Your favorite albums from the 70s

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  • ekwipt
    ekwipt Vancouver Posts: 1,038
    brianlux said:
    ekwipt said:
    Some unmentioned personal favs:
    Lee Moses - Time and Place
    Terry Reid - Seed of Memory
    Pharoah Sanders - Pharoah
    Eugene McDaniels - Headless Heroes of
    the Apocalypse 
    Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat


    Terry Reid!  You don't hear that name often, which is a shame.  Reid made some great records.  But I only have his self-titles second LP and the third one, River.  I'll have to check out Seed of Memory.

    And how very cool to see Pharoah Sanders mentioned!  I have an even half dozen of Sanders' records and really love them, but I don't have either of his albums titled Pharoah, his first from 1965 (also called Pharoah's First) or the 1977 Pharoah album.  More good stuff to check out!   

    David Byrne’s label Luaka Bop recently put out a fantastic mini box set vinyl reissue of the ‘77 Pharoah album with an extra record of live cuts. Free to stream on bandcamp
    https://pharoahsanders.bandcamp.com/album/pharoah?label=1878256189
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    ekwipt said:
    brianlux said:
    ekwipt said:
    Some unmentioned personal favs:
    Lee Moses - Time and Place
    Terry Reid - Seed of Memory
    Pharoah Sanders - Pharoah
    Eugene McDaniels - Headless Heroes of
    the Apocalypse 
    Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat


    Terry Reid!  You don't hear that name often, which is a shame.  Reid made some great records.  But I only have his self-titles second LP and the third one, River.  I'll have to check out Seed of Memory.

    And how very cool to see Pharoah Sanders mentioned!  I have an even half dozen of Sanders' records and really love them, but I don't have either of his albums titled Pharoah, his first from 1965 (also called Pharoah's First) or the 1977 Pharoah album.  More good stuff to check out!   

    David Byrne’s label Luaka Bop recently put out a fantastic mini box set vinyl reissue of the ‘77 Pharoah album with an extra record of live cuts. Free to stream on bandcamp
    https://pharoahsanders.bandcamp.com/album/pharoah?label=1878256189

    Whoa!  How cool is that!  Thanks for the heads up. :smile:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,558
    edited July 14
    Thanks to those who’ve already posted as I didn’t need to do my research. 

    Exile on Main St - Rolling Stones 
    Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
    Who's Next - The Who
    Live at Leeds - The Who
    Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin 
    Led Zep IV - Led Zeppelin 
    Kiss - Kiss
    Destroyer - Kiss 
    High Voltage - AC/DC 
    Station to Station - David Bowie. Golden Years is one of my all time fave songs. 
    Harvest - Neil Young
    Living in the 70s - Skyhooks.  Great Australian Band. 
    The Ramones - Ramones
    Cosmo’s Factory - Creedance
    A Night at the Opera - Queen

    Not very original but a strong list. Edited. 

    My top 5 are probably:
    Exile on Main Street
    Physical Graffiti
    Cosmo’s Factory
    A Night at the Opera
    Live at Leeds
    Post edited by BrainofBGA on
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    BrainofBGA said:
    Thanks to those who’ve already posted as I didn’t need to do my research. 

    Exile on Main St
    Rumours
    Who's Next
    Live at Leeds
    Physical Graffiti
    Kiss 
    Destroyer
    High Voltage
    Station to Station - Golden Years is one of my all time fave songs. 
    Harvest
    Living in the 70s - Skyhooks.  Great Australian Band. 

    Not very original but a strong list. Will edit again. 

    That is a good list.  
    I'm not familiar with Skyhooks, but will check them out.  Always open to new-to-me musics! 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,558
    edited July 12
    @brianlux
    Skyhooks, yeah a great band through the 70s here. They had elements of rock, pop punk and new wave. They were quite controversial here in Australia at the time. They had an androgynous persona and their songs were about sex, drugs, and life on the streets as a lady of the night. A lot of their songs were about real people and real places - Lygon St, Balwyn and Toorak. I think their album Living in the 70s was actually censored at the time. 
    Post edited by BrainofBGA on
    Melbourne #1 '98
    Melbourne #2 '03
    Melbourne #3 '03
    Melbourne #1 '06
    Melbourne #3 '06
    Melbourne '09
    Melbourne '14
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    BrainofBGA said:
    @brianlux
    Skyhooks, yeah a great band through the 70s here. They had elements of rock, pop punk and new wave. They were quite controversial here in Australia at the time. They had an androgynous persona and their songs were about sex, drugs, and life on the streets as a lady of the night. A lot of their songs were about real people and real places - Lygon St, Balwyn and Toorak. I think their album Living in the 70s was actually censored at the time. 

    Sounds quite interesting, BGA, thanks for the info.  I will definitely check them out.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Yefa
    Yefa Posts: 1,134
    edited July 13
    Neil Young - On the Beach
    Neil Young - Tonight’s the Night
    Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
    Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
    Funkadelic - Standing On the Verge of Getting It On
    Black Sabbath - Sabotage
    Joni Mitchell - Blue
    Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark 
    UFO - Lights Out
    Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
    Can - Tago Mago
    Tangerine Dream - Zeit
    Led Zeppelin - IV
    Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
    Alice Cooper - Killer
    Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
    Aerosmith - Toys In the Attic
    Carole King - Tapestry
    ABBA - Arrival
    War - The World Is a Ghetto

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Yefa said:
    Neil Young - On the Beach
    Neil Young - Tonight’s the Night
    Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
    Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
    Funkadelic - Standing On the Verge of Getting It On
    Black Sabbath - Sabotage
    Joni Mitchell - Blue
    Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark 
    UFO - Lights Out
    Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
    Can - Tago Mago
    Tangerine Dream - Zeit
    Led Zeppelin - IV
    Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
    Alice Cooper - Killer
    Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
    Aerosmith - Toys In the Attic
    Carole King - Tapestry
    ABBA - Arrival
    War - The World Is a Ghetto


    Great list, lots of variety! 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,363
    cutz said:
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    1. Zep's 4th album
    2. LZ III
    3. Presence
    4. Physical Graffiti
    5. Houses of the Holy
    6. Dark Side of the Moon
    7. Wish You Were Here
    8. Rust Never Sleeps
    9. What's Going On
    10. Al Green Greatest Hits
    11. Zuma
    12. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
    13. Born to Run
    14. After the Gold Rush
    15. Songs in the Key of Life
    16. LA Woman
    17. Animals
    18. Who's Next
    19. Rumours
    20. Sticky Fingers
    21. Meddle
    22. Exile on Main St.
    23. Band of Gypsies
    24. Bad Co.
    25. Machine Head
    26. Unknown Pleasures
    Man, Johnny, I'm impressed with that list and you're a BIG Led Zeppelin fan as I am and I would have those albums listed too.

    But what I'm really impressed with is you have Band Of Gypsies on your list. What I'm NOT impressed with is, you have Band Of Gypsies way too low on your list=HAHA. That one might be on top of my list. I'll list some of mine when I get the time.
    Thanks! Yes, LZ was always my fave. I only decided that PJ is my fave band after some Dark Matter shows. haha

    I wouldn't put too much stock in the order of that list.
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  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,822
    These just made it under the wire to be 70s albums.  They both changed my life for the better!

    The Clash - London Calling

    Pretenders - self-titled debut  
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,791
    Neil Young - Pretty much all of 1970-1975  =) 
    The run of After The Gold Rush / Harvest / Time Fades Away / On The Beach / Tonight’s The Night / Zuma is just insane. You can add CSNY’s Deja Vu to that list too.

    Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St
    Creedence - Cosmo’s Factory
    Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse
    Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
    Nick Drake - Pink Moon
    Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic and Rocks
    Patti Smith - Horses
    Big Star - Radio City
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  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,235
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    cutz said:
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    1. Zep's 4th album
    2. LZ III
    3. Presence
    4. Physical Graffiti
    5. Houses of the Holy
    6. Dark Side of the Moon
    7. Wish You Were Here
    8. Rust Never Sleeps
    9. What's Going On
    10. Al Green Greatest Hits
    11. Zuma
    12. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
    13. Born to Run
    14. After the Gold Rush
    15. Songs in the Key of Life
    16. LA Woman
    17. Animals
    18. Who's Next
    19. Rumours
    20. Sticky Fingers
    21. Meddle
    22. Exile on Main St.
    23. Band of Gypsies
    24. Bad Co.
    25. Machine Head
    26. Unknown Pleasures
    Man, Johnny, I'm impressed with that list and you're a BIG Led Zeppelin fan as I am and I would have those albums listed too.

    But what I'm really impressed with is you have Band Of Gypsies on your list. What I'm NOT impressed with is, you have Band Of Gypsies way too low on your list=HAHA. That one might be on top of my list. I'll list some of mine when I get the time.
    Thanks! Yes, LZ was always my fave. I only decided that PJ is my fave band after some Dark Matter shows. haha

    I wouldn't put too much stock in the order of that list.
    No band, for me, can take over for LZ even PJ.

    I was wondering if the order really mattered.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    goldrush said:
    Neil Young - Pretty much all of 1970-1975  =) 
    The run of After The Gold Rush / Harvest / Time Fades Away / On The Beach / Tonight’s The Night / Zuma is just insane. You can add CSNY’s Deja Vu to that list too.

    Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St
    Creedence - Cosmo’s Factory
    Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse
    Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
    Nick Drake - Pink Moon
    Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic and Rocks
    Patti Smith - Horses
    Big Star - Radio City

    All great titles there, Goldrush!
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    -Roberto Benigni

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