A Godawful Small Affair: The Music of 1971

 Top Albums of the Year

1. Can - Tago Mago

2. Joni Mitchell - Blue

3. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live

4. David Bowie - Hunky Dory

5. Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness

6. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

7. Nick Drake - Bryter Layer

8. Black Mass - Lucifer

9. T-Rex - Electric Warrior

10. The Temptations - Sky's the Limit

11. Pink Floyd - Meddle

12. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

13. Black Sabbath - Masters of Reality

14. Yoko Ono - Fly

15. Caravan  - In the Land of Gray and Pink

16. Led Zeppelin - IV

17. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate

18. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

19. Deuter - D

20. Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson

21. Wendy Carlos - A Clockwork Orange

22. Alice Cooper - Killer

23. Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel

24. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up

25. Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin On

Top Songs of the Year

1. T-Rex - "Mambo Sun"

2. David Bowie - "Life on Mars"

3. Nick Drake - "One of These Things First"

4. Can - "Halleluwah"

5. The Temptations - "Just My Imagination"

6. The Who - "Baba O'Riley"

7. Joni Mitchell - "A Case of You"

8. Bill Withers - "Ain't No Sunshine"

9. Pink Floyd - "Echoes"

10. Al Green - "Tired of Being Alone"

11. Led Zeppelin - "When the Levee Breaks"

12. The Rolling Stones - "Moonlight Mile"

13. Black Sabbath - "Children of the Grave"

14. Leonard Cohen  - "Famous Blue Raincoat"

15. John Cale and Terry Riley - "Church of Anthrax"

16. The Stylistics - "People Make the World Go Round"

17. Carole King - "It's Too Late"

18. Paul Simon - "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"

19. Cat Stevens - "The Wind"

20. The Beach Boys - "Surf's Up"

21. Ten Years After - "I'd Love to Change the World"

22. James Brown  - "Super Bad"

23. The Doors - "Riders on the Storm"

24. Elton John - "Tiny Dancer"

25. Booker T and the MGs - "Melting Pot"