McQ's Favorite Albums Of 1971

Highest Recommends

1. Who's Next - The Who
2. Led Zeppelin IV (Zoso)
3. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
4. Blue - Joni Mitchell
5. Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart
6. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
7. Tapestry - Carole King
8. There's A Riot Goin' On - Sly And The Family Stone

Strong Recommends

9. Tago Mago - CAN
10. Live At The Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band

Solid Recommends

11. The Yes Album - Yes
12. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
13. Santana III
14. Electric Warrior - T. Rex
15. Pearl - Janis Joplin
16. Hunky Dory - David Bowie
17. LA Woman - The Doors
18. Fragile - Yes
19. Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison
20. Ram - Paul McCartney

Mild Recommends

21. Cry Of Love - Jimi Hendrix
22. A Nod Is As Good As A Wink...To A Blind Horse - Faces
23. Muswell Hillbillies - The Kinks
24. The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
25. Little Feat
26. Mirror Man - Captain Beefheart

You Decide

27. Imagine - John Lennon

1971 Albums Of Critical Note I've Yet To Assess In Full

A Tribute To Jack Johnson - Miles Davis
Al Green Gets Next To You
American Pie - Don McClean
Aretha Live At Filmore West - Aretha Franklin
Brian Jones Presents The Pipes Of Pan At Joujouka - Master Musicians of Jajouka
Coat Of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
Construcoa - Chico Buarque
Curtis/Live - Curtis Mayfield
Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) - Elvis Presley
Escalator Over The Hill - Carla Bley & Paul Haines
Fa-Tal - Gal A Todo Vapor - Gal Costa
Faust
First Utterance - Comus
For Atto - Anthony Braxton
Four Way Street - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Gonna Take A Miracle - Laura Nyro And Labelle
Histoire De Melody - Serge Gainsbourg
If Only I Could Remember My Name
In Den Garten Pharaos - Popul Vuh
In The Land Of Grey And Pink - Caravan
Islands - King Crimson
Inner Mounting Flame - The Mahavishnu Orchestra
John Prine
Just As I Am - Bill Withers
Killer - Alice Cooper
Live Evil - Miles Davis
Live In Cook Country Jail - B. B. King
Long Player - Faces
Love It To Death - Alice Cooper
Madman Across The Water - Elton John
Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
Masters Of Reality - Black Sabbath
Meddle - Pink Floyd
Mediterraneo - Joan Manuel Serrat
Monkey Man - The Maytals
Mwandishi - Herbie Hancock
Neu!
Nilsson Schmilsson - Nilsson
No Roses - Shirley Collins And The Albion Country Band
Pawn Hearts - Van der Graaf Generator
Pictures At An Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Pieces Of A Man - Gil Scott Heron
Poinareff's - Michael Poinareff
Shaft - Isaac Hayes
Songs Of Love And Hate - Leonard Cohen
Soul Revolution/African Herbsman - Bob Marley
Stormcock - Roy Haprer
Straight Up - Badfinger
Surf's Up - The Beach Boys
Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Teaser And The Firecat - Cat Stevens
Teenage Head - The Flamin' Groovies
The Concert For Bangledesh - Various Artists
This Is Madness - The Last Poets