A landmark 1971 album has been ranked No. 1 on Rolling Stone’s greatest albums list.

Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On remains a masterpiece. War, ecology, police brutality – still relevant. Read more.

A new ranking of the greatest albums of the 1970s names a 1971 classic as No. 1—here’s a look at the top five and why it still stands above the rest.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At No. 5 is the 1971 David Bowie album Hunky Dory, the record that helped define a new era of theatrical, shape-shifting rock. No.

Before revealing the No. 1 pick, here’s how the Top 5 shakes out: What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye was ranked the greatest album of the 1970s, praised as “the moment pop music became high art.” Released ...