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Posted: January 18 2015 at 09:18

Tough choice but...

70 Genesis - Trespass

71 Yes - The Yes Album

72 Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

73 Genesis - Selling England By The Pound

74 King Crimson - Red

75 Camel - The Snow Goose

76 Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail

77 Rush - A Farewell To Kings

78 Rush - Hemispheres

79 UK - Danger Money

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Posted: January 18 2015 at 09:38

Guldbamsen wrote:

Well just for fun then (I could make a few of these though):

Igor Wakhevitch - Logos

Frankie Dymon Jr - Let It Out

Franco Battiato - Pollution

Lard Free - s/t

The Cosmic Jokers - Galactic Supermarket

Dzyan - Electric Silence

Picchio dal Pozzo - s/t

SBB - Ze Slowem Biegne Do Ciebi

Klaus Schulze - X

Heldon - Stand By

That's a very unusual list, although I only know two of those.
By the way, I discovered Algarnas Tradgard on a Prog radio yesterday and I read your great review of their first album. I'll have to listen to the full album Smile

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Posted: January 18 2015 at 11:38

Yeah I know Sam. I purposely chose to make a list without mentioning Floyd, Yes, Genesis etc etc, mostly because it gets boring to see the same choices regurgitated over and over again. Don't get me wrong, I love those acts - especially during this decade, but then again there were so many other fantastic bands as well, which sadly do not get as much praise.

Thanks for mentioning that review. Man I'd completely forgotten about that one, though luckily enough not the actual music, which is insanely good and Krautrock-like. If you ever stumble over any of their two albums, then go for it. The follow up, a posthomus release aptly called Delayed, is every bit as good as the debut, which has become quite the cult classic here in Scandinavia.

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Posted: January 18 2015 at 12:10

If you would do that, I would probably not even look at it Tongue

I'll listen to that one as well then... and also those I don't know from your list, thanks! Thumbs Up

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Posted: January 18 2015 at 12:44

Ever the rebel, I chose two from each year! Because, after all, you can't have just one.

1970 - Traffic, John Barleycorn Must Die / Emerson, Lake and Palmer, S/T

1971 - Jethro Tull, Aqualung / Yes, The Yes Album

1972 - Yes, Close to the Edge / Jethro Tull, Thick as a Brick

1973 - Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon / King Crimson, Lark's Tongue in Aspic

1974 - Queen, Queen II / Supertramp, Crime of the Century

1975 - Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti / Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here

1976 - Genesis, A Trick of the Tail / Rainbow, Rising

1977 - Jethro Tull, Songs from the Wood / Pink Floyd, Animals

1978 - Rush - Hemispheres / Jethro Tull, Heavy Horses

1979 - Pink Floyd, The Wall / Frank Zappa, Joe's Garage Part 1

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Posted: January 18 2015 at 14:41

1970 - Pink Floyd - Atom Hearth Mother

1971 - Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts

1972 - Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

1974 - King Crimson - Red

1975 - VDGG - Godbluff

1976 - VDGG - World Record

1977 - Pink Floyd - Animals

1978 - Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses

1979 - Pink Floyd - The Wall

from 70 to 74 was really hard to choose my favourite album, a lot of masterpieces in so little time D;

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Posted: January 18 2015 at 19:56

70 - Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother

71 - Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink

72 - Yes - Close to the Edge

73 - Genesis - Selling England by the Pound

74 - King Crimson - Red

75 - Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn

76 - Camel - Moonmadness

77 - Pink Floyd - Animals

78 - Rush - Hemispheres

79 - Pink Floyd - The Wall

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Posted: January 19 2015 at 15:42

Too many of my favorites compete with each other in 1971 and 1974. Too many hard choices.

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Posted: January 19 2015 at 15:44

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Too many of my favorites compete with each other in 1971 and 1974. Too many hard choices.

just use the freaky redhead, sexy blond, gorgeous brunette methodology I used.

I just picked the redheads of those years...

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Posted: January 19 2015 at 18:06

1970 Genesis' Trespass

1971 King Crimson' Islands

1972 Yes' Close to the Edge

1973 Gong's Angels' Egg

1974 Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom

1975 Frank Zappa's One Size Fits All

1976 Jethro Tull's Too Old to Rock'n'Roll: Too Young to Die!

1977 Smak's Crna Dama (Black Lady)

1978 Smak's Stranice našeg vremena (The Pages Of Our Time)

1979 Igra staklenih perli (The Glass Bead Game), s/t

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Posted: January 19 2015 at 21:06

micky wrote:

HackettFan wrote:

Too many of my favorites compete with each other in 1971 and 1974. Too many hard choices.

just use the freaky redhead, sexy blond, gorgeous brunette methodology I used.

I just picked the redheads of those years...

So you'd side with Kari Byron and Rose Leslie (in my sig), then?

Time always wins.

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Posted: January 19 2015 at 21:18

1970: Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

1971: CAN - Tago Mago

1972: Herbie Hancock - Crossings

1973: Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh

1974: Pekka Pohjola - Harakka Bialoipokku

1975: Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn

1976: Eberhard Weber - Yellow Fields

1977: Pat Metheny - Watercolours

1978: Oregon - Out of the Woods

1979: George Lewis - Homage to Charles Parker

Edited by DreamTechPlus - January 19 2015 at 21:34

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Posted: January 19 2015 at 21:46

Several selections could have been chosen for each year, so I'll highlight some more obscure ones:

1970: We'll Talk About It Later - Nucleus

1971: Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel

1972: Palepoli - Osanna

1973: Sextet - Herbie Hancock

1974: You - Gong

1975: Mainstream - Quiet Sun

1976: The Third Reich 'N' Roll - The Residents

1977: The Second Annual Report - Throbbing Gristle

1978: Weidorje - Weidorje

1979: This Heat - This Heat

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Posted: January 19 2015 at 21:54

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Herbie Hancock

You know what, kid?

You ain't half bad.

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Posted: January 19 2015 at 22:21

DreamTechPlus wrote:

1971: CAN - Tago Mago

1972: Herbie Hancock - Crossings

1974: Pekka Pohjola - Harakka Bialoipokku

1978: Oregon - Out of the Woods

Neither are you, man. Thumbs Up

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Posted: January 19 2015 at 22:26

Lear'sFool wrote:

DreamTechPlus wrote:

1971: CAN - Tago Mago

1972: Herbie Hancock - Crossings

1974: Pekka Pohjola - Harakka Bialoipokku

1978: Oregon - Out of the Woods

Neither are you, man. Thumbs Up

Have you heard much Eberhard Weber, perchance?

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Posted: January 19 2015 at 22:35

DreamTechPlus wrote:

Lear'sFool wrote:

DreamTechPlus wrote:

1971: CAN - Tago Mago

1972: Herbie Hancock - Crossings

1974: Pekka Pohjola - Harakka Bialoipokku

1978: Oregon - Out of the Woods

Neither are you, man. Thumbs Up

Have you heard much Eberhard Weber, perchance?

Not yet, but I'm intrigued.

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Posted: January 19 2015 at 22:38

Seek it out immediately. It will blow your mind.

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Posted: January 27 2015 at 02:08

this is really hard but I'll try; this is what I could think of today Smile

1970 - Deep Purple - In Rock
1971 - Led Zeppelin - IV
1972 - Uriah Heep - Demons & Wizards / Deep Purple - Machine Head
1973 - Pink Floyd - DSOTM / Camel - s/t / Genesis - SEBTP
1974 - UFO - Phenomenon
1975 - Pink Floyd - WYWH
1976 - Kansas - Leftoverture / Goblin - Roller
1977 - Pink Floyd - Animals / Rush - A Farewell to Kings / Genesis - W&W
1978 - Sfinx - Zalmoxe
1979 - Nicu Alifantis - Dupa melci

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Posted: January 27 2015 at 02:48

I'll try and grab a few non-obvious ones.

1970 - Arbeit Macht Frei - Area
1971 - Stormcock - Roy Harper
1972 - Wolf City - Amon Duul
1973 - For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night - Caravan
1974 - The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage - Peter Hammill
1975 - Les Porches - Maneige
1976 - How Dare You - 10cc
1977 - The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome - VDG
1978 - Of Queues and Cures - National Health
1979 - oh I dunno, there's a lot of really great stuff in 1980.