| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Ballroom Blitz | The Sweet | 4.6 | 4:04 |
| 2 | Smoke on the Water- recorded in:
- Montreux, Vaud , Switzerland (in 1971-12)
- assistant engineer:
- Jeremy Gee
- engineer:
- Martin Birch
- producer:
- Deep Purple
- drums (drum set):
- Ian Paice (in 1971-12)
- electric bass guitar:
- Roger Glover (in 1971-12)
- electric guitar:
- Ritchie Blackmore (in 1971-12)
- Hammond organ:
- Jon Lord (in 1971-12)
- lead vocals:
- Ian Gillan (in 1971-12)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Deep Purple (Overseas) Ltd. (in 1973)
- recorded at:
- Rolling Stones Mobile Studio in United Kingdom (in 1971-12)
- part of:
- SWR1 Hitparade 2004 der Männer (number: 8), SWR1 Hitparade 2008 (number: 10), SWR1 Hitparade 2009 (number: 10), SWR1 Hitparade 2012 (number: 10), VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (number: 11), NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (number: 13), Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 34) and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
- recording of:
- Smoke on the Water (in 1971-12)
- writer:
- Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice
- publisher:
- B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. , EMI Music Publishing , Glenwood Music Corp., HEC Music and Henrees Music co.
- sub-publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing France, EMI Music Publishing Scandinavia AB, EMI Music Publishing Japan C.F. division (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| Deep Purple | 4.15 | 5:43 |
| 3 | All Right Now- engineer:
- Roy Thomas Baker
- producer:
- Free and John Kelly
- bass:
- Andy Fraser
- drums (drum set):
- Simon Kirke
- guitar:
- Paul Kossoff
- lead vocals:
- Paul Rodgers
- remixer:
- Bob Clearmountain
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Free (in 1970)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Island Records Ltd. (in 1970, in 1971)
- recorded at:
- Island Studios in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London , England, United Kingdom and Trident Studios in Soho, Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom
- music videos:
- All Right Now by Free
- recording of:
- All Right Now
- writer:
- Andy Fraser and Paul Rodgers
- publisher:
- Blue Mountain Music, Blue Mountain Music Ltd., Blue Mountain Music Scandinavia, Catherine’s Peak Music, Copyright Control , Irving Music, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. , Polygram Music and Universal Music Publishing
| Free | 4.65 | 4:18 |
| 4 | Radar Love- recording engineer:
- Pieter Nieboer
- executive producer:
- Fred Haayen
- producer:
- Golden Earring
- mixer:
- Damon Lyon-Shaw
- acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
- George Kooymans
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Cesar Zuiderwijk
- electric bass guitar and keyboard:
- Rinus Gerritsen
- slide guitar:
- Eelco Gelling
- vocals:
- Barry Hay and George Kooymans
- arranger:
- Golden Earring
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Dutch Record Company (in 1973), Polydor B.V. (in 1973), Red Bullet Productions B.V. (in 1973), Track Records Ltd. (in 1973) and Geffen Records (in 1974)
- produced for:
- Red Bullet Productions
- recorded at:
- Phonogram Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland , Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
- mixed at:
- IBC Studios in London , England, United Kingdom
- recording of:
- Radar Love
- lyricist:
- Barry Hay
- composer:
- George Kooymans
- publisher:
- Dayglow Music , Larry Shayne Music, Inc., Louvigny-Marquee Music Ltd., New Dayglow Music, Snamyook Music and Sony/ATV Music Publishing
| Golden Earring | 4.3 | 6:27 |
| 5 | Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) | The Hollies | 4.2 | 3:19 |
| 6 | Kung Fu Fighting | Carl Douglas | 4.2 | 3:17 |
| 7 | This Flight Tonight | Nazareth | 3.75 | 3:25 |
| 8 | Nutbush City Limits- recording of:
- Nutbush City Limits
- lyricist and composer:
- Tina Turner
- publisher:
- Copyright Control , EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Catalogue Partner Scandinavia, EMI Catalogue Partnership, EMI Catalogue Partnership Australia Pty Ltd, EMI Music Publishing , EMI Partnership Musikverlag GmbH, EMI Unart Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Huh-Music, Unart Music Corp., United Artists Music Ltd., Valley Spring Music and Valley Spring Music Corp.
| Ike & Tina Turner | | 2:59 |
| 9 | Lady in Black- recording engineer:
- Peter Gallen (from 1969 until 1970-11)
- assistant engineer:
- Les Cunningham and Ashley Howe
- producer:
- Gerry Bron
- mixer:
- Peter Gallen
- bass guitar:
- Paul Newton (from 1970-10 until 1970-11)
- drums (drum set):
- Keith Baker (from 1969 until 1970, from 1970-10 until 1970-11)
- electric bass guitar:
- Paul Newton (from 1969 until 1970)
- electric guitar:
- Mick Box (from 1970-10 until 1970-11)
- guitar:
- Mick Box (from 1969 until 1970)
- organ:
- Ken Hensley (from 1969 until 1970, from 1970-10 until 1970-11)
- background vocals:
- Mick Box (from 1970-10 until 1970-11), Ken Hensley (from 1970-10 until 1970-11) and Paul Newton (from 1970-10 until 1970-11)
- lead vocals:
- David Byron (from 1970-10 until 1970-11)
- vocals:
- David Byron (from 1969 until 1970)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Bronze Records Ltd. (in 1971), Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. (in 1971, in 2016) and Castle Communications PLC (in 1996)
- recorded at:
- Lansdowne Studios in London , England, United Kingdom (from 1969 until 1970, from 1970-10 until 1970-11)
- recording of:
- Lady in Black (from 1969 until 1970-11)
- lyricist and composer:
- Ken Hensley
- publisher:
- Dick James Music, Inc. , EMI Music , EMI Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing , EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , EMI Publishing, EMI Publishing Ltd., Fanfare Musikverlag Global Musik GmbH & Co. KG, S. Bron Music Co. Ltd. and Sidney Bron Music
| Uriah Heep | 4.35 | 4:49 |
| 10 | Paranoid- engineer:
- Tom Allom and Brian Humphries
- producer:
- Rodger Bain (from 1970-06 until 1970-07)
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Bill Ward (from 1970-06-16 until 1970-06-21)
- electric bass guitar:
- Geezer Butler (from 1970-06-16 until 1970-06-21)
- electric guitar:
- Tony Iommi (from 1970-06-16 until 1970-06-21)
- lead vocals:
- Ozzy Osbourne (in 1970)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Gimcastle Ltd., Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. , Warner Bros. Records Inc. , Castle Copyrights Ltd. (in 1970), Interworld Communications (in 1970), Sanctuary Copyrights Ltd. (in 1970) and Icarus Music (in 2006)
- recorded at:
- Island Studios in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London , England, United Kingdom (in 1970) and Regent Sound Studios in London , England, United Kingdom (from 1970-06-16 until 1970-06-21)
- part of:
- VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (number: 4), NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (number: 6), Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 13), TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 27), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, BILLIONS CLUB, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 250) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 338)
- recording of:
- Paranoid (from 1970-06-16 until 1970-07-08)
- lyricist:
- Geezer Butler
- composer:
- Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward
- publisher:
- Essex Music International Ltd., Essex Music International, Inc., TRO Essex Japan, A-Division, TRO Essex Music International, Inc., Tro-Andover Music, Inc. and Westminster Music Ltd. (in 1970)
| Black Sabbath | 4.55 | 2:50 |
| 11 | Street Life | Roxy Music | 4 | 3:31 |
| 12 | Bad Bad Leroy Brown- vocals:
- Jim Croce (on 1972-06-02)
- recorded at:
- The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-06-02)
- recording of:
- Bad, Bad Leroy Brown (on 1972-06-02)
- lyricist and composer:
- Jim Croce
- publisher:
- American Broadcasting Music, Inc., Blendingwell Music, Inc., Denjac Music Co., DenJac Music Company, MCA Music and MCA, Inc.
| Jim Croce | 5 | 3:02 |
| 13 | Walk on the Wild Side- producer:
- David Bowie , Lou Reed and Mick Ronson
- baritone saxophone:
- Ronnie Ross (in 1972-08)
- double bass and electric bass guitar:
- Herbie Flowers (in 1972-08)
- drums (drum set):
- John Halsey (in 1972-08)
- background vocals:
- The Thunder Thighs (in 1972-08)
- lead vocals:
- Lou Reed (in 1972-08)
- brass arranger and strings arranger:
- Mick Ronson
- arranger:
- David Bowie , Lou Reed and Mick Ronson
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Entertainment (in 1972), BMG Music (in 1972), RCA Records (in 1972) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 1972)
- recorded at:
- Trident Studios in Soho, Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom (in 1972-08)
- mixed at:
- Trident Studios in Soho, Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom
- samples from:
- Lexicon Valley #150, “Why Language Can’t Be Tamed” by John McWhorter
- part of:
- Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 75), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 180) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 221)
- recording of:
- Walk on the Wild Side (in 1972-08)
- lyricist and composer:
- Lou Reed
- publisher:
- Dunbar Music, EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited , EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , Oakfield Avenue Music, Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. and Six Continents Music Publishing Inc.
| Lou Reed | 4.25 | 4:16 |
| 14 | She's a Lady | Tom Jones | 4 | 2:55 |
| 15 | Sweet Home Alabama- miscellaneous support:
- Ronnie Van Zant
- engineer and producer:
- Al Kooper
- drums (drum set):
- Bob Burns (in 1973-07)
- electric bass guitar:
- Leon Wilkeson (in 1973-07)
- electric guitar:
- Allen Collins (in 1973-07), Ed King (in 1973-07) and Gary Rossington (in 1973-07)
- keyboard:
- Billy Powell (in 1973-07)
- background vocals:
- Merry Clayton (in 1973-07) and Clydie King (in 1973-07)
- lead vocals:
- Ronnie Van Zant (in 1973-07)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Geffen Records (in 1974), MCA Records (in 1974), MCA Records Ltd. (in 1974), MCA Records, Inc. (in 1974), UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1974) and Universal Music (in 1974)
- produced for:
- Sounds of the South Productions
- recorded at:
- Studio One in Doraville, Georgia, United States (in 1973-07)
- part of:
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 398)
- recording of:
- Sweet Home Alabama (in 1973-07)
- miscellaneous support:
- Ronnie Van Zant
- writer:
- Ed King , Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant
- publisher:
- Hustler Inc., Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. , Universal/MCA Music Ltd. , Universal/MCA Music Publishing GmbH and Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | 4.15 | 4:44 |
| 16 | Maggie May- producer:
- Rod Stewart
- 12 string guitar, bass guitar and electric guitar:
- Ronnie Wood (in 1971)
- acoustic guitar:
- Martin Quittenton (in 1971)
- celesta:
- Pete Sears (in 1971)
- cymbal and membranophone:
- Micky Waller (in 1971)
- Hammond organ:
- Ian McLagan (in 1971)
- mandolin:
- Ray Jackson (in 1971) and David Lindley (in 1971)
- lead vocals:
- Rod Stewart (in 1971)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Mercury Records Inc. (in 1971), PolyGram Records, Inc. (in 1971), The Island Def Jam Music Group (in 1971) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1971)
- recording of:
- Maggie May (in 1971)
- publisher:
- Rod Stewart
- writer:
- Mike Peters, Martin Quittenton and Rod Stewart
- publisher:
- Chappell Music Ltd., Copyright Control , EMI April Music Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Full Keel Music, EMI Music Publishing , EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , H. G. Music Inc, Mushroom Music , Rightsong Music Inc., Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music
| Rod Stewart | 4.2 | 5:17 |
| 17 | Whiskey in the Jar | Thin Lizzy | 5 | 5:45 |
| 18 | Roll Over Beethoven- engineer:
- Denny Bridges and John Middleton
- producer:
- Jeff Lynne
- bass:
- Michael d’Albuquerque (on 1972-09-08)
- cello:
- Mike Edwards (on 1972-09-08) and Colin Walker (on 1972-09-08)
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Bev Bevan (on 1972-09-08)
- guitar, harmonium and Moog:
- Jeff Lynne (on 1972-09-08) and Richard Tandy (on 1972-09-08)
- piano:
- Richard Tandy (on 1972-09-08)
- violin:
- Wilfred Gibson (on 1972-09-08)
- background vocals:
- Michael d’Albuquerque (on 1972-09-08) and Richard Tandy (on 1972-09-08)
- lead vocals:
- Jeff Lynne (on 1972-09-08)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- EMI Records Ltd. (in 1972, in 2011), Sony Music Entertainment (in 1972) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1973)
- recorded at:
- Air Studios in London , England, United Kingdom (on 1972-09-08)
- cover recording of:
- Roll Over Beethoven (on 1972-09-08)
- lyricist and composer:
- Chuck Berry (in 1956-01)
- publisher:
- Arc Music , Arc Music Corp. , Copyright Control , Dualtone Words and Songs, Isalee Music Publishing Company and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
- sub-publisher:
- Fujipacific Music, Inc. and Rock ’n’ Roll Music
| Electric Light Orchestra | 4.35 | 4:36 |
| 19 | Rudi Ratlos | Udo Lindenberg & Das Panikorchester | | 3:11 |