Best Albums 1970-1974
 

Okay since the 80s was very hard to narrow down Seltzer and I decided we'd split the decades in half and see how that goes. If it doesn't work out we'll just merge the two. So nominate your favorite albums from 1970-74!

My Nominations:
The Beach Boys "Sunflower"
The Beatles "Let It Be"
Big Star "#1 Record"
Big Star "Radio City"
Bob Dylan "New Morning"
George Harrison "All Things Must Pass"
Joni Mitchell "Blue"
Linda Perhacs "Parallelograms"
Nick Drake "Bryter Layter"
Nick Drake "Pink Moon"
Vashti Bunyan "Just Another Diamond Day"

David Bowie-Ziggy Stardust/ The Man Who Sold The World.
Pink Floyd-Meddle.
Barclay James Harvest-Once again.
Marvin ***e-What's Going On?
Stevie Wonder-Innervisions.
Tangerine Dream-Phaedra.
Faust-IV.
Jethro Tull-Aqualung.
Frank Zappa-Weasels Ripped My Flesh.
Fela Kuti-Shakara.
John Martyn-Solid Air.

Can - Tago Mago
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Can - Future Days
The Stooges - Funhouse
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Frank Zappa - Overnite Sensation
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
Frank Zappa - Weasel's Ripped My Flesh
Captain Beefheart - Lick My Decals Off, Baby
Faust - IV
Neu! - s/t
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Amon Duul II - Yeti
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori (original release)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Soft Machine - Third
Henry Cow - Unrest
Ash Ra Temple - Schwingungen
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Brainticket - Psychonaut
The Residents - Meet The Residents
Herbie Hanco'ck - Head Hunters
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black

^^
Wish You Were Here was 1975 fella, but how could I forget Sabbath? Good call.

I think Wish You Were Here is from 1975...
Anyway my list is:

Derek and the Dominos-Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Led Zeppelin-III
Led Zeppelin-IV
The Doors-LA Woman
The Who-Who's Next
Pink Floyd-The Dark Side of the Moon
Lynyrd Skynyrd-(pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)
Bruce Springsteen-The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
Neil Young-After the Gold Rush
Pink Floyd-Meddle

James Brown - Super Bad
Curtis Mayfield - Roots / Superfly
T-Rex - Electric Warrior
Mountain - Flowers of Evil
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
Hawkwind - In Search Of Space / Space Ritual
Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin On / Fresh
New York Dolls - S/T
Alice Cooper - Love It To Death / Billion Dollar Babies
Roxy Music - S/T / For Your Pleasure
Miles Davis - Live-Evil
John Cale - Paris 1919
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book / Innervisions
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Sparks - Kimono My House
Rolling Stones - Get Yer YaYa's Out / Exile On Main Street

MB's Top 100 Albums of the 70-74 - Rate Your Music

There's the list for those of you that want to keep tabs on the progress. I've added everything so far and through on a few others as well.

This is sad guys.

Red-King Crimson

Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Ash
King Crimson - Lizard
Led Zeppelin - III
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Led Zeppelin - IV
Comus - First Utterance (everyone needs to listen to this, PM me ;) )
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jethro Tull - Thick as A Brick
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage
Gentle Giant - Octopus
Capability Brown - From Scratch (Again PM)
Genesis - Foxtrot
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Capability Brown - Voice (PM Again)
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Magma - Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh (with all the symbols right)
Camel - Camel
Frank Zappa - ' (Apostrophe)
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack