| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Reeling In the Years- assistant engineer:
- Tim Weston (in 1972-08)
- engineer:
- Roger Nichols (in 1972-08)
- producer:
- Gary Katz (in 1972-08)
- drums (drum set):
- Jim Hodder (in 1972-08)
- electric bass guitar:
- Walter Becker (in 1972-08)
- electric guitar:
- Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (in 1972-08) and Denny Dias (in 1972-08)
- piano and lead vocals:
- Donald Fagen (in 1972-08)
- solo electric guitar:
- Elliott Randall (in 1972-08)
- background vocals:
- Donald Fagen (in 1972-08) and David Palmer (in 1972-08)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- ABC Records, Inc (in 1972), ABC/Dunhill Records (in 1972), MCA Records, Inc. (in 1972) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1972)
- engineered at:
- The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1972-08)
- recording of:
- Reelin’ In the Years (in 1972-08)
- writer:
- Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
- publisher:
- Ampar Music Corp., Anchor Music Ltd., MCA Music , MCA Music Ltd., Minder Music Ltd., Red Giant Music, Inc., Universal/MCA Music Ltd. and Wingate Music Corp.
| Steely Dan | 4.55 | 4:34 |
| 2 | I’m Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band) | The Moody Blues | 4 | 4:18 |
| 3 | Hocus Pocus | Focus | | 3:30 |
| 4 | School’s Out- engineer:
- Roy Cicala and Shelly Yakus
- producer:
- Bob Ezrin
- drums (drum set):
- Neil Smith
- electric bass guitar:
- Dennis Dunaway
- electric guitar:
- Michael Bruce and Glen Buxton
- guitar and background vocals:
- Reggie Vincent
- keyboard:
- Michael Bruce and Bob Ezrin
- lead vocals:
- Alice Cooper
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Warner Bros. Records Inc. (in 1972, in 1974) and WEA International Inc. (in 1972)
- produced for:
- Alive Enterprises Incorporated and Nimbus 9 Productions
- recorded at:
- The Record Plant in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- part of:
- VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (number: 35), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 293) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 319)
- recording of:
- School’s Out
- writer:
- Michael Bruce , Glen Buxton , Alice Cooper , Dennis Dunaway and Neal Smith
- publisher:
- Bizarre Music Co. , BMG Platinum Songs US, Carlin Music Corporation, Copyright Control , Ezra Music, Ezra Music Corp., Opus 19 Music, Primary Wave Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Third Palm Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Bros. Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
- sub-publisher:
- フジパシフィックミュージック and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
| Alice Cooper | 4.2 | 3:30 |
| 5 | We’re an American Band | Grand Funk Railroad | 4.15 | 3:28 |
| 6 | Bang a Gong (Get It On)- engineer:
- Roy Thomas Baker , Malcolm Cecil, Rik Pekkonen and Martin Rushent
- producer:
- Tony Visconti
- drums (drum set):
- Bill Legend (from 1971-03 until 1971-06)
- electric bass guitar:
- Steve Currie (from 1971-03 until 1971-06)
- electric guitar and lead vocals:
- Marc Bolan (from 1971-03 until 1971-06)
- keyboard:
- Rick Wakeman (from 1971-03 until 1971-06)
- percussion:
- Mickey Finn (from 1971-03 until 1971-06)
- background vocals:
- Howard Kaylan (from 1971-03 until 1971-06) and Mark Volman (from 1971-03 until 1971-06)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Essex Music International Ltd. (in 1971), Straight Ahead Productions Ltd. (in 1971, in 2001) and Tarantula Productions (in 1971)
- part of:
- Paste: The 50 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 22), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (number: 41)
- recording of:
- Get It On (from 1971-03 until 1971-06)
- lyricist and composer:
- Marc Bolan
- publisher:
- Essex Music International, Essex Music International, Inc., Essex Musikförlaget , Essex Musikvertrieb GmbH, The Richmond Organization, TRO Essex Music International, Inc. and Westminster Music Ltd.
| T. Rex | 4.65 | 4:27 |
| 7 | 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 | 4.1 | 5:42 |
| 8 | China Grove- engineer:
- Donn Landee
- producer:
- Ted Templeman
- congas, cymbal and timbales:
- Michael Hossack
- guest synthesizer:
- Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
- guitar:
- Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons
- harmonica:
- Tom Johnston
- keyboard, organ and piano:
- Bill Payne
- membranophone:
- John Hartman and Michael Hossack
- percussion:
- John Hartman and Ted Templeman
- steel guitar:
- Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
- synthesizer:
- Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons
- vocals:
- John Hartman , Tom Johnston , Tiran Porter and Patrick Simmons
- bass arranger:
- Tiran Porter
- strings arranger:
- Nick de Caro
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Warner Bros. Records Inc. (, in 1973) and WEA International Inc. (in 1973)
- recorded at:
- Warner Brothers Studios, North Hollywood in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- recording of:
- China Grove
- lyricist and composer:
- Tom Johnston
- publisher:
- Copyright Control and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
- sub-publisher:
- ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
| The Doobie Brothers | 4.65 | 3:16 |
| 9 | All the Young Dudes- engineer:
- Dave Hentschel, Keith Harwood and Ted Sharp
- producer:
- David Bowie
- bass:
- Overend Watts
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Buffin
- electric guitar:
- Mick Ralphs
- guitar and saxophone:
- David Bowie
- handclaps:
- David Bowie , Buffin , Stuart George and Nicky Graham
- organ:
- Verden Allen
- piano and lead vocals:
- Ian Hunter
- additional other vocals [chorus]:
- David Bowie and Mick Ralphs
- arranger:
- David Bowie
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS Inc. (in 1972), CBS Records Inc. (in 1972), CBS, Inc. (in 1972), Columbia Records (in 1972), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 1972) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1972, in 1976)
- produced for:
- Mainman
- recorded at:
- Olympic Studios in Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, London , England, United Kingdom (on 1972-05-14)
- part of:
- Songs banned by the BBC, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 166) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 253)
- recording of:
- All the Young Dudes
- lyricist and composer:
- David Bowie
- publisher:
- BMG Blue, Chrysalis Music , Chrysalis Music Ltd. , Chrysalis Music Publishing, Chrysalis Songs, EMI Music , EMI Music Publishing , EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited , EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , Jones Music America, Mainman Ltd., Mainman Saag , MCA Music , Northern Songs Ltd., RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. and Tintoretto Music
- sub-publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing France, Warner Chappell Music France, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 , ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) , ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 , 渡辺音楽出版 CM事業部 , フジパシフィック音楽出版 BMG事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
- cover recording of:
- All the Young Dudes
- lyricist and composer:
- David Bowie
- publisher:
- BMG Blue, Chrysalis Music , Chrysalis Music Ltd. , Chrysalis Music Publishing, Chrysalis Songs, EMI Music , EMI Music Publishing , EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited , EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , Jones Music America, Mainman Ltd., Mainman Saag , MCA Music , Northern Songs Ltd., RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. and Tintoretto Music
- sub-publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing France, Warner Chappell Music France, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 , ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) , ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 , 渡辺音楽出版 CM事業部 , フジパシフィック音楽出版 BMG事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
| Mott the Hoople | 4.2 | 3:33 |
| 10 | Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting | Elton John | 3.75 | 4:55 |
| 11 | Frankenstein | The Edgar Winter Group | 4 | 4:47 |
| 12 | Roundabout- producer:
- Eddy Offord and Yes
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Atlantic (in 1972) and Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1972)
- recorded at:
- Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden , Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom (in 1971-09)
- edit of:
- Roundabout by Yes
- recording of:
- Roundabout (in 1971-09)
- writer:
- Jon Anderson and Steve Howe
- publisher:
- Cotillion Music Inc. , Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Topographic Music, Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. , Warner Bros. , Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Yessongs Ltd., WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
| Yes | 5 | 3:29 |
| 13 | Hold Your Head Up | Argent | | 3:20 |
| 14 | Rocky Mountain Way | Joe Walsh | 3.7 | 5:16 |
| 15 | Ramblin’ Man | The Allman Brothers Band | 5 | 4:58 |
| 16 | Run Run Run | Jo Jo Gunne | 3 | 2:36 |
| 17 | Iron Man- producer:
- Rodger Bain
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Bill Ward
- electric bass guitar:
- Terry "Geezer" Butler
- electric guitar:
- Tony Iommi
- lead vocals:
- Ozzy Osbourne
- performer:
- Black Sabbath
- recording of:
- Iron Man
- lyricist:
- Geezer Butler
- composer:
- Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward
- publisher:
- Doug Moody Music, Essex Music International Ltd., Essex Music International, Inc., TRO Essex Music International, Inc., TRO Essex Music Ltd., Tro-Andover Music, Inc., ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部 and Westminster Music Ltd. (in 1970)
| Black Sabbath | 4 | 3:30 |
| 18 | Rock and Roll, Part 2 | Gary Glitter | 4.35 | 3:02 |