The Essentials (Music): The 1970s

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• Amon Düül II / Yeti (1970)
• The Beatles / Let it Be (1970)
• Tim Buckley / Starsailor (1970)
• Vashti Bunyan / Just Another Diamond Day (1970)
• Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band / Lick My Decals Off, Baby (1970)
• Miles Davis / Bitches Brew (1970)
• Nick Drake / Bryter Layter (1970)
• Funkadelic / Funkadelic (1970)
• Jimi Hendrix / Band of Gypsys (1970)
• Led Zeppelin / III (1970)
• John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (1970)
• Linda Perhacs / Parallelograms (1970)
• Soft Machine / Third (1970)
• The Stooges / Funhouse (1970)
• The Velvet Underground / Loaded (1970)
• Neil Young / After the Gold Rush (1970)
• The Beach Boys / Surf's Up (1971)
• David Bowie / Hunky Dory (1971)
• Can / Tago Mago (1971)
• Leonard Cohen / Songs of Love and Hate (1971)
• Comus / First Utterance (1971)
• Karen Dalton / In My Own Time (1971)
• Funkadelic / Maggot Brain (1971)
• Serge Gainsbourg / Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
• Led Zeppelin / Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
• Lucifer / Black Mass (1971)
• Joni Mitchell / Blue (1971)
• Pink Floyd / Meddle (1971)
• Sly & the Family Stone / There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971)
• T. Rex / Electric Warrior (1971)
• Van Der Graaf Generator / Pawn Hearts (1971)
• The Who / Who's Next (1971)
• Ash Ra Tempel / Schwingungen (1972)
• David Bowie / The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust... (1972)
• Can / Ege Bamyasi (1972)
• Miles Davis / Live-Evil (1972)
• Miles Davis / On the Corner (1972)
• Nick Drake / Pink Moon (1972)
• Faust / So Far (1972)
• Neu! / Neu! (1972)
• The Rolling Stones / Exile on Main Street (1972)
• Paul Simon / Paul Simon (1972)
• T. Rex / The Slider (1972)
• Yes / Close to Edge (1972)
• Can / Future Days (1973)
• John Cale / Paris 1919 (1973)
• Herbie Hancock / Headhunters (1973)
• Hawkwind / Space Ritual (1973)
• Iggy & The Stooges / Raw Power (1973)
• Magma / Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh (1973)
• Pink Floyd / Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
• Roxy Music / For Your Pleasure (1973)
• Judee Sill / Heart Food (1973)
• Robert Ashley / In Sara, Mencken, Christ and Beethoven... (1974)
• Cluster / Zuckerzeit (1974)
• Brian Eno / Here Come the Warm Jets (1974)
• Faust / IV (1974)
• King Crimson / Red (1974)
• King Crimson / Starless and Bible Black (1974)
• Queen / Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
• Tangerine Dream / Phaedra (1974)
• Robert Wyatt / Rock Bottom (1974)
• Neil Young / On the Beach (1974)
• Area / Crac! (1975)
• Bob Dylan / Blood on the Tracks (1975)
• Brian Eno / Another Green World (1975)
• Brian Eno / Discreet Music (1975)
• Pink Floyd / Wish You Were Here (1975)
• Harmonia / Deluxe (1975)
• Anikulapo Kuti & Africa '70 / Expensive Shit (1975)
• Patti Smith / Horses (1975)
• The Modern Lovers / The Modern Lovers (1976)
• Ramones / Ramones (1976)
• The Residents / Third Reich 'n' Roll (1976)
• David Bowie / "Heroes" (1977)
• David Bowie / Low (1977)
• The Clash / The Clash (1977)
• Elvis Costello / My Aim is True (1977)
• Brian Eno / Before and After Science (1977)
• Richard Hell and the Voidoids / Blank Generation (1977)
• Kraftwerk / Trans Europe Express (1977)
• Giorgio Morder / From Here to Eternity (1977)
• Iggy Pop / The Idiot (1977)
• Ramones / Rocket to Russia (1977)
• Sex Pistols / Nevermind the Bollocks… (1977)
• Suicide / Suicide (1977)
• Television / Marquee Moon (1977)
• Wire / Pink Flag (1977)
• Big Star / Third/Sister Lovers (1978)
• Black Flag / Nervous Breakdown EP (1978)
• Elvis Costello / This Year’s Model (1978)
• Devo / Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)
• Brian Eno / Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978)
• Hosono & Yokoo / Cochin Moon (1978)
• Kleenex / Untitled (1978)
• Kraftwerk / The Man Machine (1978)
• Nick Lowe / Jesus of Cool (1978)
• Pere Ubu / The Modern Dance (1978)
• Steve Reich / Music for 18 Musicians (1978)
• The Slits / Cut (1978)
• Talking Heads / More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
• This Heat / This Heat (1978)
• Various Artists / No New York (1978)
• Wire / Chairs Missing (1978)
• Art Bears / Winter Songs (1979)
• Buzzcocks / Singles Going Steady (1979)
• The Clash / London Calling (1979)
• Lizzy Mercier Descloux / Press Color (1979)
• Essential Logic / Beat Rhythm News - Waddle Ya Play? (1979)
• Gang of Four / Entertainment! (1979)
• Joy Division / Unknown Pleasures (1979)
• The Pop Group / Y (1979)
• Public Image Ltd. / Metal Box (1979)
• The Raincoats / The Raincoats (1979)
• Swell Maps / A Trip to Marineville (1979)
• Talking Heads / Fear of Music (1979)
• Throbbing Gristle / 20 Jazz Funk Greats (1979)
• Wipers / Is This Real? (1979)
• Wire / 154 (1979)
• XTC / Drums and Wires (1979)