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What is the name of the hit Simon and Garfunkel album which featured such hits as "Cecilia" and "El Condor Pasa"?
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Sounds of Silence
Sing a Song
Life of Triumph
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What was the name of the 1977 debut album of the band Foreigner which featured the opening track "Feels Like the First Time"?
Foreigner
Head Games
4
Touch Down
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What 1978-released album was the final album by The Band that recorded a concert that was also recorded by Martin Scorsese?
Goodbye, Friend
The Last Waltz
No More Shows
Encore
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What artist's famous Imagine album was released in 1971?
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
John Lennon
Ringo Starr
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What 1971 album by Marvin Gaye was inspired by Gaye's brother's letter from Vietnam?
Let's Riot!
What's Going On?
Ending Hate
Burning Souls, Noble Hearts
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Tea for the Tillerman was an album featuring such hits as "Father and Son" and "Wild World." What artist recorded this album?
Neil Young
Cat Stevens
Buffalo Springfield
Peter Frampton
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The album Deja Vu united members from The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield among others in what famous supergroup?
Crosby, Nash, Stills, and Young
Asia
Bad Company
Looking Glass
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What 1973 album by Iggy and the Stooges featured such tracks as "Search and Destroy" and "Gimme Danger" and also featured behind-the-scenes work on it provided by David Bowie?
Raw Power
Sting of Love
Iggy and the Stooges
Turn It Down!
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What album by The Rolling Stones featured an iconic cover that showed a picture of a pants zipper and, in special cases, had a working zipper?
Summer Love
Feelings
Sticky Fingers
Leather and Lace
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Which of the following is NOT one of the songs from Boston's hit self-titled debut album released in 1976?
"More than a Feeling"
"Layla"
"Smokin'"
"Peace of Mind"
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The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack was a hit disco album that featured songs from what legendary band?
Diana Ross and the Supremes
The Temptations
Bee Gees
KC and the Sunshine Band
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"Chain Saw" and "I Want to Be your Boyfriend" were two of the tracks of what 1976 album by the punk legends The Ramones?
Radical Emotions
Stop and Go
Pinheads
Ramones
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Fill in the blank, David Bowie's 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the (Blank) defined glam as a genre.
Spiders from Mars
Lords of Venus
Masters of Earth
Frogs from Saturn
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What 1971 album by The Who featured such hits as "Baba O'Riley" and "Bargain"?
Who Goes There
Who Are You
Who Was That
Who's Next
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Led Zeppelin IV featured which of the following hits for the band on it?
"Fool In the Rain"
"Cashmere"
"Stairway to Heaven"
"Whole Lotta Love"
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What 1975 Bob Dylan comeback album featured tracks such as "Tangled up in Blue" and "Idiot Wind"?
Blood on the Tracks
Feeling the Burn
Lucky Someday
Touchdown
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What Neil Young album was the highest selling album of 1972?
King Cole
Harvest
Tea Time
Dusty Feelings
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What 1973 album by Pink Floyd was famous for its cover featuring an image of a prism turning a beam of white light into a rainbow?
Colorful Songs for Bleak Times
Atom Heart Mother
Dark Side of the Moon
Sitting in the Shadows
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What artist's 1979 album Off the Wall cemented his status as "The Prince of Pop"?
Neil Young
Michael Jackson
Iggy Pop
Prince
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In 1971, what artist released the album Tapestry that featured the hits "It's Too Late" and "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"?
Carole King
Stevie Nicks
Carly Simon
Bernadette Mays
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What was the name of Bruce Springsteen's 1975 album that was a smash hit thanks to its title track and "Jungle Land"?
Satin Shoes
Mr. Leesburg
Starry Skies
Born to Run
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The album Breakfast in America by Super Tramp featured a cover that replaced the Statue of Liberty with a woman of what occupation?
A soldier
A journalist
A police officer
A waitress
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What 1970 album was the final release for The Beatles as they had just broken up prior to its release?
Hard Day's Night
Revolver
Octopus's Garden
Let It Be
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What is the name of Peter Frampton's highly successful live album he released in 1976?
Frampton Is with You!
Frampton Comes Alive!
An Evening with Peter Frampton!
A Look at Peter Frampton!
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What is the name of the debut album by the artist Meat Loaf which combined operatic vocals with rock and roll?
Rotten in Limbo
Falling from Heaven
Bat Out of Hell
Crashing on Earth
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52nd Street was one of the defining albums of the seventies. What musician recorded this classic album?
Van Morrison
Stephen Tyler
Billy Joel
Elton John
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What 1977 Fleetwood Mac album featured such hits as "The Chain and "Dreams"?
Rumours
Black and White
Heavy Weather
Sunrise on the Road
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What album by The Eagles released in 1976 with such hits as "Hotel California" and "Life in the Fast Lane"?
Only a Lad
Captains of Industry
Hotel California
Burning Red
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What 1979 album by Pink Floyd is known particularly for its three parts of the song Another Brick In the Wall?
The Fear
The Animal
The Wall
The Brick
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was an influential album of the seventies recorded by what artist?
Elton John
Billy Joel
Peter Frampton
Peter Gabriel
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Andrew Nicholas is a passionate reader and writer on the subjects of history and mankind. He is a published author, critic, and poet who grew up in the friendly scenery of rural Ohio. He is a graduate of Wright State University and a regular student of historical curiosities.