Favorite Albums of the Year: 1963-1979
Submitted by dcstar on Fri, 05/07/2004 - 04:22
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- 1963: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan/ Bob Dylan (Please Please Me/ The Beatles)
- 1964: Hard Day’s Night/ The Beatles (You Really Got Me/ The Kinks)
- 1965: Highway 61 Revisited/ Bob Dylan (Rubber Soul/ The Beatles)
- 1966: Blonde on Blonde/ Bob Dylan (Pet Sounds/ Beach Boys)
- 1967: Sgt. Pepper’s/ The Beatles (Velvet Underground & Nico/ The Velvet Underground)
- 1968: Astral Weeks/ Van Morrison (The Beatles/ The Beatles)
- 1969: The Band/ The Band (Abbey Road/ The Beatles)
- 1970: Live at Leeds/ The Who (Loaded/ The Velvet Underground)
- 1971: Live at Fillmore East/ The Allman Brothers Band (IV/ Led Zeppelin)
- 1972: Exile on Main Street/ The Rolling Stones (Ziggy Stardust/ David Bowie)
- 1973: Dark Side of the Moon/ Pink Floyd (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road/ Elton John)
- 1974: It’s Only Rock and Roll/ The Rolling Stones (Natty Dread/ Bob Marley & Wailers)
- 1975: Blood on the Tracks/ Bob Dylan (Born to Run/ Bruce Springsteen)
- 1976: Desire/ Bob Dylan (Horses/ Patti Smith)
- 1977: Marquee Moon/ Television (My Aim is True/ Elvis Costello or The Clash/ The Clash)
- 1978: This Year’s Model/ Elvis Costello (More Songs About Buildings and Food/ Talking Heads)
- 1979: London Calling/ The Clash (Entertainment!/ Gang of Four)
Author Comments:
The test of time. Next favorite album of that year in parentheses.
The Band?!?!
You gotta a problem with that, mister?
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs (who sounded tough, but is now running away around the corner...)
Sadly, at one time I would've thought of The Band as not worthy enough as well.
Then I heard the self-titled 'Band' album and I am now convinced that it's not only the best album of the 60's, but perhaps ALL TIME.
I'm sure you would like it too if you heard it.
Interesting to find live albums chosen as your picks for 1970 and 1971; live albums are often overlooked by critics in favor of studio ones, but the two you pick get no arguments from me, especially considering how good The Who and The Allman Brothers were live.
Johnny Waco
Yes, I think that was the peak of the live album, and those bands were on fire.