MeggaMusic : Best Albums of 1976
In alphabetical order, not in order of preference.
- 10cc - How Dare You! (Mercury)
- 801 - 801 Live (Island)
- Agitation Free - Last (Barclay)
- Al Stewart - Year of the Cat (RCA Victor / Janus)
- Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe (Charisma) ▶
- Ash Ra Tempel - Le Berceau De Cristal (Spalax)
- Ash Ra Tempel - New Age Of Earth (Isadora / Spalax)
- Aswad - Aswad (Island)
- Augustus Pablo & King Tubby - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (Yard International / Clocktower)
- Be-Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish // Modern Music (Harvest)
- Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy (Vertigo / Warner Bros.)
- Blondie - Blondie (Chrysalis)
- Blue Öyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune (CBS / Columbia)
- Bob Dylan - Desire (CBS / Columbia)
- Bob Marley & The Wailers - Rastaman Vibration (Island)
- Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour (Charisma)
- Brothers Johnson - Look Out For #1 (A&M)
- Burning Spear - Garvey's Ghost (Island)
- Burning Spear - Man In The Hills (Island)
- Camel - Moonmadness (Decca)
- Can - Flow Motion (Harvest / EMI)
- Celeste - Celeste / Principe Di Un Giorno (Grog Records, Italy)
- Chrome - The Visitation (Siren)
- Climax Blues Band - Gold Plated (BTM / Sire)
- Cluster - Sowiesoso (Sky Records)
- Daevid Allen & Euterpe - Good Morning (Virgin)
- David Bowie - Station To Station (RCA)
- David Bowie - ChangesOneBowie (RCA)
- Deuter - Celebration (Kuckuck)
- Dillinger - CB 200 (Island / Mango)
- Eagles - Hotel California (Asylum)
- Eberhard Weber - The Following Morning (ECM) ▶
- Edgar Froese - Macula Transfer (Brain) ▶
- ELO - A New World Record (Jet)
- Eloy - Dawn (Harvest)
- Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures (Warner Bros.) ▶
- Genesis - A Trick of the Tail (Charisma / ATCO) ▶
- Genesis - Wind and Wuthering (Charisma / ATCO)
- Golden Avatar - A Change Of Heart (Sudarshan Disc)
- Gong - Gazeuse! (UK) / Expresso (USA) (Virgin)
- Gordon Giltrap - Visionary (The Electric Record Company) ▶
- Graham Parker And The Rumour - Heat Treatment (Vertigo / Mercury)
- Guru Guru - Tango Fango (Brain)
- Harry Mudie Meet King Tubby's - In Dub Conference Volume One (Moodisc)
- Hawkwind - Astounding Sounds Amazing Music (Charisma)
- Heldon - Heldon IV: Agneta Nilsson (Urus Records)
- Ivor Cutler - Jammy Smears (Virgin)
- Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius (Epic) ▶
- Jade Warrior - Kites (Island)
- Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene (Polydor)
- Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (A&M)
- Jon Anderson - Olias Of Sunhillow (Atlantic)
- Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (Beserkley)
- Joni Mitchell - Hejira (Asylum) ▶
- Kansas - Leftoverture (Kirshner / Epic)
- Ken Martin - Solar Magnetude
- Klaatu - 3:47 E.S.T. (Daffodil) ▶
- Klaus Schulze & Ash Ra Tempel - Join Inn (PDU)
- Klaus Schulze - Moondawn (Brain)
- La Düsseldorf - La Düsseldorf (Nova) ▶
- Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same S/T (Swan Song / Atlantic)
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence (Bronze)
- Martin Hannett & Steve Hopkins - All Sorts of Heroes OST ▶
- Miles Davis At Plugged Nickel, Chicago Vol. 1 & 2 (CBS/Sony)
- Mort Garson - Mother Earth's Plantasia (Homewood)
- Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co. - Like A Duck To Water (Earthquack)
- Nigel Mazlyn Jones - Ship To Shore (Isle of Light)
- Patti Smith Group - Radio Ethiopia (Arista)
- Penguin Café Orchestra - Music From The Penguin Café (Obscure)
- Peter Baumann - Romance 76 (Virgin)
- Peter Tosh - Legalize It (Columbia / Virgin)
- Popol Vuh - Letzte Tage, Letzte Nächte (Last Days, Last Nights) (UA)
- Prince Far I - Psalms For I (Carib Gems)
- Queen - A Day At The Races (EMI)
- Rainbow - Rainbow Rising (Polydor)
- Ramones - Ramones (Sire)
- Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior (CBS / Columbia)
- Rolling Stones - Black and Blue (Rolling Stones Records)
- Rupie Edwards All Stars / King Tubby - Dub Basket Chapter II: A King Tubby's Mix (Cactus)
- Rush - 2112 (Mercury)
- Rush - All The World's A Stage (Mercury)
- Sensations' Fix - Finest Finger (Polydor)
- Shakti With John McLaughlin - Shakti With John McLaughlin (Columbia)
- Soft Machine - Softs (Harvest)
- Stanley Clarke - School Days (Nemperor) ▶
- Steve Hillage - L (Virgin)
- Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (Capitol / Mercury)
- Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians (ECM)
- Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life (Motown)
- Steven Halpern - Spectrum Suite (SRI)
- Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear (Virgin)
- Tappa Zukie - In Dub (Stars)
- The Enid - In The Region Of The Summer Stars (Buk)
- Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (Vertigo)
- Tom Waits - Small Change (Asylum)
- Truth and Janey - No Rest For The Wicked (Montross)
- UFO - Space Metal (Nova)
- Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life (Charisma)
- Van Der Graaf Generator - World Record (Charisma)
- Vangelis - Albedo 0.39 (RCA)
- Weather Report - Black Market (Columbia)
Approximate Genres
Eclectic, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelia, Space Rock, Prog Rock, Heavy Rock, Classic Rock, Folk-Rock, Art Rock, Punk, Alternative, Krautrock, Berlin-School, Synthpop, Chillout, World Music, Worldbeat, Tribal, Dub, Roots Reggae, Soul, Funk, Fusion, Future/Nu-Jazz, Folk, New-Age, Avantgarde, Neoclassical, Ambient, Crossover.
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