1. Joni Mitchell- Blue

Listen: “A Case of You”

2. David Bowie- Hunky Dory

Listen: “Quicksand”

3. The Rolling Stones- Sticky Fingers

Listen: “I Got the Blues”

4. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin IV

Listen: “Misty Mountain Hop”

5. Leonard Cohen- Songs of Love and Hate

Listen: “Dress Rehearsal Rag”

6. The Who- Who’s Next

Listen: “Baba O’Riley”

7. Funkadelic- Maggot Brain

Listen: “Hit It and Quit It”

8. John Lennon- Imagine

Listen: “Oh Yoko!”

9. Miles Davis- A Tribute to Jack Johnson

Listen: “Right Off” (Part 1)

10. Marvin Gaye- What’s Going On

Listen: “What’s Going On”

Honorable Mention: The Allman Brothers Band’s At Fillmore East, Can’s Tago Mago, Janis Joplin’s Pearl, B.B. King’s Live at Cook County Jail, Van Morrison’s Tupelo Honey, Sly and the Family Stone’s There’s a Riot Goin’ On, T. Rex’s Electric Warrior

Updated: May 15, 2013

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