What's the Best Album recorded between 1970 and 1979?

[JimmyJazz]

I'm not bothering with a poll because everyone will choose "other" and provide me with something I hadn't thought of.

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Fleetwood Mac Rumours

:D

[HeyManThatsCool]

37. I concur. FM Rumours

[two gun sid]

2. Exile on Main St.

[kwassa]

60. yes, Exile On Main St,

[CanuckAmok]

3. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols"

Or maybe "Outlandos d'Amour"

[JimmyJazz]

6. Liar, liar - pants on fire - you missed one!

:P

[CanuckAmok]

10. I know you're thinking "London Calling"

And It's technically correct, but it wasn't released until 1980 IIRC, so I don't have to consider it. Nyeah.

And I want to add "For Your Pleasure" by Roxy Music, to the list.

[JimmyJazz]

Nyeh - it was released in December of 1979.

:P

[CanuckAmok]

27. But not in Canada...SWISH!

Canadian release on domestic CBS was Jan '80.

[JimmyJazz]

114. SWISH my ass - The question says "RECORDED" not released!

I win. :P

[Longgrain]

4. "Blood on the Tracks"

By Mister B. Dylan....

For Idiot Wind alone...

[Radical Activist]

95. I might have to agree with you

Picking one best album from that musically spectacular time period for rock is impossible, but that could be it.

[Longgrain]

98. Thanks...

[Dookus]

5. Ziggy Stardust

and the Spiders from Mars

[gollygee]

108. Absolutely !

:D

I agree 100%

[swag]

7. I'm with the Canuck on this one

[JimmyJazz]

14. It is one of my favorites, but I think it gets nosed out by this gem:

[swag]

18. Well, that's a good one

Yes, it sure is.

[6000eliot]

22. I like Sandinista the best

But I really love the American version of "The Clash" with "I fought the Law" on it.

[JimmyJazz]

31. Sandinista was released in 1980. But, you are more than

welcome to vote for "the Clash" - it is an awesome LP!

[6000eliot]

36. I don't know about you

but I want a riot of my own!

[JimmyJazz]

I'm so Bored with the USA!

:hi:

[6000eliot]

79. But what can I do?

[4_Legs_Good]

8. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Genesis, 1974



Hands down

david

[6000eliot]

11. I LOVE that album

Everybody I know hates it. I can only play it when I'm alone. I especially love "Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats."

[4_Legs_Good]

29. Wow! You're one of the first people I've met who recognizes the genius

of Silent Sorry in Empty Boats. I agree, it's phenomenal! Steve was a genius, utterly!

david

[6000eliot]

34. Try "Voyage of the Acolyte"

And "Spectral Mornings." "The Virgin and the Gypsy" just blows me away. I also love "Firth of Fifth" on "A Trick of the Tail."

[Tyrone Slothrop]

119. I'm a big fan

I don't know that I would name it as the absolute best album of the 70's, but I'm a huge PG/Hackett-era Genesis fan.

And that's one of their crowning acheivements.

(Although, I personally prefer Selling England by the Pound...)

[progmom]

9. I can't say Best Album, but I can certainly identify my favorite.

Joni Mitchell - Hejira

[6000eliot]

15. Ooooh

I also love that one. Coyote is a great song!

[tuvor]

12. Devo: Duty Now for the Future

It actually took me a minute to decide.

[CanuckAmok]

17. Do you really think it's better than the debut Devo LP?

I dunno...the debut is pretty great.

[tuvor]

65. The debut's really good, but DNFTF is definitely better.

Maybe I prefer it because it's so underrated, but none of their music falls apart like it does on Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA.

[CanuckAmok]

66. Plus it has the pop-out cover.

My copy still has the flyer for the "Club Devo" merchandise mail-order they used to have.

[tuvor]

68. My only choice was to buy cassettes. :(

Lucky dog!

[Liberal_Andy]

13. Dark Side of the Moon

1973 Pink Floyd

[Darth_Ole]

16. Bridge Over Troubled Water

It was released in 1970 so I guess that counts.

Joni Mitchell's "Blue" is great, as was a couple more of Paul Simon's like "There Goes 'Rhymin Simon" and "Still Crazy After All These Years."

[Skink]

19. Without a doubt Aja.

Steely Dan's masterpiece.

[JimmyJazz]

25. Jeebus, Skink - you're still only half way through the 700 club!

Don't linger too long or Pat will pay a personal visit to your house.

[Skink]

35. I've decided to tough it out.

To peer into dark side. To see all that is sinister. either that or I'm just slow.

[WoodrowFan]

118. Aerosmith "Double Live Bootleg" is in top 5.

what can I say, I love live albums and Aerosmith is my fav band.

[6000eliot]

26. Drink your big black cow

and get out of here!

[Baclava]

21. Bravo - beat me to it...

Back when a pound cost $300...and we would smoke it all in a weekend...

[Zorra]

40. Yep. n/t

[KitchenWitch]

100. I like Wish You Were Here better.

[WoodrowFan]

117. Another vote for DSOTM, but "Animals" is great too.

[AntiCoup2K4]

20. Impossible to narrow it down to one, but here's my nomination...

...besides those that haven't been mentioned already....

[Atlas Mugged]

23. 'Exile On Main Street' - Rolling Stones

[bmbmd]

24. How 'bout Carole King's

"Tapestry"? 1971

[Wickerman]

28. London Calling

just
'cuz

[JimmyJazz]

33. Drat! I shudda done a poll.

[Spider Jerusalem]

30. "Low", by David Bowie...

or maybe "London Calling" (released in December 1979), or Lou Reed's "Transformer", or...hell, there are too many choices.

[coloradodem2005]

32. Either Zeppelin IV or Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

Honorable mention to Van Halen I. AntiCoup2k4.

[BOSSHOG]

38. MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER - ELTON JOHN

I think this selection will put an end to the discussion.

[regnaD kciN]

96. Not a bloody chance!

Not even Elton's best album (which, for me, would be a tie between his self-titled second album and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road).

[Kathy in Cambridge]

39. The Clash's First Album

[JimmyJazz]

41. Oh be still my heart!

:loveya:

Okay, I'm going to take the most frequently mentioned LPs on this thread and create a poll!

[BOSSHOG]

44. Okay i'm going to mention Madman Across the Water Again

[finecraft]

75. What did you think of Honky Chateau?

I like that album better than Madman Across the Water. (Although I love Levon)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

46. I saw the Clash's first gig in the US in 1979

they played the Harvard Square Theater in February 1979. I was 14.

[JimmyJazz]

48. I can't wait to meet you next month.

:toast:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

59. I'm an old fart that spent my youth at punk shows

other than that I'm pretty boring!

[JimmyJazz]

61. Well, that makes two of us!

Again - I can't wait to meet you!

[TahitiNut]

42. "Tapestry" - Carole King

Not a mediocre track on it ...
1. I Feel The Earth Move
2. So Far Away
3. It's Too Late
4. Home Again
5. Beautiful
6. Way Over Yonder
7. You've Got A Friend
8. Where You Lead
9. Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
10. Smackwater Jack
11. Tapestry
12. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

I'll give a close second to "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel. "Blood, Sweat & Tears" by Blood, Sweat & Tears is way up there, too.

[catbert836]

43. George Harrison, "All Things Must Pass"

That easily takes the cake.

[ralps]

45. "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" by

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Various Artists, like Doc Watson, Merle Travis Earl Scruggs, Vasser Clements and so on. And Pink Floyd's "The Wall"
:hi:

[steve2470]

47. I'm thinkin......cannot recall it right now

but I like some of the others mentioned so far.

[Magrittes Pipe]

49. Pink Flag

by Wire.

[JimmyJazz]

51. only you.

:P

[Magrittes Pipe]

53. There are many who agree with me.

I imagine. Maybe none here. But there are, after all, 6 billion people in the world.

[JimmyJazz]

54. I meant - only you would name something on the more obscure side....

not that you are the only one who like that particular LP. Mea culpa for the misunderstanding.

[Magrittes Pipe]

55. That album is not obscure.

Everyone who knows anything about music knows and loves that record. :P

[JimmyJazz]

57. It's a known fact that I know nothing about music.

Absolutely nothing.

[Magrittes Pipe]

64. Duh.

I mean, I give you props on the Clash.

But Jimmy Fucking Buffett? :puke:

[JimmyJazz]

67. Everybody has their musical achilles heel.

Actually, I have very eclectic taste. I really like a lot of different music. I just don't like prog rock, arena rock or hair bands. Country, blue grass, funk, soul, R&B, punk, jazz.....I'm there.

[Magrittes Pipe]

69. You don't like Foghat?

WTF is wrong with you?

[JimmyJazz]

70. erm....What's a Foghat and is it related to and REO Speedwagon?

:shrug:

[Magrittes Pipe]

71. No. Foghat did "Fool for the City" and "Slow Ride."

REO Speedwagon did poop.

[JimmyJazz]

72. My brother owned that LP - I was too busy scaring the bejeebus

out of my parents with the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, the Clash, the Specials, the Buzzcocks, the Damned...you get the picture....I was on a mission!


And, FTR - I wake up at night in a cold sweat wondering what on earth my daughters will do to piss me off when they are older :silly:

[mark414]

88. beat me to it

[NNadir]

50. Ralph Towner's "Old Friend's, New Friends" Beautiful.

Incredibly beautiful.

My favorite piece: "Beneath an Evening Sky."



http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1153.php?cat=%2FArtists%2FTowner+Ralph%23%23Ralph+Towner&we_start=24&lvredir=712

Downside: You have to pay for it in Euros and the US dollar is beginning to reflect the worth of its "leadership."

[hickman1937]

52. Full House, J Giles Band.

Dark Side is one of my all time favorites, Live at Budokan was outstanding, Loved Jim Croce, played it a lot, many many more, Thunder Road is imhop the greatest rock song of the 70's, but for sheer many of times a record was played, Full House. Every party, every bar, only Black Water by the Dooby Brothers got played more.

[NightTrain]

56. Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On?"

[rug]

58. tea for the tillerman

[CanuckAmok]

62. More:

Stooges "Raw Power"

Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here"

Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel "The Best Years of Our Lives"

Brian Eno "Here Come the Warm Jets"

Ian Dury and the Blockheads "New Boots and Panties"

Mothers of Invention "Overnite Sensation"

Ramones "Rocket to Russia"

...

[solinvictus]

63. "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd..

There's a reason it spent years on the Billboard charts. It's like a classical piece; you must listen to the entire album in order.

[Tektonik]

73. Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures' was released in June 1979

So this is an EASY choice for me.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

74. "Katy Lied"

[DarienComp]

85. i was gonna say 'Aja', for the production values...

but 'katy lied' has a sentimental place in my heart. :)

[argyl]

76. For now,"Every Picture Tells a Story" - Rod Stewart. Gimme a few

minutes and that opinion could change, but this album was a real masterpiece.

[Catchawave]

77. Those were my Barry Manilow years......

:::swoooon::: Yer right, I would have definitely been an "other".

[General Zod]

78. Quadrophenia or Who's Next...

...I can't decide.

[JimmyJazz]

80. Jeez - you're right! I can't believe it took 81 posts for someone to

name the Who - d'oh!

[kodi]

81. in the middle of the year, in the middle of the decade: BORN TO RUN

.

[jpgray]

82. Can - Future Days (nt)

[peekaloo]

83. Blood on the Tracks

[njdemocrat106]

84. I can't limit mine to just one...

Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
Elton John - Honky Chateau, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
The Beatles- Let It Be
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
The Who - Quadrophenia
Billy Joel - The Stranger, 52nd Street

[cry baby]

86. Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick"

[jojo54]

87. Any Moody Blues

Love, love, love 'em!!

[MissMillie]

115. I was thinking EGBDF

But I also like Yes's "Going for the One". It's a toss up for me.

[ignatzmouse]

89. Van Morrison: It's Too Late To Stop Now

Double album of Van the Man's mysterious mystical live performances. One of the very few performers who can send chills over his audience when he connects.

[donheld]

90. JimmyJazz this is a wonderful list of great albums

Let me just add Stevie Wonder's "Songs In The Key Of Life." Also near the top would be Stevie's "Innervision," "Fulfillingness, First Finally," and "Talking Book." 4 absolute masterpieces IMHO.

[progmom]

110. I have to agree with your choices.

And the almost all of Stevie's 70s work still sounds fresh and applicable today.

[ArnoldLayne]

91. My opinion The Wall, DarkSide of the Moon and probably

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.

[Floogeldy]

92. This

[Robeson]

93. To many to even answer.....

...For any I could say, I could, afterwards, think of ten others....

[98geoduck]

94. Neil Young, Live Rust.

[Melynn]

103. I can't believe that it took 94 replies before someone mention Neil Young

Personally, I like "Tonight's the Night" better but for most people the best Neil Young album of the 70's was "Harvest Moon".

[98geoduck]

122. Tonights the Night and, Harvest Moon were both excellent albums.

but got caught up listening to Rust my first years in high school. Maybe Hey Hey, My My just settled with my renegade attitude at the time. I saw him 6 years ago at the gorge in george, and felt like a 15 year old all
over again. 3+ hours of shear bliss. Noone else in rock had this affect
on me. A Seattle DJ said it was the best concert he had ever seen bar none. I have to agree.



I am a child, I�ll last a while.
You can�t conceive of the pleasure in my smile.

[Insider]

97. kraftwerk - trans-eurpoe express

ground-breaking, trail-blazing, box-headed brothers of soul.

[Tektonik]

116. Awesome choice there

B-)

[KitchenWitch]

99. Funkadelic's Maggot Brain

[progmom]

109. I was just reading about this record.

George Clinton grabbed Eddie Hazel on the way into the booth and said: "Play like your mother just died."

And he did. !!!!

[retread]

101. Bitches Brew n/t

[progmom]

111. Ah, but this record just misses t he cut-off.

It was recorded in 1969!

[SKKY]

102. "The Stranger" by Billy Joel

...top to bottom a great album- phenomenal in fact. I think he's probably, IMHO, the greatest American Songwriter of all time. I know you Dylan fans will disagree, but let the argument begin.

[GOPBasher]

104. RUSH: Hemispheres.

Any Rush fans around?

[ScreamingMeemie]

105. An Evening With John Denver...

I've worn out too many copies to count. :hi:

[RetroLounge]

106. Geez, there's too many for just one...

But I will go with Pink Floyd, DSOTM, followed by Wish You Were Here...

RL

[blindpig]

107. a couple more...

Fear of Music, Talking Heads
Doc at the Radar Station, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Inner Mounting Flame, John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu Orchestra
Meddle, Pink Floyd
Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan

[LynneSin]

112. I can't believe no one has mentioned Led Zeppelin's Physical Grafitti

One of the best albums of all times. Second best in my world, but Led Zeppelin II came out in 1969 so it doesn't qualify for this thread

[freestyle]

113. Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder

Still great after almost 30 years. Rumours is really close, but I had to go with Stevie.

[the Princess]

120. You're all wrong - it's "Who's Next" the Who.

[JimmyJazz]

121. London Calling

:P

(someone did name Who's Next - and that's definitely an excellent choice)

[the Princess]

124. I wanted to be redundent

It's my theme for today. Yup my theme.

[BurtWorm]

123. The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu. Recorded between 1976 and 1978.

PS: Clear Spot by Captain Beefheart may actually tie it, come to think of it.