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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAlright, let's talk about stuff that matters. What's your favorite album of the 70s?
Yeah, I know: Not this again.
Alright, lets stop fucking around and talk about stuff that matters. Whats your favorite album of the 70s? Ill start:
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Moostache
(9,895 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(56,904 posts)maybe it belongs in the category of "best eight-track of the 70s."
Cartoonist
(7,298 posts)You've probably heard it.
Danascot
(4,664 posts)lastlib
(22,981 posts)None better, any decade, any year.
lark
(23,004 posts)One of the best albums of all time and I was the completely lucky duck who got to see the premier of this (never heard a lick of it before then) at one of the last days of the Fillmore in SF. Oh yeah, I was also on acid and sat in the 6th row from the stage - mind blown and laughing with delight. Nothing can top that magical night and the awesome music they played. Money started it off and man oh man Floyd could really do sound & visuals right!
Cartoonist
(7,298 posts)It ran on a wire from the back of the arena and flew down onstage into an explosion. In later shows they replaced the rocket with a bed.
dchill
(38,324 posts)So many great albums from that decade but DSotM stands above the rest.
csziggy
(34,120 posts)Close second place is the soundtrack of the movie "FM" - a two disc album with a ton of great songs:
Side One
"FM (No Static at All)" - Steely Dan 4:52
"Night Moves" - Bob Seger 3:27
"Fly Like an Eagle" - Steve Miller Band 3:04
"Cold as Ice" - Foreigner 3:20
"Breakdown" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 2:44
"Bad Man" - Randy Meisner 2:38
Side Two (Order of songs on inside jacket show side three songs before side two songs)
"Life in the Fast Lane" - Eagles 4:46
"Do It Again" - Steely Dan 5:54
"Lido Shuffle" - Boz Scaggs 3:42
"More Than a Feeling" - Boston 4:45
Side Three
"Tumbling Dice" - Linda Ronstadt 4:51 (Live Version)
"Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" - Linda Ronstadt 4:15 (Live Version)
"Livingston Saturday Night" - Jimmy Buffett 3:10
"There's a Place in the World for a Gambler" - Dan Fogelberg 5:41
"Just the Way You Are" - Billy Joel 4:49
Side Four
It Keeps You Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers 4:13
"Your Smiling Face" - James Taylor 2:43
"Life's Been Good" - Joe Walsh 8:05
"We Will Rock You" - Queen 2:04
"FM - Reprise" - Steely Dan 2:54
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_(soundtrack)
Stuart G
(38,365 posts)And I never listened to it...information for others like me...........................................
The Dark Side of the Moon... is the eighth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973 by Harvest Records. Primarily developed during live performances, the band premiered an early version of the record several months before recording began.
Cartoonist
(7,298 posts)Time
Us and Them
Easily found on YouTube
Miguelito Loveless
(4,438 posts)Annie Halsam had a vocal range that made her the female Freddie Mercury
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,777 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(4,438 posts)lastlib
(22,981 posts)Annie Haslam's voice is AMAZING!! I'm not one to take anything away from Stevie Nicks or Linda Ronstadt, but IMHO, Annie can out-sing 'em all.
Exhibit A:
"Ashes Are Burning"
Miguelito Loveless
(4,438 posts)but she isn't in the same league as Haslam. Rondstadt is a very good singer, but Haslam's has a range of five freakin' ocatives. I do not understand how Madonna, a competent singer at best, is more famous than Annie, whose talent dwarfs her.
NBachers
(17,007 posts)lastlib
(22,981 posts)Check out "Mother Russia"--a song that will haunt you! (in a good way!) Dedicated to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
malthaussen
(17,066 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
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Bohemian Rhapsody remains one of the most influential and iconic classic rock songs in history.
DBoon
(22,288 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(56,904 posts)The chain is long gone, of course.
What? They're still around?
https://www.peachesrecordcrates.com/pages/our-story
More:
The huge chain record store was a joy to visit.
August 18, 2011
By Matt Rowe, Columnist
Years ago, in a time when record stores ruled areas of your hometown, a large behemoth of a store was formed. Known widely, Peaches Records & Tapes was created to be more than those local small record shopsit was designed to swallow them whole.
The goal? To be the one place that you would ever need to go to get all of your music, and anything related to it. Peaches Records & Tapes had a store in just about every large city across America. Finding one wasnt hard. One you had the general location of one, it could easily be spotted by the large wooden LP cover constructs that adorned the building.
....
Peaches Records & Tapes was not the only chain in existence. There were many. But none held the sway that Peaches held over the years when they were open. But change is a bitch. Eventually, the chain underwent bankruptcy before closing their doors for good. What they left behind were the shells of their housing, and a multiplicity of warm feelings from those who used to haunt their aisles. I was one of them.
I miss Peaches Records & Tapes.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)in the University District of Seattle when I went to the U of W, it was a marvelous place!
hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)Rumours-- Fleetwood Mac
The Dark Side of the Moon-- Pink Floyd
Songs in the Key of Life--Stevie Wonder
After the Gold Rush--Neil Young
What's Going On--Marvin Gaye
Let it Be--the Beatles
Innervisions--Stevie Wonder
Layla --Derek and the Dominoes (Eric Clapton)
ahh, hell, there are too many. It was an entire decade after all.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)down the memory tubes. Earth, Wind and Fire.
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Rustynaerduwell
(646 posts)Van Morrison for serenity; The Who for the opposite of serenity.
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,485 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(9,777 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)revmclaren
(2,488 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,548 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Their following albums where great and the electronic stuff that Bill Nelson did later on is very innovative as well. True artists!
Ohiogal
(31,671 posts)Dark Side of the Moon
A Night at the Opera
Led Zeppelin IV
And many of the above mentioned
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Skittles
(152,967 posts)Glorfindel
(9,706 posts)but it was released in 1970, which was actually the last year of the 60's, so doesn't qualify. I guess I'd have to go with Pink Floyd's "The Wall," released in 1979. But seriously, folks, if you haven't listened to side 2 of "Tap Root Manuscript," please do so as soon as possible. It's absolutely fabulous and unique.
skypilot
(8,848 posts)That's the Way of the World by Earth, Wind and Fire
Ask Rufus by Rufus and Chaka Khan
City to City by Gerry Rafferty
The Figment
(494 posts)Welcome Back my Friends to the show that never ends...Ladies and Gentlemen Emerson Lake and Palmer
Best live album of the 70's...even better live,seen them 4 times,71,73,78 and 89
IcyPeas
(21,747 posts)malthaussen
(17,066 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Cartoonist
(7,298 posts)Mick Taylor was driven out, and that was the end of the Stones.
Scoopster
(423 posts)I'm a younger Stones fan, and Steel Wheels was one of my favorite albums going into middle school. It's still one of my favorite Stones albums - not nearly as macho as Exile but still really good.
Uben
(7,719 posts)Still listen to it often!
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)AJT
(5,240 posts)Docreed2003
(16,817 posts)Coventina
(26,874 posts)10: BB King - Live at Cook County Jail
9: Gang of Four - Entertainment
8: Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
7. John Prine - Self Titled
6. Devo - Are We Not Men?
5. Roxy Music - Siren
4. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
3. The Cars - The Cars
2. Parliament - Mothership Connection
1. Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Exress
lastlib
(22,981 posts)especially Autobahn! I wore that one out!
Trailrider1951
(3,409 posts)Their very best album, 1977:
RobinA
(9,878 posts)I thought I was the only person who had this album. I wasnt even a Tull fan, I bought it based on a Rolling Stone review. I LOVE it.
zanana1
(6,085 posts)PBC_Democrat
(401 posts)Every song was a mini rock opera
Paradise was the last song played at clubs all over the world for years
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)Some of the greatest guitar riffs in rock and roll!
But, Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd is a very close second.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)LeftInTX
(24,560 posts)hurl
(931 posts)For me, this is Pink Floyd's best work, even better than Dark Side.
Upthevibe
(7,884 posts)Rumors - Fleetwood Mack
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Hotel California - The Eagles
Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
London Calling - The Clash
Born to Run - The Boss
Tapestry - Carol King
Harvest - Neil Young
The Cars - The Cars
malthaussen
(17,066 posts)Last edited Fri Sep 27, 2019, 02:04 PM - Edit history (1)
jayfish
(10,035 posts)Close 2nd...
Botany
(70,291 posts)Downstairs at danny's all-star joint
They got a juke box that goes doyt-doyt
The vice is nice, they stay in the back all day
But when the nighttime comes, hey-hey
There's this cat down there that makes a bad kinda soup
I come around struttin' my luck in my shoop coupe
Cecil gives me coffee
And he won't never take my coin
I say, "I got thirty dollars in my pocket!
Whatchoo doin'?"
redstatebluegirl
(12,264 posts)FM123
(10,050 posts)I was a kid in high school and I loved almost every album that came out that year.
Frampton Comes Alive, Boston, Leftoverture, Fly Like an Eagle, Hotel California, and so many more...
lkinwi
(1,477 posts)klook
(12,134 posts)One of the most innovative jazz albums of all time, this is a dramatic meld of electronic music, improvised jazz, and funk. Along with kindred albums Crossings and Sextant, Mwandishi serves as a bridge between Herbie's much more well known (and way more commercially successful) albums Fat Albert Rotunda and Headhunters.
Mwandishi comes out of the same milieu as Miles Davis's Bitches Brew, Jack Johnson, and other rock-influenced albums, as well as John McLaughin's Mahavishnu Orchestra projects, the early Weather Report records, and a handful of other recordings that created bold new paths for jazz during that time.
There are plenty of other records I could name from this decade in various genres, but this one still sounds fresher than most.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)klook
(12,134 posts)Looks like you and I killed this thread with jazz.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...and Mingus' *Let My Children Hear Music* should be added to the list...
Falcata
(156 posts)Initech
(99,915 posts)Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)
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consider_this
(2,194 posts)That first album!! Nothing like it at the time and their best IMO.
Love all the stuff posted here!! How to pick a fav - no way!
consider_this
(2,194 posts)totally JAMS!!!
DFW
(54,057 posts)Hands down
If one could translate the word "serenity" into a musical track, it would be be the last track on this album
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,904 posts)DFW
(54,057 posts)This absolutely floored me when it came out. For a while, between 1975 and 1977, I used to do occasional concerts (before my top brass reminded me I was expected to wok for a living) in Germany in venues that wanted Leo Kottke but could only afford me. I had to quickly admit to myself that I would never be as good as Leo Kottke, and would have to be content to worship his playing from afar. But I have heard him live often enough to know that he really can do magic. How else can you sound like you have eight hands, playing four guitars at once, when you really only have two hands, and there is only one guitar?
spooky3
(34,303 posts)kozar
(2,037 posts)I have 4 "go to" albums, Led IV , Aqualung, Beatles White Album, and JC Superstar with original cast.
Koz
Prosper
(761 posts)that should have been 1975 album of the year instead of Still Crazy After All These Years. I was driving to Florida when I heard the upsetting announcement and still upsets me!!!
The Polack MSgt
(13,159 posts)On of the very best hard rock albums of all time
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA2K7Uhu9TwBT9pXhKuBnoOscWcugmU7w
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,904 posts)I love the Hipgnosis cover.
That gives me an idea....
Midnight Writer
(21,548 posts)OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)Damn the Torpedoes: The original review in Rolling Stone raved that it was the "album we've all been waiting for that is, if we were all Tom Petty fans, which we would be if there were any justice in the world."
NNadir
(33,368 posts)This album basically represents to me the transition from the 1970's - which were personally awful for me - to the 1980's, which were much better for me personally.
Tikki
(14,539 posts)1976: THE RAMONES..The Ramones..most influential for me.
1978: This Year's Model...Elvis Costello and the Attractions...best album.
1979: GI...The Germs..my most listened to 70's album throughout all these years.
Tikki
OAITW r.2.0
(23,862 posts)This hit me like a 2 x 4 to the noggin. One of the best live recordings captured the Dead at their original peak.
NoPasaran
(17,291 posts)And several hundred others of course. There were so many great albums from the Seventies that picking a favorite is just pointless to me.
Blood on the Tracks though is on my very short list of albums that I wish I could hear again for the first time.
miyazaki
(2,221 posts)The Rush masterpiece.
mulsh
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JimGinPA
(14,811 posts)Among others
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)My other top choices have been mentioned here, several times. But this album (fronted by teenaged Sammy Hagar and produced by Ted Templeton) paved the way for Van Halen, and it's a blast from start to finish.