The case for 1970 as the best year in rock...

[Galactic Bulldozer]

Beatles split, Hendrix kisses the sky, Janis finds freedom, Earth turns...

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
Let It Be - Beatles
After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
Fun House - The Stooges
Loaded - The Velvet Underground
Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
Morrison Hotel - The Doors
Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
Deep Purple in Rock - Deep Purple
Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
Moondance - Van Morrison
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
The Man Who Sold the World - David Bowie
Déjà vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
The Madcap Laughs -Syd Barrett
In the Wake of Poseidon - King Crimson

...and the Devil has all the figures.

[zravkapt]

Everyone knows 1985 was the best year in rock

[moecurlythanu]

Nick Drake & Simon & Garfunkel are Rock? I always learn something when I come to PE.

[Galactic Bulldozer]

I don't know about Nick, but this rocks...

[Zeuhlmate]

There were many !

Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
The Who - Live at Leeds
Mountain - Climbing!

[moecurlythanu]

I don't know about Nick, but this rocks...

One track among how many? Using that criteria, Steve Hackett is miscast as a Prog-Rocker. He's actually an Easy Listening crooner.

[Galactic Bulldozer]

One track among how many? Using that criteria, Steve Hackett is miscast as a Prog-Rocker. He's actually an Easy Listening crooner.

Rock also encompasses Pop-rock and Prog-rock in all its varied forms in my lists...

[miamiscot]

Not a strong case, I'm afraid.


1971
1972
1973
1979

Those were the years, my friend!!!

[moecurlythanu]

Rock also encompasses Pop-rock and Prog-rock in all its varied forms in my lists...

OK. I give up.

[Zeuhlmate]

If Simon & Garfuncle is Rock, so is Nico etc.

Alrune Rod - Hej du
Burning Red Ivanhoe - same
Davis, Miles - Live Evil
Day of Phoenix - Wide Open N-way
Fleetwod Mac - Then Play On
Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant
Henrdirix - Band og Gypsys
Hendrix, Jimi - Cry of love
Hendrix, Jimi - War Heroes
Iron Butterfly - Live
Jethro Tull - Benefit
King Crimson -In the Wake of Poseidon
King Crimson - Lizards
Mountain - Climbing
Nico - Desertshore
Santana - Abraxas
Soft machine - Third
Steppenwolf - Live
Ten years after - Cricklewood green
Van Der Graf Generator - H to He - Who am the only one
Van Der Graf Generator - The least we can do is wave to each other
The Who - Live at Leeds
Williams, Tony Lifetimeband - (Turn it over)
Winter, Johnny And - Live
Zappa, Frank - Weasels ripped my flesh
Zappa, Frank - Chunga's revenge
Can - Soundtracks
Grateful Dead Workingman's Dead & American Beauty
YES - Time and a Word
Led Zeppelin III
Deep Purple - in rock

[BaldJean]

Amon Düül 2 - Yeti
Guru Guru - UFO
Hawkwind - s/t
Curved Air - Air Conditioning
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
Magma - s/t
Popol Vuh - Affenstunde
Iron Butterfly - Metamorphosis

[Galactic Bulldozer]

Beatles split, Hendrix kisses the sky, Janis finds freedom, Earth turns...

...and the Devil has all the figures.

Albums in top 40, top 100, top 200, top 500 & top 1000 by ratings 1-5 etc

YEAR - 40 - 100 - 200 - 500 - 1000
1970 - 15 - 035 - 065 - 155 - 0259
1971 - 10 - 021 - 046 - 126 - 0256
1972 - 08 - 024 - 044 - 120 - 0254
1973 - 07 - 020 - 045 - 099 - 0231

top 40 example
ps YEAR - rated/owned = album
01 1972 - 4.29 / 18,866 = Ziggy Stardust
02 1973 - 4.25 / 29,566 = The Dark Side of the Moon
03 1970 - 4.25 / 13,775 = Paranoid
04 1970 - 4.23 / 9,036 = After the Gold Rush
05 1971 - 4.21 / 20,389 = Led Zeppelin [IV]
06 1970 - 4.19 / 7,631 = Fun House
07 1971 - 4.15 / 12,032 = Master of Reality
08 1970 - 4.15 / 10,143 = Black Sabbath
09 1970 - 4.15 / 4,837 = Cosmo's Factory
10 1971 - 4.13 / 13,867 = Hunky Dory
11 1971 - 4.13 / 9,835 = Sticky Fingers
12 1971 - 4.12 / 11,199 = Tago Mago
13 1972 - 4.12 / 10,116 = Close to the Edge
14 1973 - 4.12 / 7,397 = Future Days
15 1973 - 4.12 / 6,289 = Innervisions
16 1971 - 4.09 / 11,998 = Who's Next
17 1970 - 4.09 / 4,650 = All Things Must Pass
18 1970 - 4.08 / 4,790 = Moondance
19 1972 - 4.07 / 10,542 = Harvest
20 1972 - 4.07 / 9,497 = Exile on Main St.
21 1973 - 4.07 / 8,745 = Raw Power
22 1972 - 4.07 / 8,171 = Ege Bamyasi
23 1970 - 4.06 / 5,369 = John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
24 1971 - 4.06 / 3,350 = A Tribute to Jack Johnson
25 1973 - 4.05 / 8,015 = Selling England by the Pound
26 1972 - 4.05 / 6,551 = Thick as a Brick
27 1970 - 4.04 / 5,185 = Deep Purple in Rock
28 1970 - 4.04 / 3,953 = Déjà vu
29 1972 - 4.03 / 7,601 = Machine Head
30 1970 - 4.03 / 6,603 = Bryter Layter
31 1973 - 4.02 / 8,697 = Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
32 1973 - 4.02 / 7,372 = Larks' Tongues in Aspic
33 1970 - 4.02 / 4,833 = Bridge Over Troubled Water
34 1970 - 4.02 / 3,551 = Band of Gypsys
35 1971 - 4.00 / 14,245 = Meddle
36 1972 - 4.00 / 6,071 = Foxtrot
37 1970 - 4.00 / 3,374 = Abraxas
38 1970 - 4.00 / 2,070 = H to He Who Am the Only One
39 1971 - 3.99 / 6,163 = Maggot Brain
40 1971 - 3.99 / 5,828 = Electric Warrior

[Galactic Bulldozer]

Everyone knows 1985 was the best year in rock

You maybe right... I missed this as well.

[Galactic Bulldozer]