Worst to Best

'Frampton Comes Alive!' made him a star. This is his story before and after that career-defining blockbuster.

We count down the hidden gems, the duds, the love-it-or-loathe-it oddballs and the obvious classics.

A string of Top 40 albums and songs made her one of the most popular singer-songwriters of the '70s.

All four of their careers included a stirring comeback – or two.

He owned the '70s, of course, but the story didn't end there.

Was there a better run of albums in the '70s than Stevie Wonder's string of classics?

Gloomy, gothy, punky, poppy — the multidimensional band's LPs are among the best of their era.

Like his high-school pal Frank Zappa, this outre artist can be an acquired taste.

Ritchie Blackmore picked up the pieces after Deep Purple, with a new band and a new outlook.

He's one of rock's most brilliant, confounding, defiant and frustrating artists.