ILM's Now For Something Completely Different... 70s Album Poll Results! Top 100 Countdown! (Part 2)

2. BLACK SABBATH Vol. 4 (6320 Points, 37 Votes, 2 #1s)
RYM: #14 for 1972, #263 overall | Acclaimed: #846
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Fourth philosophical shift in four albums, establishing an obstinate lack of pattern that will continue to at least the end of the wild Ozzy years, Vol 4 offers more songs and wider reign, an ever so slightly brighter sound, and yet another form of recording so hopelessly torn open by the all-encompassing presence of Iommi's bank of amplifiers (guitar was too small a word). The cover of Vol 4 graced my very first rock T, and at its stark lurid nothingness, lies the heat of this record's delivery, a decidedly shaggy, overwhelmed scattering of vibrations dominated by Iommi but personified by Ward's bashing struggles against suffocation by guitar. Less driven by grooves than crashing cacophonies of cymbals and war drums, kidney-pounders like "Tomorrow's Dream," "Supernaut" and "Cornucopia" signaled a monster out of control, in essence, the band headbanging in the retina-detaching, stupid-making, suicidal form of the word. Thriving voraciously under a mountain of drugs by this point, the band was barreling along off-the-rails to the stunned soul-searching and uneasy delight of the throngs of listeners in its crooked path, Sabbath recording the record in an L.A. haze, an eternity from their home base both geographically and psychologically, no Roger Bain to guide the process, money slipping through their hands like dust off a butterfly's wings. Consequently, Vol 4 is the scrappiest, most wickedly bashing Sabbath of them all, considered a bit of a confused black hole by many fans, impermeable, not so willing to cough up hits. 10/10 -- M. Popoff

As the Sabs poured into "Wheels of Confusion" like giant gobs of wet cement gushing from the heavens in the never-ending sameness of a taffy-pull performed by mutants, people began pouring into my house. One by one they instantly began digging the Sabs, nodding, heavy dudes one and all. Everyone picked up that old Sab neck-wobble trip where your head sort of rocks back and forth on your neck python-fash, right? Where the organ comes in over the big slow power chords; no it's not an organ, call it a component, yah, straight out of the Middle fucking Ages! Sorta walks right on out. Like some giant prehistoric plant learning how to walk ... right over your house ... so boogie while you can. But you can't lose that dyno chthonic zoomout riff 'cos it's right there in the middle of the next song, "Tomorrow's Dream," which got us so zonked we felt absolutely heavy. The cat did too. Then on into a foxy sorta Carole King piano folk song or something, whew, "Changes," kind of David Bowie we guessed, hey orchestra right? What? Went its evil way? Ooh. The room got kind of deep and spacey, brown all over, and the notes then sounded sorta while coming out of that ... y'know? Like a snowfall? It went on forever. We could dig it. Like we dig chewing gum made out of caulking compound. Right? So then can you conceive of a piercing tone followed by reverberating percussion noises called "FX," huh, that was the next tune, then we got tight with some heavy familiar Sab vibes again, swimming right up there to deep space where nothing hears or talks, right? "Supernaut." My sister had a vision of electronic buffalo ranches on Uranus, so help me. The drum solo in this song did it to her. Also, my watch stopped. But the Sabs didn't. Who needs a watch? I ripped it off my wrist & stomped on it. Slowly. Crunch. Side one groaned to a close, but soon side two followed it, without delay adhering to the walls of one's septum — the total "icicles in my brain" riff — right — "Snowblind," no less — climbing those big staircases made out of vanilla fudge, right up into your mind — so feed your nose, hey? God's a Fuzz Tone, right? The Abominable Snowman? Hey. La Fucking Brea! The tar pits was a heavy scene, right? Ask Freud or Dave Crosby. What a streaming feast of nerve gobble anyhow! But on with the snow, I mean show. Time for a Pez break. Whew. Monster slowness of the unelusive strikes again: "Cornucopia." I about fell out. Ten-ton dogs snarled in the mouth of the volcano. Storms of liquid metal blasted their way into the soap factory. Soaring zoos, etc. Then on to babies' time; breakfast on a sleigh in Hawaii with violins, titled "Laguna Sunrise." All sweet lime stripes across a popsicle spiced with Quaaludes, right. A million artichokes can't be wrong. Dreaming in the sun with their eyes open? Sweet music must end. Grunting, we tumble on into the new dance craze, you guessed it, "St. Vitus Dance." You drive me nervous. Pieces of hair got into my mouth during this one. Same old power saw on Venus move, lovely. "Under the Sun" starts out slow, like dinosaurs yawning, then it speeds up a little. Or does it? I can't tell. Fantastic four-second guitar solo by a gorilla in there somewhere, right — beautiful — gorilla! The Sabs pour it on, man, it's right near the end of the record now and here's a great three-second drum solo by a polar bear, no shit! Put mud in my ears if I lie! I can dig it! Great buncha chords there too, I couldna chose better myself, whew, we're thudding down toward the ultimate rip chord now. Gotcha. Over and out. Molten rocks hurtling across space imitating the origin of the universe, you dig? Ah, lay those chord slabs on my grave ... whew. The Sabs are genius. -- Tom Clark, RS

Black Sabbath at their best have been perhaps the all-time ultimate rock and roll noise -- their music has relentlessly developed upon the idea the early Who were getting at, that mystical moment when the music takes off and just becomes pure sound. That, indeed is where Sabbath have made their basic stand: sound.

And that's where the one big dissapointment with Black Sabbath Vol. 4 lies -- the sound itself. For some inexplicable reason, Black Sabbath saw fit to record Vol. 4 without their previous production/engineering team of Rodger Bain and Tony Allom, a move that has to be one of the biggest mistakes in recent rock history.

As a result, Vol. 4 is the most conventional sounding of any Black Sabbath album to date, lacking entirely the furious slab-thick bass sound which reached its apex on Master of Reality. Large stretches of Vol. 4 sound a lot like Led Zeppelin, in fact -- which is great, but not Sabbath's main turf.

But the engineering deficiencies of the album are largely compensated for by a stunning new development: Black Sabbath playing at fast tempos! Around 5 of the 7 rockers on the LP feature Sabbath simply revving up a a pace previously unknown! The mind boggles. "Supernaut" is the real standout, one of Sabbath's two or three best tracks ever... to hear this song on AM radio would be the greatest thing since Uriah Heep's "Easy Livin.'" The remaining tracks are for the most part also very good, and "Cornucopia" is an effective slow workout more in the old Sabbath mold.

Black Sabbath's songwriting has changed a lot with Vol. 4. Musically, the group's material is more diffuse and less monomanically vicious -- fewer pulverizing riffs this time out. The music nevertheless still shines, but thematically the songs just don't stand out as they have in the past (who can ever forget "War Pigs," "Hand of Doom," or "Into the Void"? Whether, as one non-convert put it, you want to or not!).

So Black Sabbath Vol. 4 is both a confusing and an exciting album. Good but not great. In the long run Vol. 4 may be a more durable effort than Paranoid, but the two are so dissimilar I hesitate to ignore them. And it's still impossible to tell whether the comparative lack of fire here is due to inferior engineering, or to a decreasing savagery in Sabbath's playing. Considering how "Under the Sun" (the album's least successful hard rock number) is almost wiped off the board by thin recording, the former seems more probable at this point in time.

But Black Sabbath merely going through the motions still shuts down 99% of today's rock. -- Mike Saunders, Phonograph Record

Long before Black Sabbath broke down as a result of drug-fueled infighting, there was a brief period of drug-fueled sludge-metal genius. The proof -- ...Vol. 4.

The band have long said the writing and recording of the album coincided with their most hedonistic and substance-heavy period, after their label transplanted the four Brits to California to record the album. The record's original title, Snowblind, was nixed by label execs for its obvious reference to cocaine.

The negative consequences of their decadence would be heard at the end of the decade, when the band descended into Spinal Tap versions of their early selves. But ...Vol. 4 was before the burnout and bloat and the songs were still riff-packed, rough, and heavy -- or, as Rolling Stone put it, "slabs of liquid metal."

Because of the lack of an anthemic single, ...Vol. 4. is often overlooked. There is no track to rival the popularity of "Paranoid" and "Sweet Leaf"; only "Snowblind" gets the odd nod on radio these days. Rather, the album's strengths lie in the songs' confident, heavy crunch and in small touches of experimentation. The band dabble with psychedelic overdubs ("The Straightener"), live strings ("Laguna Sunrise"), and even a mellow side -- the slow piano ballad "Changes," which makes for an odd addition to this collection. But unlike the band's later albums, the meat of this record stays true to the band's original dark and heavy roots. It was with Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and all that followed that the Sabs' trademark sound began to slip away from them. -- Jason Chow, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

review
[-] by Steve Huey

Vol. 4 is the point in Black Sabbath's career where the band's legendary drug consumption really starts to make itself felt. And it isn't just in the lyrics, most of which are about the blurry line between reality and illusion. Vol. 4 has all the messiness of a heavy metal Exile on Main St., and if it lacks that album's overall diversity, it does find Sabbath at their most musically varied, pushing to experiment amidst the drug-addled murk. As a result, there are some puzzling choices made here (not least of which is the inclusion of "FX"), and the album often contradicts itself. Ozzy Osbourne's wail is becoming more powerful here, taking greater independence from Tony Iommi's guitar riffs, yet his vocals are processed into a nearly textural element on much of side two. Parts of Vol. 4 are as ultra-heavy as Master of Reality, yet the band also takes its most blatant shots at accessibility to date -- and then undercuts that very intent. The effectively concise "Tomorrow's Dream" has a chorus that could almost be called radio-ready, were it not for the fact that it only appears once in the entire song. "St. Vitus Dance" is surprisingly upbeat, yet the distant-sounding vocals don't really register. The notorious piano-and-Mellotron ballad "Changes" ultimately fails not because of its change-of-pace mood, but more for a raft of the most horrendously clichéd rhymes this side of "moon-June." Even the crushing "Supernaut" -- perhaps the heaviest single track in the Sabbath catalog -- sticks a funky, almost danceable acoustic breakdown smack in the middle. Besides "Supernaut," the core of Vol. 4 lies in the midtempo cocaine ode "Snowblind," which was originally slated to be the album's title track until the record company got cold feet, and the multi-sectioned prog-leaning opener, "Wheels of Confusion." The latter is one of Iommi's most complex and impressive compositions, varying not only riffs but textures throughout its eight minutes. Many doom and stoner metal aficionados prize the second side of the album, where Osbourne's vocals gradually fade further and further away into the murk, and Iommi's guitar assumes center stage. The underrated "Cornucopia" strikes a better balance of those elements, but by the time "Under the Sun" closes the album, the lyrics are mostly lost under a mountain of memorable, contrasting riffery. Add all of this up, and Vol. 4 is a less cohesive effort than its two immediate predecessors, but is all the more fascinating for it. Die-hard fans sick of the standards come here next, and some end up counting this as their favorite Sabbath record for its eccentricities and for its embodiment of the band's excesses.

1. FLOWER TRAVELLIN’ BAND (6863 Points, 41 Votes, 1 #1)
RYM: #42 for 1971, #941 overall
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Satori is number one in my list in the book. If you look at all the modern doom bands, all of them grew up listening to Satori…

By now, the general public perception of Flower was that of an entirely new band. And so, in the spring of '71, Yuya was delighted to learn that his great friend and facilitator Ikuzo Orita was about to leave Polydor Records for Atlantic, where he wished to make Flower Travellin' Band his first signing. While at Polydor, Orita's winning combination of unabashed enthusiasm for hard rock and determination to locate a singularly Japanese rock sound had helped give rise to many of the most imaginative (though occasionally failed) experiments thus far achieved; Love Live Life +1, Foodbrain, Shinki Chen & Friends, you name it and Orita had probably had a hand in it. Now in control of Atlantic Records' entire Japanese budget, no one was more aware of the company's hefty worldwide musical mythology (both past and present) than Orita himself, and he put the weight of the company behind Yuya's band. Immediately thereafter, Orita brought his Polydor protégé Shinki Chen into the Atlantic fold and formed a supergroup named Speed, Glue & Shinki around this whizzkid guitarist whom many rated as Japan's answer to Jimi Hendrix.

While Flower Travellin' Band wowed audiences across Japan, Yuya and Orita conspired in the Atlantic offices, determined to create fabulous rock artefacts to rival Atlantic's biggest progressive bands Led Zeppelin and Yes, whose albums were housed in fabulously arty and multi-levelled packages. Orita secured guaranteed releases for the band in America, Canada and the UK, while Yuya commissioned fine artist Shinoba Ishimaru to work up some ideas based on Buddhism, Hinduism and psychedelia for Flower's forthcoming second LP.

When Yuya and Orita took the band into the rehearsal studio to routine the new material, however, both were staggered at its outrageous confidence and uniqueness. The endless shows and summer festivals had given Hideki Ishima boundless opportunity to work up each riff idea into an ever unfolding Far Eastern monster, which the band unleashed upon their mentors with note-perfect precision. Even more astonishing was the freedom that Joe had given the rest of the band, often singing no more than four or so lines of verse before opting out and letting the band rip it to shreds. Through Ishima's continued fascination for Eastern enlightenment, three of the tracks had acquired the simple working titles of 'Satori I', 'Satori II' and 'Satori III'. Fantastic, said Yuya. Let's keep the entire album just as mysterious and give nothing away. And so it was that Flower Travellin' Band's second LP became known as SATORI, with each of the five long tracks becoming known only as 'Satori I-V'.

With Yuya Utchida and Ikuzo Orita sharing production, SATORI was for ever to remain Flower's most singular and demented work, coming over like some super-fit combination of Led Zeppelin's 'The Immigrant Song' and the Yardbirds' 'Happenings Ten Years Time Ago' as played by a non-blues guitarist such as Michael Schenker, or perhaps Uli John Roth's power trio Electric Sun. However, even these descriptions cannot come close to doing justice to Hideki Ishima's extraordinarily inflammatory playing on SATORI, and although the past decade and a half (1990-2006) has brought so-called heavy metal to entirely new heights, the succinctness of SATORI's arrangements and its economy of playing are still somewhat depressingly unique. Clad in its sumptuous gatefold package, the front page announcing 'Flower Trip Band' [8] sitting atop a psychedelicised Eastern world contained within Shinobu Ishimaru's enormous Buddha, SATORI wowed the Japanese audience and even climbed into the Canadian Top Ten album chart. -- J. Cope

As with Krautrocksampler Julian Cope once again was the first to introduce me to some long-neglected albums with Japrocksampler: How the Post-War Japanese Blew Their Minds on Rock ‘n’ Roll (2007). Satori was tied with Eve (1971) by Speed, Glue & Shinki as the greatest Japanese rock album of all time. I’m definitely on board with Flower Travellin’ Band, whose iconic cover from their debut Anywhere (1970) is featured on the cover of Cope’s book. Cope described Satori as their “most singular and demented work, coming over like some super-fit combination of Led Zeppelin’s ‘The Immigrant Song’ and the Yardbirds’ ‘Happenings Ten Years Time Ago’ as played by a non-blues guitarist such as Michael Schenker, or perhaps Uli John Roth’s power trio Electric Sun.” While I would categorize Satori as proto-metal, the song structures are so far out and guitarist Hideki Ishima’s playing is so original that the album resembles nothing else. It seems only recently that contemporary bands from Japan, Sweden and the U.S. have begun tapping into Flower Travellin’ Band as an influence. -- Fastnbulbous

review
[-] by Thom Jurek

Flower Travelling Band was Japan's answer to Led Zeppelin meeting Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath at the Ash Ra Temple. Simply put, they played grand, spacey, tripped-out hard rock with a riffy base that was only two steps removed from the blues, but their manner of interpreting those steps came from an acid trip. Flower Travelling Band was an entity unto itself. There are five tracks on this set, originally released in 1971 as the band's second album proper. It has been reissued on CD by WEA International in Japan, with the cover depicting a silhouette drawing of the Buddha in meditative equipoise filled in with sketches of an inner universe mandala of the sacred Mount Meru, stupas, and the hash smoking caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland, Japanese sci-fi robot cartoons, and more. And the music is reflected in this inner universal realm on five different sections of Satori. From power chords to Eastern-tinged, North African, six-string freakouts, to crashing tom toms, to basses blasting into the red zone, Satori is a journey to the center of someplace that seems familiar but has never before been visited. It is a new sonic universe constructed from cast-off elements of the popular culture of the LSD generation. Forget everything you know about hard rock from the 1970s until you've put this one through your headphones. It's monolithic, expansive, flipped to wig city, and full of a beach blanket bong-out muscularity. In other words, this is a "real" classic and worth any price you happen to pay for it.

Wow.

campaigning does work!

EAT IT FUNHOUSE!

had my hopes up about sabbath but that's awesome nonetheless and feels truer to this poll maybe

tom d is gonna moan like hes never moaned before :)

uh

no KISS no credibility ..

"Satori must be something just the same"
- Bob Marley

1970-1979 WTF

I'll post the recap 501-1 shortly to give you time to discuss these 2 albums then I'll post the full results. Then everyone can post their ballots if they want to.

it's a solid top 75 sort of record but uh c'mon now

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Wait, this is the real number one? I didn't really pay attention to the campaigning thread so I have no idea what this album is. Looking at the description it doesn't really sound like something I would love.

Not exactly annoyed at it winning, but tbh I wish all of Satori was as good as the first track.

I've got no complaints. By far the most glorious top 20 (or 100 or 500) of any 70s poll.

OTOH glad to see Vol 4 do so well because (a) it's ace and (b) I felt Sab got stiffed a bit in the tracks poll.

yeah i really thought sabbath would dominate these polls more than they did, was fine with and looking forward to them being the sonic youth of this thing

ps. joking AG ..
proper enjoyed this poll ..
bravo sir and all those who helped out re reviews etc ..

HOLY SHIT, SATORI WON? Amazing.

I think a lot of people who would have voted for more classic rock staples didn't vote in these polls this time around.

xpost to balls

RECAP TOP 501

01. FLOWER TRAVELLIN’ BAND (6863 Points, 41 Votes, 1 #1)
02. BLACK SABBATH Vol. 4 (6320 Points, 37 Votes, 2 #1s)
03. CAN Tago Mago (5852 Points, 38 Votes, 1 #1)
04. FUNKADELIC Maggot Brain (5765 Points, 39 Votes, 3 #1s)
05. JOY DIVISION Unknown Pleasures (5527 Points, 36 Votes, 1 #1)
06. TELEVISION Marquee Moon (5223 Points, 35 Votes)
07. AMON DÜÜL II Yeti (5220 Points, 39 Votes, 1 #1)
08. HAWKWIND Space Ritual (5083 Points, 33 Votes, 2 #1s)
09. ASH RA TEMPEL Ash Ra Tempel (4992 Points, 34 Votes, 1 #1)
10. THE STOOGES Fun House (4968 Points, 29 Votes, 5 #1s)
100. TANGERINE DREAM Electronic Meditation (2055 Points, 15 Votes)
11. CAN Ege Bamyasi (4826 Points, 33 Votes, 1 #1)
12. THE GROUNDHOGS Split (4753 Points, 33 Votes, 1 #1)
13. LED ZEPPELIN Physical Graffiti (4676 Points, 29 Votes, 1 #1)
14. BRIAN ENO Here Come the Warm Jets (4575 Points, 29 Votes, 2 #1s)
15. SLY & THE FAMILY STONE There's A Riot Goin' On (4528 Points, 32 Votes, 1 #1)
16. PUBLIC IMAGE LTD Metal Box/Second Edition (4526 Points, 33 Votes)
17. CAN Future Days (4522 Points, 30 Votes)
18. NEU! Neu! 75 (4477 Points, 31 Votes) 1 #1)
19. KING CRIMSON Red (4382 Points, 29 Votes, 1 #1)
20. LES RALLIZES DÉNUDÉS '77 Live (3960 Points, 28 Votes)
21. GANG OF FOUR Entertainment! (3885 Points, 26 Votes)
22. IGGY & THE STOOGES Raw Power (3879 Points, 28 Votes)
23. AC/DC Highway To Hell (3848 Points, 27 Votes)
24. DAVID BOWIE The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (3724 Points, 27 Votes)
25. CHROME Half Machine Lip Moves (3668 Points, 29 Votes)
26. FUNKADELIC Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (3639 Points, 23 Votes)
27. NEU! Neu! (3637 Points, 28 Votes)
28. THE MODERN LOVERS The Modern Lovers (3607 Points, 24 Votes)
29. FUNKADELIC Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow (3596 Points, 26 Votes, 1 #1)
30. DEVO Q: Are We Not Men ? A: We Are Devo (3561 Points, 25 Votes, 1 #1)

31. THE POP GROUP Y (3543 Points, 25 Votes)
32. MILES DAVIS A Tribute To Jack Johnson (3421 Points, 25 Votes, 1 #1)
33. NEW YORK DOLLS New York Dolls (3420 Points, 29 Votes)
34. WIRE Pink Flag (3399 Points, 29 Votes, 1 #1)
35. PATTI SMITH Horses (3381 Points, 24 Votes)
36. NURSE WITH WOUND Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table Of A Sewing Machine And An Umbrella ( 3333 Points, 22 Votes, 1 #1)
37. MAGMA Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh (3299 Points, 23 Votes, 1 #1)
38. RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS Blank Generation (3292 Points, 25 Votes)
39. SUICIDE Suicide (3268 Points, 23 Votes)
40. LA DUSSELDORF Viva (3172 Points, 25 Votes)
41. TODD RUNDGREN A Wizard, A True Star (3163 Points, 18 Votes, 3 #1s)
42. MANDRILL Mandrill Is (3162 Points, 21 Votes, 1 #1)
43. LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin IV (3070 Points, 20 Votes, 2 #1s)
44. SEX PISTOLS Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (3030 Points, 22 Votes, 1 #1)
45. WISHBONE ASH Argus (3017 Points, 19 Votes, 1 #1)
46. WIRE Chairs Missing (3009 Points, 21 Votes)
47. BLACK SABBATH Master of Reality (2993 Points, 19 Votes, 1 #1)
48. YOKO ONO Fly (2988 Points, 22 Votes)
49. X-RAY SPEX Germ Free Adolescents (2924 Points, 22 Votes)
50. SOFT MACHINE Third (2920 Points, 19 Votes, 1 #1
51. THROBBING GRISTLE 20 Jazz funk Greats (2917 Points, 25 Votes)
52. AEROSMITH Rocks (2882 Points, 20 Votes, 1 #1)
53. KING CRIMSON Starless and Bible Black (2857 Points, 19 Votes, 2 #1s)
54. ROXY MUSIC Roxy Music (2836 Points, 20 Votes, 1 #1)
55. JUDAS PRIEST Sad Wings of Destiny (2836 Points, 20 Votes)
56. PARLIAMENT Mothership Connection (2824 Points, 23 Votes)
57. ZZ TOP Tres Hombres (2807 Points, 20 Votes)
58. PINK FAIRIES Kings of Oblivion (2775 Points, 20 Votes, 1 #1)
59. CHROME Alien Soundtracks (2768 Points, 22 Votes, 1 #1)
60. BLACK SABBATH Paranoid (2726 Points, 17 Votes, 1 #1)

61. MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA The Inner Mounting Flame (2685 Points, 20 Votes)
62. BRAINTICKET Cottonwoodhill (2666 Points, 20 Votes)
63. FAUST So Far (2654 Points, 20 Votes)
64. PERE UBU The Modern Dance (2644 Points, 24 Votes)
65. SLAPP HAPPY Acnalbasac Noom (2642 Points, 16 Votes, 2 #1s)
66. RAMONES Ramones (2641 Points, 19 Votes)
67. THE SLITS Cut (2615 Points, 21 Votes)
68. SELDA Selda (2534 Points, 17 Votes)
69. AMON DUUL II Wolf City (2532 Points, 17 Votes)
70. BLACK FLAG The First Four Years (2514 Points, 18 Votes)
71. VAN HALEN Van Halen (2506 Points, 18 Votes)
72. THE GROUNDHOGS Thank Christ For The Bomb (2495 Points, 19 Votes)
73. AMON DUUL II Tanz der Lemminge (2464 Points, 16 Votes, 1 #1)
74. THIS HEAT This Heat (2440 Points, 19 Votes)
75. FAUST Faust IV (2426 Points, 17 Votes)
76. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE Zuma (2410 Points, 16 Votes, 1 #1)
77. AGITATION FREE Malesch (2406 Points, 18 Votes, 1 #1)
78. CURTIS MAYFIELD Curtis (2392 Points, 18 Votes)
79. HELDON Interface (2391 Points, 17 Votes)
80. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Godbluff (2386 Points, 16 Votes)
81. THE ADVERTS Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts (2378 Points, 18 Votes)
82. JIMI HENDRIX Band Of Gypsys (2365 Points, 17 Votes)
83. ROLLING STONES Exile On Main St. (2360 Points, 16 Votes)
84. ROXY MUSIC For Your Pleasure (2359 Points, 17 Votes)
85. HELDON Stand By (2349 Points, 16 Votes)
86. JOHNNY THUNDERS & THE HEARTBREAKERS L.A.M.F. (2339 Points, 18 Votes)
87. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Cosmo's Factory (2324 Points, 17 Votes)
88. BIG STAR Radio City (2311 Points, 15 Votes, 2 #1s)
89. COMUS First Utterance (2304 Points, 17 Votes)
90. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Pawn Hearts (2271 Points, 16 Votes, 1 #1)

91. OHIO PLAYERS Fire (2195 Points, 16 Votes)
92. FELA KUTI Zombie (2178 Points, 18 Votes)
93. GOBLIN Suspiria (2170 Points, 18 Votes)
94. MC5 High Time (2144 Points, 17 Votes, 1 #1)
95. MARS The Complete Studio Recordings NYC 1977-1978 (2124 Points, 15 Votes, 1 #1)
96. APHRODITE'S CHILD 666 (2115 Points, 19 Votes)
97. POPOL VUH Coeur de Verre/Herz aus Glas (2098 Points, 18 Votes, 1 #1)
98. THE WHO Who's Next (2091 Points, 13 Votes)
99. THROBBING GRISTLE D.O.A. - The Third and Final Report (2075 Points, 15 Votes, 1 #1)

101. SWELL MAPS A Trip To Marineville (2050 Points, 15 Votes)
102. ASH RA TEMPEL Schwingungen (2040 Points, 17 Votes)
103. MOTORHEAD Overkill (2037 Points, 17 Votes)
104. MAN Rhinos, Winos & Lunatics (2019 Points, 15 Votes)
105. MAGAZINE Real Life (2013 Points, 16 Votes)
106. MANDRILL Mandrill (1997 Points, 15 Votes)
107. CAN Soundtracks (1977 Points, 15 Votes)
108. DNA DNA On DNA (1976 Points, 15 Votes)
109. SPARKS Kimono My House (1966 Points, 14 Votes, 1 #1)
110. THE TEMPTATIONS Psychedelic Shack (1965 Points, 16 Votes)
111. FACES A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse (1952 Points, 15 Votes)
112. GURU GURU Känguru (1947 Points, 16 Votes)
113. THE DAMNED Damned Damned Damned (1908 Points, 13 Votes, 1 #1)
114. THE CLASH The Clash (1907 Points, 15 Votes)
115. MISFITS Static Age (1891 Points, 17 Votes)
116. PINK FAIRIES Neverneverland (1889 Points, 14 Votes)
117. T. REX Electric Warrior (1870 Points, 16 Votes)
118. BIG STAR #1 Record (1853 Points, 16 Votes)
119. CURTIS MAYFIELD Superfly (1852 Points, 15 Votes)
120. MILES DAVIS Agharta (1848 Points, 18 Votes)

121. KRAFTWERK I (1827 Points, 15 Votes)
122. ISLEY BROTHERS The Heat Is On (1815 Points, 14 Votes)
123. STIFF LITTLE FINGERS Inflammable Material (1814 Points, 12 Votes)
124. IGGY POP The Idiot (1810 Points, 15 Votes)
125. FUNKADELIC Funkadelic (1800 Points, 15 Votes)
126. THE RAINCOATS The Raincoats (1792 Points, 16 Votes)
127. NEU! - 2 (1789 Points, 15 Votes)
128. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES The Scream (1785 Points, 16 Votes)
129. GILA Gila/Free Electric Sound (1748 Points, 13 Votes)
130. PARLIAMENT Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1747 Points, 16 Votes)
131. OHIO PLAYERS Pleasure (1743 Points, 13 Votes)
132. STEVE HILLAGE Fish Rising (1740 Points, 12 Votes)
133. AEROSMITH Toys in the Attic (1735 Points, 14 Votes)
134. OHIO PLAYERS Honey (1734 Points, 14 Votes)
135. WIRE 154 (1730 Points, 13 Votes)
136. ARTHUR LEE Vindicator (1715 Points, 14 Votes)
137. BLACK SABBATH Black Sabbath (1710 Points, 14 Votes)
138. LED ZEPPELIN Houses of the Holy (1707 Points, 14 Votes)
139. MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA Birds Of Fire (1702 Points, 13 Votes)
140. AGITATION FREE 2nd (1684 Points, 12 Votes)

141. CAN Soon Over Babaluma (1678 Points, 13 Votes)
142. YES Close To The Edge (1664 Points, 11 Votes)
143. BETTY DAVIS Nasty Gal (1660 Points, 15 Votes)
144. THE RESIDENTS Duck Stab/Buster & Glen (1657 Points, 14 Votes)
145. HIGH TIDE High Tide (1645 Points, 11 Votes)
146. CAPTAIN BEYOND Captain Beyond (1638 Points, 12 Votes)
147. LOU REED Metal Machine Music (1634 Points, 12 Votes)
147. MILES DAVIS Get Up With It (1634 Points, 12 Votes)
149. ISLEY BROTHERS 3+3 (1632 Points, 15 Votes)
150. ATOMIC ROOSTER Death Walks Behind You (1627 Points, 11 Votes, 1 #1)
151. La Düsseldorf - La Düsseldorf (1624 Points, 12 Votes, 1 #1)
152. MC5 Back in the USA (1613 Points, 12 Votes)
153. PENTAGRAM First Daze Here (1611 Points, 11 Votes)
154. FAUST Faust (1578 Points, 11 Votes)
155. FUNKADELIC Cosmic Slop (1576 Points, 14 Votes)
156. SPIRIT Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1576 Points, 13 Votes)
157. DEAD BOYS Young, Loud, and Snotty (1575 Points, 13 Votes)
158. DR. FEELGOOD Down By The Jetty (1573 Points, 13 Votes)
159. SIR LORD BALTIMORE Kingdom Come (1511 Points, 11 Votes)
160. BAD BRAINS Black Dots (1476 Points, 11 Votes)

161. FUNKADELIC Let’s Take It To The Stage (1474 Points, 13 Votes)
162. FELA KUTI Expensive Shit (1464 Points, 13 Votes, 1 #1)
163. BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Secret Treaties (1459 Points, 11 Votes)
164. MAGAZINE Secondhand Daylight (1456 Points, 13 Votes)
165. THE FALL Dragnet (1451 Points, 10 Votes, 1 #1)
166. THE RESIDENTS The Third Reich 'n Roll (1449 Points, 12 Votes)
167. THE PRETTY THINGS Parachute (1449 Points, 11 Votes, 1 #1)
168. RUFUS & CHAKA KHAN Rufusized (1440 Points, 10 Votes)
169. THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND Next... (1429 Points, 12 Votes)
170. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND Clear Spot (1426 Points, 10 Votes)
171. HAWKWIND In Search of Space (1423 Points, 12 Votes)
172. GERMS (GI) (1406 Points, 12 Votes)
173. BETTY DAVIS Betty Davis (1405 Points, 13 Votes)
174. HAWKWIND Warrior on the Edge of Time (1404 Points, 11 Votes)
175. BUDGIE Budgie (1404 Points, 10 Votes)
176. IGGY POP Lust for Life (1403 Points, 11 Votes)
177. FAMILY Bandstand (1399 Points, 11 Votes)
178. MANDRILL Composite Truth (1396 Points, 13 Votes)
179. PETER HAMMILL Nadir's Big Chance (1391 Points, 14 Votes)
180. PARLIAMENT Chocolate City (1390 Points, 14 Votes)
181. PARLIAMENT Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1384 Points, 11 Votes)
182. DEEP PURPLE Machine Head (1383 Points, 13 Votes)
183. METERS Rejuvenation (1376 Points, 12 Votes, 1 #1)
184. TAJ MAHAL TRAVELLERS August 1974 (1374 Points, 9 Votes, 1 #1)
185. DAVID BOWIE Aladdin Sane (1371 Points, 11 Votes)

186. CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD Skin I'm In (1362 Points, 12 Votes)
187. PINK FAIRIES What A Bunch Of Sweeties (1356 Points, 9 Votes)
188. RESIDENTS Meet the Residents (1354 Points, 10 Votes)
189. BLACK SABBATH Sabotage (1353 Points, 12 Votes)
190. CRAMPS Gravest Hits (1340 Points, 11 Votes)
191. ARMAND SCHAUBROECK Ratfucker (1335 Points, 12 Votes)
192. PERE UBU Dub Housing (1327 Points, 12 Votes)
193. HENRY COW/SLAPP HAPPY In Praise Of Learning (1326 Points, 10 Votes)
194. JOBRIATH Jobriath (1324 Points, 9 Votes)
195. Disqualified
196. THE CURE Three Imaginary Boys/Boys Don't Cry (1321 Points, 10 Votes)
197. THIN LIZZY Jailbreak (1320 Points, 10 Votes)
198. THE RUTS The Crack (1301 Points, 11 Votes)
199. WAR The World Is a Ghetto (1301 Points, 10 Votes)
200. STRAY Stray (1301 Points, 8 Votes, 1 #1)
201. KRAAN Wintrup (1298 Points, 10 Votes)
202. SUBWAY SECT We Oppose All Rock & Roll (1297 Points, 9 Votes)
203. VARIOUS ARTISTS No New York (1296 Points, 10 Votes, 1 #1)
204. RAINBOW Rising (1289 Points, 11 Votes, 1 #1)
205. MONTROSE Montrose (1281 Points, 9 Votes)
206. DR. JOHN In The Right Place (1277 Points, 9 Votes)
207. OHIO PLAYERS Pain (1266 Points, 9 Votes)
208. SLY & THE FAMILY STONE Fresh (1261 Points, 12 Votes)
209. OHIO PLAYERS Skin Tight (1258 Points, 9 Votes)
210. RAMONES Rocket To Russia (1256 Points, 11 Votes)

211. MAGMA Attahk (1249 Points, 9 Votes)
212. EDDIE HAZEL Games, Dames And Guitar Thangs (1247 Points, 10 Votes)
213. KRAAN Kraan (1242 Points, 9 Votes)
214. TEENAGE JESUS AND THE JERKS Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (1219 Points, 10 Votes)
215. MILES DAVIS Dark Magus (1216 Points, 9 Votes)
216. BRAINTICKET Psychonaut (1214 Points, 12 Votes)
217. JAMES CHANCE & THE CONTORTIONS Buy (1211 Points, 10 Votes)
218. LEAF HOUND Growers of Mushroom (1204 Points, 10 Votes)
219. AC/DC Powerage (1189 Points, 8 Votes)
220. DEEP PURPLE In Rock (1186 Points, 12 Votes)
221. FELA KUTI He Miss Road (1181 Points, 9 Votes)
222. THIN LIZZY Johnny the Fox (1179 Points, 8 Votes)
223. DAF Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft (1177 Points, 10 Votes)
224. PARLIAMENT Osmium (1168 Points, 10 Votes)
225. MUTINY Mutiny On The Mamaship (1164 Points, 9 Votes)
226. THE FALL Live at the Witch Trials (1160 Points, 11 Votes)
227. BOSTON Boston (1156 Points, 9 Votes, 1 #1)
228. GONG Camembert Electrique (1149 Points, 11 Votes)
228. MOTORHEAD Motorhead (1149 Points, 11 Votes)
230. GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION Ain't No 'Bout-A-Doubt It (1147 Points, 10 Votes)
231. QUEEN Queen II (1145 Points, 10 Votes)
232. LENE LOVICH Stateless (1141 Points, 9 Votes)
233. JOBRIATH Creatures Of The Street (1121 Points, 8 Votes)
234. HAWKLORDS 25 Years On (1108 Points, 9 Votes)
235. CRASS The Feeding of the 5000 (1102 Points, 9 Votes)
236. AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1096 Points, 8 Votes)
237. THE COSMIC JOKERS The Cosmic Jokers (1087 Points, 9 Votes)
238. WIPERS Is This Real? (1076 Points, 11 Votes)
239. FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND Made In Japan (1075 Points, 9 Votes)
240. XHOL Motherfuckers GMBH & Co KG (1073 Points, 9 Votes)
241. FELA KUTI Open & Close (1071 Points, 10 Votes)
242. KLEENEX Beri Beri / Ain't You / Hedi's Head / Nice EP (1054 Points, 10 Votes)
243. EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND Edgar Broughton Band (1053 Points, 8 Votes)
244. ISLEY BROTHERS Showdown (1049 Points, 9 Votes)
245. ALICE COOPER Billion Dollar Babies (1041 Points, 7 Votes)
246. THE GROUNDHOGS Who Will Save The World (1030 Points, 8 Votes)
247. METERS Fire On The Bayou (1023 Points, 8 Votes)
248. JAMES BLOOD ULMER Tales of Captain Black (1020 Points, 8 Votes)
249. SHUGGIE OTIS Inspiration Information (1009 Points, 9 Votes)
250. ERKIN KORAY ElektronikTuerkueler (1007 Points, 8 Votes)

251. B.T. EXPRESS Do It Til You're Satisfied (1005 Points, 10 Votes)
252. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1005 Points, 8 Votes)
253. GLENN BRANCA Songs '77-'79 (1004 Points, 9 Votes)
254. BLACK SABBATH Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1001 Points, 9 Votes)
255. RUFUS & CHAKA KHAN Rags To Rufus (1001 Points, 8 Votes)
256. ULTRAVOX! Ultravox! (995 Points, 9 Votes)
257. CYMANDE Cymande (992 Points, 8 Votes)
258. CRIME San Francisco's Doomed (990 Points, 9 Votes)
259. JAMES BROWN The Payback (990 Points, 8 Votes)
260. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE Live Rust (989 Points, 8 Votes)
261. THEORETICAL GIRLS Theoretical Record (983 Points, 10 Votes)
262. AU PAIRS Equal But Different - BBC Sessions 79-81 (980 Points, 8 Votes)
263. LOS DUG DUG'S Dug Dug's (979 Points, 7 Votes)
264. CRASS Stations Of The Crass (975 Points, 9 Votes)
265. FAMILY A Song For Me (974 Points, 8 Votes)
266. THE DAMNED Machine Gun Etiquette (973 Points, 6 Votes)
267. HAWKWIND Hall of the Mountain Grill (965 Points, 10 Votes)
268. PINK FLOYD Animals (960 Points, 10 Votes)
269. BLUES CREATION Demon & Eleven Children (955 Points, 10 Votes)
270. BOOTSY'S RUBBER BAND Ahh...The Name is Bootsy, Baby! (954 Points, 9 Votes)
271. BUDGIE Never Turn Your Back On A Friend (953 Points, 7 Votes)
271. BUZZCOCKS Spiral Scratch EP (953 Points, 7 Votes)
273. EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND Sing Brother Sing (952 Points, 7 Votes)
274. THE SAINTS (I'm) Stranded (947 Points, 9 Votes)
275. KRAFTWERK Kraftwerk 2 (945 Points, 8 Votes)
276. T. REX The Slider (944 Points, 7 Votes)
277. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Still Life (935 Points, 7 Votes)
278. GENESIS Foxtrot (933 Points, 8 Votes)
278. Guru Guru - UFO (933 Points, 8 Votes)
280. A.R. & MACHINES Die grüne Reise - The Green Journey (931 Points, 7 Votes)
281. Motörhead Bomber (928 Points, 8 Votes)
282. MOUNTAIN Climbing! (921 Points, 9 Votes)
283. DEATH ...For the Whole World to See (920 Points, 8 Votes)
284. TUBEWAY ARMY Tubeway Army (915 Points, 8 Votes)
285. BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Agents of Fortune (909 Points, 8 Votes)
286. MILES DAVIS Pangaea (908 Points, 8 Votes)
287. KING CRIMSON Larks' Tongues in Aspic (907 Points, 9 Votes)
288. ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS The Day The Earth Met The Rocket From The Tombs (960 Points, 7 Votes)
289. PAVLOV’S DOG Pampered Menial (899 Points, 7 Votes)
290. HENRY COW Unrest (894 Points, 7 Votes)
291. ISLEY BROTHERS Live It Up (891 Points, 8 Votes)
292. THE RUNAWAYS The Runaways (890 Points, 8 Votes)
293. ALICE COOPER Killer (889 Points, 8 Votes)
294. GURU GURU Hinten (88 Points, 9 Votes)
295. GERMAN OAK German Oak (883 Points, 7 Votes)
296. PATTI SMITH GROUP Radio Ethiopia (882 Points, 7 Votes)
297. BUFFALO Volcanic Rock (881 Points, 7 Votes)
298. FAUST The Faust Tapes (879 Points, 7 Votes)
299. YAHOWHA 13 Penetration: An Aquarian Symphony (869 Points, 8 Votes)
300. FREE Fire And Water (866 Points, 8 Votes)

301. TEENAGE JESUS AND THE JERKS Beirut Slump: Shut Up and Bleed (863 Points, 6 Votes)
302. LOVE False Start (860 Points, 6 Votes)
303. MAN Be Good To Yourself at Least Once A Day (859 Points, 7 Votes)
304. YES Fragile (858 Points, 8 Votes)
305. SANTANA Abraxas (858 Points, 7 Votes)
306. CAMEO Cardiac Arrest (851 Points, 7 Votes)
307. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND Licky My Decals Off, Baby (847 Points, 9 Votes)
308. CARAVAN In The Land Of The Grey & Pink (847 Points, 8 Votes)
309. GILA Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (846 Points, 7 Votes)
310. ERKIN KORAY Erkin Koray 2 (843 Points, 7 Votes)
311. JAMES WHITE AND THE BLACKS Off White (842 Points, 8 Votes)
312. ALICE COOPER Love It to Death (836 Points, 8 Votes)
313. MILES DAVIS Big Fun (830 Points, 7 Votes)
314. THOMAS LEER & ROBERT RENTAL The Bridge (828 Points, 7 Votes)
315. SPK Auto-Da-Fe (827 Points, 6 Votes)
316. WAR All Day Music (820 Points, 8 Votes)
317. THE DICTATORS Go Girl Crazy! (818 Points, 8 Votes)
318. BE BOP DELUXE Sunburst Finish (811 Points, 7 Votes)
319. PARLIAMENT Up For The Down Stroke (810 Points, 8 Votes)
320. BOOTSY'S RUBBER BAND Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band (808 Points, 9 Votes)
321. ROXY MUSIC Country Life (807 Points, 7 Votes)
322. RUSH A Farewell to Kings (801 Points, 7 Votes)
323. MOTT THE HOOPLE Mott (799 Points, 6 Votes)
324. PERE UBU Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection,Non-LP Singles & b-sides 1976-80 (796 Points, 6 Votes, 1 #1)
325. HAWKWIND Quark, Strangeness & Charm (794 Points, 6 Votes)
326. ISAAC HAYES Black Moses (791 Points, 6 Votes)
327. ISLEY BROTHERS Go For Your Guns (787 Points, 7 Votes)
328. JUDAS PRIEST Stained Class (784 Points, 7 Votes)
329. ULTRAVOX! Ha! Ha! Ha! (778 Points, 8 Votes)
330. LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin III (778 Points, 6 Votes)
331. HEART Dreamboat Annie (773 Points, 6 Votes)
333. ZZ TOP Degüello (771 Points, 7 Votes)
334. MANDRILL Just Outside Of Town (767 Points, 7 Votes)
335. BABY HUEY & THE BABYSITTERS The Baby Huey Story (764 Points, 9 Votes)
336. JUDAS PRIEST Hell Bent for Leather/Killing Machine (761 Points, 7 Votes)
336. MAN Back Into The Future (761 Points, 7 Votes)
336. OS MUTANTES A Divina Comedia ou Ando Meio Desligado (761 Points, 7 Votes)
339. BUDGIE In For The Kill (760 Points, 7 Votes)
340. FRANK ZAPPA Overnite Sensation (755 Points, 6 Votes)
341. WARHORSE Warhorse (747 Points, 4 Votes)
342. SCREAMERS In A Better World (745 Points, 8 Votes)
343. ASH RA TEMPEL Join Inn (741 Points, 6 Votes)
344. FLAMIN' GROOVIES Teenage Head (741 Points, 5 Votes)
345. RICK JAMES Bustin' Out Of L Seven (734 Points, 6 Votes)
346. RADIO BIRDMAN Radios Appear (732 Points, 8 Votes)
347. THE DICTATORS Bloodbrothers (731 Points, 7 Votes)
348. HENRI TEXIER Varech (725 Points, 7 Votes)
349. NAZZ Nazz (718 Points, 6 Votes)
350. T2 It'll All Work Out In Boomland (711 Points, 5 Votes)

351. URIAH HEEP ...Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble... (708 Points, 7 Votes)
352. THE STRANGLERS Rattus Norvegicus (708 Points, 5 Votes)
353. METAL URBAIN Les hommes morts sont dangereux (707 Points, 6 Votes)
354. HAWKWIND Doremi Fasol Latido (705 Points, 7 Votes)
355. JOHN MCLAUGHLIN Devotion (704 Points, 5 Votes)
356. DESTROY ALL MONSTERS Bored (701 Points, 6 Votes)
357. GENESIS Nursery Cryme (696 Points, 7 Votes)
358. PiL Public Image (689 Points, 7 Votes)
359. HARLEM RIVER DRIVE Harlem River Drive (689 Points, 5 Votes)
359. ROXY MUSIC Stranded (689 Points, 5 Votes)
361. CHROME The Visitation (688 Points, 6 Votes)
362. SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES Join Hands (688 Points, 5 Votes)
363. WISHBONE ASH Wishbone Ash (683 Points, 5 Votes)
364. Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho - Paêbirú (678 Points, 5 Votes)
366. BROSELMASCHINE Bröselmaschine (670 Points, 7 Votes)
367. DESPERATE BICYCLES Another Commercial Venture (670 Points, 6 Votes)
368. DR. FEELGOOD Stupidity (667 Points, 5 Votes)
369. THE FALL 77-Early Years-79 (667 Points, 4 Votes)
370. NINA HAGEN BAND Nina Hagen Band (665 Points, 5 Votes)
371. ALLMAN BROTHERS Fillmore East (664 Points, 6 Votes)
372. THROBBING GRISTLE First Annual Report (664 Points, 5 Votes)
373. TRAD, GRAS & STENAR Träd, Gräs & Stenar (663 Points, 6 Votes)
374. TUXEDOMOON No Tears (657 Points, 7 Votes)
375. EARTH, WIND & FIRE Earth, Wind & Fire (674 Points, 6 Votes)
375. IAN DURY New Boots and Panties!!! (650 Points, 5 Votes)
376. QUEEN Sheer Heart Attack (649 Points, 7 Votes)
377. CABARET VOLTAIRE Mix-Up (646 Points, 6 Votes)
378. BLACK FLAG Everything Went Black (646 Points, 5 Votes)
379. DEEP PURPLE Made in Japan (642 Points, 7 Votes)
380. JANDEK Ready For The House (640 Points, 5 Votes)
381. THE ONLY ONES The Only Ones (640 Points, 4 Votes)
382. SLAVE The Concept (635 Points, 6 Votes)
383. METERS Cabbage Alley (634 Points, 5 Votes)
384. LYNYRD SKYNYRD (pronounced 'leh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) (634 Points, 4 Votes)
385. JOHN CALE & TERRY RILEY Church of Anthrax (629 Points, 7 Votes)
385. RAMONES Leave Home (629 Points, 7 Votes)
387. FRANK ZAPPA Apostrophe (629 Points, 6 Votes)
388. MAGMA Üdü ?üdü (629 Points, 5 Votes)
389. THROBBING GRISTLE The Second Annual Report (629 Points, 4 Votes)
390. JANE Together (627 Points, 5 Votes)
391. SWEET Desolation Boulevard (622 Points, 6 Votes)
392. A.R. & MACHINES A.R. IV (622 Points, 4 Votes)
393. A CERTAIN RATIO The Graveyard And The Ballroom (620 Points, 5 Votes)
394. CURTIS MAYFIELD Roots (618 Points, 5 Votes)
395. FELA KUTI No Agreement (617 Points, 5 Votes)
396. SLY STONE High On You (616 Points, 5 Votes)
397. BLACK WIDOW Sacrifice (612 Points, 7 Votes)
398. FACES Ooh La La (606 Points, 6 Votes)
399. CHEAP TRICK In Color (606 Points, 5 Votes)
400. SPIRIT Feedback (605 Points, 4 Votes)

401. FAR EAST FAMILY BAND Parallel World (604 Points, 5 Votes)
402. ALICE COOPER Welcome to my Nightmare (599 Points, 4 Votes)
403. THE STRANGLERS No More Heroes (591 Points, 5 Votes)
404. THE POLITICIANS The Politicians Featuring McKinley Jackson (591 Points, 3 Votes)
405. MILES DAVIS Live-Evil (588 Points, 6 Votes)
406. PATTO Patto (586 Points, 3 Votes)
407. AMON DüüL II Made In Germany (578 Points, 5 Votes)
408. MX-80 SOUND Hard Attack (575 Points, 6 Votes)
409. OHIO PLAYERS Ecstacy (569 Points, 5 Votes)
410. GONG You (568 Points, 5 Votes)
410. PENETRATION Moving Targets (568 Points, 5 Votes)
412. NOVEMBER En Ny Tid är Här (568 Points, 4 Votes)
413. GENESIS Trespass (566 Points, 5 Votes)
414. UFO Lights Out (565 Points, 4 Votes)
415. DUST Dust (564 Points, 6 Votes)
416. PETER HAMMILL Over (560 Points, 6 Votes)
417. BUZZCOCKS A Different Kind of Tension (560 Points, 5 Votes)
417. DMZ - s/t (560 Points, 5 Votes)
417. YES Relayer (560 Points, 5 Votes)
420. KOOL AND THE GANG Wild & Peaceful (559 Points, 5 Votes)
421. AC/DC Jailbreak '74 (559 Points, 4 Votes)
422. Speed, Glue & Shinki - S/T (544 Points, 4 Votes)
423. BE BOP DELUXE Futurama (542 Points, 4 Votes)
424. THE JAM In the City (540 Points, 5 Votes)
425. CHEAP TRICK Cheap Trick (540 Points, 4 Votes)
426. RANDY HOLDEN Population II (538 Points, 5 Votes)
427. SLAVE Slave (537 Points, 5 Votes)
428. TED NUGENT Cat Scratch Fever (535 POONS, 4 Votes)
429. ARMAGEDDON Armageddon (533 Points, 4 Votes)
430. JAPAN Adolescent Sex (530 Points, 5 Votes)
430. LUCIFER'S FRIEND Lucifer's Friend (530 Points, 5 Votes)
432. ROBERT FRIPP Exposure (524 Points, 5 Votes)
433. JEFF BECK Blow By Blow (524 Points, 4 Votes)
434. RUSH 2112 (523 Ponts, 5 Votes)
435. FACES Long Player (521 Points, 5 Votes)
436. UNIVERS ZERO Heresie (516 Points, 4 Votes)
437. GARY WILSON You Think You Really Know Me (515 Points, 4 Votes)
438. BRASS CONSTRUCTION Brass Construction (514 Points, 6 Votes)
439. HUMBLE PIE Humble Pie (514 Points, 3 Votes)
440. THE RED CRAYOLA Soldier Talk (512 Points, 5 Votes)
441. GENESIS The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (512 Points, 4 Votes)
441. JUDAS PRIEST Rocka Rolla (512 Points, 4 Votes)
443. PENETRATION Coming Up For Air (511 Points, 4 Votes)
444. BARIS MANCO 2023 (508 Points, 6 Votes)
445. A.R. & MACHINES Echo (506 Points, 3 Votes)
446. BIRTH CONTROL Operation (502 Points, 5 Votes)
447. THIN LIZZY Black Rose: A Rock Legend (498 Points, 3 Votes)
448. CURTIS MAYFIELD There's No Place Like America Today (497 Points, 4 Votes)
448. SCORPIONS Lonesome Crow (497 Points, 4 Votes)
450. ROD STEWART Every Picture Tells a Story (493 Points, 4 Votes, 1 #1)

451 The Electric Eels - God Says Fuck You 491 Points 4 Votes
452 Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes 490 Points 6 Votes
453 Walter Wegmüller - Tarot 490 Points 5 Votes
454 James Gang - Rides Again 490 Points 4 Votes
455 Bobby Beausoleil - Lucifer Rising OST 489 Points 5 Votes
456 Sly & The Family Stone - Small Talk 484 5
457 Eloy - Dawn 482 Points, 3 Votes
458 Rush - Hemispheres 480 Points 5 Votes
459 Buzzcocks - Love Bites 479 Points 5 Votes
459 Dom - Edge of Time 479 Points 5 Votes
461 Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage 479 Points 3 Votes
462 Little Feat - Feats Don't Fail Me Now 475 Points 3 Votes
463 Michael Rother - Sterntaler 473 Points, 4 Votes
464 Graham Central Station - Now Do U Wanna Dance 468 Points 4 Votes
465 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Framed 468 Points 3 Votes
466 Led Zeppelin - Presence 464 Points 5 Votes
467 James Brown - Love Power Peace 464 Points 4 Votes
467 Jethro Tull - Aquadung 464 Points 4 Votes
469 Khan - Space Shanty 463 Points, 5 Votes
470 Magma - Köhntarkösz 461 Points 3 Votes
471 Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation 460 Points 3 Votes
472 Iron Maiden - The Soundhouse Tapes 459 Points 3 Votes
473 Smegma - Glamour Girl 1941 458 Points, 3 Votes
474 Faces - First Step 455 Points 4 Votes
474 The Runaways - Queens of Noise 455 Points 4 Votes
476 Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Ain't That A Bitch 452 Points 5 Votes
477 Destroy All Monsters - 1974 1976 451 Points 4 Votes
478 Shuggie Otis - Freedom Flight 449 Points 4 Votes
479 Mother's Finest - Mother's Finest 448 Points 3 Votes
480 Flower Travellin' Band - Anywhere 445 Points 4 Votes
480 Tony Allen - No Accomodation For Lagos 445 Points 4 Votes
482 The New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon 442 Points 4 Votes
483 Fela Kuti - Roforofo Fight 441 Points 4 Votes
484 Tonto's Exploding Head Band - Zero Time 439 Points 6 Votes
485 Cabaret Voltaire - Extended Play 436 Points 4 Votes
486 Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen 434 Points 5 Votes
487 Free - Heartbreaker 434 Points 4 Votes
488 Chrome - Read Only Memory 433 Points 4 Votes
489 Buddy Miles Express - Them Changes 432 Points 4 Votes
490 Be Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim 431 Points 4 Votes
491 Goblin - Goblin 430 Points, 4 Votes
492 Slade - Slayed? 426 Points, 3 Votes
493 Hairy Chapter - Can't Get Through 422 Points, 4 Votes
494 Bang - Mother/Bow To The King 416 Points 4 Votes
495 Alternative TV - The Image Has Cracked 415 Points 3 Votes
496 Sparks - A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing 412 Points 3 Votes
497 Focus - Focus III 411 Points 3 Votes
497 The Vibrators - Pure Mania 411 Points 3 Votes
499 Bang - Bang 408 Points 4 Votes
499 Cheap Trick - Live At Budokan 408 Points 4 Votes
501 Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes 408 Points, 3 Votes

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467 Jethro Tull - Aquadung 464 Points 4 Votes

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45.55% of the voters voted for Satori! That's amazing. It definitely benefited not only from campaigning, but probably for many people, the excitement of discovering something new that's so good. It only topped one person's list, but it's definitely worthy of top 10 to my ears. I picked up a copy as soon as I'd read Cope's entry, but it took a couple years to percolate for me. But I can see how the enthusiasm in the nomination/voting thread is infectious.

did not expect Flower Travellin Band to win.

Sabbath is the real winner here, FTB probably being impossible without sabbath's influence. I wonder which band wins on total points for all albums combined?

fully expected Satori to take it after months-long circle jerk, Metal Box should've been top ten, still can't believe No New York isn't in the top 100, never mind 200 (I mean if yr gonna revise history, get that shit right smdh).

Julian Cope is the real winner here!

tbf a LOT of doom metal/stoner rock fans knew of Satori before copes book. I know I did and I had a download from Audiogalaxy in about 2000/2001 and I wasn't ahead of the curve or anything. Loads knew it by then.

hahahahaha poetic finale

i wonder if mr. cope will see this thread? great poll! well done all.

what about the placing of those Chrome albums hellhouse/EIII?

tbf a LOT of doom metal/stoner rock fans knew of Satori before copes book. I know I did and I had a download from Audiogalaxy in about 2000/2001 and I wasn't ahead of the curve or anything. Loads knew it by then.

yeah, I bought the book because I wanted to find more stuff like FTB. I always thought they were kind of an obscure band that was only known in Japan, but I remember reading somewhere online once that Satori actually placed in some guitar magazine or metal magazine poll in the '70s or '80s. anyone know anything about that?

wow, band I never heard of got 1st! This has been quite a poll! Thanks AG and everyone involved!

I will have a finalized spotify playlist ready later tonight.

I knew about FTB before Cope's book. And I'm not a doom/stoner fan. Also, I think I completely missed the campaigning?

Yes but even after all the campaigning, a few people on this thread still hadn't even heard of it. Cope did say in last month's blurb in Classic Rock that a ton of doom bands were influenced by it. I'm still skeptical about how widespread that actually was, but okay.

Glad you all enjoyed the poll and hope everyone reading it or whoever reads it in the future will discover lots of new-to-them albums rather than moaning about placings. The point of the 80s & 70s poll was to introduce lots of really good music to people who might not know it.

Big thanks to fastnbulbous for researching all the reviews and putting them on a document for me each day

and as always a big thanks to seandalai for tabulating!

And thanks to all who nominated/voted or took part in the commenting!

Will post the full results soon. Some REALLY good albums in the 502-550 range btw

Obv big thanks to AG & FnB for taking the time and effort to put this together, and I expect the list will be keeping me fed with interesting new albums for a good while yet. Will post my ballot in a bit when I can be bothered.

Unless I was campaigning for it in my sleep. But I think even sleep me would be more likely to spend my time repping for La Dusseldorf.

xxxp Yes, thanks everyone! Pretty fun. And every time I thought it'd stopped surprising me, a new surprise was just around the corner.

I fell way behind after the first day, but I'm working my way through the Spotify list. MX-80 caught my attention hard. Where the hell did this come from? I'll search it on Wikipedia but I'd love to hear thoughts on it from whoever nommed it or voted for it.

great poll, great results

that mx-80 is weird. I never heard that before either and assumed that they were a punk band but it's pretty Zappa-esque.

congrats AG f/ finally landing this wrecked and smoking Airport '77 jumbo poll. ty to FnB + seandalai as well.

(I picked up both Chrome recs when they were packaged together f/ the T&G reissue, so chez Hellhouse they're essentially a single rec and I voted accordingly.)

as i said AG + crew : bravo ..

proper ILM excess ..

AG, you should really do a '90s poll now, it'll be a goddamn bloodbath.

you could kick it off properly by DQ'ing all Nirvana recs.

Personally I could do 10 '90s polls, year by year.

Satori/Split/Live '77 make an awesome trio of the most non-canonical records in the top 20.

Not really, that would be insane. But otherwise how could I come up with just 100 albums?