Your top five albums from 1971

[Gurn Blanston]

Zep 4, Meddle, Blue, Aqualung & Tapestry.

I like girls who can damn well sing. 

[North Star]

Zep 4, Meddle, Blue, Aqualung & Tapestry.

I like girls who can damn well sing. 

Are you referring to Sandy Denny or Robert Plant, Gurn? 

[The new erato]

Shouldn't there be some Neil Young in a 71 poll?

[North Star]

Shouldn't there be some Neil Young in a 71 poll?

No. (After the Gold Rush: 1970, Harvest: 1972)

[Gurn Blanston]

Are you referring to Sandy Denny or Robert Plant, Gurn? 

Joni Mitchell and Carole King, actually, but I'll take Plant...

[Mirror Image]

Here are my votes:

Genesis: Nursery Cryme
Pink Floyd: Meddle
Yes: The Yes Album
Yes: Fragile

And this one, although it's not listed in Jay F's original list -

King Crimson: Islands

P.S. Jay F, could you please add King Crimson's Islands to your list?

[The new erato]

Here are my votes:

Genesis: Nursery Cryme
Pink Floyd: Meddle
Yes: The Yes Album
Yes: Fragile

And this one, although it's not listed in Jay F's original list -

King Crimson: Islands

P.S. Jay F, could you please add King Crimson's Islands to your list?

Genesis: Nursery Cryme
Pink Floyd: Meddle
Yes: The Yes Album
If I had had 8 selections, those are the 3 that would have been added to my 5.

[Sergeant Rock]

L.A. Woman The Doors
At the Fillmore East The Allman Brothers Band
Pearl Janis Joplin
Tupelo Honey Van Morrison
Songs of Love and Hate Leonard Cohen

Runner-up - John Prine John Prine


Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

I think we can all agree that all was dead by 1975, right?

No, we can't agree. '75 saw the release of Pieces of the Sky and Elite Hotel. It was the beginning, actually: Cosmic American Music 

Sarge

[Jay F]

No, we can't agree. '75 saw the release of Pieces of the Sky and Elite Hotel. It was the beginning, actually: Cosmic American Music 

Sarge

And also Prisoner in Disguise.

[Jay F]

P.S. Jay F, could you please add King Crimson's Islands to your list?

Done.

[San Antone]

Some songwriter stuff that missed the cut, but could be my top five:

Kris Kristofferson - That Silver Tongued Devil & Me
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues
Willie Nelson - Yesterday's Wine
Judee Sill - Judee Sill
John Fahey - America

[Mirror Image]

Done.

Thanks, Jay. Now, I can vote.

[Sergeant Rock]

And also Prisoner in Disguise.

Yeah, a great album. Love is Rose, Many Rivers to Cross, The Sweetest Gift (Emmylou sublime in the harmony role), You Tell Me That I'm Falling (one of my favorite McGarrigle songs). I don't even mind that she kind of drains the soul out of the Smokey and Martha covers 

Sarge

[Jay F]

Yeah, a great album. Love is Rose, Many Rivers to Cross, The Sweetest Gift (Emmylou sublime in the harmony role), You Tell Me That I'm Falling (one of my favorite McGarrigle songs). I don't even mind that she kind of drains the soul out of the Smokey and Martha covers 

Sarge

God, how I hate "Heat Wave." I've read that Linda hates it too; in fact, she hates a lot of her "rock"ier singles. They were the very least of her work IMO.

[Sergeant Rock]

God, how I hate "Heat Wave." I've read that Linda hates it too; in fact, she hates a lot of her "rock"ier singles. They were the very least of her work IMO.

Yeah, that single could be used as proof for snyprrr's assertion that '75 was the end of music 

Sarge

[mn dave]

Yeah, that single could be used as proof of snyprrr's assertion that '75 was the end of music 

Sarge

Nah! '82

[Sergeant Rock]

Nah! '82

There was no Emmylou album released that year. So yeah, '82, the year the music died   

Sarge

[Jay F]

There was no Emmylou album released that year. So yeah, '82, the year the music died   

Sarge

I bought all of Emmylou's records through Blue Kentucky Girl. I didn't like that one as much as the ones that came before it, and I didn't buy another of her albums until White Shoes.

For awhile, 1979 was my "Year the Music Died." Tusk was my favorite album that year, and I didn't like much else, especially The Wall. Jackson Browne's Hold Out rescued me and the music in 1980.

[Sergeant Rock]

I bought all of Emmylou's records through Blue Kentucky Girl. I didn't like that one as much as the ones that came before it, and I didn't buy another of her albums until White Shoes.

Then you missed two of her best albums: Roses in the Snow (1980) and Cimarron (1981). I think Cimarron has a great selection of covers that work superbly as a unified album. The only Emmylou record I didn't buy upon initial release was Thirteen. I somehow missed it (most Emmylou fans say I didn't miss much  )

For awhile, 1979 was my "Year the Music Died."

But '79 was a great year if only for London Calling and Van Morrison's Into the Music! And there was the Talking Heads Fear of Music, Blondie Eat to the Beat, and The B-52's (Dance this mess around!). Marianne Faithful Broken English! Ry Cooder Bop Til You Drop. Patti Smith Group Wave. And who could forget Sid Sings    1979 was the year I started to believe in popular music again.

Sarge