Top 10 Best Rock Albums Of The 70’s

[@purpletemple1]

Deep Purple-In Rock Led Zeppelin-LZII Black Sabbath-s/t King Crimson-In the Court of the Crimson King Yes-Close to the Edge Bowie-Aladdin Sane Queen-A Night at the Opera Rainbow-Rising Judas Priest-Sad Wings of Destiny Van Halen-s/t

[@Billyness]

#1- The Wall- Pink Floyd #2- Destroyer - KISS #3- Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf #4- Live Bootleg -Aerosmith #5 -Some Girls -Rolling Stones #6- Foreigner - Foreigner #7- Boston - Boston #8- Blondes Have More Fun - Rod Stewart #9- Live -April Wine 10- In Rock -Deep Purple I could have easily listed 100. The 70s ruled.

[@RVALMAT]

It's almost impossible to pick just 10 albums from that golden decade. But I will try to. 1. The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) 2. Double Vision (Foreigner) 3. Led Zeppelin IV (Led Zeppelin) 4. Hotel California (The Eagles) 5. Rising (Rainbow) 6. Sabotage (Black Sabbath) 7. Selling England by the Pound (Genesis) 8. Look at Yourself (Uriah Heep) 9. Don't Look Back (Boston) 10. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (David Bowie) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Bonus (not necessarily in that order): 11. Rumours (Fleetwood Mac) 12. Sticky Fingers (The Rolling Stones) 13. Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen) 14. Harvest (Neil Young) 15. Who's Next (The Who) 16. Burn (Deep Purple) 17. Tres Hombres (ZZ Top) 18. Red (King Crimson) 19. I Wan t You (Marvin Gaye) 20. Talking Book (Stevie Wonder) 21. Song for America (Kansas) 22. Heaven Tonight (Cheap Trick) 23. E Pluribus Funk (Grand Funk Railroad) 24. Black Rose (Thin Lizzy) 25. Gimme Back My Bullets (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 26. The Yes Album (Yes) 27. Get The Knack (The Knack) 28. Sad Wings of Destiny (Judas Priest) 29. Fly to the Rainbow (Scorpions) 30. Highway to Hell (AC/DC) 31. Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan) 32. Aerosmith (Aerosmith) 33. Workingman's Dead (Greateful Dead) 34. Santana III (Santana) 35. Pieces of Eight (Styx) 36. Crime of the Century (Supertramp) 37. Infinity (Journey) 38. Damn the Torpedoes (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) 39. Band on the Run (Paul McCartney and the Wings) 40. All Things Must Pass (George Harrison) 41. Razamanaz (Nazareth) 42. Sheer Heart Attack (Queen) 43. Benefit (Jethro Tull) 44. Tumbleweed Connection (Elton John) 45. Slayed? (Slade) 46. Electric Warrior (T. Rex) 47. Billion Dollar Babies (Alice Cooper) 48. Stranded (Roxy Music) 49. John Barleycorn Must Die (Traffic) 50. Fire and Water (Free) 51. A Nod is as Good as a Wink... (Faces) 52. Fear of Music (Talking Heads) 53. Burning Sky (Bad Company) 54. Every Picture Tells a Story (Rod Stewart) 55. Cosmos Factory (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 56. Dire Straits (Dire Straits) 57. French Kiss (Bob Welch) 58. Discovery (Electric Light Orchestra) 59. Night Moves (Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band) 60. Year of the Cat (Al Stewart)

[@julistrauss870]

Hi Brendon, and thanks again for your videos. This one really takes me back. I owned 8 of these albums, yes albums. I know I've said it before, but how could you leave out Thin Lizzy?!? My favorite band at the time. It makes me sad to think that if Phil had lived longer, all the music he could have made for us to love!

[@davidhenriksen7502]

Thank you for including Some Girls by the Rolling Stones in your top ten rock albums of the 70s. I still get excited when "Miss You" pops up on the radio.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yeah it’s such a great album! I never get tired of it.

[@texasbassranger]

Nice presentation man. I will say, I think Get Your Wings should be in that list. This was the perfect representation of Raunch and Roll. SOS (Too Bad) and Lord of the Thighs are just adrenaline-pumping rock and roll. But other than that, I think you nailed it. Glad you did mention Who's Next though. My Wife makes me giggle every time I hear it.

[@domielakrabi3276]

Finally a new Top 10 episode! 🙂 I love this kind of episodes. Cool selection of albums! VH debut at the top!!! I still remember the day I heard Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love for the very first time.🤟 On my list would be some Thin Lizzy in it - Johnny the Fox ... David Bowie - Station to Station or Ziggy Stardust and maybe Springsteen - some of his best albums were in the 70's.

[@BrendonSnyder]

…then you’ll be happy because tomorrow another Top 10 list will be posting for the 80’s!

[@the80slivehere]

Hi Brendon: Your thoughtful choices are excellent! Your list is pure you. 👍. I own 7 of 11. I would have a hard time placing The Who Who's Next as an Honorable Mention. I am sure that you would surmise that. But I would also have a hard time leaving out Bad Company self-titled, Al Stewart Year of the Cat, Meatloaf Bat Out of Hell, and Bruce Springsteen Born To Run. How could I leave out David Bowie and Iggy? I could never omit late 1970s Punk and New Wave. I find this a noble but impossible task. 😊. While I love the GR80s, the 70s had so many diverse rock albums. Rock Always! - Heather

[@thetruthhurts6652]

Nice list, I’d probably replace physical graffiti with LZ4, definitely would have Queen News of the World in there and I would put Machinehead higher because it influenced many of those in your list and it’s a perfect album.

[@BrendonSnyder]

All great albums for sure! But I can’t do Led Zeppelin 4. In my opinion it’s over rated by comparison to their other work which is better. But of course it’s just my opinion. I know how classic LZ4 is.

[@matt07a74]

Great video and I enjoyed the selection wasn't just the biggest '70s albums. I appreciated the Tom Petty mention. 🤘 My top ten: 10. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV 09. Bad Company - Bad Company 08. Fleetwood Mac - Rumors 07. Foreigner - Foreigner 06. Joe Walsh - So What 05. Deep Purple - Machine Head 04. The Beatles - Let It Be 03. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive! 02. Boston - Boston 01. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

[@BrendonSnyder]

Glad to see Led Zeppelin IV isn’t in the number one spot. Great number one and number two picks!

[@riverrat55]

Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath Black Sabbath- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Black Sabbath-Volume 4 Pink Floyd- The Wall Kiss- Alive -ll Styx-Pieces of Eight Blue Oyster Cult- Some Enchanted Evening Fleetwood Mac-Rumors Meatloaf- Bat Out of Hell Heart-Dream Boat Annie

[@thomaswery3087]

can't argue with your list Brendon.I would have had Aqualung by Tull,CTTE by Yes on my list but you only have 10 to list so it's still a flip of a coin

[@jameswilson7084]

My Top 10 rock albums of the '70's would go: Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Bruce Springsteen: Born To Run The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers Boston: Boston Black Sabbath: Paranoid Eagles: Hotel California Fleetwood Mac: Rumours The Who: Who's Next Led Zeppelin: IV Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon

[@jameswilson7084]

That's counting down from 10 to 1. And David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust gets my honorable mention for #11.

[@joet6434]

Great list Mr Snyder, love all the records listed. I would also add Derek And The Dominoes - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs, Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Neil Young - After The Goldrush, The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East, Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality, ACDC-Powerage, The Faces - A Nod’s As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse, Jethro Tull - Aqualung, Janis Joplin - Pearl, Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride, The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers, T. Rex - Electric Warrior, Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach, Black Sabbath - Vol 4, David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes, Lou Reed - Transformer, The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street, Steely Dan - Can’t Buy A Thrill, Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies, Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery, Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power, Nazareth - Razamanaz, New York Dolls - New York Dolls, The Who - Quadrophenia, ZZ Top - Tres Hombres, Bad Company - Bad Company, Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard, Deep Purple - Burn, Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping, Queen - Sheer Heart Attack, Bad Company - Straight Shooter, Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow, Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks, Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here, Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run, AC/DC - High Voltage, Aerosmith - Rocks, Kansas - Leftoverture, Kiss - Destroyer, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Queen - A Day At The Races, Rainbow - Rising, Ramones - Ramones, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves, Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak, AC/DC - Let There Be Rock, Eric Clapton - Slowhand, Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True, The Damned - Damned Damned Damned, Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue, Fleetwood Mac - Rumours, Heart - Little Queen, Pink Floyd - Animals, Television - Marquee Moon, Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation, Dire Straits - Dire Straits, The Jam - All Mod Cons, Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet, Ramones - Road To Ruin, Toto - Toto, Van Halen - Van Halen. Apologies, i went on a bit but the 70s have too many great albums for me to limit it to ten.

[@ivanfortuny2244]

Great choices in My humble opinión the Rolling stones exile on Main street is their Masterpiece Also sticky fingers is great some girls has a little disco influence But is a Great album.congratulations Nice video.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yeah there is really no bad Stones album. There are so many that could have made the list.

[@mikaelbodin9178]

What a great list. I would probably put Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen on the list, but hey, what to leave out?

[@scottking3287]

Excellent list

[@A-Man79]

1. Van Halen 2. Kiss - Destroyer 3. Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic 4. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock 5. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak 6. Led Zeppelin IV 7. Deep Purple - Machine Head 8. Queen - A Night At The Opera 9. Alice Cooper - School's Out 10. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

[@jeffschielka7845]

Hey Brendon! Like with any list or ranking it basically boils down to personal opinion. Top ten for a certain year maybe. But for a decade, has to be at least a top one hundred, maybe even five hundred. There's just too much great music in any given decade. Take care!😎

[@cristianosorio2517]

Hi Brendon!! i think this has to be one of the most difficult tasks to do, as the 70's is probably the best decade in music. Of course every list will be completely different, mine will add Queen (News.....), Yes, Jethro Tull, just to name a few. cheers and be well

[@AndDeathForAll82]

1. Van Halen- Van Halen 2. Boston- Boston 3. Robin Trower- Bridge of Sighs 4. Judas Priest- Sin After Sin 5. Black Sabbath- Master of Reality 6. Rainbow- Rising 7. Aerosmith- Rocks 8. Scorpions- Taken by Force 9. Queen- Sheer Heart Attack 10. Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here

[@magicbus63]

1. Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti 2. The Who Who's Next 3. The Doors L.A Woman 4. The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers 5. AC/DC Highway To Hell 6. Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon 7. Van Halen Van Halen 8. Boston Boston 9. Bruce Springsteen Born To Run 10. Deep Purple Machine Head

[@RobNY5150]

Very cool video - great channel btw. I have to admit I grew up in the 80s so my interests are mostly the 80s - mid 90s but VH1 is easily my favorite 70s album and in my top 5 favorites of all time.

[@melvincalladine8187]

Who's next probably my favourite who album . When I saw the who in Sheffield I was singing along to bargain and Roger daltrey nodded to me . A moment in time etched in my memory

[@eugenehewitt2917]

I agree with Boston. I would have added Meatloaf- Bat, ELO - New World Record, Supertramp- Breakfast, Foreigner, and Styx - Grand Illusion.

[@royceinthehouse842]

Hi Brendon, great topic

[@mikecamilli1047]

I think Boston should be the #1. Every song a great one.

[@evanjeffries2272]

Since I love all those albums I really can't disagree with your list. My personal #1 is Quadrophenia by The Who

[@ZlONIST_OCCUPlED_GOVERNMENT]

Hey great video 👍 .. you seem like you really know your music. I wonder if you or anyone reading this comment can help me identify a Rock song that I used to listen to years ago but I actually lost the cd that it was on.. It was a 70s Rock compilation CD and the song was quite about an encounter with Aliens / UFO’s and it had quite fast paced galloping riff guitar sounds. Some of the lyrics I remember were “ Couldn’t believe my eyes.. out of the night suddenly it appeared.. someone’s master plan.. And I’m almost sure there was certain parts of song where the band sang the word Aliens .. and also “ mother mother “ in a soft way.. I have searched and searched Google and nothing shows up.. I just can’t remember the rest of the lyrics, but hopefully some Rock fans will be able to help. I would really appreciate it 👍

[@MartyMurray]

You've made some great choices, Brendon. I would change to Sticky Fingers from the Stones, instead of Some Girls, and the Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie definitely needs to be in there. Hard to pick a top 10 from an era that had the best rock music of all time.

[@אביצאלי-כ8ז]

there are so many great albums in the 70s that you could make part 2

[@j.j.guerrieri5257]

Highway To Hell can easily be the best rock album of the 70s, so many great albums to choose from in that decade, Van Halen I, ZZ Top Tres Hombres, Rush 2112 so much great stuff

[@alexvigil29]

Agreed Highway to hell is the best album of the 1970s

[@BRNRDNCK]

This is a really bad opinion

[@briankessler3501]

Would've had a hard time picking one hundred records for the '70's, not sure how you whittled it down to ten. Nevertheless it is a pretty damn good list (to start). Lol. Thanks Brendon. 💯

[@phrankzinatra]

Absolutely great stuff. I heartily agree there are several others that could be on this list. Other albums by Zeppelin (IV) and Aerosmith (Rocks) would surely qualify. I'd also consider Meat Loaf (Bat Out of Hell), Styx (The Grand Illusion), and perhaps, the darkest of dark horses, Montrose (s/t).

[@Nac017]

Not in any particular order: Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon ,Wish You Were Here, The Wall The Who: Who’s Next Van Halen: S/T Aerosmith: Toys in the Attic Boston: S/T Led Zeppelin: 4 Black Sabbath: S/T, Paranoid, and Master of Reality AC/DC: Highway to Hell

[@tendraftsdeep]

Great video list!

[@geotechmore8855]

Van Halen! Yeah my fave VH album! Some Girls my fave RS album! AC/DC it's Powerage for me..

[@JJ-ez3tr]

Great list. For Led Zeppelin, I prefer IV over PG.

[@VanHalenStarWars]

Totally agree. VH one set the template for sound and style the next decade. VH 2 was also an incredible album!! 🤟🤟 Both of these albums are timeless and have stood the test of time!! Genre defining..the 80s before 1980..

[@jettloaf]

Brendon, I agree witt your list, but 1. VH, Boston, TP & The Heartbreakers, PL, Stones etc. I know you can't put them all on there, but I can't believe you forgot Meatloaf's 'Bat Out of Hell', it dominated the last 3 years of the decade! IMO, I would have swapped that one out with AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell'.

[@quolizzy1554]

Hi Brendon, while I did enjoy your choice of top ten albums of the 70's, I felt it was based heavily on US sales, which I understand as you are in the states, but there have been some massive albums that are missed from the UK perspective. Albums like Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous, which was only held off the number 1 spot by the Grease soundtrack. Also Queen - A night at the opera, also seen now as a classic rock album. Oh and what about Fleetwood Mac - Rumours? And Americas own Meat Loaf - Bat out of hell? And Status Quo - Hello. Rainbow - Rising. Deep Purple - In Rock. All these awesome albums need adding to your list or to be concidered mate. Just saying.

[@mikecamilli1047]

I think Sticky Fingers should be the Stones album in the top 10 imo!

[@BrendonSnyder]

I can see that one easily being in the list too. Great album.

[@dangaucher2245]

Angel-Helluva Band is Freakin' Awesome and I would have to Kick out a Stone Cold Classic out of the top Ten to put it in

[@hyderzuern5664]

I think acdc highway to hell is 1of the best of all time great songs good arangement and its bons last album perfect ending to the decade

[@DC-xx4kv]

Which album was the largest selling record then? FCA.

[@geographyinaction7814]

There are a few albums that need to be on a list, not necessrily this list; RUSH for one. Fleetwood Mac Rumours, and a host of albums from that genre could be added. The Police Outlandos D'Amour, the post-punk band that became the biggest band since the Beatles and helped not just punk, and new wave, but rock. Never Mind the Bollocks...The Sex Pistols revolutionized pop, rock, the music industry was put on its ass, as was England.

[@relayernj]

Too difficult to narrow the decade to 10 albums for me. So much good stuff. Maybe, 10 for each year.

[@paulweaver]

Hi Brendon where's Montrose 1973 p.s just my choice 🤘🤣🤣

[@Original_Lurke_fromthe_Unknown]

In my opinion you could have also mentioned at least in your honorable mentions Queen Night at the Opera. Because of the song Bohemian Rhapsody the greatest song ever recorded by Queen imo. But I know it counts Brendon. 👍🏻

[@dangaucher2245]

Machine Head has "Deep Tracks" like Pictures of home and Maybe i'm a leo not to mention Lazy!

[@dirkbag22]

No offense intended but Who's Next is one of the greatest, top 3 easy. On a list like this, we have to go with the best known albums, like London Calling, The Clash; Beatles, Abbey Road; Queen, A Night at the Opera; Led Zeppelin IV; Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street; Beach Boys, Pet Sounds; The Who, Who's Next; Fleetwood Mac, Rumours; Springsteen, Born to Run and Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited.

[@BrendonSnyder]

No offense taken but you’ve just listed a bunch of albums from the 60’s (Abbey Road, Pet Sounds, Highway 61 Revisited) and this list was albums from the 70’s….

[@dirkbag22]

@@BrendonSnyder ACK!! Oh man, color me stupid. I apologize. I'll try to amend that list when I have a moment. Lame. Oh brother sorry.

[@christopherrichardson5352]

Where is AC/DC Highway to Hell or Fleetwood Mac Rumors or The Eagles Hotel California or Dire Straits debut or Peter Frampton Frampton Comes Alive just to mention a few???

[@robertwatt4248]

Nice list Brendan and I note there is some cultural differences to your favourites. VH, Arrosmith & Tom Petty wouldn't make most people's top 10 in the UK or Europe I dont think. I always struggle to appreciate VH1 as a rock classic other than Eddie's ground breaking tour. Apart from the three sings you mentioned I think it comparably weak and DLR dosnt really have the pipes. He was really a showboat with lots of charisma. Anyway it's all subjective Brendan and here's mine. Close To The Edge Queen 2 Boston - S/T Demons & Wizards Lights Out Jailbreak Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Led Zep 2 Brain Salad Surgery Billion € Babies

[@robertwatt4248]

Meant Edddies groundbreaking guitar technique.

[@JCStorm76]

Do you like Status Quo? I don’t think I’ve ever heard you talk about them. Their run of about four or five 70s albums in a row is almost unmatched for its time in my opinion but for some reason they’re rarely mentioned

[@BrendonSnyder]

I’ve tried to get into them but their style isn’t for me. But I know they’re really popular.

[@mutant_blues]

Early Quo were great! After "Dog of two head" they turned into a 3 chord joke...

[@JCStorm76]

@@mutant_blues No

[@zbaby82]

I disagree with some of these. For instance I'd like to nominate Frampton Comes Alive, Heart's four 70s albums, Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Wall, Gary Wright's Dream Weaver, Manfred Mann's Earth Band's The Roaring Silence, Led Zeppelin II, Supertramp's Breakfast In America, Dan Fogelberg's Phoenix, Linda Ronstadt - Living In The USA, etc. There's so many others. And of course everyone's list would probably be different.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yes everyone has their favorites…but it’s just 10 so start narrowing down your nominations!

[@mikenealon4042]

UFO lights out scorpions taken by force

[@mutant_blues]

That's impossible, but here are 10 of the greatest of that decade: Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Uriah Heep - Salisbury Neil Young + Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps King Crimson - Red Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy Magma - Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh The Groundhogs - Split Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow Zipper - s/t

[@sveinsigurdgismarvik4445]

Thin Lizzy, Black Rose? 😮

[@mondoenterprises6710]

Ziggy Played Guitarrrrrrrr!!!!!!

[@stevebird9510]

Those aren't Albums. Those are cd's. Show me the Vynil....

[@BrendonSnyder]

You’re incorrect. An album is the music as a whole. Your confusing the word record with album. A record and vinyl are the same. But a record and CD are both albums.