100 Greatest Albums of 1975

[pcqgod]

I counted around 13 that I ever owned. Probably less than 6 or 7 now.

My actual favorites of the year:

Frank Zappa – One Size Fits All
Pink Floyd – Wish you were here
Black Sabbath – Sabotage
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
Armageddon – s/t
Dictators - Go Girl Crazy
Be Bop Deluxe -- Futurama
Fleetwood Mac – s/t
Nazareth – Hair of the Dog
Emmylou Harris – Elite Hotel
King Crimson – USA
UFO – Force It
Neil Young – Tonight’s the Night
Kraftwerk – Radio-Aktivitat
Emmylou Harris – Pieces of the Sky
Tubes – s/t
Sweet – Desolation Boulevard (US)
Hatfield and the North – Rotter’s Club
Ohio Players – Honey
Sparks – Indiscreet
Frank Zappa/Captain Beefheart – Bongo Fury
Amanaz – Africa
Thin Lizzy – Fighting
Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey
Blue Oyster Cult – On your feet or on your knees
ZZ Top – Fandango!
Jeff Beck – Blow by Blow
Fela Kuti – Expensive Shit
Budgie -- Bandolier
Rush – Caress of Steel
The Kinks – Present: Schoolboys in Disgrace
Renaissance – Scheherazade and Other Stories
Queen – A Night at the Opera
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Zuma

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I counted around 13 that I ever owned. Probably less than 6 or 7 now.

My actual favorites of the year:

Frank Zappa – One Size Fits All
Pink Floyd – Wish you were here
Black Sabbath – Sabotage
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
Armageddon – s/t
Dictators - Go Girl Crazy
Be Bop Deluxe -- Futurama
Fleetwood Mac – s/t
Nazareth – Hair of the Dog
Emmylou Harris – Elite Hotel
King Crimson – USA
UFO – Force It
Neil Young – Tonight’s the Night
Kraftwerk – Radio-Aktivitat
Emmylou Harris – Pieces of the Sky
Tubes – s/t
Sweet – Desolation Boulevard (US)
Hatfield and the North – Rotter’s Club
Ohio Players – Honey
Sparks – Indiscreet
Frank Zappa/Captain Beefheart – Bongo Fury
Amanaz – Africa
Thin Lizzy – Fighting
Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey
Blue Oyster Cult – On your feet or on your knees
ZZ Top – Fandango!
Jeff Beck – Blow by Blow
Fela Kuti – Expensive Shit
Budgie -- Bandolier
Rush – Caress of Steel
The Kinks – Present: Schoolboys in Disgrace
Renaissance – Scheherazade and Other Stories
Queen – A Night at the Opera
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Zuma

There some excellent albums in there

Good lad

I saw The Tubes at Knebworth in 1978 supporting Frank Zappa, with Peter Gabriel, The Boomtown Rats and Dave Edmund's Rock Pile

Great stuff

The extended Crimso USA is superb - so much excellent material

A great ZZ Top album too - one of my faves - I saw them live once - great fun

Budgie - what great band. I saw them a couple of times once supporting Ozzy's Blizzard of Oz (the latter were so fucquing loud) and the first time in a tiny local venue in 1971. Superb

There are too many other excellent albums there to mention individually but I've no time for Queen and Jeff Beck's albums were always a disappointment

How many of those bands have you seen live or are you far too young...?!




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[pcqgod]

I counted around 13 that I ever owned. Probably less than 6 or 7 now.

My actual favorites of the year:

Frank Zappa – One Size Fits All
Pink Floyd – Wish you were here
Black Sabbath – Sabotage
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
Armageddon – s/t
Dictators - Go Girl Crazy
Be Bop Deluxe -- Futurama
Fleetwood Mac – s/t
Nazareth – Hair of the Dog
Emmylou Harris – Elite Hotel
King Crimson – USA
UFO – Force It
Neil Young – Tonight’s the Night
Kraftwerk – Radio-Aktivitat
Emmylou Harris – Pieces of the Sky
Tubes – s/t
Sweet – Desolation Boulevard (US)
Hatfield and the North – Rotter’s Club
Ohio Players – Honey
Sparks – Indiscreet
Frank Zappa/Captain Beefheart – Bongo Fury
Amanaz – Africa
Thin Lizzy – Fighting
Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey
Blue Oyster Cult – On your feet or on your knees
ZZ Top – Fandango!
Jeff Beck – Blow by Blow
Fela Kuti – Expensive Shit
Budgie -- Bandolier
Rush – Caress of Steel
The Kinks – Present: Schoolboys in Disgrace
Renaissance – Scheherazade and Other Stories
Queen – A Night at the Opera
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Zuma

There some excellent albums in there

Good lad

I saw The Tubes at Knebworth in 1978 supporting Frank Zappa, with Peter Gabriel, The Boomtown Rats and Dave Edmund's Rock Pile

Great stuff

The extended Crimso USA is superb - so much excellent material

A great ZZ Top album too - one of my faves - I saw them live once - great fun

Budgie - what great band. I saw them a couple of times once supporting Ozzy's Blizzard of Oz (the latter were so fucquing loud) and the first time in a tiny local venue in 1971. Superb

There are too many other excellent albums there to mention individually but I've no time for Queen and Jeff Beck's albums were always a disappointment

How many of those bands have you seen live or are you far too young?

Much too young to have seen any of these near their 70's peak. I caught a fun show by The Kinks at the peak of the 80's comeback. I saw Neil Young with Crazy Horse in the early 90's when his career was resurging with his grunge association. I saw the double trio formation of King Crimson in the mid-90s, which you may not consider true King Crimson but no one could deny was an incredible array of musicians. I saw Tubes in an 80's nostalgia review playing two or three of their 80's hits. Pretty disappointing knowing they had much better material, but it was nearly all of the classic lineup at least. I've seen Rush twice, Roger Waters several times, Jeff Beck with ZZ Top, Sparks as a duet, The Dictators without Andy Shernoff, UFO without Michael Schenker, Queen without Freddie Mercury, and Black Sabbath without Bill, all in this century, and for the most part the shows were very enjoyable.

[Hightea]

did this about 10 years ago
most likely more to add these days
top 60
Bob Dylan-Blood on the tracks
Pink Floyd-WishYou Were Here
Brian Eno-Another Green World
Hatfield & The North-The Rotters' Club
Steve Hillage-Fish Rising
Strawbs-Ghosts
Gentle Giant-Free Hand
Patti Smith-Horses
ELO-Face the Music
Synergy-Electronic Realizations For Rock Orchestra
Roxy Music-Siren
Soft Machine -Bundles
Roy Buchanan-Live Stock
Van Der Graaf Generator-God Bluff
Robert Wyatt-Ruth is Stranger Than Richard
Bob Marley-Live!
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso-Banco
Renaissance-Scheherazade and Other Stories
Camel-The Snow Goose
Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run
Jethro Tull-Minstrel In The Gallery
Neil Young-Zuma
Grateful Dead-Blues for Allah
Steve Hackett-Voyage of the Acolyte
Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning
Nektar-Recycled
Mike Oldfield-Omma Dawn
Magma-Live
Old and in the Way -Old and in the way
Fripp & Eno-Evening Star
Kraftwerk-Radio-Aktivität
Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music
Clearlight -Clearlight Symphony
Gong - Shamal
Kraan-Let It out
"Phil Manzanera - diamond Head"
King Crimson - USA
Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti
Brian Eno -Discreet Music
Neil Young- Tonight's the Night
Frank Zappa & Mothers - One Size Fits all
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Miles Davis -Agharta
Tangerine Dream -Ricochet
Harmonium-Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison
Hawkwind-Warrior on the Edge of Time
Quiet Sun-Mainstream
Neu! - Neu! 75
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow
Graham Parker - Howlin Wind
Harmonia-Deluxe
Return to Forever- No Mystery
Chris Squire -Fish Out of Water
McCoy Tyner-Atlantis
Kansas - Masque
Barclay James Harvest - Time Honoured Ghosts
Mahavishnu Orchestra -Visions of the Emerald Beyond
Passport -Cross-Collateral
The New Tony Williams Lifetime-Believe it
Kansas- Song for America

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I counted around 13 that I ever owned. Probably less than 6 or 7 now.

My actual favorites of the year:

Frank Zappa – One Size Fits All
Pink Floyd – Wish you were here
Black Sabbath – Sabotage
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
Armageddon – s/t
Dictators - Go Girl Crazy
Be Bop Deluxe -- Futurama
Fleetwood Mac – s/t
Nazareth – Hair of the Dog
Emmylou Harris – Elite Hotel
King Crimson – USA
UFO – Force It
Neil Young – Tonight’s the Night
Kraftwerk – Radio-Aktivitat
Emmylou Harris – Pieces of the Sky
Tubes – s/t
Sweet – Desolation Boulevard (US)
Hatfield and the North – Rotter’s Club
Ohio Players – Honey
Sparks – Indiscreet
Frank Zappa/Captain Beefheart – Bongo Fury
Amanaz – Africa
Thin Lizzy – Fighting
Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey
Blue Oyster Cult – On your feet or on your knees
ZZ Top – Fandango!
Jeff Beck – Blow by Blow
Fela Kuti – Expensive Shit
Budgie -- Bandolier
Rush – Caress of Steel
The Kinks – Present: Schoolboys in Disgrace
Renaissance – Scheherazade and Other Stories
Queen – A Night at the Opera
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Zuma

There some excellent albums in there

Good lad

I saw The Tubes at Knebworth in 1978 supporting Frank Zappa, with Peter Gabriel, The Boomtown Rats and Dave Edmund's Rock Pile

Great stuff

The extended Crimso USA is superb - so much excellent material

A great ZZ Top album too - one of my faves - I saw them live once - great fun

Budgie - what great band. I saw them a couple of times once supporting Ozzy's Blizzard of Oz (the latter were so fucquing loud) and the first time in a tiny local venue in 1971. Superb

There are too many other excellent albums there to mention individually but I've no time for Queen and Jeff Beck's albums were always a disappointment

How many of those bands have you seen live or are you far too young?

Much too young to have seen any of these near their 70's peak. I caught a fun show by The Kinks at the peak of the 80's comeback. I saw Neil Young with Crazy Horse in the early 90's when his career was resurging with his grunge association. I saw the double trio formation of King Crimson in the mid-90s, which you may not consider true King Crimson but no one could deny was an incredible array of musicians. I saw Tubes in an 80's nostalgia review playing two or three of their 80's hits. Pretty disappointing knowing they had much better material, but it was nearly all of the classic lineup at least. I've seen Rush twice, Roger Waters several times, Jeff Beck with ZZ Top, Sparks as a duet, The Dictators without Andy Shernoff, UFO without Michael Schenker, Queen without Freddie Mercury, and Black Sabbath without Bill, all in this century, and for the most part the shows were very enjoyable.

Nice post - you are making me feel absolutely ancient…!!

I only saw Neil Young solo once and that was open air at Finsbury Park supported by Pearl Jam



I'd forgotten I'd seen James and Teenage Fan Club - completely unmemorable




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I only saw Neil Young solo once and that was open air at Finsbury Park supported by Pearl Jam



I'd forgotten I'd seen James and Teenage Fan Club - completely unmemorable

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oooof!



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[pcqgod]

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I only saw Neil Young solo once and that was open air at Finsbury Park supported by Pearl Jam



I'd forgotten I'd seen James and Teenage Fan Club - completely unmemorable

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oooof!



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I love Teenage Fanclub, but the were one of the worst live acts I've ever seen.