
We started 2013 by going through our classic album library in alphabetical order with 97 Rock Essential Albums A to Z, the albums that define your 97 Rock listening experience.
After taking your votes and input, we compiled a list of the most popular albums according to 97 Rock listeners who qualified to win a Record Theatre gift card.
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A Day at the Races |
Queen |
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A Farewell to Kings |
Rush |
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A Monentary Lapse of Reason |
Pink Floyd |
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A New World Record |
ELO |
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A Night at the Opera |
Queen |
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Abacab |
Genesis |
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Abbey Road |
Beatles |
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Abraxas |
Santana |
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Achtung Baby |
U2 |
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Aerosmith |
Aerosmith |
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After the Gold Rush |
Neil Young |
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Aftermath |
Rolling Stones |
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Against the Wind |
Bob Seger |
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Agents of Fortune |
Blue Oyster Cult |
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Alive |
KISS |
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All Things Must Pass |
George Harrison |
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American Beauty |
Grateful Dead |
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American Fool |
John Mellencamp |
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American Woman |
Guess Who |
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Animals |
Pink Floyd |
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Appetite for Destruction |
Guns ‘n Roses |
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Aqualung |
Jethro Tull |
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Are You Experienced? |
Jimi Hendrix |
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At Fillmore East |
Allman Brothers |
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Back in Black |
AC/DC |
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Bad Company |
Bad Company |
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Band on the Run |
Paul McCartney |
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Beggars Banquet |
Rolling Stones |
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Bella Donna |
Stevie Nicks |
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Billion Dollar Babies |
Alice Cooper |
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Blizzard of Oz |
Ozzy Osbourne |
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Book of Dreams |
Steve Miller |
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Born in the USA |
Bruce Springsteen |
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Born to Run |
Bruce Springsteen |
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Boston |
Boston |
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Breakfast in America |
Supertramp |
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Brothers and Sisters |
Allman Brothers |
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Brothers in Arms |
Dire Straights |
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Can’t Buy a Thrill |
Steely Dan |
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Candy-O |
Cars |
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Captain and Me |
Doobie Brothers |
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Cars |
Cars |
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Cosmo’s Factory |
CCR |
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Crime of the Century |
Supertramp |
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Crosby Stills & Nash |
Crosby Stills & Nash |
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Damn the Torpedoes |
Tom Petty |
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Dark Side of the Moon |
Pink Floyd |
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Darkness on the Edge of Town |
Bruce Springsteen |
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Deguello |
ZZ Top |
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Déjà vu |
Crosby Stills Nash & Young |
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Desperado |
Eagles |
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Destroyer |
Kiss |
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Diary of a Madman |
Ozzy Osbourne |
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Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap |
AC/DC |
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Disraeli Gears |
Cream |
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Diver Down |
Van Halen |
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Don’t Look Back |
Boston |
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Don’t Say No |
Billy Squier |
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Doors |
Doors |
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Double Vision |
Foreigner |
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Dreamboat Annie |
Heart |
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Eagles |
Eagles |
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Eat A Peach |
Allman Brothers |
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Electric Ladyland |
Jimi Hendrix |
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Eliminator |
ZZ Top |
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Empty Glass |
Pete Townshend |
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Equinox |
Styx |
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Eric Clapton |
Eric Clapton |
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Escape |
Journey |
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Every Picture Tells A Story |
Rod Stewart |
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Exile on Main Street |
Rolling Stones |
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Face the Music |
ELO |
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5150 |
Van Halen |
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Fleetwood Mac |
Fleetwood Mac |
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Fly Like an Eagle |
Steve Miller |
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Fool for the City |
Foghat |
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Foreigner |
Foreigner |
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Four |
Foreigner |
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461 Ocean Blvd. |
Eric Clapton |
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Fragile |
Yes |
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Frampton Comes Alive |
Peter Frampton |
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Full Moon Fever |
Tom Petty |
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Get Your Wings |
Aerosmith |
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Goats Head Soup |
Rolling Stones |
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
Elton John |
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Grand Illusion |
Styx |
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Hard Promises |
Tom Petty |
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Harvest |
Neil Young |
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Highway to Hell |
AC/DC |
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Hotel California |
Eagles |
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Houses of the Holy |
Led Zeppelin |
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Hysteria |
Def Leppard |
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Idlewild South |
Allman Brothers |
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In Step |
Stevie Ray Vaughan |
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In Through the Out Door |
Led Zeppelin |
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Infinity |
Journey |
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Into the Great Wide Open |
Tom Petty |
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It’s Only Rock and Roll |
Rolling Stones |
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Jazz |
Queen |
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Joshua Tree |
U2 |
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L.A. Woman |
Doors |
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Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs |
Derek & The Dominos |
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Led Zeppelin I |
Led Zeppelin |
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Led Zeppelin II |
Led Zeppelin |
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Led Zeppelin III |
Led Zeppelin |
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Led Zeppelin IV |
Led Zeppelin |
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Let It Bleed |
Rolling Stones |
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Little Queen |
Heart |
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Live Bullet |
Bob Seger |
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Long Run |
Eagles |
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Machine Head |
Deep Purple |
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Madman Across the Water |
Elton John |
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Moving Pictures |
Rush |
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Night Moves |
Bob Seger |
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1984 |
Van Halen |
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No More Tears |
Ozzy Osbourne |
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On the Border |
Eagles |
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One of These Nights |
Eagles |
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OU812 |
Van Halen |
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Out of the Blue |
ELO |
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Outlandos D’Amour |
Police |
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Paranoid |
Black Sabbath |
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Permanent Vacation |
Aerosmith |
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Permanent Waves |
Rush |
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Physical Graffiti |
Led Zeppelin |
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Pieces of Eight |
Styx |
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Point of Know Return |
Kansas |
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Pronounced |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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Pump |
Aerosmith |
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Pyromania |
Def Leppard |
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Quadrophenia |
Who |
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Razor’s Edge |
AC/DC |
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Revolver |
Beatles |
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Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust |
David Bowie |
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River |
Bruce Springsteen |
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Rocks |
Aerosmith |
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Rubber Soul |
Beatles |
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Rumours |
Fleetwood Mac |
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Run with the Pack |
Bad Company |
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Running on Empty |
Jackson Browne |
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Rush |
Rush |
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Santana |
Santana |
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Scarecrow |
John Mellencamp |
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Second Helping |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band |
Beatles |
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Signals |
Rush |
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Sky is Crying |
Stevie Ray Vaughan |
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Slippery When Wet |
Bon Jovi |
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Slowhand |
Eric Clapton |
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Some Girls |
Rolling Stones |
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Sticky Fingers |
Rolling Stones |
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Straight Shooter |
Bad Company |
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Stranger in Town |
Bob Seger |
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Street Survivors |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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Tattoo You |
Rolling Stones |
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Texas Flood |
Stevie Ray Vaughan |
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Tommy |
Who |
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Toulouse Street |
Doobie Brothers |
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Toys in the Attic |
Aerosmith |
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Tres Hombres |
ZZ Top |
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2112 |
Rush |
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Uh-Huh |
John Mellencamp |
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Van Halen |
Van Halen |
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Van Halen II |
Van Halen |
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Wall |
Pink Floyd |
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White Album |
Beatles |
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Who’s Next |
Who |
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Wildflowers |
Tom Petty |
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Wish You Were Here |
Pink Floyd |
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Women and Children First |
Van Halen |
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Yes Album |
Yes |
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You Get What You Play |
REO Speedwagon |
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Zenyatta Mondatta |
Police |
Congratulations to our winners:
Pat Johnson of Kenmore
Daniel Carney of North Tonawanda
Collene Gandy of Amherst
Mike Johnson of Hamburg
Frank Fanno of North Tonawanda
Dale Zastrow of Wilson
Jason Dawson of Tonawanda
Annette Yelman of Lakeview
Tom McDonald of Grand Island
Keith Charles of Jamestown
Jeff Pendrak of Orchard Park
Donna Koscielniak of Depew
Bryce Smith of Corfu
Rick Watt of Lancaster
Nick Notaro of Cheektowaga
Jenifer Kalfas of Dunkirk
Debbie Carana of Cheektowaga
Chris Gogel of Perrysburg
Martin Sikorski of Cheektowaga