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What's the standout record of the 1970s?

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by kissinginkansas

I say it's 'Another Music in a Different Kitchen'.

kissinginkansas | 25 Jul '08, 11:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i say

you're so wrong. Do you mean standout as in era-defining? In which case it would be Hotel California (US) or Never Mind The Bollocks (UK).


Not really.

More just which you think's the best. Hotel California's rubbish.


you're right

Hotel California is rubbish. Just era-defining.


fuck you

it's brilliant


Ride A White Swan?

Fuck knows.


Rush - 2112

Seriously.


it is definitely top 10

in my eyes


actually

i've changed my mind. i think i prefer hemispheres to 2112. sorry.


Hmm, I see where you're coming from.

It's a close call for me, but I think 2112 just pips it.


Raw Power

Iggy & the Stooges

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters

I'm just sayin ones I enjoy alot.


Physical Graffiti -Led Zep

Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols

Master of Reality - Black Sabbath

They're my favourites


for me it's

Nick Drake - Pink Moon


or else

David Bowie - Low
Pink Floyd - Darkside Of The Moon


David Bedford

10,000 metres, 1973 - 1977. Used to run 200 miles a week while training. What a hero !


^^^ off course Funhouse

Im having serious doubts about alot of people on this forum, the dodgy stuff I am seeing listed here


Boring suggestions, but...

Horses
Songs in the key of life
London Calling
most Bowie
Before and after science


Psychedelic Shack by the Temptations

And Live at the Witch Trials by The Fall


shame that gaucho was released in 1980 as that would be my pick but otherwise:

1973: Countdown to Ecstasy
1974: Pretzel Logic
1975: Katy Lied
1976: The Royal Scam
1977: Aja


^

these!


What a question!

I'd have to go for Exile On Main Street.

Marquee Moon, Loaded and Blood On The Tracks would be all be up there though.

Thinking about it, i don't think you could possibly pick one!


rumours


yeah!!!!!!

rumours of course! man all the punks missed out on some good shit in 77 didn't they


rush

a farewell to kings was 77 too


^ its Rumours for sure

also, any Steely Dan record


third by soft machine

is amazing


Neil Young - Harvest

King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic

Queen - A Night At The Opera

J Tull - Thick as a Brick

John Martyn - Solid Air

Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman (unless that was 60's)

Camel - Flight of the Snow Goose

Good call on Rumours poptimus, and Pink Moon baron!


i heart solid air

so much that I actually think my heart grows every time i hear it. flawless album.


I knew there would be some love out there somewhere

it's my no.1 bathtime music album.


Born to Run

by Springsteen. Obviously. 1975 so bang in the middle of the decade too.

There were loads of amazing records released in the 70's. Erm, like any other decade since people started making albums really.


darkness on the edge of town

is fucking amazing too. oh man, the 70s was so great...


shit I forgot about that one

only recently got into it, it took a while to de-cynicalise my soul and enjoy the drama and passion and bravado


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_in_music#Albums_released

so much good stuff that isnt boring punk rock in 77, saturday night fever soundtrack! chic s/t! tejas! cat scratch fever!


Ziggy Stardust

Roxy Music's debut
Joni Mitchell - Blue
or maybe Led Zeppelin IV


Stooges - Funhouse

(can't understand why people on this forum keep going on about Raw Power this is clearly 100x better, in fact it is the 2nd best album ever)

David Bowie - Low
Television - Marquee Moon
Sex Pistols - NMTB
Ramones - Ramones


Marquee Moon

Suicide


mine are

blood on the tracks - dylan
desire - dylan
Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
4 Way Street - CSNY


Personally...

Bowie-Low
Eno-Before And After Science
Nick Drake-Bryter Later, Five Leaves Left


Hot pants

James Brown


^

this is going to be the first dance at my wedding. for real.


Boston

First album. Not a duff track in sight.


I like you !

You're silly !


Tiger Feet

everyone knows it, everyone loves it.
That's right!


Q: Are we not men?

A: We are DEVO


I might get laughed at

but for me it's Dark Side of the Moon.


onknown pleasures

or are we not men? we are devo


ok if it's

favourite you're after, mine is Wigwam - Being.


...

77, More Songs, Fear of Music, Marquee Moon, Hunky Dory, Low, Ziggy, London Calling, Bollocks, Modern Lovers, Funhouse, Tago Mago, Entertainment, Pink Flag, Rumours, Blood on the Tracks, Desire, After the Gold Rush, Bryter Layter, Parallel Lines, This Year's Model.

Off the top of my head.


...

The Specials and Ramones S/T's as well.


I go with most of all these ^

Looking back Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" seemed phenomenally huge with the masses. For me it was: "Coney Island Baby" by Lou Reed

Notable mentions:

Deep Purple "Fireball"

Stones "Exile On Main Street"

Ramsey Lewis "Sungoddess"

Frank Zappa "Over-Nite Sensation, Apostrophe and Bongo Fury"


But surely "Dark Side Of The Moon" defined that decade

and

The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust

Ram


Band On The Run

Blood On The Tracks

After The Flood

Harvest


Roxy Music

Court And Spark

J Giels Band "Full House"

Bowie's Low

Transformer

Talking Heads 77

Most of the really standout stuff I didn't discover until the 80's or 90's like:

The Residents
Television
Sex Pistols
Clash
Stooges


...

I'd say 'Low' is probably the defining album of the decade but my personal favourite would probably be 'Rumours'.


Darkside is a good record, not a great one though

I guess it must have been pretty groundbreaking in it's cohesiveness and use of samples at the time though. I think I would consider Camel - Moonmadness better at achieving a similar thing, even it if could be considered a little derrivative.


....

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Van Halen - Van Halen II
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap


Stooges 'Stooges'

is better than fun house or raw power - i think it's their most sophisticated AND primal album...drug music all the way


Low


Tough one...

But I would say one of the three below-

David Bowie- Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
Brian Eno- Here Come the Warm Jets
Stooges- Fun House

All brilliant, groundbreaking albums that are completely listenable all the way through.


It has to be:

Bob Dylan - Blood on the tracks. Best album of that or any other decade ever.
Honourable mention to Television - marquee moon, Led Zep IV and physical grafitti, Bowie - Hunky Dory.


good call

good call


Exile in Main Street

Hotel California
Never Mind the Bollocks
Rumours


Exile, totally forgot about that. How could I?

What a fucking record.


...

...Warm Jets is an album I couldn't really get in to. Not massive on Eno generally really despite having fingers in the same pies I like (TH's, DB). Not bothered about Zep or any prog stuff really. Bunch of arse that sounds utterly dated if you ask me. 'Marquee Moon' is a brilliant album. Sounds like a 70's album yet also feels really fresh and vital now.


A commendably pointless exercise

I'd go for Robert Wyatt, 'Rock Bottom'


Led Zep 4


it's got to be

EXILE ON MAIN STREET

honourable mentions:
unknown pleasures
funhouse
raw power
london calling
the clash
blood on the tracks


duh

Who's Next


i'm not quite sure what it is

but i reckon The Best Album Ever was made in the 70s


What...

*THE* stand out album of the 1970s? the *ONE AND ONLY* stand out album of the *ENTIRE* decade?

NRGH! Threads like this annoy me. As if you can boil down the musical acheivements of 10 years into one album. Total bollock.

And don't reply with the cop out response of "oh its so we all talk about music" - no, that's rubbish. It's so people can look as if they know lots more about 70s music than they actually do, to impress people who give a shit what they think

NRGH.


*bollocks

shit, I can't even rant right.


^^^

votes for rumorus


not having a good day?

I have never ever got annoyed with a thread


yeah, it's been a quiet one, and I miss my gf

but i do often get annoyed with threads here. Like the "Will the beatles ever be surpassed?" one. God, that one made me wanna go drown things.


i think people start these

threads to try and wind people up.
Anyway hope your weekend is better. I have spent all day in a boiling hot office


stay off

the fuckin thread if it annoys u so much. jesus


ramones

ramones ramones ramones ramones ramones


it is too hard to decide

but for me it is probably one of these

parliament - mothership connection/clones of dr funkenstein
sly and the family stone - fresh
funkadelic - maggot brain
david bowie - hunky dory/low
led zeppelin - III/IV/houses of the holy/physical graffiti
rush - hemispheres
t. rex - electric warrior
queen - sheer heart attack

i think i just love the 70s.


Dark Side Of The Moon

By a mile. I also love...

John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
T.Rex - Electric Warrior
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
Magazine - Real Life
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Led Zeppelin - IV
David Bowie - Hunky Dory/Ziggy Stardust/Low/"Heroes"
Lou Reed - Berlin
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left/Bryter Layter
The Doors - LA Woman
Tim Buckley - Starsailor
Can - Flow Motion
Japan - Adolescent Sex
Ultravox - Ultravox
Mick Ronson - Slaughter On 10th Avenue
King Crimson - Islands
Tangerine Dream - Phaedre
Gong - You


Raw Power

Satori
Entertainment!
Is This Real?


Marquee Moon

Just kind of sums up everything good about the 70's.


.

Tago Mago
Neu!
Unknown Pleasures
Germ-Free Adolescents
Phaedra
The Man Machine
Pink Moon
Songs Of Love And Hate
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
Metal Box
The Undertones
Ramones
Roxy Music


Hmmm.

The Who -Live at Leeds.


thats a very good list

you have done well old man ;)

The Man Machine being a personal favourite.