| 1976 - Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|
| Ramones - Ramones | 18 |
| Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record | 10 |
| ABBA - Arrival | 9 |
| AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap | 8 |
| Eagles – Hotel California | 8 |
| Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle | 8 |
| Tom Waits - Small Change | 8 |
| Boston – Boston | 7 |
| Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life | 7 |
| David Bowie - Station to Station | 6 |
| Steely Dan - The Royal Scam | 6 |
| Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees | 5 |
| Bob Dylan - Desire | 4 |
| Graham Parker - Heat Treatment | 4 |
| Kiss - Destroyer | 4 |
| 801 - 801 Live | 3 |
| Cheap Trick - Self-titled | 3 |
| Lynyrd Skynryd – One More From The Road | 3 |
| Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers | 3 |
| Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise | 3 |
| Queen - A Day At The Races | 3 |
| Rolling Stones - Black and Blue | 3 |
| Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak | 3 |
| Jackson Browne - The Pretender | 2 |
| Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene | 2 |
| Split Enz - Second Thoughts | 2 |
| Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon | 2 |
| Billy Joel - Turnstiles | 1 |
| Bob Seger - Live Bullet | 1 |
| Genesis - Trick of the Tail | 1 |
| Herbie Mann - Surprises | 1 |
| Kansas – Leftoverture | 1 |
| Klaatu - Self-titled | 1 |
| Little River Band - After Hours | 1 |
| Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive | 1 |
| The Runaways - The Runaways | 1 |
| Steve Reid - Nova | 1 |
| 1977 - Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|
| Fleetwood Mac - Rumours | 28 |
| Pink Floyd - Animals | 17 |
| Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols | 17 |
| Bob Marley - Exodus | 9 |
| The Saints - I’m Stranded | 9 |
| The Clash - The Clash | 6 |
| David Bowie - Low | 6 |
| Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue | 6 |
| Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell | 6 |
| Rush - A Farewell To Kings | 5 |
| Television - Marquee Moon | 5 |
| Steely Dan – Aja | 4 |
| Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 | 4 |
| Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever | 3 |
| Eric Clapton - Slowhand | 3 |
| Miles Davis - Dark Magus | 3 |
| Wire - Pink Flag | 3 |
| Brian Eno - Before and After Science | 2 |
| Cheap Trick - In Colour | 2 |
| The Dingoes - Five Times the Sun | 2 |
| Idris Muhammad - Turn This ■■■■■ Out | 2 |
| Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express | 2 |
| Muddy Waters - Hard Again | 2 |
| Richard Clapton - Goodbye Tiger | 2 |
| Tom Waits - Foreign Affairs | 2 |
| Alan Parsons Project – I Robot | 1 |
| The Angels - The Angels | 1 |
| Bill Evans - Quintessence | 1 |
| Billy Joel - The Stranger | 1 |
| Cerrone - Supernature | 1 |
| David Bowie - Heroes | 1 |
| Gil Scott Herron and Brian Jackson - Bridges | 1 |
| Iggy Pop - Lust For Life | 1 |
| J. Geils Band - Monkey Island | 1 |
| Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (aka Car) | 1 |
| Ramones - Rocket To Russia | 1 |
| Yes - Going For The One | 1 |
| 1978 - Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|
| Blondie - Parallel Lines | 16 |
| Van Halen - Van Halen | 15 |
| The Cars - The Cars | 12 |
| The Angels – Face To Face | 10 |
| Cold Chisel - Cold Chisel | 9 |
| The Rolling Stones - Some Girls | 8 |
| The Saints - Eternally Yours | 7 |
| Brian Eno - Ambient 1 Music for Airports | 6 |
| Dire Straits – Dire Straits | 6 |
| Gerry Rafferty - City To City | 6 |
| Thin Lizzy – Live & Dangerous | 5 |
| Tom Waits - Blue Valentine | 5 |
| Kate Bush - The Kick Inside | 4 |
| Big Star - Third | 3 |
| Bob Seger - Stranger In Town | 3 |
| Boney M - Night Flight To Venus | 3 |
| Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight | 3 |
| Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! | 3 |
| Elvis Costello And The Attractions - This Year’s Model | 3 |
| Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds | 3 |
| Magazine - Real Life | 3 |
| Muddy Waters - I’m Ready | 3 |
| The Police - Outlandos d’Amour | 3 |
| Rush - Hemispheres | 3 |
| Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food | 3 |
| Townes Van Zandt - Flyin Shoes | 3 |
| The Band - The Last Waltz | 2 |
| Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus | 2 |
| Lou Reed - Street Hassle | 2 |
| Queen - Jazz | 2 |
| Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Scream | 2 |
| Ultravox - Systems Of Romance | 2 |
| The Who - Who Are You | 2 |
| Billy Joel - 52nd Street | 1 |
| Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick at Budokan | 1 |
| Jackson Browne - Running on Empty | 1 |
| Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Machine | 1 |
| Rose Tattoo - Rose Tattoo | 1 |
| Wire - Chairs Missing | 1 |
| 1979 - Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|
| Pink Floyd – The Wall | 24 |
| Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures | 15 |
| The Clash - London Calling | 12 |
| Michael Jackson - Off The Wall | 8 |
| AC/DC - Highway To Hell | 7 |
| Kiss - Dynasty | 7 |
| The Police - Reggatta de Blanc | 6 |
| Dire Straits - Communique | 5 |
| Fleetwood Mac -Tusk | 5 |
| Gang of Four Entertainment | 5 |
| Cold Chisel - Breakfast at Sweethearts | 4 |
| Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery | 4 |
| Supertramp - Breakfast In America | 4 |
| Talking Heads - Fear Of Music | 4 |
| Earth, Wind, & Fire - I Am | 3 |
| Led Zeppelin – In Through The Out Door | 3 |
| Midnight Oil - Head Injuries | 3 |
| Muddy Waters - Muddy “Mississippi” Waters Live | 3 |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps | 3 |
| Split Enz - Frenzy | 3 |
| Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes | 3 |
| Van Halen - Van Halen II | 3 |
| XTC - Drums & Wires | 3 |
| Bette Midler - The Rose Soundtrack | 2 |
| The Cars – Candy-O | 2 |
| Cheap Trick - Dream Police | 2 |
| Gerry Rafferty -Night Owl | 2 |
| Joe Jackson - Look Sharp | 2 |
| Sex Pistols (technically) - Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle | 2 |
| The B-52s - The B-52s | 1 |
| Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces | 1 |
| Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks | 1 |
| James Taylor - Flag | 1 |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live Rust | 1 |
| Sister Sledge - We Are Family | 1 |
| The Slits - Cut | 1 |
| The Specials - The Specials | 1 |
| Toto - Hydra | 1 |
Top Albums from each year:
| Year | Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmos Factory | 20 |
| 1971 | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV | 31 |
| 1972 | The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St | 25 |
| 1973 | Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon | 41 |
| 1974 | Skyhooks – Living In The 70s | 23 |
| 1975 | Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here | 32 |
| 1976 | Ramones - Ramones | 18 |
| 1977 | Fleetwood Mac - Rumours | 28 |
| 1978 | Blondie - Parallel Lines | 16 |
| 1979 | Pink Floyd – The Wall | 24 |
Full List
1970
Aretha Franklin - Spirit In The Dark
The Beatles - Let it Be
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
Chicago - Chicago II
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmos Factory
Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Déjà Vu
Deep Purple - In Rock
The Doors - Morrison Hotel
F a n n y - F a n n y
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Grateful Dead - Workingman’s Dead
James Brown - Sex Machine
James Gang - Rides Again
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
MC5 - Back in the USA
Miles Davis - B*tches Brew
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
Patto - Self-titled
Richie Havens - Alarm Clock
Rodriguez- Cold Fact
Rolling Stones - Get Your Ya-Ya’s Out
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Soundtrack - Jesus Christ Superstar
The Stooges - Fun House
Tony Joe White - Tony Joe
Van Morrison - Moondance
Velvet Underground - Loaded
1971
Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East
Beach Boys - Surf’s Up
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Can - Tago Mago
Carole King - Tapestry
Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat
Daddy Who? - Daddy Cool
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
David Crosby - If Only I Could Remember My Name
Don McLean - American Pie
The Doors - L.A. Woman
Electric Light Orchestra - Electric Light Orchestra
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Grateful Dead - Skull and Bones
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
J.J. Cale - Naturally
John Lennon - Imagine
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Paul McCartney - Ram
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Rory Gallagher - Rory Gallagher
T.Rex - Electric Warrior
The Who - Who’s Next
Yes - The Yes Album
1972
Alice Cooper - School’s Out
Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
Big Star - #1 Record
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Cymande - Cymande
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Deep Purple – Machine Head
Eagles - Eagles
Elton John - Honky Chateau
Little Feat - Sailin’ Shoes
Lou Reed - Lou Reed
Lou Reed - Transformer
The Moody Blues – Seventh Sojourn
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (live)
Neil Young - Harvest
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St
Santana - Caravanserai
Slade - Slade Alive
Slade - Slayed
Steely Dan - Can’t Buy a Thrill
Todd Rundgren - Something Anything
Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
Uriah Heep – Demons and Wizards
Yes - Close to the Edge
1973
Billy Cobham - Spectrum
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
Coloured Balls - Summer Jam
David Bowie – Aladdin Sane
The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me
The Eagles - Desperado
Ella Fitzgerald - Live at Carnegie Hall
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Gram Parsons - GP
Herbie Hancock - Sextant
Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power
Jim Croce - Life And Times
John Lennon - Mind Games
John Martyn - Solid Air
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Lou Reed - Berlin
Marvin Gaye - Lets Get It On
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Montrose - Montrose
New York Dolls - New York Dolls
Paul McCartney and Wings - Band On The Run
Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
Queen - Queen
Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
Roxy Music - Stranded
Sopwith Camel - The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
The Stooges - Raw Power
Todd Rundgren – A Wizard, a True Star
Tom Waits - Closing Time
The Who - Quadrophenia
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
1974
Bad Company – Bad Company
Betty Davis - They Say I’m Different
Big Star - Radio City l
Bob Dylan & The Band - Before the Flood
Bob Marley - Nattydread
Brian Protheroe - Pinball
Clifford Jordan - Glass Bead Games
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado
Etta James - Come a Little Closer
Felton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
Funkadelic - Standing on The Verge of Getting It On
George Harrison - Dark Horse
Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
Herbie Hancock - Thrust
John Denver - Back Home Again
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
King Crimson - Red
Kiss - Hotter Than Hell
KISS - KISS
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like A Wheel
Neil Young - On The Beach
Queen - Queen II
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Rolling Stones - Only Rock N Roll
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74
Ry Cooder - Paradise and Lunch
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
Skyhooks – Living In The 70s
Sparks - Kimono My House
The Spinners - Mighty Love
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
Stevie Wright - Hard Road
Supertramp – Crime Of The Century
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Tom Waits - Heart of Saturday Night
The Velvet Underground - 1969: The Velvet Underground Live
1975
10CC - The Original Soundtrack
ACDC - High Voltage
AC/DC - TNT
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Bob Marley - Live
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
Electric Light Orchestra - Face the Music
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
Grover Washington - Mister Magic
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
KISS - Alive! -
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
Masaru Imada Trio - Green Catapillar
Neil Young - Tonight’s The Night
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Zuma
Neu! - Neu! '75
Nils Lofgren - Nils Lofgren
Parliament - Mothership Connection
Patti Smith - Horses
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Queen - A Night At The Opera
Roxy Music - Siren
Rush - Fly By Night
Soundtrack - Rocky Horror Picture Show
Steely Dan - Katy Lied
Stretch - Elastique
Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner
War - Why Can’t We Be Friends
Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
1976
801 - 801 Live
ABBA - Arrival
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Bob Dylan - Desire
Bob Seger - Live Bullet
Boston – Boston
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
Cheap Trick - Self-titled
David Bowie - Station to Station
Eagles – Hotel California
Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
Genesis - Trick of the Tail
Graham Parker - Heat Treatment
Herbie Mann - Surprises
Jackson Browne - The Pretender
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene
Kansas – Leftoverture
Kiss - Destroyer
Klaatu - Klaatu
Little River Band - After Hours
Lynyrd Skynryd – One More From The Road
Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers
Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise
Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive
Queen - A Day At The Races
Ramones - Ramones
Rolling Stones - Black and Blue
The Runaways - The Runaways
Split Enz - Second Thoughts
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
Steve Reid - Nova
Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Tom Waits - Small Change
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
1977
Alan Parsons Project – I Robot
The Angels - The Angels
Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever
Bill Evans - Quintessence
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Bob Marley - Exodus
Brian Eno - Before and After Science
Cerrone - Supernature
Cheap Trick - In Colour
The Clash - The Clash
David Bowie - Low
The Dingoes - Five Times the Sun
Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue
Eric Clapton - Slowhand
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Gil Scott Herron and Brian Jackson - Bridges
Idris Muhammad - Turn This M utha Out
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
J. Geils Band - Monkey Island
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Miles Davis - Dark Magus
Muddy Waters - Hard Again
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (aka Car)
Pink Floyd - Animals
Ramones - Rocket To Russia
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
The Saints - I’m Stranded
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols
Steely Dan – Aja
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77
Television - Marquee Moon
Tom Waits - Foreign Affairs
Wire - Pink Flag
Yes - Going For The One
1978
The Angels – Face To Face
The Band - The Last Waltz
Big Star - Third
Billy Joel - 52nd Street
Blondie - Parallel Lines
Bob Seger - Stranger In Town
Boney M - Night Flight To Venus
Brian Eno - Ambient 1 Music for Airports
The Cars - The Cars
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick at Budokan
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
Cold Chisel - Cold Chisel
Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Dire Straits – Dire Straits
Elvis Costello And The Attractions - This Year’s Model
Gerry Rafferty - City To City
Jackson Browne - Running on Empty
Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Machine
Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus
Lou Reed - Street Hassle
Magazine - Real Life
Muddy Waters - I’m Ready
The Police - Outlandos d’Amour
The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Queen - Jazz
Rush - Hemispheres
The Saints - Eternally Yours
Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Scream
More Songs About Buildings and Food - Talking Heads
Thin Lizzy – Live & Dangerous
Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
Townes Van Zandt - Flyin Shoes
Ultravox - Systems Of Romance
Van Halen - Van Halen
The Who - Who Are You
Wire - Chairs Missing
1979
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
The B-52s - The B-52s
Bette Midler - The Rose Soundtrack
The Cars – Candy-O
Cheap Trick - Dream Police
The Clash - London Calling
Cold Chisel - Breakfast at Sweethearts
Dire Straits - Communique
Earth, Wind, & Fire - I Am
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces
Fleetwood Mac -Tusk
Gang of Four Entertainment
Gerry Rafferty -Night Owl
James Taylor - Flag
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Kiss - Dynasty
Led Zeppelin – In Through The Out Door
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Midnight Oil - Head Injuries
Muddy Waters - Muddy “Mississippi” Waters Live
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live Rust
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
Pink Floyd – The Wall
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
Sex Pistols (technically) - Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle
Sister Sledge - We Are Family
The Slits - Cut
The Specials - The Specials
Split Enz - Frenzy
Supertramp - Breakfast In America
Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes
Toto - Hydra
Van Halen - Van Halen II
XTC - Drums & Wires