Fleetwood Mac's Rumours won 1977. Let's see who wins 1978. Billboard chart-topping albums of 1978: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (cont. from '77) Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever Gerry Rafferty - City to City The Rolling Stones - Some Girls Original Cast - Grease Boston - Don't Look Back Linda Rondstadt - Living in the USA Donna Summer - Live and More Billy Joel - 52nd Street Billboard chart-topping singles of 1978: Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love (cont. from '77) Player - Baby Come Back Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive Andy Gibb - Love is Thicker Than Water Bee Gees - Night Fever Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You Wings - With a Little Luck Johnny Mathis - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John - You're the One That I Want Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing The Rolling Stones - Miss You Commodores - Three Times a Lady Frankie Valli - Grease A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie Exile - Kiss You All Over Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City Anne Murray - You Needed Me Donna Summer - MacArthur Park Barbara Streisand - You Don't Bring Me Flowers Chic - Le Freak What are your top three albums for 1978? We will keep a running tally and eventually have some sort of bracket. For me it would be: 1. Johnny Thunders - So Alone 2. Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers 3. Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight What are some of the forgotten gems from the year? What is overrated? What did you discover at a young age and what did you discover later? YEARS IN MUSIC • forum.chorus.fm
remaining top 20: 4. Blondie - Parallel Lines 5. Brian Eno - Music for Airports 6. The Cars - The Cars 7. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town 8. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy 9. Ramones - Road to Ruin 10. The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope 11. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food 12. Television - Adventure 13. AC/DC - Powerage 14. Judas Priest - Stained Class 15. Patti Smith - Easter 16. The Police - Outlandos D’Amour 17. Willie Nelson - Stardust 18. Buzzcocks - Love Bites 19. Public Image Limited - First Issue 20. The Jam - All Mod Cons honorable mentions: Blondie - Plastic Letters Bob Seger - Stranger in Town Brian Eno - Music for Films Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen Joe Walsh - But Seriously, Folks John Prine - Bruised Orange Lou Reed - Street Hassle Queen - Jazz The Rolling Stones - Some Girls Rush - Hemispheres The Saints - Eternally Yours Tom Petty - You’re Gonna Get It Van Halen - Van Halen Waylon Jennings - I’ve Always Been Crazy The Who - Who Are You stuff to check out: Billy Joel - 52nd Street Bob Marley - Kaya Chic - C’est Chic Elvis Costello - This Year’s Model Emmylou Harris - Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town Genesis - And Then There Were Three Gerry Rafferty - City to City Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Kraftwerk - The Man Machine Magazine - Real Life Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet Nick Lowe - Pure Pop for Now People Rainbow - Long Live Rock n Roll Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow
Pat - are you familiar with/do you like XTC at all? Their first two records came out in '78, and while not their best work - definitely worth checking out this year.
totally forgot the police and van halen - they could absolutely win over bruce. this site loves kate bush too, though I've never heard of this particular album
not the best year for me, but: 1. Blondie - Parallel Lines 2. Billy Joel - 52nd Street 3. Wings - London Town 4. Queen - Jazz 5. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town albums I heard for the first time but would be in contention Blondie - Plastic Letters AC/DC - Powerage Elvis Costello - This Year's Model Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove The Police - Outlandos d'Amour Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear Ramones - Road To Ruin Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - You're Gonna Get It! Van Halen - Van Halen
1. Billy Joel - 52nd Street 2. Heart - Dog and Butterfly 3. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town Excruciating cuts: Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Stranger in Town Peter, Paul, and Mary - Reunion Others I love: Gerry Rafferty - City to City Van Halen - Van Halen Willie Nelson - Stardust Boston - Don't Look Back The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute George Benson - Weekend in L.A. Chic - C'est Chic Lou Reed - Street Hassle The Cars - The Cars Blondie - Parallel Lines The Moody Blues - Octave Al Stewart - Time Passages The Jacksons - Destiny Good ones: Ruben Blades and Willie Colon - Siembra Wings - London Town Elvis Costello - This Year's Model Styx - Pieces of Eight Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight Gordon Lightfoot - Endless Wire Joe Walsh - But Seriously, Folks Richard and Linda Thompson - First Light Barry Manilow - Even Now Dirk Hamilton - Meet Me at the Crux Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear Loleatta Holloway - Queen of the Night Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food The Temptations - Hear to Tempt You The Rolling Stones - Some Girls Nina Simone - Baltimore Neil Young - Comes a Time Herb Ellis and Reno Palmir - Windflower AC/DC - Powerage Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove Dan Fogelberg and Tim Wiseberg - Twin Sons of Different Mothers Renaissance - A Song for All Seasons Eric Clapton - Backless Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - You're Gonna Get It Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good Big Star - Third/Sisters/Lovers Southside Johnny and the Absury Jukes - Hearts of Stone Pink Floyd - Animals Commodores - Natural High Rush - Hemispheres Toto - Toto Prince - For You Yvonne Elliman - Night Flight Chaka Khan - Chaka L.T.D. - Togetherness Dire Straits - Dire Straits Linda Ronstadt - Living in the U.S.A. Queen - Jazz Elton John - A Single Man Ace Frehley - Ace Frehley Smokey Robinson - Love Breeze Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses The Brothers Johnson - Blam! .38 Special - Special Delivery Allen Toussaint - Motion The Motors - Approved by the Motors Tina Turner - Rough Foreigner - Double Vision The Staples - Unlock Your Mind Heart - Magazine Kool and the Gang - Everybody's Dancin' Targets for listening: Joe Cocker - Luxury You Can Afford Bob Dylan - Street Legal Peter Gabriel - Pete Gabriel [Scratch] Genesis - ...and then there were three... Police - Outlandos d'Amour Adverts - Crossing the Sea with The Adverts Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports The Jam - All Mod Cons Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine Magazine - Real Life The Only Ones - The Only Ones Elis Regina - Vento De Maio Residents - Duck Stab/Buster and Glen The Saints - Eternally Yours Siouxsie and The Banshees - The Scream Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous Throbbing Gristle - D.O.A. Third and Final Report Pere Ubu - Dub Housing X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents The Blues Brothers - Briefcase Full of Blues Van Morrison - Wavelength Patti Smith - Easter Various Artists - Grease Original Soundtrack Kenny Rogers - The Gambler Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope David Johansen - David Johansen Television - Adventure Generation X - Generation X Lene Lovich - Stateless Al Green - Truth 'n' Time Nicolette Larsen - Nicolette Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians Rainbow - Long Live Rock and Roll Gloria Gaynor - Love Tracks Todd Rundgren - The Hermit of Mink Hollow Various Artists - No New York John Prine - Bruised Orange Dr. Alimentado - Best Dressed Chicken in Town Gino Vanelli - Brother to Brother Rachel Sweet - Fool Around A Taste of Honey - A Taste of Honey Ashford and Simpson - Is It Still Good to Ya Linda Clifford - If My Friends Could See Me Now Musique - Keep on Jumpin' Sylvester - Step II Bohannon - Summertime Groove Johnny Thunders - So Alone
Spotify is such a pain in the ass. Had been planning to listen to Culture’s Two Sevens Clash on a friend’s rec since like May. Jotted it down as ‘78, as Spotify says. But it’s a ‘77 and I missed it. You really cannot trust the internet
I know it has it's faults, but I use wikipedia for release dates 90% of the time. For most albums there's a good breakdown of when it was originally released in different countries as well, and lists if there is a disputed release date
Son of a whore. Thankfully it doesn’t really affect me much since it’s nowhere near my top 3 and I’ve heard it already so it wasn’t something I was going to listen to this week.
Yeah wiki is generally the source I trust unless I have the album in hand with a different copyright. I just didn’t do double diligence like an idiot. It doesn’t seem like it should be that hard for Spotify, THE listening destination, to get it right. Then again, multiple albums on my list there aren’t on Spotify whatsoever, so that’s too much to expect
well the slight caveat there is that the labels are the ones that submit the metadata for the albums, so incorrect release years are actually the fault of the label, but what's their excuse!
1. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town 2. The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope 3. Blondie - Parallel Lines I think Bruce will probably win this year, and this is his darker, slightly harder follow up to Born to Run, but while that record might have an edge that BTR doesn't necessarily have, it's still full to the brim with massive soulful rock n roll songs. Give Em Enough Rope often goes a bit underappreciated, coming between two major Clash releases, but it's a phenomenal record in it's own right. Opens with an absolute bang with Safe European Home, which as an opener feels like the punk version of Like a Rolling Stone. What came before and what came after is probably better, but taken in it's own merit, this is fantastic. Possibly the earliest example of a band saying "****" in their lyrics? Blondie's Parallel Lines marks their transition into a full on pop band, with massive hits and hooks in the form of Heart of Glass, Sunday Girl, One Way or Another & Hanging on the Telephone amongst others. Incredible songwriting on show here. I think I mistakenly included Plastic Letters in last year's thread, but that is actually a 78 release too. Honourable mentions; A couple of Kate Bush records, her first, released when she was just 18/19 in The Kick Inside & Lionheart. I think that she only started getting really good with The Dreaming, but these early records are still enjoyable, The Kick Inside and lead single Wuthering Heights in particular. Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown: Barely 5 minutes long, but a really influential piece of American hardcore, marking itself as a slightly different entity from punk, louder, quicker and more aggressive. Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear: Marvin's version of Blood on the Tracks, written about his divorce from his wife. Long, spiralling and introspective, it was panned on release, but re-appraised decades later. Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits: Doesn't feel like a 78 record of course, but this is a comprehensive and deep dive on Williams tragic career. Bleak and melancholy at times, but with an excellent voice and sense of melody, it's one of the few compilations that I return to regularly. Generation X - Generation X: Billy Idol's band, and they wrote Billie Joe's favourite song of all time, Kiss Me Deadly. Good British punk, but with a sense of storytelling and poppiness to them. Funkadelic - One Nation under a Groove: A proggy-funky album that once it locks you into the groove, it never lets go. Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report: A very aptly titled band name, this isn't easy listening. An ugly, unpleasant album, that would be massively influential for industrial and noise music. Not one that's in regular rotation, but when you're after something uncompromising and painful, this hits the spot.
Went back and forth on whether to include 40 Greatest Hits or not and ultimately left it off because it felt weird to put it so high, but that’s an absolutely essential album for any serious listener to have. Just staggering how good he was