summer of 2013 is flying by, we only have a couple more years to go in this series.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 1 August 2013 01:36 (ten years ago) link
some albums just missing the Top 25 26 include: 27 T. Rex - The Slider, 28 Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace, 29 Black Sabbath - Vol. 4, 30 Miles Davis - On the Corner, 31 Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind, 32 Genesis - Foxtrot, 33 Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes, 34 Tim Buckley - Greetings from L.A., 37 The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach, 38 Santana - Caravanserai, 39 Elton John - Honky Chateau, 40 Joni Mitchell - For the Roses, 41 Alice Cooper - School's Out, 43 Faust - So Far, 45 The Band - Rock of Ages, 47 War - The World Is a Ghetto and 48 Aretha Franklin - young Gifited and Black.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 1 August 2013 01:42 (ten years ago) link
Holy fuck, I always thought I was a 1976 partisan but this might actually be my favourite of these lists. Love all of these, with some all-time faves in there:
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.2 16 David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars5 109 Stevie Wonder - Talking Book6 137 Curtis Mayfield - Superfly8 204 Roxy Music - Roxy Music9 250 Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?10 251 Deep Purple - Machine Head11 256 Nick Drake - Pink Moon13 431 Big Star - #1 Record14 436 Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill15 456 Deep Purple - Made in Japan19 584 Yes - Close to the Edge
I'll probably vote for Yes but Stevie and Roxy are close.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 1 August 2013 02:06 (ten years ago) link
This is the best year so far. "Exile" is my answer to this.
― Treeship, Thursday, 1 August 2013 02:08 (ten years ago) link
Would've voted Aretha or Miles, voting Stevie.
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 1 August 2013 02:11 (ten years ago) link
Roxy just barely over Big Star, but my recent love affair with krautrock may change that a year from now.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 1 August 2013 02:21 (ten years ago) link
That first Roxy album still has a sort of otherworldliness to it.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 1 August 2013 02:22 (ten years ago) link
OTM, this year is really hard to pick just one.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 1 August 2013 02:24 (ten years ago) link
Saint Dominic's Preview is too low.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 1 August 2013 02:53 (ten years ago) link
voting Stevie for the 4th time
― suggest bando (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 August 2013 03:03 (ten years ago) link
it's a compilation and overly familiar besides, but soundtrack to the harder they come is a monster. love curtis' superfly, too. good year for soundtracks.
and stones, bowie, stevie, nick drake, big star, can, cap'n beef. ridiculous.
wish on the corner were an option tho.
― IIIrd Datekeeper (contenderizer), Thursday, 1 August 2013 03:14 (ten years ago) link
lot of great stuff here but exile easy
― balls, Thursday, 1 August 2013 03:21 (ten years ago) link
when I saw Pink Moon on this list I voted for it without hesitating. nb I am not twee.
― loosely inspired by Dr. Dre (crüt), Thursday, 1 August 2013 05:36 (ten years ago) link
Roxy Music is one of my five favourite albums of all time, so that.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 1 August 2013 05:46 (ten years ago) link
Sailin' Shoes for me.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 1 August 2013 05:52 (ten years ago) link
I voted Neu!
― paolo, Thursday, 1 August 2013 10:58 (ten years ago) link
Super annoyed at some of the albums that made it instead of Vol. 4 but Roxy (as well as Exile) is so good as to negate a lot of that egregiousness
― chicken (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 1 August 2013 11:00 (ten years ago) link
My year! Amazing year for singles--posted a '72 poll last year: Feb. 5, 1972. From that list of albums, Something/Anything and Al Green loom large. But Exile of course.
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 August 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link
voting Stevie for the 4th time― suggest bando (The Reverend), Wednesday, July 31, 2013 10:03 PM (Yesterday)
― Boven is het stil (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 August 2013 13:59 (ten years ago) link
Voted for the O'Jays because it needs a vote and for people who haven't heard it to give it a spin.
― jetfan, Thursday, 1 August 2013 14:37 (ten years ago) link
Clear Spot for me but that year list is full of greatness. Also, Something/Anything, Talking Book and Ziggy all contenders for that "Best Production Of All Time" thread. (BTW, hats off to Ted Templeman for producing three of those top 25.)
1972 really feels like the year "the 70s" began
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 1 August 2013 16:50 (ten years ago) link
I guess it's between "Exile", "Talking Book", and "St. Dominic's" for me. I think I'll probably vote "Talking Book", partly to compensate for not voting for "Fulfillingness" in the other poll, and partly because it's just a darned great album. "Exile" will get plenty of votes without me, and besides, I think it's maybe just a smidge overrated - I mean I'm not even sure if I've ever listened to the whole thing all the way through. "St. Dominic's" is definitely too low here.
― o. nate, Thursday, 1 August 2013 17:50 (ten years ago) link
Vol. 4 got totally robbed here. As did Eat a Peach. I have a hard time thinking of albums from any year, much less '72, better than those.
I'll vote Made in Japan.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Thursday, 1 August 2013 18:20 (ten years ago) link
"We wish to thank the great COKE-cola company of Los Angeles"
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 1 August 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
GD early 70's, heavy much?
― who's the drunken CB2 (rattled), Thursday, 1 August 2013 22:03 (ten years ago) link
none of you can stand so tall
― MV, Thursday, 1 August 2013 22:45 (ten years ago) link
killer year no matter what but i voted for 'ziggy stardust' pretty much without thinking twice, i've probably listened to that album more than any other.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 1 August 2013 22:50 (ten years ago) link
with that picture it seems like Marlon Brando is saying. The Rolling Stones released Exile in 1972 but...
― Bee OK, Friday, 2 August 2013 01:55 (ten years ago) link
for me it the battle of Bowie, Young, Wonder, Reed, Mayfield or Drake.
― Bee OK, Friday, 2 August 2013 01:57 (ten years ago) link
I think Brando is protesting the exclusion of People...Hold On by Eddie Kendricks.
― Josefa, Friday, 2 August 2013 07:12 (ten years ago) link
voted superfly, which i like as much as anything on this list (impossible to pick a true favorite), but isn't so often mentioned around here as some of the others.
― IIIrd Datekeeper (contenderizer), Friday, 2 August 2013 14:42 (ten years ago) link
taking next week off, so this is going to be the last one for awhile.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 3 August 2013 01:11 (ten years ago) link
Close To The Edge, maaaan!
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Saturday, 3 August 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link
Rundgren
― President Keyes, Saturday, 3 August 2013 01:38 (ten years ago) link
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.Stevie Wonder - Talking BookThe Harder They Come SoundtrackNick Drake - Pink MoonYes - Close to the EdgeCan - Ege BamyasiCaptain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Clear Spot
love all these. voted Stones as it's my all-time favorite.I think I'm loving that Can album more and more with time.
― nicky lo-fi, Saturday, 3 August 2013 22:28 (ten years ago) link
How on earth did On the Corner miss the cut? Still needs some revisionism.
Voted Neu!
― Frederik B, Saturday, 3 August 2013 23:21 (ten years ago) link
AHHHHHH SAILIN' SHOES!!!!!!!!!!!!
― some dude, Sunday, 4 August 2013 02:30 (ten years ago) link
So many outstanding candidates. Went with Roxy, against type.
― Matt M., Sunday, 4 August 2013 04:12 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 5 August 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
i just couldn't not vote for The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
― Bee OK, Monday, 5 August 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
the 1st roxy just ahead of pink moon and harvest. it still sounds modern and classic at the same time to my ears.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 5 August 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
Top 5:
Ege BamyasiRoxy MusicCan't Buy a ThrillHarvestTalking Book
Another great year, the early '70s are such a goldmine.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 5 August 2013 21:03 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
'70s Steely Dan shut out--must be a first.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 00:30 (ten years ago) link
While working today I had an online year randomizer choose a year for albums I would listen to throughout my shift. The year was 1972.
This is the playlist:
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4Captain Beyond - Captain BeyondDeep Purple - Machine HeadDust - Hard AttackDavid Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From MarsCurtis Mayfield - SuperflyBabe Ruth - First BaseFunkadelic - America Eats Its Young
Now that I am home, I am playing the self-titled White Witch album as a "bonus track" of sorts.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 13 August 2017 00:51 (six years ago) link
1972 is such a great year, all the albums with over three votes are 10's or very close to a 10.
― Bee OK, Monday, 14 August 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
1972 is such a great year, all the albums with over three two votes are 10's or very close to a 10. (fixed)
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 12:08 (six years ago) link
hmm, i don't know either Something/Anything? or Sailin' Shoes. that O'Jays record is classic.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 00:18 (six years ago) link
Bee, you gotta hear Something/Anything, it's a blast
― brimstead, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 00:56 (six years ago) link