Your favourite albums by decade: the 70s

[trackaghost]

Well it seems the 60s weren't terribly popular with Ledgies. Not too many responses on your favourite albums from that decade, which is surprising.
So anyway onto the 1970s. It would be cool if you would rank your favourites rather than saying "all Kiss albums" which doesn't reveal much (those top 100 lists in Rolling Stone and Mojo wouldn't be as much fun to read if they all said that!) :D
So once again no Mac in your lists, cos I'm sure Rumours and Tusk would otherwise come out tops!

Here's my list of the best non-Mac albums of the 70s:

1. Gram Parsons - GP/Grievous Angel
2. Neil Young - On The Beach
3. Blondie - Eat To The Beat
4. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes
5. David Bowie - Low/Heroes/Lodger (the Eno albums)
6. Nick Drake - Pink Moon/Led Zeppelin III
7. Patti Smith - Easter
8. Television - Marquee Moon
9. Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
10. Can - Tago Mago

Once again there are just too many I've left out!

[Moony]

I don't own many albums from the 70's besides Mac...

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Led Zeppellin - Led Zeppelin IV

[trackaghost]

Well, I'm doing the 80s tomorrow and the 90s on Monday :nod:
Hopefully those will get a good response...

Btw, Moondance by Van Morrison is also excellent.

[amber]

Well, I'm doing the 80s tomorrow and the 90s on Monday :nod:
Hopefully those will get a good response...
I want to respond to these, but I haven't ever really listened to music from "albums". Mainly the radio, and stuff. So, then, I think of the songs I like, and I don't know which albums they are from, or even if I like all the songs on said album.
Anywhoo, I've been listening to seventies music most of my life, so who knows if I could narrow this one down anyways? I wish I was a little cooler, though, then I could do it.
uh....
er....
nope.
all the usual suspects, I guess.

[trackaghost]

Amber (just to sound like a proper muso hehe) I reckon you should buy The Cars self-titled 1978 album. It's awesome and you will love it! :nod:

[amber]

Amber (just to sound like a proper muso hehe) I reckon you should buy The Cars self-titled 1978 album. It's awesome and you will love it! :nod:
yes, I will. I only have the Cars greatest hits. (cheesy bad music fan, buying greatest hits, I know. But hey, I can't buy a bunch of albums all the time!) :laugh:
mmmm, Cars. I really love them. You are right.
what's a muso? Is it anything like miso soup?

[trackaghost]

yes, I will. I only have the Cars greatest hits. (cheesy bad music fan, buying greatest hits, I know. But hey, I can't buy a bunch of albums all the time!) :laugh:
mmmm, Cars. I really love them. You are right.
what's a muso? Is it anything like miso soup?

A muso is someone obsessed with music. Someone who puts their record collection in alphabetical order, stuff like that. You know, like in High Fidelity!

[Moony]

A muso is someone obsessed with music. Someone who puts their record collection in alphabetical order, stuff like that. You know, like in High Fidelity!
Freaking great movie!

[amber]

A muso is someone obsessed with music. Someone who puts their record collection in alphabetical order, stuff like that. You know, like in High Fidelity!
Ohhhhh. I didn't know there was a name for that. But then, why would I? That's totally you, yeah? Like I said, I don't even really have albums. I have, like, 25 CD's, and they're mostly mac. And then all the stuff from/on my computer.
carry on! :wavey: (wit'cho bad self)

[amber]

Freaking great movie!
No, dear, freaking great book. :p ;)

[Moony]

No, dear, freaking great book. :p ;)
Ah, I didn't know it was a book. Must head to the library now

[tuigirl]

I remember going thru a Roy Wood (of ELO and Wizzard fame) phase back then (I was the odd one out because everyone loved David Cassidy....).
Anyways, he put out an album in disguise, under the name of "Eddy and the Falcons" and to this day, I have great 70's memories of it, despite it having been long gone now (my sister warped it!)....yes, definately a huge fav for me ....

[David]

Here's my list of the best non-Mac albums of the 70s:

1. Gram Parsons - GP/Grievous Angel
2. Neil Young - On The Beach
3. Blondie - Eat To The Beat
4. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes
5. David Bowie - Low/Heroes/Lodger (the Eno albums)
6. Nick Drake - Pink Moon/Led Zeppelin III
7. Patti Smith - Easter
8. Television - Marquee Moon
9. Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
10. Can - Tago MagoYour taste is impeccable. I would substitute "Aladdin Sane" for the Bowie-Eno albums; I think its achievement outdistances even the impressive work Bowie did later in the '70s.

I'd also add Parliament's "Mothership Connection," Rickie Lee Jones's debut album, Elvis Costello's "My Aim Is True" (OR "Armed Forces"), the Clash's "London Calling," Joni Mitchell's "Court & Spark," Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" (OR "Darkness on the Edge of Town"), Elton John's "Tumbleweed Connection" (OR "Caribou"), Stevie Wonder's "Talking Book," War's "The World Is a Ghetto," O'Jays' "Back Stabbers" (OR "Ship Ahoy").

[trackaghost]

Your taste is impeccable. I would substitute "Aladdin Sane" for the Bowie-Eno albums; I think its achievement outdistances even the impressive work Bowie did later in the '70s.

I'd also add Parliament's "Mothership Connection," Rickie Lee Jones's debut album, Elvis Costello's "My Aim Is True" (OR "Armed Forces"), the Clash's "London Calling," Joni Mitchell's "Court & Spark," Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" (OR "Darkness on the Edge of Town"), Elton John's "Tumbleweed Connection" (OR "Caribou"), Stevie Wonder's "Talking Book," War's "The World Is a Ghetto," O'Jays' "Back Stabbers" (OR "Ship Ahoy").

Why thank you sir!

Funnily enough I was debating whether to include some of those albums, in particular Darkness On The Edge Of Town, both the Elvis Costello albums and The Clash. They are all in my top 20 though, along with Talking Book and Joni Mitchell's Blue (which I've always prefered to Court & Spark). Cool list though.

Did you see the fave albums of the 60s thread by the way? I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on that decade too.

[Moony]

doh! I totally forgot London Calling! gah

[irishgrl]

A muso is someone obsessed with music. Someone who puts their record collection in alphabetical order, stuff like that. You know, like in High Fidelity!

HEY! I'll have you know my music AND my movies are in alpha order!

My favorite musical decade is the 70's I think music never really got that good again:
Van Morrison: Moondance
Kiss: Rock and Roll Over, Kiss Alive, Destroyer
Aerosmith: Toys in the Attic
Journey: Infinity
Boston: Boston
Robin Trower: Bridge of Sighs
Janis Joplin: All (sorry but I like em ALL)
Heart: Dreamboat Annie
Bad Company: Bad Company
Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive
Montrose: Montrose
Bachman Turner Overdrive: BTO
Boz Skaggs: Silk Degrees
Steppenwolf: Born to Be Wild
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Freebird
Allman Brothers: Eat a Peach
Bob Seger: Night Moves
J Geils: Monkey Island (but I like ALL J. Geils)
Jethro Tull: Songs from the Wood (again, I like All Jethro Tull)
and Im sure Ive forgotten some (again!)

[MoonChilde]

ohhh this is hard...so many great ones to chose from..where do i begin..lol

ok not in any order and i can;t pick just one all time fave..

Led Zepplin Physcial Graffti & II IV(told you i cant chose)
Eric Clapton- (Layla) not sure album
The Doors...La Woman
Boston.---Boston
The Who-Whos next
Aerosmith--Toys in the Attic
Elton John--Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Rolling Stones..tatoo you
Cat Stevens--Tea for the Tillerman
Bob Seeger-Beautiful loser
Queen
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
Eagles Hotel California
Heart -Dreamboat Annie]
marvin Gaye
Genesis..can;t name album..but first one released in united states.It was my very first concert ever..hmm off to look it up.

[MoonChilde]

HEY! I'll have you know my music AND my movies are in alpha order!

My favorite musical decade is the 70's I think music never really got that good again:
Van Morrison: Moondance
Kiss: Rock and Roll Over, Kiss Alive, Destroyer
Aerosmith: Toys in the Attic
Journey: Infinity
Boston: Boston
Robin Trower: Bridge of Sighs
Janice Joplin: All (sorry but I like em ALL)
Heart: Dreamboat Annie
Bad Company: Bad Company
Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive
Montrose: Montrose
Bachman Turner Overdrive: BTO
Boz Skaggs: Silk Degrees
Steppenwolf: Born to Be Wild
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Freebird
Allman Brothers: Eat a Peach
Bob Seger: Night Moves
J Geils: Monkey Island (but I like ALL J. Geils)
Jethro Tull: Songs from the Wood (again, I like All Jethro Tull)
and Im sure Ive forgotten some (again!)
ohh How could I forget Robin Trower ...Love that album. ohh J Geils..and Allman Brothers.. :] ...ohhh the memories from the concerts back then..whooo hoooo

[Serrart]

Besides FM and the Italians:

Sly & the Family Stone - There's A Riot Going On, Fresh
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Patti Smith - Horses
The Beatles - Let It Be
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust, Low, Heroes
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall
Joni Mitchell - Blue
...just some...

Romy

[shackin'up]

1. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel-Face to Face (best live-album ever)
2. Fischer-Z - Word Salad
3. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffitti
4. Lou Reed- Coney Island Baby
5. Mother's Finest- Another Mother Further
6. Black Sabbath- Master of Reality
7. Peter Gabriel- any of his untitled ones, but OK, the first.
8. AC/DC- If you want blood you've got it
9. The Police- Outlandos D'amour
10. Ted Nugent- Double Live Gonzo!

I was very much into live-albums.....so I put in a bunch.

But for me this is impossible. There's so much I left off that should be there.
Patti smiths' Horses should be , and the Kick inside....The Wall? Oh gerald shame on you....

Oh, and did I ever mention the fact that Tusk is the best album ever recorded by anyone? just to put things in perpective....

[shackin'up]

A muso is someone obsessed with music. Someone who puts their record collection in alphabetical order, stuff like that. You know, like in High Fidelity!

saw it two days ago for the Ughst time while boozing with two muso's (thanks for growing my vocabulary, sharon). If I step on a million one day I'll start a vinyl record/CD store. With those two muso's I got drunk with. I'll die earlier, but happier.

PS: i've got my collection in alphabetical order for years now. It's the only thing in my life I have a system for. :lol:

[David]

5. Mother's Finest- Another Mother FurtherMother's Finest? No ****?

You probably know this, but did you know that the bass player in Mother's Finest played bass for Stevie on the greatest tour she ever did? I always wanted to track down Mother's Finest albums but never did.

[dissention]

Too many to list, but I'll try. Even though it will be more than ten. :laugh:

1. Blondie - Plastic Letters/Eat To the Beat
2. Talking Heads - '77/Fear of Music (Honorable mention to More Songs About Buildings and Food simply because it has "Artist's Only")
3. Television - Marquee Moon
4. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane/Station To Station/Low
5. Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel/Luxury Liner
6. Patti Smith - Horses (Easter, surprisingly, is my least favorite album of hers)
7. Bonnie Raitt - Bonnie Raitt/Sweet Forgiveness
8. The Pretenders - Pretenders
9. Lou Reed - Transformer
10. Bette Midler - The Rose soundtrack

[ryan8472]

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours, Tusk

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall

Led Zeppelin - IV, Houses Of The Holy, In Through The Out Door

Blondie - Parallel Lines, Eat To The Beat

Paul McCartney - Band On The Run, Venus & Mars

Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food, Fear Of Music

Dire Straits - Dire Straits

Supertramp - Breakfast In America

The Eagles - Hotel California

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

John Lennon - Imagine

I'll think of more...

[xdreamsunwindx]

8. The Pretenders - Pretenders


That was released in 1980, I believe. The three lead singles came out in 79, but the record came out in 1980.

I gotta think about this first.

[ryan8472]

That was released in 1980, I believe. The three lead singles came out in 79, but the record came out in 1980.

I gotta think about this first.
It was January of 1980. It's cutting it close. Maybe we can cut him a break with this one. ;) :laugh:

[dissention]

That was released in 1980, I believe. The three lead singles came out in 79, but the record came out in 1980.

I gotta think about this first.

You're right. I believe "Stop Your Sobbing" came out in January '79, but the actual album wasn't released until January '80. But I added it to my list anyway. :laugh:

[lbelle1214]

To get started:

Steely Dan - Aja

Bob Welch - French Kiss

Heart - Dreamboat Annie

Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive

Ambrosia - Life Beyond L.A.

Firefall - Elan

Kansas - Point of No Return

Little River Band - Diamantina Cocktail

Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac

AND ---- The End Of An Era: The Award Winning Beaumont High School Sweepstakes Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Band. Yes, we made an album...I was a "band geek" as my kids put it! :laugh:

[lbelle1214]

Just a few more:

Eagles - Hotel California

Led Zepplin - House of the Holy

J.J. Cale - can't remember the name of the album

Bette Midler - The Rose soundtrack (Kicks ass when behind the wheel of a very fast car!!!!)

[dissention]

Bette Midler - The Rose soundtrack (Kicks ass when behind the wheel of a very fast car!!!!)

It certainly does. Her performances are insanely intense on that record. Listening to it has the same impact on you that watching it does, imo. That one will get me lunging throughout my apartment and screaming at the top of my lungs along to it. Love the fact that it was recorded at actual live rock shows that she put on. I traded for some audience recordings of the shows that a guy had, but he burned me and I never got 'em. Asshole.

[Beachwood Mac]

Wow. Why does it seem like yesterday...

other than Fleetwood Mac...

Boston - Boston
The Cars - The Cars
Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmos Factory
Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Eagles - Hotel California
Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
Genesis - Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Heart - Little Queen
Jethro Tull - Aqualung (first concert ever)
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Carole King - Tapestry
Led Zeppelin - IV
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Steely Dan - Aja
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions

[Miss Vicky]

I don't know that I can properly respond to this thread. When it comes to most artists from the 60s, 70s, and even 80s, I don't own or listen to actual "albums." I buy "greatest hits" and "best of" packages. Only if I find myself really in love with the music of the artist will I move on from compilations to actual albums. Thusly, my favorite 70's albums all come from a select and very predictable few.


Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (gee, what a surprise!)
Fundamental Roll - Walter Egan (Now there's a real shocker!)
Bombs Away Dream Babies - John Stewart (I wonder what curly-headed guitarist could've prompted my interest in this one...)

[GateandGarden]

Aside from FM and Buckingham Nicks-

Carly Simon Playing Possum
Reba McEntire Reba McEntire

Well, the bulk of my 70s CDs are FM. :shrug:

[GypsySorcerer]

Reba McEntire Reba McEntire
I didn't realize she first appeared in the 70s. The first I recall from her was "Whoever's in New England."

[face of glass]

Abba: The Album
The Beach Boys: Love You
J.J. Cale: Okie
Can: Future Days
The Carpenters: The Carpenters (YES!)
Cockney Rebel: The Human Menagerie
Bob Dylan: Desire
Brian Eno: Before And After Science
Genesis: Selling England By The Pound
Gong: Camembert Electrique
Elton John: Tumbleweed Connection
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
King Crimson: Larks' Tongues In Aspic
John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band
Paul McCartney: Ram
Lou Reed: Coney Island Baby
Sly & The Family Stone: There's A Riot Goin' On
Steely Dan: Countdown To Ecstasy
Suicide: Suicide
T.Rex: Electric Warrior
Tom Waits: Small Change
The Who: Quadrophenia
Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue
Wire: 154
Roy Wood: Boulders
Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom
Yes: Close To The Edge
Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps

There, now I'm looking forward to the '80s poll.

[face of glass]

It was January of 1980. It's cutting it close. Maybe we can cut him a break with this one. ;) :laugh:
It's tricky with The Clash's London Calling too, it was released in 1979 in the UK but in 1980 in the USA, which explains why it made its way to Rolling Stone's best albums of the '80s list.

[Wild_Heart03]

I don't own many albums from the 70's besides Mac...

Ditto for me, but regardless there are a few that I absolutely love.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
Heart Like A Wheel, Linda Ronstadt
No Secrets, Carly Simon
Tapestry, Carole King
Siren, Roxy Music

I didn't realize she first appeared in the 70s. The first I recall from her was "Whoever's in New England."
Yup, Reba's first album was on Mercury Records in 1977. As I recall she actually had a couple of #1 hits on Mercury, but it wasn't until her move to MCA Records in 1984 that she started getting mainstream attention.

[shackin'up]

Mother's Finest? No ****?

You probably know this, but did you know that the bass player in Mother's Finest played bass for Stevie on the greatest tour she ever did? I always wanted to track down Mother's Finest albums but never did.

yeah, i own everything they ever released. I did not know that Wyzzard played bass with stevie. On what tour? He's a MONSTER. If you like Red Hot Chili Peppers and/or Living Colour you should listen to their amazing come-back album "Black Radio Won't Play This Record". The best soul-metal-album ever made. Their live-album "Subluxation" kicks ass too.

[shackin'up]

Cockney Rebel: The Human Menagerie


What a choice.
Ever heard their live-double-album Face-to-Face?

[GateandGarden]

I didn't realize she first appeared in the 70s. The first I recall from her was "Whoever's in New England."She got her record deal in '75 and her first single, "I Don't Want to be a One Night Stand" came out in '76. Her first #1 was "Can't Even Get the Blues No More" in '82, I believe. But I guess you could say she wasn't a household name until "Whoever's in New England." The dawn of the video era helped her out a lot.

EDIT: Oh, I just noticed what Nick said. True, of course. The first single was '76 and the first album was '77.

[face of glass]

What a choice.
Ever heard their live-double-album Face-to-Face?
Yeah, I have it. Not the best live album ever like you seem to think (that award goes to that little piece of plastic called Live At Leeds), but worth having for sure. A priceless rendition of "Sebastian", a drunken singalong in "The Best Years Of Our Lives", and some other goodies. :D

[TheBlueLamp]

Kate Bush -The Kick Inside & Lionheart
Tina Turner - Acid Queen
Carly Simon - Playing Possum
Blondie - Parallel Lines & Plastic Letters
Soundtrack -Rocky Horror Picture Show

[shackin'up]

Yeah, I have it. Not the best live album ever like you seem to think (that award goes to that little piece of plastic called Live At Leeds), but worth having for sure. A priceless rendition of "Sebastian", a drunken singalong in "The Best Years Of Our Lives", and some other goodies. :D

Oh I understand evryone who disagrees with me on that one. It's the whole atmosphere of that album, the guts-on-the-street-singing-like-a-crow
and the loose but serving bandperformance...It touches deep everytime I hear it. For me it's a unity, not a collection.

[irishgrl]

It certainly does. Her performances are insanely intense on that record. Listening to it has the same impact on you that watching it does, imo. That one will get me lunging throughout my apartment and screaming at the top of my lungs along to it. Love the fact that it was recorded at actual live rock shows that she put on. I traded for some audience recordings of the shows that a guy had, but he burned me and I never got 'em. Asshole.
I nevert bought the soundtrack, but I will agree that Bette's performance in that movie was STELLAR :nod: She very accurately caught the whole meteoric rise and abysmal fall of many a rock star, most notably Janis (I heard the movie was loosely based on her life) good call!

[trackaghost]

I don't know that I can properly respond to this thread. When it comes to most artists from the 60s, 70s, and even 80s, I don't own or listen to actual "albums." I buy "greatest hits" and "best of" packages. Only if I find myself really in love with the music of the artist will I move on from compilations to actual albums. Thusly, my favorite 70's albums all come from a select and very predictable few.


I'm exactly the opposite, I prefer to hear a song in the context of a full-length album, with the mood and feel exactly as an artist intended it. I do enjoy the shuffle option on my iPod though, but I prefer hearing the songs in their original setting first. I've never been a fan of compilations (unless I make them myself), I'd prefer to own Purple Rain for instance, than an album of Prince's greatest hits. I guess that's why I'd consider myself a bonafide muso!
Often I find an artist's most popular tunes (or hits) aren't necessarily an indiction of their best work. Tusk is a perfect example of that - that album only really had two proper hits, Sara and Tusk, and yet as an album its utter perfection.

[trackaghost]

I forgot all the fantastic Big Star albums, #1 Record, Radio City and probably best of all, Sister Lovers.

[macfan 57]

The Beatles-Let It Be
Simon & Garfunkel-Bridge Over Troubled Water
Bob Dylan-Blood On The Tracks, Desire
Derek & The Dominos-Layla
Eric Clapton-Eric Clapton, 461 Ocean Boulevard, Slowhand
George Harrison-All Things Must Pass
John Lennon-Imagine
Paul McCartney-Band On The Run
Steely Dan-Can't Buy A Thrill, Countdown To Ecstasy, Pretzel Logic, The Royal Scam, Aja
Paul Simon-Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years

[strandinthewind]

I really LOVED "Tommy"

I also loved all the LZ stuff and The Stones.

Sat. Night Fever is also WAY up there as is Grease, just so happy and fun and who has never ever ever danced wildly to each, esp. in private :eek: :laugh:

There are many more, mostly listed above, but these are additional ones :laugh:

[David]

yeah, i own everything they ever released. I did not know that Wyzzard played bass with stevie. On what tour? He's a MONSTER.
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[Miss Vicky]

Often I find an artist's most popular tunes (or hits) aren't necessarily an indication of their best work. Tusk is a perfect example of that - that album only really had two proper hits, Sara and Tusk, and yet as an album its utter perfection.

Oh I totally agree. It's a rare occasion indeed when my favorite song on an album is also one of the singles. (Discounting many recent artists, who seem to take the only two or three decent songs on their album and release them as singles, thus fooling the public into believing that the rest of the album might be of the same caliber... but I digress).

With older artists, I buy greatest hits and best of packages initially just to get a sample of what the artist's music is like. If I decide to look further into their music, I'll choose my favorite of the tunes on the compilation and start with the album that my favorite song came from.

I've never paid attention to the statement or feeling that an album tries to put across (possibly attributable to my rather short attention span). I always think of artists' work in terms of the strengths of individual songs. So once I've made the step forward into purchasing the actual albums, I'll extract my favorite tunes from each one and create my own personal compilation, and that's what I actually listen to.

[xdreamsunwindx]

H'okay. This is off the top of my head. No order..

Patti Smith - Horses
Siouxsie & the Banshees - The Scream
FM - Tusk
The Clash - London Calling
Blondie - Plastic Letters
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers self titled
The Kinks - Lola vs. Powerman & the Money Go-Round (I stole the record from my parents' collection - have heard all but two songs)
Carole King - Tapestry
Lou Reed - Transformer

I'm forgetting lots of albums.. has to be the heat. -_-

[face of glass]

I forgot all the fantastic Big Star albums, #1 Record, Radio City and probably best of all, Sister Lovers.
Damn, I did too. Many glaring omissions in my list once again. *Sigh*

[trackaghost]

Damn, I did too. Many glaring omissions in my list once again. *Sigh*

Oh don't worry. I had some biggies missing from my top 10.

Heh I just found a definition of muso in an online dictionary. I forgot it was a derogatory term for musicians too.

http://www.allwords.com/word-muso.html

muso
noun musos

slang:
(Brit)
1. derog
A pop or rock musician who concentrates too much on technique.
(especially Austral)
2. A musician or music enthusiast.

[David]

muso
noun musos

slang:
(Brit)
1. derog
A pop or rock musician who concentrates too much on technique.
(especially Austral)So that would fit all those confoundedly bad progrock bands, like Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Rush, etc.

[shackin'up]

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Thanks david, in the meantime I found out that it was the wild heart-tour. Oddly enough in the fragment I read it says that he played on the tour AND the album....but i can't find him in the credits...

[shackin'up]

I forgot all the fantastic Big Star albums, #1 Record, Radio City and probably best of all, Sister Lovers.

me too.

alot slipped through. on the other hand, having read your list, I thought of not copying too much and make another top ten list. I mean my list is without GP/Grievous Angel. That is ofcourse not exactly true. I can make 12 different top ten lists in two days that I truely can live with as my top ten of that moment.

Oh and having read the definition of MUSO, it does not really match with me. Nor with John Cusack and Jack Black in Hi Fidelity. Bugger. Love the word.

[shackin'up]

Often I find an artist's most popular tunes (or hits) aren't necessarily an indiction of their best work. Tusk is a perfect example of that - that album only really had two proper hits, Sara and Tusk, and yet as an album its utter perfection.

Hmm, Sharon, but so were these singles. Those songs were popular AND a perfect indiction of their best work. Both songs deeply represent the core of the album and therefore it maybe is still a miracle that they WERE hits. But they definately were....

[trackaghost]

Hmm, Sharon, but so were these singles. Those songs were popular AND a perfect indiction of their best work. Both songs deeply represent the core of the album and therefore it maybe is still a miracle that they WERE hits. But they definately were....


No, you're right. I was struggling to think of an example. I just meant that album only had two hits, but really every song on there is fantastic!

[trackaghost]

Oh and having read the definition of MUSO, it does not really match with me. Nor with John Cusack and Jack Black in Hi Fidelity. Bugger. Love the word.

No, you are a muso, you're a proper music enthusiast.
It's a musician OR a music enthusiast. :D

I love the bit in High Fidelity where he's rearranging his record collection and he produces the white Fleetwood Mac album and talks about Landslide!

[shackin'up]

No, you are a muso, you're a proper music enthusiast.
It's a musician OR a music enthusiast. :D

I love the bit in High Fidelity where he's rearranging his record collection and he produces the white Fleetwood Mac album and talks about Landslide!

yeah me too, although I love every frickin second of it.

By the way Sharon:
We Forgot The Jazzsinger in our lists!
shame on us!!!

[macmar71]

Fleetwood Mac~~Fleetwood Mac. Bare Trees, Rumours, Tusk
Buckingham Nicks~~Buckingham Nicks
John Stewart~~Bombs Away Dream Baby
Boston ~~Boston
Meatloaf~~Bat Out Of Hell
Journey~~Infinity
Pink Floyd~~Wish You Were Here, Dark Side Of The Moon, The Wall
The Eagles~~On The Border, Hotel California

[shackin'up]

or was the jazzsinger from 1980? :shrug:

[estranged4life]

but here's a few stand out's:

Thin Lizzy-Live And Dangerous (Best live album from the 70's IMHO)
Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd-The Wall
Meat Loaf-Bat Out of Hell
Rush-2112
Van Halen-I
The Who-Who's Next
Led Zeppelin-IV
Led Zeppelin-Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin-In Through the Out Door
Kiss-Destroyer
Kiss-Alive II
Queen-I
Queen-II
Queen-A Night at the Opera
Fleetwood Mac-Tusk
Aerosmith-Rocks
Paul McCartney & Wings-Over America

[trackaghost]

or was the jazzsinger from 1980? :shrug:

Yep, it's 1980. What about Tap Root Manuscript though? That's pretty good too and that was released in 1970.

[shackin'up]

Yep, it's 1980. What about Tap Root Manuscript though? That's pretty good too and that was released in 1970.

yeah, and that seagull-thing he did :shrug: no title here, was pretty amazing too.

[shackin'up]

but here's a few stand out's:

Thin Lizzy-Live And Dangerous (Best live album from the 70's IMHO)
Van Halen-I
Led Zeppelin-IV
Led Zeppelin-Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin-In Through the Out Door



Sh*t. Live and dangerous should have been in my list too. Same for
Van Halen I. I play that one a lot even nowadays....

Your led zepchoices I'm fond of too, although I prefer III and even more: physical grafitti. That one is not a lot in these lists, which I think is pretty amazing cause I've always looked at that one as their ultimate masterpiece....

[lbelle1214]

I really LOVED "Tommy"

I also loved all the LZ stuff and The Stones.

Sat. Night Fever is also WAY up there as is Grease, just so happy and fun and who has never ever ever danced wildly to each, esp. in private :eek: :laugh:

There are many more, mostly listed above, but these are additional ones :laugh:
Sh*$, I KNEW I left that one off...Who can forget Sat Night Fever?? If I had a dollar to every time I let loose on the dance floor with that one!

[strandinthewind]

Sh*$, I KNEW I left that one off...Who can forget Sat Night Fever?? If I had a dollar to every time I let loose on the dance floor with that one!

Me too and thank the LAWD CHILD there are no videos of that performance I know of :laugh:

[lbelle1214]

God, you're so right. Talk about blackmail....total embarrassment! But, you know, times have not changed much. At the Stevie concert in Houston I did the same thing....danced right out of my top (major wardrobe malfunction!)

[GateandGarden]

The Beatles-Let It Be
Simon & Garfunkel-Bridge Over Troubled Water
Bob Dylan-Blood On The Tracks, Desire
Derek & The Dominos-Layla
Eric Clapton-Eric Clapton, 461 Ocean Boulevard, Slowhand
George Harrison-All Things Must Pass
John Lennon-Imagine
Paul McCartney-Band On The Run
Steely Dan-Can't Buy A Thrill, Countdown To Ecstasy, Pretzel Logic, The Royal Scam, Aja
Paul Simon-Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Still Crazy After All These YearsYou and my mom have A LOT of the same music. Some people would say "Oh thanks" and roll their eyes at a comment like that but you should know that I mean it as a compliment because my mom is beyond cool. :)

[lbelle1214]

Did anyone like the soundtrack from "A Star is Born"? I had a thing for Kristofferson back then...and I've always loved Barbra's voice

[strandinthewind]

Did anyone like the soundtrack from "A Star is Born"? I had a thing for Kristofferson back then...and I've always loved Barbra's voice


I liked it, though I thought the movie was just okay. I have always thought Mega Striesand could sing a song like no other and she has tremendous talent. I am just not wild about her ego, which can get in the way - see Prince of Tides :laugh:

[The Tower]

Blue - Joni Mitchell
Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Fulfillingness's First Finale - Stevie Wonder
Rags to Rufus - Rufus and Chaka Khan
Tapestry - Carole King
Hejira - Joni Mitchell
Eponymous - Rickie Lee Jones
Wave - Patti Smith Group
Little Queen - Heart
Infinity - Journey
Eponymous - Foreigner
Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
A Song For You - Carpenters
Rocks - Aerosmith
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
For The Roses - Joni Mitchell
Hotel California - Eagles (if only for "Pretty Maids..." and "Wasted Time")
Eat To The Beat - Blondie
Between the Lines - Janis Ian
After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

[dissention]

Tapestry - Carole King


Rush out and buy her new one, The Living Room Tour. Really, really fantastic. My mother brought it over to my apartment and got me hooked on it so much that I went out and bought it, along with her last album.

[The Tower]

Rush out and buy her new one, The Living Room Tour. Really, really fantastic. My mother brought it over to my apartment and got me hooked on it so much that I went out and bought it, along with her last album.
Writer and Fantasy are also really great albums by Carole that are ignored in favor of the Supernova that is Tapestry.

[lbelle1214]

Carole King is going to be in Houston at The Woodlands

[hayley]

I did this without reading everyone else's responses, so let's hope mine doesn't sound like too many other people's lists. In no particular order:

1. Gang of Four- Entertainment!
2. David Bowie- Aladdin Sane
3. Gram Parsons- GP/Grievous Angel
4. Patti Smith- Horses
5. Roxy Music- Country Life/Siren
6. Elvis Costello- My Aim Is True
7. The Clash- London Calling
8. T-Rex- Electric Warrior
9. Big Star- #1 Record/Radio City
10. Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks

[strandinthewind]

Writer and Fantasy are also really great albums by Carole that are ignored in favor of the Supernova that is Tapestry.

Yes they are, but Tapestry is rightly so called such. It is one of my fav's ever. I love her.

[dissention]

Yes they are, but Tapestry is rightly so called such. It is one of my fav's ever. I love her.

And she looks FANTASTIC! You would never look at her and say "She's 63." No bloody way.

[strandinthewind]

And she looks FANTASTIC! You would never look at her and say "She's 63." No bloody way.

She performed awhile back on the Today Show (I think) in a live morning concert and was FAB. She is one of the greats for sure!!!!!!

[David]

1. Gang of Four- Entertainment!
2. David Bowie- Aladdin Sane
3. Gram Parsons- GP/Grievous Angel
4. Patti Smith- Horses
5. Roxy Music- Country Life/Siren
6. Elvis Costello- My Aim Is True
7. The Clash- London Calling
8. T-Rex- Electric Warrior
9. Big Star- #1 Record/Radio City
10. Bob Dylan- Blood on the TracksDid you know that Tom Petty had "Grievous Angel" in mind when he wrote "Insider" for Stevie?

Why is there no The Jam on your list?

[strandinthewind]

Did you know that Tom Petty had "Grievous Angel" in mind when he wrote "Insider" for Stevie?

Why is there no The Jam on your list?


I did not know Petty wrote "Insider" for/about Stevie - WAY COOL!!!!!

[hayley]

Did you know that Tom Petty had "Grievous Angel" in mind when he wrote "Insider" for Stevie?
No, I didn't. That's fantastic.

Why is there no The Jam on your list?
I guess there could've been. Switch out London Calling with Sound Affects, then, since I just read that London Calling wasn't released in the US until 1980. I've always liked Style Council & Paul Weller solo (like "Heliocentric") a tiny bit more than the Jam stuff, though, even though Style Council especially was more flawed.

[David]

No, I didn't. That's fantastic.What I'm hoping is that Sharon or Nancy or someone will post an MP3 of that section of Tom Petty's Innerview with Jim Ladd in which he says how attracted he always was to the type of duet found on "Grievous Angel," & how Stevie's vocal work on 'Insider' reminded him of the Harris-Parsons dynamic.
I guess there could've been. Switch out London Calling with Sound Affects, then, since I just read that London Calling wasn't released in the US until 1980. I've always liked Style Council & Paul Weller solo (like "Heliocentric") a tiny bit more than the Jam stuff, though, even though Style Council especially was more flawed.Remember how I always used to sing "My Ever Changing Moods" to you?

Tammy & I talk about that song now. I wish Tammy would post here.

[hayley]

What I'm hoping is that Sharon or Nancy or someone will post an MP3 of that section of Tom Petty's Innerview with Jim Ladd in which he says how attracted he always was to the type of duet found on "Grievous Angel," & how Stevie's vocal work on 'Insider' reminded him of the Harris-Parsons dynamic.
Remember how I always used to sing "My Ever Changing Moods" to you?

Tammy & I talk about that song now. I wish Tammy would post here.
I don't remember that. Will you sing "Beyond the Sea" for me? That's my favorite song. I'll marry you, clean your house, and make you soy bacon every day if you sing it for me.

[trackaghost]

I did this without reading everyone else's responses, so let's hope mine doesn't sound like too many other people's lists. In no particular order:

1. Gang of Four- Entertainment!
2. David Bowie- Aladdin Sane
3. Gram Parsons- GP/Grievous Angel
4. Patti Smith- Horses
5. Roxy Music- Country Life/Siren
6. Elvis Costello- My Aim Is True
7. The Clash- London Calling
8. T-Rex- Electric Warrior
9. Big Star- #1 Record/Radio City
10. Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks

I totally forgot Entertainment! I love that record.
I just missed so many out!

[trackaghost]

What I'm hoping is that Sharon or Nancy or someone will post an MP3 of that section of Tom Petty's Innerview with Jim Ladd in which he says how attracted he always was to the type of duet found on "Grievous Angel," & how Stevie's vocal work on 'Insider' reminded him of the Harris-Parsons dynamic.


I don't have that clip, but that doesn't surprise me in the least.
Gram Parsons in turn, was influenced by the harmonies in the duets of George Jones and Melba Montgomery.

[chiliD]

Ahhh..now here we go...

1) Derek & The Dominoes - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
2) John Lennon - Imagine
3) George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
4) Allman Bros Band - Live At The Fillmore
5) ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
6) Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
7) Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
8 ) Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Blvd
9) Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run
10) Rolling Stones - Some Girls

More-Than-Honorable Mention:

The Who - Quadrophenia, The Who By Numbers, Who Are You
Led Zeppelin - Zoso, Houses Of The Holy, Physical Graffitti
ZZ Top - 1st Album, Rio Grande Mud, Fandango, Tejas, Deguello
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes, Feats Don't Fail Me Now, The Last Record Album, Time Loves A Hero
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers, It's Only Rock & Roll, Goat's Head Soup
John Lennon - Mind Games, Walls & Bridges
Ringo Starr - Ringo
Eric Clapton - Slowhand
Allman Bros Band - Eat A Peach, Brothers & Sisters, Enlightened Rogues
Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills I, Manassas, (the album with "Turn Back The Pages"...forgot the title)
Marshall Tucker Band - 1st album, New Life, Searching For A Rainbow
Deep Purple - Machine Head, Burn
Pink Floyd - Meddle, Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here
Santana - Abraxas, Santana III, Caravanserai, Welcome, Borboletta, Amigos, Carnival, Lotus, Moonflower
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Heart - Dreamboat Annie, Magazine, Little Queen, Dog & Butterfly

[Dark Angel]

Blondie - Parallel Lines& Eat To the Beat
Pat Benatar - In The Heat Of The Night
The Beatles - Let It Be
Janis Joplin - Pearl
The Cars - The Cars
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Queen - A Night At The Opera & News Of The World
The Police - Reggatta De Blanc
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
The B-52's - The B-52's
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Heart - Dog And Butterfly & Dreamboat Annie

[CreepingDeath]

Damn. I'm always late to these threads. :o


Led Zeppelin- III, IV, Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti

Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall

AC/DC- Highway To Hell, Let There Be Rock

Carole King- Tapestry <3

Aerosmith- Toys in the Attic, Rocks

Black Sabbath- Paranoid, Master of Reality, Vol. 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Deep Purple- Machine Head, Made In Japan

Van Halen- self intitled

Judas Priest- Sad Wings of Destiny

Jethro Tull- Aqualung