Where is atomic rooster? great band

Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, UFO all had great albums in 1971 (just to mention a few).

I choose the best of the best of the year (in my opinion)

Written by achil on 16.12.2012 at 10:47

I choose the best of the best of the year (in my opinion)

seriously, have you listened to the albums of 1971 of the bands I've mentioned above?

Pink Floyd did Meddle which is one of their best works; the albums deserves attention just for the epic Echoes.
Yes did Fragile which again is a solid album, one of the best progressive rock albums like... ever!
Genesis welcomed guitarist Steve Hackett and drummer Phil Collins and released an amazing album - Nursery Cryme; songs like The Music Box, Fountain of Salmacis, Seven Stones, The Return of the Giant Hogweed are some of the best songs in the catalogue.
King Crimson released Islands, a very good album, again different than their previous works, a successful musical experiment to say the least.
UFO experimented with space rock/prog on their second album, a huge step forward from their debut album; the band was still looking for their sound, their 1971 album - Flying was an interesting experiment.

Written by achil on 16.12.2012 at 10:47

I choose the best of the best of the year (in my opinion)

I think you forgot about Alice Cooper. "Killer" and "Love It To Death" are amazing crazy albums.

Written by Vasil de Shumen on 16.12.2012 at 11:16

Written by achil on 16.12.2012 at 10:47

I choose the best of the best of the year (in my opinion)

I think you forgot about Alice Cooper. "Killer" and "Love It To Death" are amazing crazy albums.

I agree, I wanted to mention Alice Cooper as well, good thing you did.

Thin Lizzy's debut album came in 1971 and it's a nice album as well.

How about The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers ? I know it's not metal

Written by [user id=130727] on 16.12.2012 at 11:57

How about The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers ? I know it's not metal

it's not about albums being metal that this list is about, but about good albums of that year, and yes, that Rolling Stones album you've just mentioned is one of them.

Well, JohnDoe has already mentioned most of my favourites - Meddle, Fragile, Nursery Cryme, Islands. And Sticky Fingers is probably the Rolling Stones' best album.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer came out with both Tarkus and Pictures at an Exhibition.

Van der Graaf Generator released the monumental Pawn Hearts.

Man you people are so misled! Leonard Cohen's Songs of Love and Hate, and Joni Mitchell's Blue. Both the best albums by some of the best singer-songwriters of all time. Then there's Sandy Denny's The North Star Grassman and the Ravens, and awesome piece of folk rock. And Popol Vuh's In den Gärten Pharaos, I guess.

If we're talking about metal or harder forms of rock, I guess Master of Reality gets my vote.

Here are also some of the greatest albums of '71

Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink
UFO - UFO 2 Flying
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Argent - Ring Of Hands
The Jeff Back Group - Rough And Ready
Frumpy - Frumpy 2
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage
Magna Carta - Songs From Wasties Orchard
David Bowie - Hunky Dory

No mention of Budgie's debut.

Also I'll just leave this here:

I forgot about Caravan, VDGG (but then again I did not want to annoy people with more prog ), Gentle Giant, Birth Control, Procol Harum, all did great in 1971.
Nice to see Wishbone Ash mentioned here.

I agree with the bands, great .if i choose all of the albums then the top list has no point
MY LIST IS TOP ALBUMS OF 1971 (TOP)
IF I CHOOSE ALL THIS I WILL MAKE A LIST OF 1971 ALBUMS, YOU CAN GO TO WIKIPEDIA

The next list is top of 1972, i will try harder

Written by achil on 17.12.2012 at 10:28

I agree with the bands, great .if i choose all of the albums then the top list has no point
MY LIST IS TOP ALBUMS OF 1971 (TOP)
IF I CHOOSE ALL THIS I WILL MAKE A LIST OF 1971 ALBUMS, YOU CAN GO TO WIKIPEDIA

Don't send people to wiki, everybody just mentioned the albums they know.

Written by achil on 17.12.2012 at 10:49

The next list is top of 1972, i will try harder

nobody said you did not try hard enough

Eh, it's a discussion forum. When you make a list, you basically start a new thread. The whole point is to compare opinions and share suggestions.

Fireball should be at P1 or P2 at least.

Written by achil on 17.12.2012 at 10:49

The next list is top of 1972, i will try harder

If Close to the Edge isn't on that list I'll be at your door.

The Bee Gees - Trafalgar

Jus' sayin'

To akula: next year (1973) machine head deserve this place, not fireball.

To strade: dont worry it will be

Written by achil on 18.12.2012 at 21:51

To akula: next year (1973) machine head deserve this place, not fireball.

Machine Head was released in 1972 not 1973.

I want to say 1972, thanks

Mmmm, I don´t know. For me Fireball is way better than most of the album of that list, come on man: Fireball, Fools, No no no, etc.

I guess the discussion quickly turned to people mentioning their favourites from 1971 instead of commenting on the list, and there are plenty of great albums on it: Master of Reality, Led Zeppelin IV, Fireball, Aqualung...

Who's Next by The Who was also released in 1971.

Written by Azarath on 19.12.2012 at 18:37

I guess the discussion quickly turned to people mentioning their favourites from 1971 instead of commenting on the list, and there are plenty of great albums on it: Master of Reality, Led Zeppelin IV, Fireball, Aqualung...

Who's Next by The Who was also released in 1971.

i know but I find it is simply good, not my best

Written by [user id=130727] on 16.12.2012 at 11:57

How about The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers ? I know it's not metal

you have a point, good album

I think this list is fair enough.we got all the major bands in it.everything in metal started with this.