But it was also when the singer-songwriter movement began to fully take hold, thanks to works by James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, Leonard Cohen, Carly Simon and the individual members of Crosby, Stills & Nash. And there was one album that single-handedly combined the autobiographical content of singer-songwriters with the monolithic nature of those rock classics: Carole King's Tapestry. (Ultimateclassicrock)
Janis Joplin, 'Pearl' January 11, 1971
ZZ Top, 'ZZ Top's First Album' - January 16 1971
Carole King, 'Tapestry' February 10 1971
Carly Simon, 'Carly Simon' February 9, 1971
Jimi Hendrix, 'The Cry of Love' - March 5 1971
Alice Cooper, 'Love It to Death' March 8 1971
Jethro Tull, 'Aqualung' March 19 1971
Leonard Cohen, 'Songs of Love and Hate' March 19 1971
Johnny Cash, 'Man in Black' Released: March 1971
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, '4 Way Street' 7April 1971
The Rolling Stones, 'Sticky Fingers' 23 April 1971
The Doors, 'L.A. Woman' 19 April 1971
James Taylor, 'Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon'April 1971
Rod Stewart, 'Every Picture Tells a Story' May 1971
Paul and Linda McCartney, 'Ram'- May 17 1971
Marvin Gaye, 'What's Going On' May 21 1971
Graham Nash, 'Songs for Beginners' May 28 1971
Supertramp, 'Indelibly Stamped' June 25 1971
Black Sabbath, 'Master of Reality' 21 Luly 1971
The Allman Brothers Band, 'At Fillmore East'July 1971,
The Who, 'Who's Next' 14 August 1971
Fleetwood Mac, 'Future Games' 3 Septemberr 1971
John Lennon, 'Imagine' October 11 1971
Jeff Beck Group, 'Rough and Ready' October 25 1971
Pink Floyd, 'Meddle' October 31 1971
Van Morrison, 'Tupelo Honey' October 1971
Traffic, 'The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys' 1 novembre 1971
Elton John, 'Madman Across the Water' 5 novembre 1971
Led Zeppelin, 'Led Zeppelin IV' 8 November 1971
Frank Zappa, '200 Motels' 10 November 1971
Genesis, 'Nursery Cryme' 12 November 1971
Faces, 'A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse' 17 November 1971
Emerson, Lake and Palmer, 'Pictures at an Exhibition' November 1971
Wings, 'Wild Life' 7 dicembre 1971
David Bowie, 'Hunky Dory' 17 dicembre 1971
George Harrison & Friends, 'The Concert for Bangladesh' 20 dicembre 1971