Top 100 - Best Rock-Albums Of
The Sixties, Seventies & Eighties



(countdown compiled bei EKR-UK &
Rock 102 Springfield/Massachusetts)



Pos.


Artist


Album


Year


Song Played

01 Pink Floyd    Dark Side Of The Moon  1973 Dark Side Of The Moon (complete album)
02 Beatles  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band  1967 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
03 Led Zeppelin     Led Zeppelin IV (Untitled - 4 Symbols) 1971 Rock And Roll
04 Fleetwood Mac     Rumours  1977 Gold Dust Woman
05 Meat Loaf  Bat Out Of Hell  1978 All Revved Up With No Place To Go
06 Queen  A Night At The Opera  1975 Bohemian Rhapsody
07 Beatles  Abbey Road  1969 Come Together
08 The Who Who's Next  1971 Baba O'Riley
09 Pink Floyd The Wall  1979 Comfortably Numb
10  Bruce Springsteen  Born To Run  1975 Born To Run
11 U2  The Joshua Tree  1987 Where The Streets Have No Name
12 Beatles Beatles (The White Album)  1968 Why Don't We Do It In The Road
13 Eagles    Hotel California  1976 The Last Resort
14 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II  1969 Heartbreaker
15  Supertramp  Crime Of The Century  1974 Crime Of The Century
16 Bruce Springsteen  Born In The USA  1984 Cover Me
17 Doors L. A. Woman  1971 L. A. Woman
18 Aerosmith Toys In The Attic  1975 Sweet Emotion
19 David Bowie The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust  1972 Suffragette City
20 Bryan Adams Reckless  1985 Somebody
21 The Who Tommy 1969 Pinball Wizard
22 Bob Dylan Blood On The Tracks  1975 Tangled Up In Blue
23 Def Leppard Hysteria  1987 Rocket
24 Supertramp Breakfast In America  1979 Goodbye Stranger
25

Deep Purple

Machine Head 

1972

Highway Star

26 Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti 1975 Trampled Underfoot
27  Peter Gabriel  So  1986 Sledgehammer
28 Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard 1974 I Shot The Sheriff
29 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 1975 Welcome To The Machine
30 Van Morrison Moondance 1970 Moondance
31 Dire Straits   Brothers In Arms 1985 Brothers In Arms
32 John Lennon Imagine 1971 Imagine
33 AC/DC Back In Black 1980 You Shook Me All Night Long
34 Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland 1968 Crosstown Traffic
35 Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet 1986 Livin' On A Prayer
36 Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 1973 Love Lies Bleeding
37 Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy 1973 D'yer Mak'er
38 Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers 1971 Wild Horses
39 Lou Reed Transformer 1972 Perfect Day
40 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Deja Vu 1970 Almost Cut My Hair
41 Bob Dylan Blonde On Blonde 1966 Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 35
42 Derek & The Dominoes Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs 1971 Layla
43 Moody Blues Days Of Future Passed 1967 Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)
44 Peter Frampton   Frampton Comes Alive 1976 (I'll Give You) Money
45 Rolling Stones Let It Bleed 1969 Midnight Rambler
46 Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced? 1967 Foxy Lady
47 Lynyrd Skynyrd  Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd 1974 Tuesday's Gone
48 Janis Joplin Pearl 1971 Move Over
49 David Bowie Hunky Dory 1971 Changes
50

Jethtro Tull

Aqualung

1971

Aqualung

51 Bruce Springsteen The River 1980 Cadillac Ranch
52 Beatles Let It Be 1970 Let It Be
53 Van Halen 1984 1984 I'll Wait
54 Doors The Doors 1967 Light My Fire
55 Yes The Yes Album 1971 I've Seen All Good People 
56 Cream Disraeli Gears 1967 Strange Brew
57 Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash 1969 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
58 ZZ Top Eleminator 1983 TV Dinners
59 Paul McCartney & Wings Band On The Run 1973 Band On The Run
60 Bad Company Bad Company 1974 Bad Company
61 Grateful Dead   American Beauty 1970 Truckin'
62 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin I 1969 Communication Breakdown
63 Eagles The Long Run 1979 I Can't Tell You Why
64 Donald Fagen The Nightfly 1982 Ruby Baby
65 Santana Abraxas 1970 Oye Como Va
66 Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street 1972 Tumbling Dice
67 Moody Blues On The Threshold Of A Dream 1969 Watching And Waiting
68 Dire Straits Love Over Gold 1982 Private Investigations
69 Aerosmith Pump 1989 Janie's Got A Gun
70 Bruce Springsteen Darkness On The Edge Of Town 1978 Badlands
71 Elvis Costello Armed Forces 1979 Oliver's Army
72 Allman Brothers Band Eat A Peach 1972 Melissa
73 Neil Young Harvest 1972 Alabama
74 Creedence Clearwater Rev. Cosmo's Factory 1970 I Heard It Through The Grapevine
75

Mike Oldfield

Tubular Bells

1971

Tubular Bells (side 1)

76 Steely Dan   Can't Buy A Thrill 1973 Kings
77 The Band The Band 1970 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
78 Police Synchronicity 1983 Wrapped Around Your Finger
79 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III 1970 Immigrant Song
80 Van Morrison Astral Weeks 1969 Sweet Thing
81 Yes Fragile 1971 Roundabout
82 Billy Joel The Stranger 1977 Only The Good Die Young
83 Jackson Browne Running On Empty 1978 The Load-Out/Stay
84 Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited 1965 Like A Rolling Stone
85 Doobie Brothers The Captain And Me 1973 South City Midnight Lady
86 Carole King   Tapestry 1970 I Feel The Earth Move
87 Bob Seger Night Moves 1977 Night Moves
88 Electric Light Orchestra Face The Music 1975 Evil Woman
89 Rolling Stones Some Girls 1978 Beast Of Burden
90 Al Stewart Year Of The Cat 1976 Year Of The Cat
91 George Harrison All Things Must Pass 1970 My Sweet Lord
92 Steve Miller Band   Fly Like An Eagle 1976 The Window
93 Bad Company Run With The Pack 1976 Run With The Pack
94 Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac 1975 Over My Head
95 Steve Winwood Arc Of A Diver 1980 While You See A Chance
96 Eric Clapton Journeyman 1989 Bad Love
97 Steely Dan Pretzel Logic 1974 Pretzel Logic
98 Elton John Madman Across The Water 1971 Levon
99 Inxs Kick 1987 New Sensation
100 Genesis A Trick Of The Tail 1976 Dance On The Volcano

BUBBLING UNDER
101 Lynyrd Skynyrd Street Survivors 1977
102 Tom Petty Damn The Torpedoes 1979
103 Foreigner Foreigner 1977
104 John Mellencamp Scarecrow 1985
105 Aerosmith Aerosmith 1973
106 Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells A Story 1971
107 Genesis Genesis 1983
108 Allman Brothers Band Brothers And Sisters 1973
109 Steve Miller Band Book Of Dreams 1977
110 Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood 1983