Tuesday, December 20, 2011

60 Albums 1977


My favorite 60 albums from my collection released in 1977. A lot of people say it was one of the greatest years for rock music. I certainly had my favorites. I was in college at the time and spending a whole lot of my income on records but I still collected a lot that year.

It wasn't just about the emergence of punk and what would soon be known as New Wave. For me it was also a continuation of my exploration and emergence in reggae and jazz. This list probably has my largest number of reggae albums of any year. There are also many albums that one would see on other 1977 lists that don't appear here at all. Oh well. This is my list of favorites and I wasn't listening to Billy Joel and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Here are some mixes of songs from 1977:
  • Songs 1977 Vol. 1 - What The Hell Is Wrong With Me - List
  • Songs 1977 Vol. 2 - I Feel Love - List 
  • Songs 1977 Vol. 3 - Sex & Drugs & Rock n Roll - List 
  • Songs 1977 Vol. 4 - Sun Is Shining In The Sky - List 

  1. The Clash - The Clash
  2. Television - Marquee Moon
  3. David Bowie - Heroes
  4. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True 
  5. Ramones - Rocket To Russia
  6. Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77
  7. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus
  8. Brian Eno - Before and After Science
  9. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
  10. Neil Young - Decade
  11. Wire - Pink Flag
  12. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here Are The Sex Pistols
  13. David Bowie - Low
  14. Van Morrison - A Period Of Transition
  15. Garland Jeffreys - Ghost Writer
  16. The Saints - (I'm) Stranded
  17. Joan Armatrading - Show Some Emotion
  18. Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
  19. Tom Waits - Foreign Affairs
  20. Steely Dan - Aja
  21. Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome
  22. Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile
  23. John Martyn - One World
  24. Santana - Moon Flower
  25. The Congos - Heart of the Congos
  26. Dave Edmunds - Get It
  27. Third World - 96 Degrees in the Shade
  28. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
  29. Ramones - Leave Home
  30. Augustus Pablo - Augustus Pablo Meets King Tubby Uptown
  31. Mink DeVille - Cabretta
  32. Leonard Cohen - Death of a Ladies' Man
  33. Iggy Pop - The Idiot
  34. Eddie & The Hot Rods - Life On The Line
  35. Peter Tosh - Equal Rights
  36. Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head
  37. The Jam - In The City
  38. Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue
  39. Burning Spear - Dry and Heavy
  40. Little Feat - Times Loves a Hero
  41. Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
  42. Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
  43. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Rock 'N' Roll With The Modern Lovers
  44. The Jam - This Is The Modern World
  45. Blondi - Plastic Letters
  46. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
  47. Robert Gordon - Robert Gordon with Link Wray
  48. Horace Andy - In The Light
  49. The Beach Boys - Love You
  50. The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus (IV)
  51. Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
  52. Culture - Two Sevens Clash
  53. Suicide - Suicide
  54. Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick
  55. Earth, Wind & Fire - All 'n' All
  56. The Heptones - Party Time
  57. The Damned - Damn Damn Damn
  58. Cheap Trick - In Color
  59. Joni Mitchell - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter

  60. The Kinks - Sleepwalker
More...
  • The Rolling Stones - Love You Live
  • Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno
  • Neil Young - Decade
  • Miles Davis - Dark Magus
  • Charles Mingus - Three or Four Shades of Blue
  • Eric Clapton - Slowhand




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