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Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
I was browsing through the Pitchfork site and came across this list and was actually surprised by how good it was. There are a lot of albums that I was very pleasantly surprised to see listed.
Top 100 Albums of the 1970s LIST: Spoiler:
What does everybody else here in the slowly dying Music Talk forum think of the list and how many do you own? I own 51 of the albums listed. |
Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
Not a single Springsteen album? :1star:
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Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
Originally Posted by Norm de Plume
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Not a single Rush album? :0star:
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Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
I think it's a really good list, I've heard all of them. Some albums I would add to the list, off the top of my head:
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town John Cale - Paris 1919 Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight |
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I think that when putting together this list they deliberately stayed away from the more mainstream hit-makers of the '70s that dominate classic rock radio, aside of course from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Van Halen etc. Most of these lists look pretty similar and I'm personally glad that acts such as Springsteen (no offense Norm de Plume) and Peter Frampton weren't included.
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Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
Originally Posted by Aegean2007
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I think it's a really good list, I have all of them. Some albums I would add to the list, off the top of my head:
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town John Cale - Paris 1919 Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight |
Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
no queen or ac/dc in there is a bit surprising
badfinger and the raspberries would of been nice too |
Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
Any list heavy on Bowie, Iggy and Can is cool with me. I've got (or have on my iPod) 46 of them I think. This is PITCHFORK after all so it's not like they were going to have lots of Springsteen and Queen. I do agree Richard and Linda Thompson would be good to see on there though...
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Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
No Zappa?
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Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
Those are 100 great albums from the 1970s, but not the 100 best albums from the 1970s.
The mere fact that it has reggae albums on it, but not a single one by Bob Marley and the Wailers instantly makes it a less-than-the-best list. |
Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
No Patti Smith?
In fact, there's a dearth of female artists on the list. |
Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
Meh...trying too hard to stray away from the conventional answers. However, the usual suspects on lists like these are usually the best anyhow though. If anyone care, my top 15 because 10 is just too hard:
1. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin 2. Darkside of the Moon - Pink Floyd 3. Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones 4. Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan 5. American Beauty - Grateful Dead 6. Physical Grafitti - Led Zeppelin 7. Exile on Main St. - Rolling Stones 8. After the Gold Rush - Neil Young 9. Cosmos Factory - CCR 10. Pronounced - Lynyrd Skynyrd 11. Who's Next - The Who 12. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen 13. Eat a Peach - Allman Brothers 14. The Wall - Pink Floyd 15. Moondance - Van Morrison |
Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
It's a good list but for me the biggest omission would be Genesis who were at their creative best at that time.
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I have these on vinyl! I think it's a solid list, but no Springsteen? C'mon 'Born to Run' is a classic album. No Tempations 'All Directions'?
099 Neil Young - After the Goldrush 095 Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti 093 Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys 083 Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power 082 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass 081 David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders from Mars 080 David Bowie - Hunky Dory 077 David Bowie - Aladdin Sane 075 Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy 073 Van Halen - Van Halen 071 James Brown - The Payback 070 Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 067 Pink Floyd - Meddle 065 Neil Young - On the Beach 060 John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band 051 Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks 049 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 041 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 037 Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True 036 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 032 Pink Floyd - The Wall 028 The Beatles - Let It Be 027 Led Zeppelin - III 020 T.Rex - Electric Warrior 018 Miles Davis - Bitches Brew 017 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain 015 The Who - Who's Next 013 Nick Drake - Pink Moon 011 Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street 010 Brian Eno - Another Green World 007 Led Zeppelin - IV 005 Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks 002 The Clash - London Calling 001 David Bowie - Low |
Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
I've got 38 of them on vinyl or CD. I would have liked to see Dire Straits and Peter Gabriel. I think I'd also include Boston, which only sounds stale today because it's ideas have been so thoroughly plundered since it came out.
I've never heard of Wire, and they have three listings. |
Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
AC/DC should have 4 albums in there. This list is complete and utter bs.
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Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
Since I didn't have anything better to do today, I made my own list of my favorite albums of the 70's, spoilered for length:
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Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
Originally Posted by nodeerforamonth
(Post 10186065)
AC/DC should have 4 albums in there. This list is complete and utter bs.
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Hotel California should be #1 (or at least on the list) because it is the only album that would please a Carpenter fan and a member of the Kiss Army. It's THAT good.
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Nice to see "Wish You Were Here" ranked higher than "Dark Side of the Moon"
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Sure you can argue with the list (like always), but there are some insanely good albums there. Weirdest thing to me is seeing them list Wire's "154". Not even in the same ballpark as "Pink Flag" and "Chairs Missing".
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Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
Originally Posted by cungar
(Post 10186216)
That's a bit of a stetch. AC/DC made 1/25th of the greatest 100 albums of the 70's?
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Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
I own almost every album on that list on CD, but it's a very strange, Pitchforky list.
Even leaving aside obvious choices like Exile, Springsteen or Sabbath, why no Willie Nelson? No Earth, Wind and Fire? One George Clinton album? No Gabriel-era Genesis? Is there really no Steely Dan on that list, arguably the definitive seventies band? Where the hell is "Close the the Edge"? Rundgren's "Something/Anything"? Only one Roxy Music album? Now, I'm starting the notice the obvious stuff... No Skynyrd? Allmans? Little Feat's "Dixie Chicken"? No Elton John record makes the list of the greatest albums of the 70s? WTF? The Ramones first album is the 23rd greatest album of the decade? Have these guys ever heard of Paul Simon? No "Night at the Opera"? ... okay now I'm getting pissed. This list is ridiculous. |
Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
Too much David Bowie.
I don't typically agree with Pitchfork so this list isn't a surprise. |
Re: Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.
Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
(Post 10186472)
Too much David Bowie.
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