Favourite Albums of 1976?

1 Bob Dylan-Desire
2 Rolling Stones - Black And Blue
3 ACDC dirty deeds
4 Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
5 Temptations - Wings Of Love. totally underrated
6 James Brown-Bodyheat. JB was losing it but he still had bits of it!
7 BRIAN ENO music for films
8 Herbie Hancock - Secrets
9 GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION - mirror. not wild about this one
would also say Bryan Ferry - "Let's Stick Together" but comps are cheatin

in hindsight, the year kind of looks like a barren beachhead with the tide withdrawn, bracing itself for the tsunami of '77...

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Herbie Hancock. VERY tasty.

Not an album, but Emmylou Harris' 1976 single release of a lovely cover of Buck Owens' Together Again is one of the most gorgeous country songs I've ever heard. I like Buck's 1964 original version (the steel solo by Tom Brumley is considered one of the most beautiful ever), but I think my favorite might be Buck and Emmylou's duet recording of the song from 1979.

Bootsy's Rubber Band - Stretching Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band
David Bowie - Station to Station
Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene
Klaus Schulze - Moondawn
Rainbow - Rising
Tom Waits - Small Change

How Dare You: 10cc
The Third Reich and Roll : The Residents
Jailbreak: Thin Lizzy
Garvey's Ghost : Burning Spear
Ramones: Ramones
Warren Zevon
Royal Scam : Steely Dan
Modern Lovers
Station to Station: David Bowie

Coney Island Baby - Lou Reed (he just wants to do it for the coach)
Presence - Led Zeppelin (don't hate, it's the secret great LZ LP)
I Want You - Marvin Gaye
Amigos - Santana
Sparkle - Aretha Franklin
The Visitation - Chrome
A New World Record - Electric Light Orchestra
The Jacksons
801 Live
Clones of Dr. Funkenstein/Tales of Kidd Funkadelic - P-Funk
Spirit - Earth Wind and Fire
Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs
Now It's My Turn - Betty Carter
Wings Over America


I do have some soft spots for the FM classic rock, so I wouldn't kick the Billy Joel, Steve Miller, Bob Seger or Queen to the curb, but I probably would be a lot more selective of specific tracks rather than the entire albums.

Massive disappointment. After years of pining for a reissue it finally came in 2013... and it's not a sliver of a patch on the 4 or so lp's that followed. Didnt help I was expecting the moon in a stick.

Boston (arguably the best debut ever)
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Rush - 2112
Frampton Comes Alive
The Ramones
Hotel California
Fly Like an Eagle
Steamboat Annie
The Runaways
The Pretender - Jackson Browne
Wired - Jeff Beck
Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs
Blondie
Live: Bullet - Bob Seger
Chicken Skin Music - Ry Cooder
At the Speed of Sound - Wings
Blow Your Face Out - J Geils Band
Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
Still Live - Van der Graff Generator
Joan Armatrading
Year of the Cat - So Stewart

A pretty Dam n fine year!

Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
Eagles - Hotel California
Led Zeppelin - Presence
David Bowie - Station To Station
Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
Paul McCartney & Wings - Wings At The Speed Of Sound
Catherine Howe - Silent Mother Nature
Marvin Gaye - I Want You
Bob Marley- Rastaman Vibration
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Grand Funk Railroad - Good Singin', Good Playin'
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
Curved Air - Airborne

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I haven't paid any attention to the post-Whitfield Temps.

It's not that bad! Helios Creed brought a lot to the mix, obviously, but the LP still has some moments.

as probably so disconsolate I wasnt even paying attention properly by then

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that band's lp's are a staple of the $1 bins aroudn here, what are the go's/no go's Mr Rockmantansky?

I've listened to and can vouch for all of these being worthwhile. The top two would be the priority.


Black Market
Heavy Weather
I Sing the Body Electric
Sweetnighter
Night Passage
Mysterious Traveler