10 Best Music Albums for Baby Boomers, Songs From Baby Boomer Generation Music

10 Essential Boomer Albums

Music critic Nelson George shares his list

Highway 61 Revisited 1965

Artist: Bob Dylan Dylan rankled folk fans by going electric, but he also expanded his audience and influenced a generation with songs that have been analyzed (and lionized) ever since.

Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967

Artist: The Beatles The culmination of years of artistic maturation and bold experimentation. The original rock concept LP.

What s Going On 1971

Artist: Marvin Gaye The sexy love man took on civil rights, the environment and inner-city turmoil, changing the tone of R & B, both lyrically and musically.

Tapestry 1971

Artist: Carole King King's songs of love lost, found and wasted spoke to the Me Generation's turn toward introspection.

Led Zeppelin IV 1971

Artist: Led Zeppelin Mystical and bombastic, acoustic and brash, Zeppelin defined '70s rock (and FM radio).

Exile on Main St 1972

Artist: The Rolling Stones Incorporating blues, soul, country and gospel, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards dug deep into the era's spiritual malaise and made the Stones' most emotional album.

Innervisions 1973

Artist: Stevie Wonder The best of a series of innovative, hit-filled albums Wonder made in a 1970s creative surge, Innervisions changed the sound of popular music.

Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 1976

Artist: Eagles The Southern California rock band was both romantic and cynical, diluting any sweetness with a bitter edge that reflected the compromises of adulthood.

Exodus 1977

Artist: Bob Marley & the Wailers The sensual, spiritual album that helped make reggae one of the most popular musical genres in the world.

Saturday Night Fever The Original Movie Sound Track 1977

Artist: Various The percolating rhythms of disco captured the zest, decadence and hustling of the dance boom.

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