A couple of weeks ago, I posted my favorite albums of the 1960’s. The self-imposed limit of 10 albums, however, caused much wailing and gnashing of teeth, especially when I immediately thought of at least that many good or better albums approximately three seconds after I clicked “Publish.” Accordingly, for the 1970’s installment, I’ve expanded the list to 20. This way I feel free to include more than one release by an artist. Because let’s face facts, folks: Zep and Floyd were the most important white people of the 70’s, and Stevie and George were the most important black people. They all deserve to be represented more than once.

You’ll further notice that nary an appearance is made by such 70’s staples as Fleetwood Mac, Peter Frampton, Meatloaf, or anyone remotely connected to the Saturday Night Fever or Grease soundtracks. Fuck them. And as for the Eagles…well, why don’t we just let The Dude tackle that one.

So, yeah, here’s the list. As before, placement in no way indicates rank. Numbers are square, baby.

Led Zeppelin – IV
Iggy & The Stooges – Raw Power
Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove
The Clash – London Calling
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Stevie Wonder – Talking Book
Bob Marley and the Wailers – Live!
John Lennon- Plastic Ono Band
David Bowie – The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
The Who – Who’s Next
Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
The Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols
Pink Floyd – Animals
Janis Joplin – Pearl
Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Rust Never Sleeps