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Welcome to the second part of the '70s acclaimed music forum poll. This month we will deal with 1971, the year Hot Butter hit the charts.
Please submit at least 5 songs and/or albums, preferably but not necessarily with ranking, lists without ranking will get an average score of 10 points per album. The deadline is midnight on the 31st of March. For the scoring, rules and other details check here
You should have a look at the 1970 album and song lists before votin (but you can of course vote for songs and albums not in the AM list)
Great albums year. And you should definitely check out "The Grand Wazoo" if you already didn't.
Albums:
1. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
2. Frank Zappa – The Grand Wazoo
3. Neil Young – Harvest
4. Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill
5. Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street
6. Tim Buckley – Make It Right
7. Don McLean – Don McLean
8. Frank Zappa – Waka/Jawaka
9. Alice Cooper – School’s Out
10. John Holm - Sordin
Songs:
1. David Bowie – Starman
2. Tim Buckley – Sweet Surrender
3. Todd Rundgren – Couldn’t I Just Tell You
4. Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street
5. Focus – Sylvia
6. Can – Vitamin C
7. Billy Paul – Your Song
8. Steely Dan – Kings
9. Frank Zappa – Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus
10. David Bowie – Rock’n Roll Suicide
11. Townes van Zandt – Pancho & Lefty
12. Frank Zappa – Blessed Relief
13. Neil Young – A Man Needs A Maid
14. Rolling Stones – Sweet Virginia
15. Al Green – Love And Happiness
16. Don McLean – Sister Fatima
17. Les Humphries Singers – Mexico
18. Francois de Roubaix – La Scoumoune
19. Colin Blunstone – I Don’t Believe In Miracles
20. Ramsey Lewis – Sun Goddess
21. John Holm – Ett Enskilt Rum På Sabbatsberg
22. Thin Lizzy – Whiskey In The Jar
23. David Bowie – Five Years
24. Neu! – Hallogallo
25. O’Jays – Love Train
26. Jean-Claude Vannier - L'enfant Au Royaume Des Mouches
27. Steely Dan - Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)
28. Neil Young – Soldier
29. Lou Reed – Perfect Day
30. Curtis Mayfield – Little Child Runnin’ Wild
31. Van der Graaf Generator – Theme One
32. Scott Walker – Joe Hill
33. Lindisfarne – Plankton’s Lament
34. D.R. Hooker – Fall In Love
35. Sandy Denny – The Lady
36. Frank Zappa – Waka/Jawaka
37. Scott Walker – Glory Road
38. Nino Rota – Godfather Love Theme
39. Roberta Flack – Where Is The Love?
40. Spinners – Could It Be I’m Falling In Love
41. Wendy Carlos – Beethoviana
42. Kinks – Celluloid Heroes
43. Al Green – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
44. Terry Callier – Ordinary Joe
45. Lou Christie – Shuffle On Down To Pittsburgh
46. Jimmy Cliff – Many Rivers To Cross
47. Roxy Music – Ladytron
48. Alice Cooper – School’s Out
49. Lee Hazelwood – Ten Or Eleven Towns Ago
50. Stealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You
Albums
1 The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
2. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
3. Lou Reed - Transformer
4. Big Star - #1 Record
5. The O'Jays - Back Stabbers
6. Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
7. Michael Murphey - Geronimo's Cadillac
8. Neil Young - Harvest
9. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
10. The Band - Rock of Ages
11. Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
12. Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment
13. Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes
14. Jackson Browne - s/t (Saturate Before Using)
15. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
16. Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
17. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
18. Terry Callier - Occasional Rain
19. Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo
20. Richard Thompson - Henry the Human Fly
Songs
1. Neil Young - Old Man
2. Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers to Cross
3. The Rolling Stones - Rocks Off
4. Big Star - Thirteen
5. Nick Drake - Place to Be
6. Todd Rundgren - I Saw the Light
7. Frank Zappa - Eat That Question
8. Little Feat - Willin'
9. The Eagles - Take It Easy
10. Allman Brothers Band - Melissa
11. Steely Dan - Do It Again
12. Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes
13. Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead
14. Townes Van Zandt - Pancho and Lefty
15. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
16. Randy Newman - Sail Away
17. Black Sabbath - Supernaut
18. The O'Jays - Back Stabbers
19. Chick Corea - Crystal Silence
20. Captain Beefheart - My Head is My Only House Unless It Rains
Movies
1. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Herzog)
2. Solaris (Tarkovsky)
3. Fat City (Huston)
4. Duck, You Sucker! (Leone)
5. Last Tango in Paris (Bertolucci)
6. The Godfather (Coppola)
7. Deliverance (Boorman)
8. Frenzy (Hitchcock)
9. The Getaway (Peckinpah)
10. The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (Fassbinder)
Is "The Modern Lovers" a 1972 (recorded) oder 1976 (released) album?
Yes. Looks like 1972. 16th of December...earliest release date or single date is a matter of taste imo. But what do you do when a song is released later on as a single or in a different version? Ref to last years Gil Scott-Heron - Revolution Will Not Be Televised.
Across 110th street will be changed to 1972 in the next update (I don't know how you want to handle it here). The Modern Lovers should be regarded as a 1976 album IMO.
Charlie. I believe we go after release dates. Joy Division - Dead Souls was recorded one year, 1979 and released as a single 1980. Like many releases. JR & ML is quite extreme when it comes to period between recording and release. He didn't get a contract til later, the sucker (JR) :)
Songs
1.) Rolling Stone - Rocks Off
2.) Stevie Wonder - Superstition
3.) David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
4.) Eagles - Take It Easy
5.) Rolling Stone - Tumbling Dice
6.) David Bowie - Suffragette City
7.) Rolling Stones - Let It Loose
8.) Rolling Stones - Shine a Light
9.) Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
10.) Rolling Stones - Torn and Frayed
11.) Elvis Presley - Burning Love
12.) Rolling Stones - All Down the Line
13.) Elton John - Rocket Man
14.) Rolling Stones - Happy
15.) Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
16.) Alice Cooper - School's Out
17.) Rolling Stones - Sweet Black Angel
18.) Rolling Stones - Casino Boogie
19.) Allman Brothers Band - Sweet Melissa
20.) Stealers Wheeler - Stuck in the Middle With You
((A))
01. I’m The One. Annette Peacock
02. The Truth. D.R. Hooker
03. Clube da Esquina. Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges
04. Roxy Music. Roxy Music
05. So Far. Faust
06. World Galaxy. Alice Coltrane/With Strings
07. Discover America. Van Dyke Parks
08. On The Corner. Miles Davis
09. KänGuru. Guru Guru
10. L’enfant assassin des mouches. Jean-Claude Vannier
11. Lô Borges. Lô Borges
12. The Enlightening Beam Of Axonda. Bobby Brown
13. Occasional Rain. Terry Callier
14. Mulatu Of Ethiopia. Mulatu Astatqe
15. A Woofer In Tweet’s Clothing. Sparks
16. Paix. Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes
17. Sound Awareness. Brother Ahh
18. Sort Of. Slapp Happy
19. American Gothic. David Ackles
20. Doremi Fasol Latido. Hawkwind
((S))
01. Forge Your Own Chains. D.R. Hooker
02. Sweet Surrender. Tim Buckley
03. God’s Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind). Randy Newman
04. Trouble Man. Marvin Gaye
05. Who Is He (And What Is He To You)? Bill Withers
06. Why Can’t We Live Together. Timmy Thomas
07. Think (About It). Lyn Collins
08. Taj Mahal. Ben Jorge
09. To Know You Is To Love You. Syreeta/Stevie Wonder
10. Superfly. Curtis Mayfield
11. Occasional Rain. Terry Callier
12. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want To Be Right. Luther Ingram
13. Make It Good. The Beach Boys
14. The World Is A Ghetto. War
15. Tapupukitipa. Rita Lee
16. A Sign From Me To You. Colin Blunstone
17. Blue Flower. Slapp Happy
18. O Caroline. Matching Mole
19. I Saw The Light. Raspberries
20. People Like Us. The Mamas & The Papas
ps: The Original Modern Lovers was released in '81..
on the other hand "Blind Willie McTell" was eligible for the 1983 poll if I remember correctly... hmmm
According to Fred I move Modern Lovers to the '76 list. The songs:
1. Roxy Music - If There Is Something
2. Bobby Womack - Across 100th Street
3. Captain Beefheart - Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles
4. Birigwa - Yelewa
5. Yma Sumac - Let Me Hear You
6. Terry Callier - Ordinairy Joe
7. Van Morrison - Redwood Tree
8. The Move - Do Ya
9. Oscar Brown, Jr - Gang Bang
10. Matching Mole - O Caroline
11. Archie Shepp - Blues for Brother George Jackson
12. Spinners - I'll Be Around
13. Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview
14. Brigitte Fontaine - Brigitte
15. Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
16. Babe Ruth - The Mexican
17. Steely Dan - Brooklyn
18. O'Jays - Backstabbers
19. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Aguas De Marco
20. Gil Scott-Heron - The Get Out Of The Ghetto Blues
21. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
22. Ton Steine Scherben - Wir müssen hier raus
23. Barrabas - Woman
24. Can - Vitamin C
25. Juliane Werding - Am Tag als Conny Kramer starb
26. Agitation Free - Ala Tul
27. Slapp Happy - Blue Flower
28. Esther Phillips - Home Is Where the Hatred Is
29. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Arkansas Coal
30. War - City, Country, City
31. Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
32. Kool & The Gang - Rated X
33. Carly Simon - You're So Vain
34. Golden Earring - Buddy Joe
35. Chakachas - Jungle Fever
36. The Raspberries - Go All The Way
37. Tangerine Dream - Ultima Thule
38. Dr. John - Right Place Wrong Time
39. Cymande - Bra
40. Fela Kuti - Shenshema
41. Holland & Dozier - Baby Don’t Leave Me
42. Joni Mitchell - Blonde in the Bleachers
43. Roxy Music - Chance Meeting
44. Townes Van Zandt - To Live Is To Fly
45. T. Rex - Children Of The Revolution
46. Billy Preston - Outta Space
47. Can - Spoon
48. Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
49. Roxy Music - Bitters End
50. Gilberto Gil - Expresso 2222
ALBUMS
1. Arthur Verocai ~ Arthur Verocai
2. Edd Kalehoff ~ The Price Is Right
3. Carole King ~ Rhymes & Reasons
4. Todd Rundgren ~ Something/Anything?
5. Curtis Mayfield ~ Superfly
6. Carpenters ~ A Song For You
7. Stevie Wonder ~ Talking Book
8. Lô Borges ~ Lô Borges
9. David Bowie ~ The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars
10. Steely Dan ~ Can't Buy a Thrill
11. Spring ~ Spring
12. D.R. Hooker ~ The Truth
13. Terry Callier ~ What Color Is Love
14. Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges ~ Clube da Esquina
15. Gilbert O'Sullivan ~ Back To Front
16. The Sylvers ~ Sylvers
17. Nick Drake ~ Pink Moon
18. Marcos Valle ~ Vento Sul
19. Nektar ~ A Tab In The Ocean
20. Os Novos Baianos ~ Acabou Chorare
21. Stevie Wonder ~ Music of My Mind
22. Mahavishnu Orchestra ~ Birds of Fire
23. The Rolling Stones ~ Exile On Main St.
24. José José ~ Cuando Tu Me Quieras
25. The Crusaders ~ 1
26. Van Dyke Parks ~ Discover America
27. Colin Blunstone ~ Ennismore
28. Jean-Claude Vannier ~ L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches
29. Mulatu Astatke ~ Mulatu of Ethiopia
30. Linda Lewis ~ Lark
31. Can ~ Ege Bamyasi
bigg 
to your lists, Charlie/Georgie...
..but from what year is What Color Is Love now.. officially?? that record/release thingy drives me increasingly pretty nuts..
here's my list in progress
..but from what year is What Color Is Love now.. officially?? that record/release thingy drives me increasingly pretty nuts..
I'm pretty sure it's '73, with Occasional Rain as his '72 release....
Usually you can count on the lads who are making RYM a trustful/truthful place.
http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/terry_callier
PS. Did Rod Stewart get the idea to "Do Ya Think I'm 6y" from Jorge Ben's "Taj Mahal"?
Did Rod Stewart get the idea to "Do Ya Think I'm 6y" from Jorge Ben's "Taj Mahal"?
Yep, rather famously in fact.
1. Big Star- #1 Record
2. David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust
3. Todd Rundgren- Something/Anything
4. Neil Young- Harvest
5. Elton John- Honky Chateau
6. Lou Reed- Transformer
7. Stevie Wonder- Talking Book
8. Harry Nilsson- Son of Schmillson
9. Nick Drake- Pink Moon
1. Big Star- Thirteen
2. Todd Rundgren- One More Day
3. Elton John- Mona Lisa's and Mad Hatters
4. Lou Reed- Perfect Day
5. Big Star- Ballad of El Goodo
6. David Bowie- Starman
7. Todd Rundgren- It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
8. Davie Bowie- Soul Love
9. Todd Rundgren- Torch Song
10. Neil Young- Alabama
11. Lou Reed- Satellite of Love
12. Stevie Wonder- Blame It On the Sun
13. Gilbert O' Sullivan- Alone Again Naturally
14. Neil Young- Old Man
15. Big Star- Feel
16. T.Rex- Children of the Revolution
17. Rolling Stones- Tumbling Dice
18. Badfinger- Day After Day
19. Mott the Hoople- All the Young Dudes
20. Nick Drake- Pink Moon
ALBUMS
1. Frank Zappa - Wawa/Jawaka
2. Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
3. Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo
4. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
5. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
6. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
7. Randy Newman - Sail Away
8. Big Star - #1 Record
9. Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
10. Miles Davis - On the Corner
11. Deep Purple - Machine Head
12. Neil Young - Harvest
For future reference... The Modern Lovers' "I'm Straight" was released on CD reissues of The Modern Lovers' album. I can't find out from wikipedia when the song was recorded, but should I just throw that song into the 1976 list? I know I'm going to need some more quality music to fill up that year.
Albums
1. Paul Simon - Paul Simon
2. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
3. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
4. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
5. Lou Reed - Transformer
6. Elton John - Honky Chateau
7. Bill Withers - Still Bill
8. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Songs
1. Bill Withers - Lean on Me
2. Elton John - Rocket Man
3. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
4. Paul Simon - Duncan
5. Paul Simon - Mother & Child Reunion
6. Neil Young - Heart of Gold
7. Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman
8. Paul Simon - Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard
9. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
10. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
11. Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine of my Life
12. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Albums:
[01] Curtis Mayfield | Superfly
[02] Milton Nascimento & Lo Bôrges | Clube da Esquina
[03] Ornette Coleman | Skies of America
[04] The Rolling Stones | Exile on Main St.
[05] Roxy Music | Roxy Music
[06] Cluster | Cluster II
[07] Faust | So Far
[08] Nick Drake | Pink Moon
[09] Jean-Claude Vannier | L'enfant assassin des mouches
[10] Archie Shepp | Attica Blues
[11] Black Sabbath | Volume IV
[12] David Bowie | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars
[13] Stevie Wonder | Talking Book
[14] Neu! | Neu!
[15] Miles Davis | On The Corner
[16] The O'Jays | Back Stabbers
[17] Jimmy Cliff/Various Artists | The Harder They Come
[18] Klaus Schulze | Irrlicht
[19] Popol Vuh | Hosianna Mantra
[20] Aphrodite's Child | 666
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[21] Dave Holland Quartet | Conference of The Birds
[22] Syreeta | Syreeta
[23] Lô Borges | Lô Borges
[24] Tangerine Dream | Zeit
[25] Donny Hathaway | Live
[26] Can | Ege Bamyasi
[27] Randy Newman | Sail Away
[28] Al Green | I'm Still In Love With You
[29] Spinners | Spinners
[30] Aretha Franklin | Amazing Grace
[31] Rahsaan Roland Kirk | Blacknuss
[32] Terry Callier | Occasional Rain
[33] Caetano Veloso | Transa
[34] Marvin Gaye | Trouble Man
[35] Stevie Wonder | Music of My Mind
[36] Julius Hemphill | Dogon A.D.
[37] McCoy Tyner | Sahara
[38] Nina Simone | Emergency Ward
[39] Pharoah Sanders | Black Unity
[40] Yes | Close To The Edge
Songs:
[01] Curtis Mayfield | Superfly
[02] Ornette Coleman | Skies of America
[03] Marvin Gaye | Trouble Man
[04] Archie Shepp | Attica Blues
[05] Jean-Claude Vannier | L'enfant au royaume des mouches
[06] Faust | It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl
[07] Nick Drake | Things Behind The Sun
[08] Roxy Music | Ladytron
[09] Milton Nascimento and Lo Bôrges | O Trem Azul
[10] Genesis | Supper's Ready
[11] Black Sabbath | Supernaut
[12] Curtis Mayfield | Freddie's Dead
[13] The Temptations | Papa Was a Rolling Stone
[14] The Rolling Stones | Shine a Light
[15] Cluster | Plas
[16] Stevie Wonder | I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
[17] Neu! | Hallogallo
[18] Jimmy Cliff | Many Rivers To Cross
[19] Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
[20] Townes Van Zandt | Pancho and Lefty
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[21] Klaus Schulze | Satz: Ebene
[22] Popol Vuh | Kyrie
[23] Stevie Wonder | Superstition
[24] Roxy Music | Virginia Plain
[25] Tangerine Dream | Birth of Liquid Plejades
[26] Big Star | Thirteen
[27] David Bowie | Ziggy Stardust
[28] Todd Rundgren | Hello It's Me
[29] Milton Nascimento and Lo Bôrges | Trem de Doido
[30] Cymande | Bra
[31] TV Theme | The Price Is Right
[32] Aphrodite's Child | The Four Horsemen
[33] Timmy Thomas | Why Can't We Live Together
[34] Dave Holland Quartet | Four Winds
[35] The Rolling Stones | Rocks Off
[36] Wendy Carlos | Timesteps
[37] Randy Newman | Sail Away
[38] The O'Jays | Back Stabbers
[39] Neil Young | The Needle and The Damage Done
[40] Elton John | Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
[41] Al Green | Love and Happiness
[42] Curtis Mayfield | Little Child Runnin' Wild
[43] The Grateful Dead | Jack Straw
[44] Bobby Womack | Across 110th Street
[45] Spinners | I'll Be Around
[46] Os Novos Baianos | Preta Pretinha
[47] Lyn Collins | Think (About It)
[48] Can | Vitamin C
[49] Fela Kuti | Roforofo Fight
[50] War | Slippin' Into Darkness
[51] David Bowie | Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
[52] Ornette Coleman | The Artist in America
[53] Nick Drake | Pink Moon
[54] Joe Walsh | Mother Says
[55] Roxy Music | Re-Make/Re-Model
[56] Faust | No Harm
[57] Jorge Ben | Taj Mahal
[58] Terry Callier | Trance on Sedgwick Street
[59] Sandy Denny | Listen, Listen
[60] Lou Reed | Perfect Day
[61] Bill Withers | Lean on Me
[62] The Allman Brothers Band | Melissa
[63] The Chi-Lites | Oh Girl
[64] Mott The Hoople | All The Young Dudes
[65] Billy Paul | Am I Black Enough for You?
[66] The Staple Singers | I'll Take You There
[67] Miles Davis | Black Satin
[68] The Rolling Stones | Tumbling Dice
[69] Mahavishnu Orchestra | Birds of Fire
[70] Ash Ra Tempel | Light: Look At Your Sun
[71] The Kinks | Celluloid Heroes
[72] Black Sabbath | Snowblind
[73] The Stylistics | I'm Stone In Love With You
[74] Paul Simon | Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard
[75] Gilberto Gil | Expresso 2222
[76] Caravan | Golf Girl
[77] Gil Scott-Heron | Did You Hear What They Said?
[78] Funkadelic | A Joyful Process
I always forget how great this year is in lieu of 1971. But, whoa, great.
1) The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St 86.73
2) Lou Reed - Transformer 63.60
3) David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 60.69
4) Nick Drake - Pink Moon 51.98
5) Roxy Music - Roxy Music 39.20
6) Stevie Wonder - Talking Book 32.63
7) Yes - Close To The Edge 29.43
8) Curtis Mayfield - Superfly 26.03
9) Joni Mitchell - For The Roses 22.79
10) Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill 15.67
11) Deep Purple - Machine Head 13.27
12) Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes 9.07
13) Paul Simon - Paul Simon 6.63
14) Big Star - #1 Record 0.00
Albums
Not the most top-heavy of years, but very good at the bottom of the list.
1. The Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street
2. The Harder They Come soundtrack
3. Stevie Wonder, Talking Book
4. Big Star, #1 Record
5. David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
6. Paul Simon, Paul Simon
7. Curtis Mayfield, Superfly
8. Steely Dan, Can’t Buy a Thrill
9. Little Feat, Sailin’ Shoes
10. The O'Jays, Back Stabbers
11. Al Green, Let’s Stay Together
12. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Will the Circle Be Unbroken
13. Nils Lofgren/Grin, 1+1
14. Randy Newman, Sail Away
15. Mott the Hoople, All the Young Dudes
16. Neil Young, Harvest
17. Joni Mitchell, For the Roses
18. Stevie Wonder, Music of My Mind
SONGS
1. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
2. Frank Zappa - Wawa/Jawaka
3. Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo
4. Deep Purple - Highway Star
5. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
6. David Bowie - It Ain't Easy
7. Roberta Flack - The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
8. Big Star - Feel
9. Frank Zappa - It Just Might Be a One Shot Deal
10. Rolling Stones - Rocks Off
11. Randy Newman - Sail Away
12. Rolling Stones - Happy
13. Randy Newman - Burn On
14. Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me
15. Todd Rundgren - Couldn't I Just Tell You
16. Lou Reed - Walk On the Wild Side
17. Big Star - Thirteen
18. Todd Rundgren - Black Maria
19. Todd Rundgren - It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
20. Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light
Pretty much every year from 1967-1975 is a great year in general. 1972 is no exception.
One thing I don't understand is why Harvest is so highly rated among Neil Young albums. It's not without it's gems, but I find it one of the least inspired of his efforts. Compared to Gold Rush, Tonight's the Night, On The Beach and Rust Never Sleeps, I just find it kinda boring. Perhaps the most commercial album he ever released.
1975 is ok, but CHEEZY. I propose a de-cheese filter when we arrive at 75...no wonder punk broke out next year...
Albums
1. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
2. Lou Reed - Transformer
3. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
4. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
5. Deep Purple - Machine Head
6. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
7. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
8. Curtis Mayfield - Supafly
9. Paul Simon - Paul Simon
10. Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind
I believe 1972 marked a great change in the music world. Exile on Main St. marked the last great album of rock era, and David Bowie started a new era all together with Ziggy Stardust. Lou and Stevie both made great albums, but I feel like too much of their weight lies within the strength of their singles. Machine Head is the best hard rock album not by Led Zeppelin, and I enjoy but am not overly enthusiastic about the other albums on the list.
Songs
1. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
2. Stevie Wonder - Superstition
3. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
4. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
5. David Bowie - Starman
6. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
7. David Bowie - Suffrgette City
8. David Bowie - Rock and Roll Suicide
9. The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice
10. Deep Purple - Highway Star
11. Stevie Wonder - You Are the Sunshine of my Live
12. Elton John - Rocket Man
13. Elvis Presley - Burning Love
14. Lou Reed - Satelite of Love
15. David Bowie - Five Years
I'm surprised Walk on the Wild Side isn't getting more love. The song is so amazing, cliche bassline or not.
Albums
1. Annette Peacock - I'm The One
2. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
3. Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview
4. Captain Beefheart - Magic Spot
5. Can - Ege Bamyasi
6. Birigwa - Birigwa
7. Gil Scott-Heron - Ghetto Style
8. Matching Mole - Matching Mole
9. Ton Steine Scherben - Keine Macht für niemand
10. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Nancy & Lee Again
11. Yma Sumac - Miracles
12. Archie Shepp - Attica Blues
13. Soundtrack - The Harder They Come
14. Miles Davis - On The Corner
15. Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
Keep in mind my biases when looking at this:
1) I tend to dislike double albums...they tend to be full of "filler" in my opinion.
2) It takes a lot of "time" in my ears before I can really judge an album accurately. Therefore, some of these I haven't heard all that often are still being assessed, i.e. "Exile" and "Ziggy".
1) Bread “Baby I’m-a Want You”
2) Steely Dan “Can’t Buy a Thrill”
3) Paul Simon “Paul Simon”
4) Elton John “Honky Chateau”
5) Neil Young “Harvest”
6) David Bowie “Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”
7) War “The World is a Ghetto”
8) Al Green “I’m Still in Love with You”
9) The Eagles “The Eagles”
10) Michael Nesmith “And the Hits Just Keep on Comin’”
HONORABLE MENTION
Rolling Stones “Exile on Main Street”
Todd Rundgren “Something/Anything?”
Stevie Wonder “Music of my Mind”
Al green “Let’s Stay Together”
Still working on cutting my songs down from 83 to a usable number...
Since no one has questioned it,I assume the inclusion of 'The Harder They Come' is fine?
After painful deliberation:
TOP 20 SONGS
1. Jimmy Cliff- Many Rivers to Cross
2. Steely Dan- Reeling in the Years
3. The Osmonds- Crazy Horses
4. Elton John- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
5. The Eagles- Take it Easy
6. Bread- Diary
7. Randy Newman- Sail Away
8. Rick Nelson- Garden Party
9. The O'Jays- Back Stabbers
10. Tammy Wynette- Til I Get it Right
11. Neil Young- The Needle and the Damage Done
12. Carly Simon- You're So Vain
13. Roberta Flack- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
14. Jim Croce- Operator
15. Elvis Presley- Burning Love
16. The Temptations- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
17. Alice Cooper- School's Out
18. Al Green- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
19. Arlo Guthrie- City of New Orleans
20. Looking Glass- Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
These near-misses aren't really in any order but they'd already been numbered by Word and I'm too lazy to de-order them:
21. Wonder, Stevie- I Believe (When I Fall in Love it Will Be Forever)
22. War- The World is a Ghetto
23. Three Dog Night- Never Been to Spain
24. Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show- Sylvia's Mother
25. Raspberries, The- Go All the Way
26. Petra- Storm Comin'
27. America- Horse with No Name, A
28. Bread- Guitar Man, The
29. Chicago- Saturday in the Park
30. Chi-Lites, The- Oh Girl
31. John, Elton- Honky Cat
32. John, Elton- Rocket Man
33. Loggins and Messina- Your Mama Don't Dance
34. Main Ingredient, The- Everybody Plays the Fool
35. Morrison, Van- Moondance
36. O'Jays, The- Love Train
37. Pure Prairie League- Amie
38. Rundgren, Todd- Hello It's Me
39. Seals and Crofts- Summer Breeze
40. Simon, Paul- Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
41. Steely Dan- Dirty Work
42. Steely Dan- Do It Again
43. Stewart, Rod- Handbags and Gladrags
44. Thomas, Timmy- Why Can't We Live Together?
45. Tucker, Tanya- Delta Dawn
46. Withers, Bill- Lean on Me
47. Withers, Bill- Use Me
48. Wonder, Stevie- Superstition
49. Wonder, Stevie- You are the Sunshine of My Life
50. Young, Neil- Heart of Gold
1 David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
2 Lou Reed - Transformer
3 The O'Jays - Back Stabbers
4 The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St
5 Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
6 The Staple Singers - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
7 Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
8 T. Rex - The Slider
9 The Band - Rock of Ages
10 The Original Soundtrack - The Harder They Come
11 Roxy Music - Roxy Music
12 Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace
13 Tim Buckley - Greetings from L.A.
14 The Temptations - All Directions
15 Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Clear Spot
1 Stevie Wonder - Superstition
2 David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
3 Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
4 T. Rex - Children of the Revolution
5 The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone
6 The Spinners - I'll Be Around
7 The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
8 The O'Jays - Back Stabbers
9 Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
10 The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice
11 David Bowie - Five Years
12 Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
13 Lou Reed - Perfect Day
14 Lou Reed - Satellite of Love
15 Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
16 Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
17 Steely Dan - Do It Again
18 The O'Jays - Love Train
19 The Rolling Stones - Happy
20 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again, Naturally
No vote for the Flatlanders ?
Favorite albums:
01. CURTIS MAYFIELD-Superfly
02. DAVID BOWIE-Ziggy Stardust
03. ROXY MUSIC-Roxy music
04. DEEP PURPLE-Machine head
05. KEVIN COYNE-Case history
06. JORGE BEN-Ben
07. GENTLE GIANT-Octopus
08. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART-Clear spot
09. ANN PEEBLES-Straight from the heart
10. WISHBONE ASH-Argus
11. GENESIS-Foxtrot
12. TODD RUNDGREN-Something/Anything
13. ALLEN TOUSSAINT-Life,love and faith
14. JETHRO TULL-Thick as a brick
15. AL GREEN-I'm still in love with you
16. O' JAYS-Back stabbers
17. YES-Close to the edge
18. FRED WESLEY & THE J.B's-Food for thought
19. VAN DYKE PARKS-Discover America
20. FAUST-So far
21. ARCHIE SHEPP-Attica blues
22. DEEP PURPLE-Made in Japan
23. STEVIE WONDER-Talking book
24. ASH RA TEMPEL-Schwingungen
25. BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION EXPRESS-Second wind
26. CAETANO VELOSO-Transa
27. D.R. HOOKER-The truth
28. RY COODER-Into the purple valley
29. CAPTAIN BEYOND-Captain Beyond
30. JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH-It's just begun
Individual tracks:
01. CURTIS MAYFIELD--LITTLE CHILD RUNNING WILD (from Superfly-Soul/Funk)
02. ARCHIE SHEPP-ATTICA BLUES (from Attica blues-Fusion/Jazz)
03. YES-CLOSE TO THE EDGE (from Close to the edge-Prog)
04. LINDA JONES-YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE (from Your precious love-Soul/Funk)
05. JOHN BARRY-THEME FROM 'THE PERSUADERS' (from The Persuaders-Soundtrack)
06. DOOBIE BROTHERS-JESUS IS JUST ALRIGHT (from Toulouse Street-Pop/Rock)
07. JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH-TROGLODYTE (from It's just begun-Soul/Funk)
08. DAVID BOWIE-ZIGGY STARDUST (from Ziggy Stardust-Glam)
09. JAMES BROWN-PUBLIC ENEMY # 1 (from There it is-Soul/Funk)
10. GEATER DAVIS-I'M GONNA CHANGE (single-Soul/Funk)
11. ALICE COOPER-SCHOOL'S OUT (from School's out-Glam)
12. STEVIE WONDER-SUPERSTITION (from Talking book-Soul/Funk)
13. KEVIN COYNE-EVIL ISLAND HOME (from Case history-Singer/songwriter)
14. MOODY BLUES-I'M JUST A SINGER (from Seventh sojourn-Pop/Rock)
15. FELA KUTI-ROFOROFO FIGHT (from Roforofo fight-World/African/Nigeria)
16. ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS-LOUISE (from Sugar farm-Blues)
17. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART-GROW FINS (from The spotlight kid-Avantrock)
18. CAETANO VELOSO-IT'S A LONG WAY (from Transa-World/Latin/Brazil)
19. ANN PEEBLES-TROUBLES, HEARTACHES AND SADNESS (from Straight from the heart-Soul/Funk)
20. STEVE MILLER BAND-JOURNEY FROM EDEN (from Recall the beginning-Pop/Rock)
21. JAMES BROWN-GET ON THE GOOD FOOT (from Get on the good foot-Soul/Funk)
22. D.R. HOOKER-FORGE YOUR OWN CHAINS (from The truth-Pop/Rock)
23. The UNDISPUTED TRUTH-WHAT IT IS (from Face to face-Soul/Funk)
24. O' JAYS-BACK STABBERS (from Back stabbers-Soul/Funk)
25. LINDA JONES-FUGITIVE FROM LOVE (single-Soul/Funk)
26. MICHEL POLNAREFF-LA MOUCHE (from Polnarevolution-French pop)
27. PHIL MENARD, DON GUILLORY & THE L.A. TRAVELLERS-Family waltz (Cajun)
28. ROXY MUSIC-LADYTRON (from Roxy music-Glam)
29. FRED WESLEY & THE J.B's-Givin' up food for funk (single-Soul/Funk)
30. WALTER HAWKINS & SELAH-WHERE WILL YOU RUN TO (single-Soul/Gospel)
31. MARVIN GAYE-TROUBLE MAN (from Trouble man-Soul/Funk)
32. JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH-LUTHER THE ANTHROPOID (from Phase two-Soul/Funk)
33. DUG DUG'S-SMOG (from Smog-Mexican rock)
34. WILLIE COLÓN-AGUANILE (from El juicio-World/Latin)
35. T. REX-CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION (single-Glam)
36. DEEP PURPLE-HIGHWAY STAR (from Machine head-Metal/Hardrock)
37. DON JULIAN & THE LARKS-CHECK OUT YOUR MIND (from Shorty The Pimp-Soul/Funk)
38. DOLLY PARTON-WILL HE BE WAITING (from Touch your woman-Pop/Country)
39. The BAND-THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN (LIVE) (from Rock of ages-Pop/Rock)
40. LOU REED-VICIOUS (from Transformer-Pop/Rock)
41. POLITICIANS-FUNKY TOES (from Politicians featuring McKinley Jackson-Soul/Funk)
42. STEELY DAN-DO IT AGAIN (from Can't buy a thrill-Pop/Rock)
43. MACABRE-BE FORWARNED (single-Metal/Hardrock) these guys later became '80s metal thrashers Pentagram.
44. KEVIN COYNE-SAND ALL YELLOW (from Case history-Singer/songwriter)
45. MOTT THE HOOPLE-ALL THE YOUNG DUDES (from All the young dudes-Glam)
46. TOM ZÉ-DOR E DOR (from Se o caso é chorar-World/Latin/Brazil)
47. DONNY HATHAWAY-LITTLE GHETTO BOY (LIVE) (from Live-Soul/Funk)
48. BONZO DOG BAND-SLUSH (from Let's make up and be friendly-Pop/Rock)
49. EAGLES-WITCHY WOMAN (from Eagles-Pop/Rock)
50. MAXI PRIEST, LEE PERRY & NINEY THE OBSERVER-BABYLON'S BURNING (single-Reggae)
51. GENESIS-WATCHER OF THE SKIES (from Foxtrot-Prog)
52. ALLEN TOUSSAINT-OUT OF THE CITY (from Life, love and faith-Soul/Funk)
53. HAWKIWND-BRAINSTORM (from Doremifasolatido-Pop/Rock)
54. WISHBONE ASH-THE KING WILL COME (from Argus-Pop/Rock)
55. BIG YOUTH-PRIDE AND JOY ROCK (from Screaming target-Reggae)
56. EDDIE KENDRICKS-MY PEOPLE...HOLD ON (from People...hold on-Soul/Funk) former Temptations singer.
57. TIMMY THOMAS-WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER (from Why can't we live together-Soul/Funk)
58. EDGAR WINTER-FREE RIDE (from They only come out at night-Pop/Rock)
59. OSMONDS-CRAZY HORSES (from Crazy horses-Pop/Rock)
60. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART-BIG EYED BEANS FROM VENUS (from Clear spot-Avantrock)
61. DAVID BOWIE-THE JEAN GENIE (single-Glam) released at the end of '72, couple of months prior to its inclusion on Aladdin sane.
62. FAUST-SO FAR (from So far-Krautrock)
63. DAN HICKS & HIS HOT LICKS-I SCARE MYSELF (from Striking it rich-Pop/Rock) also covered by Thomas Dolby.
64. FRED WESLEY & THE J.B's-HOT PANTS ROAD (from Food for thought-Soul/Funk)
65. BAOBAB-N' DIAYE (from M' beugene-World/African/Senegal)
66. JORGE BEN-AS ROSAS ERAM TODAS AMARELAS (from Ben-World/Latin/Brazil)
67. SLADE-GET DOWN AND GET WITH IT (LIVE) (from Slade Alive-Glam)
68. TODD RUNDGREN-I SAW THE LIGHT (from Something/Anything-Pop/Rock)
69. ROLLING STONES-SWEET BLACK ANGEL (from Exile on main street-Pop/Rock)
70. GRIN-MOON TEARS (from 1 + 1-Pop/Rock) Nils Lofgfren's early band.
71. BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION EXPRESS-SOMEBODY HELP US (from Second wind-Fusion/Rock)
72. CARLY SIMON-YOU'RE SO VAIN (from No secrets-Pop/Rock)
73. JIMMY CLIFF-THE HARDER THEY COME (from The harder they come-Reggae)
74. TONY JOE WHITE-AS THE CROW FLIES (from The train I'm on-Singer/songwriter)
75. ASSAGAI-KINZAMBI (from Zimbabwe-World/African/Zimbabwe)
76. CURTIS MAYFIELD-FREDDIE'S DEAD (from Superfly-Soul/Funk)
77. ANNETTE PEACOCK-I'M THE ONE (from I'm the one-Avantgarde)
78. TEMPTATIONS-PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE (from All directions-Soul/Funk)
79. GENTLE GIANT-THE ADVENT OF PANURGE (from Octopus-Prog)
80. DAVID BOWIE-SUFRAGETTE CITY (from Ziggy Stardust-Glam)
81. BONNIE RAITT-IF YOU GOTTA MAKE A FOOL OF SOMEBODY (from Give it up-Pop/Rock)
82. LYN COLLINS-THINK (from Think (about it)-Soul/Funk)
83. BRINSLEY SCHWARTZ-SURRENDER TO THE RHYTHM (from Nervous on the road-Pubrock)
84. LOU REED-I CAN'T STAND IT (from Lou reed-Pop/Rock)
85. MALO-PAÑA (from Malo-Latinrock)
86. JETHRO TULL-THICK AS A BRICK (from Thick as a brick-Prog)
87. TERRY CALLIER-LEAN ON ME (from Occasional rain-Soul/Singer/songwriter)
88. CAN-SING SWAN SONG (from Ege bamyasi-Krautrock)
89. JOSEPH SPENCE-SLOOP JOHN B. (from Good morning Mr. Walker-World/Bahamas)
90. AL GREEN-LOVE AND HAPPINESS (from I'm still in love with you-Soul/Funk)
91. HIGHWAY ROBBERY-MYSTERY RIDER (from For love or money-Metal/Hardrock)
92. VAN MORRISON-JACKIE WILSON SAID (from St. Dominic's preview-Singer/songwriter)
93. RY COODER-VIGILANTE MAN (from Into the purple valley-Pop/Rock)
94. JAMES BROWN-THERE IT IS (from There it is-Soul/Funk)
95. STEPHEN STILLS/MANASSAS-RIGHT NOW (from Manassas-Pop/Rock)
96. ASH RA TEMPEL & TIMOTHY LEARY-SPACE (from Seven-up-Krautrock)
97. BILL WITHERS-WHO IS HE AND WHAT IS HE TO YOU (from Still Bill-Soul/Funk)
98. PROCOL HARUM-CONQUISTADOR (LIVE) (from Live with the Edmonton symphony orchestra-Pop/Rock)
99. NICK DRAKE-PLACE TO BE (from Pink moon-Singer/songwriter)
100. ROXY MUSIC-RE-MAKE/RE-MODEL (from Roxy music-Glam)
101. LUTHER INGRAM-IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG, I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT (from If loving you is wrong-Soul/Funk)
102. The UNDISPUTED TRUTH-YOU MAKE YOUR OWN HEAVEN AND HELL RIGHT HERE ON EARTH (from Face to face-Soul/Funk)
103. URIAH HEEP-EASY LIVIN' (from Demons and wizards-Metal/Hardrock)
104. BOBBY WOMACK-ACROSS 110th STREET (from Across 110th Street-Soul/Funk)
105. DOOBIE BROTHERS-LISTEN TO THE MUSIC (from Toulouse Street-Pop/Rock)
106. NEU!-HALLOGALLO (from Neu!-Krautrock)
107. BAR-KAYS-SON OF SHAFT (LIVE) (from Wattstax-Soul/Funk)
108. CAETANO VELOSO-NINE OUT OF TEN (from Transa-World/Latin/Brazil)
109. S.O.U.L.-TELL IT LIKE IT IS (from Can you feel it ?-Soul/Funk)
110. BREAD-GUITAR MAN (from Guitar man-Pop/Rock)
111. DELROY WILSON-RASCAL MAN (single-Reggae)
112. BONZO DOG BAND-DON'T GET ME WRONG (from Let's make up and be friendly-Pop/Rock)
113. BANDA NUEVA-EXTINCION (from Banda nueva-Colombian pop/Latin)
114. TOWNES VAN ZANDT-HIGHWAY KIND (from High, low and inbetween-Singer/songwriter)
115. ELTON JOHN-MELLOW (from Honky chateau-Pop/Rock)
116. NEIL YOUNG-OLD MAN (from Harvest-Pop/Rock)
117. GROBSCHNITT-SYMPHONY (from Grobschnitt-Krautrock/Prog)
118. SLADE-MAMA WEER ALL CRAZEE NOW (from Slayed ?-Glam)
119. CYCLONES with COUNT OSSIE-MEDITATION (single-Reggae)
120. LITTLE FEAT-SAILIN' SHOES (from Sailin' shoes-Pop/Rock)
121. TOM ZÉ-A BABÁ (from Se o caso é chorar-World/Latin/Brazil)
122. MELLOW CANDLE-BREAK YOUR TOKEN (from Swaddling songs-Folk)
123. DEEP PURPLE-SMOKE ON THE WATER (LIVE) (from Made in Japan-Metal/Hardrock)
124. QUINCY JONES-MONEY RUNNER (from Money runner-Fusion/Funk)
125. CURVED AIR-OVER AND ABOVE (from Phantasmagoria-Prog)
126. EDGAR WINTER-SAVE THE PLANET (LIVE) (from Roadwork-Pop/Rock)
127. ALBERT KING-I'LL PLAY THE BLUES FOR YOU (from I'll play the blues for you-Blues)
128. The MOVE-DO YA (single-Pop/Rock)
129. MATATA-WANNA DO MY THING (from Independence-World/African/Kenya)
130. PAUL SIMON-MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION (from Paul Simon-Pop/Rock)
131. GROUNDHOGS-EARTH IS NOT ROOM ENOUGH (from Who will save the world ?-Pop/Rock)
132. FREDDIE HUBBARD-POVO (from Sky dive-Fusion/Jazz)
133. GARY GLITTER-ROCK & ROLL pts. 1 & 2 (from Glitter-Glam)
134. BARRY DRANSFIELD-THE WEREWOLF (from Barry Dransfield-Folk)
135. FUNKADELIC-LOOSE BOOTY (from America eats its young-Soul/Funk)
136. JEAN-CLAUDE VANNIERS-L' ENFANT LA MOUCHE ET LES ALLUMETTES (from L' enfant assassin des mouche-French Avantpop)
137. HAWKWIND-SILVER MACHINE (single-Pop/Rock)
138. VAN DYKE PARKS-RIVERBOAT (from Discover America-Avant/Pop/Rock)
139. SHIN JUNG HYUN-Korean title A2 (from Shin Jung Hyun & the men-South Korean rock)
140. ASH RA TEMPEL-LIGHT: LOOK AT YOUR SUN (from Schwingungen-Krautrock)
141. KEVIN COYNE-MAD BOY (from Case history-Singer/songwriter)
142. BIG STAR-FEEL (from # 1 record-Pop/Rock)
143. J. GEILS BAND-WHAMMER JAMMER (LIVE) (from Full house-Pop/Rock)
144. CAPTAIN BEYOND-THOUSAND DAYS OF YESTERDAY (from Captain Beyond-Pop/Rock)
145. TODD RUNDGREN-COULDN'T I JUST TELL YOU (from Something/Anything-Pop/Rock)
146. RUFUS THOMAS-THE BREAKDOWN (from Did you heard me ?-Soul/Funk)
147. STEPHEN STILLS/MANASSAS-THE TREASURE (from Manassas-Pop/Rock)
148. CARGOE-FEEL ALRIGHT (single-Pop/Rock) early power pop.
149. STEVIE WONDER-LOVE HAVING YOU AROUND (from Music of my mind-Soul/Funk)
150. JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH-IT'S JUST BEGUN (from It's just begun-Soul/Funk)
151. STEALERS WHEEL-STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU (from Stealers wheel-Pop/Rock)
152. JORGE BEN-DOMINGO (from Ben-World/Latin/Brazil)
153. NEKTAR-KING OF TWILIGHT (from A tab in the ocean-Prog)
154. ALLEN TOUSSAINT-SHE ONCE BELONGED TO ME (from Life, love and faith-Soul/Funk)
155. MULUQEN MELLESSE-HEDETCH ALU (single-World/African/Ethiopia)
156. HORSLIPS-HALL OF MIRRORS (from Happy to meet, sorry to part-Folk)
157. SANTANA-EVERY STEP OF THE WAY (from Caravanserai-Latinrock)
158. BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION EXPRESS-TRUTH (from Second wind-Fusion/Rock)
159. RETURN TO FOREVER-YOU'RE EVERYTHING (from Light as a feather-Fusion)
160. RASPBERIES-I WANNA BE WITH YOU (from Fresh-Pop/Rock)
161. MANU DIBANGO-NEW BELL (from Soul Makossa-World/African/Cameroun)
162. VAN MORRISON-SAINT DOMINIC'S PREVIEW (from St. Dominic's preview-Singer/songwriter)
163. HUES CORPORATION-THERE HE IS AGAIN (from Blacula soundtrack-Soul/Funk)
164. ESTHER BARROW-AND WHEN I DIE (single-Soul/Funk)
165. AZTECA-AZTECA (from Azteca-Latinrock)
166. DAVID ACKLES-AMERICAN GOTHIC (from American gothic-Singer/songwriter)
167. MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA-BIRDS OF FIRE (from Birds of fire-Fusion)
168. NEIL YOUNG-HEART OF GOLD (from Harvest-Pop/Rock)
169. RANDY NEWMAN-GOD'S SONG (from Sail away-Singer/songwriter)
170. REDBONE-FAIS DO (from Already here-Pop/Rock)
171. GENTLE GIANT-A CRY FOR EVERYONE (from Octopus-Prog)
172. EGGS OVER EASY-FACE DOWN IN THE MEADOW (from Good 'n cheap-Pubrock)
173. CURTIS MAYFIELD-GIVE ME YOUR LOVE (from Superfly'Soul/Funk)
174. NITE LITERS-AFRO STRUT (from Instrumental directions-Soul/Funk)
175. LOU REED-WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (from Transformer-Pop/Rock)
176. MONTY PYTHON-DENNIS MOORE (from Monty Python's previous record-Comedy)
177. BLACK SABBATH-ST. VITUS DAY (from Vol. 4-Metal/Hardrock)
178. AL GREEN-I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU (from I'm still in love with you-Soul/Funk)
179. MEIC STEVENS-GALARNAD (from Gwymon-Welsh Folk)
180. DAVID BOWIE-STARMAN (from Ziggy Stardust-Glam)
181. JACKSON BROWNE-UNDER THE FALLING SKY (from Jackson Browne-Pop/Rock)
182. WILLIE COLÓN-TIMBALERO (from El juicio-World/Latin)
183. JOE WALSH-TURN TO STONE (from Barnstorm-Pop/Rock)
184. GENESIS-SUPPER'S READY (from Foxtrot-Prog)
185. MILES DAVIS-BLACK SATIN (from On the corner-Fusion/Jazz)
186. BEACH BOYS-MARCELLA (from Carl & the Passions, so tough-Pop/Rock)
187. GILBERTO GIL-EXPRESSO 2222 (from Expresso 2222-World/Latin/Brazil)
188. ALLMAN BROTHERS-ONE WAY OUT (from Eat a peach-Pop/Rock)
189. POLITICIANS-THE WORLD WE LIVE IN (from Politicians featuring McKinley Jackson-Soul/Funk)
190. FOCUS-SYLVIA (from Focus III-Prog)
191. MAX ROMEO-PUBLIC ENEMY No.1 (single-Reggae)
192. BLUE ÖYSTER CULT-SCREAMS (from Blue öyster cult-Metal/Hardrock)
193. AL GREEN-LET'S STAY TOGETHER (from Let's stay together-Soul/Funk)
194. ELTON JOHN-MONA LISA AND THE MAD HATTERS (from Honky chateau-Pop/Rock)
195. MATCHING MOLE-SIGNED CURTAIN (from Matching mole-Prog)
196. DAVID BOWIE-ROCK & ROLL SUICIDE (from Ziggy Stardust-Glam)
197. ROY BUCHANAN-THE MESSIAH WILL COME AGAIN (from Roy Buchanan-Pop/Rock)
198. MARC BENNO-POOR BOY (from Ambush-Singer/songwriter)
199. T. REX-METAL GURU (from The slider-Glam)
200. CURT BOETCHER-I LOVE YOU MORE EACH DAY (from There's an innocent face-Pop/Rock)
Welcome to the forum, Mindrocker and an interresting list!
Yeah, mindrocker, that's utterly fantastic...200!!!
And many props for your top 2...
Hard to believe that was the first vote for 'Big Eyed Beans From Venus' - thought it would have other votes for sure...
ALBUMS
1. JACQUES BREL: Ne me quitte pas
2. DAVID BOWIE: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars
3. LOU REED: Transformer
4. NEIL YOUNG: Harvest
5. YES: Close to the Edge
6. PAUL SIMON: Paul Simon
7. VAN MORRISON: Saint Dominic's Preview
8. RY COODER: Boomer's Story
9. STEELY DAN: Can't Buy a Thrill
10. RY COODER: Into the Purple Valley
11. THE BEACH BOYS: Carl and The Passions - So Tough
12. TOWNES VAN ZANDT: High, Low and in Between
13. LEONARD COHEN: Live Songs
14. FLEETWOOD MAC: Bare Trees
15. THE KINKS: Everybody's in Showbiz
16. NEIL DIAMOND: Moods
17. JOHN MAYALL: Jazz Blues Fusion
18. THE TRAMPS: The Legendary Zing Album
19. TOWNES VAN ZANDT: The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
20. ELTON JOHN: Honky Chateau
SONGS
1. THE BEACH BOYS: Marcella
2. ELTON JOHN: Rocket Man
3. CARLY SIMON: You're So Vain
4. JACQUES BREL: Ne me quitte pas (1972 version)
5. JACQUES BREL: Le vals a mille temps (1972 version)
6. STEELY DAN: Reelin' in the Years
7. THE KINKS: Celluloid Heroes
8. JACQUES BREL: Le prochain amour (1972 version)
9. CHICAGO: Saturday in the Park
10. JACQUES BREL: Les flamandes (1972 version)
11. DAVID BOWIE: Hang Onto Yourself
12. DAVID BOWIE: Suffragette City
13. NEIL YOUNG: Heart of Gold
14. DAVID BOWIE: Soul Love
15. STEELY DAN: Dirty Work
16. PAUL SIMON: Me and Julio (Down by the Schoolyard)
17. RY COODER: Denomination Blues
18. DAVID BOWIE: Soul Love
19. VAN MORRISON: Redwood Tree
20. NEIL YOUNG: Out on the Weekend
SPANISH ALBUMS
1. CECILIA: Cecilia
2. LOS SALVAJES: Pequeñas cosas
3. JOAN MANUEL SERRAT: Miguel Hernández
4. LLUIS LLACH: Com un arbre nu
5. TOTI SOLER: Lesliebed
FILMS
1. Sleuth - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
2. Solaris - Andrei Tarkovsky
3. Avanti - Billy Wilder
4. Play it again, Sam - Herbert Ross
5. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask - Woody Allen
6. La cabina (The Telephone Box) - Antonio Mercero
7. Mi querida señorita (My Dearest Lady) - Jaime de Armiñán
8. Viskningar och Rop (Cries and Whispers) - Ingmar Bergman
9. Frenzy - Alfred Hitchcock
10. The Goodfather - Francis Ford Coppola
Hmmm, can't get any closer than this, I think:
1) David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
2) Nick Drake - Pink Moon
3) Lou Reed - Transformer
4) Big Star - # 1 Record
5) Bruce Cockburn - Sunwheel Dance
6) Richard Thompson - Henry the Human Fly
7) The Velvet Underground - Live at Max's Kansas City
8) The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St
9) Neil Young - Harvest
10) Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes
ALBUMS:
1. DAVID BOWIE "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" (#1 in my all-time list!!)
2. LOU REED "Transformer" (#25)
3. TODD RUNDGREN "Something/Anything?" (#39)
4. BIG STAR "#1 Record" (#69)
5. STEVIE WONDER "Music of My Mind" (#93)
6. THE ROLLING STONES "Exile on Main St."
7. NEIL YOUNG "Harvest"
8. CURTIS MAYFIELD "Superfly"
9. STEVIE WONDER "Talking Book"
10. DEEP PURPLE "Made in Japan"
11. MILTON NASCIMENTO/LÔ BORGES "Clube da esquina"
12. GENESIS "Foxtrot"
13. PAUL SIMON "Paul Simon"
14. STEELY DAN "Can't Buy a Thrill"
15. AL GREEN "I'm Still in Love With You"
16. ROXY MUSIC "Roxy Music"
17. DEEP PURPLE "Machine Head"
18. ELTON JOHN "Honky Chateau"
19. NICK DRAKE "Pink Moon"
20. RANDY NEWMAN "Sail Away"
21. CAETANO VELOSO "Transa"
22. JORDI SOLER "Liebeslied"
23. JACKSON BROWNE "Jackson Browne"
24. SANTANA "Caravanserai"
25. BREAD "Baby I'm A-Want You"
SONGS:
1. LOU REED "Walk on the Wild Side" (#23 in my all-time list)
2. NINO ROTA "The Godfather Waltz" (#43)
3. STEVIE WONDER "Superstition" (#78)
4. BIG STAR "Thirteen" (#90)
5. TODD RUNDGREN "I Saw the Light" (#213)
6. DEEP PURPLE "Highway Star ('Made in Japan' Live Version)" (#214)
7. DAVID BOWIE "Ziggy Stardust"
8. LOU REED "Satellite of Love"
9. DAVID BOWIE "Moonage Daydream"
10. GENESIS "Supper's Ready"
11. THE ROLLING STONES "Shine a Light"
12. LOU REED "Perfect Day"
13. NEIL YOUNG "Heart of Gold"
14. JIMMY CLIFF "The Harder They Come"
15. CURTIS MAYFIELD "Superfly"
16. STEELY DAN "Do It Again"
17. ELTON JOHN "Rocket Man"
18. BIG STAR "The Ballad of El Goodo"
19. DAVID BOWIE "Five Years"
20. MOTT THE HOPPLE "All the Young Dudes"
21. ROXY MUSIC "Virginia Plain"
22. TODD RUNDGREN "Cold Morning Light"
23. JORDI SOLER "Liebeslied"
24. MILTON NASCIMENTO/LÔ BORGES "Tudo que você podia ser"
25. JOAN MANUEL SERRAT "Nanas de la cebolla"
26. JACKSON BROWNE "Doctor My Eyes"
27. DAVID BOWIE "Starman"
28. STEVIE WONDER "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
29. THE TEMPTATIONS "Papa Was a Rolling Stone"
30. CURTIS MAYFIELD "Freddie's Dead"
31. STEVIE WONDER "I Love Every Little Thing About You"
32. BREAD "Baby I'm-A Want You"
33. STEELY DAN "Dirty Work"
34. BIG STAR "Feel"
35. THE ROLLING STONES "Tumbling Dice"
36. CARLY SIMON "You’re So Vain"
37. PAUL SIMON "Mother and Child Reunion"
38. NEIL YOUNG "The Needle and the Damage Done"
39. DAVID BOWIE "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"
40. TODD RUNDGREN "Black Maria"
41. THE ROLLING STONES "Rocks Off"
42. T. REX "Children of the Revolution"
43. LÔ BORGES "O trem azul"
44. LLUÍS LLACH "Com un arbre nu"
45. SEALS & CROFT "Summer Breeze"
46. THE BEE GEES "Run to Me"
47. AL GREEN "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"
48. STEVIE WONDER "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)"
49. THE ROLLING STONES "Sweet Black Angel"
50. LOU REED "New York Telephone Conversation"
FAVOURITE COMPILATION: JIMMY CLIFF "The Harder They Come" (in AMG, RYM and AM is not listed as a compilation, but I don't know why)
Before talking about Liebeslied please let me seize the opportunity of exposing my own (little) theory about the four different types of music that could include all the music in the world:
a) %%bbCodeItem_1%%. Main feature: sheet music. The importance here relies in the composer. The musicians are "only" allowed to play exactly the music the composer wrote, they can't change a single note and only slightly modify the intensity and tempo (the composer even noted "forte" or "adagio" too).
b) %%bbCodeItem_2%%. Main feature: stage. The importance here relies in the actual performance that is never exactly the same. It can be included here the music based on improvisation (jazz and avant-garde) that only not tries to reproduce written music but not even the performance of the recording sessions. The jazz musicians usually base their performances in a standard melody or in a chord pattern but the main body of their music are the improvised solos.
c) %%bbCodeItem_3%%. Main feature: record. The importance here relies in the artist and the product (single, album) that one can actually buy. The sound, the arrangements and the vocal performance determine even the sub-classification. Of course there are covers too, with a "freedom" of reinterpretation intermediate between the complete of the jazz artists and the absent of the classical ones. 90% of the AM list can be filed under this group, including rock, vocal or rhythm and blues.
d) %%bbCodeItem_4%%. Main feature: oral tradition. The importance here relies in the ground, the traditions of a country that are transmitted from parents to children. I'm not talking about the singer-songwriter with an acoustic guitar, I'm talking about real roots-music like flamenco, where the musicians don't play an actual "song" but they aren't really improvising too because they follow strict patterns, like the chord sequence that the tocaor plays or the couplets of popular poetry that the cantaor sings. Many of the so-called "world music" can be filed under this group.
Of course many musicians have build bridges between these four styles (well, not that many, think about it), but no one has been as equidistant as Jordi ‘Toti’ Soler. Toti had a classical music education (a), his father was a classical guitarist and director of an orchestra composed by doctors-musicians, but like many other young men at the time his first music experiences were in pop (c). He was part of bands like Pic-Nic (a sunshine pop band lead by sweet Jeanette) and Om (a prog-rock band that backed Pau Riba in the groundbreaking "Dioptria" album). But in the middle of this pop period Toti's father insisted to adapt musically some poems by some notorious Catalonian poets with the only release of a single with "Petita festa" ("Little Feast") in 1968. With Toti immersed in works with Pau Riba and Om his father feared of this work remaining unreleased and insisted in recording it again, with the result of the album "Liebeslied" (German for "Love Song"), a delicate work only for guitar and voice recorded in only one session. After the release of this album in 1972 as a debt with the past, he moved away releasing since then only instrumental works based on his mastery with the guitar. In 1973 he became more and more interested in flamenco (d), taking lessons from Diego el Gastor and releasing albums with a strong flamenco influence as "El gat blanc" ("The White Cat", 1973) or "Lonely Fire" (1979). During the 70s he also teamed with Jordi Sabatés approaching to jazz and avant-garde (b) and with folk-singer Ovidi Montllor on many albums (this fruitful team delivered masterpieces like "04/02/42" in 1980). After his particular journey through the desert during the 80s (all the ex-hippies like him were severely punished during the yuppies decade) he created his very particular style during the 90s and 00s with albums that mixed tightly and easily the apparently disparate four styles that I previously mentioned, always with his (deeply Mediterranean) unique sound.
LIEBESLIED
Composers: Joan Vinyoli - Jordi Soler
Performer: JORDI SOLER
First release: 1972 ("Liebeslied"album)
Length: 1’55”
Soledat que m'envoltes flotant,
una queixa en la nit deus sentir,
com estrella en silenci vetllant.
Més que mai ara el cel es distant,
però un cop tan a prop, tan a prop…
No fugir del meu cor, no fugir,
cap enfora en la nit va girant.
Potser el d'ella també canta així
i té el meu tan a prop, tan a prop...
LIEBESLIED
Solitude floating around me,
you must listen a complaint at night,
awake silently like a star.
Never the sky was so distant,
but suddenly so near, so near…
No escape from my heart, no escape,
round and round outside at night.
Maybe hers sing like that too
and has mine so near, so near...
I've done a you-tube video selecting 4 songs representative of the deep involvement of Toti into the four styles: a) classical (“Dona’m”) b) jazz (“La mariposa de la muerte”, edited) c) pop (“Liebeslied”) d) folk (“Lonely Fire”). Please take a look at it, it supposed quite a lot of work for me.
Greg Rumpff : even though Many Rivers to Cross was in "the harder they come", it was first released in 69
1. Big Star - Thirteen
2. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
3. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
4. Stevie Wonder - Superstition
5. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
6. Jacques Brel - La Valse a Mille Temps
7. Neil Young - Heart of Gold
8. Lou Reed - Perfect Day
9. David Bowie - Five Years
10. Nick Drake - Things Behind the Sun
11. Jacques Brel - Ne Me Quitte Pas
12. Big Star - In The Street
13. Alice Cooper - School's Out
14. Stevie Wonder - You Are the Sunshine of My Life
15. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
16. Al Green - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
17. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
18. Nick Drake - Place to Be
19. David Bowie - Starman
20. Steely Dan - Do It Again
Yeah,I was wondering about that. But should it disqualify the album?
Honorio: I like your classification, but I think it's worth noting that lately a lot of folk and jazz sounds are getting released within the 'pop' sphere.
'Indie' or 'Hipster' folks in the last four or five years are basically people who like listening to pop music but want it to sound like everything else.
Albums
1. The Rolling Stones- Exile on Main St.
2. David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
3. Lou Reed- Transformer
4. Curtis Mayfield- Superfly
5. Neil Young- Harvest
6. Roxy music- Roxy music
7. Stevie Wonder- Talking Book
8. The Original Soundtrack- The Harder They Come
9. Nick Drake- Pink Moon
10. Paul Simon- Paul Simon
11. Deep Purple- Machine Head
12. Stevie Wonder- Music of My Mind
Songs
1. The Rolling Stones- Let it Loose
2. Stevie Wonder- Superstition
3. The Rolling Stones- Tumbling Dice
4. Deep purple- Highway Star
5. David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust
6. The O'jays- Back Stabbers
7. Lou Reed- Walk on the Wild Side
8. David Bowie- Suffragette City
9. Curtis Mayfield- Pusherman
10. The Rolling Stones- Rocks Off
11. Lou Reed- Satellite of Love
12. Jimmy Cliff- The Harder They Come
13. The Rolling Stones- Torn and Frayed
14. David Bowie- Soul Love
15. Neil Young- The Needle and the Damage Done
16. Elton John- Rocket Man
17. The Rolling Stones- Sweet Virginia
18. Roxy Music- Re-make/Re-model
19. Paul Simon- Mother and Child Reunion
20. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes- If you don't know me by now
Sorry for the inconvenience, Nassim, but there is a mistake in my albums’ list. Live Songs by Leonard Cohen was released in 1973. So here is my new list:
1. JACQUES BREL: Ne me quitte pas
2. DAVID BOWIE: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars
3. LOU REED: Transformer
4. NEIL YOUNG: Harvest
5. YES: Close to the Edge
6. PAUL SIMON: Paul Simon
7. VAN MORRISON: Saint Dominic’s Preview
8. RY COODER: Boomer’s Story
9. STEELY DAN: Can't Buy a Thrill
10. RY COODER: Into the Purple Valley
11. THE BEACH BOYS: Carl and The Passions - So Tough
12. TOWNES VAN ZANDT: High, Low and in Between
13. FLEETWOOD MAC: Bare Trees
14. THE KINKS: Everybody's in Showbiz
15. NEIL DIAMOND: Moods
16. JOHN MAYALL: Jazz Blues Fusion
17. THE TRAMPS: The Legendary Zing Album
18. TOWNES VAN ZANDT: The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
19. ELTON JOHN: Honky Chateau
20. STEVIE WONDER: Talking Book
Yeah,I was wondering about that. But should it disqualify the album?
No, but it should disqualify the song !
1) The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St.
2) Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
3) Neil Young - Harvest
4) Lou Reed - Transformer
5) David Bowie - The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
6) Nick Drake - Pink Moon
7) Deep Purple - Made In Japan
8) Deep Purple - Machine Head
9) Paul Simon - Paul Simon
10) Roxy Music - Roxy Music
11) Big Star - #1 Record'
12) The Original Soundtrack - The Harder They Come
1) Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side
2) The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes
3) Stevie wonder - Superstition
4) Neil Young - Heart of Gold
5) Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
6) The Temptations - My Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
7) Lou Reed - Perfect Day
8) Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman
9) David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
10) Paul Simon - Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
11) Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
12) The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice
13) Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead
14) Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
15) Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty
16) Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
17) Alice Cooper - School's Out
18) Stevie Wonder - Superstition
19) The Rolling Stones - Turd On The Run
20) Big Star - Thirteen
Albums
1)Big Star - #1 Record
2)Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
3)David Bowie - The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
4)The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
5)Lou Reed - Transformer
6)Nick Drake - Pink Moon
7)Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
8)Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
9)Paul Simon - Paul Simon
10)Neil Young - Harvest
11)Randy Newman - Sail Away
12)Elton John - Honky Chateau
13)Tim Buckley - Greetings From L.A.
14)Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Clear Spot
15)Original Soundtrack - The Harder They Come
16)Yes - Close To The Edge
17)The Eagles - The Eagles
18)Alice Cooper - School's Out
19)Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man
20)Rod Stewart - Never A Dull Moment
Songs
1)Big Star - Thirteen
2)Stevie Wonder - Superstition
3)Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side
4)Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Big Eyed Beans From Venus
5)The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
6)Steely Dan - Reeling In The Years
7)Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
8)Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
9)Lou Reed - Perfect Day
10)Nick Drake - Pink Moon
11)Randy Newman - Sail Away
12)The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes
13)The Eagles - Take It Easy
14)Alice Cooper - School's Out
15)Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
16)Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
17)The Stylistics - I'm Stone In Love With You
18)Elton John - Rocket Man
19)David Bowie - Starman
20)The Spinners - I'll Be Around
ALBUMS
1. The Rolling Stones, EXILE ON MAIN STREET
2. David Bowie, THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS
3. Todd Rundgren, SOMETHING/ANYTHING?
4. Steely Dan, CAN’T BUY A THRILL
5. Big Star, #1 RECORD
6. Stevie Wonder, TALKING BOOK
7. ROXY MUSIC
8. Lou Reed, TRANSFORMER
9. Randy Newman, SAIL AWAY
10. Mott the Hoople, ALL THE YOUNG DUDES
11. Curtis Mayfield, SUPERFLY
12. Deep Purple, MACHINE HEAD
13. Neil Young, HARVEST
14. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, CLEAR SPOT
15. Nick Drake, PINK MOON
16. THE HARDER THEY COME [Original Soundtrack]
17. Van Morrison, SAINT DOMINIC’S PREVIEW
18. Mellow Candle, SWADDLING SONGS
19. Rod Stewart, NEVER A DULL MOMENT
20. The Allman Brothers Band, EAT A PEACH
SONGS
1. Stevie Wonder, “Superstition”
2. Steely Dan, “Reeling in the Years”
3. The Rolling Stones, “Rocks Off”
4. The Raspberries, “Go All the Way”
5. Lou Reed, “Perfect Day”
6. David Bowie, “Five Years”
7. Todd Rundgren, “Hello It’s Me”
8. Big Star, “Thirteen”
9. Randy Newman, “Old Man”
10. Roxy Music, “Re-Make/Re-Model”
11. Lou Reed, “Satellite of Love”
12. Mott the Hoople, “All the Young Dudes”
13. David Bowie, “Moonage Daydream”
14. Todd Rundgren, “Couldn’t I Just Tell You”
15. The Rolling Stones, “Loving Cup”
16. Johnny Nash, “I Can See Clearly Now”
17. The Spinners, “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love”
18. Carly Simon, “You’re So Vain”
19. Deep Purple, “Highway Star”
20. Lou Reed, “Walk on the Wild Side”
21. The Temptations, “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”
22. Randy Newman, “Sail Away”
23. The Rolling Stones, “Torn and Frayed”
24. Big Star, “In the Street”
25. Neil Young, “The Needle and the Damage Done”
26. Todd Rundgren, “I Saw the Light”
27. David Bowie, “Ziggy Stardust”
28. Curtis Mayfield, “Freddie’s Dead”
29. Stevie Wonder, “I Believe When I Fall in Love (It Will Be Forever)”
30. Mott the Hoople, “One of the Boys”
31. Bill Withers, “Lean on Me”
32. The Chi-Lites, “Oh! Girl”
33. David Bowie, “Suffragette City”
34. The Rolling Stones, “Tumbling Dice”
35. Todd Rundgren, “It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference”
36. Randy Newman, “Political Science”
37. Nick Drake, “Pink Moon”
38. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, “If You Don’t Know Me by Now”
39. Alice Cooper, “School’s Out”
40. Neil Young, “Heart of Gold"
Alright I'll come up with a new song list replacing that one...
TOP 20 SONGS *** REVISED ***
1. Steely Dan- Reeling in the Years
2. The Osmonds- Crazy Horses
3. Elton John- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
4. The Eagles- Take it Easy
5. Bread- Diary
6. Randy Newman- Sail Away
7. Rick Nelson- Garden Party
8. The O'Jays- Back Stabbers
9. Tammy Wynette- Til I Get it Right
10. Neil Young- The Needle and the Damage Done
11. Carly Simon- You're So Vain
12. Roberta Flack- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
13. Jim Croce- Operator
14. Elvis Presley- Burning Love
15. The Temptations- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
16. Alice Cooper- School's Out
17. Al Green- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
18. Arlo Guthrie- City of New Orleans
19. Looking Glass- Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
20. Guitar Man- Bread
Albums:
1. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
2. Deep Purple - Made in Japan
3. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
4. Léo Ferré - Avec le temps
5. Lou Reed - Transformer
6. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
7. Deep Purple - Machine Head
8. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
9. Brigitte Fontaine - Brigitte Fontaine
10. Jacques Brel - Ne Me Quitte Pas
11. Miles Davis - On the Corner
12. Slade - Slayed?
Songs:
1. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
2. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
3. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
4. Jacques Brel - La Valse a Mille Temps
5. John Barry - Theme from "The Persuaders"
6. Jacques Brel - Ne Me Quitte Pas
7. Deep Purple - Highway Star
8. Nino Rota – The Godfather Waltz
9. David Bowie - Five Years
10. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
11. T. Rex - Telegram Sam
12. Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now
13. Stevie Wonder - Superstition
14. David Bowie - John, I'm Only Dancing
15. The Who - Join Together
16. David Bowie - The Jean Genie
17. Deep Purple - Space Truckin'
18. Brigitte Fontaine – Brigitte
19. Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
20. Roxy Music - Re-Make/Re-Model
Albums
1. Neu!
2. Pekka Streng - Kesämaa
3. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
4. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars
5. Can - Ege Bamyasi
6. Faust - So Far
7. Amon Düül II - Carnival in Babylon
8. Big Star - # 1 Record
9. Neil Young - Harvest
10. Lou Reed - Transformer
11. Todd Rungren - Something/ Anything
12. Yes - Close to the Edge
Songs
1. Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
2. Big Star - Thirteen
3. David Bowie - Starman
4. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
5. Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar
6. Neil Young - Heart of Gold
7. Lou Reed - Perfect Day
8. Can - Spoon
9. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
10. Neu! - Hallogallo
11. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
12. Amon Düül II - All the Years 'Round
13. Neu! - Negativland
14. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
15. Nick Drake - Place to Be
16. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
17. Todd Rungren - The Night the Carousel Burned down
18. Tim Buckley - Sweet Surrender
19. Big Star - In the Streets
20. Neu! - Lieber Honig
Are you as harsh as me when it comes to favourite artists?
Nassim, throw in "Reeling In The Years" by Steely Dan at no. 20, if possible! Great guitar solo!
Miguel, you voted twice for Soul Love
Songs
1. Stevie Wonder - Superstition (17)
2. The Slickers - Johnny Too Bad (73)
3. The Rolling Stones - Tumblin’ Dice (126)
4. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (170)
5. Big Star - Thirteen
6. Paul Simon - Me and Julia Down By the School Yard
7. David Bowie - Suffragette City
8. Steely Dan - Reelin’ in the Years
9. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone
10. Elton John - Rocket Man
11. Little Feat - Willin’
12. Big Star - In the Street
13. Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
14. Neil Young - Heart of Gold
15. The O’Jays - Love Train
16. Stevie Wonder - You Are the Sunshine of My Life
17. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
18. The Rolling Stones - Rocks Off
19. Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman
20. Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly
Sorry, Nassim. The song number 18 was Moonage Daydream, by Bowie.
Albums
1. Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
2. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
3. Lou Reed - Transformer
4. Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly
5. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
6. Deep Purple - Machine Head
7. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
8. Neil Young - Harvest
9. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
10. Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
Songs
1. Stevie Wonder - Superstition
2. Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman
3. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
4. Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
5. David Bowie - Starman
6. Rolling Stones - Rocks Off
7. The Staples Singers - I'll Take You There
8. Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years
9. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
10. The Allman Brothers Band - Melissa
11. Elton John - Rocket Man
12. Ray Charles - America the Beautiful
13. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone
14. Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones
15. Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle with You
16. Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming
17. David Bowie - Soul Love
18. Rolling Stones - Rip This Joint
19. Stevie Wonder - You Are the Sunshine of My Life
20. Neil Young - Old Man
Stephan, you have voted twice for Superstition !
Less than 20 points between the 8th and the 13th song at this moment, any vote can change the results ! Only one day left!
Great, great year… As far as rock, soul and alt country are concerned, there seems to be no boundary to the number of gems, great songs and great albums from 1972.
Albums
1. Neil Young – Harvest (#11 overall)
2. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (28)
3. Various Artists/Soundtrack - The Harder They Come (31)
4. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (38)
5. Curtis Mayfield – Superfly (46)
6. Lou Reed – Transformer (67)
7. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street (82)
8. The Flatlanders - Jimmy Dale and The Flatlanders (85)
9. Matching Mole - Matching Mole (92)
10. Genesis – Foxtrot (100)
11. Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (117)
12. Terry Callier - Occasional Rain (118)
13. Willis Alan Ramsey - Willis Alan Ramsey (122)
14. Steve Young - Seven Bridges Road (149)
15. Al Green - Let's Stay Together (154)
16. Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You
17. Stevie Wonder - Music Of My Mind
18. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
19. Randy Newman - Sail Away
20. Deep Purple - Machine Head
21. Dr John – Gumbo
22. Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds Of Fire
23. Todd Rundgren – Something / Anything ?
24. Roxy Music – s/t
25. Stephen Stills - Manassas
Songs
1. Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty ( listen )
2. Stevie Wonder - Superstition
3. David Bowie - Rock'n Roll Suicide
4. The Flatlanders - Tonight I'm Gonna Go Downtown ( listen )
5. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone
6. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
7. Neil Young - The Needle And The Damage Done
8. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
9. Willis Alan Ramsey – Angel Heart
10. Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side
11. Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
12. Neil Young - Out On The Weekend
13. Matching Mole - O Caroline
14. Arlo Guthrie - The City of New Orleans
15. Nick Drake - Things Behind the Sun
16. Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman
17. James Brown - King Heroin
18. George Jackson - Hey Aretha, Sing One For Me
19. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost
20. The Rolling Stones – Happy
21. Dr. John – Stack-a-Lee
22. Little Feat – Willin'
23. Maxime Le Forestier – San Francisco
24. Fela – Roforofo Fight
25. Steely Dan – Reeling In The Years
1. Harvest - Neil Young
2. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
3. Pink Moon - Nick Drake
4. Clear Spot - Captain Beefheart
5. Exile On Main St. - Rolling Stones
6. Transformer - Lou Reed
7. Manassas - Stephen Stills
8. Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren
9. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
10. Machine Head - Deep Purple
And there is already a change in the qualified songs with nicolas' vote ! But 4 closes are still very close to the cut (less than 10 points) and 10 songs can enter the top 10 with a #1 vote !
Everything I have seen shows that "The Love I Lost" is 1973. If I'm wrong, it should be slipped in at No. 19 and everything else move down.
Albums
1. Ziggy Stardust... - David Bowie
2. Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
3. Transformer - Lou Reed
4. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
5. Harvest - Neil Young
6. Free to Be You And Me - Marlo Thomas & Friends (A touchstone recording for kids growing up on the lefty side of the still developing "culture wars." I was born a year later, and this was my parents go to recording for me in the years that followed. Sure, it's heavy handed, but that's how children's records work. Some tracks do not hold up so well... others are still pretty good.)
7. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
8. Paul Simon - s/t
9. Music of My Mind - Stevie Wonder
10. Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren
Songs
1. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
2. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
3. Suffragette City - David Bowie
4. Virginia Plain - Roxy Music
5. Hello, It's Me - Todd Rundgren
6. America the Beautiful - Ray Charles
7. The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young
8. If You Don't Know Me By Now - Howard Melvin and the Blue Notes
9. Jack Straw (live) - The Grateful Dead
10. Moonage Daydram - David Bowie
11. Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield
12. It's Alright To Cry - Rosie Greer
13. Perfect Day - Lou Reed
14. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
15. Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks
16. Little Martha - The Allman Brothers Band
17. Back Stabbers - The O'Jays
18. Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
19. Get On The Good Foot, Pt. 1 - James Brown
20. Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) - Stevie Wonder
21. Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard - Paul Simon
22. Five Years - David Bowie
23. Vicious - Lou Reed
24. Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
25. Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Temptations
26. I'm Still In Love With You - Al Green
27. Old Man - Neil Young
28. Glad To Have A Friend Like You - Marlo Thomas
29. Operator - Jim Croce
30. Tumbling Dice - The Rolling Stones
31. Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
32. I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren
33. I Believe (When I Fall In Love...) - Stevie Wonder
34. I Wann Be Where You Are - Michael Jackson
35. Starman - David Bowie
Albums
1. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
2. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
3. Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You
4. Genesis - Foxtrot
5. Various Artists - The Harder They Come
6. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
7. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
8. Deep Purple - Machine Head
9. Lou Reed - Transformer
10. The O'Jays - Back Stabbers
11. Neil Young - Harvest
12. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
13. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
14. Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
15. Bill Withers - Still Bill
16. The Temptations - All Directions
17. Al Green - Let's Stay Together
18. Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind
19. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken
20. Can - Ege Bamyasi
Songs
1. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
2. Lou Reed - Perfect Day
3. Paul Simon - Mother and Child Reunion
4. Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
5. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone
6. The O'Jays - Back Stabbers
7. Steely Dan - Do It Again
8. Fred Åkerström - Jag ger dig min morgon
9. Neil Young - Heart of Gold
10. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
11. Hot Butter - Popcorn
12. Stevie Wonder - Superstition
13. The Spinners - I'll Be Around
14. David Bowie - Five Years
15. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
16. Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman
17. America - Ventura Highway
18. America - A Horse with No Name
19. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
20. Black Sabbath - Changes
1. Stevie Wonder – Talking Book
2. Nick Drake – Pink Moon
3. Todd Rundgren – Something / Anything?
4. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street
5. Big Star - #1 Record
6. Al Green – I’m Still In Love With You
7. Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
8. Bill Withers – Still Bill
9. Neil Young – Harvest
10. Black Sabbath – Vol. 4
11. Captain Beyond – Captain Beyond
12. Frank Zappa – The Grand Wazoo
13. Stevie Wonder – Music Of My Mind
14. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
15. Captain Beefheart – Clear Spot
16. Paul Simon – Paul Simon
17. Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill
18. Colin Blunstone - Ennismore
19. Gato Barbieri – Last Tango In Paris
20. Edgar Winter Group – They Only Come Out At Night
1. The Raspberries – Go All The Way
2. Black Sabbath – Supernaut
3. Stevie Wonder – Superstition
4. Todd Rundgren – I Saw The Light
5. Lou Reed – Perfect Day
6. Bill Withers – Lean On Me
7. Babe Ruth – The Mexican
8. Al Green – I’m Still In Love With You
9. Big Star – Thirteen
10. Bill Withers – Who Is He (And What Is He To You)
11. Big Star – The Ballad Of El Goodo
12. Captain Beyond – Mesmerization Eclipse
13. Jackson Browne – Doctor My Eyes
14. Stevie Wonder – Maybe Your Baby
15. Steely Dan – Reelin’ In The Years
16. Al Green – Love And Happiness
17. Alice Cooper – School’s Out
18. Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street
19. Colin Blunstone – Andorra
20. Edgar Winter – Frankenstein
ALBUMS
7. Talking Book- Stevie Wonder
6. Superfly- Curtis Mayfield
5. Machine Head- Deep Purple
4. Harvest- Neil Young
3. Transformer- Lou Reed
2. Exile on Main St.- The Rolling Stones
1. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars- David Bowie
SONGS
20. Highway Star- Deep Purple
19. Suffragette City- David Bowie
18. Children of the Revolution- T.Rex
17. If You Don't Know Me By Now- Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes
16. Back Stabber- The O'Jays
15. Take It Easy- Eagles
14. Love Train- The O'Jays
13. You're So Vain- Carly Simon
12. Reelin’ in the Years- Steely Dan
11. Smoke On The Water- Deep Purple
10. Tumbling Dice- The Rolling Stones
9. Heart Of Gold- Neil Young
8. School’s Out- Alice Cooper
7. Virginia Plain- Roxy Music
6. All the Young Dudes- Mott The Hoople
5. Starman- David Bowie
4. Ziggy Stardust- David Bowie
3. Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone- The Temptations
2. Superstition- Stevie Wonder
1. Walk On The Wild Side- Lou Reed
Albums:
1. David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust
2. Roxy Music- Roxy Music
3. Lou Reed- Transformer
4. Can- Ege Bamyasi
5. Stevie Wonder- Talking Book
Songs:
1. David Bowie- "Moonage Daydream"
2. Roxy Music- "If There Is Something"
3. Stevie Wonder- "Superstition"
4. Lou Reed- "Satellite of Love"
5. Roxy Music- "Virginia Plain"
6. David Bowie- "Suffragette City"
7. Roxy Music- "Ladytron"
8. David Bowie- "Rock 'n Roll Suicide"
9. Roxy Music- "Remake/Remodel"
10. Lou Reed- "Perfect Day"
I'm sorry that only the top 20 count. I've never bothered listing more than 20--what's the point, I thought--but there were so many good albums in '72--maybe not as many great ones as '70 and '71, but a very large number of very good to almost great ones--that I just can't stop at 20.
Albums:
1) Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
2) Randy Newman - Sail Away
3) Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
4) Paul Simon - Paul Simon
5) Original Soundtrack - The Harder They Come
6) Roxy Music - Roxy Music
7) Big Star - #1 Record
8) Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment
9) Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St
10) Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
11) David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
12) Nick Drake - Pink Moon
13) Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
14) Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You
15) Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
16) Keith Jarrett - Expectations
17) Joni Mitchell - For the Roses
18) Miles Davis - On the Corner
19) O'Jays - Back Stabbers
20) Al Green - Let's Stay Together
21) Ornette Coleman - Skies of America
22) Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
23) Deep Purple - Machine Head
24) Archie Shepp - Attica Blues
25) Neil Young - Harvest
26) Lou Reed - Transformer
And there are several others, were I to get to know them better, that are probably worthy of being up there. It's been great getting (re)acquainted with these albums.
Grrr, now the order of the posts is messed up again. Nassim, please don't forget the recent posted lists by me, Vgrd, SuperFurry and maybe others as well.
With much persuasion and repeated listening these pieces of work are making their way up among my favourite tunes.
Not counting Georgie's coming (?) list these are my discoveries from 1972:
Curtis Mayfield - Little Child Runnin' Wild (a sleeper of mine)
D.R. Hooker - Forge Your Own Chains (definitive Hooker song)
Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye (have avoided this one)
Ben Jorge - Taj Mahal - Fio Maravilha - Pais Tropical (do all brazilians sound this self sufficient? :) )
Syreeta/Stevie Wonder - To Know You Is To Love You (tireless song)
Matching Mole - O Caroline (sentimental. best line in rock belongs to the group Silver Jews, though: "sentimental as a cat's grave". song unknown)
Popol Vuh - Kyrie (calm)
Ornette Coleman - Skies of America (there really is someting about that sky)
Fred Åkerström - Jag ger dig min morgon (off course, a swedish classic that stand repeated listening)
Okay, so first here is the list of the voters for songs, just to check if I have not forgotten anybody (given that the topics is not completely upside down)
Alex D, brose, Charlie Driggs, Chris, Fred, Greg, Greg Rumpff, Harold Wexler, Henrik, Honorio, John, Jonah, Michel, Midaso, Miguel, Mindrocker, Moonbeam, Nassim, netjade, Nick, nicolas, Otisredding, pop elton, Rocky Raccoon, Schwah, sonofsamiam, SR, Stephan, VanillaFire1000, Vgrd
And here are the results :
1 - Stevie Wonder - Superstition
2 - Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
3 - David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
4 - Big Star - Thirteen
5 - Lou Reed - Perfect Day
6 - David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
7 - Temptations, The - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
8 - David Bowie - Starman
9 - Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years
10 - Rolling Stones, The - Rocks Off
Random fact of the month : Lady Stardust and Star are the only two songs not getting points in Ziggy Stardust, but Exile on Main Street has even more song ranked with 13 songs (upon 18).
And the songs that almost made the cut, all from less to one #1 vote to the top 10 :
Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street
Neil Young - Heart of Gold
Rolling Stones, The - Tumbling Dice
David Bowie - Suffragette City
Elton John - Rocket Man
Anyone want to take bets on how many songs Bowie will have in the top 100? He's at 5 now, and I wouldn't be surprised if he makes double digits.
And yet 'Heroes' would be the only sure-fire one left. Maybe one of 'Young Americans','Fame' or 'Sound + Vision'. I'll guess 7.
Add two: 9 (not counting Pop collaboration).
Still believe the most powerful Bowie song will break through in this poll. He has a few real good covers that deserves mentioning as well.
I think Rebel Rebel and the Jean Genie could also be contenders. Sound + Vision is good but 1977 might just be too tough of a year.
Station to Station might make it ('76 is a leaner year).
Sad that Curtis couldn't break the songs Top 10 here -- gotta be some vote-splitting in this case...
Too bad that Across 110th Street couldn't make it to the top 10. The song has for some reason been forgotten by the critics so a revenge here would have been in place.
Nassim, do you have an idea of when the results from the albums poll will be up? And I'd gladly post the spreadsheets of the 1971 and 1972 polls on the web, if you have them.
And the results for albums :
1 - David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
2 - Rolling Stones, The - Exile On Main Street
3 - Lou Reed - Transformer
4 - Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
5 - Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
6 - Neil Young - Harvest
7 - Nick Drake - Pink Moon
8 - Roxy Music - Roxy Music
9 - Todd Rundgrenn - Something/Anything
10 - Big Star - #1 Record
Highest ranked album not in the top 10 : Original Soundtrack - The Harder They Come (14th of the poll)
Lowest ranked album in the top 10 : Big Star - #1 Record (#16 on AM)
Highest ranked album with no vote : Chick Corea - Return to Forever (#30 on AM)
spreadsheet please (i'm very curious)
I've sent them to Henrik, I guess it should not belong before you can see them !
Spreadsheet!
Sorry it took me so long.
Wow, that's a positively crushing win for Bowie. I expected Ziggy to top Exile, but not by that large of a margain.