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Highest Rated Albums of 1971

Decade
Source
Genre
1970s
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

1.

Johnny Paycheck - She's All I Got
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

2.

Calvin Keys - Shawn-Neeq
April 7, 1971
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

3.

Harlem River Drive - Harlem River Drive
Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

4.

Mickey Newbury - Frisco Mabel Joy
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

5.

Tom T. Hall - In Search of a Song
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

6.

Colin Blunstone - One Year
November 0, 1971
Baroque Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

7.

George Benson - Beyond the Blue Horizon
May 0, 1971
Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers - Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Little Feat - Little Feat
January 0, 1971
Roots Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Spotify

10.

Speed Glue & Shinki - Eve
June 25, 1971
Blues Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Freddie Hubbard - Straight Life
January 0, 1971
Post-Bop
Score
100
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

John McLaughlin - My Goal's Beyond
June 0, 1971
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Music
Spotify

13.

Erasmo Carlos - Carlos, Erasmo...
MPB
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

14.

Bill Fay - Time of the Last Persecution
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Waylon Jennings - The Taker / Tulsa
Country
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

16.

George Jones - George Jones with Love
January 1, 1971
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Marcos Valle - Garra
January 1, 1971
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

18.

Kris Kristofferson - The Silver Tongued Devil and I
January 1, 1971
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

19.

Todd Rundgren - Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren
June 24, 1971
Pop Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Willie Nelson - Yesterday's Wine
January 1, 1971
Outlaw Country
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Merle Haggard - Hag
January 1, 1971
Country
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Merle Haggard - Someday We'll Look Back
January 1, 1971
Country
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Faces - Long Player
February 1, 1971
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda
January 1, 1971
Avant-Garde Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
August 14, 1971
Jazz Fusion
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings AllMusic awarded albums throughout 1971.
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