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Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Album wise

1 Nick Drake Bryter Layter
2 Neil Young After the Goldrush
3 George Harrison All Things Must Pass
4 Curtis Mayfield Curtis
5 John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
6 The Stooges Fun House
7 Van Morrison Moondance
8 Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman
9 Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory
10 Vashti Bunyan Just Another Diamond Day
11 Led Zeppelin III
12 The Velvet Underground Loaded
13 David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World
14 The Beatles Let It Be
15 Black Sabbath Black Sabbath
16 Miles Davis Bitches Brew
17 Free Fire and Water
18 Fairport Convention Full House
19 The Who Live at Leeds
20 Bob Dylan New Morning


Songs, hopefully on Saturday evening.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

I discovered and loved "Yo-Yo", but due to the incredible quality of the year '70, I'm afraid it won't reach my top 20

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I'm in the same position as you, nicolas.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Albums
1 Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
2 Tim Buckley – Starsailor
3 The Stooges – Fun House
4 Led Zeppelin – III
5 Vashti Bunyan – Just Another Diamond Day
6 Nico – Desertshore
7 Minnie Riperton – Come to My Garden
8 Santana – Abraxas
9 Can – Soundtracks
10 Velvet Underground – Loadad
11 Black Sabbath – Paranoid
12 Curtis Mayfield- Curtis
13 Neil Young – After the Gold Rush
14 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
15 Pekka Streng & Tasavallan Presidentti – Magneettimiehen kuolema
16 Trees – On the Shore
17 Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
18 The Beatles – Let It Be
19 Amon Düül - Yeti
20 Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

..and there goes another nice list

(memo to nj: must check out the pekka streng album. and again, finnish words do look awesome..)

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Songs
1 Led Zeppelin – Since I've Been Loving You
2 Nick Drake – Northern Sky
3 Nick Drake – Hazy Jane I
4 Tim Buckley – Song to the Siren
5 Minnie Riperton – Expecting
6 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
7 Velvet Underground – Rock n' Roll
8 The Beatles – Let It Be
9 David Bowie – The Man Who Sold the World
10 Neil Young – After the Gold Rush
11 Black Sabbath – Paranoid
12 Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
13 Essra Mohawk - I Am The Breeze
14 Vashti Bunyan – Diamond Day
15 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen the Rain
16 The Carpenters – (They Long to Be) Close to You
17 Doris - You Never Come Close
18 Minnie Riperton – LES Fleur
19 The Beatles – The Long and Winding Road
20 Nico – Janitor of Lunacy

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Thanks netjade.
Your list was also awesome. I haven't heard of Essra Mohawk before your post (yeah, I notices her album is in bubbling under). I must check that album too.
You Never Come Close by Doris was also very pleasant discovery. I'm sure I have heard it a long long time ago. Maybe even in the early 90's?

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

And about Pekka Streng.
I think his second album Kesämaa (Summerland) is better album. It's more folky than Magneettimiehen kuolema (Death of magnetic man). Both albums are anyway good.
Pekka Streng died of cancer in 1975 at age 26.

Here's the last song of Magneettimien kuolema.

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so, after a primal Magneettimiehen kuolema hook and as enthuastically as can be, lucky nj concludes: Julie Driscoll finally found her finnish male counterpart... very cool..

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while I'm reading about his deadly cancer... dims the city lights pretty harshly...

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

1. GEORGE HARRISON ~ ALL THINGS MUST PASS
2. DEREK & THE DOMINOS ~ LAYLA & OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS
3. NICK DRAKE ~ BRYTER LAYTER
4. MINNIE RIPERTON ~ COME TO MY GARDEN
5. THE STARK REALITY ~ ...DISCOVERS HOAGY CARMICHAEL'S MUSIC SHOP
6. BRUCE HAACK ~ THE ELECTRIC LUCIFER
7. SOFT MACHINE ~ THIRD
8. MILES DAVIS ~ BITCHES BREW
9. TIM BUCKLEY ~ STARSAILOR
10. EMITT RHODES ~ EMITT RHODES
11. THE BEACH BOYS ~ SUNFLOWER
12. JOÃO DONATO ~ A BAD DONATO
13. JOSÉ JOSÉ ~ JOSÉ JOSÉ (EL TRISTE)
14. CURTIS MAYFIELD ~ CURTIS
15. AHMAD JAMAL TRIO ~ THE AWAKENING
16. THE FREE DESIGN ~ STARS TIME BUBBLES LOVE
17. SCOTT WALKER ~ 'TIL THE BAND COMES IN
18. DAVID AXELROD ~ EARTH ROT
19. BILL EVANS ~ FROM LEFT TO RIGHT
20. GRANT GREEN ~ ALIVE!
21. THE PRETTY THINGS ~ PARACHUTE
22. LED ZEPPELIN ~ LED ZEPPELIN III
23. SANTANA ~ ABRAXAS
24. ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM ~ STONE FLOWER
25. SIMON & GARFUNKEL ~ BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER

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1. The Stooges - Fun House
2. Neil Young - After The Goldrush
3. Nick Drake - Bryter Later
4. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
5. Velvet Underground - Loaded
6. CSNY - Deja Vu
7. The Who - Live At Leeds
8. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
9. The Beatles - Let It Be
10. The Kinks - Lola vs. The Powerman & The Money-Go-Round, Part One

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Albums
1. John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu
4. MC5 - Back in the USA
5. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
6. The Stooges - Fun House
7. The Doors - Morrison Hotel
8. Van Morrison - Moondance
9. Led Zeppelin - III
10. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
11. Minnie Riperton - Come to My Garden
12. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
13. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
14. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
15. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower
16. Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon
17. Os Mutantes - A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado
18. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
19. Deep Purple - In Rock
20. Santana - Abraxas

Songs
1. Edwin Starr - War
2. John Lennon - Mother
3. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
4. John Lennon - Working Class Hero
5. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
6. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Caution
7. Nick Drake - Northern Sky
8. Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go
9. Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
10. Simon and Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy in New York
11. Minnie Riperton - Rainy Day in Centerville
12. The Stooges - T.V. Eye
13. The Delfonics - (Didn't I) Blow Your Mind This Time
14. Bob Marley & The Wailers - 400 Years
15. Van Morrison - Moondance
16. The Doors - Waiting for the Sun
17. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through the Jungle
18. Deep Purple - Child in Time
19. Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
20. James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Albums:

1. The Beach Boys – Sunflower
2. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
3. Neil Young – After The Goldrush
4. Curtis Mayfield – Curtis
5. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
6. The Who – Live At Leeds
7. Nick Drake Bryter Layter
8. Art Ensemble Of Chicago – Les Stances A Sophie
9. The Stooges – Fun House
10. Joni Mitchell – Ladies Of The Canyon
11. Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed & Delivered
12. Lee Hazelwood – Cowboy In Sweden
13. Free – Fire And Water
14. The Free Design – Stars / Time / Bubbles / Love
15. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà vu
16. The Rolling Stones – Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out
17. Frank Zappa – Weasels Ripped My Flesh
18. MC5 – Back In The USA
19. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
20. The Meters – Look A Py-Py


Songs.

1. Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
2. The Beach Boys – All I Wanna Do
3. Freda Payne – Band Of Gold
4. John Lennon – Instant Karma
5. The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane
6. Fleetwood Mac – The Green Manalishi
7. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
8. Antonio Carlos Jorbim – Children’s Games
9. Art Ensemble Of Chicago – Theme De Yoyo
10. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tears Of A Clown
11. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
12. Minnie Riperton – Les Fleur
13. Nick Drake – Hazey Jane II
14. Lee Hazelwood – Leather & Lace
15. The Beach Boys – This Whole World
16. Neil Young – After The Goldrush
17. Van Morrison – Moondance
18. The Fair Stairsteps – O-o-h Child
19. Santana – Oye Como Va
20. Derek & The Dominos – Layla

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Albums

1 The Stooges-Funhouse
2 Creedence Clearwater Revival-Cosmo's Factory
3 Velvet Underground-Loaded
4 Spirit-12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
5 Neil Young-After The Gold Rush
6 Amon Duul II-Yeti
7 Funkadelic-Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow
8 Nick Drake-Bryter Later
9 Tim Buckley-Starsailor
10 MC5-Back In The USA

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Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

A single vote can still change the results ! And with only 9 points separating #11 and #14, every point may count !
Now, with the sudden rise of an album which white quite low in the list, 8 albums since already qualified... 2 places remain !

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

What a great year:

1) John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
2) Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
3) Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark
4) Neil Young - After the Goldrush
5) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
6) Led Zeppelin - III
7) Van Morrison - Moondance
8) Grateful Dead - American Beauty
9) The Beatles - Let It Be
10) Bob Dylan - New Morning
11) Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
12) Randy Newman - 12 Songs
13) Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
14) Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
15) Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
16) Velvet Underground - Loaded
17) The Stooges - Fun House
18) Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon
19) Santana - Abraxas
20) The Byrds - (untitled)

I hate having to leave off many albums that I greatly enjoy (e.g., Pendulum, All Things Must Pass, Sex Machine, Morrison Hotel, and the two Black Sabbath albums, both of which I'm rather ambivalent about, but both of which have undeniable power); I also regret that, after nearly four decades, there are some potentially excellent albums that I still haven't heard (e.g., Duke Ellington's New Orleans Suite).

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

1970 was the year of my birth.
No wonder it's one of the best years ever (if not THE best) in rock : 15 songs in my all time top 200

ALBUMS

1. Neil Young - After the Goldrush (5 overall)
2. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's factory (15)
3. Van Morrison - Moondance (32)
4. James Brown - Sex Machine (35)
5. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (61)
6. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu (66)
7. The Beatles – Let It Be (68)
8. The Who - Live At Leeds (91)
9. The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman & The Moneygoround (121)
10. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band (122)
11. Various Artists - Woodstock (130)
12. Derek & the Dominos - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (140)
13. Demon Fuzz - Afreaka! (161)
14. The Stooges - Fun House (172)
15. Soft Machine - Third (196)
16. Paul McCartney - McCartney
17. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
18. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
19. Toots & The Maytals - Monkey Man
20. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
21. Santana - Abraxas
22 Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
23. Ike & Tina Turner - Workin' Together
24. Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
25. Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies
26. Led Zeppelin - III
27. The Byrds - (Untitled)
28. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Pendulum
29. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
30. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
31. Chicago - Chicago (II)
32. Black Sabbath - s/t
33. Kris Kristofferson - s/t
34. Doors - Morrison Hotel
35. Barbara - L'Aigle NOir
36. James Taylor - Sweet baby James
37. Randy Newman - 12 Songs
38. Syl JOhnson - Is It Because I'm Black
39. Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Stances à sophie
40. Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman

SONGS

1. Neil Young - After The Goldrush
2. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin' Out my Back Door
3. Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up
4. James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine)
5. Neil Young - Don't Let It Bring You Down
6. Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me
7. Neil Young - Southern Man
8. The Byrds - Chestnut Mare
9. Derek & the Dominos - Layla
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin' Band
11. Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banneer / Purple Haze & Instrumental Solo (Woodstock)
12. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
13. Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
14. Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
15. Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
16. Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop
17. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach Your Children Well
18. The Kinks - Apeman
19. The Beatles - Let It Be
20. The Doors - Roadhouse Blues
21. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
22. John Lennon - Working Class Hero
23. The Melodians - Rivers Of Babylon
24. The Who - Summertime Blues (live at Leeds)
25. Barbara - L'Aigle noir
26. Demon Fuzz - Disillusioned
27. The Velvet Underground - Rock And Roll
28. Santana - Oye Como Va
29 The Stooges - Loose
30 Soft Machine - Moon In June
31 Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Theme de Yo-Yo
32 Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Suite
33. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Soul Rebel
34. Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black ?
35. Nick Drake - Hazey Jane 2
36. Elton John - Your Song
37. James Taylor - Fire And Rain
38. Randy Newman - Have You Seen My Baby ?
39. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
40. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Brazil


Nassim forgive me it os 00 : 03

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Since 1970 was such a great song year I want to give an honorable mention shout-out to All I Wanna Do by the Beach Boys, and Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time by the Delfonics. I went back and forth between these two and the end of the list. It was a very close margin.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Albums

1. Neil Young - After the Goldrush
2. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
3. Derek and The Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
4. The Stooges - Fun House
5. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
6. Van Morrison - Moondance
7. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
8. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
9. Led Zeppelin - III
10. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
11. The Who - Live at Leeds
12. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
13. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
14. Otis Redding & Jimi Hendrix - Monterey International Pop Festival

Songs

1. Derek and The Dominos - Layla
2. James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
3. The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
4. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
5. The Kinks - Lola
6. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio
7. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
8. John Lennon - Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
9. Edwin Starr - War
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop the Rain
11. Free - All Right Now
12. Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
13. John Lennon - Working Class Hero
14. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Helpless
15. John Lennon - God
16. The Velvet Underground - Rock and Roll
17. The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
18. Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
19. Van Morrison - Into the Mystic
20. James Brown - Funky Drummer

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Songs

1. I Love Music ~ Ahmad Jamal
2. Since I've Been Loving You ~ Led Zeppelin
3. Slightly All The Time ~ Soft Machine
4. Rainy Day In Centerville ~ Minnie Riperton
5. Grandfather Clock ~ The Stark Reality
6. Las Vegas Tango ~ Gary Burton
7. We've Only Just Begun ~ Carpenters
8. Layla ~ Derek & The Dominos
9. Machine Gun ~ Jimi Hendrix
10. It Must Be Love (Medley) ~ Labi Siffre
11. The Signs II-IV ~ David Axelrod
12. Let It Down ~ George Harrison
13. Deirdre ~ The Beach Boys
14. Grass ~ The Pretty Things
15. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright ~ Simon & Garfunkel
16. Time To Remember ~ Grant Green
17. Poor Boy ~ Nick Drake
18. Snowbird ~ Anne Murray
19. Across The Universe ~ The Beatles
20. Children's Game ~ Antonio Carlos Jobim

Down By The Borderline ~ Tim Buckley
Makings of You ~ Curtis Mayfield
Joe ~ Scott Walker
Cade Jodel (Beautiful One) ~ João Donato
Sesame Street ~ Joe Raposo
Raspberry Jam ~ Carole King
Moondance ~ Van Morrison
Cybernaut ~ T.O.N.T.O.'s Expanding Head Band
This Night This Song ~ Tony Williams Lifetime
Tensity ~ Cannonball Adderley
Helpless ~ Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Big Yellow Taxi ~ Joni Mitchell
Intrepid Fox ~ Freddie Hubbard
National Anthem To The Moon ~ Bruce Haack
Feio ~ Miles Davis
Long Time No See ~ Emitt Rhodes
Incident at Neshabur ~ Santana
The Dolphin After ~ Bill Evans
Freio Aerodinamico ~ Marcos Valle
All That Is My Own ~ Nico
Noi Un Tempo Fa ~ Stelvio Cipriani
Egyptian Kings ~ Brainticket
Night In Barcelona ~ Bobby Hutcherson
Bubbles ~ The Free Design
The Bells ~ The Originals
Love on a 2 Way Street - The Moments
Patches ~ Clarence Carter
For The Love of Him ~ Bobbi Martin
Red White & You Blue ~ Kevin Ayers
Down On The Corner ~ Creedence Clearwater Revival
Dindi ~ Janet Lawson
Skull Session ~ Oliver Nelson
Sex Shop ~ Serge Gainsbourg
Evidence for the Existence of the Unconscious ~ The Grodeck Whipperjenny
Movement 3 (Time) ~ Mandrill
Thunder In The Morning ~ Essra Mohawk
Give It Up ~ Kool & The Gang
Dawn Until Dawn ~ Bob Downes
In The Afterglow ~ Bread
Serenade to a Savage ~ Candido
Spinning Wheel ~ Dr. Lonnie Smith
I Wanna Be A Free Girl ~ Dusty Springfield
Engine #9 ~ Wilson Pickett
ABC ~ Jackson 5
Nunca Me Dejes ~ José José
Night Thing ~ Spontaneous Combustion

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And here are the albums qualified to the final round :

1 - Neil Young - After the Goldrush
2 - Van Morrison - Moondance
3 - John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
4 - Velvet Underground , The - Loaded
5 - Stooges, The - Fun House
6 - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
7 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
8 - Nick Drake - Bryter Layer
9 - Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
10 - Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

There is the tie on the 11th position between Black Sabbath and Curtis Mayfield, closely followed by CSNY, the Beatles and the Beach Boys, all which might have been qualified with a single more or less vote.

Lowest AM ranked albums qualified : Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (#13 of the year) and I love you for that
Highest AM ranked album not qualified : Black Sabbath - Paranoid (#8 of the year) and I hate you for that

Our selection is quite close to the AM rank as you can see, the main difference between Santana ranked 25th in our list, quite far for the top 10.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Nice, good results, though I'm a little surprised to see Moondance edge out Plastic Ono Band for 2nd. Anyway, when does voting for 1971 start? I've already started thinking about my list, and it's not easy. The year is just absurd.

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Forgotten and discovered songs from 1970: (not to be listed)


Antonio Carlos Jobim – Children’s Game (tx, Antonio)
Beatles – Let It Be
Beatles – One After 909
Rodriguez – Rich Folks Hoax (tx, netjade)
David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World (tx, seller)
Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Theme de Yo-Yo (tx, sonofsam)
David Axelrod - The Sign, Part 1&4(tx, georgie)
Lee Hazlewood – Hey Cowboy (beware, bubblegum)
Lee Hazlewood – No Train To Stockholm (tx, Swedish Rail)

Thankyou Academy, Thankyou Pencil, Thankyou Robot...2008 Japanese Oscar winner (cartoonish)

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Thanks Nassim for the album results! Perhaps there will be room for some more surprises in the songs list? The individual lists had a lot of less-acclaimed but indeed interesting choices, but to reach the total top 10 requires a lot of points, especially for albums.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

1971 is a ridiculously good year.

I still say 1971 should get one or two of the spots allocated to 1976.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

1976 is the 1981 of the 70's. I think I have about 5 from that year...

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I may be the oldest person posting on here--I'm 48--but I'm learning new things from you all. Curtis didn't make my list, but if I'd had some more time with it, it might have eventually made it. I'd known "Move On Up" for as long as I can remember, but the rest of the album was new to me until less than a weak ago. That's why I love reading this forum!

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

There is the tie on the 11th position between Black Sabbath and Curtis Mayfield

The fact that these 2 just missed saddens me deeply.



Can't wait for the songs results!

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Damn, did I miss the boat? February is way too short a month for such a glorious year as 1970.

Anyway, here's a lucky 13 of 1970 albums. I give up on selecting songs ... although for once I have no doubt which would be no. 1 -- hearing "My Sweet Lord" on the radio still has that same effect on me as that guy swallowing a mouthful of some cake in Proust's "Remembrance of things past"

1970 albums

1) Pearls Before Swine – The Use of Ashes
2) Neil Young – After the Gold Rush
3) CSNY – Déjà vu
4) Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water
5) Nick Drake – Bryter Layter
6) CCR – Cosmo’s Factory
7) The Band – Stage Fright
The Doors – Absolutely Live
9) The Gratefuld Dead – American Beauty
10) Spirit – The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
11) John Cale – Vintage Violence
12) Dylan – New Morning
13) The Pretty Things – Parachute

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Damn those smilies

I see the results are up already ... and that it wouldn't have changed things for me to be on time.

Hey, Mike Kelly, good to see a fellow old geezer. and yes, you learn as long as you're willing to.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

And here are the songs that made the cut :

1 - Derek & the Dominos - Layla
2 - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
3 - James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
4 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
5 - Velvet Underground, The - Sweet Jane
6 - Velvet Underground, The - Rock and Roll
7 - Kinks, The - Lola
8 - Neil Young - After the Goldrush
9 - Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
10 - John Lennon - Working Class Hero

Not much competition for those 10, only Moondance, Instant Karma and Let it Be kept slight chance to make the cut.

Most acclaimed song not qualified : James Taylor - Fire and Rain (ranked #5 on AM list for 1970)
Least acclaimed song qualified : Neil Young - After the Goldrush (#44)

Most acclaimed song with no vote : Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (#16)

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Still a lot of listening for me to do.
I did like Mayfield's "Move on Up", and "..Hell Below" and that Eugene McDaniels "Unspoken Dreams.." track so thanks for those suggestions.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Nassim, are we going to get to see spreadsheets listing all the albums and songs that got votes, as was the case for the yearly installments of the previous decade polls? Just wondering.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Yes you will... I'm just wondering how I can post them ^^

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Send it to me (henrik.franzon [at] gmail.com) and I'll upload it.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Here's the spreadsheet. Thanks for sending, Nassim.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Damn, I should have voted for Moondance.

Good job Nassim, I know how much work goes into it.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Nassim, I don't know how to tell you this, but my album ratings are missing from the spreadsheet. My songs are there, but my 20 albums aren't.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

not even in the Cuddlin' RockyRaccoon 'til I die section? hmmm..

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Ok,
With the addition of Harold's vote, here are the new results :

1 - Neil Young - After the Goldrush
2 - Van Morrison - Moondance
3 - John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
4 - Stooges, The - Fun House
5 - Velvet Underground , The - Loaded
6 - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
7 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
8 - Nick Drake - Bryter Layer
9 - Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
10 - Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

The only difference is that Fun House is now ranked just before Loaded !
I Will check tomorrow that there isn't any other vote missing but I think it is ok now.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

That section's reserved for you, Netjade.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Yaaay, lots of spikes and candy.... !!

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

Looks like I won the contest for most unconventional tastes! Only until #29 do my first 3 points go to My Sweet Lord.

Take that, netjade!

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Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1970

well Jonah you have voted for 5 of the 10 winning albums while netjade only voted for 1 ^^
But well, you are even more unconventional than him on songs... which is hard ! (only in a way, netjade has 16 songs he is the only one to have listed while you only get 13 ^^ )

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she

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(go, dumbass use of visualization..)

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and thanks, nic... no living space for female pop geeks, that's too bad...

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I actually meant to say I had the most unconventional song tastes, for the record. I'm sure netjade will beat me in other years. This is her chance to give some suggestions for 1976, which we've discussed is a very weak year. Maybe with a netjade approved list I can have 1976 in a parallel universe where music didn't suck.

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ther's a place here for ya