1970-1979 Critical Wax Recommended Albums
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FLEETWOOD MAC - Rumours (1977)
CWax Rating 94.1% Essential tracks: Second Hand News, Dreams, Never Going Back Again, Don't Stop, Go Your Own Way, Songbird, The Chain, You Make Loving Fun, I Don't Wanna Know |
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ROXY MUSIC - Siren (1975)
CWax Rating 94.1% Essential tracks: Love Is The Drug, End Of The Line, Sentimental Fool, Whirlwind, Both Ends Burning, Nightingale, Just Another High |
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PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here (1975)
CWax Rating 94.0% Essential tracks: Shine On You Crazy Diamond parts I-V, Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond parts VI-IX |
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THE ROLLING STONES - Sticky Fingers (1971)
CWax Rating 93.0% Essential tracks: Brown Sugar, Sway, Wild Horses, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Bitch |
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THE WHO - Who's Next (1971)
CWax Rating 92.8% Essential tracks: Baba O'Reilly, Bargain, Behind Blue Eyes, Won't Get Fooled Again |
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DAVID BOWIE - Aladdin Sane (1973)
CWax Rating 92.7% Essential tracks: Watch That Man, Drive-In Saturday, Panic In Detroit, Let's Spend The Night Together, Jean Genie, Lady Grinning Soul |
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DAVID BOWIE - Ziggy Stardust (1972)
CWax Rating 92.5% Essential tracks: Moonage Daydream, Starman, Ziggy Stardust, Sufragette City, Rock 'n' Roll Suicide |
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AC/DC - Highway To Hell (1979)
CWax Rating 92.2% Essential tracks: Highway To Hell, Touch Too Much, Shot Down In Flames, If You Want Blood (You've Got It), Love Hungry Man |
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born To Run (1975)
CWax Rating 91.4% Essential tracks: Thunder Road, Born To Run, Jungleland |
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BOB DYLAN - Blood On The Tracks (1975)
CWax Rating 91.1% Essential tracks: Tangled Up In Blue, Idiot Wind, Meet Me In The Morning, Lily Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts, Shelter From The Storm |
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ELVIS COSTELLO - My Aim Is True (1977)
CWax Rating 91.1% Essential tracks: Alison, (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes, I'm Not Angry, Waiting For The End Of The World |
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DAVID BOWIE - Hunky Dory (1971)
CWax Rating 90.9% Essential tracks: Changes, Oh! You Pretty Things, Life On Mars, Song For Bob Dylan, Queen Bitch |
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JOY DIVISION - Unknown Pleasures (1979)
CWax Rating 90.6% Essential tracks: Disorder, New Dawn Fades, She's Lost Control, Shadowplay, Wilderness |
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ROXY MUSIC - Country Life (1974)
CWax Rating 90.4% Essential tracks: The Thrill Of It All, All I Want Is You, Out Of The Blue, Casanova, Prairie Rose |
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BLONDIE - Parallel Lines (1978)
CWax Rating 90.1% Essential tracks: Hanging On The Telephone, One Way Or Another, Picture This, Sunday Girl, Heart Of Glass |
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PINK FLOYD - The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)
CWax Rating 89.8% Essential tracks: Time, Money, Us And Them |
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SEX PISTOLS - Never Mind The Bollocks (1977)
CWax Rating 89.8% Essential tracks: Holidays In The Sun, God Save The Queen, Anarchy In The UK, Pretty Vacant |
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THE CLASH - London Calling (1979)
CWax Rating 89.4% Essential tracks: London Calling, Brand New Cadillac, The Guns Of Brixton, Death Or Glory, Train In Vain |
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T-REX - Electric Warrior (1971)
CWax Rating 89.0% Essential tracks: Mambo Sun, Jeepster, Get It On |
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LED ZEPPELIN - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
CWax Rating 88.3% Essential tracks: Black Dog, Rock And Roll, Stairway To Heaven, When The Levee Breaks |
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NEIL YOUNG - Harvest (1972)
CWax Rating 88.3% Essential tracks: Out On The Weekend, Heart Of Gold, Old Man, The Needle And The Damage Done |
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NEIL YOUNG - After The Goldrush (1970)
CWax Rating 87.1% Essential tracks: After The Goldrush, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Southern Man |
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LOU REED - Transformer (1972)
CWax Rating 86.8% Essential tracks: Vicious, Perfect Day, Walk On The Wild Side, Satellite Of Love, Hangin' Around |
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BLACK SABBATH - Paranoid (1970)
CWax Rating 85.1% Essential tracks: War Pigs, Paranoid, Planet Caravan, Iron Man |
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SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
CWax Rating 84.5% Essential tracks: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cecilia, The Boxer, The Only Living Boy In New York |
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QUEEN - A Night At The Opera (1975)
CWax Rating 79.8% Essential tracks: You're My Best Friend, Bohemian Rhapsody |
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DAVID BOWIE - Heroes (1977)
CWax Rating 72.6% Essential tracks: Heroes |
CRITICAL WAX TOP 3 PER YEAR
1970
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1 NEIL YOUNG - After The Goldrush
2 BLACK SABBATH - Paranoid 3 SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Bridge Over Troubled Water |
1971
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1 THE ROLLING STONES - Sticky Fingers
2 THE WHO - Who's Next 3 DAVID BOWIE - Hunky Dory |
1972 |
1 DAVID BOWIE - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
2 LOU REED - Transformer 3 NEIL YOUNG - Harvest |
1973 |
1 DAVID BOWIE - Aladdin Sane
2 PINK FLOYD - The Dark Side of the Moon 3 IGGY & THE STOOGES - Raw Power |
1974
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1 ROXY MUSIC - Country Life
2 BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Natty Dread 3 BIG STAR - Radio City |
1975
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1 ROXY MUSIC - Siren
2 PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here 3 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born to Run |
1976
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1 RAMONES - Ramones
2 EAGLES - Hotel California 3 BOB DYLAN - Desire |
1977
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1 FLEETWOOD MAC - Rumours
2 ELVIS COSTELLO - My Aim is True 3 SEX PISTOLS - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols |
1978
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1 BLONDIE - Parallel Lines
2 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Darkness on the Edge of Town 3 BUZZCOCKS - Another Music in a Different Kitchen |
1979
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1 AC/DC - Highway to Hell
2 JOY DIVISION - Unknown Pleasures 3 THE CLASH - London Calling |
