Greatest 71 Albums Of All Time.
Marvin Gaye released "What's Going On" in '71. Thus 71 albums. |
| 1 | | Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
What's Going On is the eleventh studio album by soul musician Marvin Gaye, released May 21, 1971, on
the Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. The first Marvin Gaye album credited as produced solely by
the artist himself, What's Going On is a unified concept album consisting of nine songs, most of which lead
into the next. It has also been categorized as a song cycle, since the album ends on a reprise to the
album's opening theme. The album is told from the point of view of a Vietnam War veteran returning to
the country he had been fighting for, and seeing nothing but injustice, suffering and hatred. |
| 2 |  | The Beach Boys
Pet Sounds
Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band The Beach Boys, released May 16, 1966,
on Capitol Records. It has since been recognized as one of the most influential records in the history of
popular music and one of the best albums of the 1960s, including songs such as "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and
"God Only Knows". Pet Sounds was created several months after Brian Wilson had quit touring with the band
in order to focus his attention on writing and recording. |
| 3 |  | The Beatles
Revolver
Revolver is the seventh studio album by the English rock band The Beatles, released on 5 August 1966 on
the Parlophone label and produced by George Martin. Many of the tracks on Revolver are marked by an
electric guitar-rock sound, in contrast with their previous LP, the folk rock inspired Rubber Soul (1965). In
Britain, the fourteen tracks from Revolver were released to radio stations throughout July 1966, "building
anticipation for what would clearly be a radical new phase in the group's recording career". |
| 4 |  | Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited
Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. It was released in August
1965 by Columbia Records. On his previous album, Bringing It All Back Home, Dylan devoted Side One of
the album to songs accompanied by an electric rock band, and Side Two to solo acoustic numbers. For
Highway 61 Revisited, Dylan used rock backing on every track, except for the closing 11-minute acoustic
song, "Desolation Row". Critics have written that Dylan's ability to combine driving, complex, blues-based
rock music with the power of poetry made Highway 61 Revisited one of the most influential albums ever
recorded. |
| 5 |  | Pink Floyd
The Dark Side Of The Moon
The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd,
released in March 1973. It built on ideas explored in the band's earlier recordings and live shows, but lacks
the extended instrumental excursions that characterised their work following the departure in 1968 of
founding member, principal composer and lyricist, Syd Barrett. The Dark Side of the Moon's themes include
conflict, greed, the passage of time and mental illness, the latter partly inspired by Barrett's deteriorating
mental state. |
| 6 |  | Bob Dylan
Blood On The Tracks
Blood on the Tracks is Bob Dylan's 15th studio album, released by Columbia Records in January 1975. The
album marked Dylan's return to Columbia after a two-album stint with Asylum Records.
The album, which followed on the resurgence of critical acclaim for Dylan's work after Planet Waves, was
greeted enthusiastically by fans and critics. In the years following its release it has come to be regarded as
one of his best albums. Most of the lyrics on the album revolve around heartache, anger, and loneliness.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 16 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. |
| 7 |  | The Rolling Stones
Let It Bleed
Let It Bleed is the eighth British and tenth American album by English rock band The Rolling Stones, released
in December 1969 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States.
Released shortly after the band's 1969 American Tour, it is the follow-up to 1968's Beggars Banquet and the
last album by the band to feature Brian Jones as well as the first to feature Mick Taylor. |
| 8 |  | Jimi Hendrix
Are You Experienced
Are You Experienced is the debut album by English/American rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Released in 1967, it was the first LP for Track Records. The album highlighted Jimi Hendrix's R&B-based,
psychedelic, distortion-and feedback-laden electric guitar playing and launched him as a major new
international star. |
| 9 | | The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (often shortened as Sgt. Pepper) is the eighth studio album by the
English rock band The Beatles, released on 1 June 1967 on the Parlophone label and produced by George
Martin. The album is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, and has since been recognised as
one of the most important albums in the history of popular music, including songs such as "Lucy in the Sky
with Diamonds" and "A Day in the Life". |
| 10 |  | Joni Mitchell
Blue
Blue (1971) is the fourth album of Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Exploring the various facets of
relationships from infatuation on "A Case of You" to insecurity on "This Flight Tonight", the songs feature
simple accompaniments on piano, guitar, and Appalachian dulcimer. Blue was a critical and commercial
success, reaching #15 on the Billboard 200 and #3 in the UK Albums Chart. |
| 11 |  | Bruce Springsteen
Darkness On The Edge Of Town |
| 12 |  | The Grateful Dead
Europe 72 |
| 13 |  | Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here |
| 14 |  | The Beatles
Let It Be |
| 15 |  | Elton John
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
| 16 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin |
| 17 |  | Dire Straits
Brothers In Arms |
| 18 |  | The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico |
| 19 |  | The Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers |
| 20 |  | AC/DC
Back In Black |
| 21 |  | Simon and Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water |
| 22 |  | Robert Johnson
King Of The Delta Blues |
| 23 | | Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan |
| 24 |  | The Beatles
Abbey Road |
| 25 |  | Jackson Browne
The Pretender |
| 26 |  | Fleetwood Mac
Rumours |
| 27 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin IV |
| 28 |  | The Beatles
The Beatles |
| 29 |  | Neil Young
Harvest |
| 30 |  | Santana
Abraxas |
| 31 |  | The Doors
Strange Days |
| 32 |  | Black Sabbath
Paranoid |
| 33 |  | Michael Jackson
Thriller |
| 34 |  | Jimi Hendrix
Electric Ladyland |
| 35 |  | The Rolling Stones
Exile On Main St. |
| 36 |  | Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Crosby, Stills & Nash |
| 37 |  | Pink Floyd
The Wall |
| 38 |  | Santana
Santana |
| 39 |  | Al Green
Greatest Hits |
| 40 |  | Neil Young
After The Gold Rush |
| 41 |  | The Band
Music From Big Pink |
| 42 | | The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hitmakers) |
| 43 | | Bob Marley
Legend |
| 44 |  | Curtis Mayfield
Super Fly |
| 45 |  | The Doors
The Doors |
| 46 |  | Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home |
| 47 |  | The Beatles
Please Please Me |
| 48 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin II |
| 49 | | Paul Simon
Greatest Hits, Ect. |
| 50 | | Digable Planets
Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time And Space) |
| 51 |  | Jefferson Airplane
Surrealistic Pillow |
| 52 |  | Elton John
Greatest Hits |
| 53 |  | Wu-Tang Clan
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) |
| 54 |  | David Bowie
ChangesOneBowie |
| 55 |  | The Band
The Band |
| 56 |  | The Byrds
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo |
| 57 |  | Bob Dylan
The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966 |
| 58 |  | Pink Floyd
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn |
| 59 |  | Steve Miller Band
Fly Like An Eagle |
| 60 |  | Talking Heads
Remain In Light |
| 61 |  | Tom Waits
The Heart Of Saturday Night |
| 62 |  | Creedence Clearwater Revival
Green River |
| 63 |  | The Byrds
Younger Than Yesterday |
| 64 |  | Prince
Purple Rain |
| 65 | | The Police
Regatta de Blanc |
| 66 |  | Sex Pistols
Never Mind the Bollocks |
| 67 |  | Bob Dylan
John Wesley Harding |
| 68 |  | The Police
Zenyatta Mondatta |
| 69 |  | Elton John
Madman Across The Water |
| 70 |  | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Damn The Torpedoes |
| 71 |  | Bruce Cockburn
Stealing Fire |
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