Cortez the Killer”, “Lookin’ For a Love”) 1975

ZZ Top’s First Album: ZZ Top (“Brown Sugar”, “Goin’ Down to Mexico”, “Certified Blues”) 1971

Did I leave any out?