So it's 31st December 1979

I'm sure that most people will have one of these, but I forgot Thin Lizzy!!!   

bass63, good call on Foghat!

*gasp* Guys we forgot about Bad Company and Free.

Rush - 2112
AC/DC - Powerage
Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Van Halen - 1
Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
Rainbow - Rising
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Scorpions - In Trance
Rush - Hemispheres (sorry had to add it....)

corplhicks wrote:

bass63, good call on Foghat!

*gasp* Guys we forgot about Bad Company and Free.

Well, the criteria was "Top Ten Best Albums Ever Made prior to 1980"...some bands are bound to get left off.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

bass63, good call on Foghat!

*gasp* Guys we forgot about Bad Company and Free.

Well, the criteria was "Top Ten Best Albums Ever Made prior to 1980"...some bands are bound to get left off.

I know that's why I couldn't condense my list down to 10. A top 100 could be sufficient I suppose.

I almost went with Blue Cheer but since Vincebus Eruptum was from '68 I didn't and dammit I forgot the first Montrose!

akeldama wrote:

I almost went with Blue Cheer but since Vincebus Eruptum was from '68...

True, but it doesn't have to be just the 70's, just can't go past December 31, 1979.

ultmetal wrote:

akeldama wrote:

I almost went with Blue Cheer but since Vincebus Eruptum was from '68...

True, but it doesn't have to be just the 70's, just can't go past December 31, 1979.

Forgot about that part! I'd add in Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? to the list.... forgot about Rush - 2112 and I am sure a ton more great releases.....

A few of my favorites are:

Elton John--Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Led Zeppelin--Houses of the Holy
AC/DC--Highway to Hell
Uriah Heep--Salisbury
Van Halen--Van Halen
KISS--KISS
Fleetwood Mac--Rumours
Pink Floyd--Animals

This is nearly mission: impossible, I left off alot of albums and artists

Looks like VH is getting a lot of love. I think their debut is the single most mentioned album in the thread. Then it's probably Rainbow Rising, Highway to Hell, Aerosmith's Rocks and UFO's Strangers in the Night that are the next most popular.

MetallicSeminarian wrote:

Alphabetical:

AC/DC: Highway to Hell
Aerosmith: Rocks
Black Sabbath: Master of Reality
Deep Purple: In Rock
Judas Priest: Stained Class
Kiss: Rock and Roll Over
Led Zeppelin: IV
Rainbow: Long Live Rock n Roll
Rush: Hemispheres
Van Halen: Van Halen

Wow, very similar tastes we have. Though I think Led Zep IV isn't even a top three Zeppelin album.

Lari wrote:

Looks like VH is getting a lot of love. I think their debut is the single most mentioned album in the thread. Then it's probably Rainbow Rising, Highway to Hell, Aerosmith's Rocks and UFO's Strangers in the Night that are the next most popular.

MetallicSeminarian wrote:

Alphabetical:

AC/DC: Highway to Hell
Aerosmith: Rocks
Black Sabbath: Master of Reality
Deep Purple: In Rock
Judas Priest: Stained Class
Kiss: Rock and Roll Over
Led Zeppelin: IV
Rainbow: Long Live Rock n Roll
Rush: Hemispheres
Van Halen: Van Halen

Wow, very similar tastes we have. Though I think Led Zep IV isn't even a top three Zeppelin album.

  

Zep III is actually my favorite, but I didn't put it since it has so much acoustic stuff.

ultmetal wrote:

akeldama wrote:

I almost went with Blue Cheer but since Vincebus Eruptum was from '68...

True, but it doesn't have to be just the 70's, just can't go past December 31, 1979.

For some reason on the thread starter I read the word "decade" so I kept them all '70s.   

Well I thank u all for the lists as they work as "suggestions" for someone who is actually willing to get deeper into 70´s rock stuff (me). I heard UFO from youtube and it blew me away. Old Aerosmith, Deep Purple , AC-DC , all great stuff.

Headbanger Man wrote:

Well I thank u all for the lists as they work as "suggestions" for someone who is actually willing to get deeper into 70´s rock stuff (me). I heard UFO from youtube and it blew me away. Old Aerosmith, Deep Purple , AC-DC , all great stuff.

Same goes for me - a lot of albums that I haven't heard have been mentioned in people's top tens.

Lari wrote:

It's 31st December 1979...

... and you need to make a top ten list. What are the top ten best heavy metal / heavy rock / hard rock albums ever made?

You mean the top 100 albums, Right?   

I've actually never heard "Rocks" by Aerosmith. I've heard Toys in the Attic, but even that one I never bought a copy for myself.

Lari wrote:

I've actually never heard "Rocks" by Aerosmith. I've heard Toys in the Attic, but even that one I never bought a copy for myself.

Rocks is a more consistently heavy album.

^^very true. I've always felt Toys to be a bit random. Rocks is just heavy hard Rock throughout. It's an intense experience.

Way to hard, But here it is ..................


Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (Machine Gun = Stunning)
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality (only one Sab lp?)
Rainbow - Rising
Montrose - s/t
Judas Priest - Stained Class
AC/DC - Powerage
Van Halen - S/T
Deep Purple - Machine Head
UFO - Strangers In The Night
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
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Kiss - S/T
Ted Nugent - S/T
Uriah Heep -live 73'
Aeorosmith - Rock (Kick ass!)
Trapeze - You Are The Music... (Glenn at his best)
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (Great /Dark/Heavy lp music & lyrics)
Rush - Hemispheres (My Fav,. Rush LP)
Bad Co. - S/T (Just because)

So, if it really was New Years Eve and 1979 was winding down, and I was picking the 10 Hardest Rocking albums to close out the festivities, and I was limited to one album max from any band, then it might have gone something like this....

I;ll order my list by year - just to be different:

Deep Purple – In Rock (1970)
Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
Blue Oyster Cult – On Your Feet or on Your Knees (1975)
Rush – All the Worlds a Stage (1976)
Rainbow – Rising (1976)
Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous (1978)
AC / DC – Powerage (1978)
UFO – Strangers in the Night (1979)
Judas Priest – Unleashed in the East (1979)
Motorhead – Overkill (1979)

Nomadic Drifter wrote:

So, if it really was New Years Eve and 1979 was winding down,  and I was picking the 10 Hardest Rocking albums to close out the festivities, and I was limited to one album max from any band, then it might have gone something like this....

I;ll order my list by year - just to be different:

Deep Purple – In Rock (1970)
Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)

DP - "In Rock" I thought about that, But I also thought it was from 69" Great Hard Rock album!
BS - "SBS"- Hard to pick a fav.  early 70's Sabbath as a#1. This was a close second for me.

Killer list by the way. I wore out all of those on lp except Motorhead as I never owned it. Maybe I should check it out.

Nomadic Drifter wrote:

So, if it really was New Years Eve and 1979 was winding down,  and I was picking the 10 Hardest Rocking albums to close out the festivities, and I was limited to one album max from any band, then it might have gone something like this....

I;ll order my list by year - just to be different:

Deep Purple – In Rock (1970)
Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
Blue Oyster Cult – On Your Feet or on Your Knees (1975)
Rush – All the Worlds a Stage (1976)
Rainbow – Rising (1976)
Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous (1978)
AC / DC – Powerage (1978)
UFO – Strangers in the Night (1979)
Judas Priest – Unleashed in the East (1979)
Motorhead – Overkill (1979)

Nice list! I can't argue with any of those choices.

Van Halen - Van Halen
Whitesnake - Lovehunter
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Motorhead - Overkill
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Kiss - Destroyer
Rainbow - Rising
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny

Here's my 10, in no particular order as it was hard enough to narrow it down to these. I had to leave off UFO, Scorps, Accept, Saxon, Triumph, etc.