The Five Greatest Years for Rock & Roll Albums
The five greatest years for rock music. Every year great albums are released, and some years there are multiple great albums released. Every once in a while, though, you get a year that is spectacular in terms of release output. We’re talking classic album after classic album. Here are our top years and why they are on the list. In no real particular order, and only our top fifteen albums from those years as the list of great albums would be way too long. Long live Rock N Roll!
1969
Janis Joplin, I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
James Brown, Say It Loud I’m Black and I’m
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bayou Country
MC5, Kick Out the Jams
The Stooges, The Stooges
David Bowie, Space Oddity
The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground
The Who Tommy
King Crimson, In the Court of the Crimson King
Led Zeplin II
Led Zepplin
The Beatles, Abbey Road
The Rolling Stones , Let it Bleed
Blind Faith
The Allman Brothers Band
1967
The Doors
The Doors Strange Days
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold As Love
The Rolling Stones Between the Buttons (US Version)
Cream Disraeli Gears
Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow
The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour
The Kinks Something Else by the Kinks
Donovan Mellow Yellow
Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding
Big Brother and the Holding Company
The Who Sell Out
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell United
1991
Prince & The New Power Generation – Diamonds and Pearls
Public Enemy – Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Temple of the Dog – Temple of the Dog
A Tribe Called Quest – Low End Theory
Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend
Smashing Pumpkins – Gish
Nirvana – Nevermind
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Into the Great Wide Open
Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger
2Pac – 2Pacalypse Now
Pearl Jam – Ten
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Talk Talk – Laughing Stock
Metallica – Black Album
Van Halen – For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
1973
Al Green Call Me
Led Zepplin Houses of the Holy
Iggy and the Stooges Raw Power
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Stevie Wonder Innervisions
Roxy Music For Your Pleasure
Bob Marley & The Wailers Catch a Fire
Marvin Gaye Let’s Get It On
The Who Quadrophenia
David Bowie Aladdin Sane
New York Dolls New York Dolls
Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Tom Waits Closing Time
ZZ Top Tres Hombres
Bruce Springsteen The Wild, The Innocent, & The E-Street Shuffle
1984
Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain
Bruce Springsteen – Born In The USA
Black Flag – My War
Echo & The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
The Pretenders – Learning to Crawl
Tina Turner – Private Dancer
Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
R.E.M. – Reckoning
The Replacements – Let It Be
The Smiths – The Smiths
U2 – The Unforgettable Fire
Run-D.M.C. – Run-D.M.C.
Van Halen – 1984
Michael Jackson – Thriller
Metallica – Ride The Lightning
There you go! Agree? Disagree? What year made your Top 5?