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Best Album of the 70s
Nominations if you will. I'm thinking about doing this.
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Big Star's #1 Record
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dark side of the moon
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IV
Let it Be |
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Exile on Main Street
Houses of the Holy |
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Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here
Zeppelin IV AC/DC - High Voltage |
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i just recently began getting into floyd, wow. I purchased Wish You Were Here recently, another great album. Today at Best Buy I was extremely close to buying Saucerful of Secrets but didn't. Was this a mistake?
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Throwing out another
Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
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Big Star's #1 Record [/ QUOTE ] Trying to be different... Nick Drake - Pink Moon All I'm doing is supplying the albums that are going out first round, aren't I? |
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DSOTM
The Wall Rumours The Cars Damn the Torpedos (Think that was 79?) |
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Yes, you are. But I dislike Nick Drake so he might not get in.
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Tom Petty, nice. Yeah, 1979. "Don't Do Me Like That" rocks.
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The Clash : London Calling (1979) http://pitchforkmedia.com/top/70s/015.gif The Who: Who's Next (1971) http://pitchforkmedia.com/top/70s/009.gif Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures (1979) |
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Zepplin four wasn't even in their top three albums. Just admit you all bought it first because it had Stairway on it. I did. It's okay.
A few others to consider: The Clash - The Clash Led Zepplin - HotH or II (I lean towards HotH) Tom Waits - Small Change Bob Marley - Catch a Fire Funkadelic - Maggot Brain Elvis Costello - My Aim is True There are lots more, but I won't go on. PeeWee |
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Good picks.
[ QUOTE ] Zepplin four wasn't even in their top three albums. Just admit you all bought it first because it had Stairway on it. I did. It's okay. [/ QUOTE ] This is incorrect. Just because you've heard 5/8 songs 4,000 times on the radio doesn't make them bad songs. Song for song it is probably their best album. I typically put Physical Graffiti and Houses of the Holy ahead of it, but it never leaves the top three IMO. It doesn't have a bad moment on it. |
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Hmm, ones that haven't been mentioned yet:
Birds of Fire The Inner Mounting Flame Led Zeppelin III (or maybe it was mentioned) |
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Led Zepplin - HotH or II (I lean towards HotH) [/ QUOTE ] Led Zeppelin II was released in 1969. |
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Good picks. [ QUOTE ] Zepplin four wasn't even in their top three albums. Just admit you all bought it first because it had Stairway on it. I did. It's okay. [/ QUOTE ] This is incorrect. Just because you've heard 5/8 songs 4,000 times on the radio doesn't make them bad songs. Song for song it is probably their best album. I typically put Physical Graffiti and Houses of the Holy ahead of it, but it never leaves the top three IMO. It doesn't have a bad moment on it. [/ QUOTE ] I disagree. I also don't listen to classic rock radio, so I don't think that's the reason. Sure, there aren't any truly bad songs on the album, but I've never felt that Misty Mountain Hop or Battle of Evermore are all that interesting. You take an album like Houses, and even the lesser known tracks are a bit more interesting. Some people complain that they are being 'riffed to death' on these but I contend that they have more interesting melodies and the overall atmosphere of the album is better. I'd put Houses, II, Physical Graffiti and maybe Coda ahead of IV. Call me crazy. I think I and III are close too. PeeWee |
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[ QUOTE ] Led Zepplin - HotH or II (I lean towards HotH) [/ QUOTE ] Led Zeppelin II was released in 1969. [/ QUOTE ] Christ, I guess I just think of LZ as such a quintessential 70's band, I forgot. PeeWee |
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Zepplin four wasn't even in their top three albums. Just admit you all bought it first because it had Stairway on it. I did. It's okay. A few others to consider: The Clash - The Clash Led Zepplin - HotH or II (I lean towards HotH) Tom Waits - Small Change Bob Marley - Catch a Fire Funkadelic - Maggot Brain Elvis Costello - My Aim is True There are lots more, but I won't go on. PeeWee [/ QUOTE ] Zeppelin IV is an excellent album, even without Stairway. RnR, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop and When the Levee Breaks would be standouts on any other Led Zeppelin album. I believe II was released late in '69, so it does not apply. Also, Physical Grafitti is the best album of the 70's. |
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Zeppelin IV [/ QUOTE ] |
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[ QUOTE ] Good picks. [ QUOTE ] Zepplin four wasn't even in their top three albums. Just admit you all bought it first because it had Stairway on it. I did. It's okay. [/ QUOTE ] This is incorrect. Just because you've heard 5/8 songs 4,000 times on the radio doesn't make them bad songs. Song for song it is probably their best album. I typically put Physical Graffiti and Houses of the Holy ahead of it, but it never leaves the top three IMO. It doesn't have a bad moment on it. [/ QUOTE ] I disagree. I also don't listen to classic rock radio, so I don't think that's the reason. Sure, there aren't any truly bad songs on the album, but I've never felt that Misty Mountain Hop or Battle of Evermore are all that interesting. You take an album like Houses, and even the lesser known tracks are a bit more interesting. Some people complain that they are being 'riffed to death' on these but I contend that they have more interesting melodies and the overall atmosphere of the album is better. I'd put Houses, II, Physical Graffiti and maybe Coda ahead of IV. Call me crazy. I think I and III are close too. PeeWee [/ QUOTE ] Crank your stereo to eleven, and listen to Misty Mountain Hop (or When the Levee Breaks). That drumming is powerful on there. You probably don't like Battle of Evermore because it isn't a rock 'n' roll song. |
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The Wall.
Honorable Mention: 'Rumours' and 'Court and Spark' (C&S was inspiration for Zep III, btw) |
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The Wall was released in the 70's? (nevermind)
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Off The Wall - MJ
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Black Sabbath- Volume 4
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No love for "Born To Run"?
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Cheap Trick- 'Live at Budokan' http://www.cheaptrick.com/images/recpic4a.jpg [/ QUOTE ] I went to St. Patricks' Catholic Churchs' block party in Chicago 4 or 5 years ago. They had a band on later that night. Just a local band named Cheap Trick. Outstanding show. |
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this is in the same vein as the "greatest mc" poll: there are probably at least 10 right answers. the 70s were amazing for music.
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Pink Floyd is truly awesome. I think everyone should own every Floyd album. Did you see them kick some ass at Live 8? Damn, Gilmour is like 64 years old now or something, and he can still belt out the tunes. (Now you know where my 2+2 name comes from.)
My picks are of course DSoTM and The Wall... but I'd also like to mention Meddle and Animals, they are also fantastic albums that don't get the attention they deserve I feel (of course, that's probably because they're a bit in the shadow of the other Pink Floyd masterpieces of that era). Echoes is just an amazing song. I can't see any band today pulling off a 23 1/2 minute masterpiece like that. |
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London Calling (1979)
It's also the best album of the 80s. (The American release was January 1980, I think. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]) Pick your favorite Beatles album for best album of the 60s. |
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Perhaps not the best, but clearly underrated:
The Police, Regatta de Blanc (1979). Fantastic record. Some others not already mentioned: Hotel California (Eagles) Never mind the bollocks (Sex Pistols) Mothership Connection (Parliament) Natty Dread (Bob Marley & the Wailers) Rocks (Aerosmith) enough for now. |
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i know it won't get many votes, but i want to throw head hunters into the mix.
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