The Great Blitz Album Survey…Favourite Albums Across The Years...Part 2…The 70s

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If there is one thing that Blitz never has enough of, it’s music threads…so here’s another one.

Over the coming weeks I am looking to develop a comprehensive list of Blitzer’s favourite albums for each year from 1960 through to 2024.

I’ll break it down into threads by decades so you don’t have to spend ages on putting your favourites together.

This second thread is for the 1970s.

I’m asking that you name your top three albums for each year…in order as your top album will get three votes, 2nd favourite will get 2 votes and 3rd favourite will get one.

Eg

3 - Fave Album (3 votes)
2 - 2nd fave (2 votes)
3 - 3rd fave 1 (1 vote)

Extra Info: Live albums are ok but greatest hits/compilations are not

I’ll keep a tally and present the details later.

I’m aiming to keep voting open for a week so get into it and have your say.

Format is simple:

Copy and paste the following data into your post…and then add the details

Band Name - Album

1970

3 -
2 -
1 -

1971

3 -
2 -
1 -

1972

3 -
2 -
1 -

1973

3 -
2 -
1 -

1974

3 -
2 -
1 -

1975

3 -
2 -
1 -

1976

3 -
2 -
1 -

1977

3 -
2 -
1 -

1978

3 -
2 -
1 -

1979

3 -
2-
1 -

If you missed the first thread (the 90s), here is the link for it:

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I’m living in the 70’s

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1970

3 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
1 Neil Young - After The Gold Rush

1971

3 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
2 The Doors - L.A. Woman
1 J.J. Cale - Naturally

1972

3 The Moody Blues – Seventh Sojourn
2 Uriah Heep – Demons and Wizards
1 Deep Purple – Machine Head

1973

3 Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
2 Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1 David Bowie – Aladdin Sane

1974

3 Skyhooks – Living In The 70s
2 Bad Company – Bad Company
1 Supertramp – Crime Of The Century

1975

3 Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
2 Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
1 Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run

1976

3 Lynyrd Skynyrd – One More From The Road
2 Eagles – Hotel California
1 Kansas – Leftoverture

1977

3 Rush - A Farewell To Kings
2 Pink Floyd - Animals
1 Alan Parsons Project – I Robot

1978

3 Thin Lizzy – Live & Dangerous
2 The Angels – Face To Face
1 Dire Straits – Dire Straits

1979

3 Pink Floyd – The Wall
2 The Cars – Candy-O
1 Led Zeppelin – In Through The Out Door

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Couldn’t find an album to save my self in 1990 and now I gotta filter a dozen into 3 and I’ve only looked at 1970… 70s is gonna take a few days.

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Does Beatles let it be count as 1969 or 1970?

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Wiki says it was released in May 1970

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Over paranoid?

2 albums in a year is a fair effort by the way.

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Some would say it started heavy metal…that’s good enough for me.

(Paranoid is also excellent but I prefer the self titled album)

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I think they’d barely formed when that first one came out. Yeah, I’m looking at Paranoid.

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Side one of Paranoid is as good as any side of any album ever. Side two not so much. Black Sabbath (album) is stronger as a whole of the two for mine. Both bangers though

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…smirk…

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I look forward to your 1982 entries :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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Grateful dead also 2 albums in 1970.

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Pfft…amateurs.

Creedence Clearwater Revival released 5 albums 1969-1970.

All five made the US top 10, two made it to number 1.

That’s impressive stuff (imo)

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1970

3 - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
2 - Patto - Self-titled
1 - The Kinks - Lola vs Powerman
HM: Black Sabbath - Paranoid, Beatles - Let It Be

1971

3 - Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
2 - Beach Boys - Surf’s Up
1 - David Bowie - Hunky Dory

1972

3 - Nick Drake - Pink Moon
2 - Big Star - #1 Record
1 - Todd Rundgren - Something Anything
HM: Lou Reed - Transformer, Neil Young - Harvest

1973

3 - Wings - Band On The Run
2 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
1 - Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
HM: New York Dolls - Self-titled

1974

3 - Big Star - Radio City l
2 - Skyhooks - Living In The 70s
1 - Sparks - Kimono My House
HM: Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left, Pilot - Self-titled, King Crimson - Red, Queen - Sheer Heart Attack

1975

3 - 10CC - The Original Soundtrack
2 - Queen - A Night At The Opera
1 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
HM: Sweet - Desolation Boulevard, Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare

1976

3 - Cheap Trick - Self-titled
2 - Queen - A Day At The Races
1 - Klaatu - Self-titled
HM: Bowie - Station To Station

1977

3 - Pink Floyd - Animals
2 - Cheap Trick - In Colour
1 - Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (aka Car)
HM: Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Rumours - Fleetwood Mac, Bowie - Heroes, Saints - I’m Stranded

1978

3 - Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
2 - The Angels - Face To Face
1 - Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
HM: Blondie - Parallel Lines, Elvis Costello - This Year’s Model, Van Halen - Self-titled, Kraftwerk - The Man Machine, XTC - Go2

1979

3 - XTC - Drums & Wires
2 - Cheap Trick - Dream Police
1 - Split Enz - Frenzy
HM: The Clash - London Calling, The Police - Regatta de Blanc, Oils - Head Injuries, The Pretenders - Self-titled, Squeeze - Cool for Cats, Tubeway Army - Replicas, Pink Floyd - The Wall

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You do love a bit of XTC, don’t you :wink:

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Not as much as he loves Cheap Trick

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There’s a lot of years in the 70’s where I’m lucky to have listened to 3 albumns. Like I know the classics, but so many I have just never listened to properly

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