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The Super Seventies "Classic 400"

his list makes no claims at definitiveness, rather it's just a sampling of some of the wonderful Seventies albums we've enjoyed the most over the years. Many well-known Seventies rock/pop classics are represented, and perhaps a few you might have missed along the way. Regardless, they're all part of the great mosaic of Seventies popular music that has been such an integral part of "the soundtrack of our lives."

Kudos to the many talented writers and reviewers who helped deepen our understanding of this music and helped raise it to an artform worthy of serious criticism.

And most of all, thanks to the musicians.

P.S. - Also included (whenever possible) is release date, Billboard chart position, and R.I.A.A. gold/platinum certification information on the albums!

P.P.S. - After perusing this list, don't forget to check out our Readers' Favorite Seventies Albums section for reviews of almost 300 more great Seventies albums, and then our list of 100 Other Recommended Seventies Discs links!

      

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1. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
2. Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
3. Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
4. Aerosmith - Rocks
5. The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
6. The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach
7. The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers And Sisters
8. Gregg Allman - Laid Back
9. America
10. America - Holiday
11. America - Hearts
12. Average White Band
13. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile
14. Bad Company
15. Bad Company - Straight Shooter
16. Bad Company - Run With the Pack
17. Badfinger - No Dice
18. Badfinger - Straight Up
19. The Band - The Last Waltz
20. The Beach Boys - Sunflower
21. The Beatles - Let It Be
22. Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
23. Bee Gees - To Whom It May Concern
24. Bee Gees - Main Course
25. Bee Gees - Children of the World
26. The B-52's
27. Big Star - No. 1 Record
28. Big Star - Radio City
29. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
30. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
31. Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
32. Black Sabbath - Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath
33. Blondie - Parallel Lines
34. Blood, Sweat & Tears - Greatest Hits
35. Blue Oyster Cult
36. Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
37. Boston
38. Boston - Don't Look Back
39. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
40. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
41. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
42. David Bowie - Pin Ups
43. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
44. David Bowie - Young Americans
45. David Bowie - Low
46. David Bowie - Station to Station
47. David Bowie - "Heroes"
48. Bread - On The Waters
49. Bread - Manna
50. Bread - Baby I'm-A Want You
51. Bread - Guitar Man
52. Bread - Lost Without Your Love
53. James Brown - Sex Machine
54. Jackson Browne - Saturate Before Using
55. Jackson Browne - For Everyman
56. Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky
57. Jackson Browne - The Pretender
58. Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
59. The Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
60. Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night
61. Eric Carmen
62. Carpenters - Close To You
63. Carpenters
64. Carpenters - The Singles 1969-1973
65. The Cars
66. Chic - C'est Chic
67. Harry Chapin - Heads & Tales
68. Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan
69. Cheap Trick - Dream Police
70. Chicago - Chicago V
71. Chicago - Chicago VI
72. Chicago - Chicago IX/Chicago's Greatest Hits
73. The Clash
74. The Clash - London Calling
75. Eric Clapton
76. Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard
77. Eric Clapton - Slowhand
78. Eric Clapton - Backless
79. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
80. Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen
81. Joe Cocker - Something To Say
82. Alice Cooper - Killer
83. Alice Cooper - School's Out
84. Alice Cooper - Muscle Of Love
85. Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits
86. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
87. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
88. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle
89. Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim
90. Jim Croce - Life And Times
91. Jim Croce - I Got A Name
92. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu
93. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 4 Way Street
94. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
95. Deep Purple - Machine Head
96. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
97. Deep Purple - Burn
98. John Denver - Poems, Prayers & Promises
99. John Denver - Rocky Mountain High
100. John Denver - John Denver's Greatest Hits
101. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
102. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
103. Neil Diamond - Hot August Night
104. The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street
105. The Doobie Brothers - The Captain And Me
106. The Doobie Brothers - What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
107. The Doobie Brothers - Stampede
108. The Doors - L.A. Woman
109. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
110. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
111. Bob Dylan - Desire
112. Eagles
113. Eagles - Desperado
114. Eagles - On The Border
115. Eagles - One Of These Nights
116. Eagles - Hotel California
117. Eagles - The Long Run
118. Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World
119. Easy Rider (Soundtrack)
120. Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day
121. Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado
122. Electric Light Orchestra - Face The Music
123. Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
124. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy
125. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
126. Faces - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
127. Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees
128. Fleetwood Mac - Mystery To Me
129. Fleetwood Mac
130. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
131. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
132. Dan Fogelberg - Souvenirs
133. Dan Fogelberg - Nether Lands
134. Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix
135. Foghat - Energized
136. Foghat - Fool For The City
137. Foreigner
138. Foreigner - Double Vision
139. Foreigner - Head Games
140. Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted and Black
141. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
142. Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
143. Peter Gabriel (1977)
144. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
145. David Gates - First
146. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
147. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
148. The J. Geils Band - Full House "Live"
149. Genesis - Foxtrot
150. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
151. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
152. Grand Funk Railroad - Closer To Home
153. Grand Funk Railroad - Survival
154. Grand Funk Railroad - E Pluribus Funk
155. Grand Funk - We're An American Band
156. Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
157. Grateful Dead - American Beauty
158. Al Green - Let's Stay Together
159. Al Green - Call Me
160. Al Green - Greatest Hits
161. The Guess Who - The Best Of The Guess Who
162. The Guess Who - Road Food
163. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
164. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
165. George Harrison and Friends - The Concert For Bangla Desh
166. George Harrison - Living In The Material World
167. Isaac Hayes - Shaft (Soundtrack)
168. Heart - Dreamboat Annie
169. Heart - Little Queen
170. Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys
171. The Hollies - Another Night
172. Humble Pie - Smokin'
173. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
174. The Jackson 5 - ABC
175. Jefferson Airplane - The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane
176. Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus
177. Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Cast)
178. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
179. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
180. Billy Joel - Piano Man
181. Billy Joel - The Stranger
182. Billy Joel - 52nd Street
183. Elton John
184. Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection
185. Elton John - Madman Across The Water
186. Elton John - Honky Chateau
187. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player
188. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
189. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
190. Rickie Lee Jones
191. Janis Joplin - Pearl
192. Kansas
193. Kansas - Leftoverture
194. Carole King - Music
195. Carole King - Tapestry
196. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
197. The Kinks - Lola vs. the Powerman & the Money-Go-Round, Part One
198. The Kinks - Everybody's In Showbiz
199. The Kinks - The Kink Kronikles
200. Kiss - Destroyer
201. Kiss - Alive!
202. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
203. Led Zeppelin ("IV")
204. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
205. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
206. Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door
207. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
208. John Lennon - Imagine
209. John Lennon - Mind Games
210. John Lennon - Walls And Bridges
211. John Lennon - Rock'N'Roll
212. John Lennon - Shaved Fish
213. Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
214. Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
215. Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
216. Little Feat - Feats Don't Fail Me Now
217. Loggins And Messina - Full Sail
218. Loggins And Messina - Mother Lode
219. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd
220. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
221. Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From The Road
222. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors
223. Barry Manilow - Tryin' To Get the Feeling
224. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch a Fire
225. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Burnin'
226. Dave Mason - Alone Together
227. Dave Mason - Headkeeper
228. Dave Mason - It's Like You Never Left
229. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (Soundtrack)
230. Paul McCartney - McCartney
231. Paul McCartney - Ram
232. Paul McCartney/Wings - Wild Life
233. Paul McCartney and Wings - Red Rose Speedway
234. Paul McCartney and Wings - Band On The Run
235. Paul McCartney and Wings - Venus And Mars
236. Paul McCartney and Wings - Wings Greatest
237. Don McLean - American Pie
238. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
239. Steve Miller Band - The Joker
240. The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
241. Steve Miller Band - Book Of Dreams
242. Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-78
243. Joni Mitchell - Blue
244. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
245. The Modern Lovers
246. Montrose
247. The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
248. The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn
249. Van Morrison - Moondance
250. Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
251. Mott The Hoople - Mott
252. Mott The Hoople - The Hoople
253. Mountain - The Best Of Mountain
254. The Move - Shazam
255. Nazareth - Hair Of The Dog
256. Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
257. Willie Nelson - Stardust
258. Randy Newman - Sail Away
259. Randy Newman - Good Old Boys
260. Randy Newman - Little Criminals
261. The New York Dolls
262. The New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon
263. Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
264. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
265. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken
266. Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks
267. Parliament - Mothership Connection
268. The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot
269. Gram Parsons - GP/Grievous Angel
270. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
271. Pink Floyd - Meddle
272. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
273. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
274. Pink Floyd - Animals
275. Pink Floyd - The Wall
276. Iggy Pop & The Stooges - Raw Power
277. Iggy Pop/The Stooges - Fun House
278. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
279. Elvis Presley - That's the Way It Is
280. Elvis Presley - Elvis Country
281. Elvis Presley - As Recorded At Madison Square Garden
282. Elvis Presley - Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite
283. Procol Harum - Live With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
284. Queen - A Night at the Opera
285. Queen - News Of The World
286. Gerry Rafferty - City To City
287. Ramones
288. Ramones - Rocket to Russia
289. Raspberries - Fresh
290. Lou Reed - Transformer
291. Lou Reed - Rock N Roll Animal
292. Emitt Rhodes
293. Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
294. The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 1964-71
295. The Rolling Stones - More Hot Rocks
296. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
297. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
298. The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
299. Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like A Wheel
300. Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams
301. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
302. Roxy Music - Country Life
303. Roxy Music - Stranded
304. Todd Rundgren - Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren
305. Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
306. Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star
307. Todd Rundgren - Todd
308. Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow
309. Leon Russell - And the Shelter People
310. Leon Russell - Carney
311. Leon Russell - Will o' the Wisp
312. Santana - Abraxas
313. Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
314. Saturday Night Fever - The Original Movie Soundtrack
315. Savoy Brown - Hellbound Train
316. Bob Seger - Night Moves
317. Bob Seger - Stranger In Town
318. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
319. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
320. Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits
321. Paul Simon
322. Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
323. Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
324. Sly & The Family Stone - Greatest Hits
325. Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
326. Patti Smith - Horses
327. The Specials
328. Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.
329. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
330. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
331. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
332. Ringo Starr - Ringo
333. Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
334. Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy
335. Steely Dan - Katy Lied
336. Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
337. Steely Dan - Royal Scam
338. Steely Dan - Aja
339. Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
340. Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat
341. Cat Stevens - Greatest Hits
342. Al Stewart - Past, Present and Future
343. Al Stewart - Modern Times
344. Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat
345. Al Stewart - Time Passages
346. Rod Stewart - The Rod Stewart Album
347. Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley
348. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
349. Rod Stewart - Never A Dull Moment
350. Rod Stewart - Smiler
351. Styx - The Grand Illusion
352. Supertramp - Breakfast In America
353. Super Hits Of The Seventies - Various Artists
354. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
355. James Taylor - Greatest Hits
356. Television - Marquee Moon
357. 10cc - The Original Soundtrack
358. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
359. Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
360. Three Dog Night - Seven Separate Fools
361. Traffic - The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys
362. T. Rex - Electric Warrior
363. T. Rex - The Slider
364. Robin Trower - Twice Removed From Yesterday
365. Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
366. Robin Trower - For Earth Below
367. Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards
368. Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday
369. Van Halen
370. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
371. Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII
372. Tom Waits - Small Change
373. War - The World Is A Ghetto
374. The Who - Live at Leeds
375. The Who - Who's Next
376. The Who - Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy
377. The Who - Quadrophenia
378. The Who - The Who By Numbers
379. The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night
380. The Edgar Winter Group - Shock Treatment
381. Edgar Winter's White Trash
382. Bill Withers - Still Bill
383. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
384. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
385. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
386. Woodstock (Soundtrack)
387. Gary Wright - The Dream Weaver
388. XTC - Drums and Wires
389. Yes - The Yes Album
390. Yes - Fragile
391. Yes - Yessongs
392. Yes - Close To The Edge
393. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
394. Neil Young - Harvest
395. Neil Young - On The Beach
396. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
397. Neil Young - Comes a Time
398. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
399. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
400. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

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