theboarddot Albums of the 1970s Results Thread

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The 1970s were a cool decade. You can read more about the music discussed here, and for history about the decade, you can visit your local library, or ask 10:15 or some other oldster who was alive about it this weekend at Riot Fest.

Normally this would be the start of a whole big ass thing, but there will be no big ass thing this time around. The original idea was a radio broadcast recording, and then a podcast recording, and by the time both of those were determined to be "not happening" it was "late August" and, well, here we are. I just am gonna give you the back 50 now, and will rollout the top 50 tomorrow with little if any pomp and circumstance. Some of you may have questions like "did you do the math right?" and  "why did live albums count?" and "how much would this list have changed if Goodson finished his list?" and I promise I will ignore all of those because I am not a handsomely paid accountant who stares at spreadsheets all day.

So, here's 100-51 below. As per how I do things, ties were broken by number of lists an album appeared on. Spelling and grammar mistakes are my own.

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100. Nina Simone- Emergency Ward
99. Steely Dan- Countdown to Ecstacy
98. Bruce Springsteen- The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle
T-96. XTC- Drums and Wires
          Randy Newman- Good Old Boys
95. Bob Dylan- Planet Waves
94. David Bowie- "Heroes"
T-92. This Heat- This Heat
         Elvis Costello & The Attractions- This Year's Model
91. The Modern Lovers- The Modern Lovers

90. Neil Young- Tonight's The Night
89. Sparks- Kimono My House
88. Thin Lizzy- Live and Dangerous
87. Grateful Dead- Europe '72
86. Nick Drake- Pink Moon
85. Waylon Jennings- Honky Tonk Heroes
84. Elvis Costello- Armed Forces
83. Brian Eno- Another Green World
82. Michael Jackson- Off The Wall
81. The Police- Outlandos d'Amour

80. Squeeze- Cool for Cats
79. Black Sabbath- Master of Reality
78. Parliament- Mothership Connection
77. Iggy Pop- Lust for Life
76. Paul McCartney & Wings- Band on the Run
75. Stevie Wonder- Talking Book
T-73. Herbie Hancock- Head Hunters
          Van Morrisson- Saint Dominic's Preview
72. Kraftwerk- Autobahn
71. Richard & Linda Thompson- I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight

T-69. Jerry Jeff Walker- Viva Terlingua
          Jackson Browne- Running on Empty
68. Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy
67. Pink Floyd- Meddle
66. Ramones- Rocket to Russia
65. Neil Young- On the Beach
64. AC/DC- Highway to Hell
63. Miles Davis- Bitches Brew
62. The Rolling Stones- Some Girls
61. Jimmy Cliff et. al- The Harder They Come

60. Elvis Costello & The Attractions- My Aim is True
59. Bruce Springsteen- Darkness on the Edge of Town
58. David Bowie- Hunky Dory
T-56. Alice Coltrane- Journey in Stachidananda
        Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
55. The Allman Brothers- Eat a Peach
54. Buzzcocks- Singles Going Steady
53. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin 3
52. Elton John- Goodbye Yellowbrick Road
51. Pink Floyd- The Wall

The top 50 will start coming out after 8:30am tomorrow morning. Thank you to everyone who voted and participated in the discussion of this project.

Edit: me, after typing all that out, looking at it again, and still having to edit it 2-3 times over: 

[ten15]

Sad to be referred to as an oldster. But thanks for thinking of me?

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Sept 13, 2023 16:33:14 GMT -6 ten15 said:

Sad to be referred to as an oldster. But thanks for thinking of me?

I wish you made a list. But you said you did not want to :/

[monasterymonochrome]

Dang 100-51 is a sick list of albums on its own. Really happy that Emergency Ward snuck in there. Cannot recommend it enough.

[ten15]

Sept 13, 2023 16:59:24 GMT -6 Tweet said:

Sept 13, 2023 16:33:14 GMT -6 ten15 said:

Sad to be referred to as an oldster. But thanks for thinking of me?

I wish you made a list. But you said you did not want to :/

Growing up as a child, I was much more of a single vs album guy when it comes to 70’s music. Never really went back to listen to a lot of albums.  *shrug* 

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Sept 13, 2023 18:28:08 GMT -6 ten15 said:

Sept 13, 2023 16:59:24 GMT -6 Tweet said:

I wish you made a list. But you said you did not want to :/

Growing up as a child, I was much more of a single vs album guy when it comes to 70’s music. Never really went back to listen to a lot of albums.  *shrug* 

I struggled with this as well when making my list. Most of 76-99 for me are albums with singles I like/love surrounded by a fair amount of filler.

[kb]

i didn't vote so i have no room to critique but damn some of those should be in the top 20 or so.

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50. Neil Young- Harvest (296, 4)

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49. Ramones- s/t (299, 5)

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48. Wire- Pink Flag (301, 4)

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47. David Bowie- Low (309, 5)

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46. Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here (313, 5)

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45. Devo- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!

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44. Carole King- Tapestry (317, 6)

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43. Neil Young- After the Gold Rush (333, 5)

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42. Van Halen- Van Halen (338, 4)

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41. Joni Mitchell- Blue (343, 5)

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40. Warren Zevon- Excitable Boy (350, 5)

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39. Van Morrisson- Moondance (353, 5)

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38. Gram Parsons- Grievous Angel (360, 5)

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37. Iggy & The Stooges- Raw Power (365, 5)

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36. Funkadelic- Maggot Brain (369, 5)

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35. Lynyrd Skynyrd- (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (377, 5)

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34. Boston- Boston (377, 6)

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33. Grateful Dead- American Beauty (378, 6)

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32. Creedence Clearwater Revival- Cosmo's Factory (387, 6)

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16 from my 100 were in the bottom 50. that might be more already than my 80s and 90s lists.

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31. John Prine- John Prine (393, 5)

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Sept 14, 2023 8:15:13 GMT -6 Tweet said:

32. Creedence Clearwater Revival- Cosmo's Factory (387, 6)

this is a record i picked up for cheap years ago because i thought i should own it and really only knew the singles. i've probably not listened to it more than five times and have never thought it lived up to the praise. but i put it on while working on my list and absolutely loved it.

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30. Gang of Four- Entertainment! (400, 5)