Zig Zag Magazine Album of the Century Jul/Aug 1975

The magazine did regular Reader's Polls and they make interesting reading as a snap shot of the time and what was and wasn't popular.  The majority of the top 10 are 1960s albums with only the Eagles being a relatively recent release.  Funny that a poll for 'album of the century' includes nothing pre-1967!

Almost very album in the 50 is a classic, interesting to see Mike Nesmith in at 23. Love being #1 is amazing really and shows how well regarded that album was even seven years after its release. It's gone on to be recognised as something of a lost classic, of course. Layla too didn't really sell well on its initial release, failed to chart in UK and made #16 in USA but in the intervening 5 years was already being regarded as a classic. 

One obvious omission here is no Dark Side Of The Moon, no Genesis, Jethro Tull, Yes, ELP or Led Zeppelin, despite selling millions of records they can't have had enough votes for any of their albums to make the top 50. That being said, I'd happily play any of thee albums right now, so timeless are they.

1.  Forever Changes - Love
2.  Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service
3.  Desperado - Eagles
4.  Live Dead - Grateful Dead
5.  Notorious Byrd Brothers - Byrds
6.  Layla & other assorted love songs - Derek & the Dominos
7.  Electric Music for the Mind & Body - Country Joe & the Fish
8.  Blonde on Blonde - Dylan
9.  Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
10.  Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris
11.  American Beauty - Grateful Dead
12.  California Bloodlines - John Stewart
13.  Sailing Shoes - Little Feat
14.  After the Goldrush - Neil Young
15.  Sgt Pepper - Beatles
16.  If Only I Could Remember My Name - David Crosby
17.  Highway 61 Revisited - Dylan
18.  Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
19.  Surfs Up - Beach Boys
20.  Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
21.  For Everyman - Jackson Browne
22.  L.A. Woman - Doors
23.  And the Hits Just Keep on Coming - Mike Nesmith
24.  Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield
25.  Electric Ladyland - Hendrix
26.  Eagles - Eagles
27.  "Skull & Roses" - Grateful Dead
28.  Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young
29.  Trout Mask Replica - Capt Beefheart
30.  A Good Feeling To Know - Poco
31.  Countdown to Ecstasy - Steely Dan
32.  Workingman's Dead - Grateful Dead
33.  Moondance - Van Morrison
34.  "White Album" - Beatles
35.  The Band - The Band
36.  Tago Mago - Can
37.  After Bathing at Baxters - Jefferson Airplane
38.  Dixie Chicken - Little Feat
39.  Live at the Fillmore - Allman Brothers
40.  I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson
41.  Who's Next - The Who
42.  Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
43.  Tommy - The Who
44.  Hot Rats - Zappa
45.  Beggars Banquet - Rolling Stones
46.  Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs
47.  Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd
48.  Sailor - Steve Miller Band
49.  Music from Big Pink - The Band
50.  Sweetheart of the Rodeo - Byrds