Random Nonsense #13
Harder than the last, I imagine (if you can cast your mind back that far), today I’d like to know your ten favourite albums from the Seventies.
However, to make it a little easier, please vote whether the first half of the decade (1970-1974) was better than the second (1975-1979) and select a maximum of ten – that’s right, ten – albums from each half (so you have 20 in total, enough for most people to trawl through, I’m sure).
Alternatively, one list of ten would do. Maybe as two lists of five, as I have done?
Do include the year, as it would be interesting to see which is most-often mentioned.
I have not included the obvious ones, partly because they’d only cancel each other out.
The chatroom opens at 14:00 (UK), closing on time to catch the Q Awards on Q TV at 16:00 (UK).
- Black Sabbath, ‘Paranoid’ (1971)
- The Doors, ‘L.A. Woman’ (1971)
- George Harrison, ‘All Things Must Pass’ (1970)
- The Who, ‘Who’s Next’ (1971)
- Neil Young, ‘After the Gold Rush’ (1970)
- Kate Bush,’The Kick Inside’ (1978)
- Bob Dylan, ‘Blood on the Tracks’ (1975)
- Bob Dylan, ‘Desire’ (1976)
- The Eagles, ‘Hotel California’ (1976)
- ‘Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ (1976)
Irish Tour-Rory Gallagher-1974
Against The Grain-Rory Gallagher-1975
Rumours-Fleetwood Mac-1977
Outlandos D’ Amour-Police-1978
Songs in The Key Of Life-Steve Wonder-1976
Aja-Steely Dan-1977
Bad Company-Bad Company-1974 (great album)
Sweet Baby James-James Taylor-1970
461 Ocean Boulevard-EC-1974
Hotel California-The Eagles-1976
I love Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” album. Will be back with my list later.
In date order…
Allman Brothers – Live at the Fillmore East (1970)
Yes – Close to the Edge (1972)
Focus – Moving Waves (1972)
Allman Brothers – Beginnings (re-release of their first two albums) (1972)
Doobie Brothers – Toulouse Street (1972)
Wishbone Ash – Live Dates (1973)
Joe Walsh – The Smoker You Drink the Player You Get (1973)
Joe Walsh – So What (1974)
Yes – Going for the One (1977)
Camel – Rain Dances (1977)
Jethro Tull – Aqualung
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin – The Song Remains The Same
Dire Straits – Dire Straits
Hey FEd. I’m a bit too young to know so many 70s albums.
But I’ll vote the latter half cos it gave us The Wall.
But thanks for letting know about the Q Awards. Didn’t even know I had Q TV. But I found it on channel 338 on Virgin Media.
Pink Floyd and related albums aside:
Caravan – In the Land of Grey and Pink (’72)
Camel – Moonmadness (’75)
Soft Machine – 3 (’70)
Arthur Lee and Love – Four Sail (’72)
The Who – Who’s Next (’72)
Barclay James Harvest – Once Again (’72)
Van Der Graff Generator – God Bluff (’75)
Yes – Close to the Edge (72)
George Harrison – All Things Must Pass (’70)
Genesis – A Trick of the Tale (’75)
All years are guesstimates.
Fed: this is a very difficult one for me cos I went off the rails a bit toward the end of the 70s and got into punk.
So for that reason I would like to include:
The Buzzcock – Love Bites
Magazine – Real Life
Ta!!
‘After The Gold Rush’ – Neil Young (1970)
‘Transformer’ – Lou Reed (1972)
‘Portrait of Donny’ – Donny Osmond (1972)
‘The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway’ – Genesis (1974)
‘Horses’ – Patti Smith (1975)
‘Hotel California’ – The Eagles (1976)
‘Rumors’ – Fleetwood Mac (1977)
‘Peter Gabriel’ – Peter Gabriel (1977)
‘The Kick Inside’ – Kate Bush (1978)
‘Dire Straits’ – Dire Straits (1978)
In date order and only the 20 VIA (Very Important Albums):
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV – 1971
Hawkwind – In Search Of Space – 1971
Thin Lizzy – Vagabons Of The Western World – 1972
Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells – 1973
Rory Gallagher – Blueprint – 1973
Judas Priest – Rockarolla – 1974
Motorhead – On Parole – 1976
AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – 1976
Samson – Survivors – 1979
Ramones – Rocket To Russia – 1977
Pink Floyd – Animals – 1977
Nektar – Live in New York – 1977
Ufo – Lights Out – 1977
Dire Straits – Dire Straits – 1978
Iron Maiden – The Soundhouse Tapes – 1978
David Gilmour – David Gilmour -1978
Van Halen – Van Halen – 1978
Scorpions – Tokyo Tapes – 1978
Police – Outlandos D’ Amou – 1978
Frank Zappa – Sheik Yerbouti -1979
The Clash – London Calling – 1979
That is
1971: 2
1972: 1
1973: 2
1974: 1
1975: 0?
1976: 2
1977: 4
1978: 6
1979: 2
Quite interesting that 1975 has no entry but 1978 6…
Regards,
Taki
[You could have had 'Wish You Were Here' for 1975, of course. I forget the band's name. - FEd]
So this list is for non Floyd I am assuming…
There are so many others worthy but these I hold very near and dear…
Alice Cooper ~ Killer ’72
Renaissance ~ Ashes Are Burning ’73
Yes ~ Close To The Edge ’72
David Bowie ~ Ziggy ’72
Joni Mitchell ~ Court and Spark ’74
Led Zeppelin ~ Houses of The Holy ’73
Queen ~ A Night At The Opera ’75
Sex Pistols ~ Nevermind The Bollocks ’77
Patti Smith ~ Horses ’75
Dan Fogelberg ~ Souvenirs ’74
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
PF – Meddle
Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
Lou Reed – Berlin
Robert Wyatt – Rock Bottom
PF – DSOTM
Frank Zappa – Joe’s Garage
That’s all I got.
No live albums, no Pink Floyd (all should be listed) no PF members efforts as well.
1970-1974 (no order):
Black Sabbath, Master of Reality, 1971
Jethro Tull, Aqualung, 1971
Genesis, Nursery Crime, 1971
The Moody Blues, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, 1971
Led Zeppelin, IV, 1971
Deep Purple, Machine Head, 1972
Wishbone Ash, Wishbone Ash, 1970
Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells, 1973
The Who, Quadrophenia, 1973
Budgie, Never Turn Your Back on a Friend, 1973
1975-1979 (no order):
Camel, The Snow Goose, 1975
AC/DC, Highway To Hell, 1979
Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell, 1977
Kansas, Point of Know Return, 1977
Van Der Graaf Generator, Still Life, 1976
Electric Light Orchestra, A New World Record, 1976
Fleetwood Mac, Rumors, 1977
Thin Lizzy, Jailbreak, 1976
Van Halen, Van Halen, 1978
Genesis, Trick of the Tail, 1976
[I saw The Moody Blues the other week. Although never really a fan of theirs, they were really good (and played a few songs from the album you mention). - FEd]
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs – Derek and the Dominos – 1970
Sticky Fingers – The Rolling Stones – 1971
In Rock – Deep Purple 1971
Imagine – John Lennon – 1971
Rescue Me/In The Beginning – Roy Buchanan – 1974 (but could be also any of the previous first three albums)
A Night at the Opera – Queen – 1975
Wing Over America – Wings – 1976
Never Minds The Bollocks – Sex Pistols – 1977
Dire Straits – Dire Straits – 1978
Survival – Bob Marley – 1979
[I forgot about Dire Straits' first one, which is worthy of mention if only for 'Sultans of Swing'. Thanks for reminding me, everyone. - FEd]
The Moody Blues, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, 1971
This is my favourite album of The Moody Blues. I saw they played at the Albert Hall recently, even tickets were available.
Did they play “My Song”? I love that one.
[They played 'The Story In Your Eyes' and 'One More Time To Live' (in Cardiff). - FEd]
1971-1975:
The Who, Who’s Next.
Audience, The House on the Hill.
Budgie, Squawk.
Uriah Heep, Look At Yourself.
Yes, The Yes Album.
Caravan, In The Land Of Grey and Pink.
Atomic Rooster, Death Walks Behind You.
E.L.P., Tarkus.
Groundhogs, Split.
Jethro Tull, Thick As A Brick.
75/79 next up!
Gary Hurley
London, England
Undoubted number one:
1. The Dark Side of the Moon; Pink Floyd (’73)… I didn’t liked the album when it came out, I was only 10 years young, but my sister did like it.
2. Selling England by the Pound; Genesis (’73)… In that same year Fragile by Yes came out.
3. Wish You Were Here; Pink Floyd again (’75)
4. A Trick of the Trail; Genesis (’75)
5. Tales of Mystery and Imagination; The Alan Parsons Project (’75)… I liked that album from the first time i heard it, I was reading Edgar Alan Poe stories with that album playing in my sisters apartment, it hit me, and by the way Edgar Alan Poe was a great writer.
6. I Robot is another of them which I really liked, because a) we danced on the title track and The Voice and b) because side two was really Floydian.
7. Tubular Bells; Mike Oldfield… I first heard it when I went to see “The Exorcist” with my older sister.
8. Crime of the Century; Supertramp (’74)
9. Roundabout; Yes (’73)
10. Paris; Supertramp ’78)
1975 – 1979:
Jethro Tull, Songs From The Wood.
Genesis, Wind and Wuthering.
Yes, Going For The One.
Camel, Snow Goose.
Rush, 2112.
Fleetwood Mac, Rumours.
Ramones, Ramones.
Who, Who Are You.
E.L.P., Works Vol 1.
Supertramp, Paris Live.
Gary Hurley
London, England.
Not including Pink Floyd and their solo albums there are still so many to choose from. Those that I would still listen to today in date order……
1970 Led Zeppelin III
1970 King Crimson – In the Wake of Poseidon
1971 Van de Graff Generator – Pawn Hearts
1971 Led Zeppelin IV
1971 ELP – Tarkus
1971 ELP – Pictures at an Exhibition
1971 Nice – Elegy
1971 Yes – Fragile
1972 Focus – Moving Waves
1972 Focus III
1972 Deep Purple – Made in Japan
1972 Yes – Close to the Edge
1972 Khan – Space Shanty
1973 Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
1973 Genesis – Live
1975 Chris Squire – Fish Out of Water
1975 Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
1975 Steve Hillage – Fish Rising
1976 Eagles – Hotel California
1976 Rainbow – Rising
So many great bands. (I’ve just noticed I’ve missed out Hawkwind) It is never ending.
Long live the early 70s.
[I saw The Moody Blues the other week. Although never really a fan of theirs, they were really good (and played a few songs from the album you mention). - FEd]
Me too………at the NEC.
They have made some wonderful albums.
[There were some old-fashioned freak-outs here and there, too. I'd never really given them credit for their musicianship before, but they played ever-so well. It did feel like being in a cult, though, didn't it? The videos, the spacey intro... A bit Heaven's Gate, I thought. - FEd]
I’d say that my collection of 70s albums, apart from the obvious, is fairly non existent. I have Best Of CD compilations from artists mentioned but cannot judge the albums. I struggled to find 10.
‘Tapestry’ – Carole King (1971)
‘Aqualung’ – Jethro Tull (1971)
‘Songs Of Love And Hate’ – Leonard Cohen (1971)
‘Shaft’ – Issac Hayes (1971)
‘Harvest’ – Neil Young (1972)
‘Tubular Bells’ – Mike Oldfield (1973)
‘A Night At The Opera’ – Queen (1975)
‘Arrival’ – Abba (1976) For the cover alone… love that helicopter!
‘Rumours’ – Fleetwood Mac (1977)
‘War of The Worlds’ – Jeff Wayne (1978)
Oh and all of Led Zeppelin’s output for the decade of course.
1970-1974:
1971 – Black Sabbath – Paranoid
1971 – Jethro Tull – Aqualung
1971 – Led Zeppelin IV
1971 – ELP – Pictures At An Exhibition
1972 – Genesis – Selling England By The Pound
1975-1979:
1975 – Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
1975 – Patti Smith – Horses
1976 – Led Zeppelin – Soundtrack from The Song Remains The Same
1978 – Dire Straits
1979 – AC/DC – Highway To Hell
The first half is definitely my favorite.
For the record, the rest of my two Top Tens (in alphabetical order) are:
- The Beatles, ‘Let It Be’ (1970)
- Bob Dylan, ‘New Morning’ (1970)
- John Lennon, ‘Imagine’ (1971)
- Joni Mitchell, ‘Blue’ (1971)
- Quicksilver Messenger Service, ‘What About Me’ (1970)
- ‘Dire Straits’ (1978)
- The Eagles, ‘One of These Nights’ (1976)
- Al Green – ‘Al Green’s Greatest Hits’ (1975)
- Roy Harper, ‘HQ’ (1975)
- Stevie Wonder, ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ (1976)
Ok, this should be pretty easy….. Should be!
1) Who’s Next – The Who
Harvest – Neil Young
2) Meddle – Pink Floyd
3) Sticky Fingers – Rolling Stones
4) Sheer Heart Attack – Queen
5) Houses of the Holy – Led Zeppelin
6) Red – King Crimson
7) Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd
9) After the Gold Rush – Neil Young
10) Mystery to Me – Fleetwood Mac
And now, for something completely different… the latter 70s….
1) Blow by Blow – Jeff Beck
There and Back – Jeff Beck
2) A Trick of the Tail – Genesis
3) Mick Taylor’s self titled LP
4) David Gilmour’s self titled LP
5) London Calling – The Clash
6) Never Mind the Bollocks … Sex Pistols
7) Rocks – Aerosmith
9) Empty Glass – Pete Townshend
10) All Mod Cons – The Jam
Great mind teaser FEd…. hey, no punk LPs on your list? Where’s the love? :O)
Darren
[I know, I know... (I think 'Empty Glass' was 1980. Good album, that.) - FEd]
Amon Duul II: Yeti [1971]
Caravan: In The Land Of Grey & Pink [1971]
Roy Harper: Stormcock [1971]
Leonard Cohen: Songs Of Love & Hate [1971]
Yes: Relayer [1974]
Amon Duul II: Wolf City [1974]
King Crimson: Red [1974]
Yes: Going For The One [1977]
Klaus Schulze: X [1978]
Yes: Tormato [1979]
This is easy:
1970-1975:
Meddle (1970)
Whos Next (1971)
Obscured By Clouds (1972)
Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Thick as a Brick (1972)
Led Zeppelin III (1970)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
A Night at the Opera (1975)
Toys in the Attic (1975)
Wish You Were Here (1975)
1976-1979:
Aja (1977)
Animals (1977)
Hotel California (1976)
Frampton Comes Alive (1976)
David Gilmour (1978)
The Wall (1979)
In Through the Out Door (1979)
The Last Waltz (1978)
Van Halen (1978)
Nevermind the Bollocks (1977)
As I was born in 1970, I didn’t realise the significance of that particular decade until much later. So, leaving aside the gems that I grew to love when I was a fair bit older, I have particularly fond memories of the following…
1975 – The Best of The Wombles – 20 Wombling Greats
Still have it somewhere.
Kev
It’s a given that Meddle and DSOTM are already on my list! So here are the rest:
1970 ~
The Beatles, Let It Be
CSN&Y, Deja Vu
Moody Blues, A Question of Balance
1971 ~
The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers
Joni Mitchell, Blue
Led Zepplin, ZOSO
1972 ~
Joni Mitchell, For The Roses
Stevie Wonder, Talking Book
Jethro Tull, Thick As A Brick
1973 ~
Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Each of these albums gives me a total flashback to my early 20s when I first listened to each new release. Damn, the music was good and still is!
It was hard to edit down to my actual most-listened-to albums, rather than choosing the “most influential” in retrospect. Does that make sense?
Happy belated birthday, FEd! Thanks for the random nonsense — it appears to be my best topic! Telling, eh?
Peace!
Gabrielle
D’oh…
1970 – James Taylor, Sweet Baby James
1970 – Neil Young, After The Gold Rush
1970 – Traffic, John Barleycorn Must Die
1971 – John Lennon, Imagine
1971 – The Who, Who’s Next
I’ll just have to trim down my late-’70s list a little, no problem. Apparently 1970 was my favorite musical year.
Get out the pointy stick …
Gabrielle;^)
[It'll be interesting to see which year is best represented. 1976 is looking good. - FEd]
My 10 favourite albums from the first half of the 70s are:
1. Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970
2. Lindisfarne: Fog on the Tyne, 1971
3. Pink Floyd: Meddle, 1971
4. Status Quo: Dog of Two Head, 1971
5. Status Quo: Piledriver, 1972
6. Uriah Heep: Demons & Wizards, 1972
7. Yes: Tales from Topographic Oceans, 1973
8. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon, 1973
9. Status Quo: Quo, 1974
10. Camel: Mirage, 1974
My 10 favourite albums from the latter half of the 70s are:
1. Status Quo: On The Level, 1975
2. Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here, 1975
3. Camel: Music Inspired by the Snow Goose, 1975
4. Dr. Feelgood: Down By The Jetty, 1975
5. Dr. Feelgood: Stupidity, 1976
6. Status Quo: Live, 1977
7. Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977
8. Fleetwood Mac: Rumours, 1977
9. Pink Floyd: The Wall, 1979
10. Madness: One Step Beyond, 1979
Postman has just been and my 5 disk special edition has arriv…….. ;-)
I give up, LOL!
My list would just be Floyd and Zeppelin, but I enjoyed everyone’s lists.
[You could have had 'Wish You Were Here' for 1975, of course. I forget the band's name. - FEd]
…but I had to stick to decimal 20, so I let some shining diamonds outside. ;-)
[It'll be interesting to see which year is best represented. 1976 is looking good. - FEd]
When we go to the sixties you should ask us for a format of your choice so that you can do the maths a bit easier.
Regards,
Taki
Just found this little gem from The Story Of The Guitar (click my name). 12 String footage is really nice.
Cheers
Paul
It’s interesting to me how many “drop the needle” albums come from the 70s. You know, once you drop the needle onto track one, side one you KNOW you’re going to listen to the whole thing, because stopping is IMPOSSIBLE.
Okay. Not overthinking this:
Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd (I’m having this one buried with me)
Who’s Next, The Who (And this one. It’s almost perfect)
Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen (Yup, this one too)
A Night At The Opera, Queen
Desperado, The Eagles (I love the Reprise)
The Last Waltz, The Band and others
Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan
What’s Going On, Marvin Gaye (Sooooo good)
Surf’s Up, The Beach Boys (Surf’s up, mmm, and cresting towards a tidal wave…)
Brothers and Sisters, The Allman Brothers
Moondance, Van Morrison
Be Attitude, Respect Yourself, The Staple Singers
Mothership Connection, Parliament
Bigger Than Both of Us, Hall and Oates (Crazy Eyes is so underrated)
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, Derek and the Dominoes
Hello Fed!
Just wanted to let you know that My Gilmour Strat has shipped from Fender (I got the tracking number)!
The guitar is due to arrive on Tuesday, October 14th! I am SO Excited! I’ll keep you posted!
[Excellent, Johnnie. - FEd]
Besides the obvious my 5 favorites from the first half of the Seventies are:
Led Zeppelin IV – 1971
Yes Fragile – 1972
Emerson,Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery – 1973
Electirc Light Orchestra Eldorado – 1973
Blue Oyster Cult Secret Treaties – 1974
The second half are:
Eagles Hotel California – 1976
Bob Seger Live Bullet – 1976
Fleetwood Mac Rumors – 1977
Van Halen Van Halen – 1978
AC/DC Highway To Hell – 1979
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
This is only studio albums (live albums I did on an old blog).
First half of 1970s:
1) Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
Jethro Tull – Thick As a Brick
2) Genesis – Selling England By the Pound
3) The Who – Who’s Next
4) Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy
5) Supertramp – Crime Of the Century
6) Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
7) Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
9) Pink Floyd – Obscured by Clouds
10) Yes – Close to the Edge
Second half of 1970s:
1) Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here and The Eagles – Hotel California (tie)
Led Zeppelin – Presence
2) Rush – Hemispheres
3) Genesis – Wind and Wuthering
4) Rush – A Farewell to Kings
5) Queen – A Night at the Opera
6) Styx – Pieces of Eight
7) Supertramp – Even in the Quietest Moments
9) AC/DC – Highway to Hell
10) Kansas – Monolith
I forgot the years, my fault. I guess ten best live albums of 1970s was as hard to pick studio efforts from the decade that gave a lot of great music.
1) Genesis – Seconds Out
Aerosmith – Live Bootleg
2) Rush – All the World’s a Stage
3) Jethro Tull – Bursting Out
4) Kansas – Two For the Show
5) Emerson Lake and Palmer – Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends
6) The Who – Live at Leeds
7) AC/DC – If You Want Blood You’ve Got It
9) Deep Purple – Made in Japan
10) Foghat – Foghat Live
By the way, happy birthday and thanks for condolences during this sad time for me.
Not easy….not easy. Too much to choose from. I just throw out the first which come in my mind.
The first half was the best one.
Deep Purple – Made in Japan, 1972 (The best rock live album EVER)
Jethro Tull – Aqualung, 1971 (Did anyone mix a flute, rock and folk like them after?)
Led Zeppelin – IV, 1971 (Heavy Metal starts with them….)
Pink Floyd – Meddle, 1971 (Chosen for Echoes. Pink Floyd always tried to catch that thing again. Thanks Rick.)
Jimi Hendrix – Band of Gypsis, 1970 (Because it’s his last and the first in the ’70s. Could Jimi be out? The Seventies wouldn’t be the same without him.)
Santana – Caravanserai, 1972 (Santana goes jazzy..funky…experimental.)
Eagles – Hotel California, 1976 (The best guitar solo ever….)
Bob Marley – Catch a Fire, 1973 (Exodus was too obvious….)
Camel – The Snow Goose, 1975 (Odd choice but I have a personal affection for this album…..)
Doors – Morrison Hotel, 1970) (Too obvious, I know.)
Folks, you’re all great: Rainbow, Camel, Deep Purple, Sabbath, AC/DC, Carole King(!!) etc…… We are one of a kind!!! We like all the same music. I do not think this is casual.
Well…Now that I think… I like also, southern rock, heavy metal, punk, classical, Jazz (Etc. Etc.)…..I know what I hate: Opera (can’t stand those voices) and prog rock (sorry folks, but Yes and Genesis are boooring) though something made sense at the time.
What I never understood is: were Camel paid by the cigarette company to use the logo?!?!? To make subliminal(!!) advertisements? Anyone knows?
Are we really up to #13 for Random Nonsense? Is that for the year?
I’ll have to think about my picks and post them later.
Thanks.
Andrew
I couldn’t care less how often *some* of these albums will appear on anyone else’s list, nor how limited my tastes may appear. I like what I like.
Thanks for reading.
- Abhi –
1970-1974:
King Crimson: Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (1973)
King Crimson: Starless & Bible Black (1974)
King Crimson: Red (1974)
Pink Floyd: Meddle (1971)
Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)
Kraftwerk: Autobahn (1974)
Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers (1971)
Rolling Stones: Exile On Main St (1972)
Neu!: Neu! (1972)
Tom Waits: The Heart Of Saturday Night (1974)
1975-1979:
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (1975)
Pink Floyd: Animals (1977)
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1979)
Neu!: Neu! ’75 (1975)
The Cure: Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
Kraftwerk: Radioactivity (1975)
Kraftwerk: Trans-Europe Express (1977)
Kraftwerk: The Man-Machine (1978)
Robert Fripp: Exposure (1979)
Michael Jackson: Off The Wall (1979)
[Michael Jackson... Is that his first mention? - FEd]
First half may be a bit more memorable, here is how I remember it.
1) Beatles, Let It Be (Apple, 1970)
John Lennon, Some Time in New York City (with Yoko Ono) (1972)
2) Paul McCartney, McCartney (1970)
3) Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young), Déjà Vu (1970)
4) Neil Young, After the Gold Rush (1970)
5) Neil Young, Harvest (1971)
6) John Lennon, Imagine (1971)
7) Todd Rundgren, Something/Anything? (1972)
9) Genesis, Selling England by the Pound (1973)
10) Genesis, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
1) Patti Smith, Horses (1975)
The Band, The Last Waltz (live/studio, 1978)
2) Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks (1975)
3) Lenard Cohen, Death of a Ladies’ Man 1977
4) Peter Gabriel, (1 or Car, wet car cover) (1977)
5) Todd Rundgren, Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978)
6) Patti Smith, Easter (1978)
7) Kate Bush, The Kick Inside (1978)
9) Neil Young, Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
10) The Clash, London Calling (1979)
[Another shout for 'The Last Waltz'... Good call. - FEd]
Irish Tour – Rory Gallagher – 1974
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon – 1973
Deep Purple – Made in Japan – 1974
Van Halen – Van Halen – 1978
Climax Chicago Blues Band – FM Live – 1974
Pat Travers Band – Go For What You Know – 1978
Focus – Live at the Rainbow – 1973
Good Rats – Tasty – 1974
Blue Öyster Cult – Blue Öyster Cult -1972
I’ll do two lists of 5:
EARLY
1. Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd
2. Wish You Were Here -Pink Floyd
3. Meddle – Pink Floyd
4. Led Zeppelin IV
5. Atom Heart Mother -Pink Floyd
LATE
1. The Wall- Pink Floyd
2. Animals- Pink Floyd
3. Relics- Pink Floyd
4. Who’s Next- The Who
5. 2112- Rush
Pink Floyd – Animals – 1977
Pink Floyd – The Wall – 1979
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here – 1975
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon – 1973
Pink Floyd – Meddle – 1971
Led Zeppelin IV – 1971
1970-74 (in no order apart from my first choice):
Pink Floyd, Dark Side Of The Moon, 1973
David Bowie, Hunky Dory, Ziggy, Aladdin Sane & Diamond Dogs, 1971-74
Who, Live At Leeds
Alice, Billion Dollar Babies, 1973
Roxy Music, For Your Pleasure, 1973
Led Zeppelin, Led Zep IV, 1971
Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over troubled Waters, 1970
Right, straight to the end without looking at anyone’s choices! Apart from yours FEd obviously but I like to think I would have included the best solo Beatle album bar none even without spotting it in your list….
1970-1974
Free – Fire and Water (1970)
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – Deja Vu (1970)
George Harrison – All Things Must Pass (1970)
The Who – Live at Leeds (1970)
Allman Brothers Band – Live at the Fillmore East (1971)
Deep Purple – Made in Japan (1972)
Wings – Band on the Run (1973)
Genesis – Selling England By The Pound (1974)
Barclay James Harvest – Everyone is Everybody Else (1974)
Bad Company – Bad Company (1974)
1975 – 1979
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti (1975)
Neil Young – Zuma (1975)
Rainbow – Rising (1976)
Al Stewart – Year of the Cat (1976)
The Eagles – Hotel California (1976)
Steely Dan – The Royal Scam (1976)
Hawkwind – Quark, Strangeness & Charm (1977)
Yes – Going For The One (1977)
Van Halen – Van Halen (1978)
Rush – Hemispheres (1978)
…and now I’ve looked at everyone’s lists I’m going through the ‘how the Hell did I forget that!’ phase!
Supertramp – Crime of the Century, should have squeezed that in…and no Humble Pie, and, and…….
But it was interesting limiting the choice to only those albums I could actually lay my hands on in the house – either on CD or LP – and so many ‘moments’ attached to them as well….and that’s with out the Floyd stuff in there as well.
[We really could have broken the decade down, year by year. - FEd]
’70 – Led Zeppelin, ‘III’
’72 – Birth Control, ‘Hoodoo Man’
’72 – Herbie Hancock, ‘Sextant’
’74 – Eloy, ‘Floating’
’75 – Kraftwerk, ‘Radio Activity’
’77 – Alan Parsons Project, ‘I Robot’
’77 – Fleetwood Mac, ‘Rumours’
’77 – Weather Report, ‘Heavy Weather’
’78 – Dire Straits, ‘Dire Straits’
’78 – Queen, ‘Jazz’
’79 – Supertramp, ‘Breakfast In America’
This should be really easy Fed as I should just look at my vinyl collection. I went through my teen years in the Seventies and I still have all my old albums.
Without a doubt Pink Floyd were the highlight of the Seventies, especially pre 76. I think Meddle was a brilliant album (I listen to it more than Dark Side).
Other albums I still treasure are;
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin IV – Led Zeppelin
Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield
Hotel California – The Eagles
Machine Head – Deep Purple
Salisbury – Uriah Heap
After the Gold Rush – Neil Young
Harvest – Neil Young
History – America
Thick as a Brick – Jethro Tull
Moonflower – Santana
etc, etc.
This all brings back memories of my first big rock concert. I was 15 in 73 and went to see Suzi Quatro in Brisbane. What a night!! The main thing I remember was her spitting on the keyboard player and of course her leather jumpsuit.
Have a good weekend everybody and play a little bit of ’70s music this weekend.
Wilko
Here are my 20 top albums in no particular order:
Procol Harum: A Salty Dog, 69/70-ish
Procol Harum: A Whiter Shade of Pale, 72
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon, 73
Uriah Heep: Demons and Wizards, 72
Pink Floyd: Meddle, 72
Deep Purple: Machine Head, 72
Deep Purple: Made in Japan, 72
Genesis: Nursery Rhymes, 71
Queen: Queen 2, 74
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here, 75
Pink Floyd: Animals, 77
Pink Floyd: The Wall, 79
Genesis: Trick of the Tail, 76
Rainbow: Live in Munich, 77
Rainbow: Down to Earth, 79
Whitesnake: Lovehunter 79
Whitesnake: Ready and Willing, 80
Led Zeppelin: In Through The Outdoor, 79
Blondie: Blondie, 76 (Picked this as she was my first crush)
I’m off to Barcelona so hope to catch up with you all soon. I may send a pic when I get back, then you can see my ugly mug smiling down a bottle of San Miguel.
Kindest regards as ever,
Damian & Katrina
[Have a lovely time, both. - FEd]
1970 – 74
1. Santana: Abraxas, 1970
2. Pink Floyd: Meddle, 1971
3. Hawkwind: In Search Of Space, 1971
4. Pink Floyd: Obscured by Clouds, 1972
5. Hawkwind: Space Ritual Alive, 1973
6. Camel: Camel, 1973
7. Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon, 1973
8. Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells, 1973
9. Mike Oldfield: Hergest Ridge, 1974
10. Camel: Mirage, 1974
1975 – 79
1. Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here, 1975
2. Camel: Snow Goose, 1975
3. Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn, 1975
4. Hawkwind: Master of the Universe, 1977
5. Fleetwood Mac: Rumours, 1977
6. Pink Foyd: Animals, 1977
7. Camel: Raindances, 1977
8. David Gilmour: David Gilmour, 1978
9. Richard Wright: Wet Dream, 1978
10. Pink Floyd: The Wall, 1979
Okay, here goes:
1- Hunky Dory 1971
2-Aladdinsane 1973
3-Dark Side Of The Moon 1973
4-Aqualung 1971
5-For Your Pleasure 1973
6-Transformer 1972
7-Imagine 1971
8-Tapestry – 1971
9-Exile On Main Street 1972
10-Led Zep lll 1970
1-Another Green World 1975
2-Heroes – 1977
3-Never Mind the bollocks 1977
4-Horses 1975
5-Wish you were here 1975
6-Blood on the tracks 1975
7-The Wall 1979
8-Low 1978
9-Born To Run 1975
10-Hotel California 1976
Also really need to include everything by BOWIE!!
rob
1970-74
1. Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs
2. The Who – Who’s Next
3. John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band
4. Gene Clark – No Other
5. The Kinks – Lola vs Powerman and the Money-Go-Round
6. Neil Young – After the Gold Rush
7. George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
8. Curtis – Curtis Mayfield
9. Elvis Presley – Elvis Country
10. Richard and Linda Thompson – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
1975-79
1. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
2. David Bowie – Station to Station
3. The Jam – All Mod Cons
4. The Specials – Specials
5. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
6. Kate Bush – The Kick Inside
7. Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
8. Bob Dylan – Street Legal
9. Wings – Back to the Egg
10. Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
Apart from Pink Floyd & co:
- Leonard Cohen : ‘Songs Of Love And Hate’ (1971)
- Serge Gainsbourg : ‘Histoire de Melody Nelson’ (1971)
- Neil Young : ‘Harvest’ (1972)
- Bad Company : ‘Bad Company’ (1974)
- Bruce Springsteen : ‘Born To Run’ (1975)
- Jean Michel Jarre : ‘Oxygène’ (1976)
- Jacques Brel : ‘Les Marquises’ (1977)
- Fleetwood Mac : ‘Rumours’ (1977)
- Patti Smith : ‘Easter’ (1978)
- The Clash : ‘London Calling’ (1979)
Michèle
Everything Floyd and Gilmour related pushed aside of course:
1970-74
Black Sabbath- Paranoid (1970)
The Who- Who’s Next (1971)
Jethro Tull- Aqualung (1971)
John Lennon- Imagine (1971)
Led Zeppelin- IV or Zoso (1971)
Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd (1973)
Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy (1973)
Supertramp- Crime of the Century (1974)
Bad Company- Bad Company (1974)
1975-79
Nazareth- Hair of the Dog (1975)
Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti (1975)
Boston- Boston (1976)
Steve Miller Band- Fly Like an Eagle (1976)
The Eagles- Hotel California (1976)
Fleetwood Mac- Rumors (1977)
Foreigner- Foreigner (1977)
The Cars- The Cars (1978)
Supertramp- Breakfast in America (1979)
AC/DC- Highway to Hell (1979)
Thank you very much indeed, good night to you.
In no order (no Floyd related material):
Dire Straits – Dire Straits, ’78
Queen – A Night at the Opera, ’75
UFO – Lights Out, ’77
Black Sabbath – Paranoid, ’71
Jethro Tull – Aqualung, ’71
Van Halen – Van Halen, ’78
Supertramp – Breakfast in America, ’79
The Clash – London Calling, ’79
Meatloaf – Bat out of Hell, ’77
For many of us who were born in the 70s and didn’t get into any particular bands until the 80s, this can be quite revealing – in the sense that our lists can show music that transcended its time and made its way to our record players – CD players, eventually.
That said, much of the music those of us born in the 70s like from that era might represent a narrower scope of exposure (thus all my Pink Floyd entries – it’s a sincere list of items from the 70s I play with the greatest frequency…) and it excludes tracks from the 70s that came from particular albums I don’t listen to in their entirety but might be classics for others who were already listening to music in that era.
In other words – much of what some of us “30-somethings” listen to represents, in my view, what we dug back into based on what we were first drawn into as teenagers in the 80s. It’s my justification and disclaimer for those who think my list is a bit too Floyd-heavy.
My list follows in a separate post…
ahhhh…something for us old farts, i’ll give it a shot with the same approach – no PF/DG – which would be on here.
1970:
abraxas……………………santana
all things must pass………..george harrison
1971:
pearl……………………..janis joplin
imagine……………………john lennon
1972:
harvest……………………neil young
machine head……………….deep purple
1973:
tres hombres……………….z z top
brain salad surgery…………emerson, lake & palmer
1974:
autobaun…………………..kraftwerk
bad company………………..bad company
1975:
physical graffiti…………..led zeppelin
hair of the dog…………….nazareth
diamonds and rust…………..joan baez
nils lofgren……………….nils lofgren
1976:
desire…………………….bob dylan
dreamboat annie…………….heart
agents of fortune…………..blue oyster cult
1977:
rumours……………………fleetwood mac
hard again…………………muddy waters
1978:
van halen………………….van halen
1979:
zip…nada…0…picks used up……………
honorable mention: tom petty, police, wishbone ash, alan parsons project, dire straits, kansas, elo, david bowie, the band, yes.
take care all & have fun with this one…..fats
led zeppelin – led zeppelin iii (1970)
led zeppelin – led zeppelin iv (1971)
the who – who’s next (1971)
black sabbath – paranoid (1971)
the who -who’s next (1971)
jethro tull – aqualung (1971)
pink floyd – meddle (1971)
jethro tull – thick as a brick (1972)
pink floyd – dark side of the moon (1972)
mike oldfield – tubular bells (1973)
mike oldfield – ommadawn (1975)
pink floyd – wish you were here (1975)
eagles – hotel california (1976)
pink floyd – animals (1977)
fleetwood mac, rumours (1977)
david gilmour – david gilmour (1978)
dire straits – dire straits (1978)
van halen – van halen (1978)
pink floyd – the wall (1979)
neil young – rust never sleeps (1979)
Pink Floyd – Meddle – 1970
Black Sabbath – Paranoid – 1971
The Who – Who’s Next – 1971
Led Zeppelin – IV – 1971
David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders from Mars – 1972
Pink Floyd – Obscured by Clouds – 1972
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon – 1973
Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy – 1973
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffitti – 1975
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here – 1975
The Eagles – Hotel California – 1976
Boston – Boston – 1976
Steve Miller Band – Fly Like an Eagle – 1976
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band – Night Moves – 1976
Pink Floyd – Animals – 1977
Fleetwood Mac – Rumors – 1977
Jackson Browne – Running on Empty – 1978
Van Halen – Van Halen – 1978
Pink Floyd – The Wall – 1979
Supertramp – Breakfast in America – 1979
Can’t remember that far.
I think everyone has picked well and I agree on most. Floyd for sure did well.
Steely Dan’s first album was a classic and Genesis Selling England By The Pound, Yes too!
Hello to all, I´m new here in the forum.
I was born in 1972 so I don´t know so many albums from this decade, but enough to choose 5 from each half (they aren´t all I know I could choose).
Sorry for my English.
1970-1974:
“Dark Side Of The Moon” – Pink Floyd
“Morrison Hotel” – The Doors
“L.A. Woman” – The Doors
“Pearl” – Janis Joplin
“Let It Be” – The Beatles
1974-1979:
“Wish You Were Here” – Pink Floyd
“Reggatta de Blanc” – The Police
“The Wall” – Pink Floyd
“The Kick Inside” – Kate Bush
“Heroes” – David Bowie
[Welcome, Cecilia. (Janis Joplin... Of course...) - FEd]
These are the albums I was listening to in the mid-to-late ’70s:
1974 ~
Jackson Browne, Late For The Sky
1975 ~
Chuck Mangione, Chase The Clouds Away
Bob Dylan, Blood On The Tracks
Led Zepplin, Physical Graffiti
Emmylou Harris, Elite Hotel
1976 ~
Stevie Wonder, Songs In The Key Of Life
1977 ~
Fleetwood Mac, Rumours
1978 ~
Steely Dan, Aja
Dire Straits, Dire Straits
1979 ~
Rickie Lee Jones, Rickie Lee Jones
I’m feeling a little guilty for leaving off The Marshall Tucker Band’s ‘Carolina Dreams’ simply because it’s the album that was the background music for the developing relationship between myself and my husband in ’77-’78, but he’ll never know! ;^D
Very therapeutic, this random nonsense! Maybe it’ll help regenerate some of my long-lost brain cells.
Peace!
Gabrielle
[I'm all for brain cell regeneration, me. - FEd]
I did not include David Gilmour’s or Pink Floyd’s on this list as I love all of their albums.
Here’s my list in alphabetical order:
Black Sabbath: “Paranoid” (1970)
Deep Purple: “In Rock” (1970)
George Harrison: “All Things Must Pass” (1971)
Iron Butterfly: “Metamorphosis” (1970)
James Gang: “James Gang Rides Again” (1970)
Led Zepplin: “4” (1972)
Moody Blues: “A Question of Balance” (1970)
Simon & Garfunkel’s: “Greatest Hits” (1972)
Spirit: The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Doors: “LA Woman” (1971)
The Who: “Who’s Next” (1971)
Rock music was definitely at its peak in the early 70s by my book; and of course in the 60s too.
P.S. I would never think LA Woman by the Doors would be listed as one of your favorite albums, FEd. I particularly like Riders on the Storm, do you?
[Very much so, it's a beautiful track. - FEd]
1977 : David Bowie – Low
Moondance – Van Morrison, 70
Mud Slide Slim – James Taylor, 71
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye, 71
Hunky Dory – Bowie, 71
Something/Anything _ Todd Rundgren, 72
Solid Air – John Martyn, 72
Goat’s Head Soup – Rolling Stones, 73
Tales from Topographic Oceans – Yes, 73
Desolation Boulevard – Sweet, 74
Crisis? What Crisis? – Supertramp, 75
Desire – Bob Dylan, 75
Timeless Flight – Steve Harley, 76
Royal Scam – Steely Dan, 76
One World – John Martyn, 77
Even In The Quietest Moments – Supertramp, 77
Going For The One – Yes, 77
Aja – Steely Dan, 77
Grace and Danger – John Martyn, 78
Fear Of Music – Talking Heads, 79
i really tried but there’s no way i can pick just 10 or even 20 albums from the 70s because there’s just too many to choose from.
hey FEd, why no led zeppelin albums in your list?
[I never liked them that much, in truth. If we were doing lists of, say, 30 albums instead of 20, maybe I'd squeeze in 'Physical Graffiti'. But I always preferred The Who. - FEd]
Hi all, 10 albums from the Seventies:
1970 – The Who “Live At Leeds”
1971 – The Who “Who’s Next”
1971 – Pink Floyd “Meddle”
1972 – Deep Purple “Machine Head”
1973 – The Who “Quadrophenia”
1973 – Pink Floyd “Dark Side Of The Moon”
1973 – Rory Gallagher “Tattoo”
1975 – Pink Floyd “Wish You Were Here”
1977 – Pink Floyd “Animals”
1978 – Dire Straits “Dire Straits”
The best year: 1973.
Juan
Piergiorgio,
Here is an interesting Camel snippet…
“The instrumental, orchestrated concept album Music Inspired by The Snow Goose 1975, inspired by the Paul Gallico short story of the same name, was the breakthrough which brought Camel wider attention. Gallico, who loathed smoking, thought the band were related to the cigarette brand and threatened to take legal action. Camel avoided this by adding the prefix ‘Music inspired by…’ to the album’s cover. The album’s success led to a prestigious sell out concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London, with the London Symphony Orchestra in October 1975.”
[I know, I know... (I think 'Empty Glass' was 1980. Good album, that.) - FEd]
Yikes… so true! OK, well then that’s an easy slot to fill.
The Wall – Pink Floyd
All the best,
Dirwood
Excluding Pink Floyd contributions in that decade:
Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Tumbleweed Connection – Elton John (1971)
Blue – Joni Mitchell (1971)
Tapestry – Carole King (1971)
Exile on Main Street – The Rolling Stones (1972)
Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie (1972)
Transformer – Lou Reed (1972)
Harvest – Neil Young (1972)
Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (1977)
Some crackin’ lists…How could i forget John Martyn, The Band, Bob Seger, etc.?
Have a nice weekend, Fed and all!!
Cheers,
Paul
Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs (1970)
The Who – Live at Leeds (1970)
The Doors – L.A. Woman (1971)
Jethro Tull – Aqualung (1971)
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust (1972)
Yes – Close to the Edge (1972)
Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973)
Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells (1973)
The Who – Quadrophenia (1973)
Jim Morrison/The Doors – American Prayer (1978)
A distinct lack of late-’70s stuff there, and the only one even uses tapes from the early ’70s.
I may seem quite quiet over the next few weeks, but I’ll try to pop on as frequently as I can manage – Fresher’s Week is rather hectic!
Great topic!
Here’s mine, minus Pink Floyd or Gilmour, and not including the same artist twice, just to make it bit more interesting.
James Taylor – Sweet Baby James (1970)
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Jimi Hendrix – The Cry Of Love (1971)
Yes – Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)
King Crimson – Red (1974)
Jeff Beck – Blow By Blow (1975)
Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak (1976)
Rush – 2112 (1976)
Eric Clapton – Slowhand (1977)
The Police – Outlandos D’Amour (1978)
Hi FEd,
back to the blog..It’s not so easy…mumble mumble really, we are talking about the golden years of rock’n roll albums…I could be a little bit “dazed and confused” with the years but I’ll try.
Obviously not including PF or DG albums (all should be listed):
LED ZEPPELIN 1- 2- 3- 4/Physical Graffiti/Presence/The Song Remains The Same
ELP Pictures at an Exhibition
KING CRIMSON In the Court of…(but..it was before?..)
SOFT MACHINE – 3
WHO Who’s next?
GENESIS Trick of the Tail
YES Close to the Edge
ROLLING STONES Sticky Fingers
Syd BARRETT The Madcap Laughs
And every album by Alan Parsons, Procol Harum, Vanilla Fudge, Alice Cooper, Jethro Tull, Lou Reed, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, Neil Young, Eagles, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, James Taylor, Dire Straits, Robert Fripp, Brian Eno…It was the heaven of the music…
Have a nice weekend
diana
[I was born in 1972 so I don´t know so many albums from this decade, but enough to choose 5 from each half (they aren´t all I know I could choose). - Cecilia]
This is funny. Because I was born in 1973 and I hear a lot of Seventies music.
When I was 14 it was 1987. Something was coming out but most of 80s stuff was crap. Basically you could decide to be either a sort of disco music fan or metal head. In the first case no guitar at all (guitar was banned in the 80s) in the second ONLY guitar. Keyboardists were dull (where was a new Jon Lord? Or a Rick Wright?).
Where to look for great music? In the sevenites!!
You get the importance of a decade of music only later on. And frankly: the 80s when I was a kid sucked (apart from Metallica and few others. :-)
Another funny thing is that taste is homogeneous in the blog community. No one mentioned together Pink Floyd and…Waylon Jennings. Rainbow….and Paul Anka. Led Zeppelin and…Nino Buonocore. :-)
Neil Young – After the Gold Rush (1970)
Led Zeppelin 4 (1971)
Neil Young – Harvest (1972)
Mile Oldfield – Tubular Bells (1973)
Camel – Camel (1973)
Eagles – Hotel California (1976)
Camel – Moonmadness (1976)
Jethro Tull – Heavy Horses (1978)
Alan Parsons Project – Pyramid (1978)
Supertramp – Breakfast in America (1979)
I still can’t decide which half of the decade was best. More albums from the second half came to mind when I was making my list but some of the classics are from the first half.
I saw an advert today on TV of Live in Gdansk!
The only pity was, it was on Sky channel ‘Dave’, and it was at 01:10am this morning. I think only a handful of people watch ‘Dave’ at that time in the morning, but its better than nothing……is it?
My 10 favourite albums (only choosing one album per band) are:
The Dark Side of The Moon – Pink Floyd
Tales of Topographic Oceans – Yes
Breakfast in America – Supertramp
In the Court of the Crimson King – King Crimson
Physical Graffiti – Led Zeppelin
Thick as a Brick – Jethro Tull
Selling England by the Pound – Genesis
Made in Japan – Deep Purple
Tubular Bells I, II & III – Mike Oldfield
Joe’s Garage I, II & III – Frank Zappa
Great lists here.
If you are all like me you will be thinking…… How did I not include that one?!!!
Been playing Richard’s ‘Wet Dream’ album today. Had me wondering, after such a brilliant record, why were there no more while he was on such a roll.
Have a safe weekend everyone.
[I never liked them that much, in truth. If we were doing lists of, say, 30 albums instead of 20, maybe I'd squeeze in 'Physical Graffiti'. But I always preferred The Who. - FEd]
I’ll hopefully do my list tomorrow as its been a pretty hectic day today but I agree with you about The Who. There’s just something about them that Led Zeppelin never really had.
I think part of it had something to do with the way you could relate to the lyrics a bit more with The Who.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Credence Clearwater Revival – ‘Cosmo’s Factory’ (70)
Pink Floyd – ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ (73)
Led Zeppelin – ‘Physical Graffiti’ (75)
Bob Dylan – ‘Blood On The Tracks’ (75)
Pink Floyd – ‘Wish You Were Here’ (75)
Steve Miller Band – ‘Fly Like an Eagle’ (76)
Fleetwood Mac – ‘Rumors’ (77)
Pink Floyd – ‘Animals’ (77)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – ‘Damn The Torpedoes’ (79)
Pink Floyd -’The Wall’ (79)
I wasn’t going to include Floyd’s stuff, but I would be lying to you all.
Have a good weekend everyone, maybe next week will be better…
It strikes me that the 70s is an era of great tracks but not necessarily great albums. I think possibly the emphasis was “getting the album out” rather than on making sure every track was up to scratch. PF post Meddle were a notable exception but as usual I’ll ignore them.
For that reason, four of my favourite albums are live ones because the bad tracks often don’t make it to the tour
Deep Purple – Made in Japan
Genesis – Seconds Out
Led Zeppelin – How the West Was Won (yeah, I know but it’s really a 70s album, non?)
Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous (amost Live!)
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
Queen – A Night at the Opera
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Lou Reed – Transformer
The Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks …
Rush – 2112
harder to assemble than I thought leaving out any floyd or related material. it goes sth. like this:
david bowie, “heroes” (1977)
eno, “here come the warm jets” (1973)
the police, “reggatta de blanc” (1979)
queen, “news of the world” (1977)
kraftwerk, “the man-machine” (1978)
jean michel jarre, oxygène (1976, 1977)
miles davis, “bitches brew” (1970)
springsteen, “born to run” (1975)
springsteen, “darkness on the edge of town” (1978)
the who, “who’s next” (1971)
cheers, bernhard
[I was waiting for Bruce Springteen's 'Born to Run' to show up again (that's its fourth mention). - FEd]
Whittling it down to 10 was really hard but here is my list -
Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon
Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
Hotel California- The Eagles
Kimono My House – Sparks
Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Led Zeppelin 11
The Who – Who’s Next
Peter Gabriel
Live and Dangerous – Thin Lizzy
The Police – Outlandos D’Amour
Gary
[Blue Oyster Cult Secret Treaties - 1974 - hoss]
I need more cowbell: How could I forget Blue Öyster Cult?
Regards,
Taki
[I need more cowbell: How could I forget Blue Oyster Cult? - Taki]
I see BuckDharma put a top ten list on, maybe we could get his thoughts on the cowbell.
Excellent song with the cowbell by the way.
Hoss
Here is my eclectic list:
Black Sabbath – Master of Reality (’71)
Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers (’71)
The Who – Who’s Next (’71)
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust & Spiders from Mars (’72)
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show – Sloppy Seconds (’72)
Frank Zappa – Overnight Sensation (’73)
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (’73)
Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy (’73)
KISS – KISS (’74)
Sweet – Desolation Boulevard (’74)
Queen – A Night at the Opera (’75)
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti (’75)
Boston – Boston (’76)
Frank Zappa – Zoot Alures (’76)
Queen – News of the World (’77)
Rush – A Farewell to Kings (’77)
The Runaways – Queens of Noise (’77)
Rolling Stones – Some Girls (’78)
Police – Outlandous d’Amour (’78)
XTC – Drums and Wires (’78)
Interesting, no one has mentioned any Partridge Family releases, let alone the Cassidy brother solo projects.
Thanks.
Andrew
[Interesting, no one has mentioned any Partridge Family releases, let alone the Cassidy brother solo projects. - Reverend Andrew]
… and no one mentioned the Osmonds, too. :-D
Taki
1975-79:
David Bowie, Station To Station, 76
Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here, 75
Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti, 75
Led Zeppelin, Presence, 76
Bob Dylan, Desire, 76 (cos it includes his best song: Hurricane)
Neil Young, Decade, 77
Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, 77
Supertramp, Breakfast In America, 79
Neil Young, Rust Never Sleeps, 79
Pink Floyd, The Wall
Excuse the Floyd omissions, they’re definitely in my top 10 from the 70s. IMHO Wish You Were Here is the greatest album ever.
In no particular order:
ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks
Led Zeppelin – II
The Who – Who’s Next
Deep Purple – In Rock
Van Halen – Van Halen
Black Sabbath – Vol 4
The Eagles – Hotel California
Hawkwind – In Search Of Space
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Kaya
My list:
Deep Purple: In Rock, 1971
Led Zeppelin: IV, 1971
Pink Floyd: Meddle, 1971
Uriah Heep: Salisbury, 1971
Pink Floyd: Obscured by Clouds, 1972
Uriah Heep: Demons and Wizards, 1972
The Who: Who’s Next, 1972
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon, 1973
Queen: Queen 2, 1974
Supertramp: Crime of the Century, 1974
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here, 1975
Genesis: A Trick of the Tail, 1976
Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same (Live Album), 1976
Rainbow: Rising, 1976
Alan Parsons Project: I Robot, 1977
Kate Bush: Kick Inside, 1978
Dire Straits: Dire Straits, 1978
David Gilmour: David Gilmour, 1978
Styx: Pieces of Eight, 1978
Supertramp: Breakfast in America, 1979
Irene
This has been hard and has taken many hours at work coming up with this list. In no particular order and excluding Floyd as they would easily fill 1 – 10!
1. Nick Drake – Bryter Layter
2. David Bowie – Ziggy
3. Stevie Wonder – Stories In The Key Of Life
4. Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks
5. Lou Reed – Transformer
6. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
7. Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
8. Lynyrd Skynyrd – (pronounced ‘lĕh-’nérd ‘skin-’nérd)
9. Queen – A Night At The Opera
10. Sly & The Family Stone – There’s A riot Going On
That was hard FED, don’t put me through that again!
You got any goss you want to share with us?
Andy
[None at all, sorry. - FEd]
Hendrix- Band of Gypsys, 1970
The Doors- Absolutely Live, 1970
David Bowie- The Man Who Sold The World, 1970
Deep Purple- In Rock, 1970
Led Zeppelin III, 1970
Syd Barrett- Barrett, 1970
Jethro Tull- Aqualung 1971
Uriah Heap- Look at Yourself, 1971
Alice Cooper- Love it to Death, 1971
Black Sabbath- Vol.4, 1972
Wishbone Ash – Argus, 1972
The Grateful Dead- Europe ’72, 1972
Frank Zappa- The Grand Wazoo, 1973
The Who- Quadrophenia, 1973
Hawkwind- Hall of the Mountain Grill, 1974
Lou Reed- Rock and Roll Animal, 1974
Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti, 1975
Hawkwind- Warrior on the Edge of Time, 1975
Alice Cooper- Welcome to My Nightmare, 1975
Roxy Music- Viva Roxy Music, 1976
There’s just so much more…
Not sure if PF LPs were meant to be included, but if you are talking about my favorites it’s hard to leave them out.
Pink Floyd, 1971: Meddle (I have 3 of these on LP)
Led Zeppelin, 1971 (I’ve never known the name of this LP)
David Bowie, 1972: Ziggy Stardust
Steely Dan, 1972: Can’t Buy a Thrill
Pink Floyd, 1973: The Dark Side of the Moon (I have 2, bought the 30th anniversary edition a few years back)
Billy Joel, 1973: Piano Man
Neil Diamond, 1973: Jonathan Livingstone Seagull
Jethro Tull, 1974: Aqualung
Chain, 1971: Towards the Blues
Pink Floyd, 1975: Wish You Were Here (2 on LP & on CD)
Steely Dan, 1977: Aja
Pink Floyd, 1977: Animals
Brain Ferry, 1977: In Your Mind
Kraftwerk, 1978: The Man Machine
Dire Straits, 1978: Self titled (LP & CD)
Midnight Oil, 1979: Head Injuries
The Alan Parsons Project, 1979 (The Turn of a Friendly Card)
Rickie Lee Jones, 1979: Self titled (LP & CD)
Mi-sex, 1979: Graffiti Crimes)
Good on ya FEd.
snow
1970 – 1974:
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel, 1970
Led Zeppelin III – Led Zeppelin, 1970
A Question Of Balance – Moody Blues, 1970
Let It Be – The Beatles, 1970
Imagine – John Lennon, 1971
In Search Of Space – Hawkwind, 1971
Seventh Sojourn – Moody Blues, 1972
Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield, 1972
Selling England By The Pound – Genesis, 1973
Made In Japan – Deep Purple, 1973
1975 – 1979:
Fish Rising – Steve Hillage, 1975
The Planets – Tomita, 1975
Heaven & Hell – Vangelis, 1975
Rubycon – Tangerine Dream, 1975
Sabotage – Black Sabbath, 1975
Physical Graffiti – Led Zeppelin, 1975
Oxygene – Jean Michel Jarre, 1976
Motivation Radio – Steve Hillage, 1978
Wet Dream – Richard Wright, 1978
Spectral Mornings – Steve Hackett, 1979
[There's just something about them that Led Zeppelin never really had - Thomas Robinson]
…and here are some things that Led Zeppelin had over The Who:
- THAT drum sound! (STILL the greatest drum sound EVER!)
- Better (and longer) guitar solos
- They didn’t release singles
- They refused to appear on TV
- The production on their albums (better sound quality then any other 70s albums)
- They where far heavier
But don’t get me wrong, I do like The Who but to my ears Led Zeppelin are the second greatest band ever (Pink Floyd being first OBVIOUSLY).
I would put them in the top 5 though.
Hi all,
rather off-topic but since AC/DC was mentioned more than once: I tried to buy tickets for their tour in Spring 2008, and although they were quite expensive (more than 150 €), I couldn’t get one in Germany.
Now you’ll find them on dumbBay offered for 230+ € each by “fans” that managed to buy more than they need…
It would have been nice to see them with my 12 year old son, but under such conditions: no thanks!
Regards,
Taki
75-79:
1. Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here, 75
2. Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti, 75
3. Fleetwood Mac, Rumors, 77
4. Boston, 76
5. Van Halen, 79
6. Steely Dan, Aja, 77
7. Kansas, Leftoverture, 76
8. Journey, Infinity, 78
9. Rush, Hemispheres, 77
10. Bob Seger, Night Moves, 76
70-74:
1. Simon & Garfunkel, Greatest Hits
2. Black Sabbath, Vol 4
3. The Who, Who’s Next
4. Led Zeppelin 2
5. Led Zeppelin IV
6. Pink Floyd, DSoTM
7. Bad Company
8. Derek and the Dominos
Don’t know the first half as well… definitely the second half was better.
[Bob Seger... Is that the album with 'Turn The Page' on, Tim? (And did you know that he co-wrote The Eagles' 'Heartache Tonight'?) - FEd]
It´s hard, making a selection, and not fair at all. I had to leave out bands that I played A LOT, like The Sweet, Staus Quo, Roxy Music, Yes, ELP, Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, and many more, because I couldn´t really pick ONE entire album that still stands today for me. And then there´s Miles Davis. Most frequently played, but none of the albums I know, are from that decade. Leaving out Lou Reed´s two live albums from ´74 & ´75 also hurts.
But here they are:
1970 Bridge Over Troubled Water
1971 L.A.Woman
1971 Sticky Fingers
1972 Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1973 Live in Europe ( C.C.R. )
1973 Berlin
1973 Dark Side of the Moon
1974 Heart of Saturday Night
1974 461 Ocean Boulevard
1974 Here Come the Warm Jets
1974 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
1975 Wish You Were Here
1975 Horses
1976 Desire
1976 Hejira
1976 Hotel California
1976 801 Live
1976 Bongo Fury
1977 Peter Gabriel
1978 Dire Straits
1978 The Last Waltz
1979 Rust Never Sleeps