1970: Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
1971: Killer (Alice Cooper)
1972: Machine Head (Deep Purple)
1973: Tyranny and Mutation (Blue Öyster Cult)
1974: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
1975: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (Rainbow)
1976: Johnny the Fox (Thin Lizzy)
1977: Sin After Sin (Judas Priest)
1978: Stained Class (Judas Priest)
1979: Overkill (Motörhead)
1980: Lightning to the Nations (Diamond Head)
Assuming all album data was correct in iTunes, and subject to change.
You nutter!Originally Posted by Trane
Let's make an painful effort just for you...
only 5 ties left... no added comments...
A few lesser expected yet really GREAT albums coming through.
Fro example:
Q,S & C- Hawkwind
Sufficiently Breathless- Captain Beyond
Hey you are responding and posting non lists too though. LOL.Amen to that brother.
Digital man, this is a list for hard rock AND heavy metal albums, please don't derail it any further, take your discussion back to the thread you created for it.
Thanx
OK, I'll try my hand at this but it might not turn out too good.
1970 Black Sabbath-Paranoid
71 Led Zeppelin-IV
72 Uriah Heep- Demons and Wizards
73 Deep Purple-Burn
74 King Crimson-Starless and bible black
75 Nazareth- Hair of the dog
76 RUSH-2112
77 Foreigner-same
78 Van Halen-same
79 " " - II
OK - I'll give it a go here (and perhaps some new entries to consider):
1970: Stray - s/t (if you have not heard this - it is quite revelatory)
1971: Micah - I'm Only One Man (a real obscurity and magnificent)
1972: Scorpions - Lonesome Crow (I think it's much more than a hard rock album, but what the heck)
1973: Buffalo - Volcanic Rock (Australia's best)
1974: Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow
1975: Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1976: Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
1977: Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
1978: Judas Priest - Stained Class (I could easily go the first Van Halen here, but Stained Class is so good)
1979: Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
1970 - Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You (though BS - s/t is equally worthy)
1971 - Groundhogs - Split (then LZ - IV)
1972 - Scorpions - Lonesome Crow (DP - Machinehead)
1973 - Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Pink Fairies - Kings Of Oblivion)
1974 - Budgie - In For The Kill (Hawkwind - Hall Of The Mountain Grill)
1975 - Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1976 - Rainbow - Rising
1977 - Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness & Charm (Motorhead - Motorhead)
1978 - AC/DC - Powerage (then Rainbow - Long Live RnR)
1979 - Motorhead - Overkill (AC/DC - Highway To Hell)
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I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
What's with the abbreviations? 'Aeros'
"Made In England (AR) tied with Argus (WA)" - are you listing them from Arkansas and Washington?
Aerosmith (as if you didn't know that...)
if people list BS or DP and everyone gets it, it shuldn't be too much harder to figure out Atomic Rooster and Wisgbone Ash; right you little troll ??
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No Q about FM & MR ??
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Well said, Trane! You tell him mate!Aerosmith (as if you didn't know that...
if people list BS or DP and everyone gets it, it shuldn't be too much harder to figure out Atomic Rooster and Wisgbone Ash; right you little troll ??
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No Q about FM & MR ??
I am not familiar with those abbreviations. Fleetwood Mac? Municipal River?Aerosmith (as if you didn't know that...
if people list BS or DP and everyone gets it, it shuldn't be too much harder to figure out Atomic Rooster and Wisgbone Ash; right you little troll ??
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No Q about FM & MR ??
Troll? Pah… take a gander in the mirror, if you dare
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Aerosmith was easy, but why do that abbreviation 'Aeros' when you're already almost done with their name?
There does that S you, N? Or S I make it E?
I agree on the Stray and Micah being very good, however, I learned about (and purchased) these within the last 10 years. The albums that I selected, I grew up with, so the Stray and Micah were at a huge disadvantage. As for the Buffalo, it was a tie with "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" so I flipped a coin.
1970- Deep Purple In Rock
1971- Master Of Reality
1972- Demons And Wizards
1973- Never Turn Your Back On A Friend
1974- Quo
1975- Physical Graffitti
1976- Rainbow Rising
1977- A Farewell To Kings
1978- Live And Dangerous ('Van Halen' as studio choice)
1979- Unleashed In The East because I had to have 'Rising' instead of 'Sad Wings...' ('Highway To Hell' as studio choice)
1980- Iron Maiden
And this is without Aerosmith, UFO, Nazareth, Blue Oyster Cult etc. This is the era of hard rock I love, when the tunes were still there, before the overt posturing, shredding, growling and blast beats. 1976 and 1978 were very, very tough. 1979 I find a bit of a lull year...older bands either weren't active or putting out lesser material, and the newer bands weren't releasing records then, like Iron Maiden etc.
In the case of Stray, the debut is a great album, but they were on Transatlantic- more or less a folk label.
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I give you in full the album names, so the clue should give it right away (now not everyone might not be familiar with argus and In Hearing Of, I'll give you that much
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PS (for post scriptum >> it's not a band, btw
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
What, did you think I was going to let you write here & not respond, man, wake up & smell the java
1970: Paranoid
1971: Master Of Reality
1972: Vol. 4
1973: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1974: Queen II
1975: Sabotage
1976: Rainbow Rising
1977: UFO Lights Out
1978: Never Say Die!
1979: UFO Strangers In The Night
1980: Heaven And Hell
I don't think you have enough Sabbath on that list Jeff.
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world.
Yea, you'd almost think he didn't like Sabbath.I don't think you have enough Sabbath on that list Jeff.
Yeah, looks pretty one dimensional in a way.
What can I say? That Sabbath catalog is easily amongst the most important music of the last 50 years, IMO. So when it comes to a list of just hard rock/metal, it's going to dominate because I feel strongly that those recordings are the best in that field most every year. I'd like to find room for Zeppelin but it just isn't possible. Houses Of The Holy comes closest. I could almost switch that out with Sabbath Bloody Sabbath but not quite. And then there is Physical Graffiti which I absolutely love, but pretty much nothing in the history of ever tops Sabotage.
Amen! Have you ever seen them live?Yeah, looks pretty one dimensional in a way.
What can I say? That Sabbath catalog is easily amongst the most important music of the last 50 years, IMO.
I've seen them live twice; and will again this summer. Unbelievably fantatic live. Each time with Ozzy. First time I saw them was the original line-up. Just don't ask me years or places, I've got no memory for gig details.
Yes, I have seen them live many times.
Between Sabbath and the Heaven and Hell project, I believe it has been 14 concerts total. Most recently I just saw them at Hollywood Bowl last month. It was very strong but Osbourne's vocals were better at Shoreline in Mountain View last summer, IMO.
First time I saw them was in '82 with Dio at the helm. Perhaps ironically, one of the very best shows I saw by them was when Neil Murray and Cozy Powell were in the band and Tony Martin was on vox. And probably the very best was Heaven and Hell on the 'Metal Masters' package tour a few years back. That lineup had been playing together again for a couple of years at that point and were so good it was absolutely ridiculous.
What do you think of the new boy on drums? I think he's brilliant, saw him with the band last year, when he did a 10 minute solo.
Luckily for Jeff, the Sabs didn't make an album in 74, 76 and 79, or he'd have looked like a fanboyYea, you'd almost think he didn't like Sabbath.Quote Originally Posted by notallwhowander View Post
I don't think you have enough Sabbath on that list Jeff.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
76 - Technical Ecstasy. I think you meant 77, yes?Luckily for Jeff, the Sabs didn't make an album in 74, 76 and 79, or he'd have looked like a fanboy
76 or 77, whathever... terrible album anyways...76 - Technical Ecstasy. I think you meant 77, yes?
well, for 70's standards... Nowadays that kind of album wouldn't be far from most yearly top lists...
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
TE is my least favorite Sabs album, and doesn't make the list.Luckily for Jeff, the Sabs didn't make an album in 74, 76 and 79, or he'd have looked like a fanboy
But I do think it's highly misunderstood. It's a merging of their sound with more commercial elements and Ozzy's Beatles influence perhaps at its most prominent. The songs are sensational for the most part. I think they intended it to be an international smash and it should have been. Tony's lead work on the album is completely off the charts. I enjoy Woodruffe's keyboard work as well. Still, after Sabotage, it's just a bit of a letdown and the overall sound is a bit misguided, IMO. They were completely producing themselves by that point. It might have been an album that could have benefitted from an outside Producer and a strong, alternate voice.
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