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brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,564
edited July 7 in Other Music
Picking up on Nowhere Man's 80s music thread, what are you favorite albums from the 70's?

This is an interesting topic to me because I was such a huge fan of music in the 60's starting with the Beach Boys in the early 60s, loving the British Invasion (Beatles, Stone, et al), being blown away and having the doors of rock blown wide open in 1965 when Bob Dylan came out with "Like a Rolling Stone", British blues-rock (Cream, John Mayall, etc.), and on into amazing bands like Jefferson Airplane, The Who, Hendrix, etc.  
And then the 70s came along and for a few years, I felt like like it had all turned into some kind of generic sludge.  But later in that decade, some amazing things happened when new bands broke the mold by rejecting the endless noodling of weak prog rock (though there was some great prog, for sure), and the generic bland commercial rock that began filling the airwaves.  
Ten of the records that, to my mind, shine the brightest in the 70s:

Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Zuma
Television:  Marquee Moon
Talking Heads: '77
Wire: Pink Flag
The Ramones: self-titled
New York Dolls: self-titled
Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks
The Clash: London Calling
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
Kraftwerk: Autobahn 
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  • GB281198GB281198 Virginia Posts: 620
    This would be on my list.  I had never noticed "and the" was missing until I read Mike Campbell's book. If the band didn't work out the album would be called Heartbreakers. Fortunately it worked out.
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,564
    GB281198 said:
    This would be on my list.  I had never noticed "and the" was missing until I read Mike Campbell's book. If the band didn't work out the album would be called Heartbreakers. Fortunately it worked out.

    Good call!  TP's Damn the Torpedoes from Oct '79 squeaks in there and could easily have gone on my list!
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  • GB281198GB281198 Virginia Posts: 620
    A lot of great albums from the 70s. Born to Run would have be included for me.
  • GB281198GB281198 Virginia Posts: 620
    Allman Brothers At Fillmore East is another great one. I'll have to make a list 
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,564
    GB281198 said:
    Allman Brothers At Fillmore East is another great one. I'll have to make a list 

    Another good call, GB!
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  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,550

    This is one of my favourite eras of music. I was born in ’79, so it wasn’t during my prime years of listening or attending concerts. But looking back, I really love this time in music—big, heavy rock! I’ll have to check the release dates of some of my favourite albums, because I’m sure there’s some crossover between the ’60s and the ’80s.


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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,564
    BrainofBGA said:

    This is one of my favourite eras of music. I was born in ’79, so it wasn’t during my prime years of listening or attending concerts. But looking back, I really love this time in music—big, heavy rock! I’ll have to check the release dates of some of my favourite albums, because I’m sure there’s some crossover between the ’60s and the ’80s.



    Looking forward to seeing what your list looks like, BGA!
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    -Roberto Benigni











  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,762
    Always tough to think of a top list.
    I feel like these are all sorta obvious to people of a certain age
    Picked one from each band, although I could pick others by same bands.

    ZZ Tops - Tres Hombres
    Black Sabbath - Paranoid
    Led Zeppelin- IV
    Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
    Acdc - Highway to Hell
    Pink Floyd - Dark Side

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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,564
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Always tough to think of a top list.
    I feel like these are all sorta obvious to people of a certain age
    Picked one from each band, although I could pick others by same bands.

    ZZ Tops - Tres Hombres
    Black Sabbath - Paranoid
    Led Zeppelin- IV
    Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
    Acdc - Highway to Hell
    Pink Floyd - Dark Side


    Classic sides, all.  :plus_one:
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  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,901
    Born to Run
    Dark Side of the Moon
    Who's Next
    Breakfast in America (just squeezing in with 1979 release)
    Van Halen 1
    The Stranger - Billy Joel
    Rumours
    Songs in the Key of Life
    The Cars

  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,564
    pjhawks said:
    Born to Run
    Dark Side of the Moon
    Who's Next
    Breakfast in America (just squeezing in with 1979 release)
    Van Halen 1
    The Stranger - Billy Joel
    Rumours
    Songs in the Key of Life
    The Cars


    Impressive list!
    What's not impressive is my memory, haha.  I would have sworn a few of these well 80s LPS.  All 70s, good job/great list, pjh!
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,334
    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
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,564
    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

    Nice seeing mention of Al Green.  What an amazing vocalist! 
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    -Roberto Benigni











  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,988
    For me Bowie dominated the 70s (looking at this retroactively since I was born mid-80s).  

    Hunky Dory
    Ziggy Stardust
    Aladdin Sane
    Station to Station
    Low
    "Heroes"
    Lodger


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  • cutzcutz Posts: 12,207
    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.
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,564
    SVRDhand13 said:
    For me Bowie dominated the 70s (looking at this retroactively since I was born mid-80s).  

    Hunky Dory
    Ziggy Stardust
    Aladdin Sane
    Station to Station
    Low
    "Heroes"
    Lodger



    You could almost say Bowie's 70s output was some of the best 80s music of it's time.  He was definitely ahead of the times then.  Oddly enough (to me anyway), in the 80s, I think he was too much stuck in that decade.  But he sure went out with class making Blackstar.
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    -Roberto Benigni











  • GB281198GB281198 Virginia Posts: 620
    A few more I thought of:

    Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger 
    Van Morrison - Moondance
    Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel 
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,564
    GB281198 said:
    A few more I thought of:

    Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger 
    Van Morrison - Moondance
    Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel 

    Three fine picks there!  
    Red Headed Stranger is one of my very favorite country LPs.
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  • ekwiptekwipt Vancouver Posts: 1,011
    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

  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,564
    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!   

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • ekwiptekwipt Vancouver Posts: 1,011
    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
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,564
    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:
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    -Roberto Benigni











  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,550
    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
    Melbourne #1 '98
    Melbourne #2 '03
    Melbourne #3 '03
    Melbourne #1 '06
    Melbourne #3 '06
    Melbourne '09
    Melbourne '14
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,564
    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











  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,550
    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
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,564
    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











  • YefaYefa 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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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,564
    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 AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,334
    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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    Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,814
    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  
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