Top 10 albums 1971

Doesn't have to be in particulary order...

 

Led Zeppelin IV (LZ)
Maggot Brain (Funkadelic)
Songs of Love and Hate (Leonard Cohen)
What's Going On ? (Marvin Gaye)
Killer (Alice Cooper)
Master Of Reality (Black Sabbath)
Hunky Dory (David Bowie)
Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones)
L.A. Woman (The Doors )
Who's Next ? (The Who)

What a year.....!!

 

Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
Marvin Gaye - What's Going on
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Paul McCartney - Ram
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' on
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Nick Drake - Bryter Later
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Gil Scott Heron - Pieces of a Man

wow....what a year!

 

Stones: Sticky Fingers
Who’s Next
Sly: There’s a Riot Goin’ On
Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story
Led Zeppelin IV
Joni Mitchell: Blue
John Lennon: Imagine
John Prine
Bowie: Hunky Dory
Carole King: Tapestry

 

Just as an aside, you'd be hard pushed to find a better year in popular music. The people who were around at the time should thank their lucky starts they were there to see & hear it all.

 

Jethro Tull -Aqualang
Allman Brothers -At Filmore East
Who's Next
PF -Meddle
LZ IV
DP -Fireball
RS - Sticky Fingers
Marvin Gaye - What's going on?
Lindisfarne -Fog on a Tyne
Bowie - Hunky Dory

 

Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
IV - Led Zeppelin
Live Evil - Miles Davis
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
The Yes Album - Yes
Santana III - Santana
Tarkus - ELP
The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra
Sky's The Limit - The Temptations
Islands - King Crimson

 

Elton John - Madman across the water
ELP - Tarkus
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Carole King - Tapestry
Led Zeppelin 4
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Yes - Fragile

 

I have 14 albums that score 5/5. I've distilled these down to 10 for this particular thread. No particular order:

Barclay James Harvest - And Other Stories

Poco - From The Inside

Fairport Convention - Angel Delight

Dulcimer - And I Turned As I Turned As A Boy

Gordon Lightfoot - Summer Side Of Life

Graham Nash - Songs For Beginners

Jethro Tull - Aqualung

New Riders Of The Purple Sage - S/T

Pacheco & Alexander - S/T

Steeleye Span - Please To See The King

 

In no particular order, a Top 12:
"Imagine" by John Lennon
"Ram" by Paul & Linda McCartney
"Who's Next" by The Who
"Sticky Fingers" by The Rolling Stones
"Blue" by Joni Mitchell
"Meddle" by Pink Floyd
"Tapestry" by Carol King
"Runt: The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren" by Todd Rundgren
"Hunky Dory" by David Bowie
"Electric Warrior" by T-Rex
"The Point" by Harry Nilsson
"IV" by Led Zeppelin

 

1. WHO'S NEXT (The Who)
2. RAM (Paul & Linda McCartney)
3. BRYTER LAYTER (Nick Drake)
4. COMING FROM REALITY (Rodriguez)
5. IMAGINE (John Lennon)
6. LED ZEPPELIN IV (Led Zeppelin)
7. TAPESTRY (Carole King)
8. WHAT'S GOING ON (Marvin Gaye)
9. EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY (Rod Stewart)
10. MUSWELL HILLBILLIES (The Kinks)

 

1971 was a pretty good year.

The Who - Who's Next
Led Zeppelin IV
Paul McCartney - Ram
Pink Floyd - Meddle
John Lennon - Imagine
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
ZZ Top's First Album
Doors - LA Woman
ELP - Tarkus
Yes - Fragile

 

David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Captain Beefheart - The Spotlight Kid
Faces - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
MC5 - High Time
Mott The Hoople - Brain Capers
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
T. Rex - Electric Warrior

 

King Crimson, Islands
Marvin Gaye, What's Going On
Yes, Fragile
Genesis, Nursery Cryme
Van der Graaf Generator, Pawn Hearts
Premiata Formeria Marconi, Storia di un minuto
Paul & Linda McCartney, Ram
Yes, The Yes Album
The Moody Blues, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
ELP, Tarkus

 

Van Morrison- Tupelo Honey
Janis Joplin- Pearl
CSNY- 4-Way Street
Emerson Lake And Palmer- Pictures At An Exhibition
Humble Pie - Rockin The Fillmore

 

1. The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
2. Bert Jansch - Rosemary Lane
3. Carole King - Tapestry
4. Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat
5. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
6. David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name
7. The Doors - LA Woman
8. Elton John - Madman Across The Water
9. Herbie Mann - Push Push
10. James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim
11. Janis Joplin - Pearl
12. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
13. Jimi Hendrix - Cry Of Love
14. Joni Mitchell - Blue
15. Led Zeppelin - IV
16. Mark-Almond Band - Mark-Almond Band
17. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
18. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
19. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
20. Rory Gallagher - Deuce
21. Santana - III
22. Ten Years After - A Space In Time
23. Traffic - The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
24. Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
25. The Who - Who's Next

Okay so I've got way too many but what do you do I love all of these. I might be able to peel off the Bert Jansch, Herbie Mann and Rod Stewart but then where do I go to get to just ten?

 

The Hollies - Distant Light
Hotlegs -s/t I think

 

1. The Rolling Stones- Sticky Fingers
2. Led Zeppelin IV
3. Paul & Linda McCartney- Ram
4. John Lennon- Imagine
5. The Who- Who's Next
6. Black Sabbath- Master of Reality
7. Pink Floyd- Meddle
8. The Allman Brothers Band- At the Filmore East
9. The Doors- L.A. Woman
10. Santana III

 

So many great albums released that year! I'm going to stick to LPs released in '71 that I bought in '71:

Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride
Carole King - Tapestry
Jimi Hendrix - The Cry Of Love
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
James Gang - Thirds
The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
Deep Purple - Fireball
New Riders Of The Purple Sage - New Riders Of The Purple Sage
Alice Cooper - Killer
Humble Pie - Performance: Rockin' The Fillmore

 

The Association - Stop Your Motor
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
Bread - Manna
The Byrds - Farther Along
David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name
The Doors - L.A. Woman
John Lennon - Imagine
Linda Ronstadt - Linda Ronstadt
Santana - Santana III
Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On

 

Pretty much in this order:

The Rolling Stones -- Sticky Fingers
The Who -- Who's Next
Black Sabbath -- Master Of Reality
Traffic -- The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
Jimi Hendrix -- The Cry Of Love
Jethro Tull -- Aqualung
Led Zeppelin -- Led Zeppelin IV
The Doors -- L.A. Woman
The Allman Brothers -- At Fillmore East
Elton John -- Madman Across The Water

 

I know I cheated, but WOW! What a year!

Janis-Pearl
Crosby-IICORMN
Crazy Horse-ST
Yes-The Yes album
Faces-Long Player
Tull-Aqualung
Kinks-Muswell Hillbillies
Mott The Hoople-Brain Capers
Stones-Sticky Fingers
Doors-LA Woman.
James Gang-Thirds
Paul-Ram
Rod-EPTAS
Gram Nash-Songs for Beginners
Byrds-Byrdmanix
The Who-Who's Next
Ten Years After-A Space in Time
Gene Clark-White Light
John Lennon-Imagine
T. Rex-Electric Warrior
Pink Floyd-Meddle
Elton John-MATW
Led Zep-IV
Traffic-LSOHHB
Bowie-Hunky Dory
George Harrison-Concert for Bangla Desh

 

Ram
Sticky Fingers
Yes Album
Hunky Dory
LA Woman
Bryter Layter
Killer
Mirror
Blue
Fireball

 

There's a riot goin' on - Sly & the family stone
Who's next - The who
Pearl - Janis joplin
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
Maggot brain - Funkadelic
Cry Of Love - Jimi Hendrix
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Live at the Fillmore east - The allman brothers band
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
Rough & Ready - Jeff Beck Group

Sorry to leave out;
Tapestry - Carole King
What's going on - Marvin Gaye
Low spark of the high heeled boys - Traffic

 

Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Joni Mitchell - Blue
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Roy Harper - Stormcock
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Led Zeppelin -- Led Zeppelin IV