TURN THIS MUTHA OUT! It's the Alternate 1970s Albums Poll on ILX — Results Thread

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three people have already claimed this as #1 so it'll show soon

erm i mean Warrior in POLLworths: X-Ray Spex "Germ Free Adolescents" (1991 CD Edition)

Albums in my top 10 that haven't placed:

The Pleasure Principle
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
The Modern Dance
Autobahn
Small Change

Small Change is the least likely to make it. I reckon Pleasure Principle is the second least likely. The other three are probably in there.

As far as Bowie goes, I'd be surprised if Diamond Dogs polled better than Alladin Sane.

Voted for 4 yes albums. Figured one would make it, but doubt it now.

Also wish those Van Morrison and Joni Mitchell albums were The Vibrators and The Dead Boys and Judas Priest and Motorhead or at least albums I'd never heard of and could look into.

Amazingly, there was no Elton John in the first poll, and hasn't been any in this one so far. Do y'all think Goodbye Yellow Brick Road or Honky Chateau have a shot at the top 10?

Still no Queen either...maybe A Night At The Opera?

knowing this asshole board, I wouldn't be surprised to see Metal Machine Music in the top 10.

only one of my top 10 has charted so far (raincoats). and of the other nine, i think only modern dance is likely to place. (still hoping for x-ray spex, but i would've figured them for more the 40s or 50s than top 10.) actually raincoats is the only one of my top 20 to show up so far. of my 11-20, fear of music seems like a lock, and i give sail away an outside chance.

(i didn't figure my #14 vote for ratfucker would really be enough to place it...)

knowing this asshole board, I wouldn't be surprised to see Metal Machine Music in the top 10.

It made my ballot. What makes this board an asshole btw?

9 of my top 10 has placed already, and I know Bat Out Of Hell ain't gonna make it.

individuals sincerely liking that record is fine and dandy, i'm just saying this board's electorate collectively naming it one of the 10 best albums of the 1970s would be a total dick move

But that would only happen if a bunch of individuals sincerely liked it.

i'm still holding out for 'berlin' to appear

I don't know why I said 9 out of 10 instead of 8, Sailin' Shoes hasn't made it either as I already lamented

oh man i should've voted for sailin' shoes. shit.

Of my top ten, three have placed:

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
One Nation Under a Groove
Fullfillingness' First Finale

Three will likely place:

Curtis
Autobahn
Music of My Mind

And four probably won't:

Head Hunters
Perfect Angel
Shakara
Young, Gifted and Black

It made my ballot too. (xp)

I don't see this board having a collective, or getting together to make any dick moves in a ballot initiative. some dude be projecting.

I've had four from my top 10 place: The Belle Album, Rocket to Russia, Horses, and Shake Some Action. I have two more I'm holding out hope for (I'm Still in Love with You, Sunflower) and four I've given up on (Muswell Hillbillies, Quadrophrenia, Ramones Leave Home, and Al Green Explores Your Mind).

It's so hard for me to not start posting the top 10 right now, you guys. I feel like I'm waiting to open a christmas present or something. I may not make it to Monday morning...

Do it! Do it!

So is Joni Mitchell pretty much it for female folkies in this poll? Did any one else vote for the Roches or Kate & Anna McGarrigle?

no, but i did vote for vashti & judee

5 of my top ten made it yet (hejira, before & after science, court & spark, dark side of the moon, harvest) and i reckon the modern dance will make it into the top ten and nighthawks at the diner has a small chance but what about my number one? i suppose it is one of the six with only one vote, right?

i suppose it is one of the six with only one vote, right?

Sadly right.

So we have somewhere in the 200+ range:
Keith Jarrett - Sun Bear Concerts (1976) [40 points, 1 vote, 1 first-place vote]
Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life (1976) [40 points, 1 vote, 1 first-place vote]

I'm thinking Tom Waits suffered from vote splitting. Incredulous how you could go with anything but Small Change, which I was sure was gonna place after Closing Time did. Oh well.

hey that todd rundgren album is pretty neat, thankin u guyz for reminding me to listen to it

three of my top ten already on the list (Get Up With It, This Heat, Neu!75). of the remaining seven i can only see Rock Bottom making it now, which means there sadly won't be any Judee Sill on this list.

Regarding the metal question, I've been listening to metal more than ever the past few years. Pretty much every show I saw the second half of the year was metal or stoner rock. But my ballot would have to be extended to 100 choices to get in some Judas Priest, AC/DC, Motörhead and of course, more Black Sabbath. As much as Stained Class is a quintessential metal album and Highway to Hell nearly perfect, their goat horns are still drowned out by all the other amazing albums. I still love listening to Rainbow, Uriah Heep, Scorpions, Budgie, Riot, UFO and even Kiss too, though their imperfections keep them ranked somewhere under my top 200. It was just a great decade for so many types of music.

Al Green Explores Your Mind

Christ I read that as "Al Gore explores your mind" and felt ill.

So is Joni Mitchell pretty much it for female folkies in this poll? Did any one else vote for the Roches or Kate & Anna McGarrigle?

Nope, I had Sandy Denny on my ballot.

My top tens that won't make it: Captain Beefheart Clear Spot; Faust The Faust Tapes; John Martyn Bless the Weather...

I nominated a Sandy Denny album, but didn't actually vote for it. :(

then i wish u ill

Mine was the last ballot cast. It wouldn't have made a difference either way.

maybe next time around ; )

Looks like you people are better attuned to ILX consensus than I am, out of my entire ballot only one album has placed so far, and it seems quite likely that only one more will.

I'm still hoping there's a minuscule chance Minnie Riperton or Alice Coltrane might make it. There hasn't been a single album by a black female singer or bandleader in this poll yet, and in the previous poll only one such album (by Donna Summer) made it. That seems kinda sad, considering that Riperton, Coltrane, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Nina Simone, LaBelle, Miriam Makeba, Patti Austin, etc were all releasing top albums during the 70s.

Riperton, Coltrane, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Nina Simone, LaBelle, Miriam Makeba, Patti Austin, etc

I don't think anyone would disagree that they all released stellar albums in the 1970s, and our piddly little poll on ILM doesn't take anything away from them whatsoever. I wish there was room for every single great artist to place, but that would mean there are only 100 of them and that would be terrible, wouldn't it? Even coming from the poll runner (me), I don't think this thing is very important in the grand scheme. If this thread serves its purpose, you've turned our ear towards some things we might have missed, and we've done the same for you (though Steely Dan seems to have been a misfire).

It's made me go back and listent o some stuff again, and I've been surprised by a few placing (XTC?) - I own, or have owned 59 out of 90, and, as far as I can see, there are no records that I haven't at least heard some of. I agree with Tuomas that Jazz and soul are hugely unrepresented, although my own vote was similarly lopsided. I'm sure part of it is the split vote effect: jazz and soul artists tend to be more productive: There were -what? - 5 Alice Coltrane records on the long list, 4 or 5 Minnie Ripertons (and I could have voted for any one of three) on the other hand, it appears not to have hurt Funkadelic.

Funkadelic is the de facto funk choice for a lot of people. I didn't vote for or nominate any Parliament or Funkadelic, but I nominated and voted for The Gap Band (and was the only one who did). All depends on what you like I think (also, I only know two of Funkadelic's albums anyway, and one of them placed in the first poll). Would've liked to see more Commodores and Kook & The Gang love too, but "Brick House" seems to be the extent of most people's Commodores knowledge.

Kook=Kool obvs.

My top tens that won't make it: ...John Martyn Bless the Weather..

I voted for this too, but not top ten.

I had the Roches WAY up there, but still doubt they'll show at this late date.

Did any one else vote for the Roches or Kate & Anna McGarrigle?

i voted for the first mcgarrigles album. also for the silly sisters album, tho i knew that had no prayer.

Kate & Anna were on my longlist, but got cut. And I gave Vashti all of one point, I'm afraid.

Now, I'm going to check the Silly Sisters and Just Another Diamond Day just for the mentions in the thread. Doesn't even matter if they place at this point. When people post their individual ballots after the top ten gets posted, even more opportunities for exploration will be opened up beyond the actual poll results for those so inclined.

I guess I need to re-listen to some Minnie Riperton. Does she really have some top-200 worthy albums, or are we just trying to fill a quota for black women? Strictly speaking soul, would some of you honestly prefer her over, say, Bill Withers, Terry Callier, Betty Davis, O.V. Wright, Temptations, Donny Hathaway, Aretha Franklin, Shuggie Otis, Doris Duke, Syreeta, Gloria Jones, Millie Jackson, Laura Lee, Jean Knight, Isley Brothers, Fontella Bass, Tyrone Davis, The J.B.'s, Swamp Dogg, The Impressions, Bobby Womack, The O'Jays, Marie Lyons and Johnnie Taylor? If so then I need to get some yesterday!

My top-rated funk/soul album was from Shuggie Otis. Had high hopes that we'd be seeing him on this list, but alas....

My favourite 70's pop song (more or less) is actually Swedish and nobody's heard it: DID YOU GIVE THE WORLD SOME LOVE TODAY, BABE?

Oh, Doris. Cool.

I've given up hope for Fairuz, but not yet for Carole King - this poll needs her