My Top Album Covers of the 1970s

    1970
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  1. American Beauty - Grateful Dead
  2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  3. Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
  4. Kingdom Come - Sir Lord Baltimore
  5. Shades of Rock - the Shadows
  6. Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  7. Trapeze - Trapeze
  8. Air Conditioning - Curved Air
  9. Morrison Hotel - the Doors
  10. Deep Purple in Rock - Deep Purple
  11. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & the Dominos
  12. Bloodrock 2 - Bloodrock
  13. Trespass - Genesis
  14. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
  15. Sugarloaf - Sugarloaf
  16. Loaded - the Velvet Underground
  17. Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus - Spirit
  18. Workingmans Dead - Grateful Dead
  19. No Dice - Badfinger
  20. Ry Cooder - Ry Cooder
  21. Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills
  22. American Woman - the Guess Who
  23. Steppenwolf 7 - Steppenwolf
  24. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
  25. Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton
    1971
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  1. Electric Warrior - T.Rex
  2. Fireball - Deep Purple
  3. Thin Lizzy - Thin Lizzy
  4. REO Speedwagon - REO Speedwagon
  5. Master of Reality - Black Sabbath
  6. Fragile - Yes
  7. Tapestry - Carole King
  8. For Ladies Only - Steppenwolf
  9. Whatevershebringswesing - Kevin Ayers
  10. Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
  11. Moments - Boz Scaggs
  12. Beautiful Lies You Could Live In - Pearls Before Swine
  13. Grateful Dead (Skulls & Roses) - Grateful Dead
  14. ZZ Tops First Album - ZZ Top
  15. Quicksilver - Quicksilver Messenger Service
  16. Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - the Moody Blues
  17. Trafalgar - Bee Gees
  18. Love It to Death - Alice Cooper
  19. At Fillmore East - the Allman Brothers Band
  20. America - America
  21. American Pie - Don McLean
  22. A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse - Faces
  23. Edgar Broughton Band - Edgar Broughton Band
  24. Imagine - John Lennon
  25. Do You Like It Here Now... Are You Settling In? - Man

   1972
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  1. Hellbound Train - Savory Brown
  2. Blue Oyster Cult - Blue Oyster Cult
  3. Ace - Bob Weir
  4. Argus - Wishbone Ash
  5. Harvest - Neil Young
  6. Rolling Thunder - Mickey Hart
  7. Machine Head - Deep Purple
  8. New Blood -  Blood, Sweat & Tears
  9. Garcia - Jerry Garcia
  10. Seven Separate Fools - Three Dog Night
  11. Schools Out - Alice Cooper
  12. Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan
  13. Wind of Change - Peter Frampton
  14. Eagles - Eagles
  15. Close to the Edge - Yes
  16. Transformer - Lou Reed
  17. Smokin' - Humble Pie
  18. Manfred Manns Earth Band - Manfred Manns Earth Band
  19. Octopus - Gentle Giant
  20. Burgers - Hot Tuna
  21. Full House "Live" - J. Geils Band
  22. #1 Record - Big Star
  23. The Slider - T.Rex
  24. Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath
  25. Lou Reed - Lou Reed
    1973
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  1. Space Ritual - Hawkwind
  2. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
  3. Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
  4. Closing Time - Tom Waits
  5. Band on the Run - Wings
  6. Time Fades Away - Neil Young
  7. Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Man - Elton John
  8. Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes
  9. Quadrophenia - the Who
  10. Pronounced 'Leh-'Nerd 'Skin-'Nerd - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  11. Brothers and Sisters - the Allman Brothers Band
  12. Piano Man - Billy Joel
  13. Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
  14. The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band
  15. Desperado - Eagles
  16. Holland - the Beach Boys
  17. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
  18. Aerosmith - Aerosmith
  19. Tyranny and Mutation - Blue Oyster Cult
  20. Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. - Bruce Springsteen
  21. Nice n Greasy - Atomic Rooster
  22. Wake of the Flood - Grateful Dead
  23. Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory - Traffic
  24. Foghat (Rock n Roll) - Foghat
  25. Messin' - Manfred Manns Earth Band
    1974
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  1. Turn of the Cards - Renaissance
  2. What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits - the Doobie Brothers
  3. Hall of the Mountain Grill - Hawkwind
  4. Before the Flood - Bob Dylan / the Band
  5. Nightlife - Thin Lizzy
  6. Second Helping - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  7. The Power and the Glory - Gentle Giant
  8. Desolation Boulevard - Sweet
  9. Quatro - Suzi Quatro
  10. Burn - Deep Purple
  11. On the Border - Eagles
  12. Rock n Roll Animal - Lou Reed
  13. KISS - KISS
  14. Journey to the Center of the Earth - Rick Wakeman
  15. On the Beach - Neil Young
  16. Slow Dancer - Boz Scaggs
  17. Queen II - Queen
  18. Phenomenon - UFO
  19. Hotter Than Hell - KISS
  20. Bad Company - Bad Company
  21. Axe Victim - Be-Bop Deluxe
  22. Bridge of Sighs - Robin Trower
  23. In Too Much Too Soon - New York Dolls
  24. Radio City - Big Star
  25. Stormbringer - Deep Purple
    1975
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  1. One of These Nights - Eagles
  2. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth
  3. Straight Shooter - Bad Company
  4. Ritchie Blackmores Rainbow - Rainbow
  5. Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent
  6. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
  7. Warrior on the Edge of Time - Hawkwind
  8. Alive! - KISS
  9. Blue Jays - Justin Hayward / John Lodge
  10. Fandango! - ZZ Top
  11. Fly By Night - Rush
  12. Crack the Sky - Crack the Sky
  13. Blues for Allah - Grateful Dead
  14. Stampede - the Doobie Brothers
  15. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
  16. Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith
  17. Dreamboat Annie - Heart
  18. The Outlaws - The Outlaws
  19. The Who By the Numbers - the Who
  20. X Rated - Black Oak Arkansas
  21. Return to Fantasy - Uriah Heep
  22. Caress of Steel - Rush
  23. Ambrosia - Ambrosia
  24. Rock n Roll - John Lennon
  25. Come Taste the Band - Deep Purple
    1976
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  1. Boston - Boston
  2. Rising - Rainbow
  3. 2112 - Rush
  4. Agents of Fortune - Blue Oyster Cult
  5. Sad Wings of Destiny - Judas Priest
  6. The Book of Invasions - Horslips
  7. Destroyer - KISS
  8. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
  9. Leftoverture - Kansas
  10. Frampton Comes Alive! - Peter Frampton
  11. Rocks - Aerosmith
  12. Tejas - ZZ Top
  13. Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band
  14. Rock and Roll Over - KISS
  15. I Don't Want to Go Home - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
  16. Wired - Jeff Beck
  17. Chicago X - Chicago
  18. A New World Record - Electric Light Orchestra
  19. Free-For-All - Ted Nugent
  20. Olias of Sunhillow - Jon Anderson
  21. Starcastle - Starcastle
  22. Firefall - Firefall
  23. Crystal Ball - Styx
  24. Ramones - Ramones
  25. 'Live' Bullet - Bob Seger
    1977
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  1. Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf
  2. Point of Know Return - Kansas
  3. Expect No Mercy - Nazareth
  4. Hope - Klaatu
  5. Citadel - Starcastle
  6. Motorhead - Motorhead
  7. Let There Be Rock - AC/DC
  8. Freeways - Backman-Turner Overdrive
  9. The Stranger - Billy Joel
  10. Books of Dreams - Steve Miller Band
  11. The Grand Illusion - Styx
  12. Love Gun - KISS
  13. Lace and Whiskey - Alice Cooper
  14. Moonflower - Santana
  15. Peter Gabriel (Car) - Peter Gabriel
  16. RA - Utopia
  17. In Color - Cheap Trick
  18. Sin After Sin - Judas Priest
  19. George Thorogood and the Destroyers - George Thorogood and the Destroyers
  20. Slowhand - Eric Clapton
  21. Live - Foghat
  22. Little Queen - Heart
  23. Ram Jam - Ram Jam
  24. Aja - Steely Dan
  25. Songs From the Wood - Jethro Tull
    1978
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  1. Some Enchanted Evening - Blue Oyster Cult
  2. Toto - Toto
  3. Cats Under the Stars - Jerry Garcia Band
  4. Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet
  5. Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
  6. Van Halen - Van Halen
  7. Kingdom of Madness - Magnum
  8. Don't Look Back - Boston
  9. Weekend Warriors - Ted Nugent
  10. If You Want Blood You've Got It - AC/DC
  11. Trouble - Whitesnake
  12. Who Are You - the Who
  13. Heavy Horses - Jethro Tull
  14. Hemispheres - Rush
  15. Infinity - Journey
  16. Crazy Moon - Crazy Horse
  17. David Gilmour - David Gilmour
  18. Some Girls - the Rolling Stones
  19. Stranger in Town - Bob Seger
  20. Misfits - the Kinks
  21. Magazine - Heart
  22. Saga - Saga
  23. City to City - Gerry Rafferty
  24. 52nd Street - Billy Joel
  25. Rose Tattoo - Rose Tattoo
    1979
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  1. Lovehunter - Whitesnake
  2. Black Rose: A Rock Legend - Thin Lizzy
  3. Flirtin' Wtih Disaster - Molly Hatchet
  4. Mirrors - Blue Oyster Cult
  5. Highway to Hell - AC/DC
  6. Strikes - Blackfoot
  7. Evolution - Journey
  8. Street Machine - Sammy Hagar
  9. Hydra - Toto
  10. In the Skies - Peter Green
  11. Monolith - Kansas
  12. Harder...Faster - April Wine
  13. Candy-O - the Cars
  14. Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young
  15. Go For What You Know - Pat Travers Band
  16. Look Sharp! - Joe Jackson
  17. In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin
  18. Rockin' Into the Night - 38 Special
  19. State of Shock - Ted Nugent
  20. Mick Taylor - Mick Taylor
  21. The Wall - Pink Floyd
  22. Live Killers - the Doors
  23. Van Halen II - Van Halen
  24. Down to Earth - Rainbow
  25. Discovery - Electric Light Orchestra