The only five albums that spent more than ten weeks at number one in the 1970s
Cream of the crop.
1970s Archives: 05/2026
“Scared stiff”: When fear of a nuclear holocaust informed Black Sabbath’s 1970 masterpiece
Nothing to smile about.
The 1972 Rolling Stones song that barely features the band: “An afternoon jam”
Only two Stones appear on ‘Happy’.
London, 1976, rolling blackouts, and a timeline of the first year of punk music
A turning point in music history.
“I was going to join Mott The Hoople”: The 1973 performance that almost destroyed Roxy Music
This is the end, beautiful friend.
The 1970s songwriter Linda Ronstadt knew never made a bad song: “At the top of his talent”
The exact right kind of emotion.
