1. Van Morrison: Moondance (1970)
All the night’s magic seems to whisper and hush
2. James Taylor: Sweet Baby James (1970)
Sunny days that I thought would never end
3. The Who: Who’s Next (1971)
It’s only teenage wasteland
4. If: If (1971)
I want it said when I am gone: I moved the world just one step on
5. Jethro Tull: Stand Up (1969)
Just take your life easy and stop all that hurrying, be happy my way
6. Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run (1975)
Kids flash guitars like switchblades, hustling for the record machine
7. The Beatles: Abbey Road (1969)
Got to be a joker, he just do what he please
8. Cowboy: 5’ll Get You Ten (1971)
Take your time, take your coat off; ease your mind, take a load off
9. Stevie Wonder: Innervisions (1973)
Gonna keep on tryin’ till I reach the highest ground
10. Paul Simon: There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
We come in the age’s most uncertain hour and sing an American Tune
11. John Mellencamp: The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)
Do you let it smolder like paper in fire?
12. Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks (1975)
Every one of them words rang true and glowed like burnin’ coal
13. Joni Mitchell: Court and Spark (1974)
Unfettered and alive
14. Todd Rundgren: Something/Anything (1972)
If I ever need a reason to smile
15. Mary Chapin Carpenter: Stones in the Road (1994)
Why walk when you can fly
16. Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand
17. Billy Joel: The Stranger (1977)
A bottle of white, a bottle of red; perhaps a bottle of rosé instead
18. Bob Marley & The Wailers: Natty Dread (1974)
Lively up yourself, for reggae is another bag
19. James Taylor: Mudslide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
Love has brought me around
20. The Band: Stage Fright (1970)
Go out yonder, peace in the valley; come downtown, have to rumble in the alley
21. Rod Stewart: The Rod Stewart Album (1970)
Remember happy hours spent drinking and thinking, we thought we could change the world
22. Jefferson Airplane: Volunteers (1969)
Got a revolution, got to revolution
23. Steely Dan: Gaucho (1980)
She don’t remember the queen of soul
24. Cat Stevens: Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
It’s hard to get by just upon a smile
25. Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express: Closer to It! (1973)
Happiness is just around the bend
26. Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (1970)
The minstrel of the dawn is here to make you laugh and bend your ear
27. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Been a long time since I rock and rolled
28, George Harrison: All Things Must Pass (1970)
The lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see
29. The Kinks: Muswell Hillbillies (1971)
I’m a 20th century man but I don’t want to be here
30. The Doors: L.A. Woman (1971)
Like a dog without a bone, an actor out on loan
31. Jethro Tull: Benefit (1970)
Once it seemed there would always be a time for everything
32. Blue Oyster Cult: Blue Oyster Cult (1972)
Cities on flame with rock and roll
33. Doobie Brothers: The Captain and Me (1973)
We all got to be loved, it’s the natural thing
34. Santana: Santana III (1971)
Let your spirits dance
35. The Who: The Who By Numbers (1975)
No easy way to be free
36. Paul McCartney: Ram (1971)
Hands across the water, heads across the sky
37. Van Morrison: His Band and the Street Choir (1971)
Roll me over Romeo
38. Elton John: Madman Across the Water (1971)
Another glimpse of the madman across the water
39. Little Feat: Waiting for Columbus (1978)
We can walk together down in Dixieland
40. Graham Parker & the Rumor: Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Passion is no ordinary word
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