Classis Albums of the 70s

[amethyst]

What albums would you choose as the best from the 70,s?

Hotel California-Eagles
Dark side of the Moon-Pink Floyd
Rumours-Fleetwood Mac
Aja-Steely Dan
Harvest-Neil Young
Moonflower-Santana
Yellow brick road-Elton John

[Marine Boy]

Re: Classis Albums of the 70s

'A Song for all Seasons' by Renaissance. The hit single from it was 'Northern Lights'. They were backed by an orchestra. It's still to this day one of my favourite albums.

Elton John's 'Yellow Brick Road' must surely have a place too.

[amethyst]

Re: Classis Albums of the 70s

I remember Northern Lights,was a great song

Tapestry-Carol King
Band of Gipsies-JimiHendrix
Blue-Joni Mitchel
Desire-Bob Dylan

[glam_racket]

Re: Classis Albums of the 70s

It all depends of whether I'm feeling noisy or not.

Not so noisy first....
David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
The Who - Who's Next
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Pink Floyd - The Wall

Shouty, angry young (ok, not so young) man...
Crass - Feeding of the 5000
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded
Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials

[amethyst]

Re: Classis Albums of the 70s

Year of the cat-Al Stewart
Wish you were here-Pink Floyd
Bridge over troubled waters-Simon and Garfunkel
Imagine-John Lennon

[branny]

Re: Classis Albums of the 70s

Parallel lines - Blondie
Dark side of the moon - Pink floyd
Fear of music - Talking heads
One step beyond - Madness
Replicas - Tubeway Army
Man machine - Kraftwerk
Arrival - Abba

[Abrar]

Re: Classis Albums of the 70s

From my record collection:

Genesis-Selling England by the Pound
The triple LP Woodstock Album
Deep Purple- Made in Japan
Jethro Tull- Thick as a Brick
Doobie Brothers- Minute by Minute
Yes-Relayer
Michael Jackson-Off the Wall
Wishbone Ash-There's the Rub

and of course: Aja and DSOTM

[zip55]

Re: Classis Albums of the 70s

dark side - floyd
ziggy - bowie
transformer - lou reed
piledriver - status quo
stranded - roxy music
ian hunter - ian hunter
live at max's - velvet underground
tommy - the who
slaughter on 10th ave - mick ronson
queen 1 and 2, and sheer heart attack

I could go on forever ...

[chrisredditch]

Re: Classis Albums of the 70s

Far too many to list them all - But here's a few:

Hunky Dory - David Bowie
Can't Stand the Rezillos - The Rezillos
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Never Mind the B*llocks - The Sex Pistols
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (It's so predictable but it's a great Album)
A New World Record - ELO
Rattus Norvegicus - The Stranglers
A Night at the Opera - Queen
The Kick Inside - Kate Bush
New Boots and Panties - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

[impis]

Re: Classis Albums of the 70s

Motown chartbusters, volumes 3, 4 and 5.

[goodbyetomaria]

Re: Classis Albums of the 70s

'A Song for all Seasons' by Renaissance. The hit single from it was 'Northern Lights'. They were backed by an orchestra. It's still to this day one of my favourite albums.
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One of my favourites too. Jon Camp's bass playing is tremendous on this album. The album got me through a difficult time in my life.

[battyrat]

Re: Classis Albums of the 70s

Camel, Music inspired by the Snow Goose. It has a wonderful timeless feel about it.

[Cartimand]

Re: Classis Albums of the 70s

70's eh? Best decade for music by a mile!
Some of my favourites:

Confessions of Doctor Dream - Kevin Ayers
Nursery Cryme - Genesis
Schwingungen - Ash Ra Tempel
Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
Once Again - Barclay James Harvest
Par Les Fils de Mandrin - Ange
Demons and Wizards - Uriah Heep
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
In the Wake of Poseidon - King Crimson
Ricochet - Tangerine Dream
Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield
The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other - Van Der Graaf Generator
Close to the Edge - Yes
HQ - Roy Harper
Mirage - Camel
Space Ritual - Hawkwind

[battyrat]

Re: Classis Albums of the 70s

Great list and I can add so many more to it like Jethro Tull's living in the past and Crimsons Larks tongues, Caravans land of grey and pink, both of the Hatfield and the North's albums just for starters.

[Cartimand]

Re: Classis Albums of the 70s

Indeed. I think I've seen Tull live more than any other band, but thought I'd only name one album from each of my favourite bands in my list.