between Faust IV, Future Days, MDK, Larks Tongues, and Wizard there are a LOT of personal favorites on here. I think I have to go with Todd though, that one still sounds like nothing else. Future Days probably #2
the one album missing IMO is Brain Salad Surgery :)
― frogbs, Thursday, 24 January 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
Future Days, one of those life-changing albums for me.
For my year: Don't Break the Oath, Purple Rain, Climate of Hunter, Treasure... I feel like there are hundreds of interesting albums from that year that I haven't explored yet.
― jmm, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
Your edgy exclusion of The Dark Side of the Moon has my disapproval.― pomenitul, Thursday, 24 January 2019 17:56
― pomenitul, Thursday, 24 January 2019 17:56
not really edgy since its always been known round these parts that I only liked Syd era but in the last 2 years I got into the pre dsotm era and have started to think dsotm is ok just ive heard it way too much. Still dont care for Wish You Were Here bar the same 2 songs i always liked.
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:05 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I don't care to hear it again in the near future either, it just had too formative an effect for me to view it as anything less than an unimpeachable classic.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:08 (five years ago) link
Seconding Conference of the Birds.
voted for Fela's Gentleman
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link
Arrgghh, fuckin' difficult!
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link
Not a big fan of my year (1985) tbh. Lots of records that I like, none that I truly love.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:10 (five years ago) link
Probably "Raw Power", when all is said and done.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:10 (five years ago) link
I think I'm gonna go with Future Days but really it should be Conference of the Birds.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
Larks Tongues' for me, had to be.
I have only two albums from my birth year (1987) though After Dinner - Paradise of Replica is the better one
― don't let's be beastly to the gammons (ultros ultros-ghali), Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:12 (five years ago) link
yes Conference Of The Birds should indeed be there but I always forget things.
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:12 (five years ago) link
ultros you're on my fb so check my 87 list, its a good one (for me)
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:13 (five years ago) link
or are you. I can post it here for you if not
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:16 (five years ago) link
I'm not on fb! Yeah I'd like to see that list
― don't let's be beastly to the gammons (ultros ultros-ghali), Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link
Fave album of my YOB is probably 'Heroes', secret sentimental fave is Love You.
― E Pluripubis Unum (Old Lunch), Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:22 (five years ago) link
Countdown to Ecstasy, with Future Days close behind. Think you've covered most of my '73 favourites here apart from ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:30 (five years ago) link
my 1987 list for ultros
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark , Big Black - Songs About Fucking, Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician , Candlemass - Nightfall , Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium , Dinosaur - You're Living All Over Me , Gore - Mean Man's Dream . Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs and Stories , King Diamond - Abigail , Loop - Heaven's End, Manilla Road - Mystification , Melvins - Gluey Porch Treatments , Prince - Sign of the Times , Redd Kross - Neurotica, Screaming Trees - Even If and Especially When ,Sonic Youth - Sister , Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription , Squirrel Bait - Skag Heaven , Swans - Children of God , The Cult - Electric , The Jesus and Mary Chain- Darklands, The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me , The Young Gods - The Young Gods, Trouble - Run to the Light ,
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:31 (five years ago) link
So many faves in this year. Future Days probably ftw.
Could add Franco Battiato - Sulle Corde Di Aries and Pharoah Sanders - Izipho Zam (albeit recorded in 1969.)
― *there's (Noel Emits), Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:39 (five years ago) link
My daughter was looking at year-by-year playlists and asked, "Is this really a song from the year you were born?"
And then she played Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer".
― pplains, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
Sounds like she's ragging you.
― *there's (Noel Emits), Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:47 (five years ago) link
*on
sick burn
― rob, Thursday, 24 January 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
lol
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:01 (five years ago) link
lol Oor Neechy your list's mostly made up of bands I've been meaning to get round to, though I like what I heard of early Celtic Frost.
Used to have the Big Black album I've kinda gone off Steve Albini in general tbh
― don't let's be beastly to the gammons (ultros ultros-ghali), Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:04 (five years ago) link
funny thing is i dont see that album as early frost!
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link
Fresh all the way.
― Jazzbo, Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link
How old will we feel if someone starts a Best Album on my Favourite albums of 2003 (The year I was born) poll?
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:22 (five years ago) link
man the 70s were on one
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:23 (five years ago) link
Innervisions, of course
― forrest drumpf (Eric H.), Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:25 (five years ago) link
amazing streak:
Ohio Players - EcstasyOhio Players - PleasureRoxy Music - For Your PleasureSly & The Family Stone - FreshSteely Dan - Countdown to EcstasyStevie Wonder - InnervisionsSun Ra - Space Is the PlaceTangerine Dream - AtemThe Isley Brothers - 3 + 3
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:29 (five years ago) link
in addition to the Marley, Jamaica was putting out Toots' Funky Kingston, Blackboard Jungle Dub, Burning Spear's self-titled, Big Youth's Screaming Target...
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:32 (five years ago) link
I could vote for a dozen of these, impossible poll
might have to go with Catch a Fire since it seems most likely to be neglected
― Brad C., Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:33 (five years ago) link
man the 70s were on one― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger),
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger),
My lists for 70,71,72,74,75 were insane.
76 was a quiet year then 77-79 are nuts. That's obviously just my own personal tastes.
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:33 (five years ago) link
from Brazil you had Joao Gilberto's self-titled, Arthur Verocai's self-titled, Tom Ze's Todos os Olhos, Secos & Molhados' self-titled, Deodato's Deodato 2, Tim Maia's self-titled, Gal Costa's India (I haven't heard this one...is it good?)
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:43 (five years ago) link
There are days when I think I could restrict my musical input to the early '70s and be perfectly content for pretty much forever. I'm not sure the qualitative average of that era has ever been exceeded imho.
― E Pluripubis Unum (Old Lunch), Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:44 (five years ago) link
I might do the whole of the 70s by year then will keep me occupied for 10 weeks. 1971 is prob my fave of them all.
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 24 January 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link
Gal Costa's India (I haven't heard this one...is it good?)
Yes! I was going to make suggestions for missing titles until I lost faith in my itunes year assignations (On the Corner, it turns out, is '72 not '73 as I had it), but you just named virtually everything I had in mind, India very much included.
― rob, Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
Future Days, although I'm sure I've played For Your Pleasure the most.
― composed of atoms just as all posters have been (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:16 (five years ago) link
Oh please mention things from '73 that would be on your own lists. I cant remember everything plus I'd like to hear new to me albums too
xp
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:17 (five years ago) link
― *there's (Noel Emits), Thursday, January 24, 2019 12:47 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Gotta admit, that one stings a little.
― pplains, Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:23 (five years ago) link
Going by RYM's 1973 list, Selling England by the Pound is pretty classic still. And Vangelis's L'apocalypse des animaux may just be my favourite album of his. Also: Fripp & Eno's (No Pussyfooting), Paul Bley's Open, to Love, Ash Ra Tempel's Join Inn, Paul Motian's Conception Vessel...
― pomenitul, Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:35 (five years ago) link
Roxy or Stevie or the Dan
― harvey wall/barrier (voodoo chili), Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:37 (five years ago) link
thanks rob! gonna check it out
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:39 (five years ago) link
Voted Future Days, but would have put in a consideration for (No Pussyfooting) had it been included.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 24 January 2019 21:05 (five years ago) link
oh yeah, forgot about Selling England by the Pound
there's like 5-6 perfect albums in here
― frogbs, Thursday, 24 January 2019 21:07 (five years ago) link
xpGranny mentioned most of my first choices, so I don't know if these would all be in my top 50, but other 1973 (afaik) records I like a lot:John Cale, Paris 1919 (surprised no one mentioned this yet)Salah Ragab, Egyptian Jazz (Egyptian big band jazz)Sergio Sampaio, Eu Quero É Botar Meu Bloco Na Rua... (hard to classify Brazilian rock)Marcos Valle, Previsao Do Tempo (very groovy Brazilian, anticipated Air by decades)Sandy Denny, Like An Old Fashioned Waltz (Brit folk, though sidling closer to US singer-songwriterliness on this one)Pharoah Sanders, Wisdom Through Music & Village of the PharoahsMahmoud Ahmed, Almaz (Ethiopian soul)Count Ossie & the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, Grounation (nyabinghi reggae-jazz, not completely satisfying as an album in some ways but def worth hearing)I Roy, Gussie Presenting I Roy
― rob, Thursday, 24 January 2019 21:12 (five years ago) link
Some albums i must check out there
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 24 January 2019 21:48 (five years ago) link
Voted Neu! 2
― slack thompson (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 24 January 2019 21:58 (five years ago) link
I thought you would vote stooges for sure
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link
New York Dolls and Paris 1919 would be in my top 10 (but below Houses of the Holy, my vote)
― dorsalstop, Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:04 (five years ago) link
John Martyn juuuuust barely edges it past Can and Todd Rundgren for me
same!
― Number None, Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:44 (five years ago) link
Few other notable LPs from '73...yeah the 70s are just the peak of recorded music, so much money to be made back then.
the Who- QuadropheniaHawkwind- Space Ritual (the un-named Hawkwind LP from '73)Emerson Lake & Palmer- Brain Salad SurgeryAerosmith - s/t debutQueen - s/t debutMike Oldfield- Tubular BellsTom Waits- Closing TimeRory Gallagher- TattooJohnny WInter- Still Alive and Wellthe Faces- Ooh La LaRick Wakeman- The Six Wives of Henry VIIIWillie Nelson- Shotgun WillieAlex Harvey Band - NextSteve Miller- The JokerDoobie Brothers- The Captain and MeSantana & John McLaughlin- Love Devotion SurrenderGolden Earring- MoontanLeon Russell- Leon LiveCaravan- For Girls that Grow Plump in the Night
― earlnash, Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:54 (five years ago) link
reflex vote for Faust IV, which is also my favourite record of that year
― imago, Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:57 (five years ago) link
tough, but went with Lark's Tongues over Future Days or For Your Pleasure
― sleeve, Saturday, 26 January 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
I don't know that one
Reasonable as apparently I made it up ;-)
But devotion IS peace, as I keep telling my disciples.
― *there's (Noel Emits), Saturday, 26 January 2019 21:07 (five years ago) link
― pplains, Thursday, January 24, 2019 6:44 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Tried to reply to this a couple of nights ago but my keyboard was acting weird. Was The Sting that year? Cos i think that's one of the main musical themes in that isn't it?I think we got a best of Scott Joplin record sometime around then and i think it was something that was being played around to some extent. So you'd be hearing it, which might mean even more than in his actual heyday.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 26 January 2019 21:14 (five years ago) link
This one was difficult, but eventually it came down to Cosmic Slop vs Innervisions, and I went with Funkadelic.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 26 January 2019 21:16 (five years ago) link
i suspect the latter will win this poll
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 27 January 2019 00:05 (five years ago) link
heard an excellent '73 record tonight that didn't make this list, Cymande's Second Time Round:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glw7iJ7w2OE
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 27 January 2019 03:25 (five years ago) link
innervisions is great, but it already won '73 best album grammy, i don't feel like it particularly needs my praise
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Sunday, 27 January 2019 03:35 (five years ago) link
It must've won a fair few ilx polls over the years too
― Oor Neechy, Sunday, 27 January 2019 17:12 (five years ago) link
There wasn't a Pazz & Jop in 1973 (one of the early years that got skipped, evidently) but I did what is allegedly Rolling Stone's year-end roundup:
1973
Jan 17, 1974 issue - "1973 MUSIC AWARDS"
SONG OF THE YEARPaul Simon, "American Tune"
SOUNDTRACK OF THE YEARAlan Price, O Lucky Man!
BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR[left to right, top]The Beach BoysHolland
Jackson BrowneFor Everyman
Jimmy Cliff and companyThe Harder They Come
[left to right, bottom]Paul McCartneyBand on the Run
Mott the HoopleMott
Paul SimonThere Goes Rhymin' Simon
SPECIAL MERIT ALBUMSElton John, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano PlayerThe Kinks, Preservation Act IMaria MuldaurThe Rolling Stones, Goat's Head SoupThe SpinnersThe Who, Quadrophenia
BEST SINGLES OF THE YEARMarvin Gaye, "Let's Get It On"Dobie Gray, "Drift Away"The O'Jays, "Love Train"Carly Simon, "You're So Vain"Stories, "Brother Louie"
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 28 January 2019 06:15 (five years ago) link
Also NME didn't start their end of year critic list until the next year but here's the results of their reader poll
NME Pop Poll Results For 1973
• Album - Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon • Bass - Paul Mccartney • Best Dressed LP – Yes - Yessongs • Discjockey - John Peel • Drums - Carl Palmer • Female Singer - Diana Ross • Female Singer Uk - Maggie Bell • Guitar - Eric Clapton • Instrumental Personality - Roy Wood • Male Singer - David Bowie • Male Singer Uk - David Bowie • Most Overrated Single - Dawn-Tie A Yellow Ribbon • New Group/Most Promising - Golden Earring • Piano/Keyboards - Rick Wakeman • Producer - David Bowie • Radio Show - Sound Of The 70s • Single - Golden Earring-Radar Love • Songwriters - Elton John/Bernie Taupin • Soul Act - Stevie Wonder • Stage Band/Live Act - Alice Cooper • Tv Show - The Old Grey Whistle Test • Vocal Group - Yes • Vocal Group UK - Yes
http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/poppoll.html
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 28 January 2019 06:18 (five years ago) link
Has Golden Earring fulfilled its promise?
― pomenitul, Monday, 28 January 2019 09:54 (five years ago) link
Their latest album, from 2012, is titled Tits 'n Ass, so I'm tempted to say no.
― pomenitul, Monday, 28 January 2019 09:55 (five years ago) link
radar love was definitely the single of 1973. when that song came on in the disco everyone went down to the knees and whirled around with the hair. remember at the time boys & girls had long hair.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 28 January 2019 20:53 (five years ago) link
There is some nice psychedelic moments on Moontan, it's a pretty good LP.
― earlnash, Monday, 28 January 2019 23:03 (five years ago) link
yes fans were clearly the greta van fleet fans of their day
or possibly people voted _before_ hearing "tales from topographic oceans"
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 00:32 (five years ago) link
voted dolls, though mott would have given it a run for its money if it were on there. from my year of birth -- misterioso? buddy holly? little richard?
― Thus Sang Freud, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 12:25 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 31 January 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
I thought about voting for the Can but decided it would get plenty of votes without me, so I voted for Funkadelic instead.
― o. nate, Thursday, 31 January 2019 01:51 (five years ago) link
Nice top 2. "Mother Of Pearl" off Stranded is all-time.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 31 January 2019 02:16 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUJqZxikSNo
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 31 January 2019 02:20 (five years ago) link
re: "Mother Of Pearl"
POLLing and turning, how can I sleep?: The Roxy Music & Bryan Ferry Results Thread
somewhere else I think I read that it was also a single take, as well as a first take?
― sleeve, Thursday, 31 January 2019 02:27 (five years ago) link
wow, I thought it was a deepcut!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 31 January 2019 03:59 (five years ago) link
well, it IS an ILM poll...
― sleeve, Thursday, 31 January 2019 04:04 (five years ago) link
haha true... if i would have voted given it an even larger margin of victory.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 31 January 2019 04:14 (five years ago) link
sextant 1 vote headhunters 0 votes
wow
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 31 January 2019 11:05 (five years ago) link
I have a 1969 list ready to poll and for everyone to tell me what's missing.
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 31 January 2019 11:06 (five years ago) link
Atem and Head Hunters deserved better.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 31 January 2019 11:29 (five years ago) link
Best Album on My Favourite Albums of......1969
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 31 January 2019 11:42 (five years ago) link
Just realised there was 110 votes yet none were for head hunters
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 31 January 2019 22:41 (five years ago) link
Sextant > Headhunters is challops run amok
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 31 January 2019 23:35 (five years ago) link
like seriously y'all wanna listen to 30 mins of guys noodling around with primitive electronic instruments over some of the best jazzfunk jams ever laid down??
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 31 January 2019 23:37 (five years ago) link
new board description
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 1 February 2019 00:03 (five years ago) link
Headhunters is magnificent but earthbound; Sextant is transcendent.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Friday, 1 February 2019 17:21 (five years ago) link
otm
― budo jeru, Friday, 1 February 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link
Checking for Here Come the Warm Jets release date, I ended up on this page which discusses the discrepancy between the vinyl and label information, and concludes it was because of the oil crisis: https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/brian-eno-here-come-the-warm-jets-what-was-the-original-release-date.755536/. So, recorded in September, scheduled for November and that's what the first UK pressing says, but apparently no-one heard it before early 1974.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link