Cheap Trick and David Bowie led the way in ’77 with two albums each, and the blues was represented by Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters, and Roy Buchanan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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