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
Raw Power is so unlistenable, I can't think of any other record that features great material completely ruined by production choices
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:11 (five years ago) link
I would vote Stooges I think
some others not prev mentioned:
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar BabiesAl Wilson - Show & TellLou Reed - BerlinMott The Hoople - MottPink Fairies - Kings of OblivionRolling Stones - Goats Head SoupRoxy Music - StrandedSuzi Quatro - Suzi QuatroT.Rex - Tanx
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:20 (five years ago) link
Call Me by Al green was '73 too!
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:22 (five years ago) link
sometimes i feel that way about the tragically thin production on the later ‘60s kinks records once ray took over production duties
― budo jeru, Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:22 (five years ago) link
xp to shakey
― budo jeru, Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:23 (five years ago) link
Literally millions of discerning listeners respectfully disagree.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:25 (five years ago) link
haven't listened to it front to back for awhile but I remember really liking: James Brown's Black Caesar sndtrk
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:26 (five years ago) link
huh Davies' production has never bothered me tbh
xp
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:28 (five years ago) link
the hard-panned everything-in-one-channel and the vocals+guitars in the other is just egregiously bad. idk how anyone can stand it, it's like trying to hear the album through a paper bag filled with mud. And the much later "remix" is just brickwalled to shit to compensate, and still doesn't work.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:30 (five years ago) link
Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
my fave stones album too. oh the shame
oh god same with the pink fairies
stranded!
Al green!!
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:30 (five years ago) link
one of the best early reggae albums, every song is great: Presenting Larry Marshall
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:57 (five years ago) link
I cant decide what to vote for might do some relistening
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 25 January 2019 00:46 (five years ago) link
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody SabbathFunkadelic - Cosmic SlopGram Parsons- GPIggy and The Stooges - Raw PowerNew York Dolls - New York Dolls
Those five are damn near unfuckwithable.Torn between Sabbath and Stooges.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 25 January 2019 00:56 (five years ago) link
A Wizard...is a foundational album for me so that. but there are many great albums on this list.
― brimstead, Friday, 25 January 2019 01:49 (five years ago) link
Don't know how I forgot about Cale. Oh! Roberta Flack's missing! And Yoko!
― E Pluripubis Unum (Old Lunch), Friday, 25 January 2019 01:56 (five years ago) link
A few others not yet mentioned:
Kevin Ayers- BananamourLynyrd Skynyrd- Pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerdJudee Sill- Heart FoodBruce Springsteen- The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle Mal Waldron- Blues for Lady Day
― o. nate, Friday, 25 January 2019 02:01 (five years ago) link
this is an interesting comparison for the poll we did a few years back:
Acclaimed Music Top 25 Albums from 1973 poll
only two in our Top 5 made it to your list:
2 42 Stevie Wonder - Innervisions 1412 335 John Cale - Paris 1919 91 21 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon 614 398 Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets 624 583 Can - Future Days 5
voting for the Dan, man.
― Bee OK, Friday, 25 January 2019 02:04 (five years ago) link
For me, it’s between the Dan, the Can and Funkadelic.
― o. nate, Friday, 25 January 2019 02:12 (five years ago) link
Innervisions, over New York Dolls
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 25 January 2019 04:01 (five years ago) link
Was Here Come the Warm Jets released in 73 or 74?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 25 January 2019 04:38 (five years ago) link
steely dan
― flappy bird, Friday, 25 January 2019 05:30 (five years ago) link
UK = November 1973
― Bee OK, Friday, 25 January 2019 06:16 (five years ago) link
Stooges
― Mark G, Friday, 25 January 2019 07:24 (five years ago) link
I guess I need to listen to that John Cale album
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 25 January 2019 10:55 (five years ago) link
John Martyn juuuuust barely edges it past Can and Todd Rundgren for me
tough one
― . (Michael B), Friday, 25 January 2019 11:11 (five years ago) link
I love how I have a list of nearly 50 albums yet others post ones I forgot about or haven't heard yet but might love. What a great year.Still, even with all these old classic years I still usually find 50 albums a year I love up to 2018. Hope that continues.
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 25 January 2019 13:39 (five years ago) link
Solid Air for me. Running Marley, Sabbath and Herbie (Sextant) pretty close. Would have considered Paris 1919 if it was there.
Others (Christ, what a year):
Larry Young - Lawrence of NewarkRahsaan - Prepare Thyself to Deal With a MiracleWeather Report - SweetnighterEddie Henderson - RealizationMichael White - The Land of Spirit and Light
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Friday, 25 January 2019 16:33 (five years ago) link
Weather Report - SweetnighterEddie Henderson - Realization
oh yeah, they should be in there too.
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 25 January 2019 17:28 (five years ago) link
the larry young is in the list btw
Oh, so it is! So many amazing records, I must be have looked straight through it.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Friday, 25 January 2019 17:43 (five years ago) link
That reminds me, Larry Young plays on Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin - Love Peace Surrender, also 1973.
― *there's (Noel Emits), Friday, 25 January 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
I don't know that one
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 25 January 2019 18:22 (five years ago) link
Voted Noah Howard, but not sure it's '73.Maybe should have voted Stevie Wonder.
― nicky lo-fi, Friday, 25 January 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link
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
i can't vote on '73 - these trails, "lark" by linda lewis, itsuroh shimoda's "love songs & lamentations"... no, early '70s and late '70s are prime time for me.
i have an easier time of it since '76 wasn't really an album year. there are some weird cult records i love, but for top record? nah nothing comes close to van der graaf generator's "still life"
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Saturday, 26 January 2019 00:58 (five years ago) link
Solid Air.
― Lee626, Saturday, 26 January 2019 01:58 (five years ago) link
For my year, Chuck Berry Is On Top.From this list, For Your Pleasure.ILX moan: Screaming Target(Big Youth), Coast to Coast Fever (David Wiffen), Honky Tonk Heroes (Waylon Jennings).
― Ρεμπετολογια, Saturday, 26 January 2019 04:45 (five years ago) link
i went for the roxy album. but my fave albums of 1973 are missing here. first and foremost "dark side of the moon", the one pink floyd album i would keep. the "selling england by the pound" which was my fave genesis album in my teenage years. brian eno's "here come the warm jets", an amazing stroke of genius, never has pop music been so exciting. litle feat's "dixie chicken", i have always loved their hot mix of rock, blues & folk. then their was john cale's impressionist master piece "paris 1919". not to forget neil young's live "time fades away", my favourite concert album by good old neil, it seriously kicks ass.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 26 January 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
apparently the eno was in my 74 albums list. Oh well.
― Oor Neechy, Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:03 (five years ago) link
Well, it did come out in 1974, as far as I can tell.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:08 (five years ago) link
January 1974 according to Wiki but the label says 1973.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:14 (five years ago) link
Must admit I always thought it was from 1973.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:15 (five years ago) link
well if i do the whole decade it will be in the 74 poll you just need to wait a month to vote for it
― Oor Neechy, Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
Never mind:
https://img.discogs.com/Z3JVtyTrbLBEr5aZEEsrQ6XcxEQ=/fit-in/600x606/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-35610-1538301563-6807.jpeg.jpg
― pomenitul, Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:20 (five years ago) link
As Bee OK said upthread, UK release was November 1973.
― dorsalstop, Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:25 (five years ago) link
US release 74 then?
― Oor Neechy, Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:38 (five years ago) link