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CRITICAL WAX

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

1 NEIL YOUNG - After The Goldrush
2 BLACK SABBATH - Paranoid
3 SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Bridge Over Troubled Water

1971

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

1 ROXY MUSIC - Country Life
2 BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Natty Dread
3 BIG STAR - Radio City

1975

1 ROXY MUSIC - Siren
2 PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here
3 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born to Run

1976

1 RAMONES - Ramones
2 EAGLES - Hotel California
3 BOB DYLAN - Desire

1977

1 FLEETWOOD MAC - Rumours
2 ELVIS COSTELLO - My Aim is True
3 SEX PISTOLS - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols

1978

1 BLONDIE - Parallel Lines
2 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Darkness on the Edge of Town
3 BUZZCOCKS - Another Music in a Different Kitchen

1979

1 AC/DC - Highway to Hell
2 JOY DIVISION - Unknown Pleasures
3 THE CLASH - London Calling
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