The Bus

I eventually want to cover most of the past 50-60 years, and I guess the 70s is a logical next point.

Formatting for the lazy:


1970 : Simon & Garfunkel — Bridge Over Troubled Water
1971 : The Doors — L.A. Woman
1972 : Nick Drake — Pink Moon
1973 : Gram Parsons — G.P.
1974 : Kraftwerk — Autobahn
1975 : Neu! — Neu 75
1976 : Jorge Ben — Αfrica Brasil
1977 : Talking Heads — Talking Heads: 77
1978 : Culture — Harder Than the Rest
1979 : Pink Floyd — The Wall

Almost all of these albums I started listening to in the last 1 or 2 years (exceptions: L.A. Woman, The Wall). And some of the critically acclaimed "great" albums (Songs in the Key of Life, London Calling) I have but have only listened to a handful of times.

This list will probably be very different in a year or two, since I'll be cribbing your lists for recommendations.

Leather Face

This was tuff but here goes:
70-The Doors-Morrison Hotel
71-Jethro Tull-Aqualung
72-Black Sabbath-Vol.4
73-Lynyrd Skynyrd-Pronounced
74-The Sweet-Desolation Boulivard
75-Kiss-Alive
76-Aerosmith-Rocks
77-Starz-Violation
78-AC/DC-Powerage
79-AC/DC-Highway To Hell

Tscott

1970: Velvet Underground - Loaded
1971: Led Zepplin - IV
1972: Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
1973: Mott the Hoople - Mott
1974: Miles Davis - Get Up With It
1975: Bob Dylan - Blood On the Tracks
1976: The Ramones - The Ramones
1977: Television - Marquee Moon
1978: Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music For Airports / Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream / Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (tie)
1979: The Clash - London Calling

Sorry for 78's three-way-tie, but I can't bear it to leave any of the three off the list.

B5Erik

1970: Deep Purple - In Rock/Black Sabbath - Paranoid (Tie)
1971: Deep Purple - Fireball/Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV/Black Sabbath - Masters of Reality (Tie)
1972: Deep Purple - Machine Head
1973: Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies/Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are?/Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy (Tie)
1974: KISS - KISS
1975: Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent/KISS - Alive!/Black Sabbath - Sabotage (Tie)
1976: Boston - Boston/Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny/Aerosmith - Rocks/Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak/Thin Lizzy - Johnny The Fox (Tie)
1977: Judas Priest - Sin After Sin/Pat Travers Putting It Straight (Tie)
1978: Van Halen - Van Halen/Judas Priest - Stained Class (Tie)
1979: Van Halen - Van Halen II/Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather (Tie)

DaveWadding

1970 : Derek & the Dominos — Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
1971 : Led Zeppelin — IV/Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East [TIE]
1972 : Deep Purple — Machine Head
1973 : Pink Floyd — Dark Side of the Moon
1974 : Eagles — On the Border
1975 : KISS — Alive!/Eagles — One of These Nights[TIE]
1976 : Eagles — Hotel California/Boston — Boston[TIE]
1977 : KISS — Alive II
1978 : KISS — Ace Frehley
1979 : AC/DC — Highway to Hell

Easily my favorite decade for music. Like Erik, I could have kept going and going for 76...

rw2516

1970: James Gang -Rides Again
1971:T-Rex -Electric Warrior
1972:Neil Young -Harvest /Mott The Hoople -All The Young Dudes /Humble Pie -Smokin'
1973:Rolling Stones -Goat's Head Soup /ZZ Top -Tres Hombres
1974:Robin Trower -Bridge of Sighs /Nazareth -Rampant
1975:LED ZEPPELIN-PHYSICAL GRAFFITTI!!!!!!
1976:Ted Nugent -Free For All
1977:Alan Parsons Project -I Robot
1978:Queen -Jazz /Van Halen -Van Halen
1979:Scorpions -Love Drive

Could have put a half dozen for each year. Hard to limit.

B5Erik, nice to know Who Do We Think We Are is a favorite of someone else too.

TimJS

1970 Van Morrison Moondance
1971 Carole King Tapestry
1972 The Harder They Come (OST)
1973 Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
1974 Joni Mitchell Court And Spark
1975 Bob Dylan Blood On The Tracks
1976 The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers
1977 Elvis Costello My Aim Is True
1978 Elvis Costello This Years Model
1979 The Specials The Specials

johnbook

1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1971 - Led Zeppelin - IV
1972 - Deep Purple - Machine Head
1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon
1974 - Kiss - Kiss
1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish you were Here
1976 - Boston - Boston
1977 - Saturday Night Fever - (Soundtrack) ... Kiss - Alive II
1978 - Van Halen - Van Halen .... Foreigner - Double Vision
1979 - Scorpions - Lovedrive ... AC/DC - Highway to Hell

The Bus

Nice!

yojimbo44

1970 : Velvet Underground — Loaded
1971 : The Who — Who's Next
1972 : Steely Dan — Can't Buy a Thrill
1973 : John Cale — Paris 1919
1974 : RoxY Music — Country Life
1975 : Bob Dylan — Blood on the Tracks
1976 : Led Zeppelin — Presence
1977 : Pink Floyd — Animals
1978 : Patti Smith — Easter
1979 : Neil Young — Rust Never Sleeps

Arpeggi

1970 : The Stooges — Funhouse
1971 : Funkadelic — Maggot Brain
1972 : Miles Davis — On The Corner
1973 : Can — Future Days
1974 : Tom Waits — The Heart of Saturday Night
1975 : Bob Dylan — Blood on the Tracks
1976 : The Modern Lovers — The Modern Lovers
1977 : Television — Marquee Moon
1978 : Wire — Chairs Missing
1979 : Joy Division — Unknown Pleasures

cactusoly

1970: Black Sabbath ST
1971: Alice Cooper Killer
1972: Deep Purple Machine Head
1973: Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies
1974: Kiss Hotter Than Hell
1975: Aerosmith Toys In The Attic
1976: Aerosmith Rocks
1977: Kiss Love Gun
1978: Rainbow Long Live Rock N Roll
1979: AC/DC Highway to Hell

wishbone

1970 : Black Sabbath — Paranoid
1971 : Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin IV
1972 : David Bowie — Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars
1973 : Pink Floyd — Dark Side Of The Moon
1974 : Roxy Music — Country Life
1975 : Led Zeppelin — Physical Graffiti
1976 : Stevie Wonder — Songs In The Key Of Life
1977 : Steely Dan — Aja
1978 : The Cars — The Cars
1979 : Pink Floyd — The Wall

Mr. M

1970 : The Stooges — Funhouse
1971 : MC5 — High Time
1972 : The Rolling Stones — Exile On Main Street
1973 : The Stooges — Raw Power
1974 : New York Dolls — Too Much Too Soon
1975 : Neil Young — Tonight's the Night
1976 : The Ramones — The Ramones
1977 : The Clash — The Clash
1978 : Sonic's Rendezvous Band — Live at the Second Chance
1979 : The Clash — London Calling

Cheating perhaps on 1978, as that awesome show was officially released in 2006. Next choice would be Radio Birdman - Radios Appear

Surprised at the lack of Sabbath, Zeppelin, Faces, and Rod Stewart but it reinforces just how awesome rock n roll was in the 70s.

Supermallet

1970 : John Lennon — Plastic Ono Band
1971 : The Rolling Stones — Sticky Fingers
1972 : David Bowie — The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars/The Rolling Stones — Exile On Main St. (TIE)
1973 : Roxy Music — For Your Pleasure
1974 : The Residents — Meet The Residents/Genesis — The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (TIE)
1975 : Kiss — Alive!/Lou Reed — Metal Machine Music (TIE)
1976 : David Bowie — Station To Station
1977 : David Bowie — Low/David Bowie — "Heroes"/The Rolling Stones — Some Girls (TIE)
1978 : Van Halen — Van Halen/Elvis Costello — This Year's Model/Kate Bush — The Kick Inside/The Residents — Duck Stab (TIE)
1979 : The Clash — London Caling/David Bowie — Lodger/AC/DC — Highway To Hell/Elvis Costello — Armed Forces (TIE)

The Bus

Your 1975 section is intriguing. How many times do you listen to MMM? I mean... really.

cdollaz

1970 - Santana - Abraxas
1971 - Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
1972 - Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
1973 - Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
1974 - Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
1975 - Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
1976 - Tom Waits - Small Change
1977 - Ramones - Rocket To Russia
1978 - Van Halen
1979 - The B-52's

cdollaz

Reading thru this thread reminds me of the days where artists put out a new album every year or so. I wish that was still the case.

slop101

Pass. The problem with a list like this, for me, is that there's about 20 albums from 1971 I like a lot more than pretty much every release from 1979.

Supermallet

You'd be surprised. I have more noise CD's than most people have regular albums.

TimJS

You don't think the rest of us have similar situations?

foofighters7

1970- John Lennon- Plastic Ono Band
1971- Rolling Stones- Sticky Fingers
1972- Rolling Stones- Exile on Main St.
1973- Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
1974- Queen- Sheer Heart Attack
1975- Bob Dylan- Blood On the Tracks
1976- Tom Waits- Small Change
1977- Meatloaf- Bat Out of Hell
1978- The Band- The Last Waltz
1979- Pink Floyd- The Wall

stardog05

1970 : Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin III
1971 : The Who — Who's Next / Led Zeppelin - IV (tie)
1972 : Deep Purple — Machine Head
1973 : The Who — Quadroqhenia
1974 : Lynyrd Skynyrd — Second Helping
1975 : Queen — A Night at the Opera
1976 : Rush — 2112
1977 : The Sex Pistols — Never Mind the Bullocks / Queen - News of the World (tie)
1978 : Van Halen — Van Halen
1979 : AC/DC — Highway to Hell / The Clash - London Calling / Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes / Pink Floyd - The Wall (tie)

wendersfan

1970 : Neil Young — After the Gold Rush
1971 : The Kinks — Muswell Hillbillies
1972 : Big Star — #1 Record
1973 : Eno — Here Come the Warm Jets
1974 : Big Star — Radio City
1975 : Bob Dylan and The Band — The Basement Tapes
1976 : Warren Zevon — Warren Zevon
1977 : Television — Marquee Moon
1978 : Big Star — Third
1979 : The Clash — London Calling

wendersfan

I have the opposite problem. My second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth choices for '79 (Unknown Pleasures, Armed Forces, Entertainment!, Squeezing Out Sparks, and Metal Box) would each top nearly every other year.