Favorite albums of the year

Fat Freddy wrote:

I own a whopping four (!) 1973 releases - Led Zep's Houses of the Holy, Alice's Billion Dollar Babies, Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd and Aerosmith's debut.

They're all quality of course, but I've had the Aerosmith album the longest and have probably played it more times than all of the other three combined, so it gets the win.

And those are good releases to have. I'm not a Pink Floyd fan tho.

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

manny wrote:

1972 it would be

Deep Purple- Machine Head- Just pure class

Alice Cooper- School's Out- a very diverse album and probably the most diverse album of their career.

This is another Cooper album that I should like the whole thing of but as I was skimming threw it the other day just to get a quick refresh of it I remembered why I didn't care for most of it. Like you said, its very diverse but I don't think its diverse in a good way. Some stuff just does nothing for me. Of course the opening track is a huge favorite but maybe 2 or 3 more songs and thats it for me on that album.

I have to disagree I think its diversity is the album's strength and show how much skill this band had as musicians, something people forget since they were busy focusing on Alice's antics on stage.

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

And those are good releases to have. I'm not a Pink Floyd fan tho.

I've never been more than a casual Floyd fan myself -- I don't go chasing down their albums -- but if they happen to cross my path on the cheap I pick them up. The only ones I have at the moment are Dark Side... and Animals.

Now things are starting to pick up, at least for me. I'm sure SD has a bigger list tho

1974

Aerosmith- Get Your Wings
Blue Oyster Cult- Secret Treaties
David Bowie- Diamond Dogs
Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Judas Priest- Rocka Rolla
Kiss- S/T
Kiss- Hotter Than Hell
Thin Lizzy- Night Life

The Doobie Brothers - What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits (my first LP)
Rush - Rush
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
Camel - Mirage
Deep Purple - Burn
Yes - Relayer
Jethro Tull - War Child
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
Queen - Queen II
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
King Crimson - Red
Kansas - Kansas
Nektar - Down To Earth
Eloy - Floating
Focus - Hamburger Concerto
Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Budgie - In For The Kill
UFO - Phenomenon
Bad Company - Bad Company
Buffalo - Only Want You For Your Body
Hawkwind - Hall Of The Mountain Grill
Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla
Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
Electric Light Orchestra - El Dorado
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night
Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Utopia
Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
Thin Lizzy - Nightlife
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three

It's got to be Phenomenon by UFO. Michael Schenker joins and magic happens. They get a little better later on, but obviously Rock Bottom and Doctor Doctor end up being their most popular songs.

Doctor Doctor is the only song i ever heard of theirs

KISS - S/T
KISS - Hotter Than Hell
Rush - S/T
UFO - Phenomenon
Thin Lizzy - Nightlife

Damn it way way too many, but ok

Queen II

and Deep Purple-Burn

Lari wrote:

It's got to be Phenomenon by UFO. Michael Schenker joins and magic happens. They get a little better later on, but obviously Rock Bottom and Doctor Doctor end up being their most popular songs.

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

Doctor Doctor is the only song i ever heard of theirs

I know absolutely nothing of this band. I've probably heard those 2 songs a couple times but remember nothing of them.

I gotta go with KISS' 2 1974 releases. They're the only albums I have that were released that year.

Once again, I own a big fat four (!) releases from 1974...and two of them are by KISS

KISS - s/t and Hotter than Hell
Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla
Aerosmith - Get Your Wings

I gotta go with the KISS debut cuz it's still one of my favorite albums to this day.

007 wrote:

Lari wrote:

It's got to be Phenomenon by UFO. Michael Schenker joins and magic happens. They get a little better later on, but obviously Rock Bottom and Doctor Doctor end up being their most popular songs.

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

Doctor Doctor is the only song i ever heard of theirs

I know absolutely nothing of this band. I've probably heard those 2 songs a couple times but remember nothing of them.

Same here

manny wrote:

Damn it way way too many, but ok

Queen II

and Deep Purple-Burn

List what you want, theres no limits look at SD lol

Fat Freddy wrote:

Once again, I own a big fat four (!) releases from 1974...and two of them are by KISS

KISS - s/t and Hotter than Hell
Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla
Aerosmith - Get Your Wings

I gotta go with the KISS debut cuz it's still one of my favorite albums to this day.

and those 4 are great

1975

Aerosmith- Toys In The Attic
Alice Cooper- Welcome To My Nightmare
Kiss- Dressed To Kill
Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffitti
Queen- A Night At The Opera
Richie Blackmores Rainbow- S/T
Thin Lizzy- Fighting

Welcome To My Nightmare would be the last really great Alice Cooper album for a while.
I remember when I really got into Aerosmith back in Junior High. I listened to Toys In The Attic non stop.
Physical Graffitti, I don't like every song on the whole album, but there is so many songs that it doesn't matter.

Oh well there's three nearly perfect albums. Physical Graffiti and Force It might just be the best albums by Led Zep and UFO respectively, but if I really think about it, I'll just have to go with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. Personal bias, but I just love it so much. Temple of the King and the Man on the Silver Mountain are both among my favourite songs ever. Right up there with the best songs ever made.

DOH! Your right I have to add that to my list!

Wow! I'm moving up in the world, I own a whole FIVE releases from 1975...

KISS - Dressed to Kill and Alive!
Rush - Fly By Night
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Soundtrack

Once again I gotta give it to Aerosmith... cuz as much as I love KISS, Dressed To Kill is one of the weaker albums from the original lineup (save for "She" and "Rock and Roll All Nite")... though I was tempted to give the crown to the Rocky Horror soundtrack. "It's just a JUMP to the left..."

1975 - I had forgotten how much good stuff came out that year.  However, as I predicted earlier, my lists are getting smaller.  

Steely Dan - Katy Lied
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Rush - Fly By Night
Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Electric Light Orchestra - Face The Music
Camel - The Snow Goose
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
Kiss - Alive!
Blue Oyster Cult - On Your Feet Or On Your Knees
Robin Trower - For Earth Below
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions Of The Emerald Beyond
Soft Machine - Bundles
Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare
ZZ Top - Fandango!
Nazareth - Hair Of The Dog
King Crimson - USA
UFO - Force It
Thin Lizzy - Fighting
Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis?
Rush - Caress of Steel
Budgie - Bandolier
Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
Scorpions - In Trance
Queen - A Night At The Opera
Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent

I have 3 releases from '75 KISS' Dressed To Kill and Alive! and Black Sabbath's Sabotage. I would have to go with Alive !

When it comes to musical diversity, this place runs the gamut all the way from A to B.  

S.D. wrote:

When it comes to musical diversity, this place runs the gamut all the way from A to B.  

I think once we get to the 80's things will be a little different. Someones going to have a Madonna in there at some point lol

Musical diversity is one thing. But to have a favourite album is another. They are not mutually exclusive.

I'd like to see S.D. pick just one album out of those lists. Just to cut through the fatty bits of the collection, dig deep and to truly see his favourite album.

Halfway through the decade, as painful as it's been to pick favourites, I'm at:

1970: Deep Purple in Rock
1971: Master of Reality
1972: Machine Head
1973: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1974: Phenomenon
1975: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

Lari wrote:

Musical diversity is one thing. But to have a favourite album is another. They are not mutually exclusive.

I'd like to see S.D. pick just one album out of those lists. Just to cut through the fatty bits of the collection, dig deep and to truly see his favourite album.

Halfway through the decade, as painful as it's been to pick favourites, I'm at:

1970: Deep Purple in Rock
1971: Master of Reality
1972: Machine Head
1973: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1974: Phenomenon
1975: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

Hahaha SD likes music from the 70's. My list might be like his once we get to the 80's and 90's. Ok well maybe not that extreme but I know they will be a lot longer than they are for the 70's. It should be your absolute favorites. Kinda like if you were stuck on an island and could only bring these cds with you kinda thing. I get SD's list tho, its fine with me. Its a lot of music to really really like and feel passionate about but I get it.