The Beatles - Let It Be (1970)

Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)

Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

The Who - Who’s Next (1971)

The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (1971)

The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. (1972)

Deep Purple - Machine Head (1972)

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)

Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (1972)

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery (1973)

Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic (1975)

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)

Queen - A Night at the Opera (1975)

Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)

Fleetwood Mac - Romours (1977)

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus (1977)

Van Halen - Van Halen (1978)

Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)

The Who - Who Are You (1978)

The Police - Outlandos d’Amour (1978)

Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978)

Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979)

AC/DC - Highway to Hell (1979)

További fontosabb zenészek: Ramones, Eagles, ABBA, Bee Gees

Kialakult zenei stílusok: heavy metal, progresszív rock, punk rock, új hullám