Coming in the next few days, I just sent it in to Lew. It's mainly pulled directly from the decade lists with the albums in the same order, but I did make a few corrections of wrong years, and a few minor changes in the order of a couple things.


1970
1. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
2. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
3. After The Gold Rush - Neil Young
4. Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
5. Moondance - Van Morrison
6. Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
7. Live at Leeds - The Who
8. Déjà Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
9. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
10. Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & The Dominos

1971
1. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
2. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
3. Who's Next - The Who
4. Blue - Joni Mitchell
5. There's A Riot Goin' On - Sly And The Family Stone
6. Tapestry - Carole King
7. Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
8. L.A. Woman - The Doors
9. Live at the Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band
10. Imagine - John Lennon

1972
1. Exile On Main Street - Rolling Stones
2. Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
3. Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
4. Machine Head - Deep Purple
5. Harvest - Neil Young
6. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
7. Hunky Dory - David Bowie
8. Something/Anything - Todd Rundgren
9. Eat A Peach - Allman Brothers Band
10. I'm Still in Love With You - Al Green

1973
1. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
2. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
4. Quadrophenia - The Who
5. Pronounced Leh'-nerd Skin-'nerd - Lynyrd Skynyrd
6. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
7. Call Me - Al Green
8. Catch A Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers
9. Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
10. New York Dolls - New York Dolls

1974
1. Fullingness First Finale - Stevie Wonder
2. Heart Like A Wheel - Linda Ronstadt
3. Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell
4. Natty Dread - Bob Marley & The Wailers
5. Sheer Heart Attack - Queen
6. Nightbirds - Labelle
7. Can't Get Enough - Barry White
8. Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
9. 461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
10. Queen II - Queen

1975
1. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
2. Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
3. A Night At The Opera - Queen
4. Horses - Patti Smith
5. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
6. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
7. Toys In The Attic - Aerosmith
8. Alive! - KISS
9. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
10. The Basement Tapes - Bob Dylan and the Band

1976
1. Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
2. Hotel California - The Eagles
3. Ramones - Ramones
4. Boston - Boston
5. Mothership Connection - Parliament
6. Rocks - Aerosmith
7. Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
8. Dreamboat Annie - Heart
9. Station to Station - David Bowie
10. Night Moves - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

1977
1. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
2. Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols
3. The Clash - The Clash
4. My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello
5. Marquee Moon - Television
6. Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack - The Bee Gees (and others)
7. Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
8. Exodus - Bob Marley & the Wailers
9. The Stranger - Billy Joel
10. Aja - Steely Dan

1978
1. This Year's Model - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2. Van Halen - Van Halen
3. Low - David Bowie
4. One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic
5. The Cars - The Cars
6. Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Bruce Springsteen
7. Running On Empty - Jackson Browne
8. Outlandos D'Amour - The Police
9. Some Girls - Rolling Stones
10. More Songs About Buildings and Food - Talking Heads

1979
1. London Calling - The Clash
2. The Wall - Pink Floyd
3. Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
4. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
5. Parallel Lines - Blondie
6. Highway To Hell - AC/DC
7. Damn The Torpedoes - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
8 Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
9. The B-52's - The B-52's
10. Reggatta de Blanc - The Police

1980
1. Back In Black - AC/DC
2. Remain In Light - Talking Heads
3. Closer - Joy Division
4. Ace Of Spades - Motorhead
5. Pretenders - Pretenders
6. The River - Bruce Springsteen
7. Dirty Mind - Prince
8. The Game - Queen
9. Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys
10. Blizzard Of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne

1981
1. Beauty And The Beat - The Go-Go's
2. Dare! - The Human League
3. Hi Infidelity - REO Speedwagon
4. Ghost In The Machine - The Police
5. Moving Pictures - Rush
6. Damaged - Black Flag
7. My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno & David Byrne
8. Escape - Journey
9. 4 - Foreigner
10. Private Eyes - Hall & Oates

1982
1. Thriller - Michael Jackson
2. 1999 - Prince
3. Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden
4. The Message - Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
5. Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
6. Avalon - Roxy Music
7. Rio - Duran Duran
8 The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
9. Business As Usual - Men At Work
10. Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello and The Attractions

1983
1. Murmur - R.E.M
2. Synchronicity - The Police
3. War - U2
4. She's So Unusual - Cindi Lauper
5. Can't Slow Down - Lionel Ritchie
6. Break Out - Pointer Sisters
7. Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits
8. Eliminator - ZZ Top
9. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
10. Piece Of Mind - Iron Maiden

1984
1. Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution
2. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
3. Like A Virgin - Madonna
4. Master of Puppets - Metallica
5. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
6. 1984 - Van Halen
7. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
8. Let It Be - The Replacements
9 The Smiths - The Smiths
10. Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain

1985
1. Radio - LL Cool J
2. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
3. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
4. King Of Rock - Run-D.M.C.
5. Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
6. No Jacket Required - Phil Collins
7. Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good - Prefab Sprout
8. Rum, Sodomy & the Lash - The Pogues
9. Heart - Heart
10. Tim - The Replacements

1986
1. Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C.
2. Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys
3. Graceland - Paul Simon
4. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
5. So - Peter Gabriel
6. Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi
7. Reign In Blood - Slayer
8 True Blue - Madonna
9. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
10. Pyromania - Def Leppard

1987
1. The Joshua Tree - U2
2. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
3. Sign O' The Times - Prince
4. Whitesnake - Whitesnake
5. Paid In Full - Eric B. & Rakim
6. Hysteria - Def Leppard
7. Bad - Michael Jackson
8. Faith - George Michael
9. Document - R.E.M
10. Kick - INXS

1988
1. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
2. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.
3. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
4. Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
5. Surfa Rosa - Pixies
6. Strictly Business - EPMD
7. Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk
8. Green - R.E.M.
9. ...And Justice For All - Metallica
10. Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker

1989
1. 3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul
2. Doolittle - Pixies
3. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
4. Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
5. Like A Prayer - Madonna
6. Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson
7. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
8. Disintegration - The Cure
9. Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt
10. The End Of Innocence - Don Henley

The 70s and 80s are up now:

http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_ ... -1979.html

http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_ ... -1989.html

Just a couple of factual errors I spotted:

Def Leppard's Pyromania was released in 1983, not 1986.

Metallica - Master of Puppets is a 1986 album, not 1984.

Hope you corrected these in the updated version.

Thanks, I'll get Lew to fix them.

Wasn't Hunky Dory from 1971? Late in the year maybe, is there a policy for albums that are released in late December?

You are correct. I will get Lew to fix it.

Thanks for catching that Gray. "Hunky Dory" is out of the 1972 list and is being replaced by "Honky Chateau."

7. Something/Anything - Todd Rundgren
8. Eat A Peach - Allman Brothers Band
9. I'm Still in Love With You - Al Green
10. Honky Chateau - Elton John

The 1971 top ten stays the same, as "Hunky Dory" is ranked below "Imagine" on the 1970s album list.

No a single P-Funk or Isleys album for any year in the 70s?

Only one Detroit album for the entire 60s and 70s? No Stooges, no MC5, no Cooper, no Nugent, no Grand Funk?

Actually, in the last revision of 80s list, the 1987's would be:

1. The Joshua Tree - U2
2. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
3. Sign O' The Times - Prince
4. Paid In Full - Eric B. & Rakim
5. Bad - Michael Jackson
6. Hysteria - Def Leppard
7. Faith - George Michael
8. Document - R.E.M
9. Kick - INXS
10. Criminal Minded – Boogie Down Productions

The Whitesnake's album does not appear in the last list

Okay, I'll get Lew to make the change.

Is this affirmative action for Detroit week?

None of those albums belong in the top ten for any year. Not even close.

Tell what albums you would list where, and what albums should be dropped to make room.

In time, Lew could update the site with most recent list of 80s, thus the top 10 of each year would have to be updated too.

I don't know about that, but I do know that "Criminal Minded" is a much more historically significant album than the Whitesanke album. That BDP album sold forever in my store. It was probably the biggest selling non current rap album for like 7 years.