Name the 70's Album Trivia Quiz

Answer: Exile on Main Street

This double album had a number of guest performers, including Billy Preston, Dr. John, Merry Clayton, and Kathi McDonald. The album was recorded in 1972, approximately the tenth anniversiary of the Rolling Stones.

Answer: Dark Side of the Moon

Recorded in 1973, this classic album spent over 591 consecutive weeks on the Billboard charts. All in all, the album spent a total of 741 weeks on the Billboard Top 200. The album was certified as a gold album on April 17, 1973. This was Pink Floyd's eighth album.

Answer: Who's Next

After Pete Townshend nearly suffered a nervous breakdown after trying to write a sequel to "Tommy", he began a sci-fi rock-opera project called "Lifehouse". The project failed, but the songs that remained were made into "Who's Next". The album was recorded in 1971.

Answer: A Night at the Opera

This album was recorded in 1975 as a follow-up to "Sheer Heart Attack". Freddie Mercury, the flamboyant lead singer of Queen, was born Farrokh Bulsara on September 5, 1946, in Zanzibar to Persian parents. Sadly, Freddie died on November 24, 1991 of AIDS, just one day after going public with the news that he had contracted the disease.

Answer: Led Zeppelin IV

This album was recorded in 1971 and includes the epic "Stairway to Heaven". This album encompasses several genres of music, including folk, rock, metal and blues. Most of the songs on this album are inspired by Robert Plant's and Jimmy Page's obsession with magic, the occult, religion, and mythology.

Answer: Highway to Hell

This album marks the last recording with the troubled Scotsman, Bon Scott. It was recorded in 1979 and Bon Scott was dead within six months from an all-night drinking binge. The album "Back in Black", recorded with new singer Brian Johnson, is a tribute to the hard- living Scott.

Answer: Paranoid

"Paranoid" was released in 1971 and stands as one of the most influential heavy metal albums of all time. The songs "Paranoid" and "Iron Man" are two of the most popular Black Sabbath songs of all time. Many taboo subjects of the era were covered on this album including death, war, nuclear annihilation, mental illness, drug hallucinations, and narcotic abuse.

Answer: Van Halen

The debut album by Van Halen, recorded in 1978, has been heralded critically as one of the finest hard rock albums of all time. Most people don't know that when Eddie Van Halen was first experimenting with his newfound musical talents, he concentrated on piano and drums, never even attemting the guitar until much later in his teen age years. Van Halen was originally known as Mammoth.

Answer: Fragile

Originally recorded in 1972, this classic album includes the popular song "Roundabout". This album features the first appearance of keyboardist Rick Wakeman, who was influential in the writing of many of the science fiction-based songs found on this album.

Answer: Rocks

This 1976 release has been called one of the greatest albums of the 1970's. The hard-drugging band members took the angst of their addictions and turned out some of the hardest rocking songs of their career. This album served as the follow-up to the hugely popular "Toys in the Attic".