What are YOUR Top 10 Albums 1960-1979?

[timbre4]

Has been done before but I will trot mine out for the newer members to gawk at...in no particular order - mood swing dependent...

1. Procol Harum - Grand Hotel 1973
2. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery 1973
3. Genesis - Seconds Out 1977
4. The Doors - The Doors (1st) 1967
5. Sparks - Kimono My House 1974
6. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973
7. King Crimson - A Young Person's Guide 1976 (Japanese CD)
9. The Beatles - Rubber Soul 1965
10. Ambrosia - Ambrosia 1975

Of course I could add 30 more but that was not the original request......

 

[LizardKing]

Has been done before but I will trot mine out for the newer members to gawk at...in no particular order - mood swing dependent...

1. Procol Harum - Grand Hotel 1973
2. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery 1973
3. Genesis - Seconds Out 1977
4. The Doors - The Doors (1st) 1967
5. Sparks - Kimono My House 1974
6. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973
7. King Crimson - A Young Person's Guide 1976 (Japanese CD)
9. The Beatles - Rubber Soul 1965
10. Ambrosia - Ambrosia 1975

Of course I could add 30 more but that was not the original request......

I love the Judy Dyble vocal version of I Talk to the Wind on Young Persons....

 

[blue.monk]

5. Sparks - Kimono My House 1974

Nice to see Sparks represented. This or "Indiscreet" could have easily have made my list.

As could have several King Crimson titles, LizardKing!

 

[colsky]

Ooh I love a list! I've managed to pick 10, but in no particular order, and limited to 1 per artist:

Yes - Close to the Edge
Led Zep - Physical Graffiti
Pink Floyd - Animals
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
King Crimson - Red
Rush - A Farewell to Kings
Camel - Moonmadness
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
Kansas - Leftoverture
Wishbone Ash - Argus

Bubbling under:
Peter Hammill - Over
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
UFO - Obsession
Todd Rundgrens' Utopia - Todd Rundgrens' Utopia
Neil Young - After the Goldrush
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All
Steely Dan - Aja
Caravan - Cunning Stunts

 

[IMachine]

Ooh I love a list! I've managed to pick 10, but in no particular order, and limited to 1 per artist:

Yes - Close to the Edge
Led Zep - Physical Graffiti
Pink Floyd - Animals
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
King Crimson - Red
Rush - A Farewell to Kings
Camel - Moonmadness
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
Kansas - Leftoverture
Wishbone Ash - Argus

Bubbling under:
Peter Hammill - Over
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
UFO - Obsession
Todd Rundgrens' Utopia - Todd Rundgrens' Utopia
Neil Young - After the Goldrush
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All
Steely Dan - Aja
Caravan - Cunning Stunts

We could swap our entire collection and would not miss anything.

 

[timbre4]

Nice to see Sparks represented. This or "Indiscreet" could have easily have made my list.

As could have several King Crimson titles, LizardKing!

I should substitute Mael Intuition to get the best of the three Island albums!


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[GOS]

I had never heard of Sparks, until you guys mentioned them. Interesting...

 

[timbre4]

I introduced Sparks to all my friends and they hated it at first and then they were hooked.


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[newbyquad]

1. Ambrosia - Ambrosia
2. Pink Floyd - The Wall
3. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
4. Steely Dan - Aja
5. Supertramp - Crime of the Century
6. Beatles - Sgt Pepper
7. Spirit - 7 Dreams
8. Eagles - Hotel California
9. Kansas - Leftoverture
10. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

 

[atlantasteve]

Talking Heads: 77
E.L.O.: Out of the Blue
Elvis Costello: Armed Forces
Led Zeppelin: II
The Who: Quadrophenia
Nazz: Nazz
Cream: Disraeli Gears
B-52's: B-52's
The Allman Brothers Band: Eat a Peach
Pink Floyd: The Wall

Eclectic!

 

[Bob Romano]

Holy Crap!!!
How could I forget
Ambrosia - Somewhere I've Never Traveled

 

[GOS]

1. Ambrosia - Ambrosia
2. Pink Floyd - The Wall
3. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
4. Steely Dan - Aja
5. Supertramp - Crime of the Century
6. Beatles - Sgt Pepper
7. Spirit - 7 Dreams
8. Eagles - Hotel California
9. Kansas - Leftoverture
10. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Damn. Leftoverture. Forgot about that one. I admit, that single LP had a profound affect on me as a young teen. I remember thinking I had NEVER heard music so incredible in my life. And, that doesn't happen very often.

Now that you mention it...Boston's first LP had similar effect. I was mesmorized.

 

[GOS]

OK, now I'm on a roll. So, as a young impressionable teen there were 3 LP's I bought all together. And, they flat out stopped me in my tracks. Not to mention the damn album art shot me into space.....LOL

1. Kansas - Leftoverture
2. Boston - Boston (that LP has sold over 25 million worldwide...that's no small feat for a debut!!!)
3. Queen - News of the World...wow that cover...holy cow.

 

[corneredcat]

ok....THIS is impossible!!! never making any type of fav's list before...trying to decide who gets top ten is giving me a headache! they all share darn near equal love...but if i don't just post this i'll be up all night switching..adding..deleting..

in no particular order~

1-10:
dire straits ~ s/t

doors ~ la woman

floyd ~ dsotm

robin trower ~ bridge of sighs

lynyrd skynyrd ~ gimme back my bullets

jethro tull ~ aqualung

buckingham nicks ~ s/t

neil young ~ everybody knows this is nowhere

allman bros ~ eat a peach

wishbone ash ~ argus


11-22ish:
uriah heep ~ demons and wizards

cream ~ disraeli gears

bad company ~ s/t, straight shooter

tommy bolin ~ teaser

traffic ~ mr fantasy

free ~ fire and water

the who ~ who's next

led zeppelin ~ II, houses of the holy

rolling stones ~ sticky fingers

fleetwood mac ~ bare trees, tusk

csny ~ deja vu

van halen ~ s/t

 

[corneredcat]

hey Clint....that's only 9!! :spot

 

[hofmeyer]

Pretty interesting to see some similarities in tastes in this group.

My list, not necessarily in a specific order

* Lucifer's Friend, Lucifer's Friend [ came out in 'fake' 5.1, SQ ]
* Boston, Boston
* Deep Purple, Fireball
* Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
* Ambrosia, Ambrosia
* Uriah Heep, Demons & Wizards
* King Crimson, In the Court of the Crimson King
* The Who, Who's Next
* Procol Harum, Grand Hotel
* BOC, Agents of Fortune

If I could add Greatest Hits, I'd also consider
* Doobie Brothers (first greatest hits)
* Moody Blues, This is... [ wish they released this one in 5.1 ]
* Chicago IX

Notable ommisions:
* ELO, Out of the Blue
* Genesis, Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
* Yes (any pick from those already mentioned on this list)
* PFM (I prefer the Italian language versions over English - although I can't understand 'em!)

 

[timbre4]

PFM related - got to see them open a triple bill at San Diego Sports Arena with my elbows on the stage looking straight up at the guitarist! August 1974. I used to know all the words to Il Banchetto on Photos Of Ghosts...


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[mattB2]

For the amount of pleasure they have brought me over the last 5 decades I could easily pick any of the Beatles albums up to Magical Mystery Tour but to keep within 10 albums overall I would go with:

1. Beatles: Revolver
2. Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
3. Spirit: 12 Dreams
4. Who's Next
5. Led Zeppelin III
6. The Byrds: Younger Than Yesterday
7. Love: Forever Changes
8. Mamas & Papas: If You Can Believe
9. Crosby, Stills & Nash (first album)
10. David Ackles: David Ackles

The award for the album that most broadened my musical horizons would be The Rock Machine Turns You On. For a youngster in Britain this opened up a whole vista of new American bands that I would probably never have heard of.

 

[jdmack]

8. Metallica: The Black Album

Umm. From 1991 I believe?

 

[jdmack]

It's hard to tell if we're all a bunch of progressive rock fans, or if that's just what was big in the 1970s.

Also, I don't see a prohibition on live albums in the original post, so with that:

Genesis - Trick of the Tail
Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool
Yes - Yessongs
ELP- Welcome Back My Friends...
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
Jesus Christ Superstar (Studio Version)
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Mike Oldfield - Exposed
Bruford - One of a Kind
and....uh...I don't know... The Monkees "Head" soundtrack (there's a 50-way tie for #10)

Interestingly, The Beatles are my favorite band of all time, but there isn't any one album of their's that qualifies as one of my 10 favorites.