Your Top 5 Favorite Rock Albums of the '70s

Started by mn dave, June 13, 2014, 08:39:10 AM

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mn dave

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
Talking Heads - Fear of Music
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men?

Yeah, that's pretty good.

George

The Clash - London Calling
Boston - Boston
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Queen - A Night At the Opera
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Sergeant Rock

American Beauty Grateful Dead

Moondance Van Morrison

Rocket to Russia Ramones

Blondie Blondie

Pearl Janis Joplin


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mn dave

I'm changing mine slightly.

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
Talking Heads - Fear of Music
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men?
Blondie - Eat to the Beat

Jay F

#5
Hasten down the Wind - Linda Ronstadt
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Who's Next - the Who
Simple Dreams - Linda Ronstadt

Karl Henning

I had to modify this list so that I had Zappa albums from the '70s, rather than the late '60s . . . .

Jethro Tull, Minstrel in the Gallery
Robert Fripp, Exposure
Zappa & The Mothers, Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Zappa & The Mothers, One Size Fits All
Fleetwood Mac, Tusk
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mn dave

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escher

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
The residents - Not available
Tim Buckley - Lorca
Michael Mantler - Hapless child
Michael Hurley - Have moicy!

NorthNYMark

#9
King Crimson, Red
UK, UK
Genesis, A Trick of the Tail
Robert Wyatt, Rock Bottom
PFM, Per Un Amico

Honorable mentions: Yes, Fragile and Relayer; Jethro Tull, Minstrel in the Gallery; every other King Crimson album from the '70s; every other Genesis album from the '70s (except Lamb Lies Down); Marianne Faithful, Broken English; Traffic, When the Eagle Flies; Van der Graaf Generator, Pawn Hearts; Kate Bush, The Kick Inside; Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water; Strawbs, Grave New World; Can, Future Days.

North Star

I feel terrible about leaving so much out (Rainbow - Rising, The Who - Who's Next, Pink Floyd, Genesis £, Thin Lizzy , Eagles - Hotel California)

Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Led Zeppelin - IV
Queen - A Night At The Opera
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Jay F

Quote from: North Star on June 13, 2014, 01:02:35 PM
I feel terrible about leaving out ... The Who - Who's Next

Thank you. I left it out, too, but your reminder allowed me to add it to my list. That period seems "still '60s" to me, I think. The '70s don't get started for me until Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road, DSOTM, Blood on the Tracks, and Born to Run.

TheGSMoeller

Quote from: Mn Dave on June 13, 2014, 08:45:23 AM
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
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First one that came to my mind, best of the 70s.

NJ Joe

"Music can inspire love, religious ecstasy, cathartic release, social bonding, and a glimpse of another dimension. A sense that there is another time, another space and another, better universe."
-David Byrne


NJ Joe

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Brian Eno - Another Green World

Yes - Close To The Edge

Zappa/Mothers - One Size Fits All

King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic

Honorable Mention:

Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
"Music can inspire love, religious ecstasy, cathartic release, social bonding, and a glimpse of another dimension. A sense that there is another time, another space and another, better universe."
-David Byrne

Mirror Image

Pretty much a repeat of my list from another thread with one Rush album substituted for another:

Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
King Crimson: Starless and Bible Black
Rush: Hemispheres
Yes: Relayer