With the release of their most iconic album, Page, Plant, Jones and Bonham climb into the top spot on the 1972 eligibles list. And the roster of new artists this year is a fun mix of female singer-songwriters, glam rockers, and smooth, smooth soul singers.


You should check out the 1971 results on the results thread if you haven’t done so yet.

Post your ballots on the 1972 voting thread.


HALL OF ACCLAIM: TOP 50 CANDIDATES FOR 1972 ELECTION

Only releases through December 31, 1971 included.

1971 releases indicated with an asterisk.

1. LED ZEPPELIN
ALBUMS: Led Zeppelin (131); Led Zeppelin II (66); Led Zeppelin III (375); Led Zeppelin IV (2 *.
SONGS: Dazed and Confused (473); Whole Lotta Love (76); Heartbreaker (1011); Black Dog (1464)*; Rock and Roll (392)*; Stairway to Heaven (9)*.

2. THE DOORS
ALBUMS: The Doors (21); Strange Days (645); Waiting for the Sun (1819), Morrison Hotel (922); Absolutely Live (1907); L.A. Woman (225)*.
SONGS: Break on Through (To the Other Side) (1110); Light My Fire (33); The End (559); People Are Strange (1141); Hello, I Love You (1676); Riders on the Storm (483)*.

3. MARVIN GAYE
ALBUM: What’s Going On ( *.
SONGS: Ain’t That Peculiar (1553); Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (571); I Heard It Through the Grapevine ( ; What’s Going On (20)*; Mercy Mercy Me (885)*; Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (797)*.

4. JOHN LENNON
ALBUMS: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (57); Imagine (95)*.
SONGS: Cold Turkey (1339); Instant Karma (We All Shine On) (271); Working Class Hero (1106); God (734); Imagine (26)*; Jealous Guy (95 *.

5. FRANK ZAPPA/THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION
ALBUMS: Freak Out! (279); Absolutely Free (1060); We’re Only in It for the Money (169); Uncle Meat (721); Hot Rats (203).
SONG: Willie the Pimp (Parts I and II) (2727).

6. DAVID BOWIE
ALBUMS: The Man Who Sold the World (1517); Hunky Dory (59)*.
SONGS: Space Oddity (10 ; Changes (153)*; Life on Mars (389)*.

7. GRATEFUL DEAD
ALBUMS: Anthem of the Sun (2356); Live/Dead (359); Aoxomoxoa (1784); Workingman’s Dead (362); American Beauty (301).
SONGS: Dark Star (651); Uncle John’s Band (1170); Box of Rain (654).

8. BLACK SABBATH
ALBUMS: Black Sabbath (440); Paranoid (146); Master of Reality (969)*.
SONGS: Paranoid (183); Iron Man (676).

9. CREAM
ALBUMS: Fresh Cream (1096); Disraeli Gears (177); Wheels of Fire (1096).
SONGS: I Feel Free (1501); Sunshine of Your Love (45 ; White Room (2352); Crossroads (1282).

10. CROSBY, STILLS, NASH (& YOUNG)
ALBUMS: Crosby, Stills and Nash (313); Dèjá Vu (159); Four-Way Street (1334)*.
SONGS: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (1294); Helpless (1520); Ohio (521).

11. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
ALBUMS: Surrealistic Pillow (163); After Bathing at Baxter’s (1333); Crown of Creation (2061); Volunteers (98 .
SONGS: Somebody to Love (462); White Rabbit (215).

12. LEONARD COHEN
ALBUMS: Songs of Leonard Cohen (182); Songs from a Room (1055); Songs of Love and Hate (392)*.
SONGS: Suzanne (1007); Winter Lady (2884); So Long Marianne (2146); Famous Blue Raincoat (673)*.

13. PINK FLOYD
ALBUMS: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (100); A Saucerful of Secrets (234 ; Atom Heart Mother (2476); Meddle (1256)*.
SONGS: Arnold Layne (702); See Emily Play (257); Interstellar Overdrive (1642).

14. JANIS JOPLIN/BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY
ALBUMS: Cheap Thrills (221); Pearl (199)*.
SONGS: Piece of My Heart (711); Me and Bobby McGee (365)*.

15. THE SUPREMES
ALBUMS: Where Did Our Love Go (1984); The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland (1946).
SONGS: Where Did Our Love Go (211); Baby Love (71 ; Stop! In the Name of Love (143); You Can’t Hurry Love (421); You Keep Me Hangin’ On (81 .

16. SONNY ROLLINS
ALBUMS: Tenor Madness (1104); Saxophone Colossus (370); Way Out West (891); Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (1021); Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 2 (1150); The Bridge (115 .
SONG: St. Thomas (2551).

17. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND
ALBUMS: Safe as Milk (423); Trout Mask Replica (54); Lick My Decals Off, Baby (1563).
SONGS: none.

18. LOVE
ALBUMS: Love (2423); Da Capo (1649); Forever Changes (50).
SONG: Alone Again Or (219).

19. ROD STEWART
ALBUMS: The Rod Stewart Album (191 ; Gasoline Alley (802); Every Picture Tells a Story (152)*.
SONG: Maggie May (103)*.

20. DEREK AND THE DOMINOS
ALBUM: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (69).
SONG: Layla (4 .

21. ORNETTE COLEMAN
ALBUMS: Something Else!!! (1861); The Shape of Jazz to Come (315); Change of the Century (762); Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (501); This Is Our Music (168 ; At the Golden Circle, Vol. 1 (1584).
SONGS: none.

22. CAROLE KING
ALBUM: Tapestry (61)*.
SONGS: Home Again (2477)*; It’s Too Late (334)*; I Feel the Earth Move (1340)*; You’ve Got a Friend (101 *.

23. THE TEMPTATIONS
ALBUMS: Meet the Temptations (2847); The Temptations Sing Smokey (1113); Cloud Nine (2014); Psychedelic Shack (2216).
SONGS: My Girl (106); Get Ready (2363); Ain’t Too Proud to Beg (1287); I Wish It Would Rain (1326); Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today (1005); Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (33 *.

24. JONI MITCHELL
ALBUMS: Ladies of the Canyon (1101); Blue (45)*.
SONGS: Big Yellow Taxi (1016); A Case of You (1934)*; The Last Time I Saw Richard (2459)*.

25. NICO
ALBUMS: The Velvet Underground & Nico (4); Chelsea Girl (2482); The Marble Index (1305); Desertshore (2523)*.
SONGS: All Tomorrow’s Parties (1336); Femme Fatale (2013); These Days (1032).

26. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
ALBUMS: A Girl Called Dusty (2881); Dusty in Memphis (96).
SONGS: I Only Want to Be with You (2876); You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me (1094); Son of a Preacher Man (199).

27. THE FOUR TOPS
ALBUM: Second Album (2587); Reach Out (1486).
SONGS: Baby I Need Your Loving (82 ; I Can’t Help Myself (1401); It’s the Same Old Song (1581); Reach Out (I’ll Be There) (36); Standing in the Shadows of Love (156 ; Bernadette (2587).

28. BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD
ALBUMS: Buffalo Springfield (1351); Buffalo Springfield Again (330).
SONGS: For What It’s Worth (102); Expecting to Fly (1156).

29. STAN GETZ
ALBUMS: Hamp & Getz (2186); Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House (2614); Focus (1769); Jazz Samba (81 ; Getz/Gilberto (394); Stan Getz and Bill Evans (2433).
SONGS: The Girl from Ipanema (53 ; Corcovado (207 .

30. FAIRPORT CONVENTION
ALBUMS: Fairport Convention (2450); What We Did on Our Holidays (2337); Unhalfbricking (480); Liege and Lief (407).
SONGS: Who Knows Where the Time Goes (393); A Sailor’s Life (2572).

31. MC5
ALBUMS: Kick Out the Jams (216); Back in the USA (62 .
SONG: Kick Out the Jams (361).

32. SANTANA
ALBUMS: Santana (1242); Abraxas (171), Santana III (228 *.
SONGS: Black Magic Woman (745); Oye Como Va (1263).

33. TIM BUCKLEY
ALBUMS: Goodbye and Hello (1204); Happy Sad (456); Starsailor (579); Blue Afternoon (2163).
SONG: Song to the Siren (916).

34. T. REX
ALBUM: Electric Warrior (176)*.
SONGS: Get It On (Bang a Gong) (110)*; Jeepster (2276)*.

35. BILL EVANS
ALBUMS: Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1659); Portrait in Jazz (1689); Explorations (2257); Sunday at the Village Vanguard (479); Waltz for Debby (496); Undercurrent (2306).
SONG: Waltz for Debby (2639).

36. COUNT BASIE
ALBUMS: Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1310); April in Paris (1000); At Newport (1447); The Atomic Mr. Basie (657).
SONGS: One O’Clock Jump (865); Lester Leaps In (2182); April in Paris (1447).

37. TRAFFIC
ALBUMS: Mr. Fantasy (491); Traffic (965); John Barleycorn Must Die (515); The Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys (2517)*.
SONGS: Paper Sun (2913); Dear Mr. Fantasy (2232).

38. IKE AND TINA TURNER
ALBUM: River Deep Mountain High (90 .
SONGS: A Fool in Love (2560); It’s Gonna Work Out Fine (2061); River Deep Mountain High (22); Proud Mary (2975)*.

39. ISAAC HAYES
ALBUMS: Hot Buttered Soul (35 ; Shaft (1263)*.
SONGS: Walk On By (2531); By the Time I Get to Phoenix (1896); Theme from Shaft (242)*.

40. THE RONETTES
ALBUM: Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica (1497).
SONGS: Be My Baby (12); Baby, I Love You (2461); Walking in the Rain (2535).

41. THE DRIFTERS
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Money Honey (921); There Goes My Baby (269); Save the Last Dance for Me (670); Up on the Roof (870); On Broadway (894); Under the Boardwalk (1456).

42. DIZZY GILLESPIE
ALBUMS: Bird & Diz (1644); Jazz at Massey Hall (514); Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge (1572); Groovin’ High (1547); Birk’s Works (2360); At Newport (2130).
SONGS: Groovin’ High (2672); A Night in Tunisia (2463); Manteca (116 .

43. B.B. KING
ALBUMS: Singin’ the Blues (2483); Live at the Regal (249); Indianola Mississippi Seeds (2852); Live in Cook County Jail (1874)*.
SONG: Sweet Little Angel (275 ; The Thrill Is Gone (379).

44. AL GREEN
ALBUM: Al Green Gets Next to You (1886)*.
SONGS: Tired of Being Alone (350)*; Let’s Stay Together (63)*.

45. THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Little Latin Lupe Lu (2589); You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (24); Unchained Melody (793).

46. MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Heatwave (655); Dancing in the Street (53); Nowhere to Run (1046).

47. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
ALBUMS: Idlewild South (2827); At Fillmore East (102)*.
SONG: Whipping Post (136 .

48. ERIC DOLPHY
ALBUMS: Outward Bound (1943); Out There (1783); Live at the Five Spot, Vol. 1 (1834); Far Cry (2416); Iron Man (2297); Out to Lunch (300).
SONGS: none.

49. PATSY CLINE
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Walkin’ After Midnight (1407); Crazy (146); I Fall to Pieces (415); She’s Got You (1626); Sweet Dreams (Of You) (1895).

50. THE ANIMALS
ALBUMS: The Animals (2877); Animalisms (2421); Animalism (2937).
SONGS: House of the Rising Sun (62); Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (1371); We Gotta Get Out of This Place (814).

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MOVING UP: Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, John Lennon, Black Sabbath, Crosby Stills Nash (& Young), Leonard Cohen, Pink Floyd, The Temptations, Nico, Santana, Traffic, B.B. King.

NEW TO THE LIST: David Bowie, Janis Joplin/Big Brother and the Holding Company [re-entry], Rod Stewart, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, T. Rex, Isaac Hayes, Al Green, The Allman Brothers Band.

FELL OFF THE LIST: The Kingsmen, The Jackson 5, The Crystals, Art Blakey, The Flying Burrito Brothers.

BUBBLING UNDER: King Crimson, James Taylor, Charlie Parker, Procol Harum, Serge Gainsbourg.