Which of the following decades produced the best music?

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The 1970s.  Queen, Pink Floyd, Yes, Emerson Lake And Palmer, Gabriel-era Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Rush, The Ramones... all kicking ass and writing the best rock music ever put to record. The 1960s are a close second, what with the Beatles and all the great psychedelic stuff?  2000s are third, as the putrid aftertaste of the 1980s had finally been completely washed away.  

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Bob Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde" to Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks." So, 1965ish-1975ish.

If I had to pick a (approx.) ten year period...

I'd say Abbey Road from the Beatles started height of rock/pop music in Sept. 1969, and that peak finished off with Pink Floyd's The Wall in Nov. 1979.

I was thinking about starting it with Rubber Soul and ending it with Queen's A Day At The Races, but I think any "peak of rock" discussion has to include The Wall, which is basically (in my eyes anyway) THE album of rock, combining all the theatrics, bombast, political/social commentary, and styles into one package.  Most would say that album is actually The White Album, but I find it to be brutally filler-ish and a chore to sit through.