Pitchfork: The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s
01 // David Bowie - Low / 1977
02 // The Clash - London Calling / 1979
03 // Television - Marquee Moon / 1977
04 // Sly and the Family Stone - There’s a Riot Goin’ On / 1971
05 // Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks / 1975
06 // Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express / 1977
07 // Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV / 1971
08 // Gang of Four - Entertainment! / 1979
09 // Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures / 1979
10 // Brian Eno - Another Green World / 1975
11 // The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. / 1972
12 // The Stooges - Fun House / 1970
13 // Nick Drake - Pink Moon / 1972
14 // The Velvet Underground - Loaded / 1971
15 // The Who - Who’s Next / 1971
16 // Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady / 1979
17 // Funkadelic - Maggot Brain / 1971
18 // Miles Davis - Bitches Brew / 1970
19 // Can - Ege Bamyasi / 1972
20 // T. Rex - Electric Warrior / 1971
21 // Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson / 1971
22 // Wire - Pink Flag / 1977
23 // Ramones - Ramones / 1976
24 // Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets / 1974
25 // Neu! - Neu! / 1972
26 // Stevie Wonder - Innervisions / 1973
27 // Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III / 1970
28 // The Beatles - Let It Be / 1970
29 // Can - Tago Mago / 1971
30 // Miles Davis - On the Corner / 1972
31 // Talking Heads - Fear of Music / 1979
32 // Pink Floyd - The Wall / 1979
33 // Wire - Chairs Missing / 1978
34 // Various Artists - Saturday Night Fever / 1977
35 // The Pop Group - Y / 1979
36 // Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here / 1975
37 // Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True / 1977
38 // XTC - Drums and Wires / 1979
39 // Suicide - Suicide / 1977
40 // The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers / 1977
41 // Fleetwood Mac - Rumours / 1977
42 // The Specials - The Specials / 1979
43 // Michael Jackson - Off the Wall / 1979
44 // The Clash - The Clash / 1977
45 // Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food / 1978
46 // The Congos - Heart of the Congos / 1977
47 // Al Green - Call Me / 1973
48 // Miles Davis - Live/Evil / 1970
49 // Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On / 1971
50 // Tim Buckley - Starsailor / 1970
51 // Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols / 1977
52 // Elvis Costello & the Attractions - This Year’s Model / 1979
53 // Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians / 1978
54 // Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo’s Factory / 1970
55 // Nick Drake - Bryter Layter / 1970
56 // Can - Future Days / 1973
57 // Paul Simon - Paul Simon / 1972
58 // Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson / 1971
59 // Ramones - Rocket to Russia / 1977
60 // John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band / 1970
61 // The Beach Boys - Surf’s Up / 1971
62 // The Cars - The Cars / 1978
63 // Cluster - Zuckerzeit / 1972
64 // Iggy Pop - Lust for Life / 1977
65 // Neil Young - On the Beach / 1974
66 // Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers / 1978
67 // Pink Floyd - Meddle / 1971
68 // Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters / 1973
69 // Faust - IV / 1974
70 // Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon / 1973
71 // James Brown - The Payback / 1973
72 // King Crimson - Red / 1974
73 // Van Halen - Van Halen / 1978
74 // Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate / 1971
75 // Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy / 1973
76 // Blondie - Parallel Lines / 1978
77 // David Bowie - Aladdin Sane / 1973
78 // Fela Kuti/Africa '70 - Expensive Shit / 1975
79 // Randy Newman - Sail Away / 1972
80 // David Bowie - Hunky Dory / 1971
81 // David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars / 1972
82 // George Harrison - All Things Must Pass / 1970
83 // The Stooges - Raw Power / 1973
84 // Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson / 1971
85 // Wire - 154 / 1979
86 // Joni Mitchell - Blue / 1971
87 // Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure / 1973
88 // Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity / 1977
89 // Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! / 1978
90 // Fela Kuti/Africa '70 - Zombie / 1976
91 // Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats / 1979
92 // Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine / 1978
93 // Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys / 1970
94 // King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black / 1974
95 // Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti / 1975
96 // Iggy Pop - The Idiot / 1977
97 // Various Artists - The Harder They Come / 1972
98 // Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom / 1974
99 // Neil Young - After the Gold Rush / 1970
100 // Brian Eno - Before and After Science / 1977
