Have your heard this one?
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If you like those Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane albums, I'm sure you'd appreciate it too. (Phaorah doesn't play on it like he did on Thomas's previous album, but it's still very much in the same mood, and obviously "Pharoah's Tune" was co-written by him.)
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 February 2019 12:59 (five years ago) link
I might go with the first on the list. I listen to Ptah all of the time, it's effing magical. Some epic contenders, though, for sure.
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:00 (five years ago) link
Like I was just literally wishing yesterday that I had a t-shirt of that album cover.
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:01 (five years ago) link
Curtis, Kraftwerk 1 and Third would all make my top 20 albums of all time
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:06 (five years ago) link
Tuomas,I think I have actually as you recommended it to me
xps
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:07 (five years ago) link
Man, totally missed that Red Clay was on here, too. And just noticed that there's no Kofi! Such a monumental year for jazz (and for music in general).
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:12 (five years ago) link
I feel like Bitches Brew gets a bit taken for granted at the moment, somehow. No underdog by any means but it could warrant a wee boost.
― *there's (Noel Emits), Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:14 (five years ago) link
wanted to go with Curtis but I love that VdGG album so much (H to He, not The Least We Can Do)
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:33 (five years ago) link
I mean...pretty much every album on this list that I've heard is worthy of the Best of '70 mantle. That's crazy. Even Clapton was able to put out something non-shit!
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:48 (five years ago) link
Bee OK what was the results of your old poll for 70?
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:55 (five years ago) link
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:33 (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I...slightly prefer The Least We Can Do... :/ haha
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:57 (five years ago) link
Incredible year. Layla over Sex Machine and After the Gold Rush
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 7 February 2019 14:02 (five years ago) link
I'm torn between Cosmo's Factory, Curtis, Free Your Mind..., Bitches Brew, and Fun House.
― ⅋ (crüt), Thursday, 7 February 2019 14:04 (five years ago) link
Paranoid, Curtis, either of the Funkadelic LPs, Thank Christ for the Bomb, Led Zeppelin III, After the Gold Rush, Fun House, Live at Leeds. Possibly even tougher than 1969!
― Neil S, Thursday, 7 February 2019 14:08 (five years ago) link
fun house
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Thursday, 7 February 2019 14:12 (five years ago) link
Eugene McDaniels and Swamp Dogg didn't make the ballot but are v worthy of inclusion imo.
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 14:13 (five years ago) link
Zep is one of my favorite bands and I've occasionally thought that III might be my favorite of their albums but I don't think it even quite creeps into my top 10 for 1970.
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 14:15 (five years ago) link
could have gone with Paranoid or Yeti but voted for Fun House
― Brad C., Thursday, 7 February 2019 14:17 (five years ago) link
I think either Paranoid, Ptah or Loaded. Although I do bloody love Fire and Water.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Thursday, 7 February 2019 14:17 (five years ago) link
Had to cut a few things to make 50
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 7 February 2019 14:18 (five years ago) link
I feel like Bitches Brew gets a bit taken for granted at the moment, somehow. No underdog by any means but it could warrant a wee boost.― *there's (Noel Emits), Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:14 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― *there's (Noel Emits), Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:14 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Probably as Fun House always wins 1970 polls?
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 7 February 2019 14:42 (five years ago) link
Zep IIIFun HouseVintage Violence (not here!)
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 7 February 2019 15:00 (five years ago) link
Jesus Christ Superstar!
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 7 February 2019 15:01 (five years ago) link
After the Gold Rush just over Bitches Brew, loads of great stuff again but maybe not quite as strong a year as '71? Favourite 1970 record not listed here: Parallelograms by Linda Perhacs
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 7 February 2019 15:07 (five years ago) link
Holy shit, no Mwandishi even!
(I understand the limitations of the format, Neechy. I'm just in awe that the number of wholly valid options in this instance far exceeds 50.)
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 15:11 (five years ago) link
Oh, wait. Mwandishi is '71, mea culpa.
My birth year and I always marvel at the output. As much as I love both the Sabbath records, I gotta go with Cosmos Factory. A lot of these records are the ones I'd play for space aliens to school them on what is Rock.
― BlackIronPrison, Thursday, 7 February 2019 15:14 (five years ago) link
fave 15 albums not on here:
Can - SoundtracksCaptain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick My Decals Off, BabyChi-Lites - I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine)David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The WorldDeep Purple - In RockEdwin Starr - War & PeaceFlamin' Groovies - FlamingoFreda Payne - Band Of GoldLee Dorsey - Yes We CanLee Hazlewood - Cowboy In SwedenLost Nation - Paradise LostMedicine Head - New Bottles Old MedicineOs Mutantes - A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio DesligadoPretty Things - ParachuteSir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 7 February 2019 15:23 (five years ago) link
only 50 optiona
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 7 February 2019 15:30 (five years ago) link
not a top 50 pick perhaps but a good one nonetheless:
Allman Brothers - Idlewild South
― Brad C., Thursday, 7 February 2019 15:47 (five years ago) link
Early 70s really do seem to be a golden era and I hate cliches of how older eras/music was better but you cant really argue with the actual amount of albums when you see them placed right before your eyes.
Hopefully these polls will help others hear new to them music and I can hear albums recommended in here that I haven't heard.
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 7 February 2019 15:53 (five years ago) link
For the artists who were on the '69 list, these most feel like a step down from their '69 offerings (Stooges being the biggest exception)
― eva logorrhea (bendy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:01 (five years ago) link
I mean this era predates me and I didn't even discover most of this music until relatively recently so nostalgia doesn't factor in at all when I assert (as I know I have before 'round these parts) that the qualitative average of popular music was never higher than when Nixon occupied the WH.
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:04 (five years ago) link
CCRCurtisNeil
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:06 (five years ago) link
Bendy, you think Bitches Brew and Cosmo's Factory are a atep down?
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:08 (five years ago) link
and Yeti?
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
Agree with the Colonel on the omission of...
Can - SoundtracksCaptain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick My Decals Off, Baby
I mean, "Electronic Meditation", amusing little album though it is, is not on the same planet as "Soundtracks".
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:43 (five years ago) link
... also I've never heard of T2, "It'll All Work Out in Boomland"!
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:45 (five years ago) link
Then you should!
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:46 (five years ago) link
Try this majestic songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg1i6Y-ybTw
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
My #1 would probably be one of the 2 Grateful Dead albums from this year, neither of which are here!?!
― o. nate, Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:53 (five years ago) link
Just Another Diamond Day.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
OMG, Minnie Riperton's first album was released this year, too. Stop, 1970, you're killing me rn.
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link
JFC, I hate to be all "music was better back then" but there are 10-15 albums on this list that are better than anything that came out in 2018. In fact, there are albums that widely made 2018 top ten lists that are worse than every single record on this list.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:13 (five years ago) link
This poll is doing my head in, I can't vote in it.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:15 (five years ago) link
2018 wasn't that bad. Maybe in 50 years time all the ignored music from 2018 will be mined
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:15 (five years ago) link
Tom did you listen to that T2 song?
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:16 (five years ago) link
Not yet. I'll probably go for "Fun House".
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:16 (five years ago) link
everyone else will vote for that.
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:17 (five years ago) link
In the absence of the Beatles, possibly, though I imagine everyone is sooooo over "Fun House" by now.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:20 (five years ago) link
Paranoid FTW.
― Bee OK, Friday, 8 February 2019 00:44 (five years ago) link
This was a little easier than the 1969 poll. Loaded is the pop art art pop peak, even without the outcat ventures of other VU LPs (just as satisfying in its way).
― dow, Friday, 8 February 2019 02:37 (five years ago) link
it's "cosmo's factory"
look it's got a bicycle on the cover
"fun house" is nice as well but it does not have a bicycle on the cover
here are some other suggestions since budo jeru asked :)
aretha franklin - spirit in the darkbig grunt - peel sessionbruce haack - the electric luciferbwana - s/tcaptain beefheart - lick my decals off babychico buarque & ennio morricone - per un pugno di sambaclifford thornton - the panther and the lashthe cowsills - on my sidedavid axelrod - earth rotdon everly - s/tegisto macchi - voixelectric funeral - the wild performanceemergency - homage to peaceexuma - s/tfotheringay - s/t (SERIOUSLY YES THIS IS GOOD)the four tops - still waters run deepthe fourth way - werwolffree action inc. - plays eddy korscheg.f. fitzgerald - mouseproofgay & terry woods - top gear session (w/mcdonald & giles)george harrison - all things must pass (DUH)gracious! - s/tthe grodeck whipperjenny - s/therbie hancock - mwandishihorse - for twisted minds onlyi.d. company - s/tiron claw - s/tjards macale - so mortojoe mcphee - sound on soundjohn mclaughlin - devotionjohn surman - how many clouds can you see?kevin ayers - shooting at the moonleo ferre - amour anarchielive experience band - voodoo child, live experience 69-70louis armstrong - and his friends (he does "the creator has a master plan", come on)lyd - s/tmal waldron - spanish bitchmasabumi kikuchi sextet - re-confirmationmichael nesmith - magnetic southprocol harum - home (super fucking underrated)pucho & the latin soul brothers - jungle fireron geesin & roger waters - music from the bodyroy brooks - the free slavesandro brugolini - overgroundsegun okeji - i like womansphere - inside ourselvessproton layer - with magnetice fields disruptedtangerine dream - electronic meditationunknown fibers "odd-lots" - laguna beach happening christmas 1970wizz jones - the legendary me
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Friday, 8 February 2019 02:45 (five years ago) link
"home" is a CONCEPT ALBUM ABOUT DEATH what more do you need
"barnyard story" breaks my fucking heart every time
i do not give a shit if matthew fisher had quit, who fucking even needs two keyboard players in one band
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Friday, 8 February 2019 02:46 (five years ago) link
thaat’s the stuff !
also, nearly forgot tomasz stańko’s “music for k”
― budo jeru, Friday, 8 February 2019 04:13 (five years ago) link
This one was easy. Black Sabbath.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 8 February 2019 07:35 (five years ago) link
mwandishi was 71, no?
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 14:04 (five years ago) link
yeah i go off my tags, which are frequently wrong. sub in "fat albert rotunda" if you like even though that one isn't quite as good
― the scientology of mountains (rushomancy), Friday, 8 February 2019 14:28 (five years ago) link
Fat Albert Rotunda is '69, I believe.
Gil Scott-Heron's debut was in '70. Not as good as what came after but pretty damn noteworthy nonetheless.
― Shaved Cyborg (Old Lunch), Friday, 8 February 2019 15:02 (five years ago) link
yeah I think it is '69
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 15:35 (five years ago) link
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath,Black Sabbath - Paranoid
If you're gonna invent heavy metal, may as well put out a second album the same year to show everyone you mean business.
Funkadelic - Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will FollowFunkadelic - FunkadelicParliament - Osmium
Meanwhile, George Clinton says "Two albums? Weak sauce, Tony..."
And then there's these:
Kraftwerk - KraftwerkLed Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IIIMC5 - Back In The UsaMiles Davis - Bitches BrewNeil Young - After the Gold RushPink Floyd - Atom Heart MotherSyd Barrett - The Madcap LaughsThe Stooges - Fun HouseThe Velvet Underground - Loaded
This is a tough choice. I am going to go with Paranoid for the simple reason I likely played it more than any of the other albums.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 8 February 2019 15:42 (five years ago) link
After The Gold Rush
It could easily have been Paranoid or Fun House too
― . (Michael B), Friday, 8 February 2019 15:46 (five years ago) link
& Sunflower & Loaded!
Fairport, "Full House" + Steeleye, "Hark! the Village Wait" btw... oh and "Nilsson Sings Newman" and "12 Songs" by Randy Newman.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Friday, 8 February 2019 16:05 (five years ago) link
did you buy them when they came out?
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
Fleetwood Mac - Kiln HouseMoody Blues - A Question of Balance
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 8 February 2019 20:09 (five years ago) link
it's "cosmo's factory"look it's got a bicycle on the cover"fun house" is nice as well but it does not have a bicycle on the cover
― dorsalstop, Friday, 8 February 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link
seems fair
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 21:00 (five years ago) link
it's really hard to believe that all this stuff is only ten years on from the 1950s
― Josefa, Friday, 8 February 2019 21:55 (five years ago) link
Yeti vs. Cosmo's vs. Fun House is impossible, jeez
― sleeve, Friday, 8 February 2019 21:59 (five years ago) link
Out of the list, I would probably go for Third, Yeti, Curtis or even Bryter Layter (which has shot up in my esteem).Some of my own favorites are probably Força Bruta, Is it Because I'm Black and Moondance. Also Ladies of the Canyon.And three other Brazilian records: Cantiga de longe (Lôbô), September 17, 1969 (A. Gilberto), Orfeo novo (Gismonti).
― Nabozo, Friday, 8 February 2019 22:11 (five years ago) link
Bryter Layter is my favourite Nick Drake album.
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
after the goldrush. such a perfect album. not sure if it is neil's best, on the beach is more to the bone, harvest is more sentimental. but after the goldrush is amazing as it anticipates the hangover after flower power. and i am still intrigued about that movie.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 8 February 2019 22:25 (five years ago) link
I didnt vote in the ‘69 one but it would probably would have been King Crimson.
This one is Curtis or Nick Drake
― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck), Friday, 8 February 2019 22:32 (five years ago) link
(Grateful Dead is sorely missing)
― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck), Friday, 8 February 2019 22:35 (five years ago) link
Not a fan, sorry.
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 22:40 (five years ago) link
― Shaved Cyborg (Old Lunch)
sigh. so instead of my tags i go off rym and they're wrong too. time is an illusion y'all.
"small talk at 125th and lenox"? track a6, hard pass on that one
― the scientology of mountains (rushomancy), Saturday, 9 February 2019 00:34 (five years ago) link
I dunno if that's the source for wrong year tags in jazz albums, but AMG used to date jazz albums by the year they were recorded instead of the release year, so Mwandishi for example was a 1970 album according to them. Why they did that, I have no idea.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 9 February 2019 10:43 (five years ago) link
Rodriguez - Cold Fact (album with ‘Sugar Man’) is quite a pleasant folk rock album from ‘70
― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck), Sunday, 10 February 2019 00:42 (five years ago) link
Loaded, slightly ahead of Zep III.
― o. nate, Monday, 11 February 2019 01:58 (five years ago) link
Voted for Band of Gypsys ahead of Zep III and Fun House.
― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Monday, 11 February 2019 02:02 (five years ago) link
Oh, Bitches Brew is up there too, obv, probably Third next.
I thought you would have voted Bitches Brew
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Monday, 11 February 2019 10:58 (five years ago) link
It's either Paranoid or Fun House for me.
― pomenitul, Monday, 11 February 2019 10:59 (five years ago) link
Fun House just ahead of the Groundhogs for me.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Monday, 11 February 2019 11:11 (five years ago) link
went Live at Leeds, that record is a monster
― Neil S, Monday, 11 February 2019 13:03 (five years ago) link
Yet a few more unmentionwd notables and personal touchstones (not that I'd necessarily vote for any of these.) 1970 was just that massive.
Alice Cooper - Easy ActionAmboy Dukes - Marriage on the Rocks/Rock Bottom (fuck Ted Nugent, obviously)Hackamore Brick - One Kiss Leads To AnotherHigh TideLast PoetsJoni Mitchell - Ladies Of The CanyonRustic Hinge - ReplicasBob Seger - MongrelWoody Shaw - Blackstone LegacyAlan Shorter - OrgasmThe Stark Reality - Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop
Bicycles on CCR album covers are nice, but only one of these 50 has an actual functioning wheel included. So Zep III gets my vote.
― Scape: Goat-fired like a dog! (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 11 February 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
BRYTER LAYTER MOTHER FUCKER
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 22:33 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
oh i didn't know there were so many iggy pop fans around here...
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 06:02 (five years ago) link
0 votes to Les Stances à Sophie !Lots of dads here.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 09:06 (five years ago) link
stooges was always going to walk an ilm poll.
I'll start 1971 in a few
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 12:19 (five years ago) link
Thanks to the 100+ who voted again!
Best Album on My Favourite Albums of......1971
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 12:26 (five years ago) link