1977 - Best Albums

[Jez]

Oi! Old people, cast your (very) long memories back....i'll start you off with mine...some Hard Rock classix amongst this lot

 

 

 

Cheap Trick - S/T

Angel - On Earth As It Is In Heaven

Steely Dan - Aja

Styx - The Grand Illusion

Queen - News Of The World

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors

Starz - Violation

The Babys - Broken Heart

Yes - Going For The One

Max Webster - High Class In Borrowed Shoes

UFO - Lights Out

Legs Diamond - A Diamond Is A Hard Rock

Kiss - Love Gun

Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail

Player - S/T

Foreigner - S/T

Aerosmith - Draw The Line

Heart - Little Queen

Genesis - Wind And Wuthering

Rex - Where Do We Go From Here

Kansas - Point Of Know Return

Alpha Cantauri - S/T

Prism - Armageddon

Lone Star - Firing On All Six

Pink Floyd - Animals

Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres

Kiss - Alive II

Legs Diamond - S/T

Starcastle - Citadel

Fandango - S/T

The Sweet - Off The Record

Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever

Alice Cooper - Lace And Whiskey

Frank Marion & Mahogony Rush - World Anthem

Eddie Money - S/T

Rush - A Farewell To Kings

Journey - Next

Starcastle - Fountain Of Light

Pat Travers Band - Makin' Magic

Riot - Rock City

Alan Parsons Project - I, Robot

Japan - Adolescent Sex

Network - S/T

Scorpions - Taken By Force

Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

Prism - S/T

American Tears - Powerhouse

Pat Travers Band - Puitting It Straight

Trooper - Knock 'em Dead Kid

Crawler - S/T

Doobie Bothers - Livin' On The Faultline

[Glen]

A bit before my time, but Kiss - Love Gun and especially Alive II were played to death in my house.

 

Much to the dismay of my poor parents - strangely i was younger than my daughter is now - she listens to Union J, i was listening to Kiss!

[Nightrain]

i got only 6 CDs of 1977 in my collection

 

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

FOREIGNER - st

KISS - Love Gun

PINK FLOYD - Animals

QUEEN - News of The World

SCORPIONS - Taken by Force

 

i think they're all pretty decent, maybe scored around 70-85%

[Jez]

i got only 6 CDs of 1977 in my collection

 

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

FOREIGNER - st

KISS - Love Gun

PINK FLOYD - Animals

QUEEN - News of The World

SCORPIONS - Taken by Force

 

i think they're all pretty decent, maybe scored around 70-85%

 

Then you need to invest in a whole lot more

[Dead Planet]

AC//DC - Let There be Rock

BOC - Spectres

Cheap Trick - In Color

Foreigner - S/T

Kiss - Love Gun

Kansas - Point of No Return

Moxy - Riding High

Nazareth - Expect No Mercy

Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever

Pink Floyd - Animals

Prism - S/T

Ram Jam - S/T

Riot - Rock City

Rush - A Farewell To Kings

Starz - Violation

Styx - The Grand Illusion

Supertramp - Even In The Quietest Moments

The Sweet - Off The Record

Triumph - Rock N Roll Machine

Trooper - Knock Em Dead Kid

UFO - Lights Out

[Faron]

Steely Dan - Aja

Styx - The Grand Illusion

Queen - News Of The World

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors

The Babys - Broken Heart

Yes - Going For The One

UFO - Lights Out

Foreigner - S/T

Heart - Little Queen

Kansas - Point Of Know Return

Prism - Armageddon

Rush - A Farewell To Kings

Journey - Next

Scorpions - Taken By Force

[Monzter]

My far from complete list, still getting into the 70's music and still a lot to discover.

 

1. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
2. Kansas - Point Of Know Return
3. Styx - The Grand Illussion
4. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
5. Foreigner - S/T
6. UFO - Lights Out

[kourosofsteel3]

Serious year this one! Needs consideration, because I'm in the process of rating the ones from my collection( although I'm sure that the Styx is my favorite one and probably the Scorpions one).

 

 

Intuitively and for reference purposes I'll mention 2, which will land high in my ratings, yet none mentioned them.

 

Eloy - Ocean (Ha, I'm sporting a tee with the cover artwork as I'm typing this. In my top 3 eloy releases, probably 3rd because of the lengthy 4th track which is kinda boring. Still I sporadically spin the other 3).

 

Jethro Tull -Songs From The Wood ( Α regular spinner in the car when I go to the nearby lake for brunch/lunch, also with strong pub feeling. Clever lyrics and seminal sound of acoustic guitar + great bass lines and the regular flute licks/riffs from the main man. Still there are a couple mediocre ones + a boring lengthy one).

[Gibbo]

.38 Special: .38 Special

AC/DC: Let There Be Rock

Aerosmith: Draw The Line

David Bowie: “Heroes”

Fleetwood Mac: Rumours

Judas Priest: Sin After Sin

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Street Survivors

Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Status Quo: Live!

UFO: Lights Out