Needles & Grooves

Thetas gunna be rough with Bowie in the 70s and pretty tough for the Stones too!

1974 better be Pink Moon or you are in trouble buster

1971- Jethro Tull Aqualung
1972- Jethro Tull Thick As A Brick
1973- Pink Floyd Dark Side of The Moon
1973- Wings Band On The Run
1974- Joni Mitchell Court And Spark
1975- Elton John Captain Fantastic
1977- Billy Joel The Stranger
1978- Rolling Stones Some Girls
1979- Pink Floyd The Wall

I realize this breaks your rules (one album per artist.) But all are essential and rules were made to be broken.

Disagree with III being the LZ choice, but a good start. Dropping LZIII, I'd add Neil Young - After the Gold Rush, John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band, and Derek and the Dominos - Layla to Moondance and Paranoid to make a nice 5 album spread of 1970.

@wmeugene LZ III is my favorite Zeppelin album.

Awesome! Bet you're going to have a stellar collection.

If '71 doesn't include Blue...

@HiFi Guy It's a great album, but for this exercise, I'd pick LZ IV. To me, LZ III is the most not like the others, which isnt a bad thing but if you're going for an overview and only one per artist, I'd stick to the most representative.

@wmeugene I'm with @HiFi Guy III is the best and I always go for the best in all circumstances
Also @BjorgenFjorgen is 100% right, Blue is exceptional in every way, I’d also go with @HiFi Guy suggestion of Court & Spark too, it’s great, that said Blue is once in a generation good.

Also with Blue and Hunky Dory 1971 had two of my all time top 10 albums!

I can’t get into Blue! It hits me too much like Joan Baez’s Vol. 1, which I own but hardly ever listen to. What am I missing about it? Sometimes insight from this forum gives me a way to approach an album. I’m all ears!

It’s raw, like an open wound. It’s Joni laying bare her heart and her soul on record. It’s probably the single most human album I’ve ever heard.

Sorry to throw a cat among the pigeons but The Hissing Of Summer Lawns is my most played, most preferred, most rewarding Joni choice.

Summer Lawns is also Prince’s favourite album

I liked Summer Lawns a lot! Am I crazy, or is Blue more folk-influenced and Summer Lawns is more...I dunno, funky? Poppy? Rock-y?