* Rolling Stone Five-Star Rated (Mostly Rock) Albums: The 1970s

All of the five-star rated albums (as reviewed by a certain music magazine that gathers no moss).

2006-04-17 – Added ALBUM: Nilsson Schmilsson; ARTIST: Harry Nilsson.
2005-07-04 – Initially published.

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  1. 1979; ALBUM: The B-52’s; ARTIST: The B-52’s
  2. 1979; ALBUM: Off the Wall; ARTIST: Michael Jackson
  3. 1979; ALBUM: Look Sharp!; ARTIST: Joe Jackson
  4. 1979; ALBUM: London Calling; ARTIST: The Clash
  5. 1979; ALBUM: Damn the Torpedoes; ARTIST: Tom Petty & the Heartbeakers
  6. 1978; ALBUM: More Songs About Buildings and Food; ARTIST: Talking Heads
  7. 1978; ALBUM: Darkness on the Edge of Town; ARTIST: Bruce Springsteen
  8. 1978; ALBUM: Comes a Time; ARTIST: Neil Young
  9. 1977; ALBUM: Trans-Europe Express; ARTIST: Kraftwerk
  10. 1977; ALBUM: The Clash; ARTIST: Clash
  11. 1977; ALBUM: Slowhand; ARTIST: Eric Clapton
  12. 1977; ALBUM: Running on Empty; ARTIST: Jackson Browne
  13. 1977; ALBUM: Rumours; ARTIST: Fleetwood Mac
  14. 1977; ALBUM: Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols; ARTIST: The Sex Pistols
  15. 1977; ALBUM: My Aim Is True; ARTIST: Elvis Costello
  16. 1977; ALBUM: Marquee Moon; ARTIST: Television
  17. 1977; ALBUM: Low; ARTIST: David Bowie
  18. 1977; ALBUM: Aja; ARTIST: Steely Dan
  19. 1976; ALBUM: Songs in the Key of Life; ARTIST: Stevie Wonder
  20. 1975; ALBUM: Wish You Were Here; ARTIST: Pink Floyd
  21. 1975; ALBUM: The Essential Sly & the Family Stone; ARTIST: Sly & the Family Stone
  22. 1975; ALBUM: The Basement Tapes; ARTIST: Bob Dylan & the Band
  23. 1975; ALBUM: Siren; ARTIST: Roxy Music
  24. 1975; ALBUM: Red Headed Stranger; ARTIST: Willie Nelson
  25. 1975; ALBUM: Horses; ARTIST: Patti Smith
  26. 1975; ALBUM: Chocolate City; ARTIST: Parliament
  27. 1975; ALBUM: Born to Run; ARTIST: Bruce Springsteen
  28. 1975; ALBUM: Blood on the Tracks; ARTIST: Bob Dylan
  29. 1974; ALBUM: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight; ARTIST: Richard & Linda Thompson
  30. 1974; ALBUM: Good Old Boys; ARTIST: Randy Newman
  31. 1974; ALBUM: Court & Spark; ARTIST: Joni Mitchell
  32. 1974; ALBUM: 461 Ocean Boulevard; ARTIST: Eric Clapton
  33. 1973; ALBUM: Houses Of The Holy; ARTIST: Led Zeppelin
  34. 1973; ALBUM: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; ARTIST: Elton John
  35. 1973; ALBUM: Funky Kingston/In the Dark; ARTIST: Toots & the Maytals
  36. 1973; ALBUM: Dark Side of the Moon; ARTIST: Pink Floyd
  37. 1973; ALBUM: Countdown To Ecstasy; ARTIST: Steely Dan
  38. 1973; ALBUM: Catch A Fire; ARTIST: Bob Marley & The Wailers
  39. 1972; ALBUM: Talking Book; ARTIST: Stevie Wonder
  40. 1972; ALBUM: I’m Still in Love With You; ARTIST: Al Green
  41. 1972; ALBUM: Exile on Main Street; ARTIST: Rolling Stones
  42. 1972-1979; ALBUM: The Very Best of the Eagles; ARTIST: The Eagles
  43. 1971; ALBUM: Nilsson Schmilsson; ARTIST: Harry Nilsson
  44. 1971; ALBUM: Who’s Next; ARTIST: Who
  45. 1971; ALBUM: The Allman Brothers at Fillmore East; ARTIST: Allman Brothers
  46. 1971; ALBUM: Let’s Stay Together; ARTIST: Al Green
  47. 1971; ALBUM: Hunky Dory; ARTIST: David Bowie
  48. 1971; ALBUM: Every Picture Tells a Story; ARTIST: Rod Stewart
  49. 1971; ALBUM: Blue; ARTIST: Joni Mitchell
  50. 1971-1979; ALBUM: Anthology; ARTIST: Al Green
  51. 1970; ALBUM: Workingman’s Dead; ARTIST: The Grateful Dead
  52. 1970; ALBUM: Sweet Baby James; ARTIST: James Taylor
  53. 1970; ALBUM: Plastic Ono Band; ARTIST: John Lennon
  54. 1970; ALBUM: Live at Leeds; ARTIST: Who
  55. 1970; ALBUM: Gets Next to You; ARTIST: Al Green
  56. 1970; ALBUM: Bridge Over Troubled Water; ARTIST: Simon & Garfunkel
  57. 1970; ALBUM: American Beauty; ARTIST: The Grateful Dead
  58. 1970; ALBUM: After The Gold Rush; ARTIST: Neil Young

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