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
more like Dumb House amirite
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link
no way Fun House wont win this poll
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:28 (five years ago) link
You're aware you have a 0% success rate in predicting the winners of these polls so far?
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:30 (five years ago) link
can’t imagine what it would feel like to be “over” “fun house”
― budo jeru, Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
nothing unusual there but I'm convinced I'm right on this one
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
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― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Thursday, February 7, 2019 12:15 PM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
You'll want to check my albums' ballots for some of these ;)
― aquaman goes to college (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
I've listened to the entire Fun House sessions just to confirm that it's a total snooze. Don't waste your time, kids!
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:38 (five years ago) link
Fun House would be the clear + easy winner when plopped amongst many other random conglomerations of albums but it's in for brutal fight in this particular poll.
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:39 (five years ago) link
Col. Poo has already mentioned most of my 1970 favourites (Can, Beefheart, Deep Purple, Mutantes) but there are still a couple there yet untold:
Randy Holden - Population IITwink - Think PinkJames Gang - Rides Again
― aquaman goes to college (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
Have not heard at least 15 of these.
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
just over
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay
― nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:44 (five years ago) link
I was 11 and 12 years old in 1970, and couldn't afford many albums. Although I had friends who owned Zep, Sabbath, Hendrix, Santana, etc. I only ever had one on this list and played it to death: CCR.
― I don't come off well (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
Been listening to my 'best of 1970' playlist throughout the morning. Yeah, I could probably be satisfied with just this set of songs for a solid year or so.
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:13 (five years ago) link
HOLY SHIT, I just realized Plastic Ono Band (Yoko's volume is what I'm specifically referring to here) is 1970, as well!
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:17 (five years ago) link
very easy, Band O Gypsies
― flappy bird, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link
I see Curtis Mayfield in a poll, I click Curtis Mayfield in a poll
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:33 (five years ago) link
defo my fave of his
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:36 (five years ago) link
I've actually never heard of T2 before. Will have to check it out now based on its company on this list
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:25 (five years ago) link
It's a great album
― brimstead, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:26 (five years ago) link
Abraxas for me, astounding sonic earth magic
― brimstead, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:29 (five years ago) link
i think i would have made room for "all things must pass"
― budo jeru, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:53 (five years ago) link
going to vote for "loaded" which i think might win
― budo jeru, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:54 (five years ago) link
Psst, I hate to spoil the ending for u but
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:57 (five years ago) link
Man, it's been a minute since I listened to Curtis, forgot how hard it cooks.
This poll is hard, possibly too hard.
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link
XXXpost: Bitches Brew falls far short of Silent Way for me. But as for CCR, those first few are like Ramones, all identically solid. Loaded is lovely, but is missing most of what I want from the Velvets.
― eva logorrhea (bendy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:21 (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
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)
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