| Author | Message | ||
     Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1166 Registered: 04-2005 |
Not to steal your thunder, Michael, but let's do this thing. I think it's the most memorable year for me. 1. Television - Marquee Moon 2. The Clash - The Clash (UK version) 3. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True 4. David Bowie - Heroes 5. David Bowie - Low (hard to believe they were both '77) 6. Wire - Pink Flag 7. Brian Eno - Before and After Science 8. Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation 9. Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties 10. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Lots of honorable mentions in '77--there were also very good albums by Garland Jeffreys, Graham Parker, the Ramones, Fleetwood Mac, Talking Heads, Iggy Pop, etc., plus some groundbreaking ones by people I didn't really listen to (Kraftwerk, Suicide, the Damned, the Saints, etc.) What a year! | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1347 Registered: 05-2005 |
Two Sevens Clash - Culture Burning Spear - Dry and Heavy Augustus Pablo - East of The River Nile Gregory Isaacs - Extra Classics Yabby You - Deliver Me From My Enemies Congos - Heart of The Congos Heptones - Party Time Horace Andy - In The Light Augustus Pablo/King Tubby - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown Wire - Pink Flag | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1168 Registered: 04-2005 |
Big year for reggae, hmm, Kevin? | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 412 Registered: 01-2005 |
1. Television - Marquee Moon 2. Wire - Pink Flag 3. Talking Heads - 77 4. The Clash - The Clash 5. Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express 6. David Bowie - Heroes 7. Brian Eno - Before and After Science 8. Culture - Two Sevens Clash (Thanks Kevin! I picked this puppy up 2 months ago and love it) 9. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True 10. Muddy Waters - Hard Again Just missed: Peter Gabriel's 1st, Ramones - Rocket To Russia, RH&TV - Blank Generation, Sex Pistols, EmmyLou Harris - Quarter Moon. I need to pick up department: The Jam - In The City, Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox, Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1349 Registered: 05-2005 |
75-77 was massive for reggae Kurt. Most of the stuff you list I love, especially Bowie, Eno and Television. The Clash was my favourite album of all time for about 5 years from 1977 and then I realised there was more music other than punk and post punk. I based my choice on albums from 1977 that I would be likely to play in 2007(and probably, in truth,what I would be likely to play for the last 10 years or so)and that is what I came up with. Maybe I should have made 2 lists - 1 Reggae, 1 Rock | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 924 Registered: 03-2005 |
What a pain in the ass this year is for me! It got slightly easier when I went and dug through my vinyl. After all, those are definitely things I owned at the time. I will not confess to the unutterable crap I found among that vinyl. The easy ones which have graduated to CD (or which were discovered later): The Sex Pistols -- Never Mind the Bollocks A life-changing record. Nihilistic Wall of Sound Eno -- Before & After Science I was late to this, about 1979 the same night I was turned onto quaaludes. I know, TMI, but they were a nice combo! Bowie -- Heroes The first Bowie album I could listen to since "Hunky Dory" and a fine listen it is. "Low" gets an honorable mention but this one hits the mainline better for me. Wire -- Pink Flag Very late to this, about 1985 or '86. Television -- Marquee Moon Even later to this, about 1990 or so. In the vinyl leftovers I find: Split Enz -- Dizrythmia I don't get credit for discovering this when it first came out. I bought it after "True Colors" made them stars here in the U.S.. Gruppo Sportivo -- Mistakes What a clever record this was! They made some other albums later but none touched this one. I've never seen it on CD. I used to love about half of Jam's "In the City," especially "Away From the Numbers" but I never felt the need to buy it. And the reggae thing is a real hassle too. A lot of reggae people were singles artists and their albums were spotty at best. My favorite Heptones record is "Cool Rasta" but that was '76. My favorite Pioneers album is "Pusher Man"--'78. I ought to check out some of Kevin's choices and play my old vinyl copy of "Party Time;" I hate the title song but that's no reason to ignore the rest. I started wandering away from reggae around this time. And while everybody loved the Saints' "Stranded," for my money they really started to happen with "Eternally Yours"--'78 and even more so with "Prehistoric Sounds"--also '78. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 88 Registered: 07-2006 |
i don't know if i could list ten, but in no particular order pistols - never mind the bollocks blondie - plastic letters (spent a lot of time listening to that one...) the clash - the clash bowie - low wire - pink flag fleetwood mac - rumours abba - the album (their 'mac record, even) i'm not sure if donna summer's "i remember yesterday" was released in 1977 (haven't got my lp on hand...) but i think i feel love was definitely released this year and was monumental as any of the aforementioned. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 413 Registered: 01-2005 |
Embarassing confession = I don't own Low. Bowie albums that I do have on cd - Ziggy, Heroes, Scary Monsters and Changesbowie. Let's Dance on vinyl. I'll get it soon though. How is the last of the Berlin Trilogy, The Lodger? If we are going to do 1978 soon, I better pick up Crossing The Red Sea by The Adverts. Anyone own it? | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1171 Registered: 04-2005 |
Michael, "Lodger" is more conventional than "Low" and "Heroes" in that it's all songs with vocals, but conventional wisdom (aka, most critics) says it's a lesser album. Eno is still on it, but in a less-obvious role than in the previous two, and instead of Robert Fripp on lead guitar, it's got Adrian Belew. The songs have kind of a weird world-traveler vibe and there's some "exotic" instrumentation on "African Night Flight," "Yassassin" (sp?), and others. It's probably one of Bowie's better albums, actually. "DJ" and "Boys Keep Swinging" are the best-known songs from it. I don't like "Low" as much as "Heroes," but you gotta get it too. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 926 Registered: 03-2005 |
I do, Michael. It's a good album. The CD version I have also has "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" appended to it which is essential. In fact it was your previous mention of it that reminded me to load it into iTunes so I got a nice new listen to it. Songs like "One Chord Wonders" and "On Wheels" and "Safety in Numbers" and "Drowing Men" stand out. As punk albums go I rate it as one of the best because there is a pop sensibility running through it; the songs actually have ideas to them. But be ready for lots of simple barre chords and adenoidal vocals. It's been a long time since I listened to "The Lodger." As I recall it's not as good as either "Low" or "Heroes" or, for that matter, "Scary Monsters." I don't remember it having any classics. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 471 Registered: 10-2004 |
David Bowie - Low Wire - 154 Brian Eno - Before & After Science Television - Marquee Moon Talking Heads - 77 Ultravox - Ha! Ha! Ha! The Clash - The Clash Iggy Pop - The Idiot & Lust for Life Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express (though I prefer 1978's Man Machine) Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Motorhead - Motorhead | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 472 Registered: 10-2004 |
Whoops!!! I meant Wire - Pink Flag, as 154 was from '79, obviously, I think 154 was perhaps a freudian slip or something since that's my very favorite Wire record. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 415 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jeff, tough call on my part to name my favorite Wire record. 154 does have some stunners though, so it would be in the mix for my favorite, along with it's two predessors and A Bell Is A Cup... (which was the first Wire record I bought, back in 1988). Map Ref is my favorite Wire song. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1182 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kraftewrk - Trans Europe Express Television - Marquee Moon Talking Heads - '77 David Soul - David Soul David Bowie - Low The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus Showaddywaddy - Greatest Hits The Clash - The Clash Wire - Pink Flag ELO - Out of the Blue | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1352 Registered: 05-2005 |
spence, did Shakin Stevens not release an album in 1977 then?  | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1184 Registered: 05-2005 |
nah but I was waiting for Leif Garrett to! | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 291 Registered: 08-2006 |
In no particular order: Television - Marquee Moon Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Dancer with Bruised Knees Ornette Coleman - Dancing in Your Head The Sex Pistols - Never Mind... The Beach Boys - Love You The Ramones - Rocket to Russia The Clash - The Clash (UK) Al Green - The Belle Album Andy Fairweather Low - Be Bop 'n' Hola | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 292 Registered: 08-2006 |
Oh, man, I forgot Culture - Two Sevens Clash. That's right up there near the top. | ||
| Matt Ellis Member Username: Matt_ellis Post Number: 148 Registered: 11-2004 |
Interesting to see what folks with good taste would be listening to during the year that I was born! Randy I have Dizrythmia on CD. It's an album that I have slowly grown to like. Although I don't find it as good as Mental Notes. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 426 Registered: 04-2006 |
all said, all done. i only add pink floyd - animals which was my first floyd album which i bought at the time of being released. i sold it around tewnty years ago, but bought the original vinyl again a few years ago. i think animals is a dark and rough work and had not much in common with his overproduced predecessors. it is underrated, their last acceptable album and i like it. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 931 Registered: 03-2005 |
Matt, because I stopped playing vinyl a long time ago I forgot about Dizrythmia until I blundered on a couple of Split Enz videos on YouTube and was reminded how good they could be at that time. It might be fair to say they were influenced by the likes of Supertramp (who I loathe) and Sparks at that pre-New Wave moment. I confess I've never heard "Mental Notes." | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 475 Registered: 10-2004 |
I've been listening to Split Enz kind of a lot lately. Until recently, I had always seen them as a glorious singles band, but never paid them too much attention until I bought Time & Tide, which is a pretty consistent and cohesive album that I've been enjoying quite a lot the past few months. So, my recent Time & Tide discovery has kind of sparked renewed interest in them, and I've been paying closer attention to their other albums. I still need to get Dizrythmia, I see it in the dollar bin at Amoeba fairly often. I've never heard Mental Notes either. | ||
| David Matheson Member Username: David_matheson Post Number: 113 Registered: 12-2004 |
Mental Notes was the first Split Enz album. It's well worth a listen and has some great tracks (The title track is quite amusing), but to me they hit their peak with True Colours and Time & Tide. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1185 Registered: 04-2005 |
There were two versions of "Mental Notes," though. The original NZ version (I don't know if it was released simultaneously in the UK), and a later version produced by Phil Manzanera. Which one are you guys referring to? Because ages ago, I bought the album as an import, thinking I was getting the supposedly poppier Manzanera version. But no, it was the original, rather-proggy NZ version. And I played it once before selling it. I have a feeling I missed out on the good version of the album. I was so turned off that I was afraid to buy any Split Enz albums that came out before "True Colours," which is a great pop-rock album. |