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The Best Music of 1971
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1971. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1971, check out this list.
Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
Al Green | Al Green Gets Next to You | ☆ |
Alice Coltrane | Journey in Satchidananda | ☆ |
Alice Cooper | Love it to Death | ☆ |
Alice Cooper | Killer | ☆ |
Badfinger | Straight Up | ☆ |
Barbra Streisand | Stoney End | ☆ |
Bill Withers | Just As I Am | ☆ |
Black Sabbath | Master Of Reality | ☆ |
Booker T. & the M.G.'s | Melting Pot | ☆ |
Can | Tago Mago | ☆ |
Caravan | In the Land of Grey and Pink | ☆ |
Carly Simon | Carly Simon | ☆ |
Carly Simon | Anticipation | ☆ |
Carole King | Tapestry | ☆ |
Carole King | Music | ☆ |
Cat Stevens | Teaser and the Firecat | ☆ |
Chicago | Chicago III | ☆ |
Curtis Mayfield | Roots | ☆ |
David Bowie | Hunky Dory | ☆ |
Deep Purple | Fireball | ☆ |
Delaney & Bonnie | Motel Shot | ☆ |
Dolly Parton | Coat of Many Colors | ☆ |
Don McLean | American Pie | ☆ |
Earth, Wind & Fire | Earth, Wind & Fire | ☆ |
Earth, Wind & Fire | The Need of Love | ☆ |
Elton John | Madman Across the Water | ☆ |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Tarkus | ☆ |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Pictures at an Exhibition | ☆ |
Esther Phillips | From a Whisper to a Scream | ☆ |
Funkadelic | Maggot Brain | ☆ |
Genesis | Nursery Cryme | ☆ |
George Harrison | The Concert for Bangladesh | ☆ |
Gil Scott-Heron | Pieces of a Man | ☆ |
Harry Nilsson | Nilsson Schmilsson | ☆ |
Harry Nilsson | The Point! | ☆ |
Hawkwind | In Search of Space | ☆ |
Isaac Hayes | Shaft | ☆ |
James Taylor | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon | ☆ |
Janis Joplin | Pearl | ☆ |
Jethro Tull | Aqualung | ☆ |
Jimmy Cliff | Goodbye Yesterday | ☆ |
John Lennon | Imagine | ☆ |
John Prine | John Prine | ☆ |
Joni Mitchell | Blue | ☆ |
Judee Sill | Judee Sill | ☆ |
King Crimson | Islands | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV/ZOSO) | ☆ |
Leonard Cohen | Songs Of Love And Hate | ☆ |
Link Wray | Link Wray | ☆ |
Little Feat | Little Feat | ☆ |
Loretta Lynn | Coal Miner's Daughter | ☆ |
Loudon Wainwright III | Album II | ☆ |
Mahavishnu Orchestra | The Inner Mounting Flame | ☆ |
Marvin Gaye | What's Going On | ☆ |
MC5 | High Time | ☆ |
Miles Davis | Jack Johnson | ☆ |
Nick Drake | Bryter Layter | ☆ |
Paul and Linda McCartney | Ram | ☆ |
Pharoah Sanders | Black Unity | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | Meddle | ☆ |
Roberta Flack | Quiet Fire | ☆ |
Rod Stewart | Every Picture Tells a Story | ☆ |
Santana | Santana III | ☆ |
Serge Gainsbourg | Histoire de Melody Nelson | ☆ |
Sly & The Family Stone | There's A Riot Goin' On | ☆ |
Stevie Wonder | Where I'm Coming From | ☆ |
T. Rex | Electric Warrior | ☆ |
The Allman Brothers Band | At Fillmore East | ☆ |
The Beach Boys | Surf's Up | ☆ |
The Doors | L.A. Woman | ☆ |
The Exkursions | The Exkursions | ☆ |
The Flying Burrito Brothers | The Flying Burrito Brothers | ☆ |
The Moody Blues | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour | ☆ |
The Move | Message From The Country | ☆ |
The Rolling Stones | Sticky Fingers | ☆ |
The Who | Who's Next | ☆ |
Todd Rundgren | Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren | ☆ |
Traffic | The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys | ☆ |
Uriah Heep | Salisbury | ☆ |
Uriah Heep | Look at Yourself | ☆ |
Van Der Graaf Generator | Pawn Hearts | ☆ |
Van Morrison | Tupelo Honey | ☆ |
War | All Day Music | ☆ |
Weather Report | Weather Report | ☆ |
Wishbone Ash | Pilgrimage | ☆ |
Yes | Fragile | ☆ |
Yes | The Yes Album | ☆ |
Songs (?) | Wikipedia | |
Al Green | Let's Stay Together | ☆ |
Al Green | Tired of Being Alone | ☆ |
Alice Cooper | I'm Eighteen | ☆ |
Alice Cooper | Ballad Of Dwight Fry | ☆ |
Alice Cooper | Under My Wheels | ☆ |
Aretha Franklin | Rock Steady | ☆ |
Badfinger | Baby Blue | ☆ |
Badfinger | Day After Day | ☆ |
Bill Withers | Ain't No Sunshine | ☆ |
Bill Withers | Grandma's Hands | ☆ |
Billy Preston | Outa-Space | ☆ |
Black Sabbath | Children of the Grave | ☆ |
Black Sabbath | Sweet Leaf | ☆ |
Black Sabbath | Into the Void | ☆ |
Bread | If | ☆ |
Brewer & Shipley | One Toke Over the Line | ☆ |
Can | Halleluhwah | ☆ |
Carly Simon | Anticipation | ☆ |
Carly Simon | That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be | ☆ |
Carole King | It's Too Late | ☆ |
Carole King | I Feel The Earth Move | ☆ |
Carole King | So Far Away | ☆ |
Carole King | You've Got a Friend | ☆ |
Carole King | (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman | ☆ |
Carole King | Where You Lead | ☆ |
Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton | Those Were the Days ("All in the Family" Theme) | ☆ |
Cat Stevens | Peace Train | ☆ |
Cat Stevens | Moonshadow | ☆ |
Cat Stevens | Morning Has Broken | ☆ |
Cat Stevens | If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out | ☆ |
Cat Stevens | The Wind | ☆ |
Charley Pride | Kiss an Angel Good Morning | ☆ |
Cher | Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves | ☆ |
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose | Treat Her Like a Lady | ☆ |
Coven | One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) | ☆ |
David Bowie | Changes | ☆ |
David Bowie | Life on Mars? | ☆ |
Dolly Parton | Coat of Many Colors | ☆ |
Don McLean | American Pie (Pts. 1 & 2) | ☆ |
Don McLean | Vincent | ☆ |
Electric Light Orchestra | 10538 Overture | ☆ |
Elton John | Tiny Dancer | ☆ |
Elton John | Levon | ☆ |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Tarkus | ☆ |
Esther Phillips | From a Whisper to a Scream | ☆ |
Esther Phillips | Home is Where the Hatred Is | ☆ |
Flamin' Groovies | Teenage Head | ☆ |
Focus | Hocus Pocus | ☆ |
Freddie King | Going Down | ☆ |
Funkadelic | Maggot Brain | ☆ |
Gene Wilder | Pure Imagination | ☆ |
Gil-Scott Heron | Home is Where the Hatred Is | ☆ |
Gil-Scott Heron | Lady Day and John Coltrane | ☆ |
Ike and Tina Turner | Proud Mary | ☆ |
Isaac Hayes | Theme From Shaft | ☆ |
James Brown | Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants) | ☆ |
James Gang | Walk Away | ☆ |
James Taylor | You've Got a Friend | ☆ |
Janis Joplin | Me And Bobby McGee | ☆ |
Janis Joplin | Cry Baby | ☆ |
Jean Knight | Mr. Big Stuff | ☆ |
Jethro Tull | Aqualung | ☆ |
Jethro Tull | Locomotive Breath | ☆ |
Jethro Tull | Cross Eyed Mary | ☆ |
Joan Baez | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | ☆ |
John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band | Happy Xmas (War Is Over) | ☆ |
John Denver | Take Me Home, Country Roads | ☆ |
John Denver | Sunshine on My Shoulders | ☆ |
John Lennon | Imagine | ☆ |
John Lennon | Jealous Guy | ☆ |
John Prine | Sam Stone | ☆ |
John Prine | Angel from Montgomery | ☆ |
John Prine | Paradise | ☆ |
Johnny Cash | Man In Black | ☆ |
Jonathan Edwards | Sunshine (Go Away) | ☆ |
Joni Mitchell | All I Want | ☆ |
Joni Mitchell | California | ☆ |
Joni Mitchell | A Case of You | ☆ |
Joni Mitchell | River | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | Black Dog | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | Stairway To Heaven | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | Rock And Roll | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | When the Levee Breaks | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | Going to California | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | Misty Mountain Hop | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | Battle of Evermore | ☆ |
Leonard Cohen | Famous Blue Raincoat | ☆ |
Little Feat | Willin' | ☆ |
Marvin Gaye | What's Going On | ☆ |
Marvin Gaye | Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) | ☆ |
Marvin Gaye | Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) | ☆ |
MC5 | Sister Anne | ☆ |
MC5 | Baby Won't Ya | ☆ |
Melanie | Brand New Key | ☆ |
Neil Diamond | I Am...I Said | ☆ |
Nilsson | Without You | ☆ |
Nilsson | Jump Into The Fire | ☆ |
Nilsson | Coconut | ☆ |
Olivia Newton-John | If Not for You | ☆ |
Paul & Linda McCartney | Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey | ☆ |
Paul McCartney | Another Day | ☆ |
Paul Revere & the Raiders | Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | Echoes | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | One of These Days | ☆ |
Rare Earth | I Just Want To Celebrate | ☆ |
Redbone | The Witch Queen of New Orleans | ☆ |
Ringo Starr | It Don't Come Easy | ☆ |
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Where is the Love | ☆ |
Rod Stewart | Maggie May | ☆ |
Rod Stewart | Reason to Believe | ☆ |
Rod Stewart | Every Picture Tells a Story | ☆ |
Shirley Bassey | Diamonds Are Forever | ☆ |
Sly & The Family Stone | Family Affair | ☆ |
T. Rex | Bang A Gong (Get It On) | ☆ |
T. Rex | Jeepster | ☆ |
T. Rex | Hot Love | ☆ |
T. Rex | Cosmic Dancer | ☆ |
T. Rex | Life's a Gas | ☆ |
Tammy Wynette | Good Lovin' (Makes It Right) | ☆ |
Ten Years After | I'd Love to Change the World | ☆ |
The Allman Brothers Band | Statesboro Blues | ☆ |
The Beach Boys | Surf's Up | ☆ |
The Bee Gees | How Can You Mend a Broken Heart | ☆ |
The Carpenters | Superstar | ☆ |
The Carpenters | Rainy Days and Mondays | ☆ |
The Chi-Lites | Have You Seen Her | ☆ |
The Doors | Riders On The Storm | ☆ |
The Doors | L.A. Woman | ☆ |
The Doors | Love Her Madly | ☆ |
The Faces | Stay With Me | ☆ |
The Grass Roots | Sooner or Later | ☆ |
The Hillside Singers | I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) | ☆ |
The Hollies | Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) | ☆ |
The J. Geils Band | Whammer Jammer | ☆ |
The Jackson 5 | Never Can Say Goodbye | ☆ |
The Moody Blues | The Story In Your Eyes | ☆ |
The Rolling Stones | Brown Sugar | ☆ |
The Rolling Stones | Wild Horses | ☆ |
The Rolling Stones | Can't You Hear Me Knocking | ☆ |
The Rolling Stones | Bitch | ☆ |
The Stampeders | Sweet City Woman | ☆ |
The Staple Singers | Respect Yourself | ☆ |
The Temptations | Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) | ☆ |
The Undisputed Truth | Smiling Faces Sometimes | ☆ |
The Who | Baba O'Riley | ☆ |
The Who | Won't Get Fooled Again | ☆ |
The Who | Behind Blue Eyes | ☆ |
The Who | Bargain | ☆ |
Three Dog Night | An Old Fashioned Love Song | ☆ |
Tom Jones | She's a Lady | ☆ |
Tommy James | Draggin' the Line | ☆ |
Traffic | The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys | ☆ |
Uriah Heep | Lady in Black | ☆ |
Van Morrison | Tupelo Honey | ☆ |
Van Morrison | Wild Night | ☆ |
War | Slippin' Into Darkness | ☆ |
Yes | Roundabout | ☆ |
Yes | I've Seen All Good People | ☆ |
Yes | Long Distance Runaround | ☆ |
Yes | Starship Trooper | ☆ |
Yes | Yours is No Disgrace | ☆ |
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