Your favourite albums by decade: the 70s
 

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!

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

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.

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....
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nope.
all the usual suspects, I guess.

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?

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!

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)

No, dear, freaking great book. :p ;)

Ah, I didn't know it was a book. Must head to the library now

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 ....

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.

doh! I totally forgot London Calling! gah

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!)

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.

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

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

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....

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:

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.

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

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...

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:

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:

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:

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!!!!)

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.

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

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...)

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.