Wilson and Alroy's Record Reviews We listen to the lousy records so you won't have to.

70s Pop Reviews!

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Year-by-year reviews: 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979

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For those of us who lived through the 70s, and those who just wish they did, here are our reviews of the artists who either emerged or continued to be successful through that decade.

• A Taste Of Honey
  
• AC/DC
  
• The Allman Brothers
  
• Argent
  
• Joan Armatrading
  
• Ashford & Simpson
  
• The B-52's
  
• B.T. Express
  
• Bad Company
• The Band
  
• Beatles solo albums
  
• Jeff Beck
  
• Pat Benatar
  
• Chuck Berry
  
• Black Sabbath
  
• Blondie
  
• David Bowie
  
• Brass Construction
  
• James Brown
  
• Jackson Browne
  
• Jack Bruce
  
• The Cars
  
• Cerrone
  
• Chic
  
• Eric Clapton
  
• The Clash
  
• Joe Cocker
  
• The Commodores
  
• Alec R. Costandinos
  
• Elvis Costello
  
• Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and solo work
  
• Deep Purple
  
• Devo
  
• Bob Dylan
  
• The Eagles
  
• Earth, Wind & Fire
  
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  
• Roberta Flack
  
• Fleetwood Mac
  
• Free
• The Gap Band
  
• Marvin Gaye
  
• Larry Graham
  
• Isaac Hayes
  
• High Inergy
  
• Humble Pie
  
• Janis Ian
  
• The Impressions
  
• Instant Funk
  
• The Isley Brothers
  
• The Jackson 5 (and solo work)
  
• Joe Jackson
  
• The Jam
  
• Rick James
  
• Jethro Tull
  
• Elton John
  
• France Joli
  
• Quincy Jones
  
• Rickie Lee Jones
  
• Carole King
  
• Evelyn "Champagne" King
  

• King Crimson
  
• The Kinks
  
• Gladys Knight & The Pips
  
• Kool & The Gang
  
• Labelle
  
• Led Zeppelin
  
• Little Feat
  
• Curtis Mayfield
  
• Meco
  
• Boris Midney
  
• Midnight Oil
  
• Joni Mitchell
  
• Mother's Finest
  
• Mott the Hoople
  
• The Ohio Players
  
• The O'Jays
  
• Poco
  
• The Pointer Sisters
  
• The Police
  
• Prince/AFKAP
  
• Minnie Riperton
  
• The Ritchie Family
  
• The Rolling Stones
  
• Diana Ross
  
• Rose Royce
  
• Rufus and/or Chaka Khan
  
• Todd Rundgren and Utopia
  
• Rush
  
• Patrice Rushen
  
• Brenda Russell
  
• The Salsoul Orchestra
  
• Santana
  
• Carly Simon
  
• The Spinners
  
• Squeeze
  
• Rod Stewart and The Faces
  
• Sly Stone
  
• The Stylistics
  
• Donna Summer
  
• Supremes
  
• Talking Heads
  
• James Taylor
  
• Television
  
• Richard Thompson and Fairport Convention
  
• Tower Of Power
  
• Traffic
  
• Robin Trower
• Trouble Funk
  
• Village People
  
• Joe Walsh
  
• War
  
• Dionne Warwick
  
• The Who and Pete Townshend solo records
  
• Cris Williamson
  
• Stevie Wonder
  
• XTC
  
• Yes
  
• Neil Young
  
• Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
  
• ZZ Top
  

Artists we're not as thoroughly familiar with are covered on our 70s odds and ends page as follows:

• Aerosmith
  
• Brainstorm
  
• Cheap Trick
  
• Meg Christian
  
• Betty Davis
  
• The Dells
  
• Disco Spectacular Inspired By The Film "Hair"
  
• Carl Douglas
  
• The Dynamic Superiors
  
• Brian Eno
  
• Faze-O
  
• Generation X
  
• Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
  
• The Abdul Hassan Orchestra
  
• Richard Hell & The Voidoids
  
• Holland-Dozier-Holland
  
• Phyllis Hyman
  
• Freddie James
  
• The Brothers Johnson
  
• Judas Priest
  
• KC And The Sunshine Band
  
• KISS
  
• Lakeside
  
• The Last Poets
  

• Lightnin' Rod
  
• Cheryl Lynn
  
• MFSB
  
• The Main Ingredient
  
• Bob Marley
  
• Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
  
• Eddie Minnis
  
• Musique
  
• The New York Dolls
  
• Linda Ronstadt
  
• The S.O.S. Band
  
• Saturday Night Fever
  
• Telly Savalas
  
• Leo Sayer
  
• Patti Smith
  
• The Staple Singers
  
• T. Rex
  
• Thank God It's Friday
  
• Tonto's Expanding Head Band
  
• U.N.
  
• Van Halen
  
• Wire
  
• Bill Withers
  
• Warren Zevon