Favourite Albums of 1975?
my personal ranking:
1 Neil Young - Zuma 2 Neil Young - Tonight's The Night 3 Brian Eno - Another Green World 4 Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks 5 Brian Eno - Discreet Music 6 Amon Düül II - Made In Germany 7 Kraftwerk - Radioactivity and a great year for funk. maybe THE year... Graham Central Station - Ain't No Doubt James Brown - Sex Machine Today James Brown - Everybody's Doin' The Hustle & Dead On The Double Bump Temptations - A Song For You Brass Construction - 1 Commodores - Caught in the act Commodores - Movin' On The Isley Brothers - The Heat Is On Kool and the gang - Spirit of the boogie Herbie Hancock - Manchild |
There are at least two albums better than Brian Eno - Another Green World.
And no, not by Neil Young. Which ones? Keep diggin'. :cool: |
Re: Favourite Albums of 1975?
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis? Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Steely Dan - Katy Lied Eagles - One Of These Nights Curved Air - Midnight Wire David Bowie - The Young Americans Electric Light Orchestra - Face The Music Paul McCartney & Wings - Venus And Mars The Who - By Numbers Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus Queen - A Night At The Opera John Lennon - Rock n Roll The Bee Gees - Main Course America - Hearts Black Sabbath - Sabotage Neil Young - Zuma Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac Todd Rundgren - Initiation The Carpenters - Horizon Heart - Dreamboat Annie Danny Kirwan - Second Chapter Elton John - Rock of the Westies Journey - Journey Janis Ian - Between The Lines Earth, Wind, & Fire - That's The Way Of The World |
Originally Posted by Sprague Dawley (Post 2228532)
and a great year for funk. maybe THE year...
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What else?
Agharta - Miles Davis The Case of the Three-Sided Dream in Color - Rahsaan Roland Kirk Metal Machine Music - Lou Reed Horses - Patti Smith Actions Speak Louder Than Words - Chocolate Milk Fire on the Bayou - The Meters Gratitude - Earth Wind and Fire Wake Up Everybody - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Al Green is Love A Quiet Storm - Smokey Robinson Love to Love You Baby - Donna Summer Siren - Roxy Music Discreet Music - Brian Eno First Minute of a New Day/ From South Africa to South Carolina - Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson Marcas Garvey - Burning Spear Revolution Dub - Lee Perry & the Upsetters Nighthawks at the Diner - Tom Waits We Got By - Al Jarreau Evening Star - Fripp & Eno In the Next World You're On Your Own - Firesign Theatre HM: Basement Tapes - Dylan & the Band Flood - Herbie Hancock (Japanese only until CD) |
My Favorite Top Ten:
Welcome to my Nightmare - Alice Cooper The Basement Tales - Dylan/The Band Blow By Blow - Jeff Beck Capt Fantastic & Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John One Size Fits All - Frank Zappa Katy Lied - Steely Dan Chocolate City - Parliment Why Can't We be Friends - WAR Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith Side note: This is the year were Disco first reared its ugly head... |
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Originally Posted by Sprague Dawley (Post 2228532)
and a great year for funk. maybe THE year... |
Re: Favourite Albums of 1975?
The greatest album from 1975 you've never listened to? The eponymous debut of Crack the Sky. It was named Best Debut Album of the year by Rolling Stone Magazine. It is a Prog Rock classic. They are local legends in this area but never quite ever broke through to the mainstream. They made some very good music, and are still together and recording, but that first album is fantastic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liYcJzCcs-Q |
Out of ones not yet mentioned, I'm a big fan of Mahavishnu Orchestra's Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Not as ferocious as the original lineup, but the introduction of funkier textures is most welcome. (It was a funky year indeed, even outside the genre.)
It's also the year that Fela Kuti put out Confusion, which might his band at the peak of their powers. Absolutely commanding stuff. And say what you will about Kiss, Alive! shows them most thrillingly in their element. |
Originally Posted by Rockatansky (Post 2228744)
Out of ones not yet mentioned, I'm a big fan of Mahavishnu Orchestra's Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Not as ferocious as the original lineup, but the introduction of funkier textures is most welcome. (It was a funky year indeed, even outside the genre.)
https://youtu.be/Nxs0t5xGttU https://youtu.be/e2BHlZacxNY |
Originally Posted by Jinnistan (Post 2228601)
Fire on the Bayou - The Meters
Al Green is Love Evening Star - Fripp & Eno |
Landed is one of Cans weakest albums, but it is still a Can album and so worthwhile
I could say the same for John Cales Slow Dazzle. Not his best, but still pretty good And Richard and Linda Thompson's Hokey Pokey. |
Originally Posted by Holden Pike (Post 2228701)
The greatest album from 1975 you've never listened to? The eponymous debut of Crack the Sky. It was named Best Debut Album of the year by Rolling Stone Magazine. It is a Prog Rock classic. They are local legends in this area but never quite ever broke through to the mainstream. They made some very good music, and are still together and recording, but that first album is fantastic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liYcJzCcs-Q Prog, eh? I'll definitely check it out.... Been looking for mostly female vocalists in 70s prog bands in general Thanks! |
Originally Posted by Captain Terror (Post 2228694)
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Originally Posted by Rockatansky (Post 2228744)
It's also the year that Fela Kuti put out Confusion, which might his band at the peak of their powers. Absolutely commanding stuff.
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Originally Posted by Jinnistan (Post 2228800)
That's from their 1974 album, Nightbirds.
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Originally Posted by crumbsroom (Post 2228768)
Landed is one of Cans weakest albums, but it is still a Can album and so worthwhile.
I've been missing a lot of German records because I don't have a reliable reference for release dates, so I'll have to look them up each, and that's time. I will say that Neu '75 is an obvious one. |
All of this talk of funk, and I forgot the Ohio Players' Honey.
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Originally Posted by Holden Pike (Post 2228701)
The greatest album from 1975 you've never listened to? The eponymous debut of Crack the Sky. It was named Best Debut Album of the year by Rolling Stone Magazine. It is a Prog Rock classic. They are local legends in this area but never quite ever broke through to the mainstream. They made some very good music, and are still together and recording, but that first album is fantastic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liYcJzCcs-Q Some other good albums from this year that haven't been mentioned yet: Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run Klaus Schulze - Timewind Manuel Göttsching - Inventions for Electric Guitar Rainbow - (Self-Titled) Tangerine Dream - Ricochet |
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