UK Album Charts 1977 Poll

Naturally!

"Heroes" (my favourite Bowie album), narrowly over Aja. This is a really good list although it's badly in need of some disco and reggae (and the first two Cheap Trick albums).

Apologies, I missed Chic's Dance Dance Dance, which did peak at #6 in 1978. I think I caught all the reggae that made the charts.

It's a testament to how good 1977 was in that it's hard to argue against even mainstream favorites, and there's a lot of good stuff in there despite not including most of my favorites (The Congos, Fela Kuti, Wire, George Faith, The Saints, Culture, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Pere Ubu, Junior Murvin, The Heptones, Peter Tosh, The Damned, Dennis Brown, Third World, Radio Birdman, Augustus Pablo, Bob Andy, Horace Andy).

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

"Out of the Blue" is my pick of these, an album I discovered through the ILM '70s poll.

voted exodus, it's his best album imo

or my favorite, whatever

Wow, Out of the Blue in fifth! And even a bigger surprise, Leo Sayer in sixth. Very interesting, would love to hear from the voters talk about him.

High five to the other Darts voter

High five!

Heh, correction, it's a four-way tie for 6th between Darts, Sayer, Heroes and The Clash. "Boy From New York City" gives me flashbacks to Manhattan Transfer's version, which I kind of enjoyed, and then kind of hated.

Also, I was wrong, "Dance Dance Dance" was on the singles chart. Chic's self-titled debut album did not chart. C'Est Chic, however, did peak at #2 and spent 24 weeks on the chart in 1979. Giorgio Moroder's groundbreaking From Here To Eternity did not make the charts. John Martyn's interesting One World just peeked into 54 for one week in 1978.