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The best albums of the 21st century by artists big in the 70s
« on: July 30, 2017, 09:13:44 PM »
Plenty of artists who were big and/or peaked in the 70s continued making music into the 21st century, but which of those artists have the best albums of this century?  The ones that stand out to me are:

Peter Gabriel - Up
Styx - The Mission
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth
David Bowie - Blackstar
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Re: The best albums of the 21st century by artists big in the 70s
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2017, 09:31:01 PM »
Quote from: KevShmev on July 30, 2017, 09:13:44 PM
Plenty of artists who were big and/or peaked in the 70s continued making music into the 21st century, but which of those artists have the best albums of this century?  The ones that stand out to me are:

Peter Gabriel - Up
Styx - The Mission
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth
David Bowie - Blackstar

Nice to see Rush brought up here, which would've been my first pick.

Is the new Styx album that good? I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but the single they put out didn't sound half bad. I'm not the biggest Styx fan, but I do enjoy their classic albums. If their latest one is anything as close to those, I may have to get it at some point.

I'm not very familiar with a LOT of 70's rock bands outside of the typical prog giants, but I'd have to say King Crimson's The Power To Believe is a sonic treat, easily one of their best albums. It's already 14 years old, and I've been waiting to see if they'll ever record another full album again, but until that point, the last studio album by King Crimson definitely stands out as a great modern album by the 70's prog pioneer.

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Re: The best albums of the 21st century by artists big in the 70s
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2017, 10:09:38 PM »
Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know

Forget about the name, it's still Sabbath and it stomps all over 13.

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« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2017, 12:57:40 AM »
Quote from: KevShmev on July 30, 2017, 09:13:44 PM
Rush - Clockwork Angels
David Bowie - Blackstar
Yes. These are fairly obvious.  :tup
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« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2017, 02:23:21 AM »
Agree with Marc above.... The power to believe is truly a great King Crimson Record
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« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2017, 08:23:22 AM »
ADKOT is the clear winner for me, hands down.

I will get laughed at for this, but for me, Sonic Boom by Kiss.  I LOVE that record, and listen to it FAR more than anything from the non-makeup period.

These are 80's bands, but:
Dance of Death (or Book of Souls; I won't quibble) by Iron Maiden.
Marbles by Marillion.
Heaven and Earth by Yes (I'm KIDDING!  I KID!)
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« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2017, 08:30:23 AM »
Maybe not quite the level the op is talking sbout, but Angel guitarist Punky Meadows released an excellent album last year.

Although the recent KISS albums were only ok, they deserve kudos for releasing good albums in each of the last 5 decades
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« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2017, 11:01:06 AM »
David Bowie - Heathen
Pat Metheny - Speaking of Now
Renaissance - Grandine il Vento
Glen Campbell - Ghost on the Canvas
Al Di Meola - Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody
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« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2017, 12:54:02 PM »
Cheap Trick -- Bang, Zoom, Crazy...Hello
Tears For Fears -- Everybody Loves A Happy Ending
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« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2017, 06:05:07 PM »
Quote from: kingshmegland on July 31, 2017, 12:54:02 PM

Tears For Fears -- Everybody Loves A Happy Ending

Tears For Fears were big in the 70's?
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would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Re: The best albums of the 21st century by artists big in the 70s
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2017, 06:08:31 PM »
Yeah, where are these 70 albums I've never heard? :lol

The Power to Believe is a good pick. I totally forgot about that one.

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« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2017, 06:10:37 PM »
I'll get behind Heaven And Hell. The Devil You Know is Awesomesauce
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Re: The best albums of the 21st century by artists big in the 70s
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2017, 06:17:15 PM »
Alice Cooper has put out some crap this century, but The Eyes Of Alice Cooper, released in 2003, is awesome.

I also love UFO's The Visitor.

Quote from: Grappler on July 30, 2017, 10:09:38 PM
Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know

Yup!
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would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2017, 07:27:55 PM »
Quote from: KevShmev on July 31, 2017, 06:08:31 PM
Yeah, where are these 70 albums I've never heard? :lol

The Power to Believe is a good pick. I totally forgot about that one.

So I blur decades! :lol. They were good to me! :lol
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« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2017, 07:54:40 PM »
Fanatic by Heart is one I like.
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« Reply #15 on: July 31, 2017, 07:58:32 PM »
Quote from: Dream Team on July 31, 2017, 07:54:40 PM
Fanatic by Heart is one I like.

I hate that album.  So little hooks.   I was so disappointed.
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« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2017, 08:42:37 PM »
I don't know which one I like the most, but Journey's post 2000 albums are really good.
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« Reply #17 on: July 31, 2017, 10:11:15 PM »
I was trying to remember other 70s rock bands who had recorded albums in the 21st century. Then I remembered that The Who had released an album a few years ago called The Endless Wire. I think it was supposed to be another rock opera. Did anyone ever hear it?
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« Reply #18 on: July 31, 2017, 10:14:29 PM »
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« Reply #19 on: July 31, 2017, 10:50:14 PM »
Scott Walker - The Drift

The scariest album of all time. Hard to believe the guy made pop music in the 60s/70s.
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« Reply #20 on: August 01, 2017, 06:31:10 AM »
Quote from: jammindude on July 31, 2017, 10:11:15 PM
I was trying to remember other 70s rock bands who had recorded albums in the 21st century. Then I remembered that The Who had released an album a few years ago called The Endless Wire. I think it was supposed to be another rock opera. Did anyone ever hear it?

Yeah, not bad.  Not Tommy, but not bad.  There was a song on there called "Tea for Two" or something like that, and it was awful hard not to hear that and think it was about Pete and Roger, and it was incredibly moving.   
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« Reply #21 on: August 01, 2017, 07:26:08 AM »
Kansas - Somewhere to Elsewhere
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« Reply #22 on: August 01, 2017, 07:50:33 PM »
Quote from: LudwigVan on August 01, 2017, 07:26:08 AM
Kansas - Somewhere to Elsewhere

Great call! The songwriting on that album is by far their best since the 70s. Walsh's voice was a little rough around the edges, but still mostly good enough (although there is that one line near the beginning of Icarus II that makes me wince).  Distant Vision is the best Kansas song of the last 35 years.
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« Reply #23 on: August 04, 2017, 07:20:55 PM »
Leonard Cohen
Bowie
Roger Waters
Scott Walker

I would include Rush here but for the fact that they were NOT that big in the '70s.
They were only headlining theaters (mostly) as late as 1978. They weren't even breaking even until the Permanent Waves Tour in 1980.
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« Reply #24 on: August 04, 2017, 07:25:35 PM »
Quote from: ytserush on August 04, 2017, 07:20:55 PM
Leonard Cohen

YES

You Want It Darker is an awesome album.
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« Reply #25 on: August 05, 2017, 04:10:44 PM »
Deep Purple's Now What?! is one of my all-time favorite albums.
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Re: The best albums of the 21st century by artists big in the 70s
« Reply #26 on: August 05, 2017, 07:02:41 PM »
Nothing that hasn't been mentioned already, but:

Kansas - Somewhere to Elsewhere
David Bowie - Everything he released this century was good
Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know
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« Reply #27 on: August 05, 2017, 09:52:42 PM »
Quote from: KevShmev on August 01, 2017, 07:50:33 PM
Quote from: LudwigVan on August 01, 2017, 07:26:08 AM
Kansas - Somewhere to Elsewhere

Great call! The songwriting on that album is by far their best since the 70s. Walsh's voice was a little rough around the edges, but still mostly good enough (although there is that one line near the beginning of Icarus II that makes me wince).  Distant Vision is the best Kansas song of the last 35 years.

When I first heard the line, I winced too and wondered why they didn't rerecord the vocals. But I'm okay with it now, as it gives the song a weathered character which somehow suits the state of a 70s band still making its mark in the 2000s.
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« Reply #28 on: August 05, 2017, 09:58:42 PM »
Hard to answer. Most of the bands that were great in the 70s didn't release anything good recently...

except King Crimson - The Power to Believe
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« Reply #29 on: August 05, 2017, 10:23:31 PM »
Does King Crimson even count with all the lineup changes?
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« Reply #30 on: August 05, 2017, 10:33:45 PM »
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Does King Crimson even count with all the lineup changes?

Not any more or less than other bands mentioned in this thread like Styx, Kansas, and Deep Purple.

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« Reply #31 on: August 05, 2017, 11:39:52 PM »
True, but all those other bands are good!  :yarr
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« Reply #32 on: August 05, 2017, 11:46:07 PM »
Quote from: Cool Chris on August 05, 2017, 11:39:52 PM
True, but all those other bands are good!  :yarr

Not as good as King Crimson though  :corn
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« Reply #33 on: August 06, 2017, 12:14:22 AM »
Mike Oldfield - Return to Ommadawn
David Gilmour - On an Island
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« Reply #34 on: August 06, 2017, 07:09:36 AM »
Yes - Heaven & Earth






























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Pat Metheny - The Way Up
David Bowie - Blackstar
Keith Emerson - Keith Emerson Band Feat. Marc Bonilla
Steely Dan - Two Against Nature & Everything Must Go
Eagles - Long Road Out Of Eden
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