Retro Albums of the Year 2010's: 2020

[EPICVIEW]

'78 was a good year.

Hemispheres - Rush
Long Live Rock and Roll - Rainbow
Heaven Tonight - Cheap Trick
The Cars - The Cars
Stained Class - Priest
Macho Man - The Village People
City To City - Gerry Rafferty (I don't care for the album, much, but it has "Baker Street" on it.)
Van Halen - Van Halen
U.K. - U.K.
Heart - Magazine
David Gilmour - David Gilmour (I LOVE this album)
Obsession - UFO
Parallel Lines - Blondie
Outlandos d'Amour - The Police
Don't Look Back - Boston
Love Beach - ELP
Three of the four Kiss solo albums

Are you a fan of This Year's Model (Costello)?

I had a friend in high school that was big into Elvis (and all that sort of genre; Squeeze, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds) and I never really warmed to it then.  I LOVE Squeeze now, and I've come to appreciate Elvis's artistry, but it's not a go to record for me.  On that album, "Pump It Up" is a great song, as is "This Year's Girl".

This Years Model   to me was his best there was just something about it   Armed Forces I liked a lot but after that he just went the wrong way with my tastes

[Kwyjibo]

Some catching up to do:

1976

AC/DC - High Voltage
Aerosmith - Rocks
Boston - Boston
Eagles - Hotel California
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail
Jarre, Jean Michel - Oxygene
Kansas - Leftoverture
Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe

[Kwyjibo]

1977

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
Foreigner - Foreigner
Gabriel, Peter - 1
Kansas - Point Of Know Return
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors
Pink Floyd - Animals
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
Steely Dan - Aja
Yes - Going For The One

[Kwyjibo]

And 1978, this year has the debut records of three of my favorite bands:

Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Toto - Toto
Van Halen - Van Halen

and the rest:

Jarre, Jean Michel - Equinoxe
Journey - Infinity
Magnum - Kingdom Of Madness
Queen - Jazz
Whitesnake - Trouble
Yes - Tormato (got a bad reputation and even though it's not as good as some others I really like it)

[SoundscapeMN]

1979

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1979, I guess the late 70's I don't think of for being as fruitful for my taste overall, but at the same time, some of the other years around 1979 seem to have a bit more depth.

1979 now researching it, was quite thin, especially with favorites from Artists.

So, Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door, while not loved by many fans, I do consider on par with their other classic albums, even as different as it is. However, I guess I don't think of it as an Album of the Year kind of record exactly. Maybe a Top 10 I guess.

And some of the others I ranked below from 1979, are good, or spotty, but not amazing really. The Wall, I put 2nd, but good lord, I find it maybe 1 of the most overrated albums of all-time, let alone just in the Floyd catalog. It has some wonderful music on it, but at least 1/3 of it is not stuff I revisit, nor is the whole story/concept all that much.

But I guess compared to everything else I know from this year, by default, it finishes 2nd.

Supertramp I guess I can say, may have made their best record with Breakfast in America, which if I actually knew it and spent more time with the whole thing, I would have no problem putting it higher.

But of course I haven't.

And of course like most years from more distant past, there's a handful I know or have read enough about, my opinion and ranking them would happen. But, I haven't. What I guess is in there, is a lot of Jazz/Jazz-rock and Pop, and Power-Pop. This band/artist Bram Tchaikovsky kind of was random, but per the way this Calendar was shaping out to be, I figure why not.

1979: maybe the most thin year since the mid 60's. Thankfully, I don't think too many others that came after were.

What I was a little surprised to not find (on the rym Chart) is a bit more notable Metal/New Wave of British Heavy Metal. But Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, etc are absent from this year. I guess a lot of that stuff didn't start showing up for another year or 2.

1. Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door
2, Pink Floyd - The Wall
3. U.K. - Danger Money
4. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
5. Supertramp - Breakfast in America
6. The Police - Regatta de Blanc
7. Bruford - One of a Kind
8. Various Artists - Music from the Soundtrack of the Film Quadrophenia
9. XTC - Drums and Wires
10. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings
11. Van Halen - Van Halen II
12. Renaissance - Azure d'Or
13. Jethro Tull - Stormwatch

[ReaperKK]

Just a few albums for 1979:

1. Pink Floyd - The Wall - 4.5 out of 5
2. Dire Straits - Communique - 3 out of 5
3. UFO - Strangers In The Night - 2 out of 5
4. Gang of Four - Entertainment! - 1 out of 5

[TAC]

3. UFO - Strangers In The Night - 2 out of 5

A TWO??!!

[WildRanger]

My 10 picks for 1979:
1. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
2. Motorhead - Overkill (my favorite Motorhead album, love it so much)
3. Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend
4. Van Halen - II
5. The Clash - London Calling
6. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
7. Pink Floyd - The Wall
8. Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes
9. Scorpions - Lovedrive
10. AC/DC - Highway to Hell

[EPICVIEW]

3. UFO - Strangers In The Night - 2 out of 5

A TWO??!!

huh? a 2?  this could be a terms of sevrice violation  : )   its a fkn 6!!!!

[TAC]

1979 is a great year.

I’ll post after work.

[Stadler]

3. UFO - Strangers In The Night - 2 out of 5

A TWO??!!

huh? a 2?  this could be a terms of sevrice violation  : )   its a fkn 6!!!!

Yeah, no kidding. That's blatant enemy action, right there.   

[King Postwhore]

1.  Toto - Hydra
2.  Supertramp - Breakfast In America
3.  Cheap Trick - Dream Police
4.  The Knack - Get The Knack
5.  VHII - Self Titled.
6.  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes
7.  Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
8.  Pink Floyd - The Wall
9.  The Cars - Candy-O
10.  Foreigner - Head Games

[Stadler]

^^^ Stealing some of my thunder, there! 

[Stadler]

UFO - Strangers In The Night
Scorpions - Lovedrive
Van Halen - VHII
Supertramp - Breakfast In America
Squeeze - Cool For Cats
Kiss - Dynasty (I love this record, by the way)
Cars - Candy-O
Robert Fripp - Exposure
Kinks - Low Budget (great, underrated record)
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Rainbow - Down To Earth (not a great record, but there's a lot of tasty Blackmore licks on this record)
Jethro Tull - Stormwatch (I love this period of Tull)
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (I LOVE Cheap Trick, one of my favorite bands, and this MIGHT be my favorite record of theirs).
Blondie - Eat To The Beat
Aerosmith - Night In The Ruts
Pink Floyd - The Wall (not my favorite Floyd record, but a monumental work of art that needs to be recognized here).

[Dedalus]

1979:

01. Joe's Garage (Frank Zappa)

[Stadler]

Do people generally like that burgeoning new wave scene?  I know I'm a fan of some of Gary Numan's work.  I'm not overly familiar with it, but what I've heard of Human League I like.  This is the time it started to really blossom.

[EPICVIEW]

UFO - Strangers In The Night
Scorpions - Lovedrive
Van Halen - VHII
Supertramp - Breakfast In America
Squeeze - Cool For Cats
Kiss - Dynasty (I love this record, by the way)
Cars - Candy-O
Robert Fripp - Exposure
Kinks - Low Budget (great, underrated record)
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Rainbow - Down To Earth (not a great record, but there's a lot of tasty Blackmore licks on this record)
Jethro Tull - Stormwatch (I love this period of Tull)
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (I LOVE Cheap Trick, one of my favorite bands, and this MIGHT be my favorite record of theirs).
Blondie - Eat To The Beat
Aerosmith - Night In The Ruts
Pink Floyd - The Wall (not my favorite Floyd record, but a monumental work of art that needs to be recognized here).

In Color and Black White and Heaven Tonite all to me better than Dream Police, although I loved DP tour   to me that was the tour they really were in full force

[King Postwhore]

^^^ Stealing some of my thunder, there! 

Both tots from the same era!

[MirrorMask]

1979 is the year I was born... and I really have nothing to offer from my year. Which is double shameful when you consider that me and The Wall have the same age, I'm just 24 hours older than The Wall 

So I'll just name:

- Judas Priest's Hell Bent for Leather which was released with this name in the USA in 1979, it's actually Killing Machine from 1978
- Priest's Unleashed in the East but it's a live album
- Maiden's the Soundhouse Tapes but it's a demo
- Not that I love it, but Down to Earth by Rainbow has some cool songs I guess (like Eyes of the World and Lost in Hollywood, just to name something else than the 2 most famous songs)

[TAC]

A great year!

1. UFO-Strangers In The Night
2. Riot-Narita
3. Aerosmith-Night In The Ruts
4. Blondie-Eat To The Beat
5. KISS-Dynasty
6. Scorpions-Lovedrive
7. AC/DC-Highway To Hell
8. Van Halen II
9. Thin Lizzy-Black Rose
10. Blackfoot-Strikes
11. Rainbow-Down To Earth
12. Molly Hatchet-Flirtin' With Disaster
13. Judas Priest-Unleased In The East
14. Saxon-s/t
15. Accept-s/t
16. Triumph-Just A Game
17. Led Zeppelin-In Through The Out Door
18. Motorhead-Bomber
19. Motorhead-Overkill
20. Judas Priest-Hell Bent For Leather

[Stadler]

UFO - Strangers In The Night
Scorpions - Lovedrive
Van Halen - VHII
Supertramp - Breakfast In America
Squeeze - Cool For Cats
Kiss - Dynasty (I love this record, by the way)
Cars - Candy-O
Robert Fripp - Exposure
Kinks - Low Budget (great, underrated record)
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Rainbow - Down To Earth (not a great record, but there's a lot of tasty Blackmore licks on this record)
Jethro Tull - Stormwatch (I love this period of Tull)
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (I LOVE Cheap Trick, one of my favorite bands, and this MIGHT be my favorite record of theirs).
Blondie - Eat To The Beat
Aerosmith - Night In The Ruts
Pink Floyd - The Wall (not my favorite Floyd record, but a monumental work of art that needs to be recognized here).

In Color and Black White and Heaven Tonite all to me better than Dream Police, although I loved DP tour   to me that was the tour they really were in full force

While I love Heaven Tonight, I just dig those deeper cuts on DP: Way Of The World, Voices, I'll Be With You Tonight, I Know What I Want, and Writing On The Wall. 

[ReaperKK]

3. UFO - Strangers In The Night - 2 out of 5

A TWO??!!

huh? a 2?  this could be a terms of sevrice violation  : )   its a fkn 6!!!!

Yeah, no kidding. That's blatant enemy action, right there.   

it wasn't bad, it just wasn't great, kind of forgettable

[TAC]

[King Postwhore]

Oh yeah Tim. I've never listened to the album.

[TAC]

Oh yeah Tim. I've never listened to the album.

It is way too cool for you.

[King Postwhore]

 

I listen to

KISS
Spinal Tap
Steel Panther

Sure.

[TAC]

KISS made my Top 5 for 1979, just behind Blondie.

[King Postwhore]

Save it, save it....

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Who's ready for my controversial 1979 list!?! 

1. Supertramp - Breakfast in America
2. Univers Zero - Heresie
3. Pink Floyd - The Wall
4. UK - Danger Money
5. Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
6. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
7. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
8. Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes
9. Thin Lizzy - Black Rose
10. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
11. Triumph - Just a Game
12. Scorpions - Lovedrive
13. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings
14. Dire Straits - Communiqué
15. Prince - Prince
16. The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
17. Journey - Evolution
18. Saga - Images At Twilight
19. Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony
20. Foreigner - Head Games
21. The Cars - Candy-O
22. Van Halen - II
23. Bad Company - Desolation Angels

[TAC]

What's controversial about it? Some great albums there. Never heard of Univers Zero or Eloy.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

What's controversial about it? Some great albums there. Never heard of Univers Zero or Eloy.

I figured it would be controversial having Supertramp at #1 or not having Led Zeppelin on the list at all.

You might like Eloy, but they are very 70's Prog Rock similar to Camel, Caravan, or Van der Graaf Generator. You most likely won't like Univers Zero, but hey stranger things have happened!

[TAC]

What's controversial about it? Some great albums there. Never heard of Univers Zero or Eloy.

I figured it would be controversial having Supertramp at #1 or not having Led Zeppelin on the list at all.

Well, Supertramp is pretty highly regarded. I have no issue with that pick. I didn't notice that LZ wasn't there.

[Dedalus]

What's controversial about it? Some great albums there. Never heard of Univers Zero or Eloy.

I figured it would be controversial having Supertramp at #1 or not having Led Zeppelin on the list at all.

You might like Eloy, but they are very 70's Prog Rock similar to Camel, Caravan, or Van der Graaf Generator. You most likely won't like Univers Zero, but hey stranger things have happened!

The best thing about this thread is noticing some gaps (And I don't even know why, because I like bands like Camel, Caravan).
The only Eloy record I put on my lists was Dawn. I've already listened to a few others, but rather superficially and ended up not putting them on any other list. I need to listen more carefully.

[HOF]

What's controversial about it? Some great albums there. Never heard of Univers Zero or Eloy.

I figured it would be controversial having Supertramp at #1 or not having Led Zeppelin on the list at all.

You might like Eloy, but they are very 70's Prog Rock similar to Camel, Caravan, or Van der Graaf Generator. You most likely won't like Univers Zero, but hey stranger things have happened!

I just picked up Breakfast in America recently. It’s outstanding. No gripe with that pick.

[HOF]

Mine for 1979:

1. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings
2. Camel - I Can See Your House From Here
3. Supertramp - Breakfast in America (this could move up over time)
4. Journey - Evolution
5. Robert Fripp - Exposure
6. Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling