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Top 500 Albums of the 70s!

What a fantastic Fall Membership Drive! Your support means so much to all of us here at WFPK. And thanks for helping us decide the best albums of the 1970s! Check out the Top 500 here and if you didn't get a chance to pledge your financial support during the membership drive last week, you can still donate at this link.

#500- New York, London, Paris, Munik- M
#499- Mama's Big Ones- Cass Elliott
#498- Still Bill- Bill Withers
#497- Wrap Around Joy- Carole King
#496- Powerage- AC/DC
#495- Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)- Grateful Dead
#494- Live Bullet- Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
#493- The Kick Inside- Kate Bush
#492- Still Crazy After All These Years- Paul Simon
#491- Carpenters- Carpenters
#490- Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.- Bruce Springsteen
#489- Kaya- Bob Marley & The Wailers
#488- Lionheart- Kate Bush
#487- Coat of Many Colors- Dolly Parton
#486- KISS- KISS
#485- Honky Tonk Heroes- Waylon Jennings
#484- Europe '72 (Live)- Grateful Dead
#483- Late For the Sky- Jackson Browne
#482- Diamond Dogs- David Bowie
#481- Tupelo Honey- Van Morrison
#480- Menagerie- Bill Withers
#479- Rocky Mountain High- John Denver
#478- Running On Empty- Jackson Browne
#477- I Remember Yesterday- Donna Summer
#476- Black Sabbath, Vol. 4- Black Sabbath
#475- Mothership Connection- Parliament
#474- Stardust- Willie Nelson
#473- Songs From the Wood- Jethro Tull
#472- Will O' the Wisp- Leon Russell
#471- Lust For Life- Iggy Pop
#470- Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack
#469- Waterloo- ABBA
#468- The Long Run- The Eagles
#467- Demons and Wizards- Uriah Heep
#466- Electric Warrior- T. Rex
#465- Plastic Ono Band- John Lennon
#464 Ege Bamyasi- Can
#463- Minute By Minute- Doobie Brothers
#462- Propaganda- Sparks
#461- Aereo Plane- John Hartford
#460- This One's For Blanton- Duke Ellington & Ray Brown
#459- Grease soundtrack
#458- Star Wars soundtrack
#457- Carney- Leon Russell
#456- Young, Gifted and Black- Aretha Franklin
#455- Suicide- Suicide
#454- The Undertones-m The Undertones
#453- Singles Going Steady- Buzzcocks
#452- City to City- Gerry Rafferty
#451- You Get What You Play For- REO Speedwagon
#450- Jesus of Cool- Nick Lowe
#449- The World is a Ghetto- War
#448- Tom Waits - Closing Time
#447- Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
#446- Harry Chapin - Heads And Tales
#445- Cars - Candy-O
#444- Journey - Evolution
#443- Gang Of Four - Entertainment
#442- Abba - Abba: The Album
#441- Howlin Wolf - The London Recording Sessions
#440- Kansas - Leftoverture
#439- The Who - Live At Leeds
#438- Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
#437- James Taylor - JT
#436- Journey - Infinity
#435- Yes - Yessongs
#434- Earth Wind And Fire - All N All
#433- Santana - Abraxas
#432- Heart - Dreamboat Annie
#431- Rufus - Rags To Rufus
#430- Aerosmith - Rocks
#429- The Outlaws - The Outlaws
#428- AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
#427- War - Why Can't We Be Friends
#426- Emmylou Harris - Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town
#425- Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
#424- Dolly Parton - Jolene
#423- Loggins And Messina - Sittin' In
#422- Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
#421- Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
#420- Joan Baez - Diamonds And Rust
#419 AC/DC - Highway to Hell
#418 Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
#417 Jimmy Buffett - Son of Son of A Sailor
416 Styx - Pieces of Eight
415 Johnny Winter - Still Alive and Well
414 Supertramp - Even In The Quietest Moments
413 Foreigner - Foreigner
412 Dan Fogelberg - Souvenirs
411 Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks - Buckingham Nicks
410 Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
409 Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston
408 Eagles - Desperado
407 George Benson - Breezin'
406 Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless
405 Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Blvd.
404 The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
403 Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams
402 Earth Wind & Fire - That's The Way of The World
401 Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim
400 Rainbow - Rising
399 Bonnie Raitt - Bonnie Raitt
398 Kiss - Alive II
397 Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
396 Neil Young - Comes A Time
395 Grace Jones - Portfolio
394 Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today
393 James Taylor - Gorilla
392 Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
391 Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills
390 Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus
389 Crosby Stills And Nash - CSN
388 Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
387 Wire - Pink Flag
386 Bob Marley And The Wailers - Catch A Fire
385 Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
384 Cheap Trick - At Budokan
383 Peter Gabriel- Peter Gabriel 2 (Scratch)
382 Elvis Presley- Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite
381 Elton John- Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
380 Queen- Sheer Heart Attack
379 Dan Fogelberg- Nether Lands
378 David Bowie- Aladdin Sane
377 Carpenters- Passage
376 Jackson 5- ABC
375 Stephen Stills & Manassas- Manassas
374 Montrose- Montrose
373 Joan Armatrading- Joan Armatrading
372 Spirit- Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
371 Life in the Foodchain- Tonio K.
370 Joni Mitchell- Mingus
369 Aretha Franklin- Let Me In Your Life
368 Doobie Brothers- What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
367 Queen- News of the World
366 Earth, Wind & Fire- Gratitude
365 B.B. King- Live in Cook County Jail
364 Tom Waits- The Heart of Saturday Night
363 Elvis Costello & The Attractions- This Year's Model
362 Black Sabbath- Sabotage
361 Neil Young- On the Beach
360 Yes- The Yes Album
359 The Damned- Damned Damned Damned
358 Warren Zevon- Excitable Boy
357 Carole King- Rhymes & Reasons
356 Utopia- Oops! Wrong Planet
355 Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
354 Ramones- Road to Ruin
353 Billy Joel- 52nd Street
352 Gary Wright- The Dream Weaver
351 Hawkwind- In Search of Space
350 Kinks- Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
349 Paul Simon- Paul Simon
348 Blondie- Eat to the Beat
347 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young- So Far
346 Paul & Linda McCartney- Ram
345 Eagles- One of These Nights
344 A Farewell to Kings- Rush
343 Siouxsie and the Banshees- The Scream
342 Van Morrison- It's Too Late to Stop Now
341 Simon & Garfunkel- Greatest Hits
340 The Knack- Get the Knack
339 Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown
338 The Band- Stage Fright
337 Gordon Lightfoot- Summer Side of Life
336 Diana Ross - Diana Ross (1976)
335 Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
334 Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
333 Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell
332 Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy
331 Bob Marley And The Wailers - Exodus
330 Carly Simon - Hotcakes
328 Bryan Ferry - Another Time Another Place
327 Foghat - Fool For The City
326 Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
325 America - America
324 Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
323 Iggy Pop - The Idiot
322 Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food
321 Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
320 Gladys Knight And The Pips - 2nd Anniversary
319 ABBA - ABBA
318 Black Oak Arkansas - High On The Hog
317 Carly Simon - No Secrets
316 Junior Murvin - Police And Thieves
315 Eagles - On The Border
314 Cher - Gypsys, Tramps, & Thieves
313 Carly Simon - Anticipation
312 Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
311 Miles Davis - A Tribute To Jack Johnson
310 Roxy Music - Roxy Music
309 Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
308 Soundtrack - Harder They Come
307 ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
306 Rush - Hemispheres
305 Rod Stewart - Footloose And Fancy Free
304 Crosby Stills Nash And Young - Four Way Street
303 Bryan Ferry - Lets Stick Together
302 Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
301 Abba - Voulez-Vous
300 Neil Diamond - Hot August Night
299 Bob Dylan - Desire
298 Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat
297 The Police - Outlandos D'Amour
296 Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
295 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Imagination
294 Joni Mitchell - For The Roses
293 Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle
292 Supertramp - Breakfast In America
291 Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again
290 Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams
289 John Lennon - Mind Games
288 The Only Ones - The Only Ones
287 Aerosmith - Aerosmith
286 Roxy Music - Country Life
285 Joe Jackson - I'm The Man
284 Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
283 Squeeze - Cool For Cats
282 Randy Newman - Sail Away
281 Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind
280 Chicago - II
279 Kansas - Masque
278 Kris Kristofferson - Jesus Was A Capricorn
277 Linda Ronstadt - Prisoner in Disguise
276 Chicago - V
275 Stooges - Fun House
274 Todd Rundgren - Hermit Of Mink Hollow
273 Faces - Ooo La La
272 Kiss - Alive
271 Patti Smith - Easter
270 Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate
269 Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
268 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
267 Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principal
266 Ian Dury- New Boots and Panties!!
265 The Jam- All Mod Cons
264 Faces- A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... To a Blind Horse
263 Big Star- Third/Sister Lovers
262 Curtis Mayfield- Curtis
261 Badfinger- No Dice
260 Patti Smith- Wave
259 ZZ Top- Tres Hombres
258 Sly & The Family Stone- Fresh
257 Ramones- Rocket to Russia
256 Madness- One Step Beyond
255 AC/DC- High Voltage
254 Bob Marley & The Wailers- Babylon By Bus
253 Rolling Stones- Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!
252 Marvin Gaye- Let's Get It On
251 The Jam- This is the Modern World
250 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band- Stranger In Town
249 Millie Jackson- Caught Up
248 Thin Lizzy- Jailbreak
247 Allman Brothers Band- Brothers and Sisters
246 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
245 ABBA- Arrival
244 Alice Cooper- Love It to Death
243 Rickie Lee Jones- Rickie Lee Jones
242 The Kinks- Misfits
241 Alan Parson Project- Tales of Mystery and Imagination
240 Earth, Wind & Fire- I Am
239 Jim Croce- Life and Times
238 Bonnie Raitt- Give It Up
237 Cher- Take Me Home
236 Stiff Little Fingers- Inflammable Material
235 Badfinger- Straight Up
234 Dave Edmunds- Repeat When Necessary
233 Boz Scaggs- Silk Degrees
232 Superfly soundtrack
231 Joe Jackson- Look Sharp
230 Eric Clapton- Slowhand
229 Moody Blues- Seventh Sojourn
228 John Denver- Poems, Prayers and Promises
227 Talking Heads- 77
226 Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs and Englishmen
225 Loretta Lynn- Coal Miner's Daughter
224 Allman Brothers- Idlewild South
223 Leon Russell- Leon Russell
222 Joni Mitchell- Hejira
221 John Lee Hooker- Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
220 Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath
219 Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson
218 Gram Parsons- Grievous Angel
217 ELO- A New World Record
216 Jackson Browne- Jackson Browne
215 Graham Parker And The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks
214 Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
213 New York Dolls - New York Dolls
212 Styx - Grand Illusion
211 Xtc - Drums And Wires
210 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
209 Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
208 Tommy Bolin - Private Eyes
207 Pure Prairie League - Bustin Out
206 Steely Dan - Katy Lied
205 Soundtrack - Cabaret
204 Jimmy Buffet - A1A
203 Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus
202 Carly Simon - Boys In The Trees
201 Frank Zappa - Overnight Sensation
200 Little Feat - Feats Dont Fail Me Now
199 Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage (Act I)
198 Brian Eno - Another Green World
197 John Prine - Sweet Revenge
196 Al Green - Call Me
195 Todd Rundgren - A Wizard A True Star
194 Police - Reggatta De Blanc
193 Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin Simon
192 Jimmy Buffett - Changes In Latitudes Changes In Attitudes
191 Traffic - Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
190 Jimi Hendrix - The Cry Of Love
189 David Bowie - Young Americans
188 Bill Withers - Just As I Am
187 Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram
186 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced
185 Lou Reed - Transformer
184 Joan Armatrading - To The Limit
183 David Bowie - Hunky Dory
182 Wishbone Ash - Argus
181 The Runaways - The Runaways
180 Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
179 Miles Davis - Get Up With It
178 Donna Summer - Bad Girls
177 Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock n Roll
176 Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
175 Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 1: Car
174 Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
173 Alice Cooper - Killer
172 The Jam - Setting Sons
171 Electric Light Orchestra - Ole (compilation)
170 Talking Heads - Fear of Music
169 Emmylou Harris - Blue Kentucky Girl
168 Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
167 Queen - A Day at The Races
166 Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys Live
165 J. Geils Band - Live: Blow Your Face Out
164 Joni Mitchell - Ladies of The Canyon
163 Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
162 Sparks - Kimono My House
161 Deep Purple - Machine Head
160 Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie
159 The Band - The Last Waltz
158 Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
157 Don McLean - American Pie
156 Heart - Dog And Butterfly
155 Al Green - Lets Stay Together
154 Kansas - Point Of Know Return
153 Elo - Discovery
152 Clash - The Clash
151 Steely Dan - Royal Scam
150 Doors - Morrison Hotel
149 Jackson Browne- The Pretender
148 Foreigner- Double Vision
147 Paul McCartney- McCartney
146 Dire Straits- Dire Straits
145 The Who- Who Are You
144 Three Dog Night- Harmony
143 Cheap Trick- Heaven Tonight
142 Brian Eno- Here Come the Warm Jets
141 David Bowie - Station To Station
140 Public Image Ltd.- Metal Box
139 Sparks- No. 1 in Heaven
138 Al Stewart- Year of the Cat
137 Roxy Music- Siren
136 Prince- Prince
135 Chick Corea- Return To Forever
134 Emmylou Haris- Elite Hotel
133 ZZ Top- Fandango
132 Big Star- #1 Record
131 Traffic- John Barleycorn Must Die
130 Bonnie Raitt- Streetlights
129 Led Zeppelin- In Through the Out Door
128 Nick Lowe- Labour of Lust
127 Robin Trower- Bridge of Sighs
126 Genesis- Trick of the Tail
125 Diana Ross- Touch Me in the Morning
124 Lynyrd Skynyrd- Second Helping
123 Pink Floyd- Meddle
122 KISS- Destroyer
121 Frank Zappa- Joe's Garage (Act II & III)
120 Gladys Knight & The Pips- Neither One of Us
119 David Crosby- If I Could Only Remember My Name
118 Heart- Little Queen
117 Blue Oyster Cult- Agents of Fortune
116 Miles Davis- On the Corner
115 Aretha Franklin- Amazing Grace
114 The Slits- Cut
113 Chicago- Chicago VI
112 Genesis- And Then There Were Three
111 Frank Zappa- Apostrophe
110 Black Sabbath- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
109 Elton John- Honky Chateau
108 Rolling Stones- Goat's Head Soup
107 Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
106 David Bowie - Heroes
105 Marshall Tucker - Searchin For A Rainbow
104 Elton John - Dont Shoot Me Im Only The Piano Player
103 Tom Waits - Small Change
102 Ramones - Leave Home
101 Neil Young - Decade
100 Melanie - Gather Me
99 ELO - Face The Music
98 Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
97 Bad Company - Bad Company
96 David Bowie - Lodger
95 ELO - Out Of The Blue
94 Stooges - Raw Power
93 Specials - The Specials
92 Grateful Dead - Wake Of The Flood
91 Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner
90 Jackson Browne - For Everyman
89 John Prine - Diamonds In The Rough
88 Roches - The Roches
87 MC5 - Back In The USA
86  David Bowie - Low
85  John Prine - Bruised Orange
84  Yes - Going For The One
83  Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley
82  The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band
81   Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson - Waylon & Willie
80  Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
79  John Lennon - Imagine
78  Yes - Close to The Edge
77  Janis Joplin - Pearl
76  Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like A Wheel
75  Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
74  Rush - 2112
73  Billy Joel - Piano Man
72  Black Sabbath - Paranoid
71  The Who - Quadrophenia
70  Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
69  The B-52's - The B-52's
68  Derek & The Dominos - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
67  Yes - Fragile
66  Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection
65 Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
64 Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
63 Patti Smith - Horses
62 Steely Dan - Cant Buy A Thrill
61 Sly And The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin On
60 Willie Nelson- Red Headed Stranger
59 Boston- Boston
58 Elvis Costello- My Aim Is True
57 The Doors- L.A. Woman
56 Peter Frampton- Frampton Comes Alive!
55 Rolling Stones- Some Girls
54 Joni Mitchell- Court and Spark
53 Paul McCartney & Wings- Band on the Run
52 Cat Stevens- Tea for the Tillerman
51 John Prine- John Prine
50 The Velvet Underground- Loaded
49 Blondie- Parallel Lines
48 Pink Floyd- Animals
47 Ramones- Ramones
46 Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin III
45 Elton John- Madman Across the Water
44 Nick Drake- Pink Moon
43 Jethro Tull- Aqualung
42 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- Damn the Torpedoes
41 Television- Marquee Moon
40 Allman Brothers- Live at the Fillmore East
39 Bruce Springsteen- Darkness on the Edge of Town
38 Billy Joel- The Stranger
37 Allman Brothers- Eat a Peach
36 Michael Jackson- Off the Wall
35 James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
34 Grateful Dead- American Beauty
33 Van Halen- Van Halen
32 Neil Young- After the Gold Rush
31 Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy
30 Queen - A Night At The Opera
29 Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
28 Neil Young - Harvest
27 Cars - The Cars
26 Soundtrack - Saturday Night Fever
25 David Bowie - Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
24 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
23 Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
22 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
21 Pink Floyd - The Wall
20 Steely Dan - Aja
19 Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
18  Van Morrison - Moondance
17  Joni Mitchell - Blue
16  Eagles - Hotel California
15  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu
14  Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life
13  Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
12  Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
11  Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
10 Beatles - Let It Be
9  The Clash - London Calling
8  The Who - Who's Next
7  Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
6  Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
5  Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
4  Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
3  Carole King - Tapestry
2  Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
1  Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon

 

Kyle is the WFPK Music Director. Email Kyle at kmeredith@lpm.org

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