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

Surprised to see no Acca Dacca thus far.

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I see what you’re saying. It’ll be many, many seconds?

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3 - Let It Be - The Beatles
2 - All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
1 - Led Zeppelin III

1971

3 - Who;s Next - The Who
2 - Led Zeppelin IV
1 - Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones

1972

3 - Exile on Main Street - Rolling Stones
2 - Transformer - Lou Reed
1 - Slade Alive - Slade

1973

3 - Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
2 - Quadrophenia - The Who
1 - Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin

1974

3 - Dark Horse - George Harrison
2 - Irish Tour '74 - Rory Gallagher
1 - Crime of the Centrury - Supertramp

1975

3 - Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
2 - TNT - AC/DC
1 - Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin

1976

3 - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
2 - A New World Record - ELO
1 - Live Bullet - Bob Seger

1977

3 - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols
2 - Saturday Night Fever - Bee Gees
1 - Out of the Blue - ELO

1978

3 - Some Girls - Rolling Stones
2 - Who Are You - The Who
1 - City to City - Gerry Rafferty

1979

3 - The Wall - Pink Floyd
2 - Discovery - ELO
1 - In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin

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Nice list

Check out the thread for the 90s list:

1970

3 - James Gang - Rides again
2 - Tony Joe white - Tony Joe
1 - Grateful dead - American beauty

1971

3 - Allman brothers - at Fillmore east
2 - grateful dead - skull and bones
1 - funkadelic - maggot brain

1972

3 - Rolling Stones - exile on main st
2 - steely Dan - can’t buy a thrill
1 - David Bowie - Ziggy stardust

1973

3 - wings - band on the run
2 - pink Floyd - dark side of the moon
1 - Sopwith Camel - the miraculous hump returns from the moon

1974

3 - Shuggie Otis - inspiration information
2 - Neil young - on the beach
1 - the spinners - mighty love

1975

3 - Bob Dylan - blood on the tracks
2 - stretch - Elastique
1 - Grover Washington - mister magic

1976

3 - Steve miller band - fly like an eagle
2 - Boz scaggs - silk degrees
1 - Herbie Mann - Suprises

1977

3 - pink Floyd - animals
2 - Idris Muhammad - turn this ■■■■■ out
1 - Cerrone - supernature

1978

3 - Dire straits
2 - Little feat - waiting for Columbus
1 - Van Halen

1979

3 - Michael Jackson - off the wall
2 - Joy division - unknown pleasures
1 - Sister sledge - we are family

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1970

3 - Morrison Hotel - The Doors
2 - Let it Be - The Beatles
1 - Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin

1971

3 - LA Woman - The Doors
2 - Imagine - John Lennon
1 - Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin

1972

3 - Close to the Edge - Yes
2 - Harvest - Neil Young
1 - Honky Chateau - Elton John

1973

3 - Mind Games - John Lennon
2 - Quadrophenia - The Who
1 - Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

1974

3 - Bad Company - Bad Company
2 - Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell
1 - Diamond Dogs - David Bowie

1975

3 - Mothership Connection - Parliament
2 - Why Can’t We Be Friends - War
1 - Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith

1976

3 - Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band
2 - Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
1 - Boston - Boston

1977

3 - I’m Standed - The Saints
2 - Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
1 - Quintessence - Bill Evans

1978

3 - Parallel Lines - Blondie
2 - Van Helen - Van Helen
1 - Ambient 1 Music for Airports - Brain Eno

1979

3 - Reggatta de Blanc - The Police
2- Dire Straits - Communique
1 - The Wall - Pink Floyd

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Just a quick reminder peeps.

Could you please put the artist first and then the album name.

Cheers

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Best decade ever…as I was born!!! (but conceived in the Summer of 69)

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So where’s your list? :wink:

1970

3 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmos Factory
2 - The Beatles - Let It Be
1 - Van Morrison - Moondance

1971

3 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
2 - The rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
1 - Rory Gallagher - Rory Gallagher

1972

3 - Neil Young - Harvest
2 - Steely Dan - Can’t Buy A Thrill
1 - Eagles - Eagles

1973

3 - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
2 - Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
1 - The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me

1974

3 - Neil Young - On the Beach
2 - Steely Dan - Pretzel logic
1 - Frank Zappa - Apostrophe

1975

3 - Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Zuma
2 - Steely Dan - Katy Lied
1 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

1976

3 - Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
2 - Jackson Browne - The Pretender
1 - Little River Band - after hours

1977

3 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
2 - The Dingoes - Five Times the Sun
1 - J. Geils Band - Monkey Island

1978

3 - Cold Chisel - Cold Chisel
2 - Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
1 - Blondie - Parallel Lines

1979

3 - Dire Straits - Communique
2- Midnight Oil - Head Injuries
1 - Led Zeppelin - In through the Out Door

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Just would like everyone to know that the opening track to this album, Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5), has a massive sax wankfest in it. A Baker approved massive sax wankfest.

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Must confess… it’s been many years since I’ve listened to this album (The Wall and Animals are normally my Floyd go-to’s). Even Roger Waters and Dave Gilmour have agreed the album has way too much sax wankery on it#
My last listening must’ve been before I started breaking out in hives and my ears started bleeding in response to saxiness…

#may not be true… they don’t agree on anything…

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Go away you two…Shine On You Crazy Diamond is an absolute masterpiece from start to finish!

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Was a masterpiece. It’s dated poo now.

Like everything else from the 70s??

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Some has aged like fine wine. Some is still yet to happen it’s so far ahead of the game.

You are dead to me!!!

Especially seeing this rubbish from you after seeing you talk up the decidedly average Marquee Moon.

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In The Aeroplane Over The Marquee Moon would be a great concept mashup.

EFA

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1970 Black Sabbath
1971 Master of Reality, Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin IV
1972 The Eagles, The Eagles
1973 Montrose, Montrose or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1974 Back home again, John Denver
1975 Rhinestone Cowboy, Glenn Campbell
1976 High Voltage, AC/DC or ABBA Arrival
1977 Slowhand, Clapton
1978 Van Halen I (Best album of the 1970’s)
1979 Van Halen II

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